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Make One Resolution Worth Keeping - Love Yourself
January 1, 2007
Make One Resolution Worth Keeping - Love Yourself
Unconditionally
It’s that time of year when we all reflect back on the past
year and take stock and then look forward to what we desire
for the next year.
I also have the pleasure of having a birthday on the second
last day of the year, and thus I am unusually introspective
and intentional at this time. What have I achieved that I
intended and what would I most like to create before my
next birthday?
This year is a major milestone in my life. I have
completed my 30th year of teaching. As I look back at the
person I remember myself to be and who I see myself as
today, I can honestly say they bear only a close similarity
to one another.
I think my core self is the same, but how much of that self
I was willing to express to the world at age 27 and what I
express today at age 58 has changed exponentially thanks to
all the personal work I have been doing.
I think I have always been a seeker of Truth. I must have
read at least a thousand personal development and spiritual
books and I have attended hundreds of workshops and
seminars, some by the greatest teachers in the world today.
At one time I thought it was flighty to keep moving on to
the next writer or speaker or piece of information that I
could use. Now I see that as a gift. I was never willing
to think that this latest bit was the only answer and
consequently I have continued to grow and evolve.
I remember being in my early twenties and thinking that I
was now who I would be for the rest of my life. It’s quite
humourous to see how limited that vision was. And it’s
also exciting to see how much I can change in even six
months thanks to all the resources, people and tools I have
at my command.
As I reflected on my present life and what I intended to do
in 2007, I realized that I still had a long way to go in
loving myself unconditionally.
I was raised by a mother who was an amazing perfectionist.
Her thinking was that no matter how wonderfully we had just
performed, there was always room for improvement. My
mother was a product of her time, and like many other
parents at that time believed that if she said she was
proud of us, we would stop accomplishing.
Thank God for a change of consciousness around that
limiting belief. However, it still had an impact on me
and anyone else who grew up with that kind of imprinting.
Yet my discoveries have led me to the understanding that we
are all inherently perfect and there is nothing we need to
do except remove the limiting beliefs that tell us
otherwise.
In many different voices and words, the message has come
clear to me that we can ask for whatever we desire in life,
and we will receive it as long as we believe we are worthy
and deserving of receiving it. We have to be open and
willing to receive.
If I have hidden blocks that say “I don’t deserve it”, or I
am not good enough for this”, or “I have to work very hard
to achieve what I desire”, or “I have to do more to receive
what I want”, it will take longer to arrive or arrive with
great effort on my part, or not arrive at all if the belief
that I don’t deserve it is strong.
Thus I am working with my coach on achieving unconditional
love for myself. I understand that all else flows from
that. If I love myself, I take good care of my physical
body, my emotional well-being and my spiritual life. I
have more to give others when I fill myself up from the
inside than I do when I put everyone else first and take
care of myself last.
I don’t need anyone else to love me when I love myself.
Having other friends and family and loved ones’ appreciate
and love me back is a natural because I always receive back
what I give out.
Some of you may think that loving yourselves and putting
yourself first is selfish, and I agree. It is the
positive side of selfish.
I now ask myself on a daily basis what I need to feel
loved, safe, energized, healthy and fulfilled. It has been
an amazing journey and I invite you to join me in this
practice in 2007.
Here is a way to begin.
1. Get a journal and devote it to your self love.
2. First thing in the morning, take a few moments to get
quiet and take a few slow, deep breaths. Close your eyes
and go inside and ask your inner wisdom what you most
desire or need that day to support you and make you feel
loved.
3. Take that action some time during the day.
4. Before you go to sleep that night, write about how you
feel as a result of taking that action for yourself.
5. Write some thoughts on what you are grateful for in your
life. Gratitude brings you more of what you appreciate and
is a powerful mindset to develop.
Some of the other people and resources I have been using
for a while follow.
I’ve been working with Bijan,
http://www.effortlessprosperity.com for the past seven
months. I find his daily lessons are helping me to be more
joyful and loving, happy and prosperous. I have been doing
them every day since last May and they are transforming me
more every day.
Bijan offers a free call every Thursday night at 9:00
eastern. You can ask to be on his announcement list at his
site, or call in to 646-519-5800 code 6559#. Say you were
invited by Rosemary from Windsor.
I’ve watched the movie The Secret at least seven times now
and yesterday received the book. The Secret is all about
the Law of Attraction, with over 50 different successful
teachers, speakers, writers, scientists and ministers
contributing to the movie’s message.
The book is not only the written content of the movie, but
the creator of the film interweaves her own experiences and
reports from people who have successfully applied the Law
of Attraction after watching the movie. If you didn’t
already sign up for the Spiritual Cinema Circle, you can
either join now and purchase the December issue which
contains version 2 of The Secret by going to
http://secure.spiritualcinemacircle.com?af=12984, or you
can order the movie from http://www.thesecret.tv .
I highly recommend Debbie Ford’s books and programs.
Thanks to all the work I have done for myself as a result
of reading Debbie’s books and then training with her, my
life has transformed.
If you haven’t already read my ebook, Attract a Loving
Relationship, please download it as my gift to you. Even
if you do not want to attract an intimate relationship, you
can use the practices in it to open yourself to more of
what you desire in any area.
Here’s the link to download the book at no charge.
http://tinyurl.com/jx3kz
If for some reason that link doesn’t work for you, email me
at rheenan@mnsi.net and I will send it as an attachment.
I highly recommend working with me in coaching as well. It
is amazing what we can uncover and move forward on when
someone uses transformative processes and holds a loving
space for us while we do our internal and external work.
Let’s make 2007 the year that more love comes into our own
selves so we can spread that love to all around us.
Whatever we think about, talk about and focus on, we get
more of. Let that be love this year.
I wish you all the most loving, joyful and prosperous year.
Love,
Rosemary
“Let’s stop seeking perfection in what we do and start
seeing our absolute perfection within.”
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