Roxanne Roberts's Blog, page 20
April 28, 2012
Sprinkling Faery Dust
I'm off tomorrow for another session of faery dust sprinkling!!!! YAY.
"So," I hear you ask, "what is faery dust sprinkling?"
The answer? Anything that lights up the room, makes someone feel nice, loved and happy, a random act of kindness of some sort.
Every second Sunday, I go out into the world *laugh* to sprinkle faery dust and meet people. I love this time once I am there and speaking to people.
I set up, display my books, cards, crystals and other magic stuff and then spend the entire morning talking to, smiling at, reading to, anyone who walks by me. (I am set up at a legitimate market, not just randomly on the street...just in case you were wondering *smile*) For me, this experience is NOT about selling things, that's just the excuse for being there; the purpose is to sprinkle faery dust.
I have had the most extraordinary and wonderful conversations with little people and big people alike. I don my faery wings, take my note book and pens to sketch away when no one is there to talk to, and I smile away. At the same time though, I am focusing all of my thought on loving and healing energy. When anyone walks by, or comes in for a browse they are the recipient of this energy. This is a part of the light work I signed up for. I focus all of my intention on healing and loving. It is not necessary for me to DO anything else for these people walking by, just be there, be me, be focused, and an awful lot of smiling!
This light work is easy, try it out sometime.
Walk into your work place with a cake you made for morning tea and say good morning and see what happens. Smile all day long at everyone you'll see, and see what happens. Focus on love and healing rather than judgement and see what happens.
It is not necessary to have tools and equipment and "stuff" to help others, although if that's what you like, go right ahead. All that is really required is for you to sprinkle a little faery dust on them.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo[image error]
"So," I hear you ask, "what is faery dust sprinkling?"
The answer? Anything that lights up the room, makes someone feel nice, loved and happy, a random act of kindness of some sort.
Every second Sunday, I go out into the world *laugh* to sprinkle faery dust and meet people. I love this time once I am there and speaking to people.
I set up, display my books, cards, crystals and other magic stuff and then spend the entire morning talking to, smiling at, reading to, anyone who walks by me. (I am set up at a legitimate market, not just randomly on the street...just in case you were wondering *smile*) For me, this experience is NOT about selling things, that's just the excuse for being there; the purpose is to sprinkle faery dust.
I have had the most extraordinary and wonderful conversations with little people and big people alike. I don my faery wings, take my note book and pens to sketch away when no one is there to talk to, and I smile away. At the same time though, I am focusing all of my thought on loving and healing energy. When anyone walks by, or comes in for a browse they are the recipient of this energy. This is a part of the light work I signed up for. I focus all of my intention on healing and loving. It is not necessary for me to DO anything else for these people walking by, just be there, be me, be focused, and an awful lot of smiling!
This light work is easy, try it out sometime.
Walk into your work place with a cake you made for morning tea and say good morning and see what happens. Smile all day long at everyone you'll see, and see what happens. Focus on love and healing rather than judgement and see what happens.
It is not necessary to have tools and equipment and "stuff" to help others, although if that's what you like, go right ahead. All that is really required is for you to sprinkle a little faery dust on them.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo[image error]
April 27, 2012
Reaching past the moment
I know I have talked often about the fact/concept that all things are made up of moments, and that each moment in time passes us by quickly. This means that, when you are experiencing times that are not pleasant or seem negative, traumatic or ordinary in any way shape or form, them really all you have to do is to wait for the moment to pass and then the next one and the next one because in the end, nothing last forever and it too will pass....
I thought I would share with you though, that I am fully aware that those moments, can seem REALLY long *wry smile* I wanted you to know, that I have learnt all of the things that I talk about in this blog, and according to the contract I signed (often I have wished for a bit of a cooling off period let me tell you) often, I learn them the hard way. So, this is why I write these posts and share my remembrances and learnings; it is the hope that I may be able to help in some small way to remind you of the things you already know and to open the door to those experiences yourself so that the learning may not have to be so hard.
I have been in all of these places, and these messages and lessons are what I chose to see and acknowledge from the experiences I guess. It is this thought that helps me to reach through those very ordinary and awful moments to find the next perfect and blissful moment, that and the fact that I am able to share these thoughts, moments and experiences with people I love and trust! YAY!
