Always the right time to be Thankful

I wrote this email draft (below) to myself back in June 2014 and as I've cleaned up my inbox recently I came across this gem. It seems like I wrote in a moment of deeply felt inspiration and joy. Now I'm bringing it to the light of day :-). It's always the right moment to be thankful and it always feels good.

Working with NLP and Coaching I've learned about the power of language and to be aware of Meta Model language violations with terms like: Always, never, all and everyone.

However, rules have exceptions and this is one of them :) Gratitude will always make you feel better and improve your outlook on life.
Love you all,
xx

Written between June 8-15, 2014

Dear God,

Thank you so very much for absolutely everything! THank you, thank you, thank you.
Thank you so much for our wellness time, thank you for my lovely friends at work, and outside of work;
Thank you for this delicious tea, thank you for my flexible, strong and beautiful, sexy body;
Thank you for my mother, father and brother; thank you for my family and their support and love;

I'm so grateful for the fresh air, the safety of living in Dubai

The beautiful apartment in which I live
thank you for all the money and abundance in my life!

Thank you for my parents and brother in good health;

thank you for all my wonderful ideas and creativity.
Thank you for the delicious food I have at my disposal at ALL times; thank you for the interesting, enjoyable and fun conversations I have with my colleagues and friends. Thank you, so, so, so much!

Thank you for the SMILESSS :-) I love smiles and hellos and good mornings :)

Thank you for my amazing JOB, thx for my wonderful, awesome BOSS

Thanks for my computer at home and at work - thanks for my seat in this spacious and well-ventilated office.

Thx for my privacy and calm seating here where I am - I can focus and also observe the hallway activity if i want.

Thx u for my bed, AC, kitchen, bathroom, running water; drinking water, coffee, my decent and respectful neighbors.

Thank you for my location living in Dubai and my neighborhood Dubai Marina.
Thank you for the opportunity to meditate, to have time to myself; time to be at peace, thanks for my peace of mind.

Thanks for my decent and respectful boss - my wonderful understanding colleagues;

Thank you for the interesting, enlightening, fun and exciting times and experiences I've had with each one of my past Boyfriends - those experiences have all expanded my self-awareness, self-knowledge, and understanding - it is more life experience.

Thank you for all the wonderful, loving, affectionate, thoughtful and sweet kind men and guys I've met and known - there are wonderful examples of good, upright, reliable and loyal, caring men - so, so wonderful.

Thank you for my creativity - and for my ability to ask.

I don't need to know HOW - just need to have FAITH.

Rampage of Intention for Today - This Journey Begins

Dear God,

Good morning!
Thank you for this magnificent new day.
Thank you for the blessing of this new beginning and fresh start.
Thank you for these past days of learning, alignment and expansion.

My intention for today is to RDV with like-minded people and friends; to be in my joyful alignment, to care about how I feel and to feel good.
It is my intention to be aware, compassionate and fully self-loving.

I have boundless energy, optimism and presence. I am calm, I am centered, I am in control of my internal state.

I allow my subconscious to absorb all the beneficial messages, words, and people that permeate my experience to contribute to my greater good and overall well-being.

I allow my subconscious to notice the patterns of the day's movements that contribute to painting a more beautiful picture of life and my experience.

Always on time, my timing is perfect; pure positive energy surrounds me.
I can't get it wrong...I feel awesome most of the time and it's alright; all is well. I'm doing well and getting "weller".

I am centered and even when I am off alignment it is temporary and I am shortly back in the center, delighting in my life and loving this experience. Things are coming into place and there are even greater opportunities coming my way.

Each day is an experience of attracting and experiencing love, fun,  joy, satisfaction and delight.
I support my development and growth, and I encourage the growth and support of others.

I trust my inner being and follow my intuition; I have a powerful intuition and it is always guiding my steps in a wise and beneficial manner.
Today I have more than enough energy to carry out all the activities that Source inspires in me.
Today I take inspired action and I take deep breaths to calm my system.
Today I will deepen my understanding and skill of NLP in Coaching applications to generate beneficial outcomes for my clients.
Today I take my business development further and I love the feeling of harnessing my power.

