I make my reaction to people and experiences from the loving place in me that is also in you…I become aware of how I am reacting to the outside world. When I take decisions and make choices, I ask myself: What would love do now?

JUST how do we react to people and situations that crop up in our life?

So much of human reaction is based on counter attack, fear and misunderstanding.

So often we bite back, fight back or retreat and resent.

But when we decide to make love our response whatever is thrown at us and whoever does the throwing we are able to stay in love.

If we believe in God let us consider how God would react to whatever we might hurl at the universe.

Would not the divine see the fear and frailty of those who lash out… would the divine not have compassion… would the divine not be able to forgive while not condoning… would the divine not understand just how low people can behave when they are in a place that is not aligned to the loving essence that is deep within their heart.

And so we might need to shape our own reaction to people and life’s events from a loving prospective.

When we learn and acknowledge our divinity we can come from that place of love that is really and truly us.

And we can move away from that place that seems to have separated itself from unity, harmony and joy.

Likewise, we can help others to move back to love rather than push them further into the abyss.

When we show loving understanding, attempt healing and teach others love then they can take steps to fulfill their divine potential rather than home in on the label that takes them away from love.

When we react in an unloving way, one based on revenge, one based on retaliation and one based on ego then we also drag ourselves to that negative energy level.

But when we make the conscious decision to make our reaction a loving one, we can remain elevated and at one with all there is while accepting that someone who is drowning does not have to drag us down into the watery depths with them.

So with every decision we take and every choice we make, let us consider: What would love do now?

Indeed, what would love do?

And if our reaction in words and actions to others comes from that place of love that we all share then we experience the bliss of being divine.

Because the divine resides in heaven.

The part of us that attempts separation from the divine steps out of heaven into the fear based zones of human daily life.

So when someone speaks to us in an unloving way, let us come back at them with love.

Let us accept that the words spoken or written are not about us… but all about the person delivering them.

So when someone acts in an unloving way let us have compassion for their plight… for the hurt they are exacting on themselves as they also do it to others.

So if unloving experiences come along, let us provide loving reactions. Because loving reactions heal both ourselves, others and the world at large.

We are at choice always.

Do we want to react in a way that take us out of love?

Or do we want to always make love our reaction?

Love can solve all problems

Love can heal all wounds.

Love can repair relationships.

Let us speak love, do love and become love>

So dear and beautiful friend.. do open your heart and share what is going on for you on this subject or any subject

I see love everywhere… I know that there is nowhere where love is not…and I know that I need to keep my heart open even when it can be tempting to close it. Each time the door to my heart has been closed, love has been knocking strongly so that it opens again.

LOVE is everywhere.

And so love does not pass us by.

Therefore, love is not missing from this life and not that life.

And love always enters our life… and love also always comes back to us when we feel it has left or is missing.

In other words, it is absolute truth and not rocket science to understand that love is always present in our life.

It is just that sometimes we are so fixated with feelings of isolation, disconnection, hurt, sorrow and fear that we do not grasp the love that is in our reach.

It is a sort of blindness.

We just do not see what so often is right under our nose.

Love is the glue that holds together the universe… it is the meaning of life and the reason why planet earth came into existence in the first place.

All other reasons, scientific, rational or irrational, are illusions created by the ego mind which drags us all screaming and kicking into a veritable hell of disunity and loneliness.

So is there anywhere where love is not?

Of course not.

It is only deluded and fearful thinking that ever tries to deny that love is not pivotal to our experience and our way of living.

Whenever our mind, through hurt, resentment, anger or a feeling of being rejected or misunderstood, breaks from the connection with all that is, was and ever will be, love is still not far away.

It will become our saviour.

It will become our healer

It will become our reason to carry on down our own yellow brick road which will return us to that place from where we came… and which we might know clearly, perhaps for the first time.

When we close our hearts, we might feel that we are shutting love out for fear of being hurt again or hurt again and again but love is struggling and pushing to re enter our lives.

