Dear Friends,
I am wishing you the Happiest of New Years! If I had one wish for all of you it would be that you understand, know and trust what amazing creators you are of your own mini universes. I was reading a book recently titled “The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell You”, written by Mike Dooley. The message that really penetrated my being was the author kept pointing out how much of our lives really are working well. Perhaps there might be one area of our lives or maybe 2 that are bothering us but if we really look at our lives from a different perspective we can find so many things that are working for us! Perhaps your job is wonderful, you have beautiful children or a lovely home, sweet animals. Or perhaps you have the ability to travel and meet many wonderful people and see beautiful places. The point is that there are always things to be unhappy about but there are also always things to be pleased about that bring you joy if you choose to look. And that is the operative word “choose”.
As the creators of your own worlds you get to choose how you wish to experience life. Even if someone very close to you is dying, or you have been diagnosed with a serious illness, you get to “choose” how you wish to respond to these occurances. Wow, how powerful is that!!! I’m not saying it is necessarily an easy thing to do but it does get easier! I know, as I have been working on this aspect of my life for years and I am finally understanding this principal. I’m not always the fastest kid on the block in getting things but once I get something, I really get it!
The day after Christmas I found out a very dear friend of mine whom I have known for almost 24 years was getting ready to leave this earth. At first I was very sad, and still have moments of sadness. I heard myself saying, “Geez, this is a great way to start the New Year, so much for having a Happy New Year!” Then I caught myself and once again marveled at how quickly my mind turns to the negative. However, I am getting pretty quick at turning things around as well. I decided to re-frame this experience. Not to deny my feelings of sadness but also to not deny the other good things that are going on in my life. Sad things are going to happen but we have a choice to make these sad things the main focus or to place the focus of whatever is happening in a different light. We can acknowledge our sadness but then find things that bring us joy, that help us to get out of bed in the morning.
The really incredible part about re-framing our world to focus more on the good than the not so good, is that we get to experience the side effects of such re-focusing. We get to experience greater health, harmony, and love in our life that comes from an enhanced sense of well being. I have said this before, our cells, our energy systems, our spirits, the very fabric of our beings respond to love, to things that make us happy.
So again, if I have one wish for you it would be that you contemplate every day on what you resonate with, what makes you happy, what makes you smile, what makes you feel all warm and tingly inside. I’m not saying to deny the things that aren’t going so well, but the moment you turn and face what is going well, worlds will open up for you. The moment you turn and look towards what makes you happy, even if it is the smallest of things in your mind, the universe will start coordinating billions of details to bring coincidences, people, places, ideas, etc, etc, to make your world even more wonderful!!
So what will you choose this year…A Happy New Year, a maybe not quite so good New Year, or a rather awful New Year! It’s all up to you! I suggest choosing to create a Happy New Year. You are truly the master creator of your own universe and it’s a wild ride!! Hang on…..it’s only going to get better….if you choose!