The human me knows and feels the agony of loneliness, of heartache, of rejection, pain and all of the things that can make a moment seem like it is intolerable. The human me chose a path at times that makes me shake my head in wonder and leaves me in a cold sweat for the places I found myself in because of those choices. I guess I am trying to express that I am fully aware that the world can offer situations that are not angelic and divine, that we can find ourselves in places where the thought of a loving and divine team protecting and guiding us always seems like a faery tale and not a reality. I know those places too.
What I choose to take away from those moments are what keeps me reaching through them to the next moment of beauty and bliss, for there have been those moments too...
* we DO have a divine team, each and everyone of us, of amazing and beautiful beings that love us unconditionally and all we need to do is ask them to help in whatever way we each feel comfortable doing.
* There is immeasurable power in unconditional love and forgiveness and it is we who are responsible for providing this to ourselves in abundance and sincerity.
* The moment WILL pass, because no matter how big, or how awful it seems at the time, nothing lasts forever.
These are the things that keep me reaching through the moment for the next one.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo[image error]
I thought I would share with you though, that I am fully aware that those moments, can seem REALLY long *wry smile* I wanted you to know, that I have learnt all of the things that I talk about in this blog, and according to the contract I signed (often I have wished for a bit of a cooling off period let me tell you) often, I learn them the hard way. So, this is why I write these posts and share my remembrances and learnings; it is the hope that I may be able to help in some small way to remind you of the things you already know and to open the door to those experiences yourself so that the learning may not have to be so hard.
I have been in all of these places, and these messages and lessons are what I chose to see and acknowledge from the experiences I guess. It is this thought that helps me to reach through those very ordinary and awful moments to find the next perfect and blissful moment, that and the fact that I am able to share these thoughts, moments and experiences with people I love and trust! YAY!
The human me knows and feels the agony of loneliness, of heartache, of rejection, pain and all of the things that can make a moment seem like it is intolerable. The human me chose a path at times that makes me shake my head in wonder and leaves me in a cold sweat for the places I found myself in because of those choices. I guess I am trying to express that I am fully aware that the world can offer situations that are not angelic and divine, that we can find ourselves in places where the thought of a loving and divine team protecting and guiding us always seems like a faery tale and not a reality. I know those places too.
What I choose to take away from those moments are what keeps me reaching through them to the next moment of beauty and bliss, for there have been those moments too...
* we DO have a divine team, each and everyone of us, of amazing and beautiful beings that love us unconditionally and all we need to do is ask them to help in whatever way we each feel comfortable doing.
* There is immeasurable power in unconditional love and forgiveness and it is we who are responsible for providing this to ourselves in abundance and sincerity.
* The moment WILL pass, because no matter how big, or how awful it seems at the time, nothing lasts forever.
These are the things that keep me reaching through the moment for the next one.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxoxo[image error]
April 26, 2012
Forgiveness
Being able to forgive someone when they do something you perceive as wrong is a really, really, really valuable tool.
I know sometimes this seems really hard, but I did read something today I thought I would share that makes this concept a little easier to put into practise...
"Forgive them, even when they are not sorry."
It is actually unnecessary for someone to ask for your forgiveness in order for you to grant it. In fact, the act of forgiveness is NOT about the other person at all; they may not even realise they have done something to offend, upset or hurt you.
The act of forgiveness is actually about you and the best thing for you. Making the effort to forgive someone their actions, such as someone cutting you off when driving, a person who brushed passed you without saying sorry, someone who took for granted that you would do something for them and other things like this, is actually about making more of an effort to walk away from judging another person for their choices.
If you choose not to forgive, then you choose to carry anger around with you and to hold onto the act you saw as negative. The person hurt most by this choice is you.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxox[image error]
I know sometimes this seems really hard, but I did read something today I thought I would share that makes this concept a little easier to put into practise...
"Forgive them, even when they are not sorry."
It is actually unnecessary for someone to ask for your forgiveness in order for you to grant it. In fact, the act of forgiveness is NOT about the other person at all; they may not even realise they have done something to offend, upset or hurt you.
The act of forgiveness is actually about you and the best thing for you. Making the effort to forgive someone their actions, such as someone cutting you off when driving, a person who brushed passed you without saying sorry, someone who took for granted that you would do something for them and other things like this, is actually about making more of an effort to walk away from judging another person for their choices.
