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One of the benefits of visiting with my family is that I get to hang out with the family dogs Maxwell & Dixie. Dixie watches over my brother and his family. Dixie is a beagle, like Snoopy of PEANUTS fame. She’s always doing something funny. She cracks me up!

Dixie knows I have a soft spot for her and so she sometimes follows me around in the kitchen to see if I’lll let her help with dishes by licking a plate or a spoon. The other night, we all came back to the rental house we’re staying in and people settled all over the living area and started watching Harry Potter, playing games, etc. I went into the kitchen and Dixie followed me around wagging her tail, so happy to see me. She was very persistent, so I asked everyone if she’d been fed her dinner, and was told she’d been fed.

I looked at Dixie and asked her, “what’s up, Dixie-Doodle?” I call her that, it just seems to fit her, although I do feel her “real” name is Lucy. Don’t ask me why, it’s just my intuition. Anyway, she immediately told what she wanted – water! She was thirsty!

She drank the first bowl of water straight off. She was so happy to get it. I don’t think anyone gave her water for about 8 hours. Then I gave her another bowl and yet another! She drank part of the third and was very thankful.

Like most dogs she didn’t hold a grudge, she was just grateful and happy. Little dog, big heart!

They’re such teachers, aren’t they? Dixie loves to sit and look out the window. In most homes, this means she has to climb up somewhere to get a view. As you can see from the picture’s below, she’s very clever about getting herself situated in a comfortable spot where she can sit and watch what’s going on outside. Dixie does the same thing in the car.

Dixie is a cousin to Snoopy for sure!

Affirmation:

I AM grateful for the little things in life. My heart is big with great gratitude.

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Yesterday my Dad got married to a lovely woman he met at Match.com 2 years ago. They’ve been having a good time, which is wonderful to see. Although my Dad had sworn he’d never marry again, he went and did it. At first they planned to have a City Hall wedding and not invite anyone, but then they decided to include everyone.

It’s wonderful that we can change our minds. It’s wonderful that love can blossom in the most unexpected ways and times. All that’s required is our willingness.

Is there any place in your life, in your family, in your relationships, your creativity or even your health and wealth that you have closed your mind and accepted some limitation that you’re not enjoying?

I’m always amazed at how closed people are to the good in their lives. Sometimes folks would rather be right about being miserable then change their mind and be happy.

Would you be willing to keep an open mind and be willing to have a different experience? Cultivate that willingness and bring on your breakthrough!

Affirmation:

I AM willing to change my mind and have a breakthrough!

Jennifer & Dad – Wedding Day
 

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There’s always some drama to get entangled in if you’re interested in having drama. Some people like to create drama. It gives them a sense of power and control. For some people, drama makes them feel alive:

I complain, there for I AM.

I used to love to complain.
I used to feel powerful creating drama.
And then I decided to focus on being more spiritually mature.

It did take me many years to break the habit of being a drama queen. Once I got out of the habit, I realized how exhausting it is. I also realized what a complete waste of energy it is.

You really do have to DECIDE to heal the attraction to the negativity and the attraction to separation. Love is the healer. You can love yourself enough to choose higher.

It does take some attention and focus to be able to turn your mind away from the drama, but you’ll soon realize that you can invest your precious life in other things MUCH more enjoyable and more valuable.

I’m particularly aware of the choice to avoid drama while visiting my family this week in Maine. Instead of creating some drama or indulging in negativity I can enjoy my family and love them. And I also managed to go for a beautiful kayak with my sister-in-law. Fun!

Affirmation:

I choose Love. Love is my healer today!

Ocean Kayaking
 

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Many people feel unsuccessful. They’re looking outside of themselves for signs of success, but the greatest success comes from the progress within. Years ago I decided that the best success would be my ability to be more loving. Every day I can be successful if I choose to be. It’s a great self-esteem builder.

Each and every day there are a plethora of opportunities to be more loving, kind, compassionate and generous and it’s a wonderful way to feel that I’m in the flow of the all good.

If I miss some opportunities to be more loving and compassionate, and instead choose negativity, I can immediately turn the tide and choose to be loving and compassionate with myself. Love is such a wonderful and healing practice and it does become a habit, just like being grumpy or withdrawn or sarcastic becomes a habit.

