Apologies...Where Did the Time Go?
I can't beleive it's been almost a month since my last blog. With a very ill spouse coming home from a 2-week hospital stay, the month of January went by with what seemed to be no time to do very much including blogging- something I do enjoy. Maintaining a full-time job and nursing a spouse through a long term recovery has been exhaustive both emotionally and physically. Thank goodness I was able to embrace and live The Secret at this time.
This certainly did raise a number of questions ...How do you live The Secret when burdened with illness - your own or someone close to you ? How do you keep yourself in the right place and feeling good despite what is actually happening? For me it meant focusing on what was going right- focusing on every bit of improvement, appreciating that my husband was out of the hospital and out of danger, being thankful for all those friends and family who were their for us and how wonderful they were... It meant acknowledging the fear, anxiety, the 'sinking' feeling of not being able to fix the situation (its called powerlessness) and the exhaustion. Finally it meant 'letting go' and replacing these thoughts and feelings with all the good things mentioned above; that is sifting through what is to find the positive and never losing sight of what you want. I knew I had a choice and I deliberately chose it- hard work- yes... but it does work. Joanne
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Saturday, January 5, 2008
The Secret To Keeping Your New Year's Resolution
Every year millions of people (actually about 75% of us in the USA) make New Year's resolutions. However, whether its losing weight; going to a gym; quitting smoking; finding peace or reconnecting with someone..., the overwhelming majority of resolutions made are not kept. In fact, after the first few weeks of the new year most are forgotten and or given up on. But this doesn't have to be so. Make this the year that you actually achieve that resolution. The key is to FOCUS on it so that it becomes a dominate thought. Remember, you are a powerful creator and you can be, do or have whatever you want. Here are 4 simple steps to make it happen:
1. WRITE IT DOWN like any goal and why you want it, to intensify your desire. Put it on an index card next to your bed and read it to yourself morning and night. Write it in your journal and your thoughts about it nightly. An affirmation can be constructed that you can use daily. Talk to your friends about it.
2. CREATIVELY VISUALIZE it happening; you have achieved it. See yourself smoke-free or in a store shopping for a dress three sizes smaller.... Most important is to believe it and feel the emotion that accompanies your success.
3. DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN when the inspiration comes and it will. Again write it down and follow your plan consciously and deliberately.
4. PERSEVERE... don't give up... it will be yours. Keep yourself in a positive, joyous state until it unfolds in front of you.
Peace, Joy and Blessings for 2008.
1. WRITE IT DOWN like any goal and why you want it, to intensify your desire. Put it on an index card next to your bed and read it to yourself morning and night. Write it in your journal and your thoughts about it nightly. An affirmation can be constructed that you can use daily. Talk to your friends about it.
2. CREATIVELY VISUALIZE it happening; you have achieved it. See yourself smoke-free or in a store shopping for a dress three sizes smaller.... Most important is to believe it and feel the emotion that accompanies your success.
3. DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN when the inspiration comes and it will. Again write it down and follow your plan consciously and deliberately.
4. PERSEVERE... don't give up... it will be yours. Keep yourself in a positive, joyous state until it unfolds in front of you.
Peace, Joy and Blessings for 2008.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Our Wishes For You This New Year
May your heart always finish first.
May your desires outweigh your fears.
And may tomorrow's prospects overshadow today's
hardships.
-Arrica Rose (www.myspace.com/arricarose)
May your desires outweigh your fears.
And may tomorrow's prospects overshadow today's
hardships.
-Arrica Rose (www.myspace.com/arricarose)
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Happy New Year 2008 : Make Up Your Mind to Be Happy
THE ULTIMATE RECIPE
STOP: Trying to find happiness outside yourself by accumulating
more things and more money.
START: Being that joyful, happy person inside you now - this will
inspire you to do what you need to do to have what you want. Focus
on loving and appreciating where you are which in turn will inspire
you to move toward all you want on this journey called life.
PAY ATTENTION TO HOW YOU FEEL: Consciously and deliberately
chase opportunities to be happy now and all that you want will be
yours. It is the Law of Attraction.
[Taken From Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook]
Most people are just about as happy as they make up their minds
to be. -Abraham Lincoln
STOP: Trying to find happiness outside yourself by accumulating
more things and more money.
START: Being that joyful, happy person inside you now - this will
inspire you to do what you need to do to have what you want. Focus
on loving and appreciating where you are which in turn will inspire
you to move toward all you want on this journey called life.
PAY ATTENTION TO HOW YOU FEEL: Consciously and deliberately
chase opportunities to be happy now and all that you want will be
yours. It is the Law of Attraction.
[Taken From Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook]
Most people are just about as happy as they make up their minds
to be. -Abraham Lincoln
Friday, December 28, 2007
'The Secret' of Finding Happiness
Here is one of my favorite quotes from Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
"...that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that maybe will descend on you like fine weather if you're lucky enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it and sometimes travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into the happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't you will leak away your innate contentement. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments."
Sorry, but gotta give a plug here because this is the essence of Living The Secret Everyday. It is a workbook that shows you not only how to achieve happiness but rather how to stay happy each and everyday. It is my 'bible' that guides me, teaches me and reminds to stay on the path I want. Joanne
"...that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that maybe will descend on you like fine weather if you're lucky enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it and sometimes travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into the happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't you will leak away your innate contentement. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments."
Sorry, but gotta give a plug here because this is the essence of Living The Secret Everyday. It is a workbook that shows you not only how to achieve happiness but rather how to stay happy each and everyday. It is my 'bible' that guides me, teaches me and reminds to stay on the path I want. Joanne
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Is Eat, Pray, Love about Living The Secret?
Yes, yes and more yes. There is no doubt in my mind that Liz Gilbert's journey to find inner peace and happiness is all about her journey living The Secret. This is truly one woman's journey that is every woman's journey to find that life of joy waiting for her. Inspiring, honest and beautifully written we are able to get into the mind of a woman who is focused, faithful and on a mission to find beauty in her own world. This is a book I will read over and over again- can't say that about a lot of books. It is on the top of my list.
Her travels to Italy, India and Indonesia are only the backdrop for her quest to find herself. We don't need to travel round the world to make such a journey- all we have to do is search inside ourselves so we too can open the doors to our life as we open the doors to our mind and heart. We must focus each and everyday as Liz did. It does take effort and practice in order permanently change our lives :"to prevent leaking away of (the) innate contentement." (E.Gilbert). She says it so elegantly in her book, "The best we can do ...in response to our incomprehensible and dangerous world is to practice holding equilibrium internally- no matter what insanity is transpiring out there.' '(p.206 Eat,Pray,Love). This translates to living our lives with conscious awareness and deliberateness. That is The Secret.
Her travels to Italy, India and Indonesia are only the backdrop for her quest to find herself. We don't need to travel round the world to make such a journey- all we have to do is search inside ourselves so we too can open the doors to our life as we open the doors to our mind and heart. We must focus each and everyday as Liz did. It does take effort and practice in order permanently change our lives :"to prevent leaking away of (the) innate contentement." (E.Gilbert). She says it so elegantly in her book, "The best we can do ...in response to our incomprehensible and dangerous world is to practice holding equilibrium internally- no matter what insanity is transpiring out there.' '(p.206 Eat,Pray,Love). This translates to living our lives with conscious awareness and deliberateness. That is The Secret.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
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