Tag: #happylife

Hug it In

What happens when you avoid or dismiss something or someone that makes you uncomfortable? Perhaps you bypass it or them because you think it’s not worth your while but yet when it rolls around into your awareness there’s a kind of stickiness there and maybe even a sting.

As we wind down 2025, year of the snake and shedding, what if you let whatever this could be in your life have a bit more airtime? What if you expand to meet it and even include it or them in your field with conscious awareness. Let avoidance be part of your shed, dear one. The sooner you meet whatever / whomever this is with your heart light, the sooner you embody peace and wellbeing with yourself across all aspects of your life.

This is not to say you should sit in difficult feelings for a long time but acknowledgment with the light of the heart helps to transmute these feelings into neutrality, and with more and more practice, you can even shift the feelings into loving acceptance and possibly joy.

May you expand in loving light. 💛🙏🏼✨

Skipping in the Street

Something took hold of me the other day…

I dropped my car off for inspection and was walking away from the auto care shop.  There were two female pedestrians directly across from me and we were all waiting for the light to change.  I noticed that the intersection was clear ahead of the signal and decided to go for it early!  In the middle of crossing the street when it wasn’t yet time for walkers, a sweeping energy came rushing through me and it was picked up in my body with a skip.   I put on my biggest, boldest smile as I delighted in the warm sun on my face for the moment.  Bounding over to other side I said, “Enjoy the day, Girls!”.  One of the women laughed and replied, “What a great moment. I’m so glad you just did that.”  I lifted my shoulders with a happy sideways glance over to her and the response, ” Me too!”.  We then exchanged a little laugh and continued our different directions.

I hope that over the weekend you will open to feeling good on the spur of the moment and showing it to others.  Skipping in the street may not be your thing or at the level of comfort where you find yourself, but whatever works for you to feel free and good – I hope you let yourself do that!

Good Wishes and Love  -Valerie

A Day For Love

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It’s a new day.  Let’s celebrate with one gratitude that first comes to mind:   No matter what large subjects may seem looming and overwhelming to us today, think of something that is going to help today be a celebration, instead of a burden.

Begin the day with a deep inhale and equally thorough exhale.  Now another.

It’s a new day.  24 hours to be a kind neighbor, supportive friend, spontaneous partner, superb parent, blessing to a stranger.  24 hours to make mistakes and then try again with a smile because YOU are here to try again!

Let us rise, smile and be our best for a life and world that needs our LOVE and attention.

 

 

 

 

To Beast, Or Not To Beast…

We humans love extremes.  So many pieces of our day are brought into the realm of EXTREME.  The hours that we work, the sleep that we get or do not get, our workouts, diets, opinions and even hydration!  These beasts seem to be living and gasping for air all around us.  Passionate inspiration and strong goals are wonderful fountains to draw energy from and with that, when is too much, too much?  How do we know when balance is needed again, or else?  Is the extreme, the ‘beasting it’, the exhaustion worth it?  I suppose there’s one question that can answer this:

How’s it going for you?  Is your body happy and can it calm and quiet?  Is your mind happily fed and also able to find peace regularly?  Are you able to look in the mirror and love your body just as it is?  Are you confident enough in your work to be able to say ‘No’ when you need to?

How is ‘beasting it’ going for you?  Are you strong from the fountain of energy or are you cracking under it’s pressure?

Your body knows.  Your mind knows.  Your heart knows.

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Photo by Cindy Weaver   Santa Fe, NM

Oops.

“Oops.”  This was said to me recently when I shared a personal belief pattern that turned out to be a long term, ‘bad habit’.  What a novel way of speaking to myself!  I stated a long standing habit that was not trusting of Life and certainly not loving to myself and humanity, and this lovely women with intense blue eyes and a empathetic, joyful smile twinkled her eyes and said “Oops.” and gave a little off-centered shrug.  As Maya Angelou says, “When you know better, you do better.”  I could bash my head in and verbally beat myself up for months and years on bad internal habits, or belief systems that ruled a phase of life….and I can also just say “Oops” and see what is true for me NOW.  Sit with that, because like any human being, I am worth sitting with for a while.  I am worth making a slight adjustment with a smile.

It can be hard.  It can also be fun and easy, especially if you are willing to smile and say “Oops.”  Practice by saying this to someone you love who is beating themselves up for a phase in life…Practice so that you can begin saying it internally and possibly quite regularly as you become that wonderful friend to yourself.

