OPT (other peoples thoughts)

I am happy to say that I find myself caring less and less about what others think about me. This has been an issue with me my entire life - the caring too much for others' opinions of me. It has done absolutely nothing positive in my life. It has only caused me anxiety and sadness and regret that was completely unnecessary.

Other people's thoughts are only thoughts, after all. Nothing more than invisible wisps of energy. They aren't truth! Certainly not MY truth! Hell, even MY OWN thoughts aren't real, so why should I care so much about those of others? Thoughts are usually only what we imagine as reality, rather than what is actual reality anyway! I am learning all about this subject right now, reading "When Everything Changes, Change Everything" by Neale Donald Walsch. This book is changing my life and I have to recommend it again.

So more and more I am living my life for me, without worry of what others think. It's really none of my business. If they have concerns or questions about me they can come to me and I will be happy to explain, if appropriate, but I won't worry about them worrying about me anymore. Phew...it's a weight off my shoulders!!

building happiness moment by moment!

When I am feeling sad or scared or any other unpleasant emotion, I have started getting into the habit of stopping and asking myself "what am I thinking about that has me feeling this way?" When I do that I then have the choice to CHANGE my thoughts, and thereby change my emotions.

Because I know fear is not a "thing", it doesn't exist! It is my mind that creates the fear, it is only a thought, not a reality. I simply remind myself "This moment I choose to act from a place of love. I feel nothing but love. Everything is alright!!" And that fear or sadness or anxiety vanishes and my heart fills with wonder! (Honestly! I know it sounds airy-fairy but it's true!!) It has taken me practice and a lot of time trying to figure out how to do it, but I am finally getting there!

So each time I do that I am creating another happy moment. And when I look back over all those happy moments that I am stringing together, life looks like a pretty wonderful place to be!! :) (As if there were any other place to be...)

So it all ties together: the Power of Now, the law of attraction, all of it. It all means CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!

Much love to you!!!

I'm back - and on fire!

I have been gone from this blog that no one reads for a long time. I was going through a painful realization that was extremely hard to come to terms with. And quite honestly, I wasn't feeling glorious and had almost forgetten how to try!

There was something in my life that needed to CHANGE. I had known it for a while but had been squashing it down, down, down and sealing the lid on it. And like bread dough, it just kept rising and rising. I started seeing a therapist to find out what was "wrong" with me (even though inside I already knew). I was depressed. I was almost self-destructive. Finally the pressure became so intense that I knew I had to make the change. There was no other option - I could no longer contain it. And SPROING!! The lid popped off* and the bread dough puffed out and...you know what?

I feel GLORIOUS!!!

(*I don't recommend waiting for your lid to pop off. It hurts the soul and the body and the spirit)

The moment I made the change things began falling into place for me. Instead of swimming upstream through rapids, it feels like I am being carried along a lazy river, dipping my toes over the side of a raft and dozing blissfully in the sun.

DO IT NOW!!

Whatever it is that you really want (or desparately need) but are so afraid to do - DO IT!! And don't look back! You will be blown away!

Right now I am completely into Neale Donald Walsch. I am reading his book "When Everything Changes, Change Everything" and I feel like this book has truly transformed me. This change I am going through is HUGE but this book has changed the way I look at change. It has also allowed me to use the word "change" three times in the same sentence. ;)

I am no longer in search of the glorious life - I am living it!! Every moment is glorious!!

Much love to you all!!