Stand Tall

I wake up with my 7am alarm - I am tired, I could stay in bed longer.  So, I stay in bed longer - pressing the snooze button every 10 minutes.

The best part of my morning is going for a Walk.  While I love Running, I have decided that Running is not right for me, right now.  It is difficult to give up Running - I feel fantastic when I run - and yet, I have pain in my back and neck and need to get my body strong again.  Otherwise, I end up just paying a fortune for treatments from my physiotherapist, chiropractor, osteopathic, massage therapists. 

I do love Walking - in a different way to my love of Running.  Running for me is about fitness and getting my heart pumping and a Challenge to run farther and longer than the last run.  I just love the feeling of Running and love the sense of achievement after a run.  Running is my number 1 choice of activity.  And yet, for now, I will enjoy Walking.  I love the gentleness of Walking - the exploration, the opportunity to see the beauty in the world, the opportunity to be present.  I love being guided by my Intuition, letting my Yin decide the direction of my Walk and instructing my Yang to take the steps.   My time Walking is the opportunity to be with me, time for myself, time to Spread The Yellow to me, Self-Care, Self-Love.

There are so many sights I enjoy when Walking.  I love being totally present to enjoy the sights and sounds and delight my senses.  I like seeing these old palm leaves hanging over the fence like a man's beard.

As usual, I smell the red roses at a house on the corner - I just love smelling the roses - literally - the smell is beautiful.  Of course, I am also very lucky that my Man buys me flowers every week, and I have my own yellow roses at home.

I am led, by my Yin, to Gunnamatta Bay - I just love the park.  It is one of my favourite places.

As I Walk up through the park, I Run for about 2 minutes, just a brief Run on the grass to feel the joy of Running.  And then back to Walking.  I stand at the top of the outdoor ampitheatre and I wonder - if I was on this stage, what would I present - what could I share to Make A Difference to others, a difference in the world?

When I look at the photo above, I just love seeing the rays of sunlight - wow I love the rays of sunlight shining towards the ampitheatre.  If I had to stand on this stage, right now, I would talk about the Power of Yin and Yang in bringing life to your dreams, your Vision, your heart's desires - in bringing out the best in yourself.  Essentially, the meaning of my Coaching Business Logo.

    

My Yin guides me to go further into the park.  The Yang, thinking part of me, wanted to go and visit one of my favourite Trees in the park - and yet to my surprise, my Yin takes me in a different direction - and two Trees catch my eye.  At first I have a sense that they are one Tree, but they are two separate Trees. 

          

The beauty of these two Trees is that one Tree stands so tall, reaching for the sky, while the other Tree is bent and curved, and reaching in different directions.  I put my hand on the Tree that stands so tall - and ask for a message - and thank the Tree in advance for the Gift of its message.  I feel into the silence and I feel the energy and wisdom of the Tree.  I have a sense of the words - "Listen To Your Heart" - "Stand Tall".  I have been conscious of Listening to My Heart, as I tune into my Yin - and yet it is good to hear these words.  I especially love the "Stand Tall" message - I love these words - that I am living my truth and can be proud of who I am and that I am living my Vision.  I also have a strong sense of the Tree communicating to me that all of the energy of all of the Trees will support me and hold me and help me Stand Tall.  I also notice that half the Tree is in the sunlight, and half in shadow - this speaks to me - Balance.

I walk home Inspired!

When I get home I turn to my books.  I pick up 'She' by Kobi Yamada - I love these quotes

- "She ran ahead where there were no paths. Celebrate her bravery."

- "She went out on a limb, had it break off behind her, and discovered she could fly.  Celebrate her faith."

