Gratitude

Resistence in times like this by Colleen Keating

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Resistence

In times like this

JOY is an act of resistance     Loryn Brantz

Love, Faith, Education, Community  are also acts of resistance. 

“Have you ever noticed how certain words instantly  make you feel lighter, happier  or more inspired? 
And then there are words that drag you down, leave you heavy or even sabotage your energy .
So here’s the thing  . . . the words you speak (and even the ones you think) are shaping your reality every single day.” Sandy Forster

For many years  we had a poster up on the kitchen wall, that we read often reminding ourselves and our children the maxim.

Keep your thoughts positive
because your thoughts become your words.

Keep your words positive
because your words become your actions . 

 

Now today with so much negative actions bombarding our screens and  social media
 there is a further element needed and that is to positively RESIST .

In the blog Wildly Wealthy Women , Sandy Forster takes that further . She writes:

” Every word carries its own energitic signature.

Words like freedom , gratitude, joy  and abundance  feel expansive, light, and full of possibility.

When you soak your mind and energy field in words like these, you begin to broadcast to the Universe,

and most importantly to yourself, the kind of reality you want to create.  

And here is the magic part . . .  even a single word repeated intentionally, mindfully and repeated

with genuine feeling can shift your state in the moment . “

Exercise.

Pause

Close your eyes and say to yourself your chosen word .

Repeat it for about  17 seconds

Feel the word in your body .

Stay with it for a minute or so

Sense your vibration rising. . 

Practice this often. 

(Adapted from Essay by Sandy Foster.

www. WildWealthy.com)

Sandy very generously gives us the  list created with brain storming  on the alphabet,

No excuses there is a postive word for every day and every lettr of the alphabet..

Choose a few words from the list. make them your own and use the Exercise with them often.

 A–Z Manifestation Mantras

High vibration words to shift your energy so you can magnetize your dreams

A – Abundance, Alignment, Attraction, Appreciation 

B – Bliss, Brilliance, Balance, Boldness

C – Clarity, Confidence, Creativity, Courage

D – Delight, Divine, Destiny, Determination

E – Expansion, enlighten, Energy, Empowerment

 F – Freedom, Flow, Faith, Fulfilment

G – Gratitude, Growth, Grace, Generosity

H – Happiness, Harmony, Healing, Hope

I – Inspiration, Intuition, Imagination, Infinite 

J – Joy, Journey, Jubilation, Juicy

K – Kindness, Keen, Karma, Knowing,

L – Love, Light, Laughter, Limitless

M – Manifestation, Miracles, Magic, Momentum 

N – Nurture, Now, Nourishment, Newness

O – Oneness, Opportunity, Overflow, Opulence

 P – Prosperity, Peace, Power, Passion Pause

Q – Quantum, Quest, Quickening, Quality

R – Radiance, Riches, Resilience, Receptivity Rest

 S – Success, Serenity, Sacred, Synchronicity 

T – Transformation, Trust, Triumph, Thriving 

U – Universe, Unlimited, Unity, Unstoppable 

V – Vision, Vitality, Victory, Vibration

W – Wealth, Wonder, Worthiness, Wisdom

X – Xtraordinary, Xciting, Xuberant

Y – Yes, Youthful, Yearning, Yeilding

Z – Zest, Zeal,

Your word is your wand and you have the power to create magic in your life, one word at a time!

  www.WildlyWealthy.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECEMBER 3: OUR MONTH TO BE THE PEACE WE WISH FOR by Colleen Keating  

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FRIDAY 3rd DECEMBER

Watching the lilies open slowly  for the next few December mornings  reminds me peace is always becoming

Day 3  Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgement.

Peace is not an ‘is’ it is a ‘becoming’

Hale Selassie

while doing a grocery shop  

you suggested buying flowers

i chose the day lilies 

long slender stems tightly budded

their colour yet to be revealed

a navy blue vase

the last gift from my mother  

i arranged them  

to await the first peep of colour

they would open as they chose

we patiently watered  waited

worked and dined 

at the table with them

the buds stirred  

blossomed   each a surprise

some yellow  some white

lightly speckled petals

every time i noticed them 

they made me smile

you suggested buying flowers –

that has doubled the pleasure

Colleen Keating  from my upcoming book ‘The Light Gets In‘ to be published early 2024

Photos  taken in the last lockdown as I followed each bud open and found gratitude singing in me.

Finding Zen and the Opportunities of This Time adapted by Colleen Keating

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“We can create a fearless life
by living daily out of our comfort zone,
and in the deliciousness of uncertainty”

Finding Zen and the Opportunity of This Time

The truth is, all of this has always been here. We’ve always been distracted, numbing our difficult emotions like loneliness and sadness and anger with social media, food, alcohol and other comforts. We’ve always felt uncertainty, anxiety, frustration and overwhelm.

It’s just that this pandemic has brought it all front and center. Put it directly in our faces, so we can’t ignore it.

That’s difficult, but it’s also an opportunity — to look directly at the things we don’t want to admit to ourselves.

To become present to our emotions.

