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It is time to accept that the energy we have around money is often negative. The continual statements’ saying, that we don’t have enough money, is evidence of that. So I have given this a whole lot of thought after having taken myself on a journey in life recently that reflects the results of these statements. I recognize that for the picture to change I must “change my conversation”! So here goes……………………
Money is Energy
If you feel that it takes money to fulfill an untold dream
Chances are that dream will not come true
The truth is the importance in telling folks your dream
then watch the money flowing right to you
You see money is an energy – a means unto an end
It is not the something worshiped from afar
The energy that money is belongs to you and me
Just share your dreams and wish upon that star
As soon as Universe is beconned in a way that is your truth
You will always find the money that you need
The integrity you’re feeling as you share your dreams aloud
Is the harvest of your soul’s inner seed
Take time to go inside yourself and listen to your heart
And get to know the longings of your soul
Everything you’re longing for is right inside of you
And money plays its energetic role
You see it’s like a magnet it needs something to attract
And thinking you’re not good enough won’t do
It is time to create energy of a more abundant kind
As we mature and expand our horizons of life and take a more Spiritual path, we so often find ourselves developing new friendships and losing connection with those people who have surrounded our lives. Sometimes this can feel extremely unsettling as we recognize that we are changing, so rapidly, that often those people who have been in our lives for many years, simply do not recognize us. The truth is that they may just need to remain on their own path and let us go on our path. So, if you have noticed that people are dropping out of your life, do not be alarmed, just know that you must honor, that the choices they are making are significant to their own journey. Wish them well and remain focused on your own path. Now here is a little poem I wrote as I went through the process of accepting this in my life!
Feeling Different
I’m tired of feeling different of just not fitting in
I’m tired of being told I’m not the same
And yet there’s not one part of me that wants to meld
After all that’s why I have a different name
I feel good about those choices I’m making every day
I feel good about the things I do and the words I say
So perhaps I’m at the wrong place I need to be with other folk
Those who’ll take me seriously and not treat me like a joke
The passion that I feel about life and living well
Disrupts communication from those people I know well
I believe that they feel threatened or that I may disapprove
But truly I want nothing more than these thoughts to remove
When others observe my life from their ivory tower
I may easily be likened to a woman who has power
Because of magic that surrounds me and those miracles they see
It might be hard for them to understand how those things came to be
The truth is I am living life from a place of clear intent
And all those little miracles were absolutely meant
I made clear decisions about how my life would unfold
Every time I took the helm intentions had been told
It might have been a prayer I had uttered in my head
No matter what had happened it occurred from what I’d said
For me to be responsible for all that has occurred
It might make me see unclearly or cause my vision to be blurred
But I know this is my journey – it is written and it’s mine
I stand boldly and accept this as my soul exists through time
So often we take our relationships in life for-granted. Not only our primary relationships but all of the other relationships in our life too. When was the last time you took stock of all your friends and relations and your connection to them? You know I am clear that, for many of you that answer may be never! How are you being in communication with your world? Are you in total integrity about how you feel towards all of these living, loving, vibrant, human beings? Or – are you so wrapped up in your world with all of your needs and wants that you simply have not given the subject a whole lot of thought? With these thoughts in my mind I began to hear the words of this next poem that I have now written and choose to share with you now.
And It’s Free
In the total “mundaneness” of living we tend to forget what’s most important in life
We rush about madly immersed in our stuff forgetting what it takes to be husband of wife
Just like a tender flower needs nurturing the relationships we encounter through living
Need constant care in form of love and in remembering what we’re getting we are giving
So often we lose our way and need to center our being
Our breathing in takes on a shallow form that feels numb
We’re no longer living life as we know it should be
And we ‘re fearful of what is to come
All this fear that we feel is restricting – it hampers each step that we’re taking
Even the way we respond to each other are the results of the choices we’re making
The moment our beings feel love for another we must be conscious of just how it feels
How is it that we are being right now as our heart sheds each one of its peels
Each peel that we shed’s a restricting belief we’ve taken on in a moment of doubt
We have felt the need to protect our heart though not aware what that belief was about
The most powerful gifts that God gave us are those gifts that are inside our soul
At the moment that we recognize them we quickly begin to feel whole
There’s one thing we must always remember the love we give is never ending
There’s no bottom or top to this emotion it’s in everything that we are sending
Love changes face as life evolves – important to know as we go through each day
We have the power to re-kindle that passion even though it might mean that we must step away
Often the fear of losing someone takes away our strength to test chance
We are so absorbed with the what if’s of life we feel we’re unable to dance
When two people love one another there’s a knowing of what’s right and what’s wrong
We feel it in every part of our being there’s no doubt about where we belong
We must honor those feelings deep in our soul be aware of when our love we withold
Being willing to shift in our justification of this has more value than oceans of gold
We can always find reasons to withhold our love of this I am perfectly clear
The most valuable gift we can give to ourselves is the one that eradicates fear
So what is this gift I am speaking of here? By now you should clearly see
The love that our being’s made up of is flowing through life and it’s free
Copyrightbest2010
Yes! it is time to communicate that love you are feeling – it is time to peel away those hampering beliefs – become aware of why you are withholding you love – reach out and communicate right now. There is no time to waste - get on with it and take years off of your life. Feel young again and know what you know now. Till next time – Cheerio!
