Friday, May 1, 2015


Focus

This is a part of the thought process we can pay attention to and when we do we may just with a little effort begin to see where it makes a difference in the way we feel.

Here are a few things you might review to see if they resonate with you:

  • What is my focus when I wake up?
  • What is my focus when I am getting to where I am going?
  • What is my focus when I am working, relaxing, or just doing?
  • What is my focus before I go to sleep at night?


When you start your day where do you find your focus? Do you find it stressing over the day to come, thinking about being overwhelmed, worrying about what is to get done and will you?

  • What if you focused on just breathing easily and feeling calm?
  • What if you did not turn on any news read any news or look for anything that might be chaotic?
  • What if your focus when you started your day was on what a unique and amazing person you are with so many abilities it would be very hard not to have a great day?
  • What if you just focused on having on the day being exactly what you want it to be?


When you are getting from point A to point B during your day where do you find your focus? Are you always in a hurry and impatient with everyone around you? Do you find your focus is not a happy one?

  • What if you just put on your favorite music and really just let it flow and relax you?
  • What if you made the effort to focus on something in your life that helps you feel good. Whatever it is would be your own for this is after all just about you, so that you find your thoughts in a much better place.


When you are going about your day what is your focus? Is it the best you can have or maybe not so much?

  • What if you made it a point to focus on things around you that lifted you spirits? Whatever does that for you is exactly right. I love nature so that is where I focus many times a day.
  • What if you focus on the things that have gone right so far during your day and are very appreciative of all of them?


When you are dealing with others during your day how do you use your focus? Is it in positive or negative way?

  • What if you used more kindness when working with others, more understanding and patience?  This could be with co-workers or a clerk in a store it doesn't make a difference because it helps when you use your focus with others in the positive all day.
  • What if your focus was to see others in their best possible light?


When you are ready to retire for the night where is your focus?  Is it on all the negative things that happened during your day or all the positive things?

  • What if you just relaxed and let your mind go over everything that went right for you all day.
  • What if you thought about the people who made your day a good one?
  • What if you just let go of everything but a smile and good feeling about who you are and your ability to focus on whatever you choose to?


As you can see you are in charge here, it is your focus and what you do with it, how you use it is completely up to you.

I would say this to you however; why not feel the best that you can by using your focus for your greater good.

Many Blessing to All
Sue



Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Criticism     Make it a thing of the past


Criticism: the act of expressing disapproval and of noting problems or faults of a person or thing; the act of criticizing someone or something.

Why is it do you suppose that we beautiful spirits choose to find fault with so many things in our lives including ourselves?

Has it become such a habit that it is ingrained in us to be negative right away when we look at people, places and things?

What if we choose to change that about ourselves so we then begin to see life in a better light?

How about that thing called self criticism. This should be the first and foremost critical habit to break for everyone.

There is only one you, that makes you very special and unique. How can you possibly criticize something that is so exceptional?

If there was an individual which was one of a kind left in the world we would treasure it and do all we could to make sure it was taken care of. It would be sheltered, kept safe and nurtured no matter what it was. Anthropologists do this all the time when they find something from the past to treasure.

Big news flash here people think about it no one else has your exact DNA your fingerprints or your personality. Wow amazing isn't it. That in itself should bring some serious self care forward.

So if we are to get rid of self criticism we must look for the best in ourselves. You have so many great qualities start with those, point them out to yourself and feel good about who you are.

Love how you look, how you laugh, how you are on a daily basis. We each have the distinct right to be who we are and we don’t have to please anyone else but ourselves. Be proud of who you are, you have earned wherever you are in life.

You can look back at your life if you like at what you might term as bad judgment, or choices, or issues, but why would you. If you live in the now right this minute there is no need to go backwards there is only the need to see what a great person you are, what you have contributed to your life by being the special person inside and by noting all the good things that are all around you.

If there were mistakes along the way congratulate yourself for the fact you are truly living your life not just existing in it. Mistakes are just blips to show us another path to take if we choose to.

