It’s the kind of song that’s guaranteed to amp your vibe higher, put you right smack dab in the middle of  your vortex where you really rock your Joy of Brilliance….where all the juicy, delicious GOOD stuff is that you so desire in life.

It’s the kind of song to play if you’re feeling blue…or any other shade of YOU.

It’s the kind of song to play if you just want to FEEL GOOD, from the inside out.

It’s the kind of song that’s got a hidden treasure encoded within the words, and it’s even sweeter than finding the awesome prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jack box!

Shift Perspectives~

There’s a certain something that really sings to me in this song.  You know how there’s always more than one way to perceive things?  There’s a twist I hear in the lyrics that broaden my perspective in a super groovy way and I’m so excited for you to hear and feel it!

The lyrics say, “Love will always find a way.  If you want love, you have to give love away”.  That makes good sense.  And.  What strikes me is the hidden treasure within the words.

If you want love, you have to give love A WAY.

A WAY, as in…

• a direction, a space, an avenue to express itself.
• Give LOVE a WAY to BE present in your experience.
• Give Love SPACE to expand, to grow, to breathe into your experience.
• Give ever expanding, ever infinite, ever sustainably available LOVE a WAY to bloom in your life like the most brilliant flowers of spring.
• as in, MAKE WAY!

When we open our hearts and allow LOVE, we give it a way…and when we give it a way, we are poised to give it away like never before.

Are you feeling it?

Can you feel the palpable difference inside your body, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually with this awareness?

Can you feel your heart opening more and more…allowing LOVE to flow through, to embrace you, to fill you up…until the LOVE within cannot be contained and must bubble up and flow forth?

That’s what Joy of Brilliance is for me.  It’s LOVE. It’s LOVE that cannot and will not be contained.  It’s LOVE that expresses itself JOYfully and creatively and WHOLE-HEARTedly within my life experience.

I dig that!  …wanna join me?

Get Your Groove On!

Here’s the video and the lyrics…

EnJOY. And…  GIVE LOVE A WAY!

Give Love – MC Yogi

Hush little darlin’, don’t you cry
Every little thing’s gonna be alright
Don’t worry, don’t be afraid…
Every little thing’s gonna be OK.

Open up your heart, unlock the cage, turn the key and break the chains.

Love will always find a way. If you want love, you gotta give love away.

Give Love – Give Your Love Away

Give Love Don’t be Afraid!
Give Your Love Away
Give Your Love Away Now!
Give Love
Love is life and life is living
Living is love and love is giving
What we live for – love, it gives life meaning
We live to give love, there’s no way of feeling
this feeling of kindness
as when love’s inside us
Nobody can sell this
so try to buy this, coz love is priceless
and it guides us, lifts us up, and ignites us
Love can bind us and remind us
Love has no limit, coz love is timeless
Hate & fear will try to blind us, but love unites us
Nobody can fight this, coz love is righteous
and it might just save the whole world from this global crisis
Throw your hands up if you know what the time is
Open up your heart and let it shine the brightest!

I believe the very best philosophy
is when we live to give love with generosity
Give it consciously, and constantly
When we all give love, there’s no stopping we!
Just open up the door and let your love pour
When we open up to LOVE we can never be poor
Inside the core, way more in store than you can bargain for
An infinite supply for us to share
Just throw your hands up in the air
Wave ‘em all around the atmosphere
Show the whole world how much you care
Give everybody love and respect ’cause what we give is what we get!
Come on, always remember, never forget…
What we give is what we get

Give LOVE.  Give your Love a WAY
Give LOVE, don’t be afraid
Give LOVE, give your love away, now!

It’s funny, isn’t it?  The importance we place on the shedding of the old…and the birthing of the new, more so on this one particular day of the year, than ever.

In my experience, I’ve observed this experience in the tide, in the moon and in the changing of the seasons.  The gentle waxing and waning of nature…she moves, shifts, retreats and renews again.  In this way, so it is with the new year.  It’s a cycle.  A reminder of the retreat, the waning, the death of the old and the waxing, renewal, and birthing of the new.

Turn, Turn, Turn~

This cycle is not only available to us at certain times of the year.  These beautifully influential times of the year serve as examples of the power of cycle that is available to us in every moment.  One of the shortest examples is that of the sun rising and falling each day…and while it rises on us here in the Northern Hemisphere…it sets on our brothers and sisters in the Southern Hemisphere, demonstrating the LIGHT that continually shines.

