Valid vibrational advice.

There’s a huge wave building right now across the internet asking us to say NO to something important.

I’m not a huge fan of saying no to things I don’t want.
I’d prefer to say yes…to what I want, rather than no, to what I don’t want.

Some may pose, what’s the diff??
There’s a huge difference when we consider that everything is energy…or vibration.  And that’s all.  …that’s everything.

Stop SOPA!

Across the internet, big presences such as Google and Wikipedia, among many others are ‘Going Dark today (Jan. 18) to Protest SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and its sibling the Protect IP Act (PIPA).

This article explains more and offers a list of big players on the net who’ve chosen to ‘go dark’ today.

The Crux

Which brings me to the crux of my JOY of Brilliance vantage point.

While I feel very strongly about FREEDOM…and Freedom of Speech and Expression, I feel less than enthused by any thing that is ‘protest-y’ or ‘against’.  (Which tends to be the angle of most things political, from my perspective.)

It feels upstream, full of effort and resistance to me.

Look at the statement…  “Going Dark to Protest SOPA (Stop…)”

That statement is filled with all sorts of resistance and stuff we don’t want.

And yet, I know that those in favor of stopping SOPA want what I want…they’re just not expressing it from a Law of Attraction vibrationally based vantage point.

They’re expressing it in a way that will give power to exactly what they’re ‘against’.

Can you see it?

In order for me to participate in this wave at all…  My focus has to be in a brighter direction.  If it’s not, I’m giving my power away and actually encouraging that which I don’t want.

Because I do feel this is an important wave of potential change, I am choosing this vantage point for my participation and I invite you to as well:

Shining LIGHT to Encourage and Allow Continued JOYous FREEdom of Speech and Expression.

• Instead of “Stop!”, “Allow.”
• Instead of “Dark”, “Light”.
• Instead of “Protest”, “Encourage/Support”.

Can you imagine how much relief there would be if we would all focus our attention in a more vibrationally positive, supportive direction?

Can you imagine what we could create?

• We are limitless loving beings.
• We are potentiality in human bodies.
• We are Pure Light radiating in all directions.
• We are Infinite Power beyond measure.
• We have a choice in how we catalyze that power and harness it for good.
• We are positive change agents.
• We are FREE thinkers.
• We are FREE BE-ers.
• We choose the direction of our thoughts.
• We choose our reality.
• We create our reality.
• WE are.

…and WE make a difference.

What will you choose your difference to be? 
Where will you focus to make a difference?

Today, say YES! to Freedom of Speech.

Say YES! to allowing the internet to be the inspiring, content rich resource that is has always been…

• A place for us to explore.  A place for us to travel to uncharted territory.  A place for us to erase boundaries and borders.
• A place for us to get to know each other, our brothers and sisters in one united global family.  A place for us to share our hearts, minds and spirits.
• A place for us to birth new thought.
• A place for us to be with each other, out on the leading edge.
• A place for us to feel connected.  A place for us to feel supported.
• A place that brings us joy.  A place where we can relate.  A place that brings us hope.
• A place that now feels like home.  A place we’ve grown accustomed to.
• A place we appreciate.  A place we respect and cherish.
• A place that represents freedom in a global sense.

We are the internet.  We are the WEB of this thing called life!

Say YES! to Freedom of Speech.  Allow FREE Expression.

 Raise Your Vibrationally Aligned Voice!

Today, with this higher vibe vantage point…  Let your congress people know that the power of the people is in our hands and we support FREEDOM on the internet.  (And until our wave of vibrationally aligned positive flow of change catches on, today…say no to SOPA…knowing that you’re saying YES! to Liberty, YES! to Freedom.)

Abraham’s talked a lot lately about staying general, until the vibe is so high that you’re amply prepared to get specific.

In this case, it feels good to stay general…  (I know there are specifics within this topic…and I know they’ll take most of us upstream.  Choosing general feels better, to me.)

It Feels Good!

It feels good to Support Freedom.

All the rest feels encumbered and upstream.  (That’s not my path.)

Some may call it PollyAnna.  I’m cool with that.  I like my rose colored glasses.  Always have.  Always will.

Seems to be working for me.

Better and better.  All the time.

What I’m Seeing ~

Seeing FREEDOM as our pathway.

Seeing humanity awake to our brightest potential.

Seeing being deliberately, inspiringly, vibrationally aligned as the grooviest way to BE.

Seeing LIGHT illuminating all.

What are you seeing?  Share with me in the comments!  SEE you there…

Photo Credit ~ From Google & Mashable, a photo (I embellished), likely to be censored if SOPA is passed.  This is as radical as I get!

To save you all from a little TMI (too much information), I’ll skip the details and just say I was ‘taking care of my morning business’.  ;)

…as I was sitting…finding a still point, after just running through my long list of to-do’s and wondering how possible it was that they’d all turn into ta-da’s today, an amazingly fun and ticklish thing happened.  (in my mind, silly!  …TMI, remember?)

Does This Ever Happen to You?

All of a sudden, in a more than random way, I realized some song lyrics were floating through my mind…

“Oh what a wonderful feeling…  Oh what a wonderful day.  I’ve got a wonderful feeeeeeeeeling…every thing’s going my way!!!”

Hah!  How cool is that?!?  In the midst of gearing up for a full on day…in the stillness of some quiet business I was tending to…right there, the Universe and my Joy of Brilliance Self conspired to inspire me.  And I was listening!

I have not thought of that song in eons!  I can’t remember the last time I heard it, sang it…or thought about it.  No logical explanation for its sudden arrival, and yet, there it was.  The perfect vortexy bit of lyrics to take me ‘zip a dee doo dah’ skipping through my day.

I mean, come on!   It’s our FEELINGS that lead the way to where ever it is we’re going.  Metaphorically and literally.  …and manifesting-ly!  (Love making up new words, take the opportunity every chance I get.)

We’ve talked about this lots before.

• Our feelings are our indicators.
• Our feelings are our barometers.
• Our feelings point the way, they are our best informers, they tell us what we’re vibrating energetically, and where any potential kinks of resistance lie.

According to Abraham (and I concur!), this whole deliberate creation thing gets super easy when we break it down to the fundamental foundation of FEELINGS.

Follow the Feel Good and you’re on your way to all that your heart desires…and more!…’cause the Universe has a way better imagination than we do.

Where is that Wonderful Feeling?!?

Just find the WONDER FULL FEELING…and know that everything’s going your way.  The rest is covered.  In delightful GOODness!!!  (Just like a pretzel covered in white chocolate and sprinkles!)

Believe me?  …give it a try…

• Especially in this season when everything seems to amp up a notch, or a million.  
• Especially now, when we seem to chase time…or try to buy it like it’s a commodity.
• Especially now, when you need it most.

Find the wonder-full-ness and bask in that.  Feel into the nature of “Oh, what a wonderful feeling…oh what a wonder-full day.  I’ve got a wonderful feeeeeeling…everything’s going my way.”  …and you know what?  It WILL !!!

enJOY your holidays, My Beloveds!

Your faithful JOYfully Feel Good Friend, DebSoul

PS~

Just in case you need further inspiration (Just love a good rabbit hole, don’t you?!)…I was curious about the origin of this sweet, feel good song…brings back such great memories…  Here’s some history on Zip a Dee Doo Dah.

Time for a Sing Along!

And why not sing along!?!  Here’s the original…Stay ’til the end!  How can it get better than this?!?  Zip a Dee Doo Dah, Zip a Dee Ay!

Psst!!  There’s a bluebird on my shoulder saying… Meet me in the comments and tell me what you’re feeling as soon as you’re done watching the video!!!  See you there!  XO

‘Go ahead, Jump!’ Photo Credit

Please join me in sending all love and appreciation to Esther, Jerry, Abraham and the entire Abraham-Hicks family during this time of transition and always.

Jerry and Esther Hicks

Jerry has been a most JOYous spark of enthusiastic passion and curiosity, always asking the ‘right’ questions…always posing the ‘best’ stories and the most unique vantage points to Abraham.  He has been and will surely continue to be a brilliant source of inspiration and love to all who witness his vibrant energy.

Jerry is one of the amazing ones.  We are forever grateful for his presence in our experience!

The following is an email sent by Esther, shared by Jeannette…

Dear, dear Friends,

Our sweet Jerry made his transition into Nonphysical last Friday. How sweet the Vortex is feeling to him today!

Jerry said to me when we came together over 30 years ago that given the difference in our ages that it was likely “that I will cut out on you early,” to which I replied, “I don’t mind.” His joy of life and continual new discovery of purpose kept his life feeling fresh and we shared such joyous eagerness for life.

Over the years, Abraham has consistently insisted that there is no death. Again and again they have reminded us that there is only life and more life and more life. It has taken me some time to understand this, and I honestly must say I have not yet fully come to terms with it, but I do believe that in what we are calling Jerry’s death he is discovering the next logical step of life that Abraham has always been talking about. And at times I am catching a glimpse of the bigness of what Jerry is feeling and while I am still pretty mad at him for not sticking around longer to surprise and delight me in all the ways he has been doing throughout our 30 years together I accept fully that the next logical step of joyous life for Jerry was to be found in his re-emergence into Nonphysical.

Since 1985 it has been Jerry and Esther and Abraham and I believe with everything that I am that that has not changed. I know that Jerry will continue to be the third powerful point of the triad of Energy that makes up the Abraham experience and I am certain that his new vantage point will be, as it has always been, of advantage to us all.