I also turn to 'Gaia Body and Soul' by Toni Carmine Salerno and find more perfect words - perfect for me to read today

- "By facing our fears and accepting them as valid aspects of who we are, we heal and become whole.  Instead of swimming against the current, life starts to flow naturally and we realise that most of the stress in our lives is simply the result of our inner fear and turmoil.  Fear clouds our ability to think and see clearly, so start to be aware of your thoughts.  When you find yourself thinking fear-based thoughts such as 'I should...' or 'I have to...', pause for a moment.  Instead of worrying about what you think you should do or have to do, ask yourself this question, 'What is it that I would love to be doing right now?' (I love these words) Transforming Fear = Liberation"

When I read these words I realise that I do have some fear - and yet in knowing my Vision, loving my Vision, I can work with my Yin and Yang to move me towards my Goals.

Just 45 minutes of Walking and also 5 minutes of Reading and Reflection - makes for a perfect start to my day.  And I have a great day - I go to work - I am Motivated to do my best and I exceed my Target.  And I get home from work and I am So Grateful that my Man is busy chopping up bowls of vegetables and makes dinner for us.

It is now great to be home relaxing... what a great start to the week - I am Inspired to Stand Tall...

I Choose To Be Happy

Happiness is a Choice for me.  I Choose To Be Happy.  It is the Intention I Choose for My day.

I may not have control over my day or what the day may bring - and yet I can Choose my Attitude and Perspective.  Day by day, moment by moment - there is Choice.  I agree with this saying "Happiness depends upon ourselves." Aristotle

Yesterday I woke up tired and even though I enjoy my part-time work (that I am Choosing to do while I build up my Coaching business) it would be nice to stay home and Blog or work on my Coaching business - or just stay home and rest and catch up on some sleep.  I park the car and in the 5 minutes I walk to the office, it is so obvious to me that I have a Choice, right here, right now - I can be tired, or negative or wishing I was somewhere else, or wishing I didn't have to go to work - or I can Choose To Be Happy, to be positive, to enjoy my day.  Of course, I Choose To Be Happy - this is my usual default Choice - and in those moments of Choosing I feel brighter and lighter and less tired.

While 5 minutes is a quick walk to work - I can Choose my mindset and I can Choose to see the beauty and enjoy the Gifts moment to moment.  I enjoy seeing a lone cockatoo hanging from a branch, just having a lovely time.  And then I enjoy a friendly exchange of hello with a guy who is also just arriving at work in a nearby workplace - he is armed with coffees for his workmates and he has a beautiful dog that goes to work with him.  I then walk around the corner and exchange smiles and hellos with another lady.  Yes, I Choose To Be Happy!

I bounce into work with "Goodmorning" and Choose to be positive and get into my day.  We swap seats and desks most days, depending on the Project and our Team for the day.  I love that on my desk there is this cartoon that makes me laugh.

I have a great day at work, I enjoy a few laughs and I show Commitment and rise to the Challenge to do well on the Project.  Yes, I could have sat there tired, wishing I was somewhere else, being negative that the job was difficult - and yet I was really Happy to be at work and loved talking to people on the phone, and focused on my work - and I met my Target - YAHOO!!!  I overheard one of the other girls talking (she is also a bright, Happy person) and she was talking about her own Attitude - and I loved what she said - "Happy Thoughts Equals Happy Results" - great saying.

Of course I am not always going to be Happy and there are times that it would be near impossible to Choose To Be Happy such as when my Mum is not well.  And in those moments I can also set an Intention, I can Choose - I can have a loving, open heart.  I can always Choose.  And I am not perfect - like today, when I get upset with my Brother - yet I can learn and I can reset my own mindset and I can let go.

I have had such a wonderful, Happy two days.  Last night, my Man and I went to see Shannon Noll in Concert - I love his music.  We had such a great night - such a GREAT NIGHT.  The support act was a beautiful, young woman called Alyse Barnhill - she is a brilliant singer, writes her own lyrics and Alyse has a bright, Happy personality.  I loved listening to her singing - I can't wait to get her CD.  After her performance we chat and laugh and dance to Shannon Noll singing 'Shine' - the song I love with my Business Name called SHINE Coaching.  I was really Happy to get a photo with Alyse and her first ever signature.  Alyse is on her way to being a star.  I was also Happy to get a photo with Shannon Noll and get his signature.

