My Latest Obsession: Garr Reynolds

SPIRIT.  Abraham calendar quote (please buy your own copy at Abraham-Hicks.com > Store > Calendars > Planning Calendar/Workbook):  "It is important to understand that you do not have to physically get invovled in order to allow the pure positive Energy that streams into this time and place. Every time you are silently appreciating, every time you are letting something in your physical realm be the object of attention and at the same time you are vibrationally connected to your Source of Energy--you are adding upliftment to this time and place. Every time!"  -- Abraham

What are you giving your attention to? Is that uplifting you and others?

WORK.  I've been doing a lot of research on the internet...looking for new ideas and ways to do things differently at my new job.

Oooooo! I found Garr Reynolds and I'm obsessed.

He's all about simple, powerful images with strong emotional ties on business presentations because he's fighting:

I've ordered every one of his books and am flinging open my front door every hour or so to see if my box(OK...OK...I admit...boxes) of books from Amazon have arrived yet.

Visit his blog at PresentationZen.com.

I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY THIS AT WORK! ! !

How about you? What do you plan to differently at work this week, hmm?

May newness surround you,


Catherine

Photo of Our Winner

Bill sent me his "OMG! I can't believe I'm the winner" photo. Somehow he kept blocking my face with the book at every retake of the photo (sigh). I guess it really IS all about him.
His acceptance speech that I never quite received said something about:  "I'd like to thank all the little people who didn't participate..."

May grins surround you,


Catherine

Down for the Count

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Not doing well. I think it was something I ate. [whimper]

I don't feel so good...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011


need rest.

Chinglish

ABRAHAM-HICKS CALENDAR QUOTE (see Abraham-Hicks.com > Products > Calendars > Planning Calendar/Workbook):

Your influence is far more than one on one. As you are living happily ever after, you are a vortex through which pure Non-physical Energy flows. And the more you allow pure Non-physical Energy to flow into this time and place, the more the vibrational level of your planet is raised. So that more beings, even when they are not asking openly, can begin receiving this influence.


Have you noticed that when your calendar is full that you do not get influenced to distraction by what everybody else is doing? It is the same with your thoughts--if you are not deliberate about what you are thinking, then you can be swept up with that and that and that...and then your lif becomes confusing.


As you think, you feel. As you feel, you radiate. And All-that-Is (physical and Non-physical) is affected by your offering. That is your power of influence.


Your own experience is most affected by your own influence.

REMEMBER TO CREATE A GMAIL ACCOUNT SO YOU CAN ENTER THE CONTEST I'LL ANNOUNCE MONDAY!

I was listening to Pandora.com (free internet radio) and I saw an album cover called, "Pure Will Akerman." I like that thought.

Think of the millions of musicians over the ages. All of them unique, playing different instruments, in their own way, creating music. So unique that each has his own style. A style that is recognizably different from another musician.

I like thinking that each of us non-musicians is unique as well, so much so that we are "pure Me." Our "song" is the life we live, our "album cover" the evidence of our actions.

Alexis made me lunch today. She decided that for the month of January, we'll be pescatarians. It's kinda like a vegetarian, except we'll eat seafood, but no meat. She wants to try and avoid wheat, eggs & dairy, too. 

I'm not a huge meat eater so this is not a big stretch for me. I've been juicing a lot since the holiday. Funny how quickly the body gets cleared and cleaned and used to things. I hadn't had meat for a while & I tasted a chicken dish Bachan made. YUCK! The flavor of chicken was soooo strong, I almost gagged. It's not that the chicken was bad, it's just that my body isn't used to the flavor any more.

Getting back to the lunch Alexis made me:  brown rice with an ume boshi (pickled plum), sauteed J. mushrooms, miso soup with tofu & daikon (J. white radish).

She packed it in a J. bento box (compartmentalized lunch box). I LOVE THESE THINGS! I'm going to look for a cute (many are ugly), Japanese (not the ones made by Americans), adult-size (not kiddie size) bento box for me.

I love that girl! She's my personal chef and my favorite daughter.

Bill & I have an importer friend named Peter, who travels often to China. I saw a book & couldn't resist getting it for Peter for Christmas:  More Chinglish--Speaking in Tongues by Oliver Lutz Radtke.