If you choose not to forgive, then you choose to carry anger around with you and to hold onto the act you saw as negative. The person hurt most by this choice is you.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxox[image error]
April 25, 2012
A funny, weird day today
I really wasn't going to write a post tonight because I feel a bit weird (or maybe that should be weirder *laugh*) today. I feel restless, a little bit lost, I am procrastinating, am "unproductive", am floating around doing nothing and feeling like I "should" be doing something but don't know what.... I'm sure you know this story and have had one of these days as well???
I know in my heart, that when I have these moments, even if they are a WHOLE day *snort* that what I am being asked to do is to stop, slow down, take some deep breaths and deal with "stuff".
By this I mean that my team has effectively put a halt to forward movement for this moment so that they can get some things sorted behind the scenes, so that I can clear myself of any residual gremlin moments, practise letting go, forgiving and loving, and a whole heap of other things that don't actually require my "doing" anything. So, I have a "fluffy" day like today.
I am human though, and a human who likes to feel productive and motivated and engaged fully in the task I have set myself whether it is doing the dishes or illustrating my next book doesn't matter...full engagement and enthusiasm. So, when one of these days comes along (and it's not often) I actually get a bit cranky with myself and the rest of the world for a minute or two *sigh*
Invariably, during this day or moment, "something" (we all know who *smile*) will remind me about the concept of perfect and divine timing, patience and loving the moment I am in....
I got this message a few moments ago.
I gave myself a shake, took some deep breaths, felt a little better and decided it might be helpful to share my thoughts on this with you all.
When the divine needs you to stop and take a moment, you may as well make it happen, there is no point in fighting it *smile* take time out and attempt patience in the mean time.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxox[image error]
I know in my heart, that when I have these moments, even if they are a WHOLE day *snort* that what I am being asked to do is to stop, slow down, take some deep breaths and deal with "stuff".
By this I mean that my team has effectively put a halt to forward movement for this moment so that they can get some things sorted behind the scenes, so that I can clear myself of any residual gremlin moments, practise letting go, forgiving and loving, and a whole heap of other things that don't actually require my "doing" anything. So, I have a "fluffy" day like today.
I am human though, and a human who likes to feel productive and motivated and engaged fully in the task I have set myself whether it is doing the dishes or illustrating my next book doesn't matter...full engagement and enthusiasm. So, when one of these days comes along (and it's not often) I actually get a bit cranky with myself and the rest of the world for a minute or two *sigh*
Invariably, during this day or moment, "something" (we all know who *smile*) will remind me about the concept of perfect and divine timing, patience and loving the moment I am in....
I got this message a few moments ago.
I gave myself a shake, took some deep breaths, felt a little better and decided it might be helpful to share my thoughts on this with you all.
When the divine needs you to stop and take a moment, you may as well make it happen, there is no point in fighting it *smile* take time out and attempt patience in the mean time.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxox[image error]
April 24, 2012
Taking fear head on...
OK, so yesterday's post was about one of the ways I use my own tricky, fear mongering brain to out wit itself when it comes to fear. However, that is only one strategy of many that I use.
One of the things that has helped me over come fear and to step forward boldly on my chosen path is to really understand what fear means to me.
There is what I call "real" fear. This is your bodies defence mechanism that lets you know when you are in danger. Your body will release certain chemicals and give you signals and collect information from a thousand sources to let you know that you are in physical danger. I don't ignore these kinds of instinct, I get well and truly out of the way of anything that causes this response. I trust my body and the instinct it has developed over centuries of trial and error to know how to keep me physically safe.
Then, there is the fear that is generated by my brain, the fear that tells me I cannot achieve what I want to, that I am not worthy, that something will go wrong, that the risks are too high and that I may fail. This kind of fear, has NO place in my life. This is the fear I have developed methods of exorcising from my thinking. I am not always successful, and sometimes I have to try many different methods before one will work, but more often than not, I am now able to circumvent those fears and free myself to follow my heart rather than listening to the fear my brain uses to self-sabotage.
Someone said to me once that fear is actually False Evidence Appearing Real. In other words, all those "what if" and "worse case" scenarios that all of a sudden pop into my brain every time I imagine trying something new; focusing on these things, makes them seem real, when in fact, they are nothing more than a figment of my brain.
Strategy number two for not letting fear stop me from attempting anything my heart desires....