I know for sure that Jerry will help me, in time, release my own personal resistance to physical death, because I will not be able to maintain that resistance and also play easily with him. And my desire to continue not only my Abraham experience but also my Jerry experience I am certain he will be the catalyst to help me do what Abraham has been trying to help us all do all along.

Once again, Jerry is out there leading the way for me. But the difference this time is that I must find the way. I am not there yet, but it is my absolute promise to myself that I will find the way, because it is the most natural thing in the world to do and because Jerry has provided for me the reason to do it.

I am eager about what is ahead and while I cannot begin to explain or even imagine the details of how it is all going to play out, I am certain that it will be fun.

I am such a fortunate girl, to have been able to play with Jerry and Abraham and all of you for so many wonderful years and I am so eager to continue doing more of the same for many more years to come. I feel certain right now that not only has nothing gone wrong, but things are going especially right. It will be different, for sure, but it will also be very, very good.

I’m feeling such love for you all, and for Abraham and most of all for Jerry. And as I have said to him a thousand or more times through the years, “Well isn’t life just a kick in the pants?”

Love,
Esther

Rememberance…

Last week Tuesday morning, as I was making our bed, Jerry popped into my awareness. I realized I was thinking about him and his physicalness…my mind wondered if Jerry’s body was well again, and if he would be continuing on…and then, I had a clear feeling that Jerry would soon be re-emerging into the non-physical.

It wasn’t what I wanted to hear/feel…and I thought it was a strange impression. I rested into the feeling again and I heard, all is well…no worries…all is well.

I imagined both Jerry and Esther happy and vibrant in their soul-full-ness… And I went about my day.

Today, upon hearing this news, I was reminded of last weeks impression. And now, in this moment, I am again imagining both Jerry and Esther happy and vibrant in their soul-full-ness. No separation. No physical/non-physical…just pure consciousness…pure BEingness…pure JOY…pure ONEness.

Love and Appreciation…

What an amazing feeling to know that Jerry now shines FULL ON, free of any small bits of resistance he may have tangled with while here. It feels so amazing to tune into the broader perspective now…feeling his brilliance in the mix, even more potent than before…a most-fullness.

At the same time…from the physical, from this humaness that I am…I feel a void, a space…a sweet spot that Jerry’s physicalness once solidly filled. No, I never met him. But, I felt him. And that space feels different now. A sort of vaporization, from form to formless. …challenging to put into words, but strong, palpable.

Deep, sweet nurturing blessings to Esther. Walk in the LIGHT of pure knowing, sweet sister. We are blessed by your presence and your willingness to bring Abraham into the hearts and homes of all of us. We are eternally grateful for the triad that is, and continues to be, Esther, Jerry and Abraham. I too am eager and excited to witness what next unfolds on your continued co-creative journey of expression. I agree, it’s going to be GOOD!

I love you, Esther, Jerry and Abraham. I love life. I celebrate the cycles. I appreciate all that you have re-awakened and enkindled in me. My soul dances & my heart sings in your LIGHT. Blessed Be!

There is GREAT LOVE for you here… every single here…in every forward looking, JOY abounding direction I turn… GREAT LOVE!!!

Vortex Photo Credit

I’ve been a very, very good girl.  How do I know?  Because I feel good, happy, awake, vibrant, alive and well.  And I like feeling like that.  So I just keep on reminding myself how good it feels…and the feelings keep renewing!

Have there been any days that weren’t ‘all that’?  Maybe.  But Santa, you know as well as I do that where we focus, magically creates more of the same.

So Santa…

I’m choosing to focus on the Feel Good.  (Which is why I’m writing this letter to you…)

Dear Santa…

I’ve been a very, very good girl.

I believe in abundance.  I believe in dreams come true.  I believe that JOY is my merry purpose.  (Pretty sure it’s yours, too! ) I believe that SHINING is my Birthright.

Me and my BIG heart appreciate all that life has delivered to me over the last year.

What I appreciate most are the FEELINGS I’ve felt…

Feelings like~

• Wonder
• Passion
• Exhilaration
• Peace
• Feisty Friskiness
• JOY (and all it’s Happy Cousins, including GLEE, Euphoric & Bliss!)
• Uplift-ment
• Appreciation (yes, I can appreciate feeling appreciation!)
• Loving
• Hopefulness
• Creativity
• Curios
• Guided
• Energized
• Inspired
• Safe
• Balanced
• Focused
• In Awe
• BRILLIANT!
• …just to name a few.  :)

Hey Santa…

Know what’s cool?  Now that I’ve experienced all of these nifty feelings, they’re mine.  And because they’re mine…I can feel them again.  And again.  Cool, right?

What do I want?  More of the same and better, of course!

But, don’t sweat it, Santa.  I know it’s all up to me.

I know it’s not your responsibility to bring me happiness or JOY…or anything else for that matter.

I also know that everything I want is available to me…all I have to do is enJOY life, line up with the feel good…have FUN…and allow…and open my heart and my arms to receive.  And I can DO that!  Easy Peasy!

So all I’m asking Santa, is that you keep shining.  You know, your eyes how they twinkle, your dimples how merry…a right jolly, (b)old elf.

Because clearly, you’ve got JOY and a whole lot of other feel good vibes fully covered.

You’re an inspiration, Santa.

I know this letter is somewhat unorthodox.  You won’t mind; you like it like that.

After all, anyone who lives at the North Pole with hundreds of elves, eating cookies all day and playing with reindeer while you get ready to fly across the sky one night a year to deliver good vibes to good little boys and girls, GETS unorthodox!

You GET it, Santa.  And I just wanted you to know that I get it, too.  I like magic.  Heck, if the North Pole wasn’t so darn cold all year, I’d probably come move in with you like Buddy the Elf did!

Have a blessed and abundantly JOYful Holiday and New Year, Santa!  (If that’s what you want, of course.  It’s your story, you get to write it as you desire it to be!  As do I…and the way I see it…it’s ALL looking pretty magnificently brilliant!)

Here’s to all the New Stories we create for ourselves in the approaching New Year!

And Santa?

My gift to you…  Loads of LOVE, Laughs and Photos of my doggie niece and nephew.  Rosie and Faron.  I’m pretty sure they’ve got visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads.  Faron’s on the floor, dazed with amazement and Rosie’s eager, forward looking and totally ready for all the GOOD that awaits her.  I hope you enjoy their pictures, Rosie and Faron’s person (my sis!) took them.

With Love and Appreciation, Santa!
And by the way…
You ROCK the Red Suit!  Keep flying high!
One JOYful GOOD Feeling Girl…

XO ~ Debra

A BIG PS~

Just in case Santa’s not the only one reading this…  Here’s a FEEL GOOD way to start your New Story for 2011…

You’re a FIREWORK!  It’s TRUE!  I SEE YOU!
Let your LIGHT SHINE…Brilliant Ones!  All the BEST, just exactly as you dream it to be.  FEEL it!  BE it!  REST into it!

Breathe.  Believe.  Receive.  It’s ALL Happening!

Any NEW Stories you’re creating for 2011?

Any FEELINGS you’re intending to feel more of?

As always, LOVE to hear from you!!
Happy Holidays…I’m envisioning all the BEST for each and every one of you.  Shine on!!

It’s that time of year again.  Thanksgiving time.  Time to draw those near and dear close and sup on feasts extraordinaire while giving thanks for the bountiful blessings that have been bestowed upon us.

Certain tried and true recipes become requested favorites.  This year is no exception.  My sisters and I are in charge of appetizers (you know, the food we really, really need before eating one of the richest, heaviest meals of the year!)…and I’ll be bringing a few of the family faves.

Other types of recipes are also tried and true.  When I pondered what to share in a Thanksgiving post I thought about the Recipe for Appreciation that I created last year.  I searched for it…found it.  Read it.  And discovered it’s still a perfectly delicious treat…that bears repeating.

From my heart to yours…  May Happy Thanksgiving Blessings Abundantly Be Yours, today and always.

I Love and Appreciate YOU.  I love your passion for life, your sense of wonder, your love of JOY and your commitment to shine in your brilliance in all you do.  I SEE YOU.  I LOVE YOU.  Thank you for being here.

And now…  A Taste of Appreciation  ~ It gets even better with age.  :)

Having just celebrated Thanksgiving here in the U.S. I’ve found myself contemplating the essence of giving thanks…and where it takes me.

In my world giving thanks leads me to a feeling...a feeling of immense JOY and appreciation for whom ever or what ever it is that I’m recognizing I’m thankful for.

I’ve been playing with the vibration that surrounds saying thank you…just the words…and then really tuning in to the appreciation factor and feeling the words as I say them with appreciation.

Let’s walk beyond thanksgiving together…

Most of us when asked what we’re thankful for will say family…or perhaps one or two significant others in the form of close friends, partners, etc.

On the Road to Appreciation

Now if we simply say, “I’m thankful for my family.” The words alone may not conjure much vibrationally.  But, if we allow ourselves to enter into the feeling realm of why we’re thankful for our family (or a special friend, etc.) we begin to see and feel within ourselves all the wonderful aspects that we love about them and it sends amazing ripples of love and appreciation through us.

From this place, we are beyond thankful.
We are in the essence of appreciation, we are in the essence of love and the vibration here is so high…we feel high!
Elated even.  We are moved.  Our hearts and souls are engaged.

