Pronoia!

Just because you've mastered something, don't think the unexpected isn't around the next corner. Nothing is certain and just because you've seen the same things over and over doesn't mean you'll keep seeing them.

I was flying down a singletrack trail on my mountain bike yesterday. The trail closed in and became a little brushy. There were curves and overgrown bushes so it was hard to look far enough ahead to see what was coming up. It felt like I was a little blind--not knowing what was next.

Life can be that way sometimes. The certainty of what lies ahead is not certain at all! Anything can happen...the trail could end, a wild animal could approach, a dangerous drop off in the trail could stop you in your tire tracks. You could even come face to face with the first glance at the love of your life

The same is true in our everyday lives. You just never know what will come into your life. There could be something amazing just around the corner, just beyond the hidden bend in the road. Keep on riding with the mastery and confidence you've developed and you will be able to deal with it when it reveals itself.

Stay calm and confident and don't get fearful and worried. Life can work out for you if you decide it will. That's about as simple as it is. However you decide to anticipate and expect is the way it will most likely work out for you.

As it says in the "Desiderata", "Go confidently amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence". Be still and know that all is well and you are supremely guided and protected...be the opposite of paranoid--pronoid.

On Purpose

It has been two years since I received a massage from my favorite Shiatsu massage therapist, Charoen. It was father's day and I was feeling a little lonely since all my friends were busy celebrating their fathers. I decided to treat myself to the bliss of having your body touched in all the right places!

She was so happy to see me and I was so happy to see her. I was one of her best clients. I went regularly and really took good care of myself. I asked her to look at her chart and tell me the last time I was there---it was 2 years ago! She missed me and I missed her!

How could 2 years have passed without me getting a massage? It is really hard for me to wrap my head around that one. Then, the answer came.

She asked me what was going on in my body--what she needed to focus her attention on. When I went regularly, I always had something bothering me--my neck, my low back, my thigh...there was always an ache somewhere. This time, though, I said there was nothing bothering me--that I just wanted to enjoy one of her magical massages.

Then I told her what I'd been up to the last couple of years. Since I saw her last, I started my own business. My life came to life once I started living my purpose of helping and inspiring others. I went from dieing a slow death to coming back to life.

I don't believe in coincidences. When a person is happy, their body is happy. When a person's body is happy, they can do anything!

The other thing that happened in that 2 years is my body hasn't gotten sick! At first I tried looking for all the things I was eating--maybe something had a healing effect. Then I realized, I was happy and I was living on purpose.

Sometimes the secrets we search for are so simple, they're right there in front of us but we don't see them. Or, we think the answer has to be harder and much more complicated. Life is meant to be joyous. When we follow our hearts and go with the flow, true freedom is our reward!

Clear Communicator

I was talking with a new young friend of mine. He has been in a relationship about a year and it's starting to get a little shakey. I realized that it is at that point when communication is crucial.

I was married a very long time. When issues came up, we didn't always address them. It seemed easier to put them up on a shelf to save for later. When issue after issue arises and year after year passes, those items on the shelf get dusty and cluttered. Sometimes its even hard to find them to bring them out into the light and study.

Do you have or have you ever been in a cluttered environment? It is mentally draining and chaotic--you just don't know where to begin to clean up the mess. The same applies in our relationships.

Communicate, clarify, clear it up now. If you want to hold on to what you have, your attitude needs to be, "let's get this done now". It's almost like time management and goal setting...tackle the hardest tasks FIRST!

Every one of us learns our lessons in our own different way. Each experience is there for the evolving of our consciousness. It may not seem pleasant to go through at the time, but we will learn and grow and everyone involved in it will be better on the other side of it.

Let's Live, Love, and Learn from one another. We are all in this together. We are all ONE!

almost WHATEVER IT TAKES!

When one strives for fitness, there is never an ending to that striving. You don't ARRIVE at being fit. When you strive instead to make fitness part of your life, you will arrive at a sense of well being that is beyond compare!

I work with business partners who have achieved the highest position in our company. One of them was once a personal trainer (like me). He said that he put all his focus on achieving that position and his workout time had to go on hold. That, to me, is unacceptable.

I did not spend all these years to master my body only to spend a couple of years letting it all go. The mastery and discipline of getting fit is not something I will trade in for anything--not even financial freedom. Financial freedom will come, but it must fit in with who I AM and who I AM is vibrant, healthy energy and well being.