Today has also been wonderful - once again I set the Intention of I Choose To Be Happy.  Yes I have been to the chiro and also the dentist - yet I have loved that today there has just been space to enjoy Conversations and also enjoy exploration and see where my Intuition leads me.  I loved putting my Flyers in the office of my chiro - wow - it is real I am starting my business.  And I feel so ready to start Coaching - I just love people, love listening to people's stories.  This morning I loved hearing the story of an 83 year old man as we crossed the street at the lights and he was telling me that from the age of 17 he spent 11 years on the ocean and that he has written two books with all his stories for his Children, Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren.  And then at the dentist I loved listening to the story of the dental nurse who has just had a baby and I loved seeing her eyes so excited and I loved seeing the photos of her baby.  I just love the moments of Connection.  I love that in life, if you are out and about, you never know who you will meet that day - the people that will come and go in your life - the people that Make A Difference in your day - where there are opportunities for Spread The Yellow, simply through the gift of listening.

While I am getting fillings at the dentist, I just try to relax and go into Meditation.  And in those few minutes I see a beautiful image of me just wandering and in moment to moment Connection I am handing out Yellow flowers.  I love this visual - so in line with my Purpose of Spread The Yellow.

After the dentist I feel drawn to walk around Penshurt - I don't know why - my Yin guides me.  And I listen to my Yin as I feel a pull to go into the travel agent and ask about flights to Thailand.  I look on this big wall world map and have a sense of the bigness of the world.  I feel drawn to Thailand - to honour this Calling to Make A Difference.  I find out some prices and details about the flights and will just see where the energy around this Project flows.

I loved going to Cronulla this afternoon, where I just enjoyed walking through the mall, with no set 'to do list' - just a wander.   And it was wonderful to talk to some great girls who work in 'Tree of Life' and they suggested I put some flyers in the Woman's Community Centre - great idea - this resonates with the Yin part of me.  I must get my Yang writing a list and delivering my Flyers tomorrow.

And I loved that I listened to my Yin, my intution, when I was guided into a shoe shop and then when I was walking out, my Yin guided me to go back down the corridor - and then I found a great pair of black shoes, so perfect, reduced from $49.95 to $13.30.

And as I kept wandering down the mall I saw a stall selling beautiful crafts and clothes and I bought the cutest doll with a Yellow hat, Yellow top and skirt and best of all she is holding a baby.  I love this doll.  I have three beautiful Nieces - and yet I buy this for me.

I am HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY!!! 

Best of all, as I am driving home, I see an old friend who has just had a baby.  I had just been thinking of her, just a few minutes before and then in my rear vision mirror I see her pushing a stroller (Law Of Attraction in force).  I pull over, cross the road to see her - and we hug and I see her beautiful 6 week old baby.  Life is such a gift...

Running For My Mum

So much for my Goal of not Running - I had just decided to take up Walking, due to my recent back trouble.  I had put my name down for the 'Relay For Life' and the timeslot for my part in the Team was 5.30-6.30am - another early start for us.  When I got there to the Team tent, the organiser told me that I was down for the Running Team - luckily I had my Running gear on under my layers of clothing.  Happily, I took up the Challenge - I felt that the Universe would support me - I'm Running For My Mum.

I do love Running.  And I Love My Mum.  It is wonderful being involved in the 'Relay For Life' - just so wonderful to participate in a Community Event. 

              

There were a lot of people walking and running.  I was really impressed with these two young guys who were so positive and energetic and cheering everyone - I instantly felt Connection with these two young guys and I asked them to send me positive energy and we would have a quick chat or 'high five' when I passed by them.