JOY Jumping New Story!

The very shortest cycle I can think of in this moment, that is not directly related to linear time, is that of our breath.  I love the significance of breathing.  The rise, the fall.  The breath in, the breath out.  Steady.  Sure.  Natural.  Each breath a beginning and end unto itself.  We breathe in these physical bodies, until we don’t any more…and then re-member ourselves with the Oneness of All…and we breathe forever more.

My point in bringing our awareness to these cycles of old and new is purely to soften the importance (and sometimes the stress, or obligation to responsibility) we place on this one night…and following morning of the year.

Tabula Rasa!

After all…  Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end!  The book is yet unwritten!  Tabula Rasa!  Clean Slate!

…Feels like a continuously refreshing invitation to me!  **And that FEELS GOOD!**

Some of us make resolutions.
(I’ve never found them to work as well as I’d have liked.  They feel like empty ideas, much to staunch in their DOing or NOT DOing, based on lack, that I may or may not believe will even happen. They have induced feelings of unworthiness, desperation, restrictedness…and the list goes on.  These are not feelings I cherish.  Resolutions get set…but rarely from an inspired, aligned space.  Which in turn, sets us up for short lived success or possibly even failure.)

Some of us set intentions.
(Perhaps a softer approach.  It feels more like a plan, and can take some of the foreboding pressure that we feel with resolutions off.  Intentions feel more open-ended, more promising, more hopeful.  These feelings are at least a wee bit more palatable…and pleasing to our experience.  Intentions allow us the space for shifting and can be more aligned with the outcome we desire.  In my opinion, if we’re still not lined up with what it is that we really want, they still fall short from their…well, intentions.)

The Power of Our Story. More and more, I’m recognizing the power of our story.  How the story we tell…and the thoughts and feelings that go along with it, are what creates our world.  I’ve known this for a very long time…and I’m coming more and more into owning it every day.  When we bring our attention to every active story in our life experience, we realize there is lots of content…many chapters to focus on.  In the telling of our story, we can make the empowered choice to give our attention to the positive aspects.

Abraham says, on card #15 of their Money and the Law of Attraction deck:

“Make a decision to look for the best feeling aspects of whatever you must give your attention to, and otherwise look only for good-feeling things to give your attention to—and your life will become one of increasingly good-feeling aspects.”

So…here we are, on the brink of a SHINY NEW YEAR.
As we step across the threshold…

• Which stories will you take with you?
• Which ones will you leave at the door?
• And most importantly, which NEW STORIES will you bask in the creating of?

A Continuously Renewable Invitation~

• I invite that every moment is a new beginning…our very own Tabula Rasa, clean slate!  …and that, my friends, is reason to celebrate!
• I invite the notion that every day is the beginning of a New Year.  It is, of course.  The year that stretches from today…one day less than exactly a year from now.
• (I invite that every day we choose to place our attention not on the old, not on some aspects of our story that aren’t working, not on more of what we don’t want.)
• I invite that we begin, again and again, we begin to focus our brilliance, our attention on the new, on the positive aspects of the story we desire to live…thereby creating that very experience ahead of ourselves.
• I invite that we focus on what’s working, and on what we truly want.  And as we do, we watch our world magically and purposefully unfold before us, meeting us in an experience of better and better all the time.
• I invite us to celebrate each and every new beginning, moment by moment…writing the story as it is inspired to be written!

The blank page is before us.

New Year.  New Story.

A continuously renewing invitation…  Moment to Moment.

Brand. New. Story.

What will you write?

Feel it!  Breathe with it!  Live it!
Let it COME ALIVE!
Let it SHINE!

***HAPPY NEW STORY!!!!***

Here’s a little inspiration to guide your way on…

JOYful creating!!  Have FUN!

Love to hear some of your New Year. New Story in the comment section!  XO

Photo Credit Woman JOY Jumping

When we reach for the place of appreciation for these moments and see them as inspiration and opportunity (—not scary, mean old monsters—), we can re-align and close the gap…coming ever closer to our most authentic expression, that’s when even feeling sideways (left or right of our center) can lead us downstream, back in sync with our Joy of Brilliance where every thing flows in harmony with our heart’s desires.

