I love Barney

I love Barney!  And yes, by Barney I mean the very big purple dinosaur with green spots on his back.  With lines like, "no one misses the bus to imaginary adventures", and the pizza song that includes, "pizza, pizza...it's my tummy's favorite", and songs about imagination, and you can do anything...  What could be better than being with a 2 year old, right along side of her discovering her world full of possibilities and having Barney to sing along with?!? 

Franki's Perspective...

My mom just looked at me and said "you are amazing"....as if I didn't already know that.  I mean, I know it so purely, it's no news to me that I'm amazing. There's no one else like me, expressing as me, offering my very own unique perspective and point of view about life through my eyes.  That's what I would have said could I have strung those words together...but I don't need to offer it in words, I can just offer it through my knowing....My mom "got" it without me having to say a thing.  Sometimes, words are unnecessary, aren't they?

So good....

There's nothing in my world that is as satisfying, fulfilling and meaningful as holding my daughter close as she sits on my lap.  She smells wonderful (mostly) ;), her skin is so soft, and she is sooooo....indescribably wonderful in each and every way.  Who knew that being a mom could be so great? I certainly didn't, and I am so appreciative to have the priviledge of having this wonderful little being in my life.  I looked at her today as we were looking out the window at the deer in our yard, and I said, "you are amazing"....and she looked at me with this knowing smile and twinkle in her eyes as if to say, "But of course, mommy....I am amazing".

Focus

Why would I ever focus on things that don’t feel good to me?  As I create my own reality and how I think and feel is what manifests, as I ponder things that don’t feel good to me, so am I creating more of that.  The answer lies in the Law of Attraction’s power to bring more of what I’m thinking to me.  I (and many others) have been “trained” to believe that I must focus on a perceived “problem” to solve it.  And I use the term “perceive” loosely because that’s all it is…it is my perception that is labeling whatever I’m giving my attention to as a “problem”.  I could just as easily label it as an opportunity for change, or improvement, or answers.   If I smelled something foul in a room, would I continually return to the room to make sure it smells foul?  No, not likely.  I’d walk out of the room.  So, as I decide that feeling good is important to me, I begin to change my focus from “problem” perception to opportunity within this situation.  And as I do that, I am more allowing of solutions to “uncover” themselves.

NOW

Your most powerful point of creation is NOW.  It’s not later, it’s not yesterday, it’s NOW.  It’s how you choose to respond, it’s how you choose to feel NOW, that creates your future and re-creates your past.  You can re-create your past from how you feel NOW, and you can create your future experience by how you feel right NOW. Where is your focus right NOW?  You have no other moment but NOW.  The future is just an idea and the past is just a thought that you are choosing to focus on.  Whatever contrast you’re experiencing, or whatever conditions you’re living, it’s how you choose to respond right NOW that determines what comes next for you.  How are you going to respond?  Are you going to make the worst of it, or are you going to make the best of it?  Are you choosing to look at the positive aspects or are you choosing the negative aspects?  For in all situations, there is some of all of it, and you always have a choice.  The power of choice is NOW.  What are you choosing?

Wouldn't life be more fun if adults laid on their backs more and just make raspberry sounds with their mouths?  Well, that's what my mom calls it....a raspberry.  Wonder why it's called a raspberry? I was laying here, just having a grand ole time and wondering why my mom wasn't joining me.  It's alot of fun you know.  And another thing, isn't bouncing fun?  I mean, I get bounced all the time and its a whollatafun!  Waking up in the morning is fun too.  I really like my dog.  He's fun.  Ok, that's it for now.  Gotta run...

I realized the other day that I've associated commitment with interfering with my independence.  What I mean by commitment is some sort of weekly get-together, or an ongoing "promise to show up or do something at a specified time over a specified period of time".  I came to this realization when a friend of mine asked me why I didn't join mom groups or social groups of any kind, and what came out of my mouth actually surprised me, because I didn't know I thought or believed this... I said, "because it feels like it interferes with my independence".  Well, whaddayaknow?  Where in the world did I come up with that one?!?  And just now, as I'm thinking about a few things that have gone on lately, I'm realizing that I've had a belief that asking for help also interferes with my independence.  It means someone else gets involved in some way and I've associated that with less freedom; less freedom of choice, less freedom to move about, less freedom to do as I please.  Interesting how that's just come into my awareness the past few weeks.  I think this awareness opens up a whole new dimension for me.