Today it is my intention to focus on the strengths of being, appreciate them, to trust I already have all the knowledge, tools, wisdom and skill to advance my NLP Coaching to the highest potential level for today, and tomorrow I will rise even higher, and then higher still the day after, and even higher thereafter.

I intend to live happily ever after; to feel belonging to this community, to accept myself internally and externally. And to allow this self acceptance to permeate every millisecond of the day because each moment becomes brighter and more joyful.

I want to spend all my time with like-minded uplifters, lovers of inspired action, self-improvement, self-awareness, growth, life appreciation, contribution to our community and a love for love.

I acknowledge any limiting beliefs and I know that they are already dissipating because it is a belief  that can be changed forevermore.

An NLP Metaphor for Transformation:

A majestic phoenix rising into the brilliant dancing sunshine, piercing through the heart of darkness to reveal the truth.

Today I Write - Intention on 21 Nov 2014

Dear God,
A Poem for today:

My Heart Sings

Today I want to write because my heart sings in joy.

Today I write because my fingers and my thoughts are engaging in this verbal tango.

An emotional spiral of ideas, a flurry of expressions, and series of previously-unspoken potential - now manifested.

I write now right now because I can; I've done it before and I loved it.

8:16AM on 21/11/14
Just had a delicious nutritious breakfast, listening to Abraham Hicks, and I'm ready to set my intention.
I intend to focus on my alignment and care about how I feel; I am the creator of my own reality.
I choose my 'high-flying disc' and I intend to focus on feelings of joy.
Today and tomorrow I have the amazing opportunity to learn, develop my Coaching and NLP skills; to deepen and expand my awareness. Thank you, God, for this amazing gift.

I intend to notice the small acts of kindness, the smiles, all the favors along the way; the bliss of receiving far beyond my expectations.
I delightfully anticipate RDV'ing with like-minded people who are also high-flyers, lovers of life, who can inspire me and with whom to share ideas.
I love connection.
I choose the path of least resistance; to go with the flow; to trust my intuition...To channel any emotion into applicable information and data; there is no failure, only feedback.

There are so many valuable insights that I am ready to perceive and receive. There are so many wonderful experiences and delightful situations waiting in my vibrational reality - in my Vortex a la Abraham Hicks.

Education is wealth.
Health is wealth.
Love is wealth.
Joy is wealth.
Peace of mind and healthy mental functioning is wealth.

Dearest friends, family and lover,
If we consider these beautiful notions then we comprehend just how blessed and wealthy we really are.

We are only limited by our beliefs and mental Maps of the world. Our thoughts shape and define the world we perceive;

Quality thoughts = Quality Life

Thank you in advance for the wonderful soulful lover and life companion entering my life soon enough. 

Thank you for the amazing, strong and resilient woman I am and becoming more and more still.

You know what I really enjoy? Newness! Expanding my awareness and learning more to increase my appreciation for life. I love when I effectively uplift myself and subsequently hold enough self-empowerment to uplift others. 

Our life and reality is a like a Cruise along the Atlantic, traversing the Globe. We are all in this vessel together riding the crests of waves, and peacefully cruising through the calm waters; sleeping through the darkness of nights and thriving in the resplendence of sunshine. There are moments to celebrate and then there are the calm, routine elements of the cruise experience. All along our cruise we stop in different ports and harbors, meet new folks, buy new knickknacks and then we're ready to go back on board. That's how each day is - unloading at the port and having a new exposure on the meta-journey. 

And all along our Cruise vessel is the permanent, floating atop the majestic strength of Mother Earth. Some elements of the unknown future and some excitement. Ups and downs, and all along the beautiful constancy of your inner self on the journey.

I'm really looking forward to our next harbor stop - it is so much fun! :-)

Love you all, God bless xx

Dear God, Thank you

Wed 12 Nov 2014

Dear God,

I want to take the time to thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you so very much from the wholeness of my heart and soul for all the blessings that you are gifting me here and now.

