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When it comes to Valentine’s Day and every other holiday, we all have our share of mixed feelings and experiences… Some of them have been really wonderful and some we’ve done our best to forget!
The human memory is a funny thing. It can be absolutely amazing, but it can also be fickle with the things it remembers. Have you ever noticed how we tend to recall the “bad” things in our life much more easily than the good? I certainly have and it led to me to find out why.
What I realized is that it’s about the intensity of emotions we feel when the memories are being made. We can’t go back and change the intensity of the emotions we felt during the difficult times. (Although there are techniques we can learn to soften the memories of them.) So what good does it do to know the intensity of emotions affects what we remember?
For starters we can choose to intensify the positive emotions we feel now and in the future. When someone does something good for us we can take a moment to get into a place of overwhelming gratitude. We can allow ourselves to feel the intensity of their loving act of kindness. We can bask in the moment utilizing all our physical senses such as touch, taste, smell, sound, and sight. We can choose to create a photograph or video of the experience in our mind. And we can even write it down, not only committing it to paper for future reference, but to intensify the experience in the moment so we will recall this wonderful experience later.
As we begin to hone in on the positive moments now (and in the future) and consciously intensify the good emotions associated with them, we’ll begin to remember more and more of the good times and less of the bad.
Another benefit of intensifying our emotions when we recognize something good is happening is that it activates the law of attraction to bring more of the positive to us! So we not only get to enjoy the present more, we create more positive experiences for the future and have more wonderful memories to recall from our past. It’s a win-win-win situation!
If you’d like help creating an “intense” positive emotion, try the following meditation called “I Send You Love.” I couldn’t think of a more perfect day to do it. Happy Valentine’s Day, my friends!
http://www.sfpnn.com/Angels/I_Send_You_Love.htm
With Peace, Love, Happiness, Health, and Prosperity…
Rev. Jeanette
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1.
Happy 16th Anniversary,
Mark and Jeanette P.!
Thank you for the love you bring into our
lives, Sunshine, and for all that you do for us. You’re the best! I Love YOU…
2.
What kind of day will today
be?
The
kind of
A little pro-active positive programming can go a long way
in creating our heart’s desires. All of
our thoughts have energy. Energy
attracts like energy. Think about your
desires for today. What would you like to experience in the next 24 hours? Allow yourself to see it manifesting in your
mind’s eye and feel it happening in your body so the energy of your thoughts
and emotions draws it to you. Affirm it on the lines below!
Today, I desire
and experience…
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I affirm the following positive reality:
“I love myself, and attract those who love
me too.”
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3.
“What is God? The eternal One Life underneath all the forms
of life. What is Love? To feel the presence of that One Life deep
within yourself and within all creatures.
To be it.”
— © The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4.
Secret Entry never seen
before
The Truth: (I'm a girl, I'm smart and I
know everything!)
It is almost
Valentine's Day and the girl in my new book is just as excited as we all are
about getting a Valentine.
She is soooo in love with Paul, so this is really a big day for
her. Will he remember? This is one of the secret passages from the
book that is not in either the Mother or Daughter Editions of the Book. This is a secret passage that will appear in
the Chinese Version, translated by Professor Chen Likai. So just for you-here it is-your special
Valentine!
February 14
Today was Valentine's Day. I was so worried. Valentine's Day is almost the worst day of the year for me. That's because the day can be terrible. There is nothing worse in the world than not getting enough Valentine's in class. And being in love makes it even worse. All I could think about last night lying in bed was what if Paul doesn't give me a Valentine? How could I stand it?
I was worried all the way to school. I worked all last night on my Valentine's. I made one for each kid in the class. I made Paul's just a tiny bit bigger than the other's. Only I would know that I had made his special. So it was my secret.
Miss Shannon had really fixed up our classroom so
pretty. There were hearts pinned up all
over the room and she had even put up streamers. I think she must really like Valentine's
Day. We still had to do all of our
schoolwork. Then at
Angela, Fred and Stacey got to empty the box and deliver the Valentine's while we all ate our cupcakes and ice creams. I was getting a lot of Valentine's. I kept looking at Paul. He didn't look back. He was eating. What was he thinking?
Everyone was laughing and having a good time. Even Miss Shannon was smiling as she opened all the Valentine's that we gave her. I started to open mine. Nothing from Paul. Nothing. Nothing.