Sure, there are days that I need to be dressed for business all day and there is no time to get on my bike or take my hike or practice my yoga. On those days, I surrender to what is for today and remember some of those workouts that were peak experiences. I simply pull them to my memory and feel the satisfaction of having done them.

One of the reasons I love living is the love I have achieved for my vessel. I AM AN AMAZING VESSEL OF LIGHT!

Get A Glimpse!

Wow...this is going to be vague. I have just had a glimpse of connection with the other worldly--someone who has passed on has been guiding me in a direction of a loved one still here. I know there is a long drawn out way of explaining all the events but I'm not even going to attempt it. It's as if a veil was lifted ever so briefly from my eyes. I saw something, I saw a series of somethings come together in a flash of light.

It was as if I had a miraculous realization then it was pulled back quickly so I wouldn't really see it. Does that make sense? All of a sudden, a culmination of two weeks of events came together in a flash and I knew there was something bigger than just us humans bangin around down here. There was a force, a light so strong and bright that led me in directions and attracted me to people and situations that I had no explanation of.

I tell you with certainty, if we open ourselves to a vibratory energy of love and light we can become an angel for someone else. I am an angel and I know it--I have no doubt. No, I'm not an angel like you are thinking, but I am someone's messenger of information that is so needed. I get to deliver the message and it isn't because I am special, it's simply because I am open and receiving! Look for the light and love in every person.

Be open to listen. Care about them more than you and you may become a messenger to someone in need. Maybe someday I will tell you all the details. For now though, trust that this is a Universe weaved together by spirit from all over the place and you can be part of it or you can cut yourself off from it by your limiting, critical, judgemental, ignorant thoughts. Or, you can choose to find Love instead of finding fault. This is a magical day and I am so glad to be of service to others! How can I serve? Who can I touch? I AM OPEN!
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Sun Above Clouds

I took some friends on a hike today. It was cloudy and overcast down here on the coast so I thought I'd try going up the hill a bit to find some sunshine. Sure enough, it was a blue sunny sky up the canyon.

After meeting them up there, they were concerned that we might not go because it was so cloudy it looked like rain. I said, "leave it to me, I know how to find the sun"! We went on a great hike with some stunning views.

I think that life is a little like that experience. We can either stay in the clouds and endure them or we can decide to look for the sun. It isn't always a guarantee that we will find the sun, but at least we can choose to look.

The clouds are also like a veil. Our lives can be really clear and on target, but the clouds try to sway us from our dreams. Look for the sun today in every endeavor--it is there just above the clouds. You may have to go uphill a bit to find it, but you can find it! Enjoy it all!

It's All Relative

Perspective is an interesting concept. This morning while getting ready I heard someone going through the recycling bin. Today is garbage day and the containers are on the street. I thought,
"wow, some people are really motivated and really need money and will do whatever it takes to get it".

Then, as I was walking the dogs I get paid $25 to walk, I felt a bit of perspective as I walked past a mansion with tennis courts and fountains and full on splendor. I thought, someone could be in that house seeing me walk by with the dogs...again and wonder, "wow, some people are really motivated and really must need money and will do whatever it takes by walking other peoples' dogs".

I'm certainly not ashamed to walk the dogs because I would probably do it even if I didn't get paid--they bring me so much joy. In any case, it's all relative--we are all one. Our outer circumstances may look a little different depending on where you're looking out from, but we are all the same. I feel very connected to life!

The Process

I was in yoga class this morning--we were all challenged by a new pose. After 11 years of practicing yoga, there are still so many challenges which present themselves on a regular basis. Yoga is such a mirror of life...I am always refreshed at the insights I receive.

The teacher said, at that critical moment in which all of us were starting to struggle a bit and take things a little too seriously, "it's okay if you don't get it today, you have the rest of your life to practice yoga". That was a great AHA moment.

Why can't we all just enjoy the process...relax into life instead of coming up against it. So what if we don't get it right on the first try, at least we tried. As Michael Jordon says, "A failure fails once a successful person fails many times". I think that's brilliant.

The fact that we tried is so key because it is better to try something than to be afraid and try nothing. As Zig Ziglar said, "You don't have to be great to start but you have to start to be great". I feel so fortunate to have gained this valuable perspective. I am loving the process. Things don't always go the way I'd like them to, but as long as I am enjoying myself along the way---isn't that all that matters?