I was most excited that my Man, my Dad, my Brother, my Niece Ashley and my Aunty Maureen also came to the Event to walk.  I loved that they were all there with me.  My Mum was supposed to come, but she is not very well at the moment (luckily, thankfully, miraculously this is not cancer related - Mum is in remission). 

At first when I started Running, I thought that it would be a hard 1 hour - yet I knew in my heart that I was Running For My Mum and that gave me energy - it was easy to run and rise to the Challenge, knowing the battles that my Mum has fought and won.  Having my Family there was also wonderful since every lap I could say hello. 

And it was so great as Ashley ran with me every now and then - and she loved it, and I loved it, and I held her hand - we talked about school and how proud I am of her and how much I love her and how she is such a good girl, and how it is so good and so important that she looks after her Sisters.  And very importantly, in simple terms, I shared with her why we were there today, and that we were raising money and how important it is to help others - Ashley understood and said that she is raising money at her school. It was such a special morning and I can't wait to be involved again next year.  I loved that Ashley was also talking about coming next year and wanting her little Sister to come too - Olivia. 

I just love doing what I can do, even it means getting up early to run for 1 hour and raise some money - all acts of Community and Charity are in line with my Mission to Spread The Yellow.  My wish is that they find a cure - cancer is such a deadly, heartbreaking disease.  I am conscious that my Man lost his Father to cancer.  I am sad that his Mum has lost her Husband.  I am sad that I will never meet my Man's Dad.  I believe that he lives on through the stories (and I enjoy hearing the stories) and through my Man.  I believe that he is in heaven - no doubt that he is with his own Mum and that he has met my Nana and Papa - perhaps they are all having a beer together on a veranda in the clouds.

We had plans to go out today and see my friend at the Vegan Festival - and I was so Excited about going to visit all the great Vegan Stalls - yet once we were home, I didn't feel so good and found myself in bed having a rest and then spent the afternoon on the couch relaxing watching 'Avatar'.  Wow - what an incredible movie - I loved it - I LOVED IT!!! 

              

         

         

It is hard to put into words how wonderful this movie is - how it touches you.  How devastating to see Pandora's land and people being taken over by humans - one cannot help to think of our own Indigenous.  I love the love story, I love how he finds a "place among the people" (I am Inspired), I love how they greet each other with "I See You" (I love these words and the meaning and depth of these words), I love the acknowledgement of the energy of nature and energy of our ancestors, I felt touched when Jake thanked the animal when he killed it, I love that the female helicopter pilot saves the day and is her own person, rather than blindly following orders.

I love when he talks about trusting his body - what his body can do - hmm... this resonates with me.  I love Exercise and I am going to trust my body - feel into my intuition to get a sense of whether I should just walk or run or even swim or just rest. 

I really love when Jake said "You chose me for something, I will stand and fight, You know I will".  I am Inspired!!

I really love the ending - I watched it about 3 or 4 times.  I really love the ending song.  I love the words.

"I see you

I see you

Walking through a dream I see you
My light in darkness breathing hope of new life
Now I live through you and you through me
Enchanting
I pray in my heart that this dream never ends 

I see me through your eyes
Living through life flying high
Your life shines the way into paradise
So I offer my life as a sacrifice
I live through your love 

You teach me how to see
All that's beautiful
My senses touch your world I never pictured
Now I give my hope to you
I surrender
I pray in my heart that this world never ends 

I see me through your eyes
Living through life flying high
Your love shines the way into paradise
So I offer my life
I offer my love, for you 

When my heart was never open
(And my spirit never free)
To the world that you have shown me
But my eyes could not division
All the colours of love and of life ever more 

Ever more (I see me through your eyes)
(Living through life flying high)
Flying high 

Your love shines the way into paradise
So I offer my life as a sacrifice

And live through your love
And live through your life
I see you
I see you"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igjSxrCXsMo


I am Inspired!!!

Love My Life

My Tag line for my Coaching Business is Love Your Life.  Here is my Flyer that is currently being printed.