You never keep love down.

You can never really push love away.

It is like a boomerang.. each time you throw it it will be wanting and willing to return to your hands.

And it does.

So whenever we feel that we are not loved, unpopular, will never find a soul mate, will always be alone, will always be at the end of meaningless or unfulfilled relationships we need to work out what are the patterns of our past that are causing us this mental obstruction.

Of course, we are not excluded from love.

Of course, love will not escape us when it does not escape others.

And of course we all deserve love and if we think we are not good enough for love then this is again a product of our bad conditioning and the sort of beliefs we still carry around us.

Each of us has our own love story.

Sometimes, we are just not in it.

We need to start seeing love everywhere… we can see it in ourselves… we can see it in others through their acts of kindness and compassion… we can see it in nature.. we can see it in beauty all around us… we can see it in smiles.. we can see it in our conversations… in our connections.. and in those around us who are just crying out for us to make contact or make communication in their lives.

Sometimes we are just so transfixed on the door that has closed… the heart that has been shut off or hearts even… that we do not see those who are reaching out to us, those who want us so much and those who are opening their doors and inviting us in.

We cannot open another’s heart… either to the world or to ourselves.

But we can open our own heart and let in loving people, loving experiences and take loving choices.

What happens when we knock on the door of love?

Yes, love answers us! It always does.

So dear and beautiful friend… do open your heart and share what is going on for you on this subject or any subject

NEVER be selective about who you give your love to.

Love everybody.

Yes… everybody!

Who said it was easy? Sometimes it isn’t. But the most important thing is that we extend love to all.. particularly those who we might find it most hard to love but are in so much need of it for sure.

So many of us pick and choose those people we want to give our attention to, who we want in our circle of friends and close acquaintances, our significant other, our family.

But to restrict love is also to restrict love to all aspects of ourselves.

Because all people in the world… all people who cross our path and come into our life are reflecting some part of us.

And they might well be reflecting some part of us that needs to be healed.

So give love to the person who stands aloof or is different or puts up those forbidding barriers.

Give love to the person who is judgmental or condescending.

Give love to the person who does not agree with you or even goes so far as to challenge you for who you are.

And give love to the person who is clearly at odds with you.

Because in loving the person who does not connect well, you are giving love and healing to the part of you that finds it hard to connect with certain people… perhaps authoritarian figures.

And in loving the person who casts judgment you are give warm healing to that part of you which sets you apart, considers yourself better or lesser than others.

And giving love to the person who is conflict with you brings understanding that part of you which is in conflict with yourself.

So someone in your life has gone off the rails… has behaved in a way that you do not approve of. We all know those who have upset the applecart.

But wake up… there is part of you that is off the rails.

Part of you might be glued to some addiction, to some destructive mode of conduct, to something that does not serve you or the world.

And when you love another for who they are despite what they might do as they struggle through life, as we all surely do at times, you are also healing and love that part of you which is also struggling.

Let’s face it… as human beings we all have the same emotions, feelings, fears and foibles.

Yes, all of us.

And we are connected into this great energy gestalt of which we are part of and so every aspect of every aspect of every person in the world is also an aspect of us.

OK some aspects might be subdued… some might be healed and therefore we are not as dangerous as other people… but all aspects do rear their heads in our thoughts if not our actions and loving action changes that thought into a better one that serves us.

We all suffer destructive thoughts… even if we do not follow them up with actions.

And we all need this healing so that when one of those ill serving thoughts flicks into our mind we can switch it quickly into a loving one which will not cause us to burn with rage, beat ourselves up or have any potency in our consciousness.

That is how you and I change this great energy gestalt one person at a time towards love, harmony and peace and make the world a safer place for us all.

But we need to love people…. love them anyway however obnoxious or foul they might seem to us at certain times if not for most of the time.

And we just need to know and accept that those in a fearful space will behave in a fearful and disrespecting way.

