Thank you 7-16-2016

This is true.  I am grateful in between as well, even if things are not perfect, I choose to be thankful for it all and stay in my peace and joy.  So, yes, when I lay down at night I say "thank you for this day" and again when I wake up I say "thank you for this day"

Every day that I wake up and I can stretch my arms because I am not in a coffin, is a day to be thankful for.  And every night that I can lay down in my bed because I made it through the entire day above ground, I am thankful for.  Because, as I have said numerous times, the more grateful you are the more you have to be grateful for.  Life loves us and it is we who must choose to love life. 

Yes, I said choose to love life, no matter what.  Every thought and emotion you feel is a choice, whether you are consciously aware of it or not.  And if you are not aware of it then you are still choosing by default from your past and the opinions you formed about it and things you learned growing up.

It is much like the old adage that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.  If you tried it once and it didn't work, okay, you tried that (move on!) but if you repeat it and the result is still the same that should be a red flag to you to do something different because repeating it over and over will not change the outcome.  You need to change how you go about it.

But if you just change how you feel about it, whatever it is that you are wanting, it is so much easier to obtain.  Effort means there is resistance.  And what you resist will persist until you step back and release your attachment to it and just flow with what is.  And that requires being grateful for whatever IS in the moment.  The not wanting of it will not change it, but the second you accept it, magic happens and it changes, all because you did.  You changed your THOUGHTS about it, which changed the feelings and it is free to go away so that something more pleasant can come in to take its place.  And so yes:

I go to bed each night and wake each morning with the same words on my lips...Thank you for this day.

Riddle me this Batman 7-15-2016

I will preface this by saying that I am not egotistical, I know that I am no better or worse than anyone, we are all the same and just trying to find our way home.  There is a vast difference between having a healthy self esteem and being egotistical and thinking your poop doesn't stink.  On the other hand we hear so much today from therapists, counselors, life coaches and the like who refer to our ego as the "monkey mind" that just chatters at us constantly.

That said, I listen to my "chatter" and it is nearly always positive which made me wonder what it means if this is the case, that it is our "ego", and mine is kind.  It is almost always uplifting and cheering me on, making me believe that anything is possible for me.  And as I observe this pattern, for me personally, I don't really care what anyone, counselors, coaches, whoever, would think of me but I am curious what they would make of it.

Whereas many are filled with self doubt, I am filled with belief, or whatever the opposite of doubt is.  Okay, I took the time to stop and look it up and I was correct in saying doubt.  Doubt is disbelief or uncertainty and I lack that most of the time.  I believe in me and the universal power within me.  So did my "ego" just fall in line?

I believe in myself so much that others believe in me, too.  I am not perfect, no, but I do believe that I can do all things, should I desire to do them.  In reality, however, with this small busted vessel of a body I dwell in, many times my spirit and mind make promises that my body cannot keep. At least in this particular physical world.  I think that is what my dreams are for, to allow me to do things that I cannot during waking hours. And yet again I digress...

Because the same little chatter voice that tells me positive things is also the same one who said the "what does it mean" statement.  Things to ponder my friends, things to ponder.  So riddle me this Batman:

What does it mean if that little voice that always chatters in your head says nothing but positive things?

Tone for the day 7-14-2016

This is not to say that I don't have weird dreams or weird days but since I don't label things I wouldn't really know if I had one of either.  They are just dreams and days.  Of course I choose what kind of day I will have each morning when I wake up, no one else can choose for me, not even my dreams.

And sure, I look for the deeper meaning of my dreams as I wake up and I recognize which are prophetic, which ones are just playful, which ones are guiding me and which ones are my brains way of working things out from the previous day.  But they do not set the tone for my day, I do.  And I simply choose to have joy filled days, no matter what they may hold in store for me.

I may seem, to those I live with, to be grumpy in the mornings, but really I am not, I just take a while to fully wake up and left to myself I am in my happy place.  I don't snap at them when I see them, I just kind of mumble and they leave me be to wake up.   They know me.  

Many times it is because I did not wake from a dream and put it in my dream journal, thinking I would remember it in the morning, but I don't.  So I am trying to recall them so that I can write them down and I need solitude to stay in that half awake and half asleep state.  If I cannot get the details back I let it go and return to happy and wake up.

And then I go about my days happy, full of peace and joy and see where the day takes me.  It is almost always pleasant.  I will have the occasional days where my allergies will kick up and be uncomfortable and I can be a little pissy but I don't take it out on anyone, it is not their fault, why should I?

The point is I do not let anyone or anything determine the tone of my days, only I get to do that.  And so I choose love and joy filled days.