Essentially, the moment I acknowledged my depression, it was as though a huge cloud suddenly lifted. I saw the sun and all the beauty around me; I began to see my glass half full; my world began to look a whole lot different. I had been in denial of this ‘defect’ for so long that it was a huge relief. I say that I acknowledged my depression I did not say that I owned it and there is a significant difference in those two scenarios. Ownership means, to me, that I am going to make this my life long battle. By simply acknowledging the depression I could then move forward with the process of getting through it. My energy level had increased immensely and I no longer held that totally, overwhelming feeling.
Next I accepted that this was the situation, as I was experiencing it, at this moment in time. I decided to love myself in this feeling of depression and wrap my arms around myself to let me know that this is o.k. now and that very soon I would feel different and better. I carefully studied all the obvious contributors to my depression and accepted them too and appreciated them for bringing me to this place of solution. By now my energy level had risen again and I was beginning to feel hopeful.
Now it was time to come into agreement with myself to do something about my depression. First I made four calls to Professionals regarding this matter. I left succinct messages for each Doctor and Professional. I looked at the situations in my life that were causing me great concern and took pro-active steps to address them one by one. I studied the effects of diet, appropriate rest and exercise and how they, before, had played a major role in bringing me into line with the me I know me to be – the joyful me. I now stepped into that place of possibility and that made me feel excited. Do you see the pattern? I’ve gone from depressed to hopeful to excited in three steps.
I will admit to having a small step backwards when I considered the following and final step of the Quadruple A Solution. Now I had to ask for help and that meant I had to be vulnerable to others opinion. I took the bull by the horns and reached out and even though I felt like a blithering idiot, I made a couple of phone calls asking for help. Guess what – those calls were immediately successful. So I quickly stepped into that place of, “Oh! that wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be!” I felt an utter relief like I never thought I could imagine. Thank God for those special people in my life. I also recognized that I had given them a gift by allowing them into my heart and see the ‘real’ me and also be able to give to me. Now, I could feel a huge smile begin to form and my heart no longer felt heavy; my eyes felt alive and I felt an appreciation for these ‘lessons’ that had brought me to this place.
Ironically, in the three days since I made those calls to the Doctors and Professionals only one call has been returned and that was from someone, other than a Doctor. I could read all kinds of things into this but the point is I am feeling amazing and ready to take on the world. The Quadruple A Solution works! It worked for me! Feel free to contact me and ask any questions regarding my positive, pro-active solutions.
Finally, after all these years, I am facing the fact that I am showing symptoms of depression. On several occasions, over the past twenty or so years of my life, two different Doctors recommended that I take a light anti-depressant. Each time I found myself fighting the diagnosis, claiming situations in my life as real contributors to my “weepy ways”.
Taking pills in order to handle my life seemed preposterous to me. I should be able to get through these situations without needing pills! I did, however, take the recommended medicine for only a short period of time and very carefully weaned myself off, as soon as possible, with the Doctors consent. I felt fine and resumed my productivity without any difficulty.
Ironically, I have recently spent time being trained as a Facilitator for their Support Groups with N.A.M.I. (The National Alliance on Mental Illness). This experience left me, personally, with a whole lot to decipher. During the course I recognized that I had been avoiding my own recurring depression. For a couple of years I had been struggling along, feeling unable to do some of the simplest of tasks, and not able to get work and keep work. There were three major contributors, in the way of life “disappointments”, that had occurred during this time. I did get help at the time and the minute I felt better I insisted on getting off any medication as I feared becoming dependent on it.
