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Youth is a Choice – Apr 9th, 2008
I just turned 29 a few weeks ago and a lot of my friends are turning 50 this year… people you wouldn’t have expected to be 50 by looking at them. Near my birthday one conversation came up 3 times (which is always a hint to me to pay attention). Three different people within 36 hours told me about deciding on their 29th birthday that they weren’t going to look a day over 29 the rest of their lives. One person even shared that he had chosen to do this after reading an article on his 29th birthday about a woman in her 50s who had made the same decision 20-some years earlier when she had met a woman who had done the same thing 20 some years before that. All of them had been very pleased with the results, reporting regular comments on their youthful appearance and a sense of satisfaction in the reflection in the mirror. They also reported feeling youthful with health and mobility.
So I considered this. I thought of Louise Hay’s book “You Can Heal Your Life” and how our emotions manifest in our physical form. I thought of the teachings of the Law of Attraction, that what you think about, and feel about, you bring about. I thought of just common sense… If I’m telling myself every day that “I’m beautiful, healthy and viabrant,” I’ll be more likely to make choices in alignment with that statement… eating an apple instead of chips, or continuing to exercise and stay active, and placing myself around people who are also youthful and active. I thought of how many people submit to the idea of “getting old.” How many people use age as an excuse to notice changes in their appearance or how they feel. By simply writing it off as a side affect of aging, they release any and all power to do anything about it. We know through the law of attraction that we are always in a space to consciously manifest what we desire, or to unconsciously manifest what our run-away brains are producing.
One thing I noticed in myself is that by applying the ideas I’ve been learning in Science of Mind, and Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth and in all the things that have come to me in the last few years, is that this new way of living is very light… another word could be buoyant. Living from a non-judgmental, allowing, giving, joyous heart space is much lighter (buoyant) and lighter (radiant) than how I was living before. This new lightness that I am carrying in my life must be reflected through form by law, and I’m willing to be aware that this lightness is easy on the body, and that it’s the path of resistance that makes the body tense, tired, weak, wrinkly, and worn. What if the body doesn’t age unless our thoughts age it? our resistance to what is ages it?
I see now that this is not a practice of resisting the “falling away of form” as will happen with all things, but it’s an allowing of the light to come through me. I like Rev. Michael Beckwith’s description of God as Love-Beauty, and so as Eckhart Tolle describes that source energy is the dancer and we are the dance… I now invite Love-Beauty to take over my life, radiate through me, take me for a magnificent ride, and I shall be your puppet, as you pull the strings and together we will spread Love and Beauty throughout the world, if only for my own enjoyment.
My new affirmations are:
“I am Beautiful (full of Beauty) every day in every way” – Love-Beauty radiates through me from within and beyond in such a way that I attract and reflect all beauty in all things, the natural state of being which is easy.
“I am Youthful (full of Youth) in excellent health and polished form.” – My openness to life keeps me youthful in Spirit and in Form. I experience health, beauty and the lightness of an open, accepting, exuberant heart.”
It’s all in the name… – Sep 21st, 2007
Hello friends…
I’m trying out my new name and would love feedback. I found a delightfully witty company in San Fransico called http://www.ahundredmonkeys.com who inspired me to improve upon my branding. There Top 10 Tips for naming a company included “check to see if it has a pulse” and something to the affect… it needs to relate to the topic but also have mystery. My previous name did not meet either of these requirements and I think my new name does.
BLISSfix, Inc. – where you feed your happiness addiction.
I’d love to hear any positive feedback and any other catchy suggestions. Thanks so much!
-heather
To Drink or not to Drink, that is the question – Sep 5th, 2007
A curiosity that has been coursing my brain lately is… “why is alcohol so important in our society?” This summer has been very different for me socially. Going out has lost its luster, single friends have become more difficult to entertain… the things that used to satisfy my leisure time don’t even come close anymore. In the last three months I’ve gone from 1-2 drinks a day, to maybe 1-2 drinks a week. I’ve considered and continue to consider going dry all together. (I don’t like rigidity, so that’s the only thing keeping me from saying the declaration at this point) A lot of what I’m studying now credits chemicals we put in our bodies (caffeine, alcohol, excess sugars, prescription and non prescription drugs, etc.) with preventing us from experiencing real happiness and peace. And when look at it… it’s true. I drink when i need to achieve a mood shift that I assume my brain, my spirit, and my heart can’t handle on their own. And everytime I use that alcohol crutch to ease stress, or “cut off the work day,” i cripple my natural ability to maintain a state of well being without the aide of anything. Meditation, journaling, talking to my coach, etc. has become a much more positive way of moving forward and shifting my life to one that I enjoy more authentically.
One thing I have noticed though, is that it has been difficult to find social outlets that support my new outlook. I found solace at a coffee shop, (drinking caffeine free of course) but somewhere around dark the mood shifted to a bunch of chain smoking AA groups. Since I’m very protective of my lungs, that’s not an option. But I’m still searching. I’m holding out on faith that within the next few weeks I will attract a group of people who are seeking similar forms of entertainment in a state of productive awareness instead of denial & detachment.
Pretty much every activity I do these days has to move me forward on my chosen path of happiness or I become irritated. And with that, alcohol is starting to bug me as it doesn’t achieve for me the state of relaxation it used to deliver… now I feel like it simply “dumbs me down” and slows my progress.
Like I said, I prefer to avoid rigidity and embrace conscious choice… so no declarations just yet, but I am asking myself with each opportunity to drink… does this beverage serve me right now? Or can I learn something about my inner strength, my inner light, and my true self by having a water instead? I hope the answer continues to lead me to water.
Creating a Covenant with the Universe – Aug 16th, 2007
With the understanding these three of the Laws of the Universe, the Law of Oneness, the Law of Neutrality and the Law of Attraction, we realize that we already are who we want to be. We realize that the universe supports us in every loving step toward our desired reality. We realize that we are one, right now, with everything that is, ever has been and ever will be… we are whole. With that understanding I claim now my own power with the strength of the universe and I encourage you to do the same.
MY COVENANT WITH THE UNIVERSE
The Universe supports me with messages, clear and wise messages that direct me confidently on my path. I am connected to the source and these messages at all times. The Universe provides abundance in advance, so that I am always in a state of enoughness… almost to the point that opportunities and green energy arrives and I think, “oh, God must have something planned for me!” The Universe lovingly reflects back to me my strengths and shows me, guides me, pushes me into the path of my destiny. Joy, happiness and fulfillment come easily to me, as do abundance and constant gratitude.
I know and realize that I create my life. I agree to consciously create, knowing Universal Law is always there ready to support me in whatever I am willing to receive. I create in conscious connection with Spirit, knowing that I am already all that I am destined to be… I am ready now. Guidance, support and abundance is my birthright. All wisdom and approriate opportunities flow easily to me as I joyfully create my successful, expansive, fun, fulfilling, Spirit-driven business to change the world for the better.
This is my covenant with the Universe and my reality.
I will be changing this daily… re-reading it and altering it to feel more authentic and understandable each day. I sincerely encourage you to establish your written relationship with your Universe… it is the most empowering belief you can cultivate in yourself… a conscious decision to be connected, to be perfect as you are, and to receive all that you want to be.
Peace and Many Blessings,
Heather