Recognizing Sideways & Doing Something About It:

It’s all about feelings.  When we notice we’re feeling afraid, angry, frustrated, unworthy, etc., the feeling is an indicator…and we can recognize that we’re misaligned on some level.  We can stay in that space, wallowing and wondering why oh why…

Or we can immediately start to switch up the vibe.  We can lessen the resistance…and offer ourselves some relief.

But how, you ask?

• First, we can accept what is.  We can say thanks for the feeling space we’re in now.  We can honor it…after all, there’s nothing wrong with it.  It is what it is.  It has meaning.  If only to inform us that we’re out of sync with our Joy of Brilliance.
  

  Feeling Sideways?

Best part?  There’s no real need to know the why’s and how’s of it all.  There’s really no point to that.  Remember…it just is.  Knowing that means there’s only one thing left to do.  And that’s move in the direction of something that feels better.

• We can choose to stay in this place for as long as we want.  Just recognize that it IS a choice.  When you’re ready to shift, ready to recognize that feeling better is an option…the shift begins.
• We can gently, with grace and ease begin to move our feelings (and energy) in the direction of feel better feelings like hope, appreciation, love, optimism, beauty, joy, fun, excitement…even abundance!

If you’re thinking nothing at all feels better…just breathe; that alone brings some relief.  If you can, dig deep…give yourself a well deserved self-love hug.  The Joy of Brilliance YOU inside is ALWAYS there for you.  (Need a refresher on why Self-Love makes all the difference to being in your power and feeling good?  Check this out when you’re finished here…)

And, what if those feelings are just too hard to tap into when you’re feeling Sideways?  Sometimes it just feels too darn challenging to focus on a better feeling thought, emotion or vibe.

You can rest into it…and just let it be.  Let it express.  Let it soften.

You can choose to bring happy, feel good memories onto your internal movie screen…memories that invoke the feel good feelings mentioned above.  We’ve all got them.  Which ones evoke a better feeling place in you?  Close your eyes and play the happy memory movie over and over again.

But…Really?

I recognize that there are times where we just feel so stuck and yuck that it can seem there’s no way out.

I also know there is ALWAYS a way out.

If you got in…you can get out.  Maybe not through the same opening; you can always create a new one; in fact…creating a new opening works better than any other!

Most important is the commitment you make to yourself to change something…no matter how small…do something that will make you feel better, right then and there in the moment.  You make a commitment to yourself that you will find your way to a better feeling vibe.  In ease and grace.  No worries.  **Less Resistance = More Relief** Be gentle with yourself.

It honestly doesn’t take much to set the switch up in motion once you’ve committed to shifting the vibe to a feel better one.  Feeling better leads to more feeling better and feeling good always leads to more feel good.

You could~

• Do some yoga stretches,
• do some breathing exercises,
• crank up your favorite tune on your iPod,
• run around the block,
• play the Abraham inspired ABC Game,
• do 25 jumping jacks,
• enjoy a piece of chocolate,
• watch your favorite video…
• absolutely ANYTHING to engage a FEEL GOOD vibe!  :0)

The bottom line is, when sideways strikes…the only thing we can do is look for an opening.  ANY opening.  ANY thing that lessens the resistance we feel, any relief points…and celebrate those!

Notice what they are.

• Where did those points of light come from?
• What are they about?
• Can you tap into them often?
• Do they lend clues or insight into finding more of the same?

Go in that direction! Build on the pieces that come to you that help you feel better and better until you’re feeling GREAT!

Soon the path becomes wider and wider…clearer and clearer.
The journey is freeing, filled with grace and ease once more.
Follow the flow downstream…

In the spirit of lessening resistance, finding relief and flowing downstream…you’re going to enjoy this video from a presentation I shared last winter.  EnJOY!

Deep appreciation to Abraham, Esther and Jerry Hicks for continuously confirming what my Joy of Brilliance filled heart knows and for eternally inspiring me to lead my life in JOY, from my Heart…in tune with Spirit.

Meet me Downstream in the Comment Section…
What are some Feel Good boosters that spring you back to center when you’re feeling sideways?

Photo Credit ~ Left Hand

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!!

Photo Credit

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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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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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

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“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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You are so awesome!  In my last post I mentioned how magnificent it would be to have Good Vibe Coach, Jeannette Maw as a guest on Earth~Harmony~Home.

I always love her perspective on things and wondered just what she’d have to say about the infinite choices we have each day to conscioiusly create the life we want for ourselves.

Jeannette accepted my invitation and is here with us today to share her Good Vibes!!