Because of the fact I am experiencing this feeling of depression I took stock of my life and although there are some extremely, worrisome situations going on in my life, I also recognized that my diet, exercise and sleep patterns had been sadly neglected. Now it the time to put my Quadruple A Solution to the ultimate test. I first acknowledged all of the above.Then I felt the acceptance of all these counterparts to my depression along with the knowledge that this is only temporary. Now it was time to come into agreement with myself as to the steps I am willing to take to, carefully, one by one, address each issue; to begin a game plan; to breathe. Next, the most difficult part of all to ask for help in all of these situations. Just by doing this last part already I am beginning to feel better.
Is the situation totally handled? No. But the solutions are at hand and I have taken my power back and am in the drivers seat with the wheel firmly in my hands and both the brake and the accelerator right at my feet. This is my life and I choose to have it be the best, most joy filled life, imaginable. Thank you God!
I am recognizing more and more that the need to surround myself with positive people and positive programming is essential to my well-being! I have experienced a whole lot of disappointments recently and they are adding up to a huge case of depression. Me? Depressed? Yes! Me depressed. Sadly, none of us are immune to depression.
The extreme sadness, in all of this, is that we are given so much input throughout our lives as to the negative stigma surrounding depression. If you are depressed there must be something “wrong” with you. Well there issomething “wrong” with you – just the same as you having a cold or the flu – you possibly need professional help.
All of my focus recently has been on all the negativity surrounding my life and even though, to some peoples point of view, I have so much to be joyful about, they do not know the whole story. My present demeanor, however, quickly gives me away. I am finding it hard to smile. So – what do I do? I avoid being with people; which only makes me feel worse! The focus then remains on all the negative things and my depression deepens.
As I am writing this I am aware of a television in the background and the show is dealing with murder and violence. How does this affect me? I quickly shut out that noise and recognized I felt better already. This is a perfect time to put two of my sayings to the task. “A challenge is purely an opportunity to experience perfection.” Also – “Share your dreams – clarify your intention – get out of your way – and let them happen.”
My dreams are to feel that joy again and I am clear on my intention toexercise; focus on all the good in my life;be aware of what I am focusing on.(In doing these things (and more) I’ll be getting out of my way.) Now – I’ll let all the good that is coming to me arrive in its perfect time. In other words I’ll trust them all to come about.
This is one more real example of living taken from my life as it is happening. I’ll keep you posted.
There comes a time in everyone’s life when it is necessary to take stock and see how our beliefs are serving us. When this time comes we must choose to be in complete integrity. The catalyst for this event often comes in the form of a challenging situation. With this challenge in mind – certainly uppermost in our mind – it is prudent that we give it pro-active attention in order to bring about a miraculous solution. Therefore I have devised a 4-part recipe in order to create this solution.
1) ACKNOWLEDGE – Whatever the challenge may be it is imperative that we face it; give it a name; recognize that it is this moment that we are facing and acknowledging; know that this is temporary – aka “this too shall pass”. Also be aware of any time you may have faced a similar situation. Recognize all the attributes of the challenge both negative and positive. Acknowledge that there is always a gift in any form of challenge and be open to that discovery.
2) ACCEPT – Accepting what is, is the most important step toward experiencing the perfection in the challenge. Now you may re-name the challenge as an opportunity; e.g. “By missing the train and making myself late for that important, also maybe boring, meeting, I have met this amazing person who has told me about a job opportunity that would be right up my alley.” By accepting the challenge that doesn’t mean that I feel it is right or good – it simply means that I am not exerting precious energy in fighting against it. This is the way it is – now let’s find the gift.
3) AGREE – Make an agreement with yourself that there is nothing you cannot do in order to bring about a positive solution. Make an agreement to maintain your personal power, knowing that the answer is within you and then listen intently to your intuition. Agree to breathe.
4) ASK – This final step is often the most difficult one for us to take. Asking for help and support in a challenging situation is mentioned last, as it is the most important step you will take. So often we feel that we should be able to “do it alone”. This is a belief that robs us of the gift of giving to another person. By asking we are actually giving a gift to someone. Everyone loves the ability to help another person and when they are made known of the situation then they have the opportunity to step up to the plate and give.
