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Weekly Affirmation: I choose love, joy and freedom
Who doesn’t want love, joy and freedom?
So how about looking at the love, joy and freedom that we already have in
our lives?
If we could have a 100% positive attitude and truly believe that we deserve to have them – we would be able to acknowledge what we have and even attract more of it.
Read More Post a comment (0)“People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground”
Marcel Proust
Look at your life.
What behaviors or beliefs don’t serve you anymore?
What old behaviors do you have that you would like to get rid of?
Once you figure this out, you have to be willing to give it up, even if it feels safer to stay attached to it. It might bring some fears. You need to believe that you have everything you need to face whatever is going on right now. You need to set an intention of feeling safe enough to welcome the change.
In my Life-Coaching business, I meet people who are excited to make changes in their lives but are often stuck in old patterns of behaviors. One of the things I help them do is to recognize that they are holding back only because it feels safer to them. With practice it’s possible to shift this feeling of safety to the new and unknown potential!
Always approach change with a sense of curiosity, like a fun adventure or a game. Repeat this affirmation and welcome change.
I am safe. I welcome change.
What kind of change do you welcome into your life today? Please comment and let me know.
In Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster, Peggy Huddleston talks about two studies that show how helpful visualization and positive thinking can be when healing after surgery (page 64):
Dr. Mary Jasnoski has shown that while relaxation enhanced immune defense against upper respiratory infections, adding visualization increased people’s immunity.
At the University of Texas, a study showed that patients’ incisions healed faster when patients relaxed and visualize their recoveries from surgery. These findings were published by Carole Holdenlund, R.N.,ph.D. in Research in Nursing & Health in 1988.
Your beliefs affect who you are. One of the most common energy blocks is having a limiting belief about your value, potential, skills, etc. Bruce Schneider, in his book Energy Leadership says: “More often than not, you accept a limiting belief as true because you’ve learned it from someone else, from something that happened to you, or from another “authority”, such as media, a book, or a movie.” (136)
“I don’t deserve….” is a very popular limiting belief.
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Joy is a powerful emotion that lifts your mood, sharpens your mind, and strengthens your relationships. When you communicate with lightness, playfulness and humor you automatically raise your joy level.
Many times I find myself communicating (or even thinking…) in such a serious way, that I forget to enjoy and have fun communicating. When I remember, I remind myself to smile because having a smile on my face changes the energy of my communication. I can say the same thing and it will come out so different if I’m smiling. Communication can be playful and fun. It doesn’t have to be heavy and serious.
Playful communication is energizing and it is helpful in putting problems into perspective.
Laughter reduces stress and promotes healing. When you laugh and play, your body is calmed and energized by the release of natural opiates—endorphins that relax you physically and lift you up the ladder emotionally. These powerful chemicals, released in the brain, not only improve self-confidence and social skills, but they also override physical and emotional pain and boost your body’s defenses against disease.
This week, be conscious about the way you communicate.
Set an intention every morning by saying this affirmation out loud a few times. Write it down on a sticky note and have it at your work and at home as a reminder.
At least once every day, create an enjoyable communication.
Communicate with lightness, playfulness and humor.
How does it feel like? What kind of response did you get?
My dear friend Marni, founder of Datingwithdignity.com wrote in her blog last week on how to attract wonderful relationships. Marni talks about “like attracts like”. “If you want a confident & positive partner”, says Marni, “you are more likely to attract (and keep them long-term), if you’re confident & positive as well. If you want an all-around amazing partner, doesn’t it make sense that you’re more likely to attract and stay with a life partner the more amazing you are as a person?”
I think this concept applies to any kind of relationship: business and personal. Energy attracts like energy. Smile first, and the lady behind the counter will smile back. Be aggressive towards people – they will be towards you. Meditation, personal growth and any other actions you take to live a balance life is helping you to get closer to self-love and to having a positive attitude. It is only when we accept and love ourselves that we are sending this loving energy to the world.
This is how attraction starts: first we send it away, and then we receive the same back. Affirmation is a great way to attract positive energy. Saying/writing/reading the affirmation many times every day this week, will bring loving people into your life.
Give it a try! Let me know what happens….
Look at how the universe operates. Day and night follow each other in perfect synchronicity. The seasons take turns to change without ever making a mistake. Every planet is always rotating in perfect order and never deviating from its course..
If there is such order in nature, why is it so hard for us to allow God/ the divine/ the universe to guide us in the same way?
What does Abundance mean for me? For years, my focus was on being grateful for what I have in my life. Abundance for me was only love, values, personal growth and service. Financial security was not part of the deal. It felt negative for me to want it. Since then, life experiences taught me that I should include not only financial security in my definition of Abundance but even prosperity and success. I realized that Abundance is a rich concept which includes everything.
