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Every moment of every day presents us with choices. Some of them are easy to make, so easy we
make them on auto-pilot and aren’t consciously aware we’re doing them. For instance, when eating most of us don’t
consciously think, “OK, put the food on the fork, now lift it up half way, now
bring it closer to the mouth, now place inside the mouth, now close the mouth,
chew, and return the fork to the table.”
Thank goodness we make some choices unconsciously or we’d drive ourselves insane!
In addition to the auto-pilot choices, we encounter choices large and small. Some of them will be difficult decisions to make. We’ve all experienced wanting to make the best choice possible for everyone involved but knowing others might not approve of the choice we make, even though it really is the best we can do. Other times we have to choose between two things we care dearly about because we can’t be two places at once. Sometimes we get lucky and can choose both.
The choices which concern me the most are the ones we make in a reactionary mode. These are the choices which arise when something triggers our ego, doubts, and fears… the choices that remind us of bad things we’ve experienced in the past and we certainly do not want to relive in the future. Yet, because we may be reacting from a place of fear, pain, or ego, we just might put ourselves back in the same old situation again. NOT a good thing!
The good news is that we do have control over what choices we make when
we come from a place of awareness.
We are not doomed to repeat the past when we face the present in a state of awareness, recognizing fear and ego thinking for what it is, recognizing our own behavior patterns, recognizing what it is we truly need and desire in any given moment.
We’ve all been hurt in the past. We’ve all hurt others. And let’s face it folks, we’re all going to get hurt again by ourselves or someone else, intentionally or unintentionally. That’s just part of life.
But if we live in fear of being hurt, because we’re focused on that hurt and the recognition of what it feels like and looks like and sounds like, we are literally creating and re-creating that hurt within ourselves every time we think about it! Even if that which we fear NEVER happens, we will experience the emotion and trauma of it whenever we are thinking about it--especially when we fear it. In fact the fear will intensify it.
Begin to think about your deepest fear right now and notice what happens to your body, mind and mood. It switches very quickly! It’s as if you’re in what you fear right now even though it is not actually happening. STOP!
Now think about something you truly love and enjoy. See it, feel it, hear it, smell it, and taste it in your mind. Really soak in the moment and treasure it. Let it soak into every cell of your body, mind and spirit. Notice what happens. Your entire being begins to respond as if you’re truly there.
This is where self empowerment happens!
It’s making conscious choices in the moment we would react to something we fear or feel negatively about that will stop us in our tracks. And then choosing another track -- a much more positive way to proceed than the reactionary one!
Instead of seeing ourselves as powerless, helpless,
choice-less, we choose to see ourselves as strong, capable and wise. We KNOW we can get through anything. We KNOW we can empower ourselves with the
lessons we’ve learned, the divine guidance we receive, and the people we ask
for help.
There’s no need to make choices in reactionary mode. We can observe and acknowledge the feelings when
they begin to come up, but we don’t have to stay stuck in them. We don’t have to allow the negative emotions to
rule our body, mind, spirit, emotions, or lives. WE
MAKE THE CHOICE, not our past hurts and fears.
The greatest progress in life sometimes comes by taking the greatest risks. Often these risks are changes in our behavior or perspective. They involve choosing the path of authenticity. They require walking in the truth of our Divine Selves. They require knowing we are more than our doubts, more than our fears, more than what we’ve been hurt by, more than our past experiences. We must take these risks and make the choice to move forward, to get out of the rut, to create the future we deserve.
These choices may look scary to begin with. In reality, once we choose to walk in our highest good, things get a lot easier and life looks much more like a welcoming picnic and dream spa than an overgrown field of our darkest nightmares.
Pay attention to your choices. Be particularly aware of the reactionary ones. When you catch yourself reacting, STOP! Ask what you’re afraid of. Ask yourself what you truly want to manifest in the long run. Commit to moving through it. And give yourself a high five for doing so!
Life is getting really good now… because you chose it to be!
With Peace, Love, Happiness, Health, and Prosperity…
Rev. Jeanette
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1.
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:
“The gateways to wisdom and learning are
always open, and I am choosing to walk through them.”
— © Louise Hay
2.
“The beginning of freedom from the
pain-body lies first of all in the realization that you HAVE a pain-body. Then, more important, in your ability to stay
present enough, alert enough, to notice the pain-body
in yourself as a heavy flux of negative emotion when it becomes active. When it is recognized, it can no longer pretend
to be you and live and renew itself through you.”
— © A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
3.
The
Older We Get The Happier We Are-
Yes if we bother to practice happiness techniques!
From www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-21
This
People in old
"Partly because older people have
learned to lower their expectations,
Yang's findings
There were
In general, the odds of being happy
increase 5 percent with every 10 years of
(Agencies) Editor:
This is fascinating research. In general I agree with the above conclusions posted in China View. As a positive psychologist I believe that it takes practice to be contented with one's life and to experience a sense of well-being that didn't involve fame, fortune or a body without cellulite. Of course, there is a good chance that older people get more chances at practice, Certainly they have been alive longer!