Mother Nature leads us to Appreciation

When we surround ourselves with nature and we gaze out into her beauty it’s easy to find at least one thing we see that we’re thankful for.  We may be grateful for the blue sky, the soft, gentle breeze, the trees that offer shade on a hot summer day, or the way the sun glistens on the new fallen snow.

We could just say we’re thankful for these things…
and I don’t know about you, but for me…I can’t stop there.  I am easily taken in by the beauty that surrounds me…and suddenly I’m over come with immense appreciation for Mother Nature, for her grace, her steadfastness, her power, her magnificence.

What might shift?

Can you imagine how things might shift to the highest positive if we were willing to look at all of life through the eyes of love and appreciation?

What would happen if every where we looked we could only see something positive, something that we loved, something that made us feel good?

It reminds me of the post I wrote months back about Seeing Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses.

What if our eyes were equipped with a special filter that heightened our awareness to the good that surrounds us in every situation…even those situations that seem entirely dire and dim?

What if I told you that we ARE equipped with that special filter?  What if I suggested that each and every one of us have that filter alive and well within us? What if I said the only thing necessary to turn it on, to activate it is our own willingness, our own conscious choice to do so?

Would you turn yours on?  Would you turn it up, full throttle, and allow the world that surrounds you to be filled with things you feel good about?  Things you love, things that make you feel better than ever?

Do you believe it’s possible?

I do.  I’m living proof.  I see the good stuff.  I feel good in my life.  Joy is mine.

Do I sometimes have to have my filter re-adjusted?  No, my filter is made of perfection and can not be broken and it never loses it’s power.  It’s me who sometimes needs adjusting.

It’s me who sometimes needs a tune-up.  And all that takes is me noticing that I’m seeing things that don’t make me feel good, things that bring me down, things I don’t like.  When I notice I’m seeing some of these things I know it’s time for a tune up.

3 Steps to a Quick & Easy Appreciation Tune Up~

1. Think of and write down as many things as you can that make you feel good…keep writing until no more things come in right now.
   
2. Think of and write down at least 5 things/people/places you love and allow yourself to move into the feeling place of why you love them…what do you love about them…how does all of it make you feel.
   
3. Take yourself into nature and look for as many things as you can that look beautiful, things that bring out the wonder and appreciation in you.

If we’ve managed to block the flow of our special appreciation filter and there isn’t much we’re seeing that looks or feels good, it may feel challenging at best to do these 3 easy steps.

If you find yourself feeling that way, here’s a question to ask yourself.  It’s one that when I ask it of myself, it gets me on track every time:

Do I love the way I’m feeling, do I want to continue feeling this way…or is there something better I’d like to be feeling?

OK…so technically that’s 3 questions.  Bear with me.

As soon as we ask ourselves if we’d like to feel better…as soon as we glimpse the idea that we can…we’ve shifted into an opening that allows the feel better to come in.

Abraham says, “Look for the thing you like the best even if there’s only one thing in all of it that you like, give it your undivided attention and use IT as your excuse to be who you are.  And as you use those things that shine bright and make you feel good as your excuse to give your attention, and as your excuse to be who you are, you’ll tune to who you are…and the whole world will begin to transform before your eyes.
It’s not your job to transform it for others, but it is your job to transform it for YOU.”

From this place we can begin our tune up…and get that special filter activated…leading us to the most amazing life experiences we could ever hope for…with ample amounts of Feel Good and JOY along the way.

I’ve said it before.  I’ll say it again.  Life is meant to be JOYful, to be enJOYed.  And one of the clearest, most easily travelled paths to experiencing that is the Road of Appreciation.

This quote from Abraham sums it up nicely~

“Appreciation is me being in sync with the whole of that which I am.  
Appreciation is seeing what ever I’m looking at through the eyes of Source.
A state of appreciation is a state of godliness;
A state of appreciation is being who you really are.”

So go Beyond Thanksgiving.  Find yourself in a State of Appreciation.  It feels good.

• How do you activate your special appreciation filter?
• How has living in a State of Appreciation made a difference in your life?
• …or if this road is new to you…  How do you imagine being in a State of Appreciation may support the Feel Good in your life?  *Remember, imagining makes it so!

You’ll enJOY this YouTube video from Abraham-Hicks on Appreciation vs. Gratitude.  Fitting, huh?  The Abraham quotes in my post came from this video…listen for them!

Road to Appreciation “Thank You” Photo

Last night, while scrubbing the pasta kettle,

Abraham mentioned

a new way that Esther is choosing to play with the ABC game.

Since Esther

Up Level Your ABC Feel Good

loves how the ABC game puts her joyfully right into the vortex, she thought she’d see if she could amp up the stakes.  She’s now playing to string a sentence together using her favorite ABC words in alphabetical order.

What fun, I thought…and I thought it would pose to be a bit of a challenge.  Surprisingly, it didn’t!

I thought surely I’d have to add some prepositions or something in between words; I didn’t!
Very cool how easily this flowed.
It must have had something to do with being in the vortex!!  :0)

Here’s what I came up with…

(OK, so I had to cheat just a little for X…Abraham said it was OK.  ;~)

Attention Brilliant Creators!

Deliberately ease flow.  Great happiness invites joyful, kind, loving, manifestors now.  Open purpose…quiet relief…simply terrific understanding…veritably welcomes eXuberantly, your zeal.

Cool, huh?  :)  Anyone else want to play?

I’d love to hear your string of high vibe ABC’s in the comments below!!

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“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?

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I know. That title could take us a variety of places. You’ll soon see where I’m going.

Alternate Title:

Cruella Cloudy with a Chance of Sunshine Meets Suzy Sunshine with a Chance of Clouds

or

Who Are You…and What Did You Do with My Rose Colored Glasses?

The past forever (scratch that, three weeks) have been some of the most challenging (scratch that, interesting) in the story of me and my becoming in a long while.

The usual naturally JOYful, centered, clear, aware, in-her-Brilliance-with-a-capital-B has taken a back seat to someone I haven’t seen much of in a very long time.

This visitor was uninvited and her arrival came as quite a shock, to say the least. …and like the occasional visitor that we’ve all had, it seemed as though there was no intended check out date!

Checking In…

What?!? You mean, I’ve got to live with this Mini Me?!? I’ve got to put up with this less-than-all-that-I-AM-me…this not-so-shiny-playing-small-for-no-real-apparent-reason-at-all me?!? What’s up with that?!?

Mini Me is in the House

To be completely honest, I don’t know how I could possibly have managed this intruder (uh, I mean, guest)…except that Mini Me did agree to take frequent down time so that I could still see, feel and touch the Bigger Me…the Brilliant, Joyful, Got-shine! me.

Just ask Mark, my hubby; having Mini Me in the house has been less than a picnic for him, too. However, he’s been the perfect example of “well, that’s your parade…I’ve got my own and you’re not raining on it!” For Abraham fans that’s a good thing.

Mark knows that to leave his Brilliance (his Vortex as Abe calls it) in order to assist another is futile. So from his shiny vantage point, he continues to see me with my shine on (and trust me, that’s not been super easy these days with Mini Me running rampant). He showers love and continues to walk in his light, knowing, *trusting* that eventually (let’s face it, hopefully sooner than later) I’ll meet him in the light.

Out of the Blue~

Some of you may be wondering… So where did Mini Me come from? Why this visit now? (and who gave Mini Me a passport & visiting visa here, anyway?!?) OK…well, I wondered that.

Trust me. I’ve been asking myself these questions, too.

Here’s the tricky part. Knowing what I know… I know that I am responsible for my reality. I create every tiny detail of it. I can not blame anything or anyone outside of me for *making* this happen. I *can* observe certain things that *may* encourage me to dull my own shine and shrink back from my Bigger Me, my Brilliant Me. …knowing full well that if I go there it’s MY choice.

I can tell stories like, I feel like I’ve lost my best friend ‘cause he’s out paddling every (OK, not every) day with his new buds and it’s just so different for me. I can tell stories like, why does he have all the fun while I just sit here taking care of dull details? I can tell stories like, I’m bummed, I don’t feel well, my back hurts, and no one likes me! Waaaaa!!!!
(Oh brother! Is that what I’ve been sounding like?! Sheesh! …and ew. Seriously. Shudders.)

Mini Me in the House!

So here I am as Mini Me. I still have access to Bigger *Brilliant* Me…but I’m keeping her at arms length.
There will be no Suzy Sunshine wearing her Rose Colored Glasses ‘round these parts right now!
OY! Seriously?!?

(Who’s ready to have me admitted? LOL Did you know you were dealing with a crazy??)

Abraham shares stories about Esther and her experience staying out of the Vortex for two whole days straight! *gasp!* Hah! While that’s given me comfort on some levels, two days is nothin’! I’ve got that beat by a landslide.
OK, wait. Am I being too harsh on myself?
Who’s writing this anyway? Mini Me? You’re outta here!

Taking the Bounce~

Truth is I’ve had lots of ‘Bounce’ experiences within these last three weeks. Plenty of moments where I found myself playing small and less than I know myself to be. Plenty of moments where I found myself on the opposite end of my usual spectrum where everything is sunshine and roses. (It’s dark over there! …and kind of creepy.) Thankfully, I was still in touch with the bounce. I knew that when I hit the contrast of the doom and gloom, woe is me experience that it created a provocative bounce to what I really wanted…making that super clear (…even if seemingly out of reach at times, available).