Thank you so much because you have helped me to overcome old heartbreak and healed my heart completely. I feel so good today, here and now, living in the light. Thank you because I have really moved on and have come to embrace the fullness of me, who I am and the deep, eternal love you have for me and that I have found bit by bit for myself. I've been improving on a daily basis and this self-love helps me be a better friend, colleague, daughter, sister, Coach, and contributing member to our global community. Love is #1 and love starts from within.

Truly, love is all we need. The love from within.

It's been a long journey; an interesting, spiritual, soulful and uplifting experience. It's been 2 years since the completion of that relationship experience and I've entered new territory in my self development and evolution.

I pray for my friends and others going through their own journey to self-discovery and self-love. That they, too, find sooner or later, the core of love within themselves rather than projecting it onto an external party, the lover, the desired other. I pray that my friends find peace too, because peace is the relief we seek.

It feels great to be in love in a mutually reciprocating dynamic. It feels the best when you love yourself so, so much that your happiness does not depend or stem on anyone else. That is amazing and that is power. That is the blessing and God's gift.

Thank you for helping me and guiding me, for holding my hand, to overcome depression, anorexia, humble beginnings and the pangs of loneliness. Thank you for always being with me, the constant source of my resilience and tenacity.

It is really such a BLESSING and breath of fresh air for my soul to feel free of suffering, free of the self-imposed pain of perceived rejection and non-reciprocated love.
I am grateful for where I am today...It's been through God's grace and strength that I have my current strength and grace. Peace. Peace of mind is invaluable. It is worth diamonds, rubies and the most precious stones on earth.

Peace of mind. Yes!

Thank you, God, for the beautiful music you've created through majestic composers of classical music.
Thank you, for the beautiful birds and butterflies; the fun, belly-hurting, joyous laughs shared with friends and family.
Thank you for the magic and sacredness of morningtime, its fresh air, undisturbed silence, quiet, newness, the opportunity to start again and give it your very best. To co-create and have fun; to live a new day.

Thank you for my fabulous job where I am appreciated and cared for.

God, thank you for taking care of me always. Together we have traveled to so many distant lands and you've always brought me back in one piece with more magnificent memories, souvenirs and enriching experiences.
Thank you for the financial abundance I experience on a daily basis, and which multiplies continuously. Thank you for your protection; for my home, for my adoring family, and the loving, caring beings with whom I share my life experience.

Thank you for my vibrant and healthy, strong body. You have really gifted me with a remarkable vessel that takes me to an infinity of places and it performs amazing feats. I am truly blessed.

Thank you for the health of my organs, muscles, cells, ligaments, all the elements of my being; my body is such a wise entity it is astounding. It contains an unfathomable vastness of wisdom and knowledge...It does everything, it is a universe unto itself. WOW.

I am happy where I am and eager for more. Eager for more joy, more self-love, more peace, more passion, more focus on my life purpose; I am eager to feel my power and step into my self fully. I am eager to be more creative, more confident, wiser.To be who I really am in all of your greatness and to manifest the very best of myself to the world to bring greater good and positivity to all our surroundings and global community. And so that I thrive and delight in my earth experience.

I want to be my fullest self as the fullest expression of YOU.
There are so many possibilities and exciting experiences in my life being created each second. Many loves, more abundance, more success, more clarity, and a singular fabulous life-mate you have custom-designed for me :-).

I am SO excited to continue evolving, improving, feeling more of your peace and LOVE.

Just being awesome. I am awesome, life is awesome. I am so loved and appreciated.  Thank you for taking care of me, and for helping me control my thoughts.

The world and life we live is a result of our thoughts.

Quality Thoughts, Quality Life.

I love you! :-)

The Pros & Cons of Thinking

Harnessing Thought to Strengthen Us

Happy Sunday! It's not just any Sunday or any regular day. It's TODAY :-) If you know what I mean. Every day is a new beginning.