Thank you for responding and delivering what I asked for.

In Harmony…  Debra

A Welcoming Round of Applause for Good Vibe Coach, Jeannette Maw

“What do you want once you realize you can have anything?”  That’s the question posed by Gregg Braden at the end of his two day workshop in Salt Lake City a few years ago.

His answer?  “Nothing.”

Braden shared that once we realize we are all powerful, able to create and experience and be whatever we want, that the strangest thing happens – we stop wanting everything.  Instead, we settle into a life of enjoyment; of not needing anything to change in order to be perfectly satisfied with life.

It sounded inconceivable at first, but I’ve since come to understand (through personal glimpses of that very feeling) what Braden meant.

So the fact that I can also relate to Debra’s experience of feeling overwhelmed with infinite choices puzzles me a bit.

The Choice is up to me…

For example, “If I could live anywhere, is this really where I would pick?”  That’s the question I kept coming back to as my boyfriend and I were buying a home together.  The choice to purchase this particular house was agonizingly slow from Russ’ perspective.

(We walked through it four times over three months despite the fact that on our first showing I declared out loud within seconds of walking through the door, “I’ll take it.”  I lost count of how many other homes we saw.  Plus he has no idea how many neighborhoods I visited without him – not to mention how far I traveled to do that!)

Can you imagine the process I went through of choosing this man as my partner?!  I’ll admit, that partner-shopping was even more fun and I spent lots more time on it than home shopping.  (hee hee)

Because once we know how the world works, once we know we can have whatever we want, that we are all powerful and that nothing is beyond our reach – that simply by imagining it we can create it – that knowledge literally puts the whole world at our fingertips.

Which some of us respond to with hesitation.  For some of us that omnipotent realization is a stopper because we wonder is this really what’s best?  Is this truly what we most prefer?  I mean, if we believe in limits we’re not as likely to ask questions like “Is this the right job for me?” or “Is this surgery the best solution?”

(Duh?!)

I remember when I was working with my mentor coach to build a coaching practice I expressed a serious doubt: “What if, in five years, I decide this isn’t what I want any more?”  That thought, that possibility, was stopping me in my tracks with fear and doubt.

My brilliant coach responded with complete impatience, “Then you’ll choose something ELSE in five years!!  Duh!”

She didn’t really say “duh,” but I did, when I realized how the fear that I might not be making the best possible choice  was keeping me stuck.

Duh, that’s what we do!

Omni-Satisfaction  ~ A Sure Thing

When we have new awareness of new desires, we move forward with those.  We’re never stuck and we’re always evolving.  We get divorced, we change jobs, we hire new doctors, we buy new clothes, we listen to other songs, we go to different restaurants, we follow wherever our true desire takes us.

All we can do is honor what that inner guidance is pointing us towards in the present moment.  Right?

To anticipate future desires is a rather inept guessing game, especially since we may very well run into the phenomenon Gregg Braden describes of becoming omni-satisfied.  (Ooh, I think I made that word up – I like it!)

But even as I write this, I’m thinking perhaps multiple desires make themselves known to us because there isn’t any ONE best answer.  Maybe the path to satisfaction and fulfillment lies in so many ways that we couldn’t miss it if we tried.

Now that’s a nice thought …

Let’s hear yours!

Thank you, Jeannette (a note from Debra)

As always I so appreciate your spin on things.  I love your new word:  “omni-satisfied”!  It’s good.  Real good.  And yes, I’ve had some gleaming examples of that very feeling in my life…more often than not to be honest…and it feels SO good to recognize and acknowledge that!

I think it’s especially during those “this is a biggie” times of transition when I feel the state of omni-satisfaction waning a bit.  OK, even more than a bit.

It’s during those very times when I’ll now have the reminder of this post and I’ll be able to say to myself…

All things are possible, all of the time…it’s me who decides if I want to be limited in my creation or not.  And I say not.  I say unlimited, always.  It’s me who decides if I want to change my mind two minutes later to choose something else.  (Therein lies the relevance of,  “it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind”!)  Most importantly,

• I am loved by me in every choice I make,
• I trust that I make choices with integrity,
• I withhold judgment on myself in all choices, and
• I give myself permission to feel oh so omni-satisfied without questioning if I’ve made the right choice…

Because as Jeannette so poignantly expressed, “Maybe the path to satisfaction and fulfillment lies in so many ways that we couldn’t miss it if we tried.”

