Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
I have found that taking the time each morning to connect with Spirit, my divine wisdom, my heart opens up and I am able to give the gift of kindness, understanding, compassion, and love to myself and others.
Here is a beautiful story that touched my heart as it will yours. A wonderful, inspiring little girl, Susie, shares those special gifts of kindness, understanding, compassion, and love.
Wet Pants
Come with me to a third grade classroom….. There is a nine-year-old boy sitting at his desk and all of a sudden, there is a puddle between his feet and the front of his pants are wet. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he cannot possibly imagine how this has happened. It’s never happened before, and he knows that when the boys find out he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they’ll never speak to him again as long as he lives….
The boy believes his heart is going to stop; he puts his head down and prays this prayer, “Dear God, this is an emergency! I need help now! Five minutes from now I am dead meat.”
He looks up from his prayer and here comes the teacher with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.
As the teacher is walking toward him, a classmate named Susie is carrying a goldfish bowl that is filled with water. Susie trips in front of the teacher and inexplicably dumps the bowl of water in the boy’s lap.
The boy pretends to be angry, but all the while is saying to himself, “Thank you, Lord! Thank you.”
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule, the boy is the object of compassion. The teacher rushes him downstairs and gives him gym shorts to put on while his pants dry out. All the other children are on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. The compassion is wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that would have been his has been transferred to someone else – Susie…
She tries to help, but they tell her to get out. You’ve done enough, you klutz!”
Finally, at the end of the day as they are waiting for the bus, the boy walks over to Susie and whispers, “You did that on purpose, didn’t you?” Susie whispers back, “I wet my pants once too…”
This beautiful story was sent to me by a Dear and Special friend, Sandy, who freely gives the gifts of compassion and love to others. She is a wonderful example of “Susie”. This story reminds me of how important it is for us to take time everyday to connect with Spirit. Let’s open our hearts up, be in the present, and choose to recognize those opportunities that are always around us to support others in sharing our compassion and love.
We want to open up to compassion, understanding, and love instead of making fun of others mishaps; causing them to feel badly, guilty, and possibly feeling they’re not accepted and that something is wrong with them.. Being honest with yourself about how you would like to be treated when you make a mistake or become embarrassed will help you to give that to others. Let’s become like “Susie” and see how much kindness we can give today.
This is an opportunity to be an example for our children, grandchildren, and others. An example of compassion, love, and giving kindness to those around us. We can be a small part of changing the world.
Sending you much Love,
Joyce
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
What is your Higher Self? It is that beautiful part of us that connects us to God, the Universe, our Spiritual Intelligence, Spirit, Jesus, or Buddha depending on your religious beliefs. Most of us have tried many practices in order to connect to this spiritual part of us – prayer, meditation, yoga, affirmations, and visualization. At times we have felt successful when our life is going smoothly and we seem to have what we want and our feelings are that of inner peace, joy, contentment, and harmony. Yet so easily we can be back into that confused state of feeling fear, doubt, confusion and wondering what happened. We try to connect again but maybe this time it doesn’t work and we wonder why, what are we doing different, what are we doing wrong? We go away more confused about our connection to God .
The world is so complex and when we are so caught up in the illusion of things having to be a certain way we are then disconnected from our Higher Self. When we are caught up in the illusion of how things should be or shouldn’t be it is then that our conscious mind is being easily influenced by our subconscious mind – where our core negative beliefs stay hidden. They stay hidden because we don’t want to look at them. We want to avoid them and pretend they don’t exist. Most of the time we do this unconsciously and that continues to give those core negative beliefs power to influence our choices and our life experiences.
Think of a time when your conscious mind came up with a wonderful idea or thought about something you wanted, something you wanted to do, or something you wanted to change in your life. But before you could begin seeing the possibility of this happening and the opportunities that the Universe/God has presented to you, your subconscious mind began sending messages of discouragement telling you the many reasons why you couldn’t do what you wanted, why you couldn’t have what you wanted, or why you couldn’t be what you wanted.
Here are some possible reasons or excuses you may have told yourself: I can’t do this – what am I thinking – I’m not smart enough – I’m not spiritual enough – I’m not good enough – who am I to think I deserve this – other people are more important than I am. When these thoughts/core negative beliefs come up – who usually wins most of the time – your conscious thoughts of wanting and having, or your subconscious beliefs that you can’t have what you want and you don’t deserve to want it?
Our subconscious mind/core negative beliefs are stronger than our conscious mind leading us to give up, without a fight, on what we really want and so we settle. The fear of not being able to have what we want causes us to stay in victim mode because we believe deep down that things will never change.
How can we change this? WOW!! I’m right there with you as I have tried so many ways to connect with my higher self – my spiritual intelligence on a regular basis. I’ve tried many things to create what it is that I want. In many programs we’re told we have to reprogram those old thoughts and beliefs about ourself that keep us stuck. We try and yet those old thoughts and beliefs continue to stop us from taking action, from stepping out of our comfort zone, from taking a risk and going for what we want. We still continue to allow those old thoughts and beliefs to determine our actions most of the time.
I believe the reason for this is that our old belief system started in our Mother’s womb and has helped to create our old thoughts and behavior patterns. That is a life long accumulation of negative stuff to try and reprogram. If we could do it it would take a long, long time. We may succeed to a small degree but it continues to be more work than we want.
What I have learned from my own experience is that we can recognize and accept that we have these old beliefs and that it’s okay to have them. They’re a part of us and they are always going to be in our subconscious. That isn’t a bad thing, it’s just what it is.
Being honest about our old beliefs and our feelings about them will help us to turn our focus on our new beliefs and how we can support those. Being clear on what isn’t working and what we don’t want helps us to become clear on what will work and what we do want. Clarity helps us to bypass those old beliefs and supports our focus in turning our thoughts to our new beliefs.
Remember those old beliefs are always going to show up when you least expect it. It all comes down to your willingness to recognize them and accept them, then choose right at that moment to shift your thinking. To be able to do this you have to know what it is that you do want. Sometimes we aren’t really sure what that is when we are asked. So take the time to describe what it is you feel you are lacking, clarify what it is you want, list the reasons why you want it and how it would benefit your life. Even if you want it for the sheer pleasure of having it that is okay. Until you are completely honest with yourself in being clear about what you want, describing it, and giving the reasons why you want it you can’t create it.
If you are at a place in your life where you’re recognizing your desire to become more connected to your Higher Self please email joyce@unlockingyourvision.com or call me at 858-945-4928 and I will be happy to have a consultation with you to find clarity as to what it is that you want and how to achieve it. I will support and empower you with compassion, understanding, acceptance, and with the tools that will move you quickly forward. You will learn what is holding you back and what is needed in order for you to stop sabotaging yourself from creating the life you want. Choosing to connect daily with your Higher Self will strengthen your ability to create what you are wanting and then your core negative beliefs will begin to have less and less power in your life.
You were meant to have a great life, to feel passion, fulfillment, contentment, and joy in living and being; connecting to your Higher Self will support you in having all of that.
I would love to hear your comments on “Connecting to our Higher Self”.
Warmly, Joyce
joyce@unlockingyourvision.com
www.unlockingyourvision.com
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