Contrast has been, shall we say, BIG from my perspective (and that’s the only place I can see it from).

From my Brilliance, the world around me is still painted magically delicious! All is WELL. Vibrant, alive, blissful, peaceful, JOYously, perfectly, amazing.

Thank God I can see that!!!

I remember a time when Mini Me was a larger part of my reality, and Bigger Brilliant Shining Me was still a growing part of my reality…unfolding petal by petal like the rose coming into full bloom.

The petals of this rose are in continuous unfolding.  (There are a LOT of petals, I choose when I’m complete…and I can always add more petals. It’s a BIG, beautiful rose.) Mini Me is now like an ant crawling amidst the gorgeousness that I’ve created…that I continue to create.

For what ever reason, I’ve been holding a magnifying glass up to Mini Me…amping her power, giving her more magnification in my experience.

Funny thought: Where was the sun while I was choosing to hold up that magnifying glass? Had I been shining, I’d have fried her!

Too scary? Sorry. Hopefully you can receive the metaphor.

Are You IN or Out?

Abraham also says that most of us live our life experience more out than in, regarding the vortex…or living in our Joy of Brilliance as I like to say.

I’ve had the experience of living more IN than out. And I want that. Always good to know (and be clear about) what we want…creates an ease and flow path right to it. Whew for that, huh?

So has Mini Me left the building? No. Not entirely. And I’m guessing that’s a good thing. If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t be as aware as I am, I may not be as able to relate to others as I assist and guide them take their bounces and come into their most amazing Joy of Brilliance.

Am I ready to step back into my shine and take my place at the helm of this magnificent journey I continue to embark on? Absolutely!

Will I be gentle with myself if Mini Me slides into the front seat again? I sure hope so.

The Credits!

In my next post, I’ll share a video that came to me via Kelly, a Joy of Brilliance fan and Earth Harmony Home frequent flyer. It was Kelly’s email and link that lit the fire of inspiration for this post. The Bigger Me was SO desiring to write. Mini Me had a lock on the keys.

Thanks to Kelly for being more than she knows in my experience! What a catalyst. Love and Hugs to you, Kelly. All aspects of me are in appreciation of YOU…and your Joy of Brilliance, in this shining moment right now.

Thanks to all of you reading this. Knowingly, or unknowingly…you’re all a part of what makes my desire to shine so great. I love and appreciate each and everyone of you for being here…and for growing in your Joy of Brilliance each and every day.

Joy is the Journey. The destination? Does it matter?
(Ooo…I *like* that! Yup. Juices are flowing. Brilliance engaged. Woo-Hoo!!)

Talk to Me~

Have any of you had any *you* vs. *YOU* experiences lately?

I’d love to hear about them… Always so good to know we’re in good company. LOL

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For those of you who read my blog and perhaps aren’t yet familiar with Abraham,  Esther, and the Vortex…Abraham describes themselves as a group consciousness from the non-physical dimension.  Esther, who Abraham inspiringly speaks through, refers to Abraham as ‘infinite intelligence’.  And the Vortex?  Well, that’s where we are, when everything we’re being, and everything we’re doing, comes from our most aligned selves.  It’s our ‘sweet spot’.

For me, I see the Vortex as our Joy of Brilliance.  It’s that place that is the YOU of you.  It’s that ever-glowing flame of divinity within, it’s our true nature, it’s what makes us come alive!

Once Outside, How to Get Back In?

For Esther to be experiencing a 24 Hour Out-of-the-Vortex Bug was a pretty big deal.  She pops in and out of her Joy of Brilliance like the rest of us…but to pop out and stay out for more than a little while…well, that was not common.
In fact, when we spend a lot of time tuned in to our Joy of Brilliance, or in the vortex as Abraham refers to it…spending even a little time outside of it is less than pleasant.

Abraham talked with her…reminded her of ways she could coax herself back into her greatest alignment.  (Of course, that’s where we love to be, because it’s from there that all things are possible…in complete grace and ease.)

Esther wasn’t having it.  She was just in a place. And I guess, we can all relate…sometimes we just feel like being ba-hum-buggy.

After some time, Abraham suggested that perhaps Esther would enJOY (hmm…that’s a vortexy word) thinking of words for each letter of the ABC’s that come from within the vortex.

She agreed…though she didn’t feel it would make any difference.

Abraham, unattached, said that was fine and they proceeded to play with the Vortexy ABC’s.

Feel Your Way to Feeling Better with the ABC’s~

So, from Esther’s ‘out of the vortex’ perspective she reached for a word that was from inside the vortex that began with the letter A.

Esther said, “Appreciation”.  (She wasn’t feeling it.  It was just a mental exercise.)

“What else?”, asked Abraham.

“Allowing.”  “Alignment.”  (Wasn’t feeling either one; they were just words.)

After finding those three words, Abraham asked Esther if she could now find the feeling of Appreciation.  She said she couldn’t, but that it was fun asking.
They moved on to the letter B.  Esther immediately said, “Basking”.

Now, this word moved Esther’s energy a little bit.  She LOVES to bask.  She is the ultimate basker.
Abraham asked Esther, “what is basking?”.  Esther said, “I don’t know, what is it?”.
Abraham replied, “basking is looking around your immediate vicinity for something to feel good about”.

Esther also thought of Balance, but Basking was by far the best for her.

They moved on to the letter C.  Esther thought of Clarity.
Abraham says that Esther loves the feeling of clarity, in opposition to confusion…the feeling of clarity moved Esther’s energy in a further good direction.

Then D for Deliciousness
E for Energy.  Ease.
And then F for Flow.
Ease and Flow.  Ease and Flow.  That felt pretty good to Esther.

Then, she moved on to G for Goodness.
H for Happy.
I for Inspired.
and…
J for JERRY!  (Esther’s husband and supreme love of her life!)

It Doesn’t Take Much!

By this time the exercise was complete for Esther.  Getting to J and Jerry and moving through Basking and Deliciousness, Ease and Flow on the way there felt amazing to her.

Her energy had shifted and she found herself back home in her vortex.

Isn’t it amazing how very simple it can be?

Esther didn’t have to ‘figure anything out’.  She didn’t have to waffle back and forth…banter about. 
She didn’t even have to know why she was out of her Joy of Brilliance, her vortex…she just played a little with finding words that felt better until the energy shifted enough to where she was aligned again and feeling like her usual vortexy self.

This is really what life is about.
Abraham always says, “The basis of your life is freedom.  The purpose of your life is joy.”
Period.  It’s that’s simple and I whole-heartedly agree.

Later in this same recording, Abraham reminds us that we’ve done enough of the ‘work’.
Now, it’s time to release resistance, bring relief.  Our only work is to Appreciate and Bask and find Clarity and look for Delicious Ease and Flow.

Our only work is to look for what feels good in life and do that…from the heart.

This particular track spoke to me SO deeply!  And…what a FUN journey to JOY…the ABC’s!!

Abraham ended this session with these words that are oh so right up my alley.

“You gotta play more.  You gotta laugh more.  You gotta release more.  You gotta think less.  You wanna meditate more.  You wanna bask more.  In other words, don’t make it a thinking game, let it be a feeling game…and then watch what happens!  So much there for you!”

Amen to that!

Let’s Play!

Let’s feel our way to FUN in our JOY of Brilliance…and pick up where Abraham and Esther left off in their alphabet game.

Which words inspire you to your best feeling place…

I’ll begin by adding a couple that Esther didn’t…  Bet you can’t guess WHAT they would be???

J for JOY  (Sorry Jerry, I love and appreciate you…but JOY is my J word)
B for Brilliance  (Cause you know how I love it when we shine like the sun!)

OK…your turn…

**This post is loosely scripted from the Boca Raton Vortex of Creation Workshop Series from 2010.  Deep love and appreciation to Abraham-Hicks for their continual inspiration and Joy of Brilliance inducements.**

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I love the whole thing.

The story~

Jessica showcasing her FEEL GOOD rampage (see video below).

Jessica’s all out JOY about Life is infectious in the absolute best way possible.  Her JOY of Brilliance is shining.  BIG Time!!

And the story behind the story~

In the comments on YouTube it says that this video was made in 2001, and that though it sounds like Jessica starts out by saying, “Look!  I can be a Sark!”, she actually has no idea who Sark (the famous, inspiring, JOY-ilicious author is)…and in fact has no idea what she was referring to all those years ago.

Apparently Jessica, now 12 1/2 is surprised at her sudden YouTube fame (her Dad’s a wee bit shocked as well).  The video is quickly going viral over the last couple of weeks.  According to Jessica’s Dad, the video hung out around 1,000 views for a long, long while and has just now skyrocketed!

When the timing’s right, it’s right!  You GO, Jessica!!

I’m all about going on a FEEL GOOD rampage.
Doing it Jessica style, on the bathroom counter, in my PJ’s, may add another level of JOY to the ritual!
I’m gonna give it a try.
How about you?

Oh Jessica?  Thanks for showing us, with complete and utter JOYful finesse, how it’s done!

…and Jessica?  For the record, I like your hair, too! 

And now…

On with the Show!  Starring Jessica and Her Amazing Daily Affirmations!!!

The space and time for me since my sleighing accident a month ago has been interesting to say the least.

There were aspects of that experience that were miraculous in nature.  Like how quickly my body responded to my thoughts of well-being, vitality, strength and resiliency.  Like how I managed to consciously choose to ‘spring back’ in speedy fashion, rather than dwell in the depths of pain and misery.  Like how when I made those choices everything in my experience showed up to support my decision.