Yes.  I’m feeling that!  :0)

How about you?

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Featured Guest:  Jeannette Maw, Good Vibe Coach

Jeannette’s post was about Vibrational Instruction.  What are the messages we’re sending to the Universe; the ones we say out loud, the ones we keep quiet, big ones and little ones, all of them.  How clear are we?  What instructions are we giving the Universe to work with?  Are they ever contradictory?

I Declare!

The post increased my awareness to something I’ve been thinking quite a lot about lately.  I am pretty great at stating my desires in positive Law of Attraction style when I’m consciously setting about to make a declaration.

I am getting better at being conscious of the smallest of details that I tell myself through out the day that may send mixed signals to the Universe.  (I almost wrote: “I could be better at…” but I stopped myself and reframed right away)  “I am getting better…” sends a much clearer message than “I could be better…” which can imply, “but I’m not”.

Recently I’ve been oh so aware of the little thoughts, emotions, etc. that race around stealthily attempting to stay hidden from my conscious awareness.  Funny buggers, I’ll tell you!  …and crafty.  YIKES!  Thoughts like, “what if I don’t like it?” (Universe delivers more of what I don’t like) or “Oooo, I’m just feeling so weird right now!”  (Universe responds: “OK, feeling weird coming right up”)

Getting to the root of it all~

As I was pondering what was at the root of my at times contradictory vibrational instructions to the Universe, I realized something consciously that’s been tapping me on the shoulder for weeks now.  (Does this ever happen to you?  It’s like the ‘aha moment’ when you suddenly realize that your higher self has been inviting an awareness conversation around a certain topic for weeks and you finally get around to engaging in the conversation consciously.  “Oh hi, higher self…yeah, I get it…yeah, that’s so interesting…!”  This is what I’m talking about right now.)

I realized that a big part of why I think I send somewhat contradictory instructions is because I truly know and believe that I am the creator of my life…that I have infinite choices available, limited only by how far I stretch my imagination…and I have a REALLY good imagination!

Do you hear what I’m saying??

I love lots of things…not just one or even a few.  So, when I make one choice I suddenly notice myself wondering if that’s really the choice I want.  …’cause I could create it differently; it’s up to me.  The canvas is blank, the palette is vast, the tools of creation infinite.  On one hand I jump for joy and gleefully give gratitude for such freedom, such a magnitude of possibility.  On the other hand I say, “Holy Hannah”!  (Seriously, that’s what I say…I don’t know why…I don’t even know a Holy Hannah!)

I’m just saying, am I crazy??  (…easy, it’s a rhetorical question; not meant to be answered.)

The Irony.

If there’s a place where I get stuck; this is it.  How ironic that the very frame of my belief that it’s all up to me, that I can create it exactly as I want it, is the very thing that has me frozen in time and space.

Does anyone else ever experience this?  Please tell me I’m not alone.  I know I’m not alone.  The very idea that I can choose whatever I want, that I have complete and total autonomy, that I am the creator of my experience at times keeps me from creating!  OY.

How Perfect.

As I’m writing this I’m realizing another thing.  I’m attached to a perfect outcome rather than being open to an ever evolving outcome that continues to match my vibrational frequency more and more with every aligned choice I make!  Mmmm…now *that* feels good.

My attachment to having a perfect outcome right away (and who’s to say it wouldn’t be??) is me holding myself back from my becoming!

Epiphanies are so cool; aren’t they?  No matter great or small they’re just so darn great!

SOLD!

We’re selling our house in CO right now and moving back to WI to be nearer family…and creating the opportunity to winter tropically.

This exact scenario of life transition has given me/is still giving me all the practice I need in paying attention to what vibrational instruction I’m vibing.

All the what if’s, yeah but’s, but why’s, how will’s and if only’s that have been flying out of my mouth…or quietly through the recesses in my mind lately are astounding.

Meanwhile, I wonder why things seem to reach a stand still at times?  Duh.  Hello.  The Universe is just patiently standing by waiting for me to get clear, release attachment and allow!

It’s really up to us now, more than ever.  We choose, we create it.  So the question is, what do we want?

Being a highly sensitive person who has always felt guided along the path; I’m still looking for the ‘lightening bolt’, the writing in the sky, the sign that says, “This Way” in bold letters.  Strong guidance saying…”this is your path”.

