love's energy/ Reflection Friday

 

 

Today, I am aware of the way love's energy has been flowing through me...allowing me to feel differently as I listen closer to the whispers of my heart...love's energy vibrating through me...around me...and outward...

As I reflect on my week I am aware that only I can plant my seeds of love...seeds of truth...seeds of beauty...seeds of gratitude
I am aware of my gratitude for the growth that I feel as I swim toward the love I carry within for myself...
I am aware of the swirling power of love that holds all my wishes and dreams that start with compassion...responsibility...patience...
As I reflect on my week I am aware of giving loving thanks for being present to the whispers of my heart...

As you reflect on your week are you aware of love's energy in your life?

loving thanks...

 

Today, I am aware of my heart...I am aware to be thankful...I am aware to remember that we are all connected to each other...that we each hold a place together as a whole...that all that we love...all that we touch...all that we dream is connected...I am aware of those who have touch me...those that I touch and that I will always be thankful for the love that surrounds me...today, I am aware of my heart and I am so thankful and grateful for the love that I receive and that I release...

 

What are you thankful for today?

Love swirls...

 

 

Today, I am aware of words that are swirling in my heart...compassion...responsibility and patience...I am aware that these words bring me to the love that I have for myself and for others...The swirling power of love that holds all my wishes and dreams start with these words...

What words of love swirl in your heart?

 

the love within...

 

Today, I am aware of the person that I am...the person that I am at the present moment...the past cannot hurt me...the future has not yet arrived...Today, I recognize that my opinion of myself allows me to support and love myself or tear myself down...I am grateful today for the growth that I am feeling as I swim freely toward the love I carry within for the person that I am...

How can you support and love yourself more today?

 

 

Seeds of Love...

 

Today, I am aware of how my heart is like a fertile garden...and I can grow whatever I allow to be planted there...Today, I am aware to plant seeds of love...seeds of truth...seeds of beauty and seeds of gratitude.

What seeds will you plant within your heart today?

 

Ebb and Flow/ Reflection Friday

 

Today, as I reflect on my week I am so aware of the ebb and flow that has been taking place...I realize how much I have been fighting with myself by not allowing the natural flow of things happen...I have been allowing myself to get stuck in an undercurrent of my own making...but I will not continue to swim here...

 

As I reflect on my week I am aware that it is OK to begin again...to shift in order to continue to do my inner work...

...that even though I was beating myself up for being in an ebb...I was rising above my own shards of glass...

...that once I allowed myself to split wide open I allow myself to understand and to let go of parts of  my past...

...that being aware of the calmness that overtakes me when I allow myself to enter the eye of the storm I allow my heart to open...

 

Today, as I reflect on the ebb and flow of my week I know that although it was a difficult one...I have learned...I have grown...I am healing.

What are you reflecting on this week?

the eye of the storm...

 

There is a moment when suddenly I realize that I am in the eye of the storm...where calmness overtakes me and the swirl looks and feels differently...sometimes I am not aware of how I got here...perhaps it was a gesture made by someone...a hug...an e mail...a moment of clarity...I only know that when I arrive in the eye of the storm that I suddenly see things clearer...my heart opens and the negative thoughts scatter...

Today, I am aware of being in the eye of the storm with all the glory it brings to me...

 

What can you discover when you arrive in the eye of your storm?

wide open...

 

Today, I am aware of splitting wide open...going deep into the farthest places of my heart...to better understand who I am...to face the darkness that I hold on to...to understand what contributed to my past so I can let it go...to empower myself to heal the pain...allowing myself to become clear in order to truly experience unconditional love...today, I am aware of splitting wide open...

What do you hold onto that you need to become clear on?

 

Rise Above...

 

Today, I am aware of really trying hard to rise above the shards of glass that I place in my way...the shards of glass that unsettle me....I know a shift must be taking place as I am finding it difficult to listen to the positive sides of my heart...I have created a protective shell around myself for so many years because I needed it in order to be safe...but I am restless...and I know that I have to rise above these shards in order to survive...

I am trying hard to rise...

What do you need to rise above?

 

begin again...

 

Today, has been a difficult day for me for so many years...feeling stuck in emotions...I exhaust myself trying to figure out how to change those feelings ...Today, I am aware that each new day offers me the opportunity to declare to my heart that I can begin again...(and not beat myself up when I have to remind myself over and over)

I know I am the only one who has the power to change the story that I have told myself over so many years...I know I am the only one who can allow myself to let it go...I know that I am the only one who can acknowledge that I did my best in the past...I know that I am the only one who can recognize the lessons I have learned....

Today, I set the intention once more to begin again....to allow a shift in the cycle that keeps me stuck...to continue to do the inner work to heal...

to begin again...