And there were aspects of that experience that gelled in the under current for awhile.  Aspects that bubbled up slowly, with gaining intensity two weeks after the sleighing fun gone awry.

Feeling the Fear

I’m referring to FEAR here.  Suddenly it was as if every ‘monster under the bed’ had been unleashed and my world was seemingly turning into a scary movie right before my very eyes.

I felt akin to a crazy person during this time.

If you know me, I like crazy…but crazy in a good way…crazy in a leading edge, this feels good, loving the experience of awesomeness in life kind of crazy.

This was a different kind of crazy.  I felt as if someone had hacked my system, as if someone had taken over my being-ness.  It didn’t feel good. I didn’t like it.  And the more I didn’t like it, the stronger it seemed to get.  (Go figure.  Lesson #1: What we give power to, manifests.)

Feel the Fear

I felt afraid of living.  It started out that I was just feeling intensely afraid to go to the barn to be with my horsey girl and the other horses there.  I was deathly afraid to ride…and even being on the ground with her made me edgy.  (Not at all fair to her, made her plenty edgy too…but that’s for another post.)
The fear seemed to seep into everything I did.  Day or night.  My usual bubbly, confident, JOYful self had withered into a soppy mess of feeling small, unworthy and pitiful.

The craziest part of all is that I was fully aware of ALL of this while it was happening!
I could see (and feel) myself going through this as if watching from an out-of-body place.  And the Joy of Brilliance part of me…my most aligned, gloriously in the vortex self watched with patient curiosity.  Never judging.  Just observing.  And waiting.  Knowing that I’d make the turn and come right round eventually.

The Fight

Then there was this other part of me that reared up from within.  The part of me that still ‘shoulds’ on me from time to time.

This part of me kept saying things like, “What is your problem?  Snap out of it.  You ‘should’ know better than this.  This fear isn’t even real.  This fear is illusion.  You’ve been through worse.  What is your deal, anyway? FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real.  Haven’t you learned anything?!?”

Ouch; thanks for beating myself up for no good reason is what I think about that!

But the inner dialog continued.  Until, like a pimple coming to a head that just suddenly bursts, I felt the release oozing from within and turned the corner to my greater well-being…which was now an ever-expanded-better-than-ever version of well-being due to the enormous contrast I gave myself. (Sorry for the graphic nature of that metaphor, somehow it’s just really right on.)

The shift came after days and days of doing my best to sort it all out…to just get over it…I kept feeling like I just needed to get over it.

The shift came after days and days of me haunting myself with the saying, Face the fear and do it anyway.  I tried.  I tried facing my fear and doing it any way.  Whether ‘it’ was riding my horse or anything else that was evoking the feeling of fear within me right then…  It didn’t feel good.  And I KNOW that’s not the path to ANY thing.  If it doesn’t feel good it’s an immediate flashing indicator that I’m pointing in the wrong direction.

The Shift

The shift came when I decided to soften, to let go.  I decided to let go of the need to NOT feel the fear.  I decided that I was just going to feel it.  And importantly, I decided I was not going to push feeling it more.  I was just going to relax with the what-is-ness of it all.  I was done with resistance.  I surrendered.

Funny part is, I thought I *was* doing this already.  But, I guess I wasn’t.  I was tapping the vein, but there was so much resistance, I couldn’t flow.  I was blocked.  Moving in resistance is like moving through quick sand…up, out and forward is challenging at best.

As soon as I truly surrendered and let go, I felt this rush of relief.  My entire body softened.  My regular breathing returned.  And pain that had stealthily crept back into my body magically melted away.

I still felt some fear. But, I knew I was now headed in the direction of my greater alignment…and I could feel my world returning.

I gave myself permission to do something else if I didn’t feel good…if I didn’t like what I was doing ‘cause I was feeling fear around it.

I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything.  I have a new appreciation for fear. I have a new appreciation of my understanding of fear in my experience, what it is and how I am now better equipped to deal with it, by simply acknowledging it and finding a better feeling place.

What did I learn?

• I learned that feeling good is always, no matter what, the best indicator and the best direction to move in.
  • (Knew that.  Apparently there was another level of knowing it available!)
• I learned that feeling the fear and doing it anyway is complete do-do.
  • (Haha!  Double meaning there.  I meant do-do as in poo.  And now, I see do-do as in the doing of something that is action without alignment!  LOVE that!)

As is often the case, I was on the road to feeling better when I discovered two Abraham videos I had never heard before.  (Probably because fear is not something I usually ‘search’ for.  We get what we need when we need it.  I needed this.  Thanks Abraham!!!)

If you haven’t heard these tracks, I highly recommend them.  If you’re here reading this, there’s something here for you!  (Watch the videos below)

Here are a few of my favorite stand-out quotes from the 2 part Abraham tracks on Fear, Mexico Cruise 2010:

“Fear is not a representation of something to come.  Nor is it a warning bell that is saying to you, watch out, something that you do not want to happen is about to happen.  What FEAR IS is THE SENSATION YOU GET WHEN YOU FOCUS IN OPPOSITION TO WHO YOU REALLY ARE AND WHAT YOU REALLY WANT.”

“I appreciate my fear, as I appreciate all negative emotion; because it’s an indication of two things…  It’s an indication that what I want is moving very fast in the opposite direction of what I’m thinking right now…  and it’s an indication of the power of my desire.”

“If you sit on a park bench and you have a fear come over you, and you think there may be a monster in the bushes…whether there’s a monster there or not, get off the bench.  In other words, don’t sit there.  Don’t ever endure fear.  Do something…do anything you can do to give yourself ease.  In other words, there’s no value in “overcoming fear”.  What you want to do is come into alignment with the energy that is the opposite of the thought you’re thinking that has produced the fear.”

Are there any monsters hiding beneath your bed?
How do you handle fear?
Have you trained yourself to feel the fear and do it anyway?
Tell me about it…!

Abraham on Fear, Part 1

Abraham on Fear, Part 2

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Relax, Relate, Release!

Jeannette caught them and asked me to repeat them…

And so I did, along with an explanation of where I’d originally sourced the phrase…except my memory recall wasn’t as ‘on’ as I’d have preferred it to be and I couldn’t remember the name of the show!

Thanks to the Google Gods and Goddesses that assist me so quickly and joyously, I FOUND IT!!!

The show was called A Different World. The main character was Whitley, played by Jasmine Guy. (On the call I said the character’s name was Jasmine uh…at least I was in the ball park?!) I LOVED that show!!!

I found a YouTube video from THE EXACT episode where Whitley learned to Relax, Relate, Release.

Let it Go!

My sis’s and I have been using that line ever since it aired in 1991. Guess I’ve been LOA savvy for longer than I was even aware. (Not true…I knew I was, just didn’t know what it was called!)

You see, those three magic R words, relax, relate, release do wonders at aligning us vibrationally with what it is we desire…which sets us up to allow for the receiving in a JOYful, ease and grace manner.  My FAVORITE way to manifest!

Ever since Whitley taught me this technique all those years ago…I’ve known the power they give to my manifesting mojo and I use them frequently.

The video embedding seems to be disabled.  Here’s a link that will take you to the video on YouTube…it’s worth the seven minutes; good laughs, deep meaning (well, as deep as Whitley’s character can take us, anyway!)

Watch for the 2 minute mark…and then BINGO!…RELAX, RELATE, RELEASE! (excuse the quality…and enJOY the moment)

Relax, Relate, Release! with Whitley on A Different World (YouTube Link)

I love how the humor of this show allows the vibration of release to assimilate itself into our awareness with JOY, Grace and Ease…my favorite way to embody anything!

Now, journey with Whitley on YouTube…learn to Relax, Relate, Release as only Whitley can teach…and then come back & share your experiences with Relax, Relate, Release!

In addition to the 3 R’s…what other fun tips do you exercise to allow manifesting to be JOYful and in ease and grace?

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Did you ever have one of those days where everything you did left you flying high?  Yesterday was one of those days for me.

It started with my Manifestation Success Story and me being guests on one of Good Vibe University’s calls, hosted by Good Vibe Coach, Jeannette Maw.

On the call I shared the pretty darn incredible (if I do say so myself) story of how we (and when I say WE, I mean the ONEness, collective energy essence of the word to the max)…how WE manifested the clean, clear, smooth sale of our house…the house we used to own in Colorado.

After a year and a half on the market, we needed to pull out all the stops!  And we did!  With a little ton of help from our Outsourcerer friends at Good Vibe University we created a reality that knocked my socks off and got me dancing the Happy Dance all over the place for days!!

Listen in!  I’ve been told the call was inspiring on many levels.  I know it inspired me just being a part of it.  As I said, it got me flying high…and I’m still feeling it!

You may have read my recent post, Outsourcerers ~ The Power of Shared Manifesting.  And you may have noticed I’ve been sharing quite a lot lately about my experiences with the good vibers in Jeannette’s community.

That’s because some amazingly BRILLIANT stuff has been going on!  Wanna come and play?  Click here to become a member at GVU and let’s get even more JOY on together!

Love to hear from you!

Love, love, LOVE to hear your thoughts after you listen…please share in the comment stream…I’ll see you there!

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I had an OY! moment just a few days ago.

