My feelings have been very up and down. Not just lately… for years.
Yes, even though I’ve known for years that it’s not just my thoughts, but the feelings that go along with those thoughts, that create my reality.
My lows don’t go as low as they could, but my highs don’t go as high as they could.
I have much that’s positive in my life, but I have an equal amount that’s not. Therefore, most of my days are right about in the middle.
That’s ‘cuz my really negative feelings (anger and frustration, which I notice often) are canceling out my really positive feelings, creating a life that’s just so-so.
The other day I was listening to Kate McKinnon on CraftCast with Alison Lee. Kate is a jewelry artist whose work I’ve admired for years, and I went to listen to the show to learn more about some work she’s doing with another jewelry artist whose work I adore (especially her chain maille), Anne Mitchell.
As I listened to Kate speak, I felt a real connection with her. Especially when she said that she believes we create our realities. I just love it when I find others with whom I have something in common (jewelry making, natural lifestyles, parenting styles, etc.) and then find that we have spiritual beliefs in common as well.
Then Kate said something that made me sit up. She said she was the happiest person she knew. And it really came through in her voice and in her words. Her passion for her life was palpable!
Right then and there, I decided on my goal in life: to be the happiest person I know.
(This is opposed to my purpose in life, which I’ve known for a long time is to remind people - particularly children - of their creative power; hence my jewelry and this site.)
Now, I know that I can do that right now! Just choose to be happy, right?!!
It’s just hard for me to do that - so much conditioning in my 37 years (all is truly well…). So I use what I can to help me.
Today it’s my set of Well-Being cards that I got for my last birthday. My card for today says:
I look for more reasons to appreciate.
The more I appreciate, the better I feel. The better I feel, the more I am allowing who I am to flow through me. The more I allow who I am to flow through me — the better I feel.
Looking for more things to appreciate, I find that:
- I appreciate that my kids are giving me some free time to write this post
- I appreciate that the skies are overcast and my house is cooler
- I appreciate that I’ve been able to keep up with the dishes so that all the dirty dishes are in the dishwasher
- I appreciate that the Hyland’s C-Plus cold tablets work really well
- I appreciate that I’ve got enough food in the house to keep everybody satiated, even though we really need to go grocery shopping
- I appreciate that my internet connection is working well
- I appreciate that my site design is done and should be installed soon
- I appreciate that we’ve all got clean clothes, even though I really need to do laundry
- I appreciate that I was able to make two spiral pendants today, in between taking care of the kids and the house
- I appreciate how well my kids play together, and how creative and experimental they are
I truly, truly do feel better now. And I’m going to try to remember to keep up with this throughout the day. This will work to bring me up Abraham’s emotional scale, which will help me to be the happiest person I know.
I really look forward to that!
Who’s the happiest person you know?
Thanks to Jef Poskanzer for use of the graph photo.
Remember your power. Feel your power. Embrace your power.