"Chinglish" is what you get when the Chinese translate and mangle English. One sign on the cover says:  You can enjoy the fresh air after finishing a civilized urinating. I wish I had read the book before giving it to Peter. Would that have been wrong?

What funny signs have you seen somewhere in the world?

May smiles surround you,

Catherine

Year of the Rabbit

ABRAHAM-HICKS DAILY QUOTE:  "Flawed Premises Can Attract True Unwanted Evidence. Flawed premises that you have picked up along your physical trail can fall by the wayside, one by one, and you can return to the understanding that is at the core of that which you are. (But in order to discover or understand a false or flawed premise, you have to stand back far enough and reconnect with who-you-really-are before you can see it.) If you were to hear a false premise again and again, until you yourself began to believe and repeat it, now your own activation of the contradictory Vibration would interfere with your own sense of intelligence, and you would begin to attract evidence of your lack of intelligence, in effect proving the false premise to be true. And so, it becomes increasingly hard for you to call this a 'false' premise when the evidence seems to be telling you that it is true, for over time you come to believe it is true."

I used to have a flawed premise that "you have to work hard." It was the way I was brought up. And you know what, I was right, work was hard. And then I decided that I could work joyfully and still get things done and be successful. Life is much easier now.

And I used to have a flawed premised called "hurry up." It seemed I was always running around here and there and rushing around the house. Then I realized that I had an underlying belief that "there's not enough time." That's a lie. There is enough time. And I get to decide how I use it. A Santa Cruz bakery has a sign above their door and it's a good reminder to me: 

How about you? What flawed premise do you live your life by? 

Bachan asked me to check the "computah" to find out what the Year of the Rabbit means. Maybe you’d like to know, too.

But first, let’s start with a few quotes from my favorite rabbit, Bugs Bunny.

-- Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.

-- Gee, ain't I a stinker?

-- I know this defies the law of gravity, but I never studied law!

-- Jumpin' without a parachute? Kinda dangerous, ain't it?

-- Shhhhhhhh! I'm about to defy you.

-- I'll be scared later. Right now I'm too mad.

-- The way I run this thing you'd think I knew something about it.

Now back to the meaning of the Year of the Wabbit…er…Rabbit.

The year of the Rabbit should be a placid year since people will acknowledge that persuasion is better than force. We can recover from the difficulties of the ferocious year of the Tiger. Good taste and refinement will shine on everything.

A congenial time in which diplomacy, international relations and politics will be given a front seat again. We will act with discretion and make reasonable concessions without too much difficulty.

We will need to be careful not to be indulgent. The influence of the Rabbit tends to spoil those who like too much comfort and thus impairs their effectiveness and sense of duty.

Law and order will be lax; rules and regulations will not be rigidly enforced. No one seems very inclined to bother with these unpleasant realities. They are busy enjoying themselves, entertaining others or simply taking it easy (whew!). The scene is extremely calm and quiet. We will have a tendency to put off disagreeable tasks as long as possible.

Money can be made without too much labor (woo hoo!). Our lifestyle will be languid and leisurely as we allow ourselves the luxuries we have always craved for. A temperate year with an unhurried pace. For once, it may seem possible for us to be carefree and happy without too many annoyances.

Sounds good to me!

May wabbits surround you and your loved ones this year,

Catherine

How Well Balanced Is Your Life?

Kathleen reminded me of an exercise I do at the beginning of each year with my friends.

I don't write resolutions (too easy to break them and then you feel bad), but I do like reflecting on the past year and deliberately creating the new year.

I don't know who originally developed this Life Balance Circle, but whoever you are, THANK YOU!

It's a great way to reflect on the past year and to deliberately create the new year.

It's easy. Think about each major category of your life (such as health). Make a dot on the circle in that category to show how satisfied you are (such as, 80% satisfied). After you've rated each category, connect the dots.

The more rounded the shape, the more satisfied you are with your life.

The more spikes and dips, the more areas you might improve or enhance.

Here's mine:

There are no judgments here. It's all up to you and your perception.

And it's your life. You decide how satisfied you are with your life.

Let me know how you do. Any insights?

May revelations surround you,


Catherine
==> Sorry. i've tried and tried and tried. We can't attach files in Blogger (for security reasons) and the instructions on Squibd don't match the Blogger screens so I can't attach the file. If you'd like me to send it to you, email me at BeautifullyBetter@gmail.com with a subject of "Send Me Life Balance Circle, Pretty Please".  