Any time I dream up something I wish to achieve, I take a moment to sit and think on it in some quiet, uninterrupted, out of the way place. I take some deep breaths and focus all of my thoughts and intentions on the situation then let thoughts flow through my head in whatever order they appear. My rule of thumb is really simple when filtering through , these thoughts to determine whether I take the action or throw myself into the situation...
...if the thoughts are negative, if they are thoughts about how I "can't," or how everything may "go wrong", then my brain is in charge and is feeding the fear. Thus those thoughts are baseless fears with no evidence to back them up and I can discard them. If the thoughts are positive, point out the challenges without "mentioning" that they are insurmountable...then the thoughts are heart driven.
Knowing that words have power, I write down, and reinforce the thoughts that are positive, solution driven and that give me food for thought. I ignore and thus dismiss anything that is negative, tells me I can't or makes me think I shouldn't even try.
This takes practise and discipline. Practise to sort through those different thoughts, and discipline to ignore the negative and hold yourself to the path you have chosen no matter how scary it may seem. The fear is an illusion, yet sometimes it seems convincing...this is why it takes discipline.
I also have a great group of fear busting friends who are there to support me when my discipline slips. These friends let me know when I am starting to believe the illusion and remind me to get back on track by believing in myself.
You don't have to be stopped by fear. It is an illusion, albeit a sometimes convincing one. Arm yourself by listening to your heart and stealing yourself to walk through the illusion no matter how convincing it may seem.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
P.S. For those of you who may have read yesterday's post called, "Using fear to release yourself from fear," I just wanted to let you know that I did indeed sing the anthem at today's ceremony, and to my delight, the students and staff joined in and sang with me. Although I missed a few noted and my voice shook with nerves at the beginning, ALL of the students congratulated me, told me I had a nice voice and warmly thanked me for singing. My boss put his hand on my arm and told me the singing was beautiful and that I was, "Full of surprises." I didn't forget the words, I didn't fall over, or have any other mishap; it was perfect and from my heart.
xoxoxox
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One of the things that has helped me over come fear and to step forward boldly on my chosen path is to really understand what fear means to me.
There is what I call "real" fear. This is your bodies defence mechanism that lets you know when you are in danger. Your body will release certain chemicals and give you signals and collect information from a thousand sources to let you know that you are in physical danger. I don't ignore these kinds of instinct, I get well and truly out of the way of anything that causes this response. I trust my body and the instinct it has developed over centuries of trial and error to know how to keep me physically safe.
Then, there is the fear that is generated by my brain, the fear that tells me I cannot achieve what I want to, that I am not worthy, that something will go wrong, that the risks are too high and that I may fail. This kind of fear, has NO place in my life. This is the fear I have developed methods of exorcising from my thinking. I am not always successful, and sometimes I have to try many different methods before one will work, but more often than not, I am now able to circumvent those fears and free myself to follow my heart rather than listening to the fear my brain uses to self-sabotage.
Someone said to me once that fear is actually False Evidence Appearing Real. In other words, all those "what if" and "worse case" scenarios that all of a sudden pop into my brain every time I imagine trying something new; focusing on these things, makes them seem real, when in fact, they are nothing more than a figment of my brain.
Strategy number two for not letting fear stop me from attempting anything my heart desires....
Any time I dream up something I wish to achieve, I take a moment to sit and think on it in some quiet, uninterrupted, out of the way place. I take some deep breaths and focus all of my thoughts and intentions on the situation then let thoughts flow through my head in whatever order they appear. My rule of thumb is really simple when filtering through , these thoughts to determine whether I take the action or throw myself into the situation...
...if the thoughts are negative, if they are thoughts about how I "can't," or how everything may "go wrong", then my brain is in charge and is feeding the fear. Thus those thoughts are baseless fears with no evidence to back them up and I can discard them. If the thoughts are positive, point out the challenges without "mentioning" that they are insurmountable...then the thoughts are heart driven.
Knowing that words have power, I write down, and reinforce the thoughts that are positive, solution driven and that give me food for thought. I ignore and thus dismiss anything that is negative, tells me I can't or makes me think I shouldn't even try.
This takes practise and discipline. Practise to sort through those different thoughts, and discipline to ignore the negative and hold yourself to the path you have chosen no matter how scary it may seem. The fear is an illusion, yet sometimes it seems convincing...this is why it takes discipline.
