Getting Ready for 2014

Well, another new year is upon us - it will be here in a matter of just days now!  In anticipation of 2014 and all it will bring, I'm spending a little time looking back at 2013 to see what I will try and do, and to do differently, in the new year ahead.

As always, I will strive to be more patient and more giving.  I think the thing I regret most in 2013 was treating people I love with less patience than I should have. Once something is done it is too late to take it back.  Patience and tolerance are things I think I will always be working on within myself.  I think this year I will also try to be more patient with and tolerant of myself.  Other people give me the benefit of their patience and tolerance - so why should I treat myself with anything less? 

I wonder: What kind of place would this world be, if we learned how to treat ourselves well, and then strove to treat others with that same amount of love and respect?

I am working to change things - how I do things, how I see things... about myself and about other people.  I will try to love myself more - and to love myself for who I am and not for who I think I should be.  I will continue to set goals for myself - physical, emotional, financial and spiritual. I would like to take a course or perhaps attend some sort of seminar... I'm just not sure what at this point.  Practically speaking, I should look at taking something that will allow me to work on my home - maybe some sort of course on wiring or construction... I'm just not certain what at this time.  The beauty of today is that I have a whole year to plan for. A whole year of days to look forward to.

I cried less, and laughed more in 2013.  That is a good thing.  I want to laugh even more in 2014. I want to feel a small gem of joy every day.  I want to look forward not only to the big days, but to the small ones as well.  

It is time.  Time to pull out the red pen and the good paper.  Time to write out my intentions for 2014.

With love across the waters...

Letting Go – Part 3: A Not SO Subtle Reminder

The concept of Letting Go has been nagging at me lately. The last week or so has brought thoughts of things to let go of back out to the forefront – and I have been wondering if maybe this is supposed to be an ongoing process - like exercising muscles to make them stronger? I have been having what can only be described as “tugs” - and suspect it is near about time I get back to what I’m actually supposed to be working at. The mundane issues (like money, for example) always seem to be my biggest concern, and I decided not too long ago that I needed to do something about that and my willingness to keep letting that stop me.

The need to take “passive” action really did smack me in the head.  I received the Abraham-Hicks daily Law of Attraction Quote and I thought about it and thought about it and then really had to ask myself why not – why COULDN’T I just “delegate” all of my internal “stuff” to my guides to be looked after FOR me? Working with what I felt I was being guided to do, I wrote up some stuff that was stressing me out and handed it over to be looked after for me…

And the next day I received the second of the quotes… the one that really cemented that it isn’t my job to make it happen, it is my job to delegate the “work” out to the universe – and I wondered if I was finally, maybe, looking at the right path ahead of me.

Lately I have been having, not visions so much, but snippets maybe, of a space I could work in with people. I’ve thinking that I will need to write up another list – this time one that releases to my guides my permission to start manifesting some other things for me – things like a patient table and some clients to work with.

I think it may be time for me to – I don’t know how to say it – try harder to trust that I will be looked after? I think I let my brain get in my way and allow “worries” stop me from just getting it all done.

This morning’s Abraham-Hicks Daily Law of Attraction Quote was yet another smack in the head:

Delegate it to the manager. You have this really good staff that will take care of everything for you. You just have to delegate it — and trust it.

--- Abraham - Excerpted from the workshop in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday, July 18th, 2000 # 524

I know how very blessed I am – how much pure grace is in my world.  I have so much to be grateful for – my family is truly amazing and I love them completely. My friends are great, my home and surroundings (including the furry creatures I live with) are exactly what I need. One of these days I may actually be able to totally trust that I am being listened to and looked after by my highest power – but until then I think maybe my efforts need to go into learning how to trust that, as Abraham puts it, my “really good staff that will take care of everything” for me and that I really do just have to “delegate it — and trust it.”

With love across the waters,

The Road to Hell, or to Happiness…?

The road to hell is paved with good intentions… Hm. But you know what, it could also be said that the road to happiness is paved with good intentions. So what’s the difference? Hell had no follow through, whereas happiness had action? Can it really be THAT simple?

Yup. It sure can.

Intention without action is kind of like vanilla ice cream. Nice, but better with something hot. Or sweet. Or chocolate. Intention WITH action is like having chocolate lava cake with strawberries and vanilla ice cream – the full experience.

Part of the challenge that most people (including myself) have, though, is trying to figure out which action to take. Which action is appropriate and which one isn’t. This is where it’s all about the options in front of you. Some questions you can ask yourself here are:

• What options do I have?
• What else could I do?
• What if I had some…? (this would be the money, time, power etc spot)
• Do I need suggestions?
• What are the benefits and costs of each of my options?
• Who can help me, and how?

Usually at the point where I am asking myself all of these questions, I’m all worn out, and a glass of wine and conversation with one of my friends or family members will help me let go of the emotional attachment to the challenge and maybe also point out something I didn’t think of already. Remember - new people offer different perspectives & ideas.

So what do you want? This is your intention. This is your goal. Make a list – this is always fun. I’m going to start making my long list tonight. I know what my short list looks like, but there are also a lot of other things I could do, see, feel, experience, and try to obtain, that I don’t have listed anywhere.

Now that you have your list, how are you going to go about getting (seeing, being, doing, experiencing and so on) the things on your list? Are you being creative? If this thing you want is something you have wanted for a while, are you trying different things, different angles? Or are you doing the same thing, over and over? Share your list with someone. It never hurts to let someone else see what you are striving for.

This week I challenge you to set your intentions. Make a list and take some action.

With love across the waters,