Family Holiday Traditions

Sunday, December 26, 2010

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALWAYS DO AS A FAM IS SEE A MOVIE ON A HOLIDAY. Now that Ambergini is older, we see racier movies. We saw The Tourist, starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. Although I had seen it before, I enjoyed it just as much the second time.

We also always go to a bookstore. The nicest one near my brother Randy in Sac is a Barnes & Noble. We spend hours there, each of us grabbing a stack of books from our fav section and then spreading them out on the floor in the cookbook section to decide which one we'll buy.

What holiday traditions does your family enjoy?

Abraham-Hicks Calendar Quote (see Abraham-Hicks.com > Store > Calendars > Planning Calendar/Workbook). 

"WE MUST BE WILLING TO ALLOW THEM THEIR CHOICES. We must be willing to allow every other being the freedom to think and create and be as they choose through the power of their thoughts. As we understand that it is not a personal affront when another does not agree with us, but that it is their expression of their own life, then perhaps we can more easily allow the difference.

See yourselves, not overwhelmed by the decisions that are before you, but exhilarated by their potential for satisfaction and contentment. Begin now by making more decisions, in every day, about what you want, and enjoy the exhilaration that comes as you allow those deicions to manifest into physical creation."

May exhilaration surround you,


Catherine

Christmas

Saturday, December 25, 2010

M ERRY CHRISTMAS! PATTI HAS A VINTAGE FLOCKED TREE SHE INHERITED from her parents. She decorates it with handblown glass ornaments and has a weakness for pine cones.

There were 10 of us, including the dog. The girls started opening presents at 8:05 am, everyone takes turns, we took a short break for breakfast, continued unwrapping gifts and finshed up at 11:00 am.

I wish I had a good picture of Gracie, the dog. She opens the gifts in her stocking first so she'll be quiet while the girls open theirs. The problem is that she gets deeply depressed when there are no more presents to unwrap.

And here's my little girl in one of her gifts:

May the laughter of family surround you,


Catherine

Holigrazing

Friday, December 24, 2010

ABRAHAM CALENDAR QUOTE (see Abraham-Hicks.com > Store > Calendars > Planning Calendar/Workbook).  "Our work is not to convince anyone of anything, but to offer that which we know, through the power of our words. By being who we are, and through the clarity of our being, we will stimulate the thoughts of those who are wanting something similiar.

Do not assume the responsibility of convincing anyone of anything. Instead, make your decisions about what you want, and set out to create the life experience that you choose--and allow all others to do the same.

Each of us have intended, through our life experiences, physical and Non-physical, to gain a clearer perspective of who we are and to express it, and, perhaps, to influence others through the power of our example."  Abraham

Drove up to Sac to be with fam. Seems our day and activities are arranged around one meal moving to the next. 

Saw a cookbook chapter that perfectly describes what we do at all get togethers:



What does your fam do when you get together?

May abundance surround you,

Catherine

An Honest Friend

WHITE DISK MOON IN AN INKY SKY...DARK PINE MONSTERS LOOMING IN THE MIST.

Traffic slowed to a crawl through the mountains this morning. Yay! More time to deliberately create.

Today's quote from Abraham's calendar (see Abraham-Hicks.com > Store > Calendars > Planning Calendar/Workbook):  "A CRITICAL SOCIETY. You live in a society where much criticism abounds. Through your television and radio and newspapers there is much more searching for disharmony than there is searching for harmony. There is much more criticism than praise. But you need not participate within that attitude, and in fact, you must not, because you are seeking harmony.

The negative emotion that you feel as you listen to those broadcasts, or even as you listen to the negativity of a friend, is a very powerful signal to you from your Inner Being letting you know that, in that moment, you are miscreating.

As you learn to move through your day, seeking joyous emotion, and you begin to recognize, at the early stages, whenever you are experiencing a negative emotion, and then you deliberately change your thought, which will change the emotion--you will then be upon the path of continuous deliberate creation."

