Confession: This
series I'm doing with the 12 Days of Beauty and Light isn't rolling out
quite as I intended it...I was suppose to have one everyday and end on
Jan 5, but I'm only on day 5 and it's January 5th! Has this happened to
you? Maybe on the lines of exercising?
I had a lot of
them 1/2 written but it wasn't quite "perfect." and I thought for sure I
would have it done in time. Time goes by so quickly that 3 days=1
before I'm aware of it.
I hope this
confession gives you permission to let go of your expectations. As long
as you are consistent and keep taking steps RESPONDING to life instead
of reacting, it will all flow with ease and you experience things better
than you thought. The universe is funny like that. I'm constantly
amazed by God's mercy, grace and timing. Hopefully these messages will
get to you at the time you need it.
As I end this
week, I'm reminded of BEING in gratitude and appreciation. I was talking
to my sister Lonnie because I was in a funk and I was mad at myself
that I couldn't shift out of it, even though I know I should be
grateful. Lonnie said it was because I was "doing" instead of "being."
It's not enough to write or say it ,although that is a start, you must
FEEL it and BE it.
I realized I was
living into the future again so I wasn't BEING present to this
experience, lesson, and blessing. I was "comparing" and "shoulding."
Although I was grateful, I had slipped out of APPRECIATION.
Gratitude is when
you are grateful you went though an experience, you SURVIVED it! This
puts it in the past. Appreciation is when you are PRESENT to the
experience,allowing you to count your blessing now and feel into it.
From here you can duplicate to have more of this state. You must have
gratitude to start. Here's the equation gratitude -> appreciation
-> duplication.
I just wrote out
100 gratitudes and I'm going to challenge you to do the same. Do it
weekly and re-read it every few days, your brain must remember to
remember. If it helps you, print up a picture when you were really happy
and write on it. Carry the picture with you all week to remind you of
your state of JOY. When you are in a state of JOY you will want to dance
and want the best for everyone...that will be tomorrow's newsletter...