I believe things have shifted.  Now more than ever before the tools of creation are in our hands and it’s up to us.  We paint it the way we like to see it and the Universe delivers as we create.  It’s our choosing.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences.  With such a vast palette of choices in creation; are you able to choose?

“Dear Universe~
I’m inviting Good Vibe Coach Jeannette Maw to be our guest at Earth~Harmony~Home.  It would be wonderful to hear her thoughts on choices and how they are sometimes so daunting…the magnitude of infinite possibility so overwhelming…that we may not choose at all out of wondering or second guessing where the path will lead.  I hope she will join us.

In Love and Gratitude,
Debra”

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This Way

A couple days ago I had one of those days when I really had to consider if the best option would have been to stay in bed.  Way, way under the covers.

I haven’t had one of those in a long, long time.  From the moment I woke up I knew something was off.  I slept great the night before; which is a bonus because sleep time has been filled with all sorts of interesting ‘stuff’ for me lately.  (That’s another post, entirely.)  When I woke up, even though I slept a sound, restful eight hours, I felt so drained and tired; like I hadn’t slept at all.  Physically my body felt weak; not like when you have the flu, just spent.

As I got up and started moving around I also noticed something fairly unfamiliar to me these days.  I was GROUCHY, grumpy, feeling volatile…even combustible, like if anything were to ‘push the proverbial button’ I may just explode!  This isn’t like me.  Remember?  I’m Miss Happy Pants.  I might have waves of yuck flow through; this was different.  It felt sticky.  Heavy.  It didn’t feel like I could just shake it off; though I would certainly give that a fair shot!

Freeze Frame ~ Reframe

I decided I would do my best to reframe.  I followed my morning rituals for self-care.  Water blessing, gratitude time while drinking my water, green drink, and other feel good, supportive ingestables.

Exercise.  That would take care of it.  Nothing like some exercise to shift the energy, get some endorphins flowing, blood pumping, heart space activated, etc.  Apparently that wasn’t the best plan.  While it felt good at first and I thought I was on my way back to myself; suddenly I started feeling dizzy, faint.  I stopped and tried to regain myself.  And then continued…switching gears a bit to weight training rather than rebounding.  It happened again.  This was strange.  I made my way to a chair where I could just be with it…and not have to worry I was going to crash to the floor.  It took what felt like forever to come out of it.

When the woozies were gone I felt even more tired than before and still just as cranky.  I just plain felt as though a tsunami came rushing in without warning nearly claiming my mere existence, leaving me empty, hollow and mostly unresponsive.

There was nothing concrete to base this situation on.  There had been nothing to provoke this shift; nothing.  Seemingly nothing internally nor externally to cause such a wave of dissonance to wash over me.

You can do it!

Normally I could coach myself through an episode like this.  I’ve got all the tools.  I own what I know; walk the talk, practice what I preach…and in this case nothing seemed to be moving me through it.

Even just giving myself to it; lessening the resistance, would normally ease my way into relief.  Not this time.  So, I sat with it, laid with it, read with it, ate with it…and did my best to just BE with it.  By evening time the worst of it was starting to lift, like a dense fog evaporating slowly to reveal the light.

I slept well that night and the next day I felt *almost* normal.  I say almost because still today, two days later I continue to have a foggy brain and an uncertainty around my flow that I didn’t have a few days ago.  The momentum I felt before this ‘energetic storm’ has all but stopped.  The sense of purpose and direction I was moving in feels at a stand still, if not slightly askew.

Looks as if…

I recognize this is all a “looks as if”.  This too shall pass.  All storms do.  There’s always a silver lining and the pot of gold at the end of the glorious rainbow.  Until then.  I’ll be here.  And I’ll be OK.  I am OK.  (See?  That’s better already!  Lessen the resistance, bring on the relief.)

The fact that I’m able to write this is proof positive that storms come and they go.  The better we can equip ourselves to weather such storms, the better chance we have of coming out unscathed once we unbutton the hatches.

We are in times of great change.  This is not new news.  With all that’s shifting in the world, knowing that everything is energy, knowing that we are all connected, is it really too much to wonder that there would be waves like this?

Forecast:

Chance of precipitation likely over the next 24 hours (a good cry releases tension and allows space for the new, very cleansing)  The outlook is for sunny, brighter days ahead.  Ever increasing probability of clarity with major bursts of resonance and deep connection, accentuated by waves of deep insight.