This is my third year through the calendar. And this quote was one of the biggest Aha's I've had. In the past, I thought when I was upset about someone, it was because they obviously did something that was bad, wrong or rude. And then I realized it was not about their behavior, it was about me focusing on something I did not want...and that anger/frustration/annoyance was Me saying to me:  Hey! Stop that! You're looking at something you don't want and that's going to bring more of what you don't want. Look at what you do want.

And that changed everything...in my life...what comes to me...how I feel in the moment...and also how I feel about others.

Now I see others as people helping me clarify what I want so more of those good things come into my life. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

BILL:  Blah, blah, blah...AND DON'T PUT THAT IN YOUR BLOG.

ME:  [silence]

BILL:  Blah, blah, yakkity yak, blah, blah...AND DON'T PUT THAT IN YOUR BLOG.

ME:  [smiling]

BILL:  Blah, blah, blah, yak, blah, yak...AND DON'T PUT THAT IN YOUR BLOG.

ME:  [OMG. What have I done?]

Have you ever done something that resulted in someone adjusting their behavior and it makes you cringe a little knowing you contributed to it? 

May honesty surround you,


Catherine

Huffy Missy

TODAY'S QUOTE FROM THE ABRAHAM-HICKS PLANNING CALENDAR (see Abraham-Hicks.com > Store > Calendars > Planning Calendar/Workbook)..."When you understand and trust the Law of Attraction, and when you are effectively making strong, clear statements of what you want, you will find yourself surrounded by those beings who enhance that wanting.

If you will trust that you will experience only that which enhances what you want, then you will not be so likely to look for flaws within those individuals that surround you. Then you will expect the relationship to be one of enhancement, and you will allow it to be that way."

INSPIRATION. Whenever I read a new concept I want to remember, I find ways to repeat it over and over again in a short period of time. It helps embed it into my being.

I like the idea that everything is here to enhance my experience. So as I drove, I practiced that thought. [driver in a white Toyota] you enhance my experience...[driver in a black truck] you enhance my experience...[driver in a silver CRV] you enhance my experience...[three birds flying] you enhance my experience...[and a partridge in a pear tree].

Overhead, a swath of baby blue cuts across diaper white clouds. A rainbow played peek-a-boo in the sky.

Rainbows remind me of abundance. Something good must be coming to me.

I am in awe of Kim. She spent 2 days baking 3 kinds of Christmas cookies for everyone. Bill brought them to work and I got 2 bags (yippee!). Shh! Don't tell anyone. This is just between you and me. [whisper]...come closer...closer... I ate 9 cookies in 10 minutes. But It's OK. They were tiny. Hmm. I think there are a few more left. [tip toe toward table]

Yesterday's Chinese fortune:  Remember this day. Three months from now something wonderful will happen to you.

Today's Chinese fortune:  The coming month shall bring you much happiness.

I was talking to Bill, who mentioned his nephew was in college and shared a room with friends. Since they don't have much money, they live on rice. Plain rice. Growing up poor, I know ways to extend a meal with rice. There's Spam and rice, hash and rice, soup and rice... 

BILL:  You were never poor...

ME:  YES I WAS! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW POOR WE WERE AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO GROW UP WITH AN INSANE FATHER AND DON'T TELL ME WHAT I WAS OR WAS NOT...

BILL:  [shock...silence...then mad laughter as he runs to grab his iPhone] Wow! I've never seen you mad before. I've got to get this on a video.

After slamming the door in Bill's face, he searched the internet to find an Abraham-Hicks quote as a peace offering:  "So, if something has hurt you and you're working to forgive it, you are activating it. Forgiveness is almost exactly the same, [Wow! Bill is really good at making this stuff up!] in fact we would say it IS exactly the same as saying, "I'm going to deactivate this thing that's hurt me." And we would say, the reason that it doesn't go very far and the reason that people struggle so hard with the idea of forgiveness is because they keep digging up the stuff that they don't want and keeping it active in their vibration so that they have a stream of people they have to forgive. [Wait a minute. This is a real Abraham-Hicks quote]. So we would give forgiveness a new definition. We would say, the ultimate way of forgiving is really forgetting; and the ultimate way of forgetting, really is by remembering something you want to remember."

As I was leaving for the day, Bill makes me pinky promise we are OK.

Pinky promise.

How can you stay mad at someone like that?

NOTE TO SELF:  If you had not cut Bill off, he would have said, "You were never poor because you had a loving mother and brothers to support you."

