Showing posts with label Positive World Views. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Positive World Views. Show all posts

Friday, October 31, 2014

"ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE"





            Any negative emotion that lasts longer than 90 seconds is the result 
            of negative self- talk and storytelling by the left-brain. My stroke of insight 
            is that the core of my right hemisphere consciousness is completely committed
            to the expression of peace, love, joy, and compassion in the world.
                                                                             Jill Bolte Taylor, Neuroanatomist

            There is plenty of good love available—love that heals our heart, melts 
            our needs, and makes our spirit sing.
                                                                             Melody Beattie



                                                  "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE"

Love is simple. It asks for nothing in return. When a friend requests me to send some positive energy, I do. If a family member writes that her cancer is back, I send love. It’s now part of my morning observance to send love to people, animals and issues who enter my consciousness.

What I don’t do is let my left-brain negative thoughts send messages with the LOVE, such as, “Maggie give up your political views.” My left-brain doesn’t get a vote on what’s bad for Maggie. Those thoughts go into the trash.

But LOVE? Love I can send Maggie for the present situation that she’s facing.

Until I read Jill Bolte Taylor’s book, My Stroke of Insight, I didn’t know we could simply pick the negative self-talk “weeds” from our brain. My left brain, like yours, has been programmed to talk trash. Those thoughts are weeds and they’ve got to go.

Today, a few words into writing this blog, weeds showed up. When the electrician arrived for a ten-minute check on my breaker-box, it turned into a three-hour affair. With my computer shut down, I was “hired” to confirm what outlets belonged to which breaker.

I heard my brain complain. It took a few attempts, but I succeeded in tossing out the negative talk. I aligned with being friendly. So my day wasn’t going as planned. When the electrician left, I sent him love; me, too, and those impacted by the delay of promises that I had made. I sent love to my blog. I sat in the sun a bit, connected with a few friends online and wham, I was back in the zone. Ready to write, grateful that the electricity was back on.

In my last blog, Healing the Cosmic Split, I shared cosmology stories about the UNITY FIELD. It’s this field of energy that our right brain hemispheres tap into, sending loving, peaceful, joyful and compassionate vibrations. I’m part of that Field. So are you.


What happens if we routinely are sending and receiving love from that field? It aligns us, heals us and unites us. Who knows the impact it has on our crying world?

Dear Reader, do you want to send Love? Okay, take a moment now.

With your heart open and your mind quiet, send one person LOVE. Send LOVE to any troubling situation.

If you like this moment of sending love, what’s one thing you can do to keep your vibrations tuned to this LOVE channel and the Unity Field?


Friday, August 29, 2014

GETTING TO YES AND STAYING THERE!


How many of you have gone down a road so long that you think it’s your contribution?

As early as five years old, people asked if I could help with their problems. It wasn’t just children; it was adults, too. Later, I found careers that put this skill to use. One of my bosses once asked me if my being successful in resolving problems was because I wanted her job. Huh?

Yes, but, if you keep on doing the same thing, what do you get? In my case: More problems!

Luckily, what also came naturally was seeing the good in everyone. I see positive futures and how to get there. Mid-careers, I found my true calling as a leadership consultant.

Being asked to help others solve problems did not disappear overnight, and it kept negative world views operational. Leadership development sees what’s working in people and organizations. Helping others to solve problems keeps you seeing what’s wrong.

It took integrity, transformation, and the support of mentors and friends for me to quit this habit. I was like a worn out dog who had given birth to too many litters.

Appreciative Inquiry, a leadership model, has this saying: “What you appreciate, appreciates.” If you’re constantly available to help others solve problems, you’re calling in more problems. If you want peace, then appreciate the peace in the world. You need to "see" what you want and that allows you to build that on that foundation and move into that pathway.

If want more wild horses, elephants and chimpanzees roaming free, appreciate the ones that are. If you want people happy and well, see them happy and well. “What you appreciate, appreciates.”

I’m no longer available for problems. I work with colleagues and clients who say “yes” to living and building on their strengths. It’s a myth that negative images inspire people to fix stuff; it brings people down. Seeing what works inspires action.


Today, someone on Facebook posted a video of Ellen talking with Gladys from Austin, Texas. I laughed and laughed! http://youtu.be/-jeCL9f2NNI. We’re all Gladys; we want it both ways. We want the good stuff while we dabble in the dark and negative. And we lose out on free trips to the Ellen show. 

In my life and work, I’ve joined a myriad of Facebook positive voices that post positive media communications. We’re creating a vortex of good energy to dip into.


This past weekend, I heard some difficult and sad news. When I shared it with a mentor, she encouraged me to offer my joy in the next days and months. Intelligent lady. She knew I couldn’t dwell on this sadness and be able to shift into my joy.

Monday, I posted this on Facebook:

JOIN ME IN WRITING THIS FUN-LOVING "BLOG" ABOUT JOY AND HAPPINESS.


Two Words. I’ll start.
The next person adds two words.

It posted for three days with twelve contributors:


Me:   I Delight

Tamara:  In Animal’s

Wendy: Loving Expressions

Words: Begin Within

 Debbie: Sharing Gratitude

 Me: For Unseen

Castagne: Bubbles of Joy

Kim:  I Can't Imagine

 Sharon: Universal Peace

 Me: And Yet

Sabia: Love Reigns

  Ambika: Inviting You

Kim: To Feel

Sandy:  The Warmth

Kim: And Power

Merrilee: Of Kindness

Me: That Gives

Kim: Us EVERYTHING!!!! 


Reader, what are your two words? What shift did you make to a positive path?