My horse and I were out for a lovely sleigh ride…

Horse Play

It was MAGICAL! Sun glistening on new fallen snow…birds singing in the quiet woods…just she and I dashing along on a one horse open sleigh. It was so enJOYable that I was singing songs to her…and I’m sure she was liking it!

JOY!

When suddenly…!

While coming across one of the fields I saw my boarder’s hubby coming down the drive on a new to the farm horse. The mare was weaving and bobbing and didn’t look like she was too excited to be being ridden. My horse hadn’t met this horse before…in fact the new horse hadn’t properly met any of the horses on the farm yet.  (There’s a certain protocol that’s helpful when introducing a new horse to the herd.)

All of the horses were getting a little amped. I quieted my Lindy as best I could…I was feeling anxious right along w/the herd (not my job, 1st signal that I was creating a reality I may not desire.)
Boarder’s hubby & his mare kept approaching and I yelled out to them that I didn’t feel like it was a good idea for them to come over and ride with us.
He insisted we’d all be fine.

OY!

And if I’d have bought his version of reality all would have been fine…
For me, it didn’t feel right (and thus I played my role in creating what happened next).

All 30 horses on the farm went crazy at once.
My horse (and me on the very open, nothing to hang on to, nothing to brace myself on, box sleigh) took off at FULL speed.  I did my best to bring her in…calm her down to a halt but she was not thinking about me or listening…she was OFF like a rocket.

I started sliding and in the moment felt I had two choices,

1. to slide down off the front of the sleigh and have it run over me…
2. to bail and fly off the side of the very fast moving sleigh.

I chose to bail.

OY!
I blacked out, lost my hearing for a few moments…and then came to and felt pretty OK.

My horse continued running like a crazy girl…eventually destroying the sleigh, wood splinters & bits flying every where…which caused all the horses in their pastures to panic, bolt and break through several fence lines.

OY!

It was utter mayhem!

The good news is…everyone is fine, no broken bones, nothing super serious.  (JOY!)

A stiff reality

The next day I was VERY, very sore and stiff…concerned some what about my neck, feeling not so great about how and why this all happened and how I took part in creating it, etc.

You see, you know me…I’m the one who believes wholeheartedly that we create our reality.  That’s true no matter what the reality is.  Good…or what we may consider less than good.

• I felt like this could happen, thereby creating space for it in my reality
• I felt strongly that I did not want Boarder’s Hubby & new mare to approach & ride w/us, but I did not clearly state my feelings and I didn’t say NO, thereby creating more space for something that did not feel good to me in my reality
• I felt fear, thereby creating misalignment and separation from Source/My Brilliance
• I saw a less than desirable outcome in my mind’s eye…and my horse responded to meet my expectations

All the while I could have chosen to see things differently, but I was caught up in a state of ‘oh-no!’…and I went with it.
It’s OK.  It happens sometimes.  And all of life is on purpose.

I’ve been so busy of late…enJOYing every moment of it, and at the same time feeling the need to have some slow down time.

Funny, right? (Know where I’m going…?)

I was enjoying my pace and activity so much that even though a part of me was requesting some slow down time…I wasn’t listening and probably wouldn’t have given it to myself without this (fast paced) situation.  Hah!  (Yeah, thanks for that reminder…I’ll make better choices next time!)  *Catch 22 is…I was giving myself some ME time with my horsey…one of my favorite things to do for me.*

On the plus side… (JOY!) I got myself some couch R&R time.  This body was in no shape for taking clients, etc.  I needed to just BE.

As I pondered what had happened and how much of me was feeling pretty darn aligned with OY!  I started feeling that feeling I’ve always got going for me…deep down…

I’ve got that Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy

…down in my heart… 

I ran right over (virtually, of course) to my friends in the Outsourcerers Forum at Good Vibe University.  I knew that if I shared my OY! story that they’d support me in turning it right ‘round to JOY! lickity-split.

I requested that they see me and my body finding our way back to our usual vibrant, strong, vital, supple, happy place…and I invited them to have fun and embellish the manifestation intentions in any way they saw fit.

It came as no surprise that I felt better immediately.  I had released the ‘story’…and was on my way to creating a better feeling place, a new story…and I had friends supporting my journey! (I’ll share some of the outsourcerer magic they sent me in the comment stream…)
JOY!

The moral of the story?

There are many…  In the interest of keeping it light, it feels good to me to recognize that the distance between OY! and JOY! is purely what we make of it.  In fact, just look at it…

OY! only needs one letter to turn it into JOY! Pretty quick and easy, huh?

It’s as easy as a choice.

• A choice to turn around and feel better.
• A choice to see things in a better feeling light…no matter how dim one reality may seem.

I could have wallowed in physical, emotional, mental pain…I had some of each.

Alternatively…

• I chose to get connected with the good stuff.
• I chose to align with the miraculous nature of my body’s ability to spring back to health and wholeness.
• I chose to enlist the support of friends and family I knew would see me as my brilliant, happy, shining self
• …thereby supporting it to reality.

As I write this it’s just 48 hours since I flew from the sleigh.

• I’m cozy on the couch; giving myself what I need…rest and recharging time.
• Sun’s streaming in the windows.
• House is quiet and peaceful…accented by the fire crackling in the fireplace.
• I’m happy, content, feeling restful.
• My body is finding her way back to being her pain free…vital, vibrant self.  (Miraculously fast, I might add!)
• And I’m aligned with my Brilliance…feeling my JOY and laughing at the OY that was.

Life is Good.

Has there been an OY turned to JOY moment for you recently?

• How did you turn it around?
• Was the distance between OY and JOY great, or small?
• Have you recently made the choice to close the gap and create transformation?
• Have you feel an OY coming on & switched up the vibe quickly enough to add the J before it was anything less than JOY?

Tell me about it…!

Out of OY…and IN JOY!
Debra

Photo Credit:  My very own Lindy Rose w/Barn/Boarder Mistress on the sleigh

Have questions about Good Vibe University & how to become a member?  Ask me!  I LOVE it there!!!  A most supportive community of Good Vibers hosted by THE Good Vibe Coach, Jeannette Maw.

“Beliefs are just thoughts that you keep on thinking; they’re just a habit of thought.  It’s just sort of the way you’ve always thought it, and so it is the way your are now thinking it.”

This one quote means so much and applies in so many different ways and scenarios.

Right now it’s got me considering the awesomely light and transformative power of those words.

“Beliefs are just thoughts we keep on thinking.”

We make it seem so challenging at times to change our beliefs.
In fact, sometimes we act as if changing our beliefs would be taboo.

We place value on our beliefs.

We act as if they are something engraved in stone that can not be washed away.

How funny is that??

Even something engraved in stone will wash away over time.

I know, this can be a touchy subject.  Some of you reading may be thinking…but my beliefs are important…they’re what shape me, mold me…make me who I am.

And I say, you’re absolutely right!

Do Your Beliefs Serve You?

This is why I’m writing this post.  If beliefs are important to the extent that they shape and mold our very being-ness…then I feel it’s critically important to reveal them for what they are so that we would never, ever think of limiting ourselves because of our beliefs.

When we embrace the idea that beliefs are just thoughts we keep thinking, it becomes apparent that if we change our thoughts we create new beliefs.

If we continue to think the same thoughts, our beliefs get etched more deeply into the stone of our thinking mind…

But if we give ourselves the room to create new thoughts, the etching softens and a new belief is honed.

The Heart of Belief

The beauty in this is that we can shape our beliefs on purpose, consciously, thereby giving ourselves limitLESS room for expansion and possibility to become the fullness of our brilliance in this magical life we’re leading.

Are you wondering what a limiting belief might sound like?

A Few Limiting Beliefs~

1. I could never have that job; I’m way too shy to relate with people that way.
2. I will never have the love of my life; partners never stay with me for long…they love and leave.
3. My weight will always be the burden that drags me down; I’ll never be thin and beautiful.

That will be enough to get most of you saying…

“Oh!!!  Yeah, I’ve had thoughts like that.  Hmphf.  So that’s a limiting belief, huh?”

It is if you keep telling it to yourself over and over again.

Remember?  Beliefs are just thoughts you keep thinking.

Using Your Power to Choose

Come, walk the high road with me and let’s re-shape that stone we’re honing.  Remember when we did some Re-Framing?  This is similar.

• Old belief (old story) #1:

I could never have that job; I’m way too shy to relate with people that way.

• New belief (new story) #1:

**there are as many options for this as your creative imaginings will allow**

I can have any job I choose.  I am confident.  I am comfortable with who I am.  I love myself and I appreciate knowing I have something to offer.  I enjoy relating with others and feel ease and grace in social situations.

Nice, huh?

What?  You’re thinking…a yeah, but that’s a bit of a stretch, one from the other?
Maybe.  Maybe not.

This story only works for you if you’re someone who (deep down in your heart of hearts) wants to have a job where you love relating to people and where worrying about being shy is a thing of the very distant past, not at all relative to your current desires and being-ness.

If you are the person who wants to switch it up and ditch the old belief that’s no longer serving you, then this new story…these new thoughts will serve you well on your way to a shiny new belief about you and your ability to work that job.

Beliefs are just thoughts you keep on thinking.  Get it?

• Old Belief (old story) #2:

I will never have the love of my life; partners never stay with me for long…they love and leave.

• New Belief (new story) #2

I love myself and therefore I know I am worthy of love.  Love finds me easily and it sticks around because I am so fun to love. I attract my perfect partner; the love of my life with grace and ease.  I love myself enough to know that I am never alone.  I love myself even when I’m alone!  My partner adores that about me and he/she stays because it feels so good!