Hmm. I rarely have a hissy fit. I need more sleep and less shopping.

Who makes you laugh, even when you don't want to?

May laughter surround you,


Catherine

Nice Everyone Else

THE TREES WERE ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL THIS morning...dark green leaves against a curtain of gray mist.

I know some people don't care for the rain, but I figure Mother knows what she's doing.

                                                .:*~*:._.:*~*:.

PRESENTS! Presents! I brought presents to work today! About 15 of them for friends, workers, and people who've helped me throughout the year. Fun stuff!

                                                .:*~*:._.:*~*:.

Bill's email Xmas card to me today:

To my friend and year long gift from God ..... Catherine.
Thanks for being such a great friend and confidant.
Thanks for your hours of listening and kind words.
Thanks for sharing your life and journey with me.
Thanks for your patience.
Thanks for all the laughs, smiles and polite nods.
I'm truly looking forward to the years ahead and
a continued long and very special friendship.  
Merry Christmas!

Love,

Bill

I was suspicious at the third "thanks."
What surprised you today?

May laughter surround you,


Catherine

The Gift Challenge

Sunday, December 19, 2010

UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN AGAIN [whimper]. THIS TIME TO TAKE EVERYONE TO COSTCO...fluorescent tubes for a bunch of house lights...a gift for brother James since I pulled his name this year...dishes for Seth...Bachan is eyeing the ham...God help me...I hang out at the books.

Drive everyone home...drop off the stuff...take Bachan to Safeway (most likely to fondle ham), CVS Drugstore, Nob Hill, Zinnia's Gift Shop, sit Bachan next to the fireplace and eat lunch at Jack In The Box, Scotts Valley Market for organic salads and such, Walgreen's, and I think there was a store or two in there somewhere, oh yeah, K Mart, the $1 Store, a venti Chai Eggnog Latte with a shot of espresso for Johnny, and maybe some place else, I don't remember, it's all beginning to blur together.

Home...I pass out for two hours...exhausted...up to order Shawnda's Bday/Xmas gift.

She's thinking about making sourdough bread using her Grandmother's bowl, but hasn't a clue on where to start. Oh, boy! A gift challenge. That's the best kind.

After searching the web for hours, I find three websites I like:

--  TheWilbourneGroup.com for the starter and instructions and "unlimited tech support". Hmm. Making sourdough must be tougher than I imagined. 

--  Breadtopia.com for the starter jar, whisk and lame (pronounced lahm) to make those neat cuts in the dough.

--  SassafrasStore.com for the Superstone La Cloche Brick Oven Roaster for a light crumb inside and a crunchy brown outside.

Later, I'll make a card and tell her about JoeJaworski.com/bread/bread2.tm, who has the best instructions with photos.

Whew! That was a lot of digging, but it was fun.

I love knowing she'll get three different boxes on her doorstep before Christmas.

Hmm. Maybe Bill will want to kick in a few dollars. He won't have to run around shopping and he'll get the credit for being a creative gift giver. Sounds like a deal.

What present did you enjoy shopping for this year?

May gifts surround you,


Catherine

It's Starting to Feel a Lot Like Christmas

Saturday, December 18, 2010

UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TO GO SHOPPING WITH ALEXIS IN SAN JOSE. Santana Row...H&M for cute clothes...Anthropologie to get gift cards for two nieces...LOVED browsing Sweetie Pies by Patti Pinner, a postal worker sharing colorful stories and recipes, while I waited for Alexis...lunch at our secret noodle house...grocery shopping at Mitsuwa...fashion mags from the Jay bookstore...Oh, God! we still have to go to Lowe's for three outdoor lights, a hall light, one hall chandelier, two 8' lengths of 1/2" quarter round wood thingie, and other stuff. 12 hours of shopping.

It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas.

[whimper]

Catherine

On the Wings of Eagles

Friday, December 17, 2010

OBSERVATION. AS I DROVE TO WORK THIS MORNING, I SAW A POT HOLE IN THE road. I kept looking at that pot hole and thinking "don't hit the pot hole" and I kept my eye on that pot hole and kept thinking "stay away from that pot hole" and what did I do? Ran right over that darn pot hole.