After 2 days of training I'm taking needed rest and usually this means I replace gymming with going to the pool and lazing in the sun for 15 minutes, the minimum amount of sun exposure required to activate melanin and stimulate 'tanning'. I just love relaxing under the warm, early sun's rays. I read somewhere that the sun's rays before 10am or 12pm are healthy and beneficial. In any case, I really enjoy the ease, comfort and physical pleasure of just laying there and not doing anything while trying to do something - tan. An amusing oxymoron (when are oxymorons not amusing? :-)).
I love it; it makes me feel so grateful that the building comes equipped with a pool and it's accessible in the morning. What a magnificent blessing! Sometimes I swim a few laps if I can disregard the fact that continued exposure to the chlorinated water will diminish the Keratin treatment I purchased to ensure smooth hair.

In life there's always a give and take...I can enjoy smooth, straight and hassle-free hair at the expense of not frolicking in the ocean. Give and take i.e. Compromise. The "work" is never done. We desire and aspire for a given thing and then once achieved it will give rise to some other desired thing or situation. Constant waves of wanting where our appetite is never fully satiated. This seems like a natural dynamic of life, unless you are monk or nun where you surrender desire and devote your life to clearing your mind, meditation, enlightenment and relinquishing control.

A life of enlightenment sounds beautiful and divine and I feel we can be on the journey of increasing enlightenment even in our current modern urban lives. Living in a monastery is not essential. It comes down to being present, questioning your thoughts and setting the intention to begin your own personal journey of enlightenment. Expressing to yourself and to the Universe that you invite becoming more enlightened through life's experiences.

For us living in modern society exposed to the rhythms of urban life, work pressure, family, social engagements, there is a reliable and predictable flow to desire and fulfillment. Once you have what you wanted it spurs new buds of wanting, new ideas, new expectations. You can view it as new problems, or new opportunities and possibilities. It can also simply be regarded as the Next Step. That which follows from the preceding stage or level. And we can count on it - it must be and it will be, 10 times out of 10 once we have what we wanted there is something new to have. And if it doesn't naturally arise then we create goals. This is the human way.

All of this isn't good or bad. It simply is what is...Everything existing serves a purpose and has some benefit in our lives. It just comes down to how we personally experience a given dynamic.


Sometimes we receive what we thought we wanted and yet when it's tangible it does not live up to our grandiose, picturesque expectations. Somehow our marvelous imagination painted a picture far more extraordinary than reality renders. Less exciting than we imagined. On the other hand, many times it is exactly all we imagined and so much better! Sometimes God/the Universe wants to grant us blessings that are far greater than we could have conceived with our limited human thinking capacity. In both cases feeling gratitude makes us appreciate whatever we receive regardless of our judgment about it.

There's a wondrous beauty and thrill in that too because it means that life experiences once traversed never leave you lacking or bored...there will be a new beginning and a new vision for our future self. This keeps life spicy, intriguing, engaging and mysterious. 

This is where the power of thinking and thoughts comes into play.

Is it true? Byron Katie

Since discovering the work of Byron Katie, "The Work" (http://www.thework.com/index.php), two weeks ago it has really revolutionized the way I approach stressful situations. The main tenet is that we experience suffering because of the types of thoughts we are thinking. Asking the 4 simple questions helps to view a situation from a new perspective and realize what is really going on:

1. Is it True?
2. Can you absolutely know it is true?
3. How do you react and feel when you think that thought?
4. Who would you be without that thought?

Her work is incredibly transformative. She has worksheets available at her page free to download and dozens, if not hundreds, of YouTube videos that walk people through real-life painful situations using the self-inquiry method. I love having discovered it.

Thoughts are powerful tools and every single thing we live in life is a construct of our thinking.
Just take any given stress-inducing scenario and ask yourself: Is it true? Can you be absolutely sure it is true?

If you take a moment to pause and reflect on it, you will find that it's not true. That troubling thought about a situation or person is not factual truth but rather a feeling, emotion and/or assumption.