Air Quality:

Fresh.  Breathe in.  Breathe out.  Expand.  Allow.

Debra’s How to Weather an Energetic Storm Checklist:

(*HINT* These work great for everyday use as well!)

• Drink plenty of Good Hado Water
• Eat clean, organic, healthy (omit any processed, refined, etc. foods)
• Stretch, practice gentle yoga, breathe
• Rest/Sleep
• Honor/Acknowledge/Allow the feelings you’re having
• Bach Rescue Remedy Flower Essence
• Young Living ‘Peace & Calming’ Essential Oil Blend
• Listening to Abraham (nothing like a little Abraham to align, flow gently into resonance)
• Listening to calming/centering music (I love Snatam Kaur in these times)
• Journal/Blog (write a post about how you’re feeling!)
• Cancel any outside commitments that don’t support or align with your current needs
• Be gentle with yourself

Weathered any energetic or emotional storms lately?

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Time for a Resolution Re-frame~

Intention and Inspired Creation.  Now there’s something that really turns me on.  I can get excited about these every day, not just for New Year’s.  Every day is a New Day…  Hey!  We could start celebrating it just like that!  New Day’s Eve (Maybe without the champagne *every* night.  Well, that’s none of my business, your choice.  I’m keeping the kiss at midnight, though).  New Day’s Eve would bring awareness to the ending of one cycle and the birth of another.  New Day’s Day is every day!  Shiny, bright, and filled w/spectacular promise and possibility…a whole new day to live an inspired life!  …and then it’s New Day’s Eve again.  Perfect.  Very in the moment, don’t you think?  :0)

Let your Inspiration guide you~

A new blogging friend* recently wrote as part of her New Year’s Post, “I’m starting to write more, and suddenly I’m willing to give up decluttering the house if it means I have more time to write.”

It’s definitely like that, isn’t it?  The more we align with what we really want, the clearer what we really want gets, the more we realize some of the stuff we thought we wanted can just wait…or go away all together!  :0)

Imagine the day you feel inspired to declutter the house; that’s the day to do it.  (The day will come; it surprised the socks off me the first time I felt the real invitation!)  That’s the day you’ll sing and dance your way through what could otherwise be a ‘task’ that you might do begrudgingly.  That’s the day decluttering brings with it a feeling of clearer space, cleaner energy and brighter days ahead.  After that experience you’ll thank your house for getting cluttered in the first place (while you were busy doing other inspired activities) just so that you could spend some quality time with it!

Happy New Day!

I’ve got no shortage of inspiration or intentions.  Here’s what guides them all and tops the list today (a good feeling tells me it’ll match for every *NEW DAY* of 2009):

My New Day Inspired Intention is to be continually aware of what is inspiring me, to take inspired action, and to be in gratitude for inspired creation!

Are you feeling it?  What’s your “Happy New Day” Inspired Intention?

*For further inspiration, you’ll enjoy Victoria’s post:  “Here Comes 2009″

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A trip to the Post Office.

Now, it’s December so going to any post office this time of year ‘can’ be a daunting task fraught with cranky, stressed out beings who don’t want to have to take the time to stand in enormously long lines waiting to send out their obligatory holiday packages (not my personal story…I’m just saying). I knew this was the potential atmosphere I could be entering and I consciously chose BEFORE even pulling into the parking lot (’cause that’s where it all begins…) that it was going to be a cheery, warm fuzzy experience. In so deciding of course I, myself, became (even more) cheery, warm fuzzy like and I’m pretty sure I was glowing. ;~)

Create it.

The lines were indeed long. Many people had what looked like Santa’s sack slug across their back with the weight of packages held snugly inside. As I took my place in line I consciously smiled and made eye contact with as many people as were looking in my direction. I stood behind another soul who seemed to be in good spirits and was soon sandwiched by another woman, an elder whose perfume reminded me of my dearly departed Grandma. (How’s that for reinforcing happy cell stimulation!?)

There were others in line with disgruntled looks on their faces, some with major toe tapping going on, others complaining to ??? on their cell phone about the length of the line and wasted time.

I just continued to exude my happy vibe…sharing and spreading the energy surely and quietly, intuitively inviting everyone present to meet me in my patient, happy place.