NOTE TO SELF:  If you want a smoother ride in life, focus on the road, not the pot holes.

CONSIDERATION. A group of birds wheeled through the air above me. I love to look up!

I remember when my ex-father-in-law was robust and active. He'd bike all over town and would proudly proclaim, "I've found $37.28 on the ground so far!"

I wonder how many sunsets he missed?

INSPIRATION. I was chattering away at Bill and bubbling over about something when he said, "You remind me of a bible quote:  You will soar on the wings of eagles."

Yes! That's how it feels. I feel like I'm soaring and lifted by Spirit. I can see forever and everything looks so beautiful from up here.

I catch sight of something interesting and my head turns slightly to better focus on it. This tiny gesture adjusts my direction toward what I am wanting. So easy. So effortless. So fun!

REALIZATION. I was talking to my brother the other day and I saw him wince. I know his neck and upper back is hurting him since he slept wrong on the plane coming out here. At that moment, I felt a pain shoot through my upper back and neck and thought, "Uh oh. I better see Julia [my non-force chiropractor]."

The next morning, I was in severe pain. Luckily, Julia had an opening around noon. Sometimes I suspect she might skip lunch to see me. I love that woman.

She checked my body and asked it questions. Sure enough, she found the pain was related to Johnny and was tied to my childhood and seven issues, things like obligation, duty, etc. She worked on clearing that and on my body for a long time. When she finished, I felt mucho better.

ME:  So, how can I stop picking up other people's pain?

JULIA:  See people and the solution to their problem right in front of them, within easy reach. And see them reaching out for the solution.

ME:  Uh. You mean, without my help?

Guess I have some residual I-Am-The-General-Manager-Of-The-Universe-And-I-Will-Single-Handedly-Save-The-Entire-World Syndrome. [sigh]

What about you? What do you think you have to do that maybe you don't need to anymore?

May clarity surround you,


Catherine

I Applied For A Job

W ELL, I DID IT. I FILLED OUT AN ON-LINE APPLICATION TONIGHT FOR THE company I intend to work for.

I attached my resume, pasted in my cover letter, and filled out a survey and a form.

I wasn't able to include my collage or work samples. Maybe I can show them during an interview.

Wish me luck!

Warmly,


Catherine

Splish, Splash, I Was Taking a Bath

BILL TOOK A DAY OF VACATION YESTERDAY AND IT WAS AWFULLY QUIET AT work without him. I'm going to miss him when I'm gone. Oops! That didn't feel good. Bad feelings are a warning that I'm focusing on something I don't want and therefore creating something I don't want and making something I don't want come to me. Quick! What's the opposite? I love talking to Bill every single day. I have lots of friends I enjoy interacting with every day. We laugh and have fun every day. [Whew! That was a close one and almost snuck by me.]

INSPIRATION. There I was, driving the windy mountain roads of Hiway 17, minding my own business (OK...OK...and also minding the traffic), when I get an idea about drawing a cartoon cat. She's really cute. I can see what she looks like, the color of her eyes, and I give her a name. I imagine developing a cartoon strip around here.

I've always said my life would make a great sit com and that I had plenty of material for a script writer. I sure know a lot of characters. Amazing! One day ago, drawing a cartoon was not even in my consciousness and today it seems so possible. The more you imagine, the more imaginative things come to you.

FUN STUFF. We had our annual White Elephant Gift Exchange today. We hold it at a nearby Mexican restaurant and have been doing it for yearzzz. With a $5 gift limit, most of us wind up digging through our garage looking for a "gift."

There are different versions of the game. Here's ours:  You pull three numbers so you get three chances to switch-and-grab a gift from the table or from someone else. When you run out of numbers, you keep the last gift.

I've noticed that my dear friends are a lot like crows:  drawn to all things bright, colorful and sparkly.

Trick 1.  Wrap your present outrageously and creatively on the outside to hide the junk inside.

Trick 2.  Watch Bill like a hawk to see what he brings and then avoid it like the plague.

Here's the gift everyone was fighting over:  Santa taking a bubble bath, scrubbing his back with a towel, kicking his legs and singing "Splish, Splash, I Was Taking a Bath." I held Santa in a loving embrace for two minutes before he was ripped from my death grip by a greedy and vicious co-worker who shall remain unnamed.

What made you laugh today?

