Bottle the Good Stuff

Last week, while adoring the magically delicious weather, I posted this as my status on Facebook:

“Another absolutely gorgeous day. Can I bottle these for use at a later date?”

My dear friend Katja, on Kauai responded:

“The bottle is your heart and yes you can!!”

That was the most absolutely perfect response and I replied with huge heart:

"The Bottle is Your Heart"

“Katja… I love you!”

And then Katja expanded on her gift:

“Love you too, Miss!!!!

I always consciously acknowledge times that are simply blissful and connect with their blue print for later use!!!

I like the visual of “bottling” the energy.

Since negative thought patterns cruise around for a while, these much more pleasant times do too, so let’s catch ourselves some of the bubbles of JOY, FUN, BLISS and shower in them whenever we are are in a less uplifted mood.”

But of course! What a great idea, bottling the energy of feel good…why not? The best plan ever! And so I replied:

“Brilliant way of putting it, Katja! Love it!”

Finding the Good Stuff~

We all know that focusing on a good feeling thought brings more good feeling thoughts…and good feelings.

And, let’s face it. Sometimes when we’re feeling blue, it can feel tricky at best to find the better feeling thoughts that lead to a better feeling place.

Katja’s right. Pleasant times and experiences cruise around us all the time. In fact, in my opinion, much more often than the unpleasant ones do. Some of us have just trained ourselves to notice the unpleasant more than the pleasant. (Strange beings, we humans.)

What if we committed to re-training. What if we committed to recognizing, appreciating, basking and down right LOVING the pleasant-ness around us each and every day…down to the smallest of details.

Fill it Up!

I love doing that. It’s great fun to pause in the moment and look around…feel around…drink in all the precious pleasant things that surround me…right now…

• A purring cat,
• a dreaming dog,
• a crystal carnelian orb,
• a salt crystal lamp’s glow,
• the wind dancing in the trees outside my window,
• the smell of lavender and wintergreen,
• bright-vivid gold of Black-eyed Susans,
• feeling of inspired creation bubbling to the surface,
• excitement of new opportunities on the horizon,
• rested contentment and peaceful, easy feeling of flow,
• …Mmmm.

Your turn. Right here, right now. Give it a try…

• What do you see, feel, hear, taste, touch, sense?
• Dig deep if you have to…extend your awareness.
• Surely there’s something right exactly where you’re positioned.
• What pleasant yumminess can you find to appreciate?
• Need inspiration? Look out a window and prepare to be amazed.
• Nature will always offer some (or many) pleasant things to notice and bask in.

I love Katja’s metaphor; the bottle is your heart. It’s true! And it has limitless space!

Fill it intentionally with all things good.

And when the time comes when you’re feeling less than brilliant, open that bottle and shower yourself in goodness!

The Blueprint~

Katja’s ‘blueprint’ analogy is awesome.

The blueprint is our map, our foundation, our compass…and it’s an exact match to what becomes. The better the blueprint, the better the outcome.

In fact, the better the blueprint, the EVEN better the outcome as a good blueprint always leaves room for improvement…so we know it’ll be at least that good, or better!

Appreciation & Acknowledgment!

Thanks Katja, for sharing these inspired metaphors!

• Here’s to acknowledging the blissful, the pleasant, the joyful and the awesomeness.

• Here’s to connecting to the very blueprint of the experience so that it can be re-created as good or better again and again.

• Here’s to bottling the energy of it all in our heart of hearts so that we can, at our choosing, shower in its infinite goodness whenever and wherever we desire to.

So…

What are you finding that’s magically delicious to bottle today?

Photo Credit Blue Sky Bottle Flower
Photo Credit Heart Bottle