A Lesson from my Dog-Daughter

Amid the hustle-bustle of the holidays, finding time to celebrate through the acts of giving and receiving and togetherness, while still working and accomplishing the day to day tasks of living, my canine daughter gifted me in a singular moment with her divine example of the art of trusting and receiving.  

One day last week, I became fascinated in noticing how Ginger, (a cockapoo, precious and appealing in her apricot curls) instinctively uses the Laws of Attraction and Allowing. I watched as she went to the back door wanting to go out, the door opened and out she went. When she was finished doing “whatever”, she returned once again to the door and the door opened. Immediately, she crossed directly over to a drawer in the cabinet where there are dog treats stored, and patiently sat, while she kept her eyes trained at the treat drawer and then at me. Sitting patiently, she did not waver.  She fully expected that treat. I noticed she even got excited BEFORE I stepped toward the drawer.  As I retrieved the treat from its container, Ginger sat motionless, fully ready to accept her reward. The moment it was offered, she gently took her treat from my fingers; whereupon, she retreated to her favorite cozy spot to devour it. When her treat was eaten, she looked back at me.  With her large, brown teddy-bear eyes of trust, “GiGi” gazed into my blue eyes, casting her gratitude my way. What a great teacher she is! She fully, positively KNOWS doors and drawers open for her and she WILL get a treat!  Without hesitation, she accepted the gift she fully expected, then dutifully expressed her gratitude.

Standing there alone in my kitchen, amazed at my dear pet’s wisdom, I broke out in laughter at this precious example of pure unconditional love and trust, which was right beneath my nose!  Imagine, a dog, with a true knowing of her own power.  In that quiet, profound moment, I decided to be more like my dog.  I decided to live, trusting and expecting doors and drawers to open for me.  I am ready to accept those “treats” which are SURE to come.

PS. Yes it does really work! Bow-wow

Like you, I used to think I was in control of my life; however, now  there is no doubt my only control lies in using my God-given free will to make choices about what comes up for me.  Because I would never have consciously chosen to let go of a job with Christmas just around the corner, or to have major surgery ever—much less to pay for it out of my own pocket, and NEVER would have said to myself, “Self, you’re going to marry not once, not twice, but many times, divorcing each time after years of heartache and misery, and raise three wonderful daughters without benefit of their father to help you, I know I’M not in control!

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 I have come to the frightening realization that I am the decisive element.  It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. 

I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration; I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and if I humanize or de-humanize another. 

If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Philosopher, Novelist and Poet 1749-1832

 Von Goethe’s amazing insight impacts me profoundly. Are you as amazed as I am by the infinite truth found in his ancient wisdom? A TRUTH never changes – so why does it take so long for us to fully understand or emotionally accept it? I have read this many times over during my own personal journey and its only effect was ‘words’. Today, as I read it I feel within me great emotions of understanding, love and the essence of the responsibility of the ‘I’ of me ~~ to have such power.  Humbling, frightening, and breathtaking, it brings me to my emotional knees.

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If you look to the Bright Side of Life, it changes your Life.

We are in the break down phase of a great unfolding to create mass transformation from victim archetype and poverty consciousness to abundance and peace consciousness. NOW is our golden opportunity to be a part of co-creating “The New Earth” and it all begins with you. Now is the time to make a conscious choice to focus on the Bright Side of Life and not on the Shadow side of Life. This does not mean to deny the shadow rather to take notice of it and not let it live in you, but to recognize it as a gift that by choice can be shifted into brighter side of life experience.

Where are you living…in fear or on the bright side? FEAR and poverty consciousness seems to be the dominating thought of so many these days with the uncertainty of the political and financial issues that are now in our face.

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Not being fooled by the outer appearances of things and staying ‘a-breast’ of What IS!

‘My intention from now on is to expand my awareness of what is truly possible right NOW!’

Feeling much relief and an acceptance that my ‘breast experience’ is NOT who I am and only a physical manifestation of what I had been thinking and feeling in the past, I have reframed this issue as an experience in dying to myself, [my body]…in order to be IN the world…but not OF it.  I cannot tell you how many times I have read or heard that statement, yet it really never quite sank in. I can tell you that NOW it has sunk in and the mere feeling of that thought brings me immense joy and heartfelt emotions as I dissolve into ONENESS with all things.

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Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of
your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need?
Because this is the experience you are having at this moment.
- Eckhart Tolle

Dear Ones,

These are the chronicles of my recent experience in discovering a lump in my breast. I share these with you, trusting that you, my readers, will find your own revelations for your own personal journey. [To comment or enter into discussion, scroll down to the end of this blog, find the word Comments and click for comment window.]
–In Love, Carol

I thought getting through my journey to myself via love lost would provide me rest and peace…and it has, but now I realize it was just the beginning of more to come.

Tuesday - Discovery

Nevertheless, my surprise was not diminished when, last Tuesday, I discovered a lump on my right breast about the size of a quarter. It was only visible when I pushed the breast to the left and was near my cleavage and heart. Imagine that, near my heart!!!

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Surrendering to what Is– Not as easy as it sounds! Try surrendering to a situation when YOU’RE angry! One of the things I have to remind myself of is—”I am not angry for the reason I think I am.”  Have you ever noticed this? Beneath anger is a deeper emotion that I am feeling like hurt or that what happened or was said to me evoked in me a feeling of unlovable, guilt or shame. One cannot be in peace when one is in anger, because two contrasting emotions can not live in you at the same time.

What is meant by surrendering? To me it means letting go of thoughts/feelings that do not serve me or another, refraining from reacting to a person, place or thing, in other words, yielding to the situation, listening in non-judgment.  In one of our Law Of Attraction (LOA) groups, someone said they do not like the word ’surrendering’ because for them it felt like ‘weakness.’ They preferred the words, ‘letting go’ as in ‘Let go and Let God’.  Surrender to a higher power, don’t react, become the observer.  Most people live in a very reactionary state of mind.  I am beginning to catch myself when I react.  Just as soon as I do, I stop, get quiet, take three breaths and become the observer.  Try it, when someone is angry at you and yelling, calling you names etc., do not hook into that energy, stay calm, take those  breaths and become the witness of the situation; then watch what happens.  The peace within you shifts the energy for the other person as well.  This does not mean that you deny the person their upset or emotions.  By all means, acknowledge their emotions, but do not engage with them in it.  You can say, “I see you are upset or I am sorry that happened to you ,” or,  “I can see how this upsets you.”  We all want to be validated in our upsets and pain

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When was the last time you had the feeling of falling in love with life…or have you ever experienced that feeling? The majority of us know what it feels like to fall in love with a person, but to have the experience of ‘feeling in love with life’ is rare to a lot of us!

I had that experience last night driving home from spending time with some friends that I had met for dinner and then we all went to a movie, called the ‘Ultimate Gift’, which is based on Jim Stovall’s best selling novel by the same name. It is available at Blockbusters and I highly recommend it.  It is inspiring, heartwarming and laced with many of life’s gifts in work, money, friends, family dreams and love.

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The Vision

A great awakening is taking place in the people of our planet, a falling away from the materialistic, and ego driven world into a heart centered way of being. This is a time of heightened remembrance of our true nature –that we are ONE with all things. The veil of forgetfulness is thinning and we are beginning to wake up to who we truly are…the expression or vibration of our thoughts, words and actions.

The Mission

To offer practical self-help tools and programs by means of compassionate, appreciative communication and truth teachings that liberate the Divine within each individual. To awaken and recognize that which we have come to this planet to have, be or do. To teach, by example of living in the flow of life…the highest goal is to live in love, the present moment and in a consciousness of our Oneness with all things.