What I find is that there comes a time in most people's
lives that they begin to relax into what the universe seems to have dished out
to them. If they perceive this serving of life as basically a glass half
full, they feel good about themselves and experience good feelings which are
often interpreted as 'happiness'. If they see their serving of life as
lousy, they often see the glass as half empty and miss many pleasant
opportunities. Here is where practice comes in.
I am older and I have intentionally been practicing being in
the 'now' and seeing the glass as half full. I can tell you it is worth
doing! The other day I went outside and not only hugged the tree on my
front lawn but let it hug me with its two lowest branches. And then we
rocked slightly in a very light wind. I can tell you it was pure
pleasure. I could feel the energy of life in that tree. And I could
feel the contentment build as we moved slowing together. It was an
incredible few moments. And then I went inside, happy and content and
loved at least for the moment by a tree.
Letting a tree hug me was intentional practice. Let me know what you practice to increase the experience of happiness!
— © Dr. Barbara Becker
In private practice
since 1981, Dr. Barbara Becker
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4.
“See the fullness of life all
around you. The warmth of the sun on
your skin, the display of magnificent flowers outside a florist’s shop, biting
into a succulent fruit, or getting soaked in an abundance of water falling from
the sky. The fullness of life is there
at every step.”
— © A New
Earth by Eckhart Tolle
5.
ValueSpeak
A Weekly Column
By
NEEDING A NEALA
Do you have a Neala in your
family? You should. Every family needs a Neala.
Neala is everyone’s
favorite aunt. She has a smile that
warms you to your very soul. When she
sees you she hugs you with a hug that you actually feel – not one of those
touch-cheeks-pat-backs hugs you usually get.
And when she talks to you she makes you feel like she is absolutely fascinated
by your every word even though – let’s face it – very little of what any of us
has to say is actually interesting.
But it’s her laugh that sets Neala
apart. Neala
doesn’t giggle. She doesn’t
chuckle. She doesn’t even chortle. Her laugh comes from somewhere deep inside of
her, and it resonates through the decibel chart to a
place of unique amplitude. Part screech,
part bellow and part banshee war cry, her laughter has been known to turn heads
in the next county. I once sat near her
at a two-act comedy, and folks sitting around her asked if she was being paid
by the play’s producer to pump up the laughter.
She wasn’t being paid, she was just being Neala: bold, brassy and full of feeling. The
Ethel Merman of laughers.
So it wasn’t a surprise when we heard high intensity
laughter reverberating through the church cultural hall during a family wedding
luncheon last weekend. It was
joyful. It was exuberant. It was spirited. It was . . .
“Neala!”
I smiled as I sought her out in the crowd, sure that she would be surrounded by
her customary gaggle of devoted family and friends (Neala
and her laugh just have a way of bringing people together – you know?).
But I couldn’t see her. At least, not in the
direction from which the laughter was coming. Then another peal of glee echoed in the room
just as my eyes settled on Neala’s face. She was smiling, clearly in the midst of
sharing another entertaining story. But
she wasn’t laughing – not yet – so the laughter had to be coming from someone
else.
I followed the sound of laughter to a jolly woman
sitting on the bride’s side of the church hall. She was surrounded by family
members who clearly adored her and hung on her every word – just like Neala. She told her
story with big gestures and dramatic vocal inflection, which commanded
attention – just like Neala. And when she laughed it
was as if she was an artist, and laughter was her medium, and the story she was
telling was her canvas.
And she created a masterpiece. Just like Neala.
That’s when it occurred to me that every family
probably has a Neala.
And that’s a good thing, because every family needs a Neala – someone who brings everyone together and binds them
with laughter and love.
Of course, every family needs a Wanda Lynne,
too. Wanda Lynne is my sister, and she
is the organizer of the family. If it
were up to me our family reunion this summer would still be a theory. But because of her we have arranged for big
plastic toys for the kids to play on, planned activities for everyone to enjoy,
food assignments organized and a communications plan in place (if only the
family’s so-called “communications expert” – uh, that would be me – would
execute the plan we’d be in good shape). We’re going to have a great reunion
this summer largely because of Wanda Lynne.
That’s why every family needs a Wanda Lynne.
And every family needs a Tony (that funny, slightly
wacky uncle who always talks tough but has the world’s kindest heart beating in
his chest), a Helen (the aunt who knows every name, every face and every
birthday, and who can recite the family genealogy backward and forward), a
David (that sweet cousin who struggles sometimes but tries awfully hard and is
willing to help with anything) and a Clare (that really cool, really hip,
really fun aunt who gets along with everyone even though she’s only been part
of the family for a few years).
We need all of them.
Every type, every shape, every size, every decibel
level. That’s what makes a family . . . well . . . a family, with all of
these interesting types and characters coming together to create one exciting,
dynamic whole. Whether you’re married or
single, old or young, outgoing or shy, in-law or outlaw, you’re part of a
family. And you’re needed.
And that’s nothing to laugh at. Not even for Neala.
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— © Joseph Walker
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