I was feeling a little sick. My heart was pounding. This was the last envelope. It was from Paul! My life was saved. Guess what it said?
"Will you be my Valentine?"
Oh, yes, Paul! I will be your Valentine! The day was perfect.
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5.
“The greatest catalyst for change
in a relationship is complete acceptance of your partner as he or she is,
without needing to judge or change them in any way.”
— © The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
NOTE from the Editor: I love the above quote. It’s so true and yet it’s one of the most challenging parts of any relationship.
There’s another important step which comes with accepting our partner as he or she is… It is accepting ourselves for who we are without the need to judge or change ourselves in any way.
Does this mean we should stay as we are, justify our short-comings, and not try to improve ourselves or our lives in any way? NO! It means we can love ourselves and our partner (if we’re involved in a relationship) regardless of the things which would be beneficial to change. We don’t wait for the change (or even the promise of change) to take place to give our love, we just plain love them and ourselves. Now.
Folks, one thing we need to really understand when it comes to love… We are first and foremost partners with ourselves! Whether there’s a mate in our lives or not, the soul mate we seek is our own Soul. We are Its mate and we need to make the conscious connection to our Soul and have a positive relationship with our Self whether or not we’re involved with another. As we begin to generate love in this primary “soul mate relationship” the rest of our relationships will improve too. It is our ability to give and receive love to ourselves which opens the flow of it for us to extend love to others.
6.
ValueSpeak
A Weekly Column
By
BIG LOVE
I come from a large family.
I’m the youngest of eight
children. My youngest son, Jon, is the youngest of 54 grandchildren. Nobody is exactly sure how many
great-grandchildren there are because the number changes almost daily, but a
few months ago little Lilly Jean Hyer became the 1st
great-great-grandchild. Of course, this
sort of thing was not all that unusual a few decades ago. But today we’re living, breathing poster for
Planned Parenthood.
We may not be “Big Love,” but
we love big.
And,
evidently, often.
The thing is,
it could have been worse – or better, depending on your perspective. Mom wanted 12 children – 12 red-headed
children, to be precise. Before she
would marry my father she made Dad promise to give her 12 red-headed children –
six boys and six girls. Since Dad was
himself a red-head, he was confident he could deliver the goods in that regard.
And if she wanted 12 kids . . . well, he was certainly willing to make his
contribution to that process.
So he promised: 12 red-heads.
He failed to deliver on all
counts. Not only was none of us
red-headed, but their first child, Jean Ellen, came way early and didn’t have
any hair at all – not even eye lashes or eye brows – for a full year. And as for having 12 kids . . . well, I kind
of ended that dream. Mom was 39 when I
was born, all 10 pounds and 14 ounces of me.
Dad said that when he saw me in the hospital bassinette for the first
time he laughed because it looked like I had been held over from the last
class. Mom just said “ouch!” – or words to that
effect.
And that was that.
Which is not
to say that there is anything wrong with having eight happy, healthy,
reasonably well-adjusted children (if you don’t count the odd journalist or
two). It’s a nice, round number –
four girls and four boys. We’ve even
been able to muster a few red-heads among the succeeding generations. My nephew, Erik, has three of them (although
I don’t think we can say his kids have Grandpa’s red hair since Erik was
adopted – unless adoption has physiological implications with which I am
unaware).
For as long
as I can remember my big brothers and sisters have meant everything to me. They were my best friends. My heroes. My confidants. My teachers. My rivals. When I did something good they were the first
ones I wanted to tell. When I did
something bad, they were the last ones I wanted to know.
Not that I ever did anything
bad. It was Kathy. Honest.
I wouldn’t kid about a thing
like this.
But no matter what was going on
in any of our lives – good stuff or bad stuff or just plain old ordinary
in-between stuff – we could always count on one thing from our siblings:
love. Unconditional.
Unqualified. Unreserved. Unrestricted. Love that understands. Love that embraces each
other with a relentless grip. Love that doesn’t just believe that families can be together
forever – it demands it. Love that views family relationships with the eye of a weaver, not
a quilter.
You know – Big Love. The kind
that can be – or should be – found in any family.
Large or
small.
With or without the red hair.
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— © Joseph Walker
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