Seriously.  It works.  Find thoughts that are more aligned with what you truly want and think them.  They will become beliefs.  They will become beliefs worth keeping; beliefs that serve you well.

• Old Belief (old story) #3

My weight will always be the burden that drags me down; I’ll never be thin and beautiful.

• New Belief (new story) #4

I love my body.  I love how my body supports and reflects my inner beauty and brilliance.  I feel beautiful.  I look in the mirror and I see beautiful.  My body is the perfect reflection of me.  My body weight gracefully maintains itself at its natural best.  I love myself.  I care for my body’s well-being.  My body is the vehicle for my expression in the world and I love and appreciate my body.  My body is healthy, vibrant and alive.

Notice in this one I chose not to focus on the word thin specifically?  I choose to focus on health, vibrance and vitality…and allow the body to naturally find it’s own brilliant beauty.  We can get caught up on what ‘thin’ looks like…that’s another post for another day!  For now, if this is a new story that’s attractive to you, focus on the aspects that feel good and go for it!  Create a new belief that serves…and in this case suits you better.

Love, Love, Love

There’s one more thing I’d like to point out that is inherent in all of these thought/belief switch ups.  Did you catch it?

They all include, “I LOVE MYSELF”.  There it is again.  That theme I just keep coming back to, and with good reason.

Self Love is and will always be the core foundation to your Joy of Brilliance shining forth for all the world to see and be blessed with.

Is there a belief (thoughts that you keep on thinking) that you could do well with re-shaping?

I’d love to hear about it!  Share your old beliefs and their shiny new switch-ups in the comment stream…

And if you’ve got an old one that you need help re-shaping, bring it on…I’m happy to help you re-shape those thoughts into something that serves you well.

With JOY of Brilliance…

Let’s create together!

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It’s been said that ‘going off’, in a rampage of appreciation does wonders for the soul.  It lightens the mood, stimulates good vibes and creates space for everything you’ve ever wanted in life to become reality.

I’ve found this to be more than true.

Today, at Good Vibe University a fellow member started a forum topic inviting others to share their Rampage of Appreciation.  It’s been awhile since I rampaged publicly and I thought, what a fun thing to share…maybe you’ll be inspired to join me!

How to go on a Rampage of Appreciation

There’s no right or wrong way to rampage…there’s no magic number of things to rampage about…you just do

Rampage of Appreciation

it…you let it flow out of you in perfect random order, no editing, no considering…just pure appreciation…and you do it ‘til you feel done…’til you’re filled with JOY with your vibe running so high absolutely everything not only *seems* possible, it IS.

The only tricky part is it feels so good you may find yourself wanting to do it continuously!  No end, no beginning…just continuous Rampage of Appreciation.  Now that, my friends sounds heavenly!

So here I go…right here, right now, in this moment…

THIS is my Rampage of Appreciation!

• I love and appreciate how even though I’m so ready for spring I can’t help but see the amazing beauty of the big fluffy flakes of snow falling right now outside giving everything a pure, new blanket of white.
• I love and appreciate how my kitty, Hina is curled up beside me right now while I write this post, her purring creating the purrfect backdrop to my appreciation.
• I love and appreciate that I get to choose what I feel inspired to write about and how writing always feels SO gooood!
• I love and appreciate how Ashki, our dog is always within 4 feet of me…she’s my best friend in literally every moment.  (yes, often times in the bathroom/shower, too)
• I love and appreciate the hum of silence in my house.  How it breathes peace and stillness.
• I love and appreciate how my days are (mostly) designed by me.
• I love and appreciate knowing there are a multitude of like-hearted, like-minded souls pulsing the same vibe with me right now around the world (many of which in attendance at GVU)
• I love and appreciate that my house is a haven, a sanctuary that supports my creativity, my need for aesthetic beauty, my connection to the natural world and my desire for comfortable, peaceful, inspired surroundings.
• I love and appreciate how I can choose to work in my comfy pj’s most any day of the week from the comfort of my home.
• I also love and appreciate how sometimes I get to dress up and remember what it’s like to leave the house to go to work and mix and connect with other delicious beings.
• I love and appreciate how being in appreciation brings me JOY…and connects me to this very present moment.
• I love and appreciate how my body supports me in my desire to serve and how I give her a rest when necessary…like now, when we’re envisioning a happy, healthy, vibrant immune system.
• I love and appreciate that Destin (our son) is growing into an amazing young man who turns 15 on Thursday!
• I love and appreciate the MOM I Am.
• I love and appreciate parenting from the heart and how when my eyes meet my son’s we love, respect, appreciate and recognize each other.
• I love and appreciate my beloved husband who is the best partner a girl could ever wish for.
• I love and appreciate how much time we spend in the vortex together…and that we know how to hold space for each other while one or the other journeys around just outside.
• I love and appreciate how we teach each other so much and how we grow together through each other’s contrast.
• I love and appreciate the colors of my world…rich, alive, vibrant.
• I love and appreciate how easily I get turned on by simple things that bring me JOY.
• I love and appreciate my life.
• I love and appreciate the community of others in my life who understand how good it feels to love and appreciate!
• I love and appreciate YOU!

Whew!  …and I’m just getting started…

Who would like to join me this amazing minute?

Warning!! ~ Immense JOY likely to ensue

Taking part in this activity may cause ecstatic bouts of JOY and feelings of Deep Love and Connectedness.  Proceed at your own risk! LOL

Please…I’m passing you the torch.  Carry on this Rampage of Appreciation. Look around you.  Let it flow.  What do you see, feel, hear…right here, right now that sends you into a Rampage of Appreciation?

Bring it!  The comment stream is warm and open…

**If you find yourself reading this wondering where in the world to begin…if you question just how to start your Rampage of Appreciation, connect with me and we’ll do it together.  I can help you find your way to JOY…and on the way there, we’ll discover the power of a positive rampage (or two, or three…)!  email me: debra[at]soulitude[dot]com.  I’m so excited to play together!

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Jeannette wrote a post pondering the possibility of outsourcing our manifesting to others who would be willing to see our desired outcome as reality for us.  She offered many examples along with this:

“I suspect something gets activated within us just by getting in the field of someone who believes in your possibilities.”

I felt a surge of knowing immediately, the power here…and that it had to do with connection.  The fact that we’re all connected, the pulse of the Universe pumping through each and every one of us…and that collective thought creates amplified manifestation.

In the well over 200 comments that flowed through the stream it became clear that this was a hot topic, one that took on an immediate life of its own and is still continuing to breathe and grow.

Outsourcerer

Friendly LOA savvy Good Vibers, myself included, started flowing their requests to the group and with profound love and authenticity the group responded by being active agents of the Universe…seeing each and every one of the requests made as a complete and wonderful reality.

Our Colorado house had been on the market for over a year and a half.  It had become for me bump in the road of ease and grace manifesting.  I couldn’t figure out why this house wouldn’t sell.  I didn’t personally subscribe to the blanket theory of a declining economy and didn’t see any reason why that notion need have any bearing on the sale of our house.

I thought I was doing very well at letting it go.  After all, a year and a half gives lots of opportunities to do that, again and again!

I felt Jeannette’s blog comment stream begging me to play and I thought…why not?  This feels really good and I’ve got nothing to lose. (Right there was the first key!  Two keys really…feels good…nothing to lose.)

I then, in Good Vibe style, sent my manifestation request out to the group.  And when I did, I seriously felt the strongest sensation of letting go I have ever felt.  (Another key! …I felt the RELEASE, the relief of letting go)

From Request to Success in Four Days!!

• On day one I made my request.  I asked the group to see our house sold in the next four weeks or sooner.  I gave them some details about the house and they took it from there.

• By the end of the second day they had manifested 4 new showings and most importantly, two SECOND showings!!  While we’d had showings, we’d never had a 2nd showing the entire time we’d been on the market!

• By the third day we had our first offer.  It was lower than we could accept, but it was an offer and that told me that we were in the vortex, we just needed a little fine tuning.

I kept the group informed and asked them to amp up the money offer vibe a bit more.

• By the fourth day we had an offer we were willing to accept and the house is now under contract!

Go Outsourcerers!

We celebrated HUGE success…all of us doing the Happy Dance together and now the Outsourcerers have wielded their wands for a smooth, successful closing of the sale.

Every fiber of my being knows it’s already done.

The Outsourcerers (known and unknown) are my extended family; we are children of the Universe.  Together, we act as agents of manifestation working with the Universe to bring desire to reality through the simple act of thought, of seeing (and feeling) it already done for each other…with Love, Joy and Pure Bliss.

If you choose to read the entire post and comment stream, chances are you’ll feel the charge that we all feel.  It feels good to help others.  It feels good to see success for others and in doing so, we see our own.  The bottom line?  It just plain feels good.  All of it.

There are more happy faces and exclamation points in that stream…and now in the Outsourcerer Forum at Good Vibe University than anyone has ever witnessed any where else.  (Don’t quote me on this…sure seems to be, though!)  It’ HIGH VIBE~HIGH PLAY.  It’s JOY loaded and it’s REAL.   (Stay tuned for details on Good Vibe University‘s public launch coming soon!  The playground is HUGE and we’d love to have you join us.)

Stay tuned for more exciting stories of manifestation magic brought to you by the Outsourcerers…and me.