So I ask myself this question Do you Love Your Life?  Yes!  YES!!!  It feels great to be able to say an ENTHUSIASTIC YES I Love My Life!

I love the Coaching question - "Ask yourself from the heart, if I could be, do or have anything I would definitely..."  I love this question.  And even as I answer Yes I Love My Life - I still have dreams and a Vision and a Mission and set myself Goals.  Life for me is a Journey - I am not fixed on just getting to one destination, I Love My Life along the way, each and every day.

Today I have a day off work and I have set myself a new Challenge.  It is 30 April and for the next 30 days I am going to:

- Walk every day

- Meditate every day

- Not eat chocolate.

Being healthy is one of my top Goals - eating well and exercising.  I enjoy eating chocolate - yet I often feel sick after I eat chocolate.  Before moving in with my Man, I rarely ate chocolate (unless I was emotional) - yet with my Man having a sweet tooth and after all the easter eggs we received, I have been eating chocolate.  Time to take a break.  Plus I like giving my willpower a Challenge.

Walking every day is easy - the Challenge for me is to not start Running again - I need to take a break for now.  My back is still sore and I am just Grateful that I can go for a walk.  I am also concerned that I need to not put pressure on my body - as I can't wait to have my own baby - in Coaching we talk about what you "ache for" - and having my own baby always comes first to my mind.

I had set myself a Running Goal - and I was doing well - I had built up to over 43 minutes - yet now I find myself needing to change direction.  I am not giving up on my original Goal - yet when I ask myself the Coaching question about my Running "And why is that important to you?" the answer is revealed after asking the question a few times, that the most important reason I like Running is that I want to be healthy.  And so for now I need to adjust my Goal to Walking.  I like reading this paragraph in 'You Can Have An Amazing Life In Just 60 Days!' by Dr. John F. Demartini:

"Follow the Law of Completion, break down your Goals into smaller action steps, put them into reasonable time frames, and then reward yourself when you complete them.  Train yourself to do whatever you say or intend, and watch what happens!  Of course, you must figure in one other factor:  You may decide tomorrow that you have something more important to do and discard your previous plan.  That's okay.  Don't berate yourself over that.  You haven't failed to complete your Goal; you've simply clarified or upgraded it.  Some of the things you don't complete are simply refinements towards higher priority pursuits..."

I do love Walking.  I love to be out in nature, I love being outdoors.  In the past I have also enjoyed time at a gym - yet my preference in terms of Exercise is to be outside.  I just love the surprises and delights and gifts from the Universe.  Some of my favourite parts of my walk today were seeing 2 pelicans flying, walking through the park, I just love Trees, seeing one beautiful kookaburra (where I could stand within a metre and just admire the beauty) and then walking a few metres and seeing another kookaburra (I love kookaburras) and also coming close to two galahs (just love the colouring of the galah).

I love Birds.  I love Animals.  This is why Vegetarian is my preference.

I Love My Life in that I now I have the space to enjoy and explore.  I have a good day, time reflecting on my Business - just one week until I start my Business.  I journal, I write some lists and I enjoy a Meditation.  I love making the time for Meditation - it is my time - a time to connect with my Inner being, Higher Self, God, my Angels.  It is a time when I find deep peace and receive insights and Visions that spark ideas.

I also enjoy some housework, washing and vacuuming, I enjoy looking after our Home.  I love when my Man comes home from work and I am organised.  I love that I have a Home with my Man. 

And tonight I cook - I love cooking new Vegetarian dishes - it is Joyful for me and a way I enjoy to Spread The Yellow in our Home.  I make Vegetarian san chow bow for an entree and then I make roasted potatos and zucchini as a side dish with a main of roasted capsicum with a rice and tofu and vegetable filling.  I love cooking for my Man and myself - I love home-made, healthy Vegetarian cooking.

And now it is time to relax on the lounge with my Man and watch one of our favourite TV shows - just a time to relax together...