Recently, dear friends of us gave us the book “The Science of getting RICH” by Wallace D. Wattles. What’s amazing about this book is that it was published in 1910 but his ideas are so relevant and powerful today! I will share some of his inspirations in the next couple of days.
Page 73: “There is thinking stuff from which all things are made. A thought, in this Substance, produces the thing that is imaged by the thought. Man can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon Formless Substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created. In order to do this, man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind; he must form a clear mental picture of the things he wants, and hold this picture in his thoughts with the fixed PURPOSE to get what he wants, and the unwavering FAITH that he does get what he wants, closing his mind against all that may tend to shake his purpose, dim his vision, or quench this faith”.
100 years ago, Wattles stated that we create our future in our mind. This idea was picked up for The Secret in 2006. Do you agree?
So what does abundance mean to you?
Do you believe you can create it if you have faith?
Before I created my “Relax and Let Go” meditation (part of my Weekly Meditation program), I made a list of areas in my life in which I needed to practice letting go.
The list was quite long. Since then, every time I listen to this meditation, (Yes, I do… it’s on my iPod and one of my favorite ones to use during my “Meditation Naps” when I come back from work) I have new additions to my list of “letting go”.
Why is it so hard to let go?
All my life I was a control freak. I still catch myself thinking that the more control I have, the easier my life would be. It is actually the opposite: The more I am able to let go, the more I am able to trust the universe and the divine, the easier my life would be.
I would definitely say/write/read this affirmation over and over again this week while traveling back home. There are so many things I have no control over right now and so many areas in which I need to let go.
I Let Go and Accept the Flow
(I am taking a day off from my hospital blog to honor my commitment to post an affirmation blog every Tuesday)
“Don’t allow anybody to make you feel that you’re nobody. Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
In October of 1967, six months before he was assassinated, King spoke in Philadelphia and said these beautiful words. I saw this quote when I visited the King Center in Atlanta and remembered it while reflecting on the Fourth of July.
Years ago, I did not feel that I have worth. I felt that I was not good enough. I wasn’t sure about life’s significance. I was unhappy, negative and miserable. It was suffering and pain that led me to search for a different meaning for life. It was suffering and pain that served as my “wake up call”.
Today I am happy and healthy and enjoy the freedom of being myself and loving my life. Several practices helped me get to where I am. Reiki and meditation were definitely an important part of the process. The Hoffman Process I did a few years ago was a huge part of my journey, as well as finding a program of recovery to deal with my food addiction.
I am grateful to all the Reiki and Meditation masters.
I am grateful to Bob Hoffman.
I am grateful to Kay Sheppard.
I am grateful to Martin Luther King.
I am free to be myself
Sophocles, one of the most famous playwrights of ancient Greece, said: “One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is LOVE.”
Why is love so important?
Is love an emotion or a behavior?
Can we be happy without giving or receiving love?
In addition to repeating the affirmation, “I am open to give and receive LOVE,”
I invite you to ask yourself those questions and to search inside yourself. What is the true meaning of love to YOU?
With this affirmation you have an opportunity to personalize the phrase so it fits your needs. Where do you need improvement… giving love or receiving love? Phrase it in order (I am open to receive and give love -or- I am open to give and receive love) depending on your priority. To embody giving and receiving love, exhale when you say giving and inhale when you say receiving. Say the affirmation while paying attention to your breath.
This week’s affirmation is connected to the Solar Plexus Chakra (energy center) located in the upper abdomen, between the lower chest and the navel. The Solar Plexus Chakra is all about power, courage, will, drive, ambition and self esteem. With those qualities, we have unlimited possibilities: to work, create change, take action, get up and go. What actions should you take to balance your power center, to be able to step into your power?
Read More Post a comment (1)Why is it important to get in touch with your feelings?
Because it makes you happier and healthier. How? By getting in touch with your feelings you actually move the energy forward, letting it go and making space for new feelings and emotions to enter. It is unhealthy to hold on to feelings for a long time. It creates a blockage and it feels “heavy” on your heart. For example, let’s say that you are grieving for a loss. The sadness you are feeling is normal and it is important to accept it. You should allow yourself to connect to that feeling, to get in touch with the sadness, but your intention should always be – to move forward. Not to get stuck. Whenever you are ready – release it. Take the risk of getting in touch with the pain, with the sadness, knowing that it is only a feeling: It has a beginning, middle and an end. Nothing is permanent. Remember: whatever you feel is OK, as long as you are aware of it. There is no right or wrong. But it is your choice if to stay “stuck” or to move on.
Get in touch with your feelings – it will allow you to move on.
I am OK no matter what is going on in my life
I am OK no matter what is going on in my life