There is no rocket science about that.

However, those who take our hand of love can be healed as much as ourselves when we stretch out that hand to them.

Be the bridge of love in people’s lives.

And see how your life changes in the process.

That’s the pay back.

It is the universe’s way of showing you that all the good you do in the world to others is also done to you.

Those who might appear the hardest and the trickiest to love are the ones in most need of it.

Just as we find it so hard at times to love aspects of ourselves and yet those aspects are most in need of healing love.

Love all people… and see your life and the lives of others change.

So dear and beautiful friend… do open your heart and share what is going on for you on this subject or any subject

I look deeply and lovingly into the eyes of all others… the eyes are the window to the soul, the landing strip to the heart where the soul dwells… and I know when I look into the eyes of another I gaze into the beauty of their soul and I see, as well as feel, our oneness.

OUR eyes are the windows to our soul… the landing strip to our beautiful heart.

And yet so often when we observe others, pass others by we do not connect at eye level.

So miss one of the most beautiful forms of human connection… and we miss out on gazing into the soul of another.

Every time we can make eye contact with another it is an experience to be cherished, an insight into a fabulous creation… just like us.

It is always regrettable when we look away… it is always a missed opportunity when we avert our gaze and fear what others might think of our intention if we should dare to look into the eyes of another.

Yet when we look into the eyes of another we are glimpsing their soul.

We are honouring and are honoured all at the same time.

Let us resolve to make eye contact with everyone.

Even those we might be afraid of… or those we do not usually make eye contact with.

Let us take the time to look at the beauty of someone through their eyes… notice the colour and the texture of that person’s windows to their soul.

And know that an eye to eye communication is one of the most intimate and self giving experiences we can indulge in.

When we look into the eyes of the other we are on a fast trip to connecting with that person’s soul.

We can see their vulnerability…. and their authenticity all at the same time.

But most of all we can see that they are just like us…. how we are so connected even if we are often told that we are not.

They have the same doubts, fears, insecurities, joys and sorrows.. and when we can stand looking at one another in this deep and loving way we are accepting that person for the magnificent human being they are… without any attention on differences.

Our eyes hold the same…each of us have windows that take us into the same one soul.

Making eye contact is not only the surefire route to soul to soul connection but also shows the other person we are interested in them for who they are.

We are not focusing on their body appearance, on their sexual attractiveness or what might set them apart from others

But we are focusing on that which mirrors our sameness as well as uniqueness in a subtle way…. we all have eyes which reflect the whole range of emotions that we all do share… and lead us into that treasure house of love which is not found in the elements or the world outside but inside the human heart.

And when we focus on eye connection with others our mouths can break into a smile… smiling is the universal language of positive and loving connection.

It is the way we make both ourselves and others feel better and feel lighter as they go about their day.

So dear and beautiful friend… do open your heart and share what is going on for you on this subject or any subject

Never judge someone…

‘Some people!’ snorted a man standing behind me in the long line at the grocery store. ‘You would think the manager would pay attention and open another line, ’said a woman.

I looked to the front of the line to see what the hold up was and saw a well dressed, young woman, trying to get the machine to accept her credit card. No matter how many times she swiped it, the machine kept rejecting it.

‘It’s one of them welfare card things. Damn people need to get a job like everyone else,’ said the man standing behind me.

The young woman turned around to see who had made the comment.

It was me,’ he said, pointing to himself.

The young lady’s face began to change expression. Almost in tears, she dropped the welfare card onto the counter and quickly walked out of the store. Everyone in the checkout line watched as she began running to her car. Never looking back, she got in and drove way.

After developing cancer in 1977 and having had to use food stamps; I had learned never to judge anyone, without knowing the circumstances of their life. This turned out to be the case today.

Several minutes later a young man walked into the store. He went up to the cashier and asked if she had seen the woman. After describing her, the cashier told him that she had run out of the store, got into her car, and drove away.