What story do you hold on to that is not allowing you to begin again?

Happy Birthday Special...

 

This is a SPECIAL mandala to celebrate the birth day of my son 45 years ago...This is the 3rd birth day that I have been able to joyfully celebrate because we are reunited. My son was placed for adoption when I was 18...I have carried him in my heart always...now we get to feel the love that holds our hearts together...I love you G....HAPPY BIRTH DAY!

be part of the whole/ Reflection Friday...

 

This week has been filled with emotions...and learning how to accept them...to learn from them...to be present...to grow from them...to BE...

 

Today, I am aware to be part of the whole...to be active and allow life to unfold around me...and not separate myself...to not be fearful...to allow things to travel there path without trying to alter it...because I believe that everything works out exactly as it should...

 

As I reflect on my week I am aware to remember the LOVE that surrounds me...to be GRATEFUL for all the blessings that I have especially when things are not going the way I think they should...to allow my spirit to be STRONG and know that growth is taking place when I truly listen to my hearts' truth...to be ACCEPTING of the reality...wisdom and faith that brings me energy to allow myself to grow...

 

What have you discovered as you reflect on your week?

be accepting...

 

Today, I am aware of accepting...accepting different situations in my life that are present at the moment...things that have been raking up old coals...the coals that make me go inward to being disappointed with myself...but I am accepting things better today...I am feeling a growth where the acceptance of reality...wisdom...faith...is bringing me the energy to begin again...allowing me to move forward.

How can you be accepting today to bring yourself the energy to begin again?

be strong...

 

Today, I am aware that some days you just have to be strong...you just have to have strength and believe that the negative talk that you chatter at times is NOT YOUR TRUTH...That it takes heart and strength to believe and love yourself...Today, I am aware that I continue to grow with strength.

 

What area do you need strength?

be grateful...

 

Today, I am aware that at times things just don't work out the way you plan them...the way you would like them to be...the way your heart feels...but what I realize is that it is at that moment when I must swim a little deeper...beyond the surface...and find the blessings that surround me and be grateful for them...and I am aware of the blessing that I no longer hold a dark secret...I know and I am known...I love and I am loved...

 

What are you grateful for today?

LOVE...

 

Today, I am aware of LOVE...I stop this morning to see the love before me...I will pay attention...I will consciously look for the beauty and the miracles of love in my life. I will look at things with open eyes today...I will grow with the love that surrounds me and know that I do not have to look far to see it or feel it to my core.

Are you aware of the LOVE that surrounds you?

 

Reflection Friday/ My Center...

 

Today, I am aware that I am swimming within my center...I have been feeling and understanding my truth and allowing it to guide me...I have been accepting...listening and responding to my own heart center...

 

As I reflect on this week I am aware that I have been swimming to my center without the patterns of the past...
I have been Open to creating more trust in my life...
I am aware of the changes taking place...the shift that is allowing me to let go of patterns and keep the lesson that they brought...
I have been going beyond the self imposed boundaries that have been keeping me stuck...
Today, as I reflect on my week I am feeling calm as I swim in my center...

What have you discovered as you reflect on your week?

beyond boundaries...

 

Today, I am aware of boundaries...self imposed boundaries...telling me where I can go and what I can achieve...boundaries that I bump into when I am giving myself an excuse why I can't do something. Today, I am aware to go beyond the boundaries... to let go of excuses that keep me stuck.

What boundaries are you aware of that you can go beyond?

Changes...

 

Today, I am aware of the changes that are taking place in my life...and how I am feeling a shift of energy...I am letting go of patterns that have caused guilt and shame... realizing that those patterns helped to make me the person that I am at this moment I freely let them go and keep the lessons they brought my way. Today, I am aware of changes...I feel myself going with the flow of them as I move forward.

Are you aware of changes taking place in your life?

Open UP...

 

Today, I am aware to Open UP...to Open Up in order to establish a greater trust...to share my feelings...to express love and friendship by telling others...by trusting more I am aware that I will be creating space for a deeper relationship...Today, I am aware to Open UP...to make the effort to let others know how I feel...by sharing the true me.

What do you need to Open UP in order to trust more?

Swim...

 

Today, I am aware to swim...to swim in the colors of my life without the patterns...I have had a difficult time for many years with this season of fall...the details need not be shared, but what I am learning is that the patterns that kept me in the dark no longer serve me any purpose...that the stories that I told myself did not help me to celebrate my life...Today, I am swimming in the colors that present themselves to me...the colors that lift me up...the colors that allow my heart to surface...and to let go of the patterns that hold me down.

 

What patterns, that hold you down, can you let go of in order to swim to the surface?