Today is Ducky’s first birthday. The Joyful Springer post I did for this special day says everything I need to say here today too. So visit the Joyful Springer for a reminder of how to set your priorities for today and everyday.
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Think you can’t ignore something that’s right in front of your face? Think again.
Last week, thanks to my reader, Mary, I watched a youtube yoga video that teaches breathing exercises and postures that help with weight loss. Because it felt like inspired action to watch the video and because it felt easy and comfortable to write down the routine and plan to do it, I decided to start a short version of the routine.
One of the exercises in the routine is alternate nostril breathing. This is something I used to do, and whether it helps with weight loss or not, I couldn’t say, but it is calming, and I wanted to get in the habit of doing it again. (more…)
A few days ago, Tim and I met with an attorney and provided him with all the paperwork and information he needs to prepare to file my Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Before that appointment, I had about three weeks to get used to the idea that last year at this time, I thought I had more than $50,000 in the bank and no balances running on my credit cards and now here I am filing bankruptcy because of something dumb that my own husband did, something that ran up all my cards and ran down the bank account.
I realize now that I’ve spent the last ten months in shock. When you think you’re trucking along doing just fine and then you get gobsmacked with a “what is” reality that seems to have erupted from the ground beneath your feet like a malevolent alien, shock is a reasonable response, for sure. But it’s not all that helpful to stay stuck in shock for a long time. Shock isn’t exactly a positive vibration. (more…)
In 1996, when I moved to the beach, I bought a book, Drawing For Dummies, because I thought that now that I was going to be a free-spirited divorcee, I would try my hand at art. But I was so busy walking on the beach and writing that the book sat on the shelf. Until 2008.
After my accident in 2008, I spent months off my feet and much of that time, I was on pain meds that clouded my thinking. I didn’t do much writing or reading. Something about my pain or the painkillers or the shock of the accident disconnected me from my usual link with words.
Still, I craved creativity. I wasn’t content to just watch TV or listen to music. I wanted to bring something to life. Law of attraction reminded me of that book on my shelf. (more…)
So there’s this Vortex, to use Abraham-Hicks terminology. It’s an extraordinary font of energy—organized, creational energy that holds everything asked for by everyone.
I think of the Vortex as a sort of energy clearinghouse where everything that’s asked for is given, where every request is put into place in a cooperative way for the good of all who are asking. EVERYTHING asked for, from a better tasting toothpaste to the vastest monetary fortune imaginable, is given in the Vortex.
Obviously, the Vortex is the place to be.
And how do we get there? (more…)
Have you talked on the phone to someone you haven’t met and created a mental picture of the person based on his or her voice?
Years ago, I spoke on the phone with a woman who had what I thought was the sexiest female voice I’d ever encountered. It was wonderfully rich, with a sexy timbre. I was sure this woman had to be stunning. When I finally met her face to face, I was shocked to meet a very large woman with a pock-marked complexion, stringy hair, and a Jimmy Durante-sized nose. Mind you, none of these qualities are bad, but they just didn’t fit the voice.
For the last several years, I have been one of these mismatched people—not in terms of voice and appearance, but in terms of what I write vs. what I do and think. To use an old cliché, I haven’t been walking my talk.
On this blog, and in other arenas, I’ve been writing about the law of attraction for many years. I’ve been studying it even longer.
I KNOW this stuff … but I haven’t been consistently DOING this stuff.
You would think that finding reasons to feel good would be an easy thing to do. You’d think that living in a virtual reality where your focus is on being the person you want to be would be a breeze. Why wouldn’t you want to put your attention on thoughts that made you feel great? (more…)
I’ve been trying to find my way through the nonphysical aspects of life for over 40 years, maybe for even longer. My father used to tell me that when I was two years old, I would stare off into space with such a pensive expression that he was sure I was contemplating the meaning of life.
I entered college with the intention of taking pre-law courses—government, economics etc. I was bored out of my mind by the end of my first semester, and I ended up spending the rest of my college years immersed in psychology, philosophy, and religion. I still landed in law school, but the reasons for that is another story.
About a dozen years ago, I thought I’d figured out one important aspect of being a physical body in a world ordered by nonphysical energy that I still didn’t understand. I thought I could find my way through life by following my intuition in conjunction with sychronicities and signs. (more…)
I know the law of attraction is one of the energetic laws that bring order to the universe. I don’t believe it. I know it.
Even though I know it, however, I have doubts.
These doubts aren’t about the existence of the law of attraction. They’re about my understanding of how to think and feel in a way that makes the law of attraction a positive force in my life instead of a negative one.
The basics of law of attraction’s impact on us are simple:
1. Think thoughts that match up vibrationally with what you desire.
2. The better a thought feels to you, the better it matches up with things you want.
Simple … but at least for me, it’s the most difficult thing I’ve ever attempted to learn how to do. (more…)
Lately, I’ve had to turn this into a mantra: “The feeling, the feeling, the feeling. Focus on the feeling.”
When you’re finding reasons to feel good or looking for ways to feel like you already have what you want, either by using track changes or other visualizing methods, it’s ever so tempting to look for results.
We all love law of attraction results. We love to hear those stories about how someone thought about something incredible and got it. And of course, we all love to experience those results.
Almost daily, I remind myself that I manifested my husband. I like remembering that I have the ability to deliberately flow vibrational energy toward a specific result and have the result appear in my life.
I’m discovering, however, because of a spate of unpleasant events recently, that too much focus on results can knock you off the alignment track. (more…)
Many years ago, I dated a man who was chronically late. And I don’t mean just a little late. He lived in Seattle, and when he’d come to my home for a visit, he usually arrived one to two hours later than he said he would.
I wasn’t all that pleased about this, and I told him so. I was especially annoyed when he offered up excuses like, “I had to clean my vegetable bin before I left.”
In response to my displeasure, my soon to be ex-boyfriend, gave me the book, Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff, by Richard Carlson. Over 100 weeks on the bestseller’s list, this little volume was full of great, down-to-earth advice on how to let go of the little stresses of life, but it didn’t make me feel any better about my boyfriend’s tardiness.
The message I got from the book and from my boyfriend was, “Don’t do anything about the little annoyances of life. The small stuff doesn’t matter.”
In some respects, this is a good message, one that helps with alignment. Certainly, complaining and noticing all the little things that are “wrong” in the world don’t activate a vibration that draws wonderful experiences into our lives. But making ourselves be okay with all the little stuff that we don’t like isn’t the way to go about aligning. It’s the smiley face vs. the rodeo clown. Trying to convince yourself that you feel good about something you don’t feel good about is a waste of time. (more…)
Abraham-Hicks Wisdom
