Category: Spirituality

Sometimes, signs we get confirming we are on the right path come through quicker than others. I have been trying to say affirmations more. I was just thinking today how I definitely need to be saying affirmations all throughout the day, everyday, every chance I get.

This is vital in order to be operating on a higher vibration to manifest and create your life the way you want it to be. The Universe/God/Creator wants us to function on a high vibration. When operating on a low frequency, we keep attracting situations that are equal to the negative state our mind and spirit are in.

Two examples were brought to my attention today. The people who were speaking to me had no idea they were being used to confirm this concept. As they were talking, a voice inside of me was saying, “yep, you see!”

First, was something my granddaughter told me. Her and her friend who slept over last night, who we will call Cindy, were at the pool in our apartment complex today. I went to check on them to see if they were hungry. My granddaughter informed me, when she asked me if her and Cindy could hang out in the shopping area close by before going to the pool, they ate at a restaurant.

I asked her how she got money to eat. She said Cindy had some money, and last evening when they asked to go to the nearby shopping complex, they walked around looking for money. They literally went in search for money with an expectation of finding some and they did.

My granddaughter said they found about $30 in coins. Now, I don’t know if they really found that much or not, however, the point here is they found more than a few coins; they found a substantial amount. They set an intention to find money and found what they were looking for. Hmmmmmm……

Then, Cindy’s mom came to pick her up. As the mom and I were talking, she mentioned she starts a new job tomorrow paying her over double compared to her previous job. She mentioned, she was not even looking for other employment; a recruiter reached out to her. She informed me she has been using affirmations a lot lately. Could it be whatever she was speaking led the recruiter to her???? Hmmmmmm….

Well, there you have it!! I do not think I need any more confirmation than what I just received. Speaking positive affirmations and setting intentions works! I am not saying it all happens overnight, but I do know that I need to stick with the program with the assurance that good things are on the way! Patience and persistence! Having faith and do not give up!!

An affirmation opens the door. It’s a beginning point on the path to change. ~ Louise L. Hay

One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one’s mind. ~ Robert Collier

When I talk about doing affirmations, I mean consciously choosing words that will either help eliminate something from your life or help create something new in your life. ~ Louise L. Hay

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. ~ Claude M. Bristol

Affirmations are like seed planted in soil. Poor soil, poor growth. Rich soil, abundant growth. The more you choose to think thoughts that make you feel good, the quicker the affirmations work. ~ Louise L. Hay

I ran to the grocery store today to pick up a few items. When I got to my car, I put my purse and plastic grocery bag on the front passenger seat, then I pulled off. After driving a few minutes, I caught a red light. As I sat there, I remembered I forgot to take out a snack I bought to eat for the ride home. As I grabbed the grocery bag to get my goodie out, I found the one side, of one of the handles, somehow decided to work its way through the slit of one of the metal loops that holds the strap to my purse. As I looked down, I was puzzled as to how, by simply placing them both on the seat together, this was the result. The slit on the metal loop is extremely tight with no room for play at all!

While the light was still red, I tried to quickly work the side of the handle back out through the slit. To no avail, I could not! Out of frustration, I ripped the bag handle which was the only way to release it from being attached to my purse (my OCD was on high at the moment, not wanting this attachment to continue all the way home). I was perplexed! How could this have happened!!?? If someone told me they would give me a million dollars if I could get one side of the plastic bag handle through the crack of the loop in a few minutes, I would have not succeeded! Heck, I tried to pull and pry the slit open, trying to make sense as to how this happened, and I could not get it to open even a hair, yet somehow, unbeknownst to me, the handle worked its way through on its own. Magic!

I remember another time when something like this occured. I was at the grocery store and no sooner I put my hands on the handle of the shopping cart, I felt my bracelet stuck (hmmm the grocery store again…maybe there is something with me and food shopping lol) My bracelet worked its way through a little opening on the cart. It happened in a matter of seconds, however, it took me about five minutes to get it out! Once again, I was so frustrated! The opening somehow was big enough for the bracelet to get caught very quickly, but not big enough for me to get it out easily…grrrrrrrrrrrrr

If we pay attention, these little nuisances that transpire are teachable moments, correlating to aspects of life. It is so easy to get into something, and so hard to get out. It is so easy to get into debt, so hard to get out; it is so easy to gain weight, and it takes a lot of discipline and hardwork to get the weight off; it is easy to fail a class, and it takes a few semesters of many good grades to get your GPA up after that one F knocked you down; so easy to spew off nasty words from the mouth, so hard to take them back even after much apology.  

Like my bag and bracelet stories, sometimes there are unforeseen circumstances that happen to us beyond our control, then there are those situations where we are to blame and the outcome, pretty predictable. Either way, life will be life!

I should have been writing this back in September. Maybe I am late because even though the calendar said the first day of fall was September 23rd, I decorated my apartment door not too long after, all the signs of the harvest season have been in the grocery stores and farm stands for awhile, it is only within the last few weeks with the temperatures dropping and  leaves starting to change colors here in NC, that it has actually felt like fall finally arrived.   

I love spring, summer and fall; I despise winter to no end!!! I wish once we hit the fall months, the temperature would be no less than 60° until April, then increase to 70°, and keep increasing until we hit the summer months again. We can skip right over the nasty winter weather for all I care! There is nothing I love about the cold, not even here in NC where it is not as bad as up north! Everything is dead and it gets dark too early, blah blah blah the list goes on.

Although I love summer, after some of the scorching temperatures, I am ready for the change fall brings. I love wearing boots and accessorizing my sweaters with fashionable scarves, all the many ways to enjoy pumpkin, caramel, fall spices, the colors of the leaves; racking up the fallen leaves in a pile, which reminds me of my childhood when I would jump in them and hear the crunching sound; going to a park watching the squirrels gather up their food for the pesky winter, seeing pinecones on the ground and the cozy feeling this time of year brings.

Fall is such a blessing! At this time of year, we get to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends that we may have not been able to see much of or at all throughout the year. With that being said, there are many people who are very sad during this time of year due to loved ones who have passed on, and many are alone during this time and/or cannot afford the holiday meal. Thanksgiving is about refocusing our attention and reflecting on what we have to be thankful for. No matter how bad our situation, we can always find someone worse off than we are. It is a great time to volunteer at a shelter, food bank, or soup kitchen, and see how fortunate many of us are, as we help to make the lives of others a little brighter.

I recently came across a mother and teenage son who are homeless. My heart aches for them. I will be sharing that story with you in another post. This encounter helped me to put my own life in perspective. It reminded me that many of us are one paycheck away from that being us. No one is exempt from something like being homeless. Unfortunate circumstances can happen in the blink of an eye. Although not everything in my life is exactly the way I want it at the moment, I am not homeless, and for that I am so very grateful.

I would like to share with you a beautiful picture my friend Pamela posted on Facebook. This was taken right outside her home. I had to steal it. This was just too beautiful not to.

Until we spend time together again, I leave you with this: “The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” – Henry Ward Beecher