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Love is the Theme
February 5, 2007
February is the month of the heart. Love is the theme.
As I shared with you at the beginning of January, this year
my only resolution is to love myself unconditionally. In
my life experience, it seems whenever I make a declaration
whatever is in my life that is unlike that declaration
comes up. I’ve learned to trust that happening and
undoubtedly create it by having the belief. .
Since the beginning of January I’ve been facing many of my
imperfections. With the perspective of loving myself
unconditionally, I’ve been working on loving what is
showing up in my face each day. That’s not always easy and
I notice that if I get uncomfortable, I work even more as a
way to manage my discomfort.
You can imagine how that plays out. I have a busy life
teaching full time in a community college. I am a coach.
I mentor other students becoming coaches. I am an early
childhood educator and my passion is to make the world a
better place for children by working with their teachers.
I also love to learn, and am always reading and taking
courses. As the imperfections came up, in addition to
spending time loving them, I also created so much work that
I was completely out of sorts for a while.
I got angry and told myself “I am a human ‘doing’, instead
of a human ‘being’.” I spent some time writing in my
journal about “who I would be if I wasn’t doing”. That was
a tough assignment. I could write nothing more than, “I
am a ball of light and love”, which is what I believe we
all are at our essence.
When I was willing to sit with the discomfort of these
experiences, and not mask that discomfort, the answer came
to me. I remembered what I know deep inside me. Yes, I am
love and light and so is everyone else. It is through my
doing that I fulfill my passion to make a difference in the
world. By showing up as someone who is human and has
struggles, but knows her true essence, I can help other
people remember who they are.
That makes the doing less of a struggle and more in
alignment with my passion.
How about you? Do you know how wonderful you are? Do you
listen to and trust your deep inner wisdom? Where are you
on a scale of 1-10 when it comes to loving yourself
unconditionally? If 1 is “I don’t even like myself’ and 10
is ‘I love myself unconditionally’, where do you stand?
This month I invite you to pump up your love for yourself.
1. Take some time to write a list of all the things you
love about you. Ask your closest friends what the top five
things love about you, if you need help getting started.
Commit to going over the list every day this month and
breathing in love for yourself.
2. Create a “love myself” night. Imagine inviting your
lover or spouse and plan and make a meal that you would for
him or her.
3. Prepare for the meal by lovingly caring for yourself.
Perhaps that’s a long slow bath or a day at the spa. Buy
yourself some flowers.
4. Set the table as you would for a special meal, light a
candle and eat slowly. Savour each bite.
5. Love and acknowledge yourself for the perfect aspect of
the divine you are.
I would love to hear from you as you go through the month
loving yourself. What comes up for you? Is it fun or a
challenge or both? Email me at rheenan@mnsi.net.
My amazing training with Debbie Ford and her programs,
http://www.debbieford.com has given me the perfect lens to
develop myself. Open curiosity of what I might uncover is
the kindest viewpoint I have ever experienced. When I
remember to use that lens and not the one of harsh judgment
for what is wrong about me, I am quickly able to discern
what needs to change to keep me in alignment with my vision
for my life. Do something good for yourself in February
and check out Debbie’s programs. We are committed to
transforming the world through our work.
Need more love in your life? Give yourself and those you
love a Valentine’s gift this month of movies about love.
Have you read the Conversations With God books? These
books transformed my whole understanding of God and had a
profound impact on me.
Just a few years before he wrote his first book, Neale
Donald Walsch was homeless with a broken neck,
dumpster-diving for tin cans to have enough money to eat.
He certainly had no intention of writing 22 books, or
becoming the New York Times best-selling author of the
“Conversations with God” series. Neale Donald Walsch was
just a man down on his luck, out of answers, and in
desperate need of help, who cried out to God.
And then God answered.
In what became a series of late night “conversations,” God
revealed himself to Neale in an utterly earth shattering
way. Walsch posed an endless stream of questions about
life’s mysteries and uncertainties, and just like that, God
illuminated the answers, one by one, to all of Walsch’s
desperate cries. Walsch filled dozens and dozens of legal
pads recording these conversations, and their messages
became the basis for an internationally acclaimed book
series that has sold over 7 million copies and has been
translated into 34 languages, and now—a major feature film.
Members of The Spiritual Cinema Circle are receiving
CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD as part of the February 2007 DVD
collection which also includes three outstanding short
films. The Circle is America’s fastest growing DVD club
specializing in uplifting and inspiring movies. Each month
members pay $21 plus shipping and receive a DVD with 4 or
more films that are theirs to keep.
During the month of February new subscribers to The Circle
will receive CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD compilation plus an
additional special bonus DVD (you pay a nominal shipping
fee), SOULMATES, which features 6 short films about the
magic of relationships and the healing ability of an open
heart. That’s a total of 10 great independent films. To
receive CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD and all of these films click
here http://secure.spiritualcinemacircle.com?af=12984
Have a blessed month of love. It will transform your life.
Rosemary
© Rosemary Heenan BA ECEC CICP
About the Author: Rosemary Heenan is a Certified
Integrative Coach Professional. Her specialty is coaching
successful, professional, mid-life women who desire to be
fulfilled and live balanced lives.
Rosemary has been a college professor of early childhood
education for 30 years. If you were forwarded this by a
friend, get your own copy by signing up on the Newsletter
page at http://www.rosemaryheenan.com
Her ebook, Attract a Loving Relationship is available for
purchase at http://www.rosemaryheenan.com
Email rheenan@mnsi.net
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