I used to think that my thoughts, beliefs and behavior were very much dependent upon what others were doing. If others would just behave differently then I would too.

Being on vacation with my family this week I have so much evidence of my spiritual success. There was a time in our family when there were lots of sarcasm, complaining, disagreements, and arguments, but no more. I have to say that I notice that the more loving I am the more loving everyone around me is.

Yesterday it rained all day and so we had game day. We played one game after another: Blokcus, Settlers of Katan, cards, scrabble, jigsaw puzzles and a couple of Harry Potter movies too. It was a great day – nine of us in the house all day together and not even one minor upset or disagreement. Pretty amazing.

Do I take credit for this amazing shift in my family. No, of course not. Love is the healer, not me. However, I dedicate myself to love and the healing happens.

Is there any relationship you’re in where you’ve been blaming the state of it on someone else? Take charge and be the one who puts love first. Put love in charge and love will heal your whole life! Now, THAT is true success!

Affirmation:

I AM the one I’ve been waiting for!

Maine Summer Storm
 

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Sometimes when things don’t go the way we’d like them to, the temptation is to label it bad or wrong. I’ve learned to leave my mind open to DISCOVER the good in whatever is unfolding. This can make life feel more adventurous – sometimes more like a roller coaster ride. Personally I’d rather be on a roller coaster ride then stewing in a point of view of bad or wrong.

When my sister-in-law, Debbie, was 47 years old she found out that she was pregnant. She and my brother, Michael, already had three children. The youngest one was nine years old. Michael and Debbie were “done” having children. Her doctor had told her it would be “impossible” to have another child.

When they discovered that Debbie was expecting child #4 they were in shock. Some children are a surprise. This one was a SHOCK. Debbie would be 48 when this one was born. 48!!!! She had nursed all the other children for two years. She’d be nursing at age 50. Yikes!

Not to mention the expense of yet another child.

My brother’s initial reaction was to bring a lawsuit against their doctor. He wanted to sue for all the expenses of raising a fourth child. Understandable.

Well, Mikey was born and is now 6 years old. He is absolutely a joy and a pleasure for all of us. He makes everything more delightful. (As I type this he’s singing me a song about the “awesome” cake he helped make for dessert “there’s a party in my belly …”)

So, at first, Mikey was a shock and now he’s a treasure. What made the difference? Love of course.

The invitation is to ask yourself, what have you been labeling as wrong or bad, that could actually have some amazing good encoded within it if you were but willing to shift your point of view, change the label you put on it and accept that it’s all good?

There’s so much healing that happens when we’re willing to give up labels, give up the judgments and opinions and accept the good – even when we cannot yet see it or feel it. No matter what, the good is encoded in there. It requires trust and faith in the ALL GOOD of God. When we can live by faith then every moment is good, even if it’s not all fun.

Affirmation:

I AM willing to accept the good of God in every area of my life RIGHT NOW!

Jennifer & the Giant Lobster

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This week I’m with my family in Maine. We’ve been gathering on Deer Isle every August for decades. One of the things we love to do is go to Bar Harbor for the whale watching. Last year I didn’t go on the trip because I had work to do and they didn’t see any whales at all. Always a disappointment.

For the last few years I’ve been going on whale watches in Ventura Bay around the Channel Islands near Santa Barbara in California. The blue whales are amazing. in 2010 we saw 36 blue whales. They were everywhere around our boat. It was one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life time. Blue whales are the largest mammals on the planet. Their heart is as big as a Volkswagon beetle car. There heart chakra energy is so strong it’s thrilling to feel.

Last year when I went blue whale watching in Ventura with friends – including Gary Renard and Cindy Lora – we didn’t see even one blue whale. I was disappointed. We saw about a thousand dolphins and many other beautiful sights but no whales. Gary still teases me that it was the best dolphin watch ever. Of course I recognized that I’d had a real attachment to the whales showing up and they didn’t.

I’ve learned after all of the whale watching experiences I’ve had is that your chances of having an excellent sighting are to connect with the whales in your mind and to call them. They’re so pure, they can easily hear, but don’t have any attachments!!

