9. Day 8: Let Your Joy Be Whole
I must confess that I feel a bit naughty or selfish even choosing joy, or living joy. I mean, there is still so much pain and suffering in the world at large and even in my local vision (the homeless man outside the SPA Grocery selling a magazine). Why do I get to be full of joy if there is still pain? This has actually been a question that has plagued me in many ways for years. Why do I get the nice family and pleasant circumstances when others are so unhappy? I naturally took this to Holy Spirit and was heartened, as always, with the gentle response. HS: Precious One, Fear not. This...
Read More9. Day 3: Joy Is Ordinary, Ordinary Is Joy
I have a feeling that joy is quite connected to the ordinary. Can you tell me/show me what is meant by being ordinary? HS: Dearest One, the practice of ordinary is the practice of noticing, allowing and being what is true about you all the time. Ordinary is what is always true, no exceptions. Ordinary is the rock upon which you build your life. Ordinary is what the universe is. Ordinary is what IS. You long sought extraordinary as a way to tell yourself you are better what what is. It is a fool’s game which leaves players exhausted, lost, traumatized and forgetful. Extraordinary is...
Read More8. Day 27: Happy Thanks-being
Giving thanks is a bit of a misnomer. We are not giving thanks in exchange for our circumstances. What we truly want is to BE thankfulness, to be giving, to be welcome and comfort and peace. Giving thanks is for beginners, and it is a wonderful place to begin. It is easy to give thanks for all you love; for family, home and work, for country, freedom and safety. How do you give thanks for what you don’t love; the pain, the loneliness, the guilt? So what is different, deeper about being thanks? Just as Not-Knowing is a quality of Love, so being thanks is extending a quality of...
Read More7. Day 10: The Being Well
My own sense of WELL-BEING comes from drinking deeply and diving into the BEING WELL. When I am down, tired, fractious or just feeling less-than in any way. I must go within and extend the love that I am. I can go to that well of love that I am and drink deeply. I can breathe deeply and dive in fully. This is my restoration and reminder. This is truly who and what I am. Any kindness I have every offered, any comfort, help or appreciation IS the voice of love speaking from my heart. I just need to return again and again to my heart, where God-IS-Love resides to realize I am already...
Read More5. Day 22: EVERY DAY Is An Attitude
Here are a few things I am noticing as I continue to walk EVERY DAY: 1) I am still doing it 2) I actually enjoy it 3) It is always hardest to get to the end of my street 4) It gets easier at about the two mile mark 5) It was worth going slow and short distances in the beginning 6) I can walk in any mood (happy, sad, cross, tired) 7) I can walk alone or with someone (I like both) 8) My name remains the same no matter how or if I walk 9) When I pass my original distance of the first days I know I would feel cheated now if I turned home at that point 10) It doesn’t matter what I...
Read More3. Day 30: Veil Sale
Today is the last day of extending love to guilt for this month three of my Twelvemonth of Self Love project. What is exceedingly obvious now is that guilt is not the truth about me. It is but a story of “not-me” I believe for a while until I return to my right mind, or sanity or the awareness of God-is-Love’s Presence. I have learned I can drop the veil of guilt at any time and experience the truth of me in that moment by extending love to my thoughts and feelings even with, perhaps especially with, guilt. I can do this in bed, at the airport, washing dishes, taking a...
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