I also have a great group of fear busting friends who are there to support me when my discipline slips. These friends let me know when I am starting to believe the illusion and remind me to get back on track by believing in myself.
You don't have to be stopped by fear. It is an illusion, albeit a sometimes convincing one. Arm yourself by listening to your heart and stealing yourself to walk through the illusion no matter how convincing it may seem.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
P.S. For those of you who may have read yesterday's post called, "Using fear to release yourself from fear," I just wanted to let you know that I did indeed sing the anthem at today's ceremony, and to my delight, the students and staff joined in and sang with me. Although I missed a few noted and my voice shook with nerves at the beginning, ALL of the students congratulated me, told me I had a nice voice and warmly thanked me for singing. My boss put his hand on my arm and told me the singing was beautiful and that I was, "Full of surprises." I didn't forget the words, I didn't fall over, or have any other mishap; it was perfect and from my heart.
xoxoxox
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April 23, 2012
Use fear to release yourself from fear
Sounds a bit like a contradiction doesn't it? Bare with me though.
If your fear manifests itself in situations that you feel may leave you embarrassed, helpless, alone, or anything other than actually in danger...then this is a great strategy you may find useful.
It's your brain that creates the fear and makes you feel afraid of doing, being or trying something especially if it's new. It is your heart that leads you along the life path you chose. So, what I do is give my brain free reign when I start to feel fear. My brain is incredibly talented at coming up with all of the "terrible" and embarrassing things that may happen if I "take a chance."
"Well then, " I say to my brain, "Go for your life, give me what you've got, the BEST you've got." My very human, non-heart driven brain leaps at the chance with unbridled enthusiasm. All of a sudden I start imagining singing the national anthem at the ANZAC ceremony for school and falling over, forgetting the words, having a clothing malfunction in front of my students (*aaarrrggggg) and all of the other assorted things that may happen. I'm not content with this performance by my brain though, "Is that it? That's all you've got? Seriously?" I tell my brain, and away it goes again imagining even MORE embarrassing and silly things that may happen, I trip and fall, loose my place, forget the words, sing off key, trip and fall on top of a student, throw my hand out for the big finale and accidentally hit the boss who's sitting behind me, somehow getting caught in the flag and it rips from the pole and twists around me making me have a panic attack, then ..... "Oooohh, that's not bad," I tell my brain, "got anything else?"
hmmmm....brain seems to be a little stymied because somewhere along the line of this wild imagining about the potential disasters that could befall me as I stand there tomorrow and proudly, from my heart and with love I sing the national anthem to show respect for the men and women who died to protect my freedom and my right to sing, to instill that respect and understanding in our youth through the power of my voice, I forgot to be afraid anymore. I was having too much fun thinking about all the hilariously amusing combinations I can think of. All of a sudden, the reason I wanted to sing came to the front, the belief and passion I feel forced it's way to the for of my brain's considerations and my heart went, "YES! In your face brain." *laugh*
Sometimes this doesn't work for me, I'll be honest, and I find another way to bring my heart to the fore and shove my brain back into the self sabotaging box it came out of, but in a great majority of cases, letting my brain have free run on imagining the MOST embarrassing, the BIGGEST humiliations and the WORST case scenario it can, actually highlights for me that I have nothing to lose.
You know what, even if I do fall on my face tomorrow, forget the words or sing off key, my heart still won the battle and that's what counts, and really, if that's the worst that can happen...so what? I get embarrassed for a few minutes, then have something to laugh about in my next class.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox[image error]
If your fear manifests itself in situations that you feel may leave you embarrassed, helpless, alone, or anything other than actually in danger...then this is a great strategy you may find useful.
It's your brain that creates the fear and makes you feel afraid of doing, being or trying something especially if it's new. It is your heart that leads you along the life path you chose. So, what I do is give my brain free reign when I start to feel fear. My brain is incredibly talented at coming up with all of the "terrible" and embarrassing things that may happen if I "take a chance."