I've done this self-inquiry process on 3 separate situations and each time I come away with remarkable personal breakthroughs. Each time in the privacy of my home and each one taking 40 minutes to work through. This process helps me suss out my ego and grasp it enough to understand, "Hey, what I thought was real is not real. I just made that up and in fact that is how I feel about myself...etc."

It illuminates my real insecurities, what is really underlying the problem and it hits the core of my self-doubts, criticisms and judgments. For instance, I've uncovered elements of insecurity, grappling with self-love at times, and body image issues. Since beginning this process I've come away with new insights and strengths.

I've been able to realize that I want to support myself fully, that my body is incredibly wise and loving, that I will have myself and that we can never really live up to others expectations. Gaining your sense of worth from others feedback is shaky ground. How can we humanly please everyone? Everyone wants something different; it's impossible.

Lesson: please yourself, live your life, be true to your self, make yourself happy & enjoy life.

So in this sense, we can ultimately use our thoughts and analysis to perform The Work to help lift us higher and out of the doldrums.

Depicting the Doldrums in "The Phantom Tollbooth," one of my favorite children's books.

Chiang Mai, Thailand_August 2014 - Reaching a national park with a striking limestone waterfall, pictured below. Darkness in the past can be overcome with constant self-appreciation, self-awareness, and tapping into nature. You can always overcome, you can be happier still...Even from the darkest of nights, you can rise higher than you ever imagined, and higher still. It's a beautiful miracle.

Chiang Mai, Thailand - Limestone waterfall. Aug 2014.

Journey of Learning to Love Myself - Short & Sweet notes - Sept 2013-March 2014

Friday Sept. 13, 2013:

Universal principle for today: 

"The events in my life reflect who I am."

- Whatever catches my attention is trying to tell me something.

- Overheard conversation catches my attention - I'll take the words as a personal message from the Universe.

- I want to find the world that is inside me.

Sat. Sept. 14, 2013

Meditation-Sutra-

"The people in my life reflect aspects of myself"

- Friends and family serve as a group picture of me.

- Each stands for a quality I want to see in myself or want to reject, yet in reality, I am the whole picture.

- I gain most knowledge from those I intensely love and dislike.

- One reflects my highest aspirations. The other my deepest fears.

Sept. 19, 2013 - Coincidences

- Marcus Smith and Holly on Inner Fight podcast last night, and earlier in the day I researched MS and found out his wife's name!

- Yesterday I read about different astrological historical patterns, and now today Elliott Hulse talks about past traditions and different ways of raising families, different family prototypes.

Sept. 20, 2013

Last night clubbing with my friend I met a guy is also a traveler and freedom-loving person like me. 

We are probably attracting those most like us.

Sunday Sept. 22, 2013 - All these coincidences 

Thank you so much for all the ways the Universe works. Today I'll pay attention to the coincidences. Nothing is random. Everything has a purpose.

Sept. 23, 2014

Thank you so much already, so lucky + happy!!! Yahoooo... :-) <3

Sept. 26, 2014

My life is amazing. I desire to fully follow my path filled with joy, love, wisdom and health. I am always prosperous. I am always growing and tapping into my fullest highest potential. I want to express my creativity every day!

Tue. Oct. 15, 2013 - Such a marvelous, magnificent & magical day.

Things I love: My family <3

1- Sleeping deeply and fully to awaken refreshed

2- Spending time with friends

3- Nature, animals - their beauty - I really love it all.

4- my iPad

5- YouTube

6- My very healthy and loaded bank accounts!

7- Seeing new movies @Cinema - what a treat!

8- Fun music

9- Love to laugh!

10- I love and adore exercise

11- I love the way the cute guy at the gym makes me feel - I feel excitement, attraction, curiosity, sensuality, desire + passion & HOPE

I love the feelings he evokes in my inner self and I intend to channel these feelings and go general as it is the same excitement and vigor of love I have with my future BF and life partner.

I love the feeling! Yay! <3

Sometime between Oct 15 & Dec 13, 2013...

