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Howdy Folks and Good Day!
A lot of folks I know are going through changes in their lives. Some have been chosen by them, some are the
results of others’ choosing for them.
Change can be scary, intimidating.
It can make us wonder if we’re good enough or how we’ll ever get
through. Whenever I am faced with change
my mind calls forth something I heard business guru and motivational speaker
Brian Tracy say years ago…
“You can learn anything you need to learn to become anything you want
to be.”
When we look at change as an opportunity to learn, and give ourselves permission to learn what we need to become who we want to be, it’s much less intimidating. And I’m not just talking about learning the life lessons.
Babies are not born into this world knowing how to walk and talk, they learn in tiny increments. So can we. Even if the change we face is the result of something we didn’t want, such as a job loss, divorce, illness, or loss of a loved one, we can still ask ourselves, “What do I want for my future? What’s my ideal out come?” And we can begin to learn what’s necessary to move us in that direction.
When asking, “What’s my ideal outcome?” it’s important to look beyond current circumstances and see far enough into the future to move out of the pain of the moment. Sometimes that can be challenging, especially when we wonder how we’ll even make it through this day. But often it’s our future hopes and dreams that will carry us through the rough times and give us something to reach for. If we’re already in good times, we can be thankful we’re that much closer!
What do you want to be? What do you want or need to learn? What changes are you facing? How can you use them as a catalyst for making your dreams come true?
An interesting little side note, as I was placing the quotes
for today’s issue, I realized the date was
588 - “The change you’re
considering assists you in claiming your abundance. Release any fears, and allow your abundance
to flow to you easily and comfortably.”
If you’re considering making a change, I’d take that as a pretty good sign.
Remember it’s all a learning process and you can learn anything you need to learn to become anything you want 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.
“You can study and talk about honey for as long as you like, but you won’t really KNOW
it until you taste it.”
— © The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
3.
Being in the NOW--
How Sweet That Can Be!
A few days ago I lost my sense of smell.
Suddenly, in the middle of a violent head cold it was gone. I realized that not only was I miserable but I couldn't smell a thing, not even Vick's. Some of that was good news. Wow, the kitty litter box seemed so clean-no aroma at all. But that news grew cold as I reminded myself that I couldn't even smell unpleasant odors.
Over the next two days I was keenly aware of loss. I thought a lot about how important my sense of smell has been all these years. It had been my best friend so many times--every spring when certain fragrances such as honeysuckle return, uplifting my mood by so many aromas--cinnamon, peppermint, fresh grass, chicken soup, musk perfumes, clean hair, even sweat. Panic almost begins to set in. I need my sense of smell. I'm not ready to say good-bye. It is becoming more precious by the moment. I resist picking up the lavender soap and seeing that I still can't smell.
Fast forward…my sense of smell is back! Oh, sweet relief. I am leaning over my chicken soup-still simmering-and I can smell it again. I am still stuffed but I am in wondrous awe of the trickle of aroma making its way through my passages. I realize I am in the Now. I am in love with the smell of chicken soup. I am in love with my bathroom soap. I am in love with kitty litter. Well, not really in love, but appreciative.
The moment is passing. But I can say that I am so thankful. This is what feeling grateful really feels like. Not making a list when I wake up in the morning--nice idea but not passionate enough for me. This is pure gratitude, coming from the return of the most primitive sense we have, the one that is the gateway to so many of our memories. I love you, I love you, I love you. Stay with me forever. I will treat you, (my ability to smell) with respect and awe. I promise.
Meanwhile, life goes on--I guess I have to change the kitty litter.
— © Dr. Barbara Becker
In private practice
since 1981, Dr. Barbara Becker
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4.
“If your overall situation is unsatisfactory or unpleasant, SEPARATE OUT THIS
INSTANT and surrender to what IS.
That’s the flashlight cutting through the fog.”
— © The
Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
5.
ValueSpeak
A Weekly Column
By Joseph Walker
OPENING A WINDOW TO SPRING
Spring sort of comes and goes
where I live. One minute it’s balmy and
warm and you’re driving around with your windows down and the breeze blowing in
your face, and the next minute it’s cold and blustery and you’re wondering
where you put the snow shovel.
Today is one of those days when
spring is both coming . . . and going.
It’s bright and sunny out – but not really. Rather than the clear blue sky one normally
associates with a spring day, a high, thin layer of clouds have given this
spring day a murky pallor. The gentle
breeze that is blowing is cool – almost too briskly to be considered “gentle,”
and almost too cool to be completely comfortable. The blossom-less branches of the apple tree
outside my window bounce and bend almost menacingly – especially when the
breeze blows into a full gust of wind.
It is spring, and yet it isn’t.
Springy, that is.
The weather prognosticators on
the radio insist that a storm is on its way.
By the afternoon we will have rain, they say, and maybe a little
snow. And it will be cold. Usually such a prediction means we will
actually be sweltering in sun-bathed ecstasy this afternoon, but just in case
they’re right this time I have the window by my desk fully opened to let in
whatever remains of this spring day – cold and blustery and murky though it may
be.
Of course, there’s a downside
to that. It’s just a little too cool to
be jacket-less, and those occasional gusts of wind have a way of blowing around
the papers on my desk. So I’m sitting
here wearing a jacket, with notes and papers strewn all over the room, my
window wide open to the advancing storm.
It’s a little incongruent, I
know. It would make more sense to just
close the window, take off the jacket and put the papers back on the desk where
they belong. But it’s spring, and after
a long, cold, snow-filled winter I can’t bring myself to shut it out – not
until I absolutely have to.
Of course, this isn’t the first
time in my life that I’ve made a choice that flew in the face of conventional
wisdom. Come to think of it, my history
seems to be filled with more nonsense than common sense. I quit a relatively well-paying job two weeks
before my wedding day over a dispute with an abusive employer. Even so, Anita and I decided to begin having
children immediately after we were married rather than to wait until we were
settled in as a couple and could afford it.
We continued having children – five of them, God bless ‘em! – even though we couldn’t
afford to buy a home in which to raise them.
When we finally DID buy a home after 17 years of marriage and
child-bearing, it was probably more than we could afford.
And don’t even get me started
talking about the extensive remodeling we have just completed – right smack dab
through the middle of that long, cold, snow-filled winter I was talking
about. What were we thinking when we got
started with that?
So it isn’t too surprising that
today I find myself in the midst of another seemingly incongruent change in my
life. I won’t bore you with the details
– it’s just work stuff, having to do with leaving one steady, secure job with
people I’ve grown to love, and heading off into something a little less secure
at a time in my life when I should be worrying about accruing as much pension
as I possibly can because . . . well, I’m not getting any younger, you know?
Don’t get me wrong: I’m pleased
with the new opportunity. But I can’t
help but wonder if I know what the heck I’m doing. Then I look back on those other
unconventional, nonsensical choices, and I realize that things have a way of
working out. Which is
not to say that things have always turned out perfectly when I’ve gone against
the grain, because they haven’t.
But even bad choices have a way of shaping you and turning you into the
person you eventually become.
So I’m putting on a jacket and
throwing open another window in my life, fully aware that there’s a storm
called “old age” on its way. The way I
see it, life is too short not to enjoy the spring while it’s here, whether it’s
coming or going.
Cold and
blustery and murky though it may be.
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— © Joseph Walker
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