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How can I be the most loving person I am capable of being today? A journal writing session
Published January 13, 2012 | 
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit. ~Peter Ustinov
Sometimes everyday life challenges us and keeps us from being the most loving people we are capable of being. A goal of mine is to live my life with love being my compass. This is not always easy.
This morning’s journal writing session serves as a reminder and a way of focusing on being that loving person that is inside of us.
In your journals, write: How can I be the most loving person I am capable of being today? Then list as many things as you can think of. I love doing this exercise in the morning when I am first waking up. It sets a positive tone to my day. If at first I was leaning towards getting a grumpy start, this exercise is capable of changing my outlook, mood, and immediately around considerably! Pretty powerful stuff for something so simple.
Ready to give this a try?
As I often do, I will start with a few ideas for my own journal entry and then it will be your turn.
Let’s see..
How can I be the most loving person I am capable of being today?
1. Greet my husband with a smile, hug, and kiss when he wakes up this morning and when I see him when I first get home later this afternoon.
2. Forgive his snoring from last night.
3. Patiently listen to my daughter describe her day when she is home from school.
4. Greet every one of my students with a smile as they enter my classroom this morning.
5. Complain about nothing.
6. Be generous with compliments with everybody I encounter today.
7. Love myself by eating healthy food, drinking plenty of water, and working out.
I will stop here and finish in my private journal.
Have a blessed day full of love.
Debra
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What I love… a quick journal writing exercise sure to lift your spirits.
Published January 10, 2012 | 
This is a fun and quick little journal writing exercise that is sure to give you a boost and a smile.
Open your journal and write down as quick as you can a list of the things you love.
Remember,
What we focus on grows!
So why not take a few minutes and concentrate on what we love?
Ready?
Here goes:
What I love:
1. My husband
2. My daughter
3. My cats
4. My books
5. My home
6. Florida
7. The beach
8. My job
9. Working so close to home
10. Great music
11. language
12. Cooking
13. Going out for a nice meal
14. My coffee
15. My bed
16. My soft fleecy green bathrobe
17. Going for walks
18. yoga
I could go on and on…. this is just so much fun. It does not take much time and you do feel great when you think of what or who you love and are reminded of all the blessings you do have in your life.
Your turn!
In peace,
Debra
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Leave a commentDrift off to sleep tonight with the knowledge that you are loved
Published January 4, 2012 | 
As I get closer to bedtime I think of all the love in my life.
Love comes in many forms and all of them are the stuff of sweet dreams and a rich life.
As you drift off to sleep tonight think of all the love you have in your life.
You are love.
You are loved.
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
Published November 28, 2011 | 
Sweetness and light,
love is always there
In terms of bright and
wondrous undertakings,
we can always choose to center ourselves
on love.
Accept love.
Be love.
Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ~Henry David Thoreau
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Twelve steps to a perfect Fall evening
Published October 9, 2011 | 
Here are twelve ways to perfectly and properly pamper yourself this Fall evening: (pay attention very closely now!)
1. Put on some nice jazz music,
2. Pour a glass of red wine, and
3. Have fun cooking and trying a new recipe tonight: perhaps a Fall soup or pumpkin bread?
4. Light some candles and enjoy a nice dinner with your family.
5. While your sweetie or children are cleaning up, draw yourself up a nice hot bubble or oil bath with some relaxing and pleasing scents.
6. Rejoin your family to watch a movie together (a few movies that we have watched recently that I can highly recommend are: A Dog year, Limitless,
The Town, Shadows In The Sun, and Something Borrowed)
7. While you are watching the movie you can be exchanging back rubs with your spouse or partner or cuddling up close with children and pets.
8. Come to bed to freshly laundered linens (which you did earlier today in preparation for this wonderful night)
9. Make love or
10. Read something inspirational and relaxing. A few titles I am thoroughly enjoying and you will find on my bed stand are: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Power of Decision by Raymond Charles Barker, Heart Centered Marriage by Sue Patton Thoele, and Secret The Power by Rhonda Byrne
11. Finally, write a few things in your journal that you feel blessed about and thankful for.
12, Always remember that you are safe, you are loved, and that you are enough!
Lights off.
Good night!
Debra
Zzzzzzzzzzzz
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Posted in Affirmations, Bedroom ideas, Family life, Happiness, Heartwarming Stories, journal writing, Love, Positive living, Self-empowerment, stress | being enough, cuddle with children and pets, family evening, fresh linens, good movies to watch, Having a perfect evening, hot bath, inspriational reading, love, make love, pamper yourself, pumpkin bread, romance, safety, soup, try new Fall recipes | 2 CommentsMay the smallest boat rise with the largest ship: a morning prayer
Published September 13, 2011 | 
Dear God,
Please guide me on this day for there are challenges in my life and our world right now.
Please help me:
To always choose love over anything else. May I practice forgiveness and acceptance rather than fall into resentment and judgment.
May all our children out there be well fed and cared for.
May we all do our best to help each other to bring out the best we have to offer. In that way, the smallest boat will rise with the
largest ship.
Thank you.
Amen,
Debra
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Posted in Affirmations, Love, Morning verses, Positive living, Prayers, Spirituality, stress | love, morning prayer, prayer | Leave a commentTen things we all have in common
Published September 4, 2011 | 
We all share these things in common:
1. The desire to express ourselves
2. The need to be accepted for who we are.
3. The need to “cut loose” and not worry about things for a while.
4. We all are doing our best
5. None of us are perfect (and thank goodness, right?)
6. We all have lot’s to offer this world
7. We all want to be loved
8. The desire for good health and a good night sleep
9. We all have our fears and our masks that we wear
10. We all have an opportunity each day to start anew
Have a blessed day, everybody!
Debra
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Loyalty: The Mew Way
Published August 29, 2011 | 
Loyalty, the Mew Way means:
1. Always being there
2. Loving unconditionally
3. Faith
4. Trust
5. Not running away
6. Purring with delight just because you are near
7. Gazing adoringly
8. Tenderness
9. Knowing who fills your food and water bowls, and
10.Knowing without a doubt who loves you more than anything in the world!
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Posted in Family life, Love, Positive living, The Mew Way | a pet's love, companionship from cat, love, loyalty, unconditional love | Leave a commentTwenty things that make a nice life, The Mew Way
Published August 8, 2011 |
To have a nice life, the Mew Way, all you need are these twenty things:
1. Not stressing about much
2. being in the Now
3. Taking frequent naps
4. Being pampered
5. Loving and being loved
6. A full food and water dish, always.
7. Special treats offered regularly such as salmon and shrimp
8. Warm Laps
9. Plenty of cold water
10. A nice view to gaze out of every window of the house
11. Kind cooing sounds from loved ones
12. being touched and petted
13. Being scratched
14. Cool bathroom floor tiles during heat of a summer day
15. Having much to purr about
16. Giving “the look” to loved one and immediately getting fussed over or fed.
17. Nice papers to lay on when mommy or daddy is working.
18. Boxes
19. A sleeping mommy or daddy to wake up early in the morning
20. the sound of the can opener
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Posted in Family life, Happiness, Heartwarming Stories, Humor, Love, Positive living, The Mew Way | being happy, life lessons from cat, love, Mew Way | Leave a commentLove light: this evening’s bedtime verse
Published August 3, 2011 | 
Love light
God’s light
Sunlight is within me at all times.
Your goodness and love is ever flowing
and I am thankful for this basic universal truth:
I Am love and
everybody
and everything around me
is love.
Love light
God’s light
Sunlight
Moonlight
Loving energy is everywhere
It is never not there.
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