Yes With Joy

Valentine’s Day is a day of love. Usually, people think of loving their kids or that special someone. But what if that special someone was you? What if you took this day to truly love everything about yourself?

I challenge you to spend an hour today looking at yourself in the mirror and thinking about all the things you love about yourself. To make this even stronger, write down what you are saying so that you can remind yourself later what you love about yourself.

Too often we get caught up in judgment, which is usually negative. The more negative we think and feel, the worse we feel about ourselves. And the worse we feel about ourselves, the worse we do in life. The trick is to input more positive comments than negative ones, and since we have a lifetime of negative comments, we have some catching up to do. So, spend sometime today loving yourself.

And then follow it up with a positive action…something that will demonstrate to the universe that you really do love yourself.

Update:  I did this exercise myself today and do you know what?  It shifted my energy and I feel even better than I did when I woke up.  All I did was recognize what was already there.  Now to put it in action…I think a nice walk is in order.  Or maybe something silly like putting on lipstick and kissing the mirror so that whenever I look in the mirror and see all those kisses, I’m reminded that I love me.  Just thinking about this makes me giggle.

Travel days can be challenging if you choose them to be. Or things can work out. One day last spring, I could have moaned and groaned about everything, but I just kept silently repeating, “It always works out for me. I don’t have to know how. It just does.” And it did. Here is how the travel experience went:

When I got to the airport, the computer said that I’d already checked in. “It always works out for me. I don’t have to know how. It just does.” It took the lady at the counter 30 plus minutes to straighten it out. I just stood there and radiated love. (Ok. I did a little bit of Matrix too.) Read the rest of this entry »

What do windows, libraries, file cabinets, paintings and picture books all have in common? Depending on who was teaching, these are all methods to create a visualization or feeling to allow you to pull it into your reality.

It is a simple question. Where is the window, book, file, or picture where (what you want) is located?  You don’t have to use all of the choices.  One is fine.

When I use a window, I imagine a wall of windows in front of me.  I look for the window with the experience or feeling that I’m looking for at that moment.  I point to it and then to myself to connect the two.  I can really feel the energy shift as I settle into my heart and accept it.

Other ways to do it: You can also look in the library in your mind.  Remember, there can be more than one room and there are many shelves and books to choose from. Or you can flip through the pages of a book until you “feel” or “know” that you are at the right picture.  Or you can paint the picture of what you want.  Or you can search the file cabinets in your mind.  A teacher once explained to me that some dyslexic children have things misfiled in the file cabinets in their brains.  This made a lot of sense. So why not discover the images, feelings or files that we do want and bring them into our reality?

Don’t worry about how or when the visualization will show up.  Just know that it will in some area(s) of your life.  Often times, it will show up in unexpected ways.  That is why it is important to be open to the possibilities.  If we only see “it” showing up in one way, we limit the possibilities. For example, if I see the window where I’m loved, this can show up as a new man in my life, friends thanking me for being there, hugs and kisses from my kids, the feeling of me loving me, or crowds cheering wildly for me. But if I’m only looking for the new man, I might be disappointed if the new man doesn’t show up when I expect and miss all the other ways it does show up.

So as you go through your day, ask your self: Where is the feeling or image (name what you want)? Point to it and pull it into your being.  Then follow up with:  I wonder how many ways it will show up in my life.  Each time it does appear it feels like receiving a present.  Enjoy your gifts.