"Well then, " I say to my brain, "Go for your life, give me what you've got, the BEST you've got." My very human, non-heart driven brain leaps at the chance with unbridled enthusiasm. All of a sudden I start imagining singing the national anthem at the ANZAC ceremony for school and falling over, forgetting the words, having a clothing malfunction in front of my students (*aaarrrggggg) and all of the other assorted things that may happen. I'm not content with this performance by my brain though, "Is that it? That's all you've got? Seriously?" I tell my brain, and away it goes again imagining even MORE embarrassing and silly things that may happen, I trip and fall, loose my place, forget the words, sing off key, trip and fall on top of a student, throw my hand out for the big finale and accidentally hit the boss who's sitting behind me, somehow getting caught in the flag and it rips from the pole and twists around me making me have a panic attack, then ..... "Oooohh, that's not bad," I tell my brain, "got anything else?"
hmmmm....brain seems to be a little stymied because somewhere along the line of this wild imagining about the potential disasters that could befall me as I stand there tomorrow and proudly, from my heart and with love I sing the national anthem to show respect for the men and women who died to protect my freedom and my right to sing, to instill that respect and understanding in our youth through the power of my voice, I forgot to be afraid anymore. I was having too much fun thinking about all the hilariously amusing combinations I can think of. All of a sudden, the reason I wanted to sing came to the front, the belief and passion I feel forced it's way to the for of my brain's considerations and my heart went, "YES! In your face brain." *laugh*
Sometimes this doesn't work for me, I'll be honest, and I find another way to bring my heart to the fore and shove my brain back into the self sabotaging box it came out of, but in a great majority of cases, letting my brain have free run on imagining the MOST embarrassing, the BIGGEST humiliations and the WORST case scenario it can, actually highlights for me that I have nothing to lose.
You know what, even if I do fall on my face tomorrow, forget the words or sing off key, my heart still won the battle and that's what counts, and really, if that's the worst that can happen...so what? I get embarrassed for a few minutes, then have something to laugh about in my next class.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox[image error]
April 22, 2012
Who do you answer to?
I know that we all have obligations, commitments we make to others in our lives, our friends, our families; but, who do you answer to really?
There have been so many times that I find myself feeling bad about something someone else has said, feeling less than, feeling unvalued, unbeautiful, selfish and so many other things.
When these things happen, when for a moment, I am made to feel less than because others have made a judgement about me through some set of criteria which I don't know about or don't ascribe to, I ask myself the question, "Who do you answer to?"
I answer to me...I am the one that has to look myself in the mirror every day, I am the one who has to accept my choice of behaviour and my way of being, I am the one who has permission to make judgements and to offer forgiveness if necessary...no one else on the human plane!
I answer to a far higher power than other humans being human. I answer to my divine team (who love me unconditionally and NEVER act to make me feel less) and I answer to me (I sometimes act to make myself feel less, but do my level best to avoid this trap).
So, my inner response when someone makes a judgement about me is, "Whatever!" My outer response?
Silence...I give them nothing in return for their judgement...for nothing is what it is worth.
With love and light,and too much self love to let the opinion of others affect me for long
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo[image error]
There have been so many times that I find myself feeling bad about something someone else has said, feeling less than, feeling unvalued, unbeautiful, selfish and so many other things.
When these things happen, when for a moment, I am made to feel less than because others have made a judgement about me through some set of criteria which I don't know about or don't ascribe to, I ask myself the question, "Who do you answer to?"
I answer to me...I am the one that has to look myself in the mirror every day, I am the one who has to accept my choice of behaviour and my way of being, I am the one who has permission to make judgements and to offer forgiveness if necessary...no one else on the human plane!
I answer to a far higher power than other humans being human. I answer to my divine team (who love me unconditionally and NEVER act to make me feel less) and I answer to me (I sometimes act to make myself feel less, but do my level best to avoid this trap).
So, my inner response when someone makes a judgement about me is, "Whatever!" My outer response?
Silence...I give them nothing in return for their judgement...for nothing is what it is worth.
With love and light,and too much self love to let the opinion of others affect me for long
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo[image error]
April 20, 2012
It's actually not that hard!
Was sitting here doing other "stuff" when the title of this post came into my head and I came straight here to type it. One of those posts that I am not sure where it is leading, however, I just type as directed and as I feel, and know that someone, somewhere (as well as me most likely) needs to hear this little piece of the puzzle confirmed for them. *smile*
I look around me sometimes and I "see" the way we speak and treat each other, I see people hurting each other with the smallest lack of consideration and the moment of rudeness which may mean nothing to the person who says it, but profoundly impacts on the person to whom it was directed and I think, "But...it's just not that difficult to be kind, courteous and caring...it's just not." All it takes, is for each person, individual, me, you, us, them...ALL, to make a commitment to ourselves, that we will suspend judgement, release negativity and when we speak or act, that it will be as though we are speaking to our own precious child, no matter who the other person is or what they may or may not have said or done to "deserve" retaliation.
