Friday, July 23, 2010

I FIND IT INTERESTING AS A WOMAN HOW WE LIVE UP TO THE LABEL 'BITCHY'. HOW WE ARE ALWAYS IN JUDGEMENT MODE! NOW I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE A REASONABLE NICE WOMAN AND A PRACTICING SPIRITUALIST, BUT I AMAZE MYESELF AT TIMES WITH THE TOTALLY JUDGEMENTAL THOUGHTS THAT CROSS MY MIND!! I KNOW THAT I AM FAR FROM BEING ALONE IN THAT. I COMFORT MYSELF BY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I WOULD NEVER VERBALISE THESE THOUGHTS OR KNOWINGLY HURT SOME ONE ELSE WITH THE 'BITCH' WITHIN, BUT AS A PERSON WHO PRIDES HERSELF ON BEING AWARE OF MY SUBCONSCIOUS PRATTLE I AM STILL SURPRISED AT HOW QUICKLY I JUDGE. IS IT A FEMALE THING OR DO ALL OF US JUDGE EASILY...ESPECIALLY ON APPEARANCES. IT EXTREMELY SAD IN MY OPINION THAT I DO THIS BECAUSE I ALSO KNOW THAT THE CRITICAL VOICE WITHIN ME ALSO CROSSES OVER TO BECOME A SELF MOCKING DIALOG. IT IS MY HOPE THAT I CAN CHANGE THIS ASPECT OF MYSELF, THOUGH THROUGH OUT THE YEARS I HAVE TRIED AND SUCEEDED TO A DEGREE BUT IT IS ALSO APPARENT THAT IF I DO NOT KEEP UP WITH A POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT THAT I CROSS OVER TO THE 'DARK' SIDE RAPIDLY. AGAIN I WONDER IS IT OUR DNA ARE WE JUST NATURALLY PROGRAMMED THIS WAY? WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US - HUMANS - TO JUST BE HAPPY WITH OURSELVES AND ALLOW EVERY ONE ELSE TO BE HAPPY. WHETHER WE ARE TALL OR SHORT, FAT OR THIN, FAIR OR DARK, BLUE EYED OR BROWN, REALLY IN THE END IT WILL NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE OUTCOME OF THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

POSITIVITY

FINDING YOUR WAY AND MAINTAINING THAT WAY IS A LIFE LONG QUEST.
EXPERIENCE HAS TAUGHT ME THAT SITTING IN COMPLACENCY IS A SIGNAL
FOR THE "UNIVERSE" TO PLACE A 'LESSON' IN YOUR PATH TO SEE HOW YOU DEAL.
I HAVE ALWAYS STRIVED TO AIM HIGH TO SUCCEED; OFTEN THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE OUT COME AND IN HIND SIGHT I HAVE SEEN THE 'LESSON'...NOW THAT DOEN'T MEAN THAT I HAVE ALWAYS SAT IN APPRECIATION OF THAT KNOWLEDGE BUT I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A BELIEF THAT I AM ON THE PATH THAT I NEED TO BE ON AND THAT I WILL BE GUIDED AND SUPPORTED IN THAT JOURNEY. BLIND FAITH AT TIMES; BUT THAT I THINK IS THE CHALLENGE PUT BEFORE US. TO STENGHTEN OUR RESOLVE AND TOO ADD STEEL TO OUR SPINES!
IN THIS AGE OF INTENSE MEDIA,HAVING A SPRITUAL BASE IS NECESSARY WHETHER THAT BASE IS IN MAINSTREAM RELIGION OR AS IT IS WITH ME IN METAPHYSICS.IN MY OPINION WE ARE BEING BLASTED FROM EVERY AVENUE WITH NEGATIVITY. I HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING THE POSITIVE THAT I KNOW WE ARE SURROUNDED WITH IN THE MEDIA. PERSONALLY I TRY NOT TO WATCH THE NEWS/THE ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS AND MY PET PEEVE REALITY SHOW! BECAUSE ALL I SEE THERE IS DRAMA, DRAMA AND GREED AND FALSENESS. TODAY APPRECIATING SIMPLICITY, PRACTICING THE ART OF THANKFULNESS FOR WHAT ONE HAS, SEEMS TO HAVE FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE POPULATION DISAPPEARED.
THIS JUST REMINDS ME THE IMPORTANCE OF PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT REALLY MATTERS TO ME; THAT IS THE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT I LOVE AND THOSE I ADMIRE AND SPEND TIME WITH; THOSE WHO HONOR ME WITH FRIENDSHIP AND GIVE ME THE IRREPLACABLE GIFT OF LOVE IN RETURN...FOR THOSE REASONS I AM TRULY BLESSED AND THANKFULL. THIS ALSO REMINDS ME WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT POSITIVITY IS WHAT I LIVE WITH AND GIVE OUT. WE NEED TO COUNTERACT THOSE NEGATIVE MESSAGES THAT WE RECEIVE. TODAY I AM LIGHT, I AM LOVE AND I AM OPEN TO GIVING AND RECEIVING THE BEAUTFUL POSITIVE ENERGIES THAT ARE MY WORLD!

BLESSING BE
DEBRA RAE