I take a deep breath as I begin to write today as I am tired and overwhelmed by Christmas rush and busy-ness.
How are you doing?
Are you looking forward to a break? Are you the host that feels the pressure to make it all perfect? Are you feeling money pressures? The loss of someone you love? Distance from family or too close to family & wanting to escape the craziness?!
Most likely you are not feeling peaceful and prepared and with everything in order but I may be wrong!!!
And you know what?
Its all OK.
I recently heard a TED Talk about making stress your friend. The speaker, a psychologist, who for decades had been advising people to take time out, to breathe, to relinquish some responsibilities in order to bring their life back into balance, to take up yoga, meditation etc. etc. had read new data on stress which said its not so bad for you afterall!!
Its the BELIEF that its bad for you that has a detrimental effect!!! A bit like money being the root of all evil....in fact its the LOVE of money that is the root of all evil.
So time to change our beliefs again!!
Affirm, I thrive on stress, it motivates me, it helps me achieve a great deal, it allows me to connect with others and ask for help. I am a dynamo, I am dynamic, full of energy and courage, all is well in my crazy world. I love the energy of Christmas. I dive in and take part in the festivities with gusto! Life is good!
Dont knock it till you've tried it!!!
Thats what Im going to do. Im off to a party tonight after 5 hours sleep and a full day of work. I choose to see the stress response of my body as helpful, as giving me courage, I can trust my body, knowing that stress keeps my heart be strong and my body helps me rise to any challenge.
Have a wonderful Christmas week everybody!
To read the transcript of the TED talk go here
http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend/transcript?language=en
In and through all things Love is the message that Spirit would have us know; that we are loved, that we are love and that love is always the answer. Let the words you read here be a message for you today from the Universe that created you, perfect as you are.
Showing posts with label joy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joy. Show all posts
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Friday, October 21, 2011
Grateful
Willing and grateful, I am today.
Grateful for all that I am and all that I have and the incredible abundance I experience everyday. Sights, sounds, experiences, sensations, thoughts, actions fill my day, and so many of them are joyous.So often I forget to acknowledge them. And even more so, to give my self a pat on the back for making the choices that allow me to have these experiences and sensations.
I took myself for a walk after all, I chose to paint with rainbow colors, I chose (well Spirit chose, I didn't resist) the man I married, I chose to have a cat, I chose to live in Montrose, I can take some credit for my good. Other things I am not in control of and they come as they may, good and bad.
In these situations I can be willing to look for the good, to decide to take what action I can and expect the best. Generally, things come to pass. The more I resist the longer they seem to persist. Like if I run toward an approaching storm, it passes quickly but running from it, it seems to follow me.
So, willing I am today, to face the storm and give thanks for the rainbow and the silver lining, which I know cant be too far away. I live in joyous expectation and gratitude meantime.
Grateful for all that I am and all that I have and the incredible abundance I experience everyday. Sights, sounds, experiences, sensations, thoughts, actions fill my day, and so many of them are joyous.So often I forget to acknowledge them. And even more so, to give my self a pat on the back for making the choices that allow me to have these experiences and sensations.
I took myself for a walk after all, I chose to paint with rainbow colors, I chose (well Spirit chose, I didn't resist) the man I married, I chose to have a cat, I chose to live in Montrose, I can take some credit for my good. Other things I am not in control of and they come as they may, good and bad.
In these situations I can be willing to look for the good, to decide to take what action I can and expect the best. Generally, things come to pass. The more I resist the longer they seem to persist. Like if I run toward an approaching storm, it passes quickly but running from it, it seems to follow me.
So, willing I am today, to face the storm and give thanks for the rainbow and the silver lining, which I know cant be too far away. I live in joyous expectation and gratitude meantime.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Love is everywhere.
"Love is in the air, in the rising of the sun,
Love is in the air, when the day is nearly done,
and I don't know if you are illusion, don't know if I see truth,
but you are something that I must believe in, and you are there when I reach out for you." Lyrics by Tom Jones
Love is everywhere, really, it's true. Look for it, don't stop looking till you see it.
So often we decide where love is to be found or how it should appear and then miss it completely when it stares us in the face because it doesn't look like we decided it should. Love is not just romantic, like that great Louis Armstrong song says, its in babies cries and blue skies, trees of green, cluods of white...why? Because of what these things evoke in us. These are miracles, joys free for the having. Friends shaking hands, they really are saying "I love you." If we listen really closely we can hear it. Love really is not something external to us, it's in us to discover by being aware, listening, waiting, allowing it to show itself to us.
Listen awhile today, see what you hear on the deepest level of life. It really is a wonderful world.
Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaZBNJ6SD1I&feature=response_watch
Love is in the air, when the day is nearly done,
and I don't know if you are illusion, don't know if I see truth,
but you are something that I must believe in, and you are there when I reach out for you." Lyrics by Tom Jones
Love is everywhere, really, it's true. Look for it, don't stop looking till you see it.
So often we decide where love is to be found or how it should appear and then miss it completely when it stares us in the face because it doesn't look like we decided it should. Love is not just romantic, like that great Louis Armstrong song says, its in babies cries and blue skies, trees of green, cluods of white...why? Because of what these things evoke in us. These are miracles, joys free for the having. Friends shaking hands, they really are saying "I love you." If we listen really closely we can hear it. Love really is not something external to us, it's in us to discover by being aware, listening, waiting, allowing it to show itself to us.
Listen awhile today, see what you hear on the deepest level of life. It really is a wonderful world.
Enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaZBNJ6SD1I&feature=response_watch
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