We each have a story to tell, since we don't know each other's full story and don't have all the facts, no judgement we make would be accurate anyway! So why bother?
You know, there are a lot of things I like about social media like Facebook and some I am not so fond of; the one thing I LOVE, about it, is that these venues bring us infinite capacity to reach out to each other and to spread good feeling and beauty with VERY little effort. For instance, I read this status today from one of the most beautiful, angelic and amazing people I have ever had the privilege of making contact with:
For my friends who are going through some issues right now including me: Let's start a prayer avalanche. We all need prayers right now. If I don't see your name, I'll understand. May I ask my "FB Family" wherever you may be to kindly copy, paste and share this status for a little while to give a prayer of support to all those who have family problems, health, personal struggles, worries or just need to know that someone cares. Do it for all of us for no one is immune. I hope to see this on the walls of all my friends just for moral support. I know some will!! I did it for a friend and you can too. Share some faith, love, and spiritual healing for all in need. Thank you!!!
What an awesome concept...a prayer avalanche...yahoo! Send the love around the globe.
OK...back to my point *smile*
With very little, or even no effort on her part, this beautiful being has made a lot of people feel the love and support of their divine team. Give yourself a challenge, take up the Earth Angel challenge to write nothing on your facebook page, twitter or any of those things, no emails, no blog posts...nothing that is not positive, uplifiting or inspiring in some way.
So, the rules of the game:
1. LOVE LOVE LOVE
2. leave out complaining, downgrading or denegrating, sarcasm, or nastiness of any other form.
3. LOVE LOVE LOVE
I'm up for this game...
With love and light
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I look around me sometimes and I "see" the way we speak and treat each other, I see people hurting each other with the smallest lack of consideration and the moment of rudeness which may mean nothing to the person who says it, but profoundly impacts on the person to whom it was directed and I think, "But...it's just not that difficult to be kind, courteous and caring...it's just not." All it takes, is for each person, individual, me, you, us, them...ALL, to make a commitment to ourselves, that we will suspend judgement, release negativity and when we speak or act, that it will be as though we are speaking to our own precious child, no matter who the other person is or what they may or may not have said or done to "deserve" retaliation.
We each have a story to tell, since we don't know each other's full story and don't have all the facts, no judgement we make would be accurate anyway! So why bother?
You know, there are a lot of things I like about social media like Facebook and some I am not so fond of; the one thing I LOVE, about it, is that these venues bring us infinite capacity to reach out to each other and to spread good feeling and beauty with VERY little effort. For instance, I read this status today from one of the most beautiful, angelic and amazing people I have ever had the privilege of making contact with:
For my friends who are going through some issues right now including me: Let's start a prayer avalanche. We all need prayers right now. If I don't see your name, I'll understand. May I ask my "FB Family" wherever you may be to kindly copy, paste and share this status for a little while to give a prayer of support to all those who have family problems, health, personal struggles, worries or just need to know that someone cares. Do it for all of us for no one is immune. I hope to see this on the walls of all my friends just for moral support. I know some will!! I did it for a friend and you can too. Share some faith, love, and spiritual healing for all in need. Thank you!!!
What an awesome concept...a prayer avalanche...yahoo! Send the love around the globe.
OK...back to my point *smile*
With very little, or even no effort on her part, this beautiful being has made a lot of people feel the love and support of their divine team. Give yourself a challenge, take up the Earth Angel challenge to write nothing on your facebook page, twitter or any of those things, no emails, no blog posts...nothing that is not positive, uplifiting or inspiring in some way.
So, the rules of the game:
1. LOVE LOVE LOVE
2. leave out complaining, downgrading or denegrating, sarcasm, or nastiness of any other form.
3. LOVE LOVE LOVE
I'm up for this game...