To train ourselves in compassion, gratitude, wonder, connection, meaning and mindfulness.

It’s terrible that people are get sick and die,— we don’t want to pretend that everything is rainbows and unicorns. It’s terrible and easy to turn to alcohol are other unhealthy ways of coping with all of this.

But we need to make the most of this time, use the opportunity of this time.

We start first by recognizing whatever is there for us: overwhelm, distraction, loneliness, sadness, frustration, disconnect, anxiety.

We get present with it: how does it feel in our body? Can we be with the sensations of these emotions, mindfully, gently, with openness and curiosity?

We bring compassion to ourselves — a sense of warmth and wanting happiness for ourselves.

We then try a new frame of mind — here are a handful to try out:

  • Curiosity: can we be curious about something in this moment, from the sensations of our emotions to what another person is going through? What changes for you when you practice curiosity?
  • Wonder: Can we view this moment (ourselves, our surroundings, other people) with a sense of awe and appreciation? With a sense of wonder at the miracle of life? How does that change things for you?
  • Gratitude: Can we feel a sense of gratitude for what we have in this moment, for the other person, for our eyesight? What would it be like to lose those things? Can we see the things we have through this new lense of appreciation?
  • Meaning: What if everything we did had a sense of meaning — what if every act could be a way to love ourselves, or to love and serve others? How would that change each act for you?
  • Mindfulness: Can we simply be present in this moment? Connect with a sense of spaciousness and awareness of what is happening right now? What shifts for you when you do this?
  • Connection: Can we feel a sense of connection to others in each moment? To the light in ourselves? To the world around us? And realize how we’re supported by the entire world.
  • Empowerment: There’s a big difference between doing something because we feel we should, or because we have to … and doing something because we choose to. Can you choose into each act in your day? Or choose out of it, if you really don’t want to do it? What would life be like if you were choosing to do things from an empowered place, rather than feeling like life was happening to you?

Choose one at a time, and practice it for a few days. Life in the pandemic will give you plenty of practice opportunities, if you look for them. Embrace them, and train.

gratefully,

Leo Babauta
Zen Habits      Thanks to Zen Habits

“We can create a fearless life by living daily out of our comfort zone, and in the deliciousness of uncertainty”

Finding Zen: The opportunity of this time adapted by Colleen Keating

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“We can create a fearless life
by living daily out of our comfort zone,
and in the deliciousness of uncertainty”

The Opportunity of This Time

The truth is, all of this has always been here. We’ve always been distracted, numbing our difficult emotions like loneliness and sadness and anger with social media, food, alcohol and other comforts. We’ve always felt uncertainty, anxiety, frustration and overwhelm.

It’s just that this pandemic has brought it all front and center. Put it directly in our faces, so we can’t ignore it.

That’s difficult, but it’s also an opportunity — to look directly at the things we don’t want to admit to ourselves.

To become present to our emotions.

To train ourselves in compassion, gratitude, wonder, connection, meaning and mindfulness.

It’s terrible that people are get sick and die,— we don’t want to pretend that everything is rainbows and unicorns. It’s terrible and easy to turn to alcohol are other unhealthy ways of coping with all of this.

But we need to make the most of this time, use the opportunity of this time.

We start first by recognizing whatever is there for us: overwhelm, distraction, loneliness, sadness, frustration, disconnect, anxiety.

We get present with it: how does it feel in our body? Can we be with the sensations of these emotions, mindfully, gently, with openness and curiosity?

We bring compassion to ourselves — a sense of warmth and wanting happiness for ourselves.

We then try a new frame of mind — here are a handful to try out:

  • Curiosity: can we be curious about something in this moment, from the sensations of our emotions to what another person is going through? What changes for you when you practice curiosity?
  • Wonder: Can we view this moment (ourselves, our surroundings, other people) with a sense of awe and appreciation? With a sense of wonder at the miracle of life? How does that change things for you?
  • Gratitude: Can we feel a sense of gratitude for what we have in this moment, for the other person, for our eyesight? What would it be like to lose those things? Can we see the things we have through this new lense of appreciation?
  • Meaning: What if everything we did had a sense of meaning — what if every act could be a way to love ourselves, or to love and serve others? How would that change each act for you?
  • Mindfulness: Can we simply be present in this moment? Connect with a sense of spaciousness and awareness of what is happening right now? What shifts for you when you do this?
  • Connection: Can we feel a sense of connection to others in each moment? To the light in ourselves? To the world around us? And realize how we’re supported by the entire world.
  • Empowerment: There’s a big difference between doing something because we feel we should, or because we have to … and doing something because we choose to. Can you choose into each act in your day? Or choose out of it, if you really don’t want to do it? What would life be like if you were choosing to do things from an empowered place, rather than feeling like life was happening to you?

Choose one at a time, and practice it for a few days. Life in the pandemic will give you plenty of practice opportunities, if you look for them. Embrace them, and train.

gratefully,

Leo Babauta
Zen Habits      Thanks to Zen Habits

“We can create a fearless life by living daily out of our comfort zone, and in the deliciousness of uncertainty”