Tuesday, December 31, 2013

There is so much to LOVE!


Living INspired

Feeding our Spirit

Knowing what

FREES

Our JOY

Discovering what

We absolutely

LOVE

What energizes US

What catalyzes US

Is essential

To creating

A LIFE

Aligned with

Our Truest Self

Living the DREAM

AWAKE

Tuning in

To our Self

FEELING

Our way

To

A GOOD LIFE

A life

That leaves

YOU

Clutching YOUR Heart

All day

Saying

LIFE IS DAMN GOOD!

What makes YOU

COME ALIVE?

Ruts

Boredom

Staleness

Dullness

Are information

THE ALARM

Ringing

WAKE UP Call

TIME for a CHANGE

DO something different

Make a CHOICE

MOVE!

ACT!

Breaking FREE

Out of the CAGE

Of our own making

Going along

To

Get along

Living in the SHOULDS

Trying to fit a mold

Lying to our Self

Plugging our Self into

What is dead

What is complete

Betraying our Sacred LONGings

Not another minute

Of this nonsense

Asleep at the Wheel

Of our OWN life

Missing in Action

From

Our OWN Adventure

Ohhhhh…

There is SO much to LOVE

TRULY!

No need for a

Wrecking BALL

Delete

And

Add

Step by Step

One Day

At a time

CONSCIOUSLY

Inviting

MORE

Joy

Love

Excitement

Wonder

Sit with

Your Self

Reflect

Contemplate

LOOK around

Scan your LIFE

Your relationships

Your home

Your closets

Your garage

CLEAN HOUSE

Keep what you LOVE

And

Let go

Of what no longer

Fits

YOU

Make SPACE

For the New

For that which

INSPIRES You

Clothes

Knick Knacks

Art

Furnishings

Dishes

People

Gardens

SHAKE it UP

Shift happens

IMMEDIATELY

Discovering

What we LOVE

SEEing

There is SO much to LOVE

Acknowledging

We DESERVE

A life we LOVE fiercely

We hold our Self

SACRED

Our very LIFE

A Sanctuary

Nourishing US

LOVING US

Up!

Up!

Up!

Where we can SEE

Fresh EYES

Amazing GRACE

The BEAUTY

The TRUTH

The PASSION

There is so much to LOVE

And MORE

To LOVE

Will come

Leading US

Onto new paths

Ever-Exploring

ENRICHing Us

LUCKY Us.

LUCKY LIFE.

I fully understand and respect that we do what we gotta do to take care of what we must.  But it is essential to stop, to pause and see:  There is so much to LOVE! And to find a way to love what we must do – adopting the attitude of gratitude as we move into What’s next?  What do I want now?  What energizes me?  What INSPIRES me?  This journey, oh so brief and extraordinary!  In being true to our Self, doing what we love and sharing time and experiences with those we love, we come alive in the quiet moments resting within our Self touching the passion within that frees the joy: watching the sunset, listening to music that stirs us and leads us home to our Self, putting our hands in the earth, cutting the grass, walking down the street, skiing down a mountain,  running a trail, gazing at the stars, moon bathing, placing fresh flowers all over the house, sitting outside on a blanket, hugging a loved one, dancing around the kitchen with bare feet, holding a baby, eating a meal that not just feeds us but nourishes us in every sense, smiling and receiving the warmth of a smile, feeling the sunshine on our face, cooking and baking, going to the museum,  going to a comedy club, painting at an open studio that instructs but gives you the freedom to play, attending a class to learn something new, doing something for the first time as often as possible, visiting loved ones, talking and laughing about nothing and anything.  YOU get to decide! 
 
Your choices day in and day out either fuel your life with love or don’t – choose wisely!  Choose a life that fits you where you are now at this point in your life and break free of the ruts, the boredom that leaves you surviving the day, hanging on by a thread, grinning and bearing life instead of inspiring you.  There is so much to LOVE!  Knowing this and acknowledging, discover what you love exploring the days – deleting and adding in joyful exploration of your life. 

The invitation this day is to remember:  There is so much to LOVE! right here and now.  Stop and acknowledge all that you appreciate about your life, scanning every aspect of your life from your home and surroundings to the clouds in the sky; those who you are privileged to journey with that fuel you with a connection like no other, that make life sweet even in the midst of the bitter; the things you get to do that when it’s all said in done and your time here ends, you will miss; the experiences that fill your day – the seemingly ordinary that are actually extraordinary when present, fully engaged in the moments unfolding – SO LOVELY!  Ohhhhh, there is so much to LOVE.  There truly is.  Love each day and live it all!  In the living of life, see the amazing grace flowing through that is you that is your life and LOVE IT, as it is; and reach for more to LOVE as life always brings more and more fueling our passion, our sense of aliveness.  Taste and SEE.  You deserve a life you absolutely love.  And setting this intention brings more and more and more to LOVE.  I promise.       

Monday, December 30, 2013

2014: Let's DO IT!


Make 2014

The BEST

Year

EVER!