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Presence with Self

Gather everything you think about yourself as a strength and place these things as your focus for the longest possible increments of time.  While focusing on your own strengths you will find it easier to draw out those of others as well because with practice it will become your habit.  We often fall victim to patterns of habit energy ingrained in years and years of acting without clear thought about what it is that we are doing or passing on to others.  How about highlighting everything that is your best and the best of others instead?   When you train your mind to find the good parts of people (this means you too!) or situations it becomes easier to reside in a place of acceptance.  This perspective assists with actively living from a balanced center and connecting to the infinite wisdom of your soul.

It is my goal for this week to have presence with self and to move from the center.  By that I specifically mean:

1. Focus on good feeling thoughts

2. Express Gratitude

3. Act in accordance with desired change

I know there will be challenges and unpredictable occurrences  but the place from which we operate can be consistent. Here’s to being consistently present and focused on the thoughts we generate about ourselves and the actions we share with others!

Please join me if you’re up for it this week and let me know how it goes …

Bravery!

From the movie Ratatouille:

“I know I’m supposed to hate humans, but there’s something about them. They don’t just survive, they discover, they create…I mean, just look at what they do with food!”

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Sometimes the bravest thing you can do in a day is to taste something new and different. One of our favorite things to do is go to the seafood counter with our 4 year old and let him choose what we have with dinner that night.  Living in Texas, seafood isn’t the most popular thing around and I love fostering the ‘odd ball’ choice.

Try something new and strange and scary this weekend with a brave friend!

A plate can have one new item and two old favorites.  The two old favorites can draw you into Mindful Eating.  Close your eyes, chew a few moments longer and see if you can put words or feelings to the taste.

 

The Uphill Flow

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Post by:   Tracy Weaver, Life Coach, EFT Practitioner

So there you are doing something, some cranky ol’ bear of a task, that really really was not even on the same planet as your “Can’t wait to!” list. What’s the use, gotta get it done. What choice do you have? Physically, maybe not so many choices at the moment. But inside, in that interesting universe called your mind, your imagination? Well! If anybody knew the things you think about!

So, what you’re saying is, you actually do have choices, they’re just inside your head instead of outside. Well, what’s wrong with that? Your emotions are reactions to your thoughts, right? An idea pops up and you react to it. The thought makes you feel better, the same, or worse. If what you’re thinking isn’t helping you to feel good – seems obvious – change the thoughts! Look, if you were alone watching TV and you didn’t care much for the program, what would you do in a heartbeat? Grab that remote and find a more enjoyable program, right? Darn straight.

You may be stuck doing some task, but chances are there is some room inside to choose thoughts, memories, imaginings that make you happier. Let’s just work backwards here. Start here: how would you like to feel right now? Thought so. Well, what kind of thoughts or memories make you feel that way? Without abandoning attention to your task, could you call up just enough of a memory or use a little creative imagination to catch that feeling? That’s it, I saw that little smile. Now, hook onto that good feeling. Just enjoy its company for a bit. Doesn’t have to be a memory, you know. What about your secret plans, your cherished goals? Nobody can take those from you, and they would just love a visit from you.

If you are having a tough time getting the flow going, you might need some bigger guns, at least to start. How about some music? What tunes make you feel the best, make you soar? How about a little soulful singing on your part? Depending on your task, what about a recorded book? A self-improvement audio course? Nature sounds? If you can spare your eyes, what about movies you’ve been meaning to watch? They say you can learn anything on YouTube, right?  Here’s a challenging one, how aware and alert can you be? Wake up your senses. Reach out and really hear all the sounds going on around you. What’s happening out there? How about smells? Anything you didn’t notice before? I can see you’re getting the drift.

You know, if you really wanted to, you could do your onerous task and still have a party going on inside! It’ll take some practicing, and maybe you’ll have to let go of some resentment so you have room to think some better thoughts, but really, which way would you rather spend your time? Thought so.

Our Thanks to Tracy for contributing!

Messenger

hello my name is nora 🙂

are you crazy? that’s what people may say if you believe in angels. i believe in angels. i’m 7. i’m going to be 8 soon. my angel has long golden hair. she has blue eyes. she likes to wear red shoes. she is kind to all animals and people. she lives in the middle of the road on our street. her home disappears if you don’t know how to look for it in the right way. cars drive through it!

do you like angels? they make you feel positive when you’ve been feeling down. i think angels come from a place deep in your heart that is filled with love. they come if you’re having trouble. they know how to cheer you up.

bye! thank you for reading my post.

an·gel
[ˈānjəl]
NOUN

1. a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe
2. a person of exemplary conduct or virtue

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