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxooxoxo[image error]
April 19, 2012
Light worker moments
There is one really strong indicator that you might be a light worker, a healer, a wise one. I call them light worker or wise one moments... I am sure it may have happened to you, and I find that the stronger I am in following my path, the more often these moments occur. So, what is a wise one moment? Well, have you ever been somewhere, doing something, and then someone comes up to talk to you and all of a sudden, they start telling you their life's story and parts of their journey in intimate detail even though you may never have spoken more than two words to them before? This is a wise one moment *smile*
I have learnt to be a bit more resilient about these moments over time as I have grown *laugh* I have come to realise that these moments are an opportunity. An opportunity for the other person to release some of the things, circumstances and people that may be hurting them or holding them back. Also though, an opportunity to learn (for me) that sometimes, the best help that you can give someone who is in pain or hurting, especially if they are unaware of how much they are hurting, is to just listen...no action required.
This is a most powerful healing tool; just being silent and letting someone tell their story, in their own way, and then wishing them well afterwards having made no judgements about what they have told you or about them, just lovingly and silently listening to them as they tell you their tale.
Often I can get a little caught up in "saving the world" *smile* and forget that often, the only thing that is required of me in a moment, is to be still and to listen without judgement or comment.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxo[image error]
I have learnt to be a bit more resilient about these moments over time as I have grown *laugh* I have come to realise that these moments are an opportunity. An opportunity for the other person to release some of the things, circumstances and people that may be hurting them or holding them back. Also though, an opportunity to learn (for me) that sometimes, the best help that you can give someone who is in pain or hurting, especially if they are unaware of how much they are hurting, is to just listen...no action required.
This is a most powerful healing tool; just being silent and letting someone tell their story, in their own way, and then wishing them well afterwards having made no judgements about what they have told you or about them, just lovingly and silently listening to them as they tell you their tale.
Often I can get a little caught up in "saving the world" *smile* and forget that often, the only thing that is required of me in a moment, is to be still and to listen without judgement or comment.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxo[image error]
April 18, 2012
Relax, you're safe!
I wonder through life at the moment finding that there is nothing that can make me mad, I mean truly mad, not just annoyed for a minute, there is nothing that can make me feel guilt, shame or any of those other very human emotions. There is nothing that has the power or ability to shatter my calm and my sense of balance....
...when I realise this, I went, "HOLY COW! WOOOOHOOOOO!"... *laugh*
So, then I get to wandering how this could be, since there are plenty of reasons I could be stressed, could be angry and frustrated, have the potential to be embarrassed or guilty about. So.....what's the go?
Then, I hear this little voice whisper to me, "relax, you're safe." I took a really deep breath, I closed my eyes for a brief moment and revelled in the warm and fuzzy feeling creeping down from my head to my toes! "That's right," I reminded myself.
You see, it is really hard to get upset, angry, frustrated, embarrassed, guilty or fearful when you KNOW there are an entire team of angels and divine beings, a beautiful Earth and Universal spirit that is looking out for me. With all that I am learning (and sharing) I have no idea why I was momentarily surprised that I was not being impacted by negativity any more.
This is the power of hope, faith, trust and belief. No matter what you choose to call your spiritual connection; if you place your trust and faith in it and choose belief and a deep love of yourself over martyrdom and denial of the beauty that is uniquely you...WOW...amazing the power, confidence and tranquillity that is the result.
Follow your heart, follow the promptings of your intuition and relax, you are safe.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxo
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...when I realise this, I went, "HOLY COW! WOOOOHOOOOO!"... *laugh*
So, then I get to wandering how this could be, since there are plenty of reasons I could be stressed, could be angry and frustrated, have the potential to be embarrassed or guilty about. So.....what's the go?
Then, I hear this little voice whisper to me, "relax, you're safe." I took a really deep breath, I closed my eyes for a brief moment and revelled in the warm and fuzzy feeling creeping down from my head to my toes! "That's right," I reminded myself.
You see, it is really hard to get upset, angry, frustrated, embarrassed, guilty or fearful when you KNOW there are an entire team of angels and divine beings, a beautiful Earth and Universal spirit that is looking out for me. With all that I am learning (and sharing) I have no idea why I was momentarily surprised that I was not being impacted by negativity any more.
This is the power of hope, faith, trust and belief. No matter what you choose to call your spiritual connection; if you place your trust and faith in it and choose belief and a deep love of yourself over martyrdom and denial of the beauty that is uniquely you...WOW...amazing the power, confidence and tranquillity that is the result.
Follow your heart, follow the promptings of your intuition and relax, you are safe.
With love and light
xoxoxoxoxoxo
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