Now In This Moment

We have finally put my favourite print on the wall in our bedroom - it is a photo of Cronulla at sunrise.  I love that I see this photo when I first wake up in the morning.  I feel Inspired to get up and get outdoors and get down to the beach when I see this photo.

I get up earlier than normal and I am Happy to receive this message by email -
"There is nothing more important than what you are experiencing Right Now In This Moment." Amir Zoghi

"Nothing Kathryn, nothing.  Absolutely nothing can be more important than what you are experiencing in this moment.  Because there is nothing but this moment, anything you perceive to experience outside of this moment are simply thoughts, a thought from memory or a thought of the future.  This moment is real; anything else is only a shadow of this moment.  Where are you living Kathryn?  In life or in its shadows? The Universe"  

I love these words - this is a great basis of an Intention to carry with me today - especially, consciously on my morning Walk.  I become a witness to myself - observing my own self - it is interesting.  I notice that my mind is so active - so active.  By being a witness to myself, I am able to catch myself each time the Overthinker part of me comes onto the stage - often I am in the moment - and then I will see something that catches my heart and my attention and it may send me back into the past or into thoughts of the future.  For example I see an older couple walking together, hand in hand - and it is a lovely sight - of course it makes me think about love and relationships.  Or I just start thinking about my Coaching Business and what needs to get done this week.  And by being a Witness and Observer to myself, I am able to consciously choose the focus of my energy.  As soon as I am aware that I am moving away from this present moment, I imagine a Stop sign and then I bring myself back to the current moment - being aware of the sounds and sights Now In This Moment.

I love being outdoors, I love the surprises that the outdoors brings - such as this family of ducks.  I see them every morning.  And just as I imagined the Stop sign this morning - I enjoy seeing the ducks today.

I love being at the beach this morning.  As usual I love seeing everyone so active.  I am especially, as always, impressed with the ocean swimmers - watching them swimming at this time of year, while I am layered up with a tracksuit.  I am very Inspired.  I would love to be able to embrace swimming as my sport - I've often thought about being a brave ocean swimmer - yet I just feel the cold (so much).  And yet I am Inspired - perhaps I will start this Goal in Spring.  For now I will just watch the swimmers with admiration.

I just love being out in the sunshine.  I could walk all day.  And yet today I go to work, where I also hold onto the Intention to be Now In This Moment.  This is one of my Goals - to be Present.  My Strategy is to be an Observer to myself, so that I am more consciously aware.  And also by using the image of the Stop sign - this helps to bring me back to the Now - this is a good tool if I get lost in thoughts of my past or start worrying about my future.

I am reminded of a great quote that I saw the other day 

- "Today everything is possible, yesterday has gone"

Tonight I listened to a Webinar by Kristen Hansen - Mind Mastery - it was fantastic.  Kristen talks about being a Director of your thinking - that you are the Director and you can think about your thinking (meta-thinking - being an Observer) where you know you are not your thoughts, and you have a Choice about the thoughts that are helpful and that you can choose to keep or drop your thoughts.  Kristen talks about the difference between Narrative Circuitry (the busy mind, the constant chatting) versus the Direct Experience, where we are in the moment (Now In This Moment), in tune with the senses of the moment, Mindfulness - where we hear the birds singing.  I loved hearing this in the Webinar - especially since I loved hearing the birds singing this morning.

I loved the Webinar.  I love knowledge.  I am Passionate about being the best Coach I can be for my Clients - and that involves a Commitment to my own growth and continued learning.  And in my personal and professional life, I am always committed to my Mission to Spread The Yellow.  By being in the Now and by being totally Present, I have a knowing that I will be presented with so many wonderful opportunities to love and to serve.

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...