If we hear a “no”, when we ask, we must not be deterred as this only means that there is someone who is more in need of giving; someone who would more appreciate this opportunity. Also, when that person says, “No.”, they are not saying “no” to you – they are saying “no” to the situation. It is also a possibility that this person is learning their lesson about saying “no”. There is the gift. So go ahead and make their day!
This is the quadruple A solution. Remember, acknowledge, accept, agree and ask. It is your life – why not take the most powerful road?
It is my saying that in order for one to realize their dreams they must: “Share your dream – clarify your intention – get out of your way and let it happen!” Well – this is all well and good but if I don’t take my own advice – shame on me! How often do we do this in life? We are so good at doling out the advice or wonderful, little tidbits that help propel our lives; we so often forget to involve them in all we are doing! How silly!
O.K. – so now I am at that very crossroad in my life and I have the nerve to say, “I don’t know what to do!” What is up with this picture?
So – here is the solution. My dreams are to make a difference in this world through my writing (Soul Talking – “Wisdom in Rhyme” available at Amazon) and my music at www.SoulTalking.com and to take care of all my responsibilities in an appropriate way and to spend valuable, time with my family and friends in Europe.
It is my clear intention for all of this to come about. I am getting out of my own way now and allowing all of these dreams to come true. Over to you God! Thank you!
For some years now I have been involved with a form of “inner being investigation” (IBI) that has absolutely fascinated me. I have been magically guided through this investigation by some phenomenal experiences and today, I have finally awakened with the resolve that, it is time to pay attention to the powerful relationship between these experiences and what I know to be my life purpose.
I have known for some time that my life purpose is to make a difference in this world through my words and my music. Perhaps I have, however, taken this knowledge a little too literally. Last night, it came to me in a dream, that the reason that my coaching practice was not flourishing, was because I was too wrapped up in the how to’s on a human level and not allowing Spirit to guide me in the more Spiritual approach to coaching. I had been confusing, what I thought to be, the “normal” approach to coaching with being the “right” approach to coaching. Oh! How silly of me!
This weekend I attended a workshop to become a volunteer for N.A.M.I. (National Association of Mental Illness) (http://www.NAMI.org) a wonderful organization geared to providing people, either in treatment for or in recovery from mental illness, a support facility where they can meet on a regular basis and be with others who are going through similar situations. This whole experience served as a catalyst for reflection as to the appropriate course of my journey.
I recognized, at the conclusion of this workshop, that, although I know I could make a difference by being involved as a volunteer, I was feeling so far removed from the forms of healing that I also know to be so powerful. Unless, of course, I could convince those attendees/participants that there was another possibility, then I would be out of integrity with the N.A.M.I. model. That, I would not ever do.
So, what am I going to do? I am choosing to focus on the guidance I am being given and follow the energetic stream toward Soul Song Connection that I know has already begun to bring about change for those who I have introduced my teachings to. I will share my thoughts with those decision makers at N.A.M.I. with the hopes that they are open to the possibility of all forms of healing and support for their participants.
I have been given a gift and this gift is to be shared with the world and assist in the bringing about of a powerful, positive shift that will in turn help to create the peace that so very many of us wish to see in the world. This is “Soul Talking” at its very best.
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How does one protect themselves from all the toxicity that abounds in our world today? No matter where we turn there are situations where people are at effect of their toxic environments. Bad moods abound and so many of the words we are hearing are of the complaining kind.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could have an instant check for toxicity before we leave our home in the morning? Actually, we would not be able to switch the engine in our car on until we “lowered or eradicated the toxicity”! We could call it – “The Moodalizer”. Oh! Boy! That would mean we might have to take responsibility for our thoughts and words. We might even have to shift from that place of scarcity to a place of abundance; from that place of negativity to a place of positive; from that place of judgment to a place of acceptance. Wow! What a concept.
Anytime one finds themselves in a toxic environment they first need to do a self check and be responsible for carrying their own toxicity or dragging along some other person’s. When was the last time you did a toxicity check?
We have way too much to deal with in every day living without dragging along other peoples stuff. So instead of climbing into that judgment seat, recognize your part in switching off the toxicity at it’s source. Don’t buy into other people’s conversation that is all about making another person wrong because that is only the beginning of the toxic trail you will be extending. Toxic environment be gone!