Let go of seeing yourself in a way that is broken, instead see yourself as whole, just right, and thriving. You should celebrate the journey you are on, the adventure it has been so far and the wonderful life experiences you have had. Only you have felt all the great feelings and have stored all your great memories, no one else has those but you.

You are a masterpiece so keep that canvas called you bright and beautiful and vibrant.

When we start seeing ourselves in a different light things around us change too. If we are not seeing fault within ourselves then life and your surroundings should brighten significantly.

It should become much easier to not find fault with others, with the work place, with the world.

Being critical of others hurts us in several ways. If we are finding fault with someone else then we are not feeling as good as we should because we are either being judgmental about them, angry with them, or hurtful towards them.

Any of those emotions just erode the feeling of happiness and joy, something that each of us wants for ourselves every day.

It is self defeating to become critical of most things in life as we don’t really have all the information on the people, places and things we so readily find fault with. Wouldn't it be so much easier and wouldn't you feel so much better if you just let go of a critical eye and embrace looking for the beauty around you?

Here are some suggestions about being critical:
  • What if we just stopped criticizing others, situations, places, life in general?
  • What if we understood that others have lives that we are not privy to and just let them be who they are while we are who we are?
  • What if by not criticizing we became kinder, more compassionate towards others.
  • What if we chose to blend with those around us seeing only their good traits?
  • What if we stopped criticizing anything and found good things to say about all areas of life?
  • What if we chose not to bring the chaos that criticism into our daily lives and decided to be more peaceful with our thoughts?
I know you can feel the power in that, in the change it would not only bring to your life but to the whole world.

If we start being more positive about every aspect of our lives, especially ourselves, then positive things will happen.

Woo-hoo!

Many blessing to all.

Sue

Saturday, February 28, 2015




Using Our Words

vocabulary: all of the words known and used by a person

habit: a usual way of behaving: something a person does in a usual and repeated way


Words are thoughts spoken out loud. Have you ever wondered about how we use them and how they affect how we feel?

What if we took stock of how we were talking about certain areas of our lives, what emotion we are putting into it and how we feel when we are in the midst of the discussion.

This can refer to any area of  life whether it be your health, a relationship, family, co-workers, your job, any part of your life that becomes a conversation.

Do you find it a habit to start out complaining about the subject? Are you finding everything that is irritating or frustrating to talk about? Are you finding fault with the circumstance?

It may be hard to admit but we have made a habit of complaining first when we start a conversation instead of pointing out what is right going on around us. Then what happens is we get more angry, more frustrated and more upset with our circumstances because we have aggravated ourselves just by repeating all the negativity we are paying attention to.

What if we paid attention to the way we talk about our lives and made it a point to be the most positive we can about all areas of life.

I know some of you are rolling your eyes but believe me when you do give this some attention you will realize that when you are negative and speaking in this way you do not feel good in fact you may even find some physical discomfort because your body is telling you that it is being affected by all the negativity.

If you make the effort to talk in a more positive way about your life and what is going on in it you will find that you feel better are more energetic and lighthearted.

It doesn't take much to start looking for the positive. If you need to start small do so because once you do and the fact that there are more than you thought there were things just grow and grow because this is where your attention is.

What if:

  • You found one good thing to think about a co-worker that may be challenging for you.
  • You focused on every part of your body that felt good.
  • You loved yourself for the great person you are.
  • You put great music on in the car and just let it relax you are you are driving.
  • You started your day expecting it to be a great one.

Let's make it a habit to start each day thinking the most positive thoughts we can about our lives and what is in them and use those thoughts to express to others how life is going for us. If we smile and use a vocabulary full of positive words how great could we possibly start feeling?

Once this habit forms good things continually come forward.

Many blessing to all
Sue

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here we are celebrating Love for one day of the year. It is a very important emotion for all of us and yet we designate only one day to recognize it.

What if we chose to make it a way to start every day?
What if we were these smiling happy people all of the time?
What if we chose to be more aware of the things and people we love around us for a great feeling life?

Just a thought........love is wonderful in many different aspects of our lives .......why not make it a very strong part of who we are.

Many Blessing to All
Sue

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Happy New Year everyone!