As if on cue, the good smelling Grandma behind me leaned forward and said to me, “I’m sure glad I’m not in any hurry today”. I turned to her and said, “yes…you know, the world rushes by so quickly, I’m just grateful to be here right now having a few moments to notice how very happy I am.” She looked taken aback for a brief second and then responded, “Oh yes! Me too…we all have so much to be grateful for.” By this time the woman in front of us had caught wind of our conversation and she joined in, supporting our “happy talk” and offering her own gratitude for the various blessings in her life. Soon we had engaged six people deep!

By the time we approached our turn we had all bonded, noticed a more relaxed vibe in the post office and giggled at how wonderful it was to have this time together with perfect strangers.

I thought the mission was complete…successful even. In all of my bliss I hadn’t noticed the postal clerk at the far end of the counter. The look on his face looked a bit bah-humbug-ish and I quickly added one more thing to my “envision it before you get there” theme. I visualized ME being his next customer (which I had no control over as you take which ever clerk becomes available next).

Guess what? I got him! He was a little tougher to penetrate. I could feel a VERY small part of myself saying, “sheesh! Listen buddy, if you don’t shape up I’m going to stop being Miss Happy Pants!” I gave that little voice a hug and told it to wait patiently for the magic that was about to occur.

To this point this clerk had not made eye contact with me. It was as if he were consciously attempting to avoid it. His words were quick, gruff, bordering on rude. They bounced off my ‘negativity vest’ and I watched them turn to sparkles of light that danced over our heads.

We were nearing the end of our short interaction, he was a bit annoyed that I was sending my cd’s in a penguin embossed envelope…and that I had chosen and filled out the wrong mailing label for my intended purposes. It was at that moment that I apologized and our eyes met. I said, “I’m SO sorry…can you help me make it right?” He melted. Suddenly, with no more than the blink of an eye we were on the same team; helping each other. He confided he was worried he was going to get a crabby person at his station. Can you believe that?? Obviously his walls were up ’cause he was defending himself just in case!

Talk about a moment made in heaven. I couldn’t have orchestrated this if I had tried. He trusted me now, so I said to him, “just be kindness and goodness…and see everyone who steps up to your counter as the same…before they get here…and I promise you, you have my word…you’ll get only kindness and goodness!

We smiled, he looked as if he at least half believed me (that part is out of my control…no attachment!)…and I went on my merry way!

* Jeanette Maw’s Blog:  www.goodvibeblog.com Give her a visit and please tell her Debra sends her love!

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It’s always a positive, vibrationally charged atmosphere…ever evolving depending on the energy in the room…and just plain “what’s up” for people. There’s no agenda, no program to follow…we just flow in enlightened conversation around what ever comes up.

This past Monday was especially charged. I don’t know why exactly, except we all know there’s been an abundant resource of material around us to respond to!

We somehow (it happens quite easily and frequently to be honest) got on the subject of Abraham (go figure, just happens to be one of my favorite topics). We were discussing the difference between Upstream and Downstream in sync with Abraham’s teachings.

I was in the middle of my lively dissertation on the subject when the other Deb of “Deb and Deb” jumped in enthusiastically and started singing, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”.

OMG!!!!! Seriously!! Have you ever considered the consciousness and profundity of that one little nursery rhyme?? Go on, sing it out loud right now…and sing it in the frame of complete consciousness! Now THIS could be our new Global Anthem!! :0)

We had SOOO much fun with this the rest of the evening…later when the conversation turned to the topic of “Why do people always tend to ask, “What do you DO?” I couldn’t help myself! I started laughing like the inner child I am and said…oh, this is good!! Listen to this! …and here’s what followed:

My Conversation with Someone:

“So…what do you DO?”, said Someone.

“Well…I used to row, row, row my boat; but now I flow, flow, flow my boat!”, I replied.

“What exactly do you mean?”, Someone inquired.

“You know! I FLOW my boat, GENTLY DOWN the stream.”, I said.

“Huh??? Wait, but HOW?”, came Someone’s still quizzical nature.

“Well, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, of course!”, I smiled.

“Seriously??!!?? What kind of company allows people to DO that????”, expounded Someone.

“LIFE IS BUT A DREAM”, I kindly shared!

~~~HAH~~~ :0) Isn’t that just the best? Next time “someone” asks you, “What do you DO?” try this one on them! If nothing else it will inspire some laughter which is some of the best medicine around right now!

In the meantime… Flow Gently, with Grace and Ease, Downstream…ever merrily rejoicing, Life is but a Dream!

In the Flow of Love, Light & Harmony,

Debra