Yesterday, we went for our semi-annual whale watch in Bar Harbor. Hopeful, we headed out on the water. However, we were warned – the boat that had gone out in the morning hadn’t seen any whales. When we got out on the water I began to speak to the whales in my mind. I called to the whales and the Deva of the whales and I asked if we could have a miraculous whale heart healing. I could feel that there was at least one person on the boat who was really ready to have a hewing heart experience and who would benefit greatly. I asked on behalf of all of us. The whales love to share their heart energy and especially when it is welcomed and appreciated.

I could feel the whales were there. It wasn’t too long before we had our first sighting. As we got closer, we witnessed something I’d never seen before – it was so extraordinary – three huge humpback whales turned on their sides and flapping their fins. Over and over again they were slapping the water with their fins – minutes were going by and they were putting on quite a display for us. It was breathtaking. They kept doing the water slapping dance and then they were diving in tandem and simply resting on the surface, even turning and twisting.

It was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes. I kept thanking them in my mind. I could feel the healing had happened and we were all lifted up.

Think of it – the whales, by their very presence, inspire and uplift us. We cannot help but feel our hearts leap in unison with theirs. What a blessing! Wouldn’t you like to be like a whale? To carry that big heart energy of pure love? You can! Let’s do it together. Big heart, big medicine!

Affirmation:

I AM a creature of Love and light and that’s all I AM!

High Five from the humpback whales of Bar Harbor
 

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Yesterday I had a long journey from my home in Los Angeles to my father’s home on an island off of the coast of Maine. Door to door it’s about 18 hours. There are so many opportunities to feel vulnerable and to get annoyed or frustrated.

I know in the past I’ve felt really vulnerable sometimes when traveling. The experience would bring up many of my unhealed control issues and traveling could feel really unpleasant.

What I notice is that the more I do more own inner healing the more pleasant my traveling is.

Now, to the best of my ability, when there’s an upset or concern, I do my best to take it as an opportunity to heal the underlying pattern that is the cause. The pattern is in the mind and it’s based on nothing. It’s a lie pretending to be the truth, but now I know what it is and I will not be fooled.

What I notice, particularly when I’m traveling, is that there are a million things that could cause a disturbance if I were interesed in being disturbed, but I’m not interested in that anymore. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

My invitation to you is to decide that you’ll be unbotherable, not because you’re in denial, but because you’re actually grateful for the opportunity to heal and remember that all things work together for your good!

Affirmation:

I AM traveling in the Love of God – now and forever!

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Years ago, during the month of February, in honor of Valentine’s Day I spent many hours in contemplative meditation about love. It came to me so clearly that my primary relationship is with the Infinite Presence. My beloved is THE Beloved, regardless of what other relationships I might have.

On that fine Valentine’s Day gone by, as I continued my sittings in contemplative meditation about the nature of Love, what I came to feel was that the Beloved loves me with an infinite capacity to love.

My Beloved loves me through everyone and everything, that’s how much my Beloved loves me.

In that moment, I awoke to is the awareness that I am THAT Lover’s lover and I’d like to act like it. I’d like to say with strength and clarity that I AM devoted to the Lover who loves with no beginning and no end. I’d like to live in the peace of knowing that the Beloved holds nothing against me and cannot do enough for me.

How different it would be to know that everywhere I go, there my lover is, rejoicing in me, making my way joyous.

With this realization I’ve been able to walk (more and more every day), with the sense that the Beloved is with me always. This soulful realization has led me to be more loving, more kind to everyone I meet – knowing that each one I meet is an aspect of my Beloved, the source of all love. This realization has led me to be more receptive to the good that my Beloved is always trying to express for me and around me.

This is how I came to feel devoted to Love. My Beloved cannot help but give to me, and I am receptive to it or it passes me by.

Because, day by day, I feel more and more loved it is easy for me to be more patient, more kind, more generous, more like my Beloved. And I have finally learned to walk in the awareness that I give only to my Beloved and it is only my Beloved who gives to me – no matter what it looks like or who is standing in front of me. Always, it is my Beloved.

I am in love with the one who invented Love and the one who invented Love is in love with me ~ and ever shall it be so.

Affirmation:

Everything I receive, I receive from God. All that I give, I give only to God.

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