What would you like to Outsource? Are there any burning desires you’d love to release to the Outsourcerers?  Let’s hear them!

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In fact, days before Christmas I updated my Facebook and Twitter with this:

Your best gift to the world is YOU! …during this fast paced season of giving and always. YOU are the shining star. Give the gift of YOU!

Know what I love most about this gift?  It’s perfect, readily available, easily accessible, and it never stops giving.  If you’re breathing, you’re giving.  You being here, alive on this planet right here, right now is the greatest gift.

Do you know the miracle of the Gift of You?

To give the Gift of YOU, to give the gift of your Brilliance to everything…in everything you do is the most amazingly magnificent gift anyone could ever hope to receive!

Imagine what would happen if we gave our attention to the magic in this idea.

When we recognize our Brilliance, the shining star we are each born to be…we become (and we already are) our most heavenly gift to the world.

Being conscious of our Gift and how we share it is yet another gift…to others, as well as to ourselves.

Within the Gift of You there are many glorious Nuggets of Brilliance that make up the whole.

It feels good to share the Brilliance of who we are freely and deliberately.  From this space we are aligned with the Essence that is our most Divine Self and our gifts are even more magnificent!

What are Your Nuggets of Brilliance?

We’ve all got many!  I’d love to hear at least 3 favorites that you love to give others…and if you’re in a giving mood and more than 3 flow forth…wahoo, it’s a celebration!!

I’ll start…

My favorite gifts to give others are:

My JOY (and my irresistible desire to help others find theirs)

My Love

My Ability to Listen with my Heart

My Loving Guidance & Inspired Perspective

My Reflection of Your Brilliance  (I see the JOY of Brilliance in each of you and give the gift of reflecting it back to you so that you can see yourself through J.O.B. eyes!)

It’s Your Turn~

Let’s here it Brilliant Beings!!  Share the Gift of YOU with the world…deliberately, on purpose…here…now.

We’re all ready to receive the Gift of YOU with deep appreciation and love.

Join in…share the Gift of YOU with us now…

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As I pondered what to write I considered all the topics that speak to me…and grabbed the one that sings to me.  The topic of Brilliance and Living Your Shine to the Fullest. As soon as I knew that’s what I wanted to write about I stumbled upon the quote that you’ll read a couple sentences from now.  I had the spark and the quote ignited the post.  I LOVE it when that happens!!

The Good Vibe Community loved the post…and naturally I wanted to share it with you too.  Here it is!

Hafiz wrote:

“You are a Divine Elephant with amnesia trying to live in an ant hole.”

The imagery of this quote is alarmingly vivid.  Seriously, are you picturing it?

The funniest part is, this is exactly what each of us looks like when we choose to live smaller than the brilliance that we are each born to be!

A portion of one of my all time favorite quotes from Marianne Williamson says,

“Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.”

It’s becoming ever clearer to me that we, as a humanity are awakening to our purest Soul Brilliance.

As generational stories of oppression and suppression dot the path of our histories we are becoming more and more enlightened by the idea that we are meant to shine more than anything else in this life.

The Spark of Divinity that courses through our veins has been there since the beginning of time.  No matter what experiences have gone before us that spark is alive and well.  It can not be extinguished.

No matter what the ‘looks as if’ is on the movie screen of life…something deep inside continues to pulse, telling us there’s a better picture…a picture we alone create for ourselves.

It is our Divine Right to shine.  And it is our choice to exercise this right.

What are you choosing?

• Are you the elephant w/amnesia trying to squeeze yourself into the ant hole?

• Or are you the elephant divinely aware of your majestic nature, fully aware of your HUGE Brilliance, fully willing to Live Large?

Perhaps you are the ant.  One ant in a colony of millions.

• One ant who in that colony of millions could choose to get lost in the ant hill of anonymity…

• Or one ant who will choose to claim his uniqueness and be counted as the one he is.

No matter the choice, choose on purpose.

• Choose because you want to.
• Because you know you can.
• Choose because no one else can make the choice for you.

Let the amnesia fade.

Stand up and claim your birthright.

You are a Divine Soul living a Human Experience.

What a gift!

The best part?…

It’s a gift that keeps on giving.  Another line from the same Marianne Williamson quote says,

“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

I know my perfect JOB.  It’s to serve others through my own Light, assisting others to fully discover their own Light…their own Joy of Brilliance in life.

Just by becoming the Divine Being we are…elephant, ant, human…each of us uniquely brilliant, shining our gleaming wonderfulness in all we are…leading by the clarity of our example as Abraham suggests…

…just by this, we encourage others to do the same.

It’s that easy.  It’s that important.  It’s that brilliant.

We create heaven on earth just by being the brilliance of who we are.

Heaven feels good.  I choose brilliance.  In JOY.  Will you join me?

Let me hear you claim it!

• What amnesia have you recently come out of?
• What is the “Brilliance of YOU” that you are now, more than ever, willing to BE?

Living amnesia free ~ In my Joy of Brilliance…  Debra  aka @debsoul

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It doesn’t matter.  Not really.  Ultimately what matters is that I’ve been busily living life and enJOYing every moment.

I’ve had 42+ Good Days!!  (Seriously.  At the end of day inventory, they were ALL GOOD.)

“Weren’t there a few moments of stuck & yuck here & there”, you may ask?   …OK, maybe a few…but not enough for me to care to give my lasting attention to.

Give Me a Cloud…

I’m all about the JOY.  You give me a cloud and I’ll find the silver lining.  The JOY is always there for us.

That’s really all there is.  Being in JOY as often as possible.  And when that’s where our attention goes…it’s amazing just how many JOYful moments we live.

Have you been living JOYfully? Are you giving attention to how much JOY is in your life?  Look around you.  Can you see anything at all to be JOYful about?  If you aren’t immediately noticing anything…  Look CLOSER.

• What about how your dog’s body rises and falls with each relaxed breath, reminding you that life is good?
• What about the wonder in a child’s eyes?
• Or how your partner sweetly says, “I love you” a bunch of times each day?
• How about that forwarded email that’s been around the world and back again?  You know, the one with the incredible photos of animals in nature.

(OK, so these are a few things that ‘do it’ for me…what does it for you?)

• What about the fact that you’re alive?
• What about all the blessings, big and small that grace your path in life every day?

Want an immediate JOY boost?

Think of 3 things right now that you LOVE in life.

Dig deep and give gratitude for each of them.

Feel what it’s like to be with what ever those 3 things are.

If it’s food, taste it.  If it’s flowers, smell them.  If it’s a loved one, give them an imaginary squeeze!  Right now.

Can you feel it?

JOY isn’t far away.  JOY isn’t something for some day.  Joy is for right now. In every moment.  Did you know that?  JOY is a choice just like everything else. In every moment there is something just screaming to be recognized for the JOY it brings you.

When we begin to realize that we are surrounded by JOY INDUCERS, we begin to realize that we are the igniters.  We are responsible for turning our JOY on.

Every day is a Good Day…if that’s what we choose it to be.

What are you choosing?

Will you choose to notice and count the JOYful blessings in each day?  Or will you choose to notice the things that make you go a little buggy?

A YouTube video from Brother David Steindl-Rast titled, “A Good Day” moved me to tears of JOY this morning.

So much so that I was inspired to write this post.  I just had to get back in touch with you.  I just had to tell you that Life is Good.  Better than good, really.  Downright GREAT.

As I watched the video I found my inner self shouting, “YES!  Beautiful!  Yes!  I feel that!  I see that!  I am deeply, ever so deeply GRATEFUL for that!!”

May your every day be a Good Day.  May you see and live each day as if it were your very first…and your very last.  Now that, as Brother David points out, makes for a day well spent.  A Good Day, indeed.

So…What’s UP…What’s All the JOY About?!

For those of you wondering just what’s been so JOYful for me these past six weeks…

We’ve followed our hearts once again.  We moved from Colorado where we’ve been feeling a bit like misfits for the last two years back to Wisconsin, our birth home.  We’ve been away for over six years…and coming ‘home’ to family, friends and the natural green space and water we love feels sooo good!

We’ve been blessed with a gorgeous sanctuary atop a hill in the woods.  It’s the perfect retreat for us.  We’re surrounded by nature in every direction.  This place feeds our souls…and inspires deep creative passion within us.  It’s a constant re-charging station and we are eternally grateful.

The past 6 weeks have been about the transition, the move, the settling in and making a house a home.  The past 6 weeks have been about re-connecting with family and friends; such JOY.  And the past 6 weeks have been about re-connecting with Mother Nature…boating, hiking, sitting, exploring, listening, watching nature in all her splendor.

Such Good Days.  Such JOY.  So much to give Gratitude for!

JOY is contagious. I’m willing to share so you can catch some. 

• Let’s be friends on Facebook~

• Let’s get in the stream together on Twitter~

I want to feel your JOY, too.  Share it.  Please? 

Awesome HEART Cloud Photo Credit:  Me!…and Heaven, of course. (photo taken while JOYfully boating w/Mark & Destin on White Lake in WI)

Need some assistance in finding the JOY in your life?  I can help.  Let’s discover your JOY together through my Soulitude Intuitive Coaching Sessions (that’s just a fancy name for us getting together via phone, skype, iChat…or even in person…to talk about stuff so that I can help you feel into the Feel Good Joy in your life).  If that idea feels good, email me now:  debra[at]soulitude[dot]com