There ya go :-D

Change a life 7-13-2016

I was on a bus yesterday and when I do ride buses, which is regularly, I watch people.  They are entertaining as all get out, just being themselves.  Most of the time I silently send them a hug and say I love you, just spreading love around wherever I go.

Hawaii is a very loving state, diverse in culture, race and nationalities and I seldom witness people who are unkind.  I do realize that it is far different on the mainland right now and the world needs more love and for each person to love themselves and others and I want to hug them all.

That said, I will, at times, spontaneously hug someone or even just touch their arm because I was to send my loving vibration directly into them.   If more people were inclined to hug another human, stranger or not, than to say harsh things or physically hit them, the world would be a far better place.

Ok, back to the bus...normally a lot of the people are on their phones looking like they are perusing facebook or playing games but yesterday was different. Out of a bus load of people only 2 were on their devices except for a lot of them were getting phone calls.  But mostly they were just riding in silence and I wondered what they were thinking.

Before the bus got full, however, this elderly man chose to sit right next to me.  He could have chosen any number of empty seats but he sat next to me.  I was charmed I tell you.  We watched people together and smiled a lot.  When it came time for my stop I thanked him and told him I had a wonderful ride because of him and went to gently touch his arm and he took my hand.  I gave his a squeeze back and he seemed to not want to let go.  It was not a forceful grip just a hand hold that said sorry to see you go now.  So I gave him a wink and got off the bus.

And it made me want to hug someone else, to share that connection, spread the love around as I do.  Because I felt like that made that mans day, that connection, that kindness.  And it inspired this (above) poster.

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And there is a drawing for a set of handcrafted (by me) bamboo wind chimes here:

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Close your eyes 7-12-2016

This struck me when I went to bed last night and as I layed in bed in the dark with my eyes closed I thought to myself, I could be in a bed in Paris or Australia or even Colorado for that matter.  Okay, physically I would not wake up in any of those places in reality, I could just as well have been anywhere at that moment. Anywhere in the universe.

I have oft closed my eyes and imagined I was in the cosmos, just part of that space among the stars.  You have all seen pictures of the beauty of that and in just closing your eyes, think yourself there, too.  You are really made of that anyway and are a part of it, so why not enjoy just being there?  If only for a little while.

Our imagination is so powerful we can create sights and sounds and smells out of thin air just by closing our eyes and I do it all the time.  Stressing out a bit?  Close your eyes and go somewhere else, away from your stress or whatever is causing it (well, honestly you are, as it is your belief about a thing that causes it and not the actual thing itself) and just be wherever you want to be, for that moment.  Stress relieved.  And even after you open your eyes, stay with that feeling of wherever you went and stress cannot rear its ugly little head.

Peace can be found just by being still and closing your eyes and going where your heart desires.  And so:

Close your eyes and your mind can take you anywhere your heart desires to go

I love this moment 7-11-2016

Although the picture might seem to imply that I love the moment when a wave is building (I do) it really is not what I meant when I chose that picture to put with those words.  It is the perfect mantra really for bringing you back into the moment should your thoughts start to wander.

If you are mindful and always aware of your thoughts without being attached to them or holding on and running with them, you may not need a mantra at all.  I do love OM as a mantra but mostly because said out loud, it is the same vibration and frequency of the universe, however, it may not always be "appropriate" to say it out loud.  And so I can say this to myself anytime, anywhere, even out loud.

Often times when I go to bed at night and start thanking the universe for all that I am grateful for in that day, I can tend to wander and this brings me back to the present moment, the one I am currently in and just be grateful for it, in the still dark quiet of night.

Or should I find myself surrounded by people who are not loving the moment, I can say it, if just to myself, so that I am not caught up in whatever they are saying or doing and pass that moment without any judgment or questioning why they are hating it.  So for me, it is the perfect mantra to stay in the present and love it as it is:

I love this moment.

Makaha beach 7-10-2016

I took off for the beach this morning and never got around to my blog.  Some days you just have to get out in nature and play and enjoy what the day brings. 

Seriously, who else would travel 2 hours each way by bus to spend an hour on a beautiful beach just to take pictures and do a little video to share with you?  I would :-D

And so I sincerely hope it plays.  I do these videos for my radiating love facebook page people but I thought I would share it here first today.  Because I have a desire to put something here in my blog every day.  Yes, I have missed a few days over the past (going on) 2 months but I do like to have it current every day.  I am funny that way.

If it doesn't play, you can always go to the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Radiating1love/

to see it as it will be on there in the next couple of days.  I do not know why it won't make the link but it is easy enough to copy/paste into a browser.