It is standard for everyone to go back and look at the past year to see what they need to change about themselves. Isn't that just the silliest thing? Who says this is a rule?

The art of loving yourself should be your first resolution. It should be your priority.

Why would we want to look back at the past year and see anything wrong? We should celebrate that we lived 365 days and ready to start another 365.

Isn’t it time that we take a look at ourselves in the best light possible and we stop being critical of who we are and appreciate the great person that we have always been?

Isn’t it time for you to take stock of all the things that you did right last year, the things that went right for you and all that felt good.

Look for the happy times you shared and the love that you gave and received each month of 2014.

Look for all that you did to make your life better and the ways that you are still doing it.

Embrace all of the good qualities you have for they are far better and there are more of them than anything you might feel are negative.

Start out 2015 with the knowledge that you are a valuable part of the human race, you lend so much to all of us here and you are so worthy of all that you have and do.

Don’t change anything about yourself you don't want to. If in fact you want to improve parts of yourself whatever that may be, do it with a smile and know that you are just enhancing all that you are.

First and foremost be happy with yourself! Make your own rule about life and how you want it to live it. It makes it all so much simpler.

Many Blessing to all and may this be a year that brings you the best of everything.

Sue


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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Happiness Is Just A Thought Away


Happiness is always the goal of each of us everyday. We are always reaching for the happiest moments we can find or are we?

If we are to find these happy moments we must try to look for them everywhere. Even the smallest happy moment is a good one.

I would ask you if you start your morning watching the news or reading the newspaper?

Do you find if this is the case that you are taking on the troubles of the whole news oriented program or newspaper. Do you then start thinking in terms of what you have been focusing on during this program or paper and become agitated or unhappy or troubled?

What if you did not invite this programming in? What if you decided to start the day by looking around you and appreciating where you are, what you have, and who you are? What if you chose to think of all the good things that are happening in your life and be very thankful for them?

What if you started your day in the most calm and relaxed state you can have, letting the good feelings of just being flow?

If we choose to we can find all that is good in our lives and project that energy all around us. We then start looking at life in a different way and understand that our own physical space is our responsibility and we can make this space as happy as we can by appreciating what we have and what we can do by thinking in this  manner.

For instance just appreciating the sky and the nature that surround you even if it is a single tree that you see. Be thankful for your residence, your bed, your yard, your pet, your family.

If you would, take the time to find things that inspire you, that uplift you. This happens too you know, if fact more often I am sure than all of the mayhem broadcasted constantly. It is your choice what you focus on.

Just think if you were sharing the stories of good things happening in our world instead of what is wrong with it. This would lighten your spirit constantly.

When you are looking for things to be thankful for be thankful that you can feel happiness and the fact that you are changing your thoughts to seeing what is good in your life.

We all can look for the unhappy things and go on and on about them but there as many happy things in our lives if we just point them out and keep our focus on them.

It is of course a choice for us, we can choose to keep bemoaning the state of the world and everything we think is wrong with the human race or we can choose to find what is right in our lives, what we can be thankful for and we can recognize the people in our lives that make up the human race that are wonderful to be with and enjoy.

This is up to you......just how you look at life .......your own specifically.

I challenge you to stop taking on the weight of the world and to start enjoying what your life is, where you are and what you are doing.

If in fact you want to change some of these things for a happier way of life good for you, but please make the effort to see in your own physical space the beauty and joy and happiness that is all around you.

Many Blessing to All
Sue

Friday, March 21, 2014

Focus

Focus: a main purpose or interest

We are using our focus constantly all during the day.

We focus on our daily routine, whatever that might be, but are we really aware of what that focus is and how it affects us.

When we wake up in the morning we immediately start focusing on the day ahead. Thoughts pop into our heads about what we need to do, where we need to be and how we things need to get done.

 It is so natural for us to do this we don't even think about how we are using our focus. 

What if we were to become aware of how we are focusing, what we are focusing on and how we can use focus to make every day better?

Whatever your lifestyle is we all wake up thinking about what is to be done for the day. Take a minute and think about how you start your focus.