I want to hang out, have fun and love all with my heart & soul this blessed week! And then always :-)

<3

Dec. 13, 2013 - Goat cheese, 1 tsp = 7g

Jan 25, 2014 - Thank you 4 the food - amazingly delicious!

Feb. 7, 2014 - The woman's cycle & Exercise

Day 1 to Days 14/15: Hi-intensity exercise most beneficial; Lo-Carb diet; Less amino acids.

Day 14- end Month: Longer, slower aerobic exercise; less weight-training.

As per expert: Stacy Sims

Feb/Mar 2014 - Knowledge is one thing. Application of it is another.

March 12, 2014

I love who I am. I approve of myself. 

My life is full of love & wellbeing + I attract even greater, more magnificent, jovial love towards me. Thank you, God!

I deserve love in all its glory and splendor & I receive it constantly. I love this feeling of being loved and cherished.

March 13, 2014 - Dear Jen, Good morning!

You deserve all the love, well-being, abundance this time-space reality can offer and it's all yours! :-) 

Live a lot & love deeply.

Believe in yourself :-)

December 2013 - Mom visits Dubai. God's gift to us :)

March 2014 - Love is with me :-) Yay

Pool morning, rest day. Sunshine :-) Win!

Notes from Recent Travels - Bali & Thailand, August 2014

Wed. Aug 13, 2014 - Best Western, Kuta Beach

Final day in Bali before flying out to Thailand. I'm so grateful and thankful to life for the opportunity to be in this country. To have the means, health, and all resources, and freedom to travel, explore, experience. Dedicated time to and for myself.

It feels so nice, I love being close to nature. I love seeing the tall, arching trees outside my bedroom window. I love smelling the fresh spices and drinking freshly-made coffee while overlooking the coffee plantation whilst under the warming sun's glow.
I love smelling the dew from the damp trees, leaves and shrubbery. I love hearing the bird's crowing-n-crawing, the wind fluttering thru the leaves. It feels so wonderful to behold all of this majestic beauty with a smiling face, a loving, friendly warm loving embrace; a deep loving kiss to bid you Good Morning and Bon Appetit.
I'm really looking forward to sharing this beauty with my family and friends in the future.

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Aug. 21, 2014 - "Back in Dubai"

Random Lessons/Learnings (having returned from vacation and not necessarily what I learned from my travels):

1. As a lady, never give a man money because he's unable to support himself. If he can't manage himself how can he take care of you???
   • Since I had written the above I slightly moderated my emotion around this statement. Not that I  had done this myself recently; I had simply noticed this dynamic in some women close to me and it seemed to not produce positive results in the relationship.
   
   
2.  Take the stairs whenever possible i.e. You will burn more calories and engage more muscle fibers as compared to taking the elevator. Little steps and small changes performed on a repeated basis add up.
3. Walk each time after eating - even if it's a short 10-15 minute stroll, it will feel pleasant and make me feel good that food energy is being shuttled into the muscles and cells required for energy and activity.
4. I am Master of my time.
5. Note: I visited a Tarot Card Reader in Thailand and the following was one of his visions: Save 50% of earning and spend the rest. Then at age 30-32yr invest 20% of earnings into property.
6. Meditate every day.
7. Don't think too much - or at least all the time. :)
8. You are - I am - already in possession, in all my energy form, of all that my heart desires.I just have to let it be and allow it to flow into my life with ease, comfort, faith and conviction.

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 Sat. Aug. 23, 2014

Good morning! I feel closer to Abraham and God, my inner voice & my inner being. 

I love nature, the darting birds, the beautiful, healthy, natural, easy, flexible plants, shrubs and trees; the chirping birds, the blowing wind, the smell of Marina water. The warming, peeking uprising sun! The nature walk, fellow walkers & the smooth, patterned water surface glistening in the sun's glow. 

A shimmer and sparkle covering, blanketing the entire surface from here to infinity.

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Sunday Aug. 24, 2014 - "Hello & Thank you!"

Learning: I don't need as much food as I think I do! Moderation & my feelings - Listen to myself, my body, my sense (common sense).