Intend IT

Declare IT

Resolve

To

Come

ALIVE

Choice

By

Choice

Day

By

Day

Fully

AWARE

This is YOUR Life

Each day

A GIFT

YOU

Are the

OFFERing

Share your Self

GENEROUSly

GIVE

And

RECEIVE

Nothing you

GIVE

Is Small

It is

Your judgment

That BOXES

You in

Making YOU

Small

But

YOU

Are

10 feet Tall

Stand UP

Be COUNTED

SEE

Your BIGness

Live the Dance

Infinity at Play

YOU

Hold the KEY

To your

Secret HEART

To your Truest Self

To your Truest Life

Turn the Key

UNLOCK IT

Fly OUT

Of the Cage

The limitations

Follow Your HEART

Let it

LEAD

The WAY

To more

Of

YOU

The Flight

Less

Exhausting

Than TRYing

To LIVE

A life

That no longer

Fits

Than TRYing

To be

Who we are NOT

TRYING

Is

Trying

Frustrating

Draining

Taxing

Depleting

TRYING

Is

Lying

To our Self

No More!

NO More!

NO MORE!

Make 2014

The BEST

A THANK YOU

To the

Creator

Perched

In YOUR Soul

In the SOUL

ONE LOVE

Honoring

Your Treasures

Knowing

ALL that you are

LOVE

Your SELF

Up!

Up!

Up!

And

Take everyone

You LOVE

With YOU

The TRUTH

Will Set YOU

FREE

Soaring

The Energy

Of JOY

Of HOPE

Of PEACE

Infectious

BELIEVE

You are worthy

Of a life

You absolutely

LOVE

LOVE

LOVE

BELIEVE

Anything is POSSIBLE

DREAMS come true

Right Here

Right Now

If

You DARE

Wish IT

DREAM it

DO IT!

BELIEVE

You can Spring

Out of Bed

EVERY Single Day

EXCITED

Enthusiastic

Engaged

Eager

To Greet IT

To Meet IT

With ALL of YOU

PRESENT

Living

In the MOMENTS

Of YOUR life

Mining for the GOLD

Extracting the GOOD

Expecting the MIRACLES

Living OPEN

Connecting to the HEAVENS

Pulsing through

Your Very Breath

Animating

YOU

Body, Mind, Heart & Soul

Your life

Is

NOW

A New Year

A New Day

DAWNING

Gloriously

2014:

Let’s DO THIS!

It is TIME

To LIVE

THIS DREAM

Awake

Eyes and HEART

Wide OPEN.

Here we are.  Here we go.  2014:  Let’s do this!  Choice by choice, moment by moment, day by day, let’s welcome 2014, let’s welcome more of our Self ready to play, let’s consciously invite new ways of being and visions of living a life where we are home within our Self and within the world no matter what.  You are worth fighting for!  You deserve a life you absolutely love!  You are worthy of the goodness and the miracles that abound!  Yours for the claiming – just say Thank you!  More please!  all day long and expect the gold to be revealed even in the moments you want to wish away.

Each year for the last 15 years of my life, I have chosen a word in order to explore the word beyond definition wanting to embody it and live it.  Last New Year’s Day, after a harsh Christmas holiday and grief cycle that had kicked my ass, I sat with my Self asking what I wanted now for my life.  From the depths of me truth rang and rang:  I just want my life to be EASY.  My life had been hard for so long – my brother’s long illness and death, my mom’s 14 year health crisis and death, running my business, my late-husband, John’s bypass surgery and death.  Heavy SHIT!  But all of it my life, my precious life gracing me with love and beauty even in the harshest moments.  I sat there completely open to what’s next and had no answers but my openness set the intention that I wanted to experience EASY.  In truth, my life had never been Easy; and at times, I actually was the one who made it harder on myself than was necessary but it is all grist for the mill. 

The power of intention is undeniable!  What we invite, what we hold in our consciousness will lead us into the discovery of more of our Self, of the truth – where we have power and where we don’t – when we exercise our power of choices and when we fail to stand in our power of choice caging our Self, blaming others and making others responsible for our precious life.  Becoming aware of our own bullshit is LIFE CHANGING!  And being compassionate when we bust our Self, seeing our bullshit in full view is essential.  Laugh out loud when you recognize your BS and don’t judge your Self as bad or wrong.  We are all blind and with amazing grace, we SEE and see more and see more all life-long.  This makes the journey FUN!

2013 showed me what made life EASY and what made it hard.  Every day choices came front in center to honor my Self, to claim the easy life I wanted and deserve to experience.  I let go!  I let go of a home that I had loved realizing that it made life harder than I wanted it to be and now, I live in a condo that is easy breezy.  I let go of a life that used to fit, a dream that I hold with deep gratitude but plugging myself into it deadened me.  This new lifetime within my life excites the hell out of me every single day and the ease in which I navigate my life brings a sense of joy, peace, hope and love that I never knew existed.  My life is Easy and I know that flowing with what I need and want has freed this energy, this way of being allowing me to live this dream wide open and awake to the beauty of this dance.

The invitation is to welcome 2014:  DO THIS!  Do this year making it the best ever.  Like a fine wine we just get better…better…OH, THE BEST is yet to be!  Get real with your Self allowing the truth of your heart’s desires to guide you into a depth of love and living like you have never known before.  Do This!  Set an intention and be present to your Self and the experiences that come your way allowing them to show you the way home.  The cage door is always open and your choices, exercising your power of choice will allow you to fly free soaring into a life you absolutely love that feeds your cravings and excites the hell out of you every single day come what may.  Loving our life and living beyond the conditions not needing things to be a certain way we live in the BEAUTY of this dance FREE.