Are you anticipating any hardships for the day before you even begin?
Are you projecting the outcome of circumstances in your day before you have even arrived at your destination?
Are you thinking of a co-worker that you know is going to ruin your day?
Are you thinking about traffic?
Are you thinking about not having enough time for everything?





What if.......you decided that you would focus the first thing in the morning on feeling good in every part of yourself.....mind....body and spirit.

What if .......you decided that you would focus on all the good things about who you are, what you do, and the things in your life that make you feel good when you bring them to mind.

What if......you decided to treat everyone like you would like to be treated.....even if they don't act that way back.

What if.....you decided that your focus would be that the day was going to go smoothly.....it would be easy in every way.

What if ......you decided for the day that there would be no anger.....impatience,  or criticism of yourself or others in your daily routine.

What if you decided to look at each person you deal with as a soul who is trying to make the best of their own life.....one you don't understand......and not judge them ......but feel compassion for them.

Those are just some suggestions on how you could use your focus if you chose to. I am sure once you start thinking you could come up with many that would suit your lifestyle and how you live.

If we could make the habit of seeing the bright spots of our day.....of laughing.....of enjoying life.....making it a ritual to just be in a frame of mind that feels good.....there would be more energy .....a healthier way to feel......and we would be using our thoughts for our greater good.

 Take a moment and peruse where your focus has been. Do you feel good or not so good when you find it?

I would challenge you to find the best focus for your own well-being and when you do use it to the best of your ability.

Focusing on what is good, what feels great, and what we want in our lives helps us to bring better health to ourselves.

It is all of our goals I am sure to feel the best we can feel......by using your focus to make sure that you are tuned in to using it the wisest way that you can .......you will find that you are better spiritually.....mentally and physically.

Many Blessings to All of You
Sue

Thursday, February 6, 2014


It Is All About Love

Love: a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person

 

February is the month that brings celebrating love and what we feel for each other in a holiday.

Valentines are a form of communicating what we feel for those that we are close to. There are many variations of Valentines from the funny to the very sentimental.

 If you were to pick out a Valentine for yourself what would it say to you?

It should be a very special one because acknowledging love for yourself is important.

We have no problem picking them out for those we have deep feelings for, those that are special to us, so we should not have any trouble picking out what we would want to express to ourselves because we should be the most special person we know.

Love is an easy thing to give to others, but it is most important that we give it to ourselves.

So if you were to pick out a Valentine for yourself I would hope that it would be the most loving, the kindest and most supportive one that would be in the card section.

It should say:

  • You are such a caring person.

  • You are very special and unique.

  • You brighten everyone’s day.

  • You are valued for all that you do.

  • You are loved by many.

  • You contribute so much to all that know you because of your brilliant and beautiful spirit.

If you were to think of all the things that are positive and joyful about yourself and focus on those traits, you would find that loving yourself becomes easier and easier.

If you don’t take special care of yourself how can you expect it from others? If you don’t recognize the good things about who you are and acknowledge them to yourself, you are not feeling as good as you could.

Make it a point to look for your good points, as you do you, will feel better and better.

Instead of looking for happiness from others we should make ourselves as happy as we can. When your happiness comes from within, there is a powerful energy around you, and those that are important to you will be enveloped in it.

Be comfortable with who you are, be in tune with your bright and beautiful spirit. You have a kindness about you that you can enhance by just acknowledging it. You are a caring person, one who feels compassion for others, so just let these feelings be a central part of the terrific person that is you.

When you feel good about yourself the whole world will feel improved and illuminated. You will feel it and this feeling will become a basis for you to know that you are certainly on the right track of feeling good about yourself, loving who you are, and this feeling will grow for you so that feeling good is an every day occurance.

When you focus on your life moment by moment, let go of the past, and just allow yourself to feel good about who you are and where you are, you find everything just eases up, you feel centered, and with this comes a true appreciation of who you really are and how special your life is.

Let go of all of the negative things you might have held onto about yourself and know that you are important, cared about, and a central part of the Universe.

Love yourself and your life, and you will find that it becomes as happy as you allow it to be. Start today, no matter what your circumstances are so that as you change the direction of your feelings, your life can change directions too.

Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone!

Many Blessing to All

Sue