‘Why would she do that?’ asked the man. Everyone in the line looked around at the fellow who had made the statement. ‘I made a stupid comment about the welfare card she was using. Something I shouldn’t have said. I’m sorry,’ said the man.

‘Well, that’s bad, real bad, in fact. Her brother was killed in Afghanistan two years ago. He had three young children and she has taken on that responsibility. She’s twenty years old, single, and now has three children to support,’ he said in a very firm voice.

‘I’m really truly sorry. I didn’t know,’ he replied, Shaking both his hands about.

The young man asked, ‘Are these paid for?’ pointing to the shopping cart full of groceries..

‘It wouldn’t take her card’ the clerk told him.

‘Do you know where she lives?’ asked the man who had made the comment.

‘Yes, she goes to our church.’

‘Excuse me,’ he said as he made his way to the front of the line. He pulled out his wallet, took out his credit card and told the cashier, ‘Please use my card. PLEASE!’ The clerk took his credit card and began to ring up the young woman’s groceries.

Hold on,’ said the gentleman. He walked back to his shopping cart and began loading his own groceries onto the belt to be included. ‘Come on people. We got three kids to help raise!’ he told everyone in line.

Everyone began to place their groceries onto the fast moving belt. A few customers began bagging the food and placing it into separate carts.. ‘Go back and get two big turkeys,’ yelled a heavyset woman, as she looked at the man.

‘NO,’ yelled the man. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks. The entire store became quiet for several seconds. ‘Four turkeys,’ yelled the man. Everyone began laughing and went back to work.

When all was said and done, the man paid a total of $1,646.57 for the groceries. He then walked over to the side, pulled out his check book, and began writing a check using the bags of dog food piled near the front of the store for a writing surface. He
Turned around and handed the check to the young man. ‘She will need a freezer and a few other things as well,’ he told the man.

The young man looked at the check and said, ‘This is really very generous of you.’

‘No, ‘ said the man. ‘Her brother was the generous one.’

Everyone in the store had been observing the odd commotion and began to clap. And I drove home that day feeling very American.

We live in the Land of the free, because of the Brave!!

Remember our Troops of Yesterday and Today!!!

A great example of why we should be kind and patient. Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear.

May God’s many blessings continue to be with you – ALWAYS!!!

MAY THIS KEEP GOING….

IT WILL OPEN A LOT OF EYES,
HOPEFULLY HEARTS,
AND KEEP SOME MOUTHS SHUT..

Indifference, the absence of emotion, is easy to fall into. You’ve had too much, you feel like there is not a bright light at the end of the tunnel, there is no hope. I can relate to such feelings and know that it is very difficult to get yourself out of such a rut.

Nothing seems to interest you, you have lost all enjoyment in things you like to do. You don’t want to sit, stand, sleep, not sleep, eat, not eat, nothing means anything. As you can tell from the description I have been through it and know that it takes much work to get out of it.

After saying the word “work” there is a catch. At times enjoying the indifference for a brief period of time can be beneficial. However, one must not stay in that non-feeling mode for to long. Then the work begins.

It is hard to say what works for each individual person to break the cycle of indifference. The one common factor that must be done, is finding variety. Finding variety can some from very little things such as a change in a meal to a game that you have not played in years. Spice it up with something new.

During periods of indifference this can be a very difficult task, so changing what you’re doing often can greatly help. Watch T.V. for 20 minutes, then go for a walk, then read a book, then go shopping. Doing these multiple tasks in a small amount of time will help to shake the looming indifference that is interfering with your life.

I try not to be a big advocate of naps, although I love to take them. However, many people suffering from indifference can have a whole new outlook after a power nap. Power nap meaning no more then 45 minutes, I know the wonder of the power nap has made a great difference in my life.

Bottom-line, if you are suffering from indifference, enjoy briefly, start many tasks in short intervals, and never underestimate the power of refreshing yourself with a power nap.