I just got done reading another amazing book…”The Essential Laws of Fearless Living” by Guy Finley
I wanted to share a few quotes and thoughts this fine morning.
Remembering the truth of yourself…”Each effort will reward you with the growing realization that any time you start to feel miserable it’s only because you have mistakenly identified with who and what you are not.”
I know that just about everyone reading this can identify. We fill our days with labeling everything in site and creating expectation after expectation. Once we label something, the curiosity is then gone. Once we create an expectation, we set the stage for possible disappointment. The greatest tool I have gained to help with both of these learned behaviors is LIVING IN THE MOMENT.
“What is condemned is concealed; what is concealed never heals.”
Without my vulnerability this year, I wouldn’t have been able to heal so rapidly!
“Always remember that any thought or feeling that arrives tells you…compelling you…to hurry up and climb aboard its solution has come for only one reason: to carry you away from the Light within yourself that knows you have nothing to run from….ever.”
I love everything about this quote and this chapter on Taking Conscious Command of Yourself..it blew me away! I know that at any given moment there are always going to be many Pawns on my Chessboard that are in my life at them moment because I find them to be helpful in the healing (awakening) process. It could be a wise person, a supplemental drink, acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic care or meditation. Some of these ‘pawns’ may turn into horses and bishops and even queens. But the only way that any of these pieces that I have drawn into my life are going to help me is if I believe. I know now that there is something so strong within me that is healing me without the aid of any of these amazing tools. That is the “One Truth”…it’s me. God gave me this amazing body that was meant to heal. There is nothing on this planet that I don’t believe the body can heal…if we can just get our minds out of the way…or at least on board the healing train rather then the fear train.
“Whenever we find ourselves feeling like a powerless captive of some condition, it’s because we grabbed on to the false power of worry, fear, anger, self-loathing, self-pity to lend us strength…..Real power is knowing we already possess everything we need to succeed in the moment, as we would wish it.” WOW!!!!! I know that everything (and everyone) that comes to me is for the good of me. I know that everyone that comes into my life has a gift and if I choose to receive it, it will help shed light on a beautiful piece of who I am. I would encourage everyone of you to explore those possible feelings of uneasiness as you read any of this….ask why it is rubbing you the wrong way? Be curious to why you don’t feel like you are in control of every aspect of your life (even the out of control parts:).
Why is it that we aren’t able to see our reflection in everyone that we attract into our lives? I have an interesting task for you to try out that Guy created. He calls it the “You-I Maneuver” and I call it the “Sandpaper Effect”. You know that feeling when someone in your life rubs you the wrong way. When we are around people and we have a negative reaction to them for whatever the reason. Guy refers to it as feeling the need to tolerate someone and he says that this feeling could not reside in us unless something in us did not want to be around someone ‘like that’.” What would it look like to see a piece of you in this person being reflected back to you? What if you were to write out a list of things that this person is, that is so different from you…and then you flipped it to yourself…
you are stubborn……I am stubborn
you are a creature of habit….I can relate to your need for habit, because sometimes I crave it too.
You are superficial and all you care about is money…..I can be superficial at times and money can be very important to me.
So what would it look like to go towards the things that annoy you about the people that you ‘tolerate’ in your life? Some of these people in my organic garden of a life, have helped me to transform my life. Love your neighbor as yourself has a whole new meaning to me these days with these new tools. I know that there is a beautiful piece of me waiting to be reflected back to me in all people that come into my life. It doesn’t always have to be through conversation or a friendship. And sometimes that person is just in my life to shed some light on things that I have tolerated in myself for so long:)
I will leave you with this food for thought for all those out there that may think that I have “too many friends (how is that possible) or that I have gone on one too many tea dates;)
“Just as the wind moves through a tree and carries its pollen to the blossoms of another tree, our relationships are intended to help “pollinate” the soul so that true understandings of why we are here on Earth can flower within it.” My soul is on fire from all the amazing people in my life and I am so thankful for everyone reading this:) I am beyond thankful for my immediate family (Jake, the kids, Mom, Dad, Brothers and Sisters, nieces and nephews, Cousins, etc) and I so gracious for my extended family…all of you…my friends!