Am I Being Tested???

  Since I have begun this journey to be the soul conductor in orchestra that is my life.  I have learned many things and some of them I don't like one bit.  I believe heart and soul that our thoughts and our commitment to gratitude are key elements in the level of joy we have present in our lives.  I won't let anything shake that; but I have to tell you I am being tested right now.  Damned if I do, damned if I don't, hence the  image I chose to accompany this post. Yesterday, had a particularly large potential to host a big, fat angry rain cloud for it's entirety.  I turned on my laptop and someone had posted one of those feel good little dittys...it read "when it looks like things are falling apart maybe they actually falling into place."  It turned out to be the words that I needed to hear to stay my course.  The trick is to take the focus off the source of upset and look for any little shred of goodness.  focus on it until you literally well up with joy and happiness.  It takes you from a bad place to a great place and puts in a position to attract more good things, hell maybe even great or unexpected things. 

  Back to the ditty, it occurs to me that my vision for something isn't always going to be the best scenario and I need to acknowledge that great things are coming; in the distance maybe, but they are coming.  I find a lot of people including myself, become kind of paralyzed when they take a hit. They recoil from healthy routines and wallow in unhealthy ones.  It is so obviously stupid I can't imagine why we do it. When I am happy I walk, listen to music and am very good about following a healthy diet.  When challenged I lose interest in these things.

  So we have another plus for gratitude and positve thinking, it's good for your weight and your over all health.  If the guy at the liquors store knows your first name and your neighbors don't you have some work to do!  The adversity I face right now is exceptionally difficult because it concerns my child and that is a big ugly spider on the toilet paper if ever I saw one.  I am scraping and clawing to not sink into an abyss of despair...I am feverishly saying thank you for anything that crosses my mind.  Today I was very happy to dicover a package of disposable razors I did not know I had!  I refuse to stop believing that everything is going to be ok!

 

elle        

 

Murphys Law.....

  If you don't know Murphy's Law, google it...I know it, but I don't want to say it, much less write on a post that would then carry the stain of it.  But I think you know it and I know that as positive as we may try to be there are just some times that negativity oozes in.  Leaving you wonder how it got in!  Somewhere there is a crack or a doubt.  Maybe your thoughts are positive but your not fully believing them and as such are not feeling the joy that should come with the commitment to those thoughts or maybe your being tested.
   I have been tested lately. Two things have happened that I hoped would not.  So the question is; was the hoping it wouldn't happen instead of believing it wouldn't happen provide the crack, the way in? I think so.  My bad....put down the tea , I mean wine or Cosmo. These make things worse not better. Take a nice long walk (this more than fifty feet, just saying).  Find that something good...I find it!  Smile too, even if it feels like it doesn't belong just do it.  YOU'LL FEEL AN IMMEDIATE LIFT.  Believe this set back is temporary and find the silver lining and focus on that.  Imagine the BEST case scenario and focus there.  Feel the good emotions that come from a foreseen great outcome and believe. No crack this time, no panic, no what if. Say " I am Happy" "I am ok, this is a set back that is manageable and I am committing my thoughts to the good things that will come from this.
  How do handle it when you feel you have done all the right things to be on a frequency good and uplifting things and yet something sneaks in???  Please share any uplifting processes that you find work for you....Everything is going to be ok....

elle

Teach Your Children To Live Gratitude...

  

  Teach your children to be thankful, to appreciate things.  Be sure they know that it is a great way to bring more of what they love.  It's your job to start teaching this at a young age so they know from the beginning that they have the power to create. 
 Thoughts are things. Attitude comes from thoughts and the feelings that evolve from them.  They aren't helpless. Their destiny isn't blowing in the wind.

                                          Thank you!  
 

Say thank you for rainy days of gray and sunny days warm and bright

Say thank you to the moon that lights your way at night  

Say thank you for the bed you sleep in, soft blankets and a pillows to lay your head

Say thank you for the books you have and the stories that you have read 

Say thank you for your feet, your toes, your elbows and your knees

Say thank you for your eyes, your nose, and your lips that say please… 

Say thank you for hair, it looks so good like that!

Say thank you when it comes out badly, that you have your hat! 

Say thank you for belly buttons and sweaters with lint

Say thank you for cherries and vanilla with chocolate mint 

Say thank you for your toys, your clothes and socks without a match

Say thank you for the dance you learn, the fly ball that you catch 

Say thank you for your fury dog, your cat, your bird, and croaking frog

Say thank you for guinea pig, your ferret and pollywog 

Say thank you for oceans and breezes and spaces

Say thank you sand that ends up in bad places 

Say thank you for onions and broccoli and peas

Say thank you for pizza and French fries with cheese 

Say thank you for doughnuts and pastry that you like

Say thank you for exercise and go ride your bike! 

Say thank you for birthdays and presents and cake

Say thank you for wishes and plans that you make 

Say thank you for drawing and music that’s cool

Say thank you for buses and learning and school  

Say thank you for beach days and snowballs and leaves

Say thank you for sweatshirts with hoods and long sleeves 

Say thank you for oboes and cymbals and drums

Say thank you for pianos and fingers and thumbs 

Say thank you for elephants, lions and bears

Say thank you for smiles and sneezes and tears 

Say thank you for your sister who fights with your brother

Say thank you for your father, your mom and grandmother 

Say thank you your families for kisses and hugs
 

Say thank you for everything……   
 

           For spinach……for bugs

elle