No shame here 7-9-2016

I, like all sentient beings, was born to love.  Shame is a learned behavior taught to us by a bygone society who learned from a previous one.  Just because any large group says a thing is true does not make it truth.  Without overlooking the obvious shame from the garden of Eden, which they took upon themselves, God did not put it upon them, because they turned from their true nature.  The apple and the snake were only a metaphor folks.

When you live in the truth of who and what you really are, there is no shame.  And that is the truth.  Being the little rebel that I am I have never quite bought into what society or the media would have me believe.  Do they look within themselves for the truth?  Or do they just live from the ego and attempt to control the masses?  I won't go there now.

Sure, when I was young and under the control of my parents, I did what I was told when I was told.  Not that I bought it, but life loves life and does everything it can to survive.  Once I was on my own, I was free to be me, who I really am.  Years later I would have spiritual conversations with my mom who asked "where did you learn all of this?" and I told her I knew it before I arrived in this body, I just never covered it with poop.

So then I asked her "do you believe in miracles?" and she had to think about it a minute or two.  She said "well, yes, don't you?" and without skipping a beat I said "No, I go beyond belief and rely on them".  She had to ponder that a while.  Faith is knowing what you know without knowing how you know.

There is no shame if you come from love and emanate that, there isn't.  Love knows no shame, only itself, love.  And that is what we are, made of the very same elements as the stars, just pure love energy.  We are meant to shine, not to be ashamed.  And honestly, when you live in the truth of who and what you are, you do nothing that would cause you shame.  And so:

Have you no shame?  Ummm, nope I was not born with any.

The power to bless 7-8-2016

I was sitting at a bus stop and someone sneezed and without hesitation I said loudly "bless you" because I wasn't sure who sneezed and because it is my automatic response when someone does.  In the past when someone sneezed and I said that and they thanked me, as people do, I would say exactly what the poster does.

And I thought about that after this little exchange, though the person did not thank me, how I would always respond that way.  Because that is one power that no one can take from me, or from anyone else for that matter.  We do have the power to bless one another, we do.

This happened yesterday and I did not know about all the shootings on the US mainland at the time and returning home to learn about all of that really saddened me.  And rather than look at another human being, regardless of color or profession, with a blessing for that soul in their heart, they chose to shoot them.

I don't often speak out about current events as I normally avoid the media since they seldom show all the good happening in this world unless it is a tiny sound bite at the end of the news.  But apparently drama and violence sells and so they are biased, which feeds the drama and violence "machine" as it were.  

So it was that I really reflected on this poster saying above because I truly believe it.  And I sent love out to all those affected by the senseless shootings, cops killing blacks, blacks killing cops and thanked the Universe that I live in a civilized state where people don't pick each other off like that.  Hawaiians are very honorable folks who would prefer to pummel you with their fists like men do than to use a gun where someone will or may die.  No, they may fight, but they are not killers.  But I digress...

And as I sent love and light out and every blessing to all, not just to those affected, but around the globe, I will confess that for a split second I wondered if the world had gone insane.  There was just so much craziness going on yesterday and I cannot say it was everywhere but it was going on all the same on the US mainland.  And I do say mainland because Hawaii IS one of the United States but is separated from the rest, the mainland.

I do not comprehend the senseless acts of hostility or violence.  I cannot fathom living in a society that treats others that way.  Or a society that doesn't see the core issue causing it all.  It is time to wake up people.  To wake up to who and what you really are, the essence of you, of us all, is love and that is a super power.  Those who would hurt another are powerless, lashing out in fear.  Hurt people, hurt people.  There is no love in fear nor is there fear in love.  And love is where your power is.  Yes you have the ability to harm but:

I have the power to bless others. And so do you.

Living the future 7-7-16

Given that this is basically a journal of my thoughts which I can look back upon to see where I was and if I have changed (or not), and even though it would seem as if I am "beating a dead horse" so to speak, I just can't say it enough.  How your thoughts create your feelings and combined create your reality.

That said, if you are currently living what you thought about in the past and you are still thinking into the future, it would behoove you to think of it in happy terms rather than dread, would it not?  Then at least you would feel happy now, in the present, instead of anxious.

I would rather feel excited about my future now than anxious or worried about things that may never happen because the universe is always conspiring in my favor.  And if it is in my favor then I should be, too, since I am connected to and a part of it.  The big difference here is that though it conspires in my favor and shows me signs continually, if I am too busy being filled with worry or dread I am not open to what it is showing me.

On the other hand, if I live excited about things that may (or may not) happen, at least I have them now in my present and can live joyfully and be open to what the universe shows me.  And it shows me that it is in my favor and generally delivers what I am excited about, or something better.  It is funny like that.  It strives to bring me better than I can imagine.  And so:

If you are already living your future in your head, it might as well be happy rather than dread.