May smiles surround you.

Warmly,


Catherine

I've Got A Good Feeling About This

I ROLL OUT OF BED AND ONTO MY CHAISE, COVER MYSELF WITH MY FAV WINTER quilt with furry reindeer and fuzzy snowmen and listen to Abraham's Meditation on Relationships (Getting Into the Vortex Guided Meditations CD and User Guide by Esther and Jerry Hicks @ Abraham-Hicks.com). "You are doing extremely well. The relationships that you seek are flowing to you. Relax and enjoy the unfolding. Feel appreciation for what is, and eagerness for what is coming..."

I brush my teeth while reading a page from Abraham's Planning Calendar/Workbook. "Your New Stream of People. An understanding and application of the Law of Attraction and the Law of Creation, will bring about many changes in your life experience.

You will find a new stream of people flowing into your life experience, while many of those who were already a part of your experience will begin to drift away, for as you begin to clarify that which is important to you, you will begin to attract those who are wanting more of the same things that you are wanting, while you will release those who are not. And in the process, you will experience less conflict, less confrontation and less negative emotion.

Once you understand, and are applying the Creative Process in that which you create apart from any other individual, then you will be able to understand how it applies in your creating as you participate with others.

And now, from your new perspective, as you gain to understand and apply the Creative Process with those beings that you are attracing who are of similar intent, you will begin a glorious new life experience."

I get to work and read my Abraham Daily Quote:  "In your moving yourself up the Emotional Scale, your business will begin to prosper in new and profound ways! Your business, your relationships, your finances cannot grow beyond your emotional response--nothing can grow beyond your emotional response. Everything matches your Set-point of emotions on every subject that exists."

Hmm. Seems to be a theme going on here.

THE GIFT OF A JOB SHIFT. Edith said, "I want more, more, more from your blog." OK. Guess I need to get a website up and running. Thank you, Edith, for inspiring me.  



What commonalities do you see today?

May good things surround you.

Warmly,


Catherine

Trinity

This is what happened on Saturday, December 11, 2010

Arrrgh! I played with my resume in my San Jose office (I try not to call it "work"; too many negative connotations) until late...got home after 9:00 pm...played with my blog...got to bed after 11. Way too late for this girl who usually gets up at 5:30 in the morning.

Today I can play with my resume all day and all night so I've got plenty of time. I want to rewrite it so it works for external positions which is a whole different ball game.

Woke up naturally without an alarm (yippee) and lolled around in bed for a while...creating my day and sending warm thoughts to those I know and love.

Didn't feel so good...head hurt...mind muddled ('course, it didn't help to delineate and describe each and every twang I was feeling; it's just that it was so new 'cause I usually feel wonderful when I wake).

Decided to listen to 2, not 1, Abraham-Hicks Getting Into the Vortex meditations. Started with Physical Well-Being (oh yeah, need that) and then on to Relationships.

Whew! Feel MUCH betta. Head is clear, got some energy and aliveness back. That's what it's like, folks, when you're in the vortex.

Hmm. What would make me happy before I go to the office? A large organic light-roast coffee from Coffee Cat, with a dash of cream for the cat (me). Mmm. And I think I'll stop by Scramblz for brekkie. Woo hoo! Now I'm happy.

BREKKIE AT SCRAMBLZ.  I love this place. It's so fun and fresh. Silly signs on the wall, a big screen TV.

It's 9:30 on a Saturday morning. The place is slammed so I pick a spot at the counter.

Being the friendly sort, I ask the guy next to me if what he just ate was any good.

Guy:  Yeah. Scrambled eggs, bacon and hash browns.

Me:  Great. [I study the menu]

Guy:  [hits me on the shoulder three times] Are you the surprise date I've been expecting?

Me:  Uh...no. [studiously search the menu as if the meaning of Life lies somewhere between the frittata and the pancakes]

Waitress:  Are you two together?

Guy:  [hits me on the arm] See?!!

Me:  No!

Guess I better crank in that Universal love I'm feeling 'cause clearly this guy is mistaking it for earthly love.

A young server wearing antlers prances by. She wedges herself into the crowd of nine other servers looking for their orders on the pick-up counter. She lifts up one plate and sets it down. Picks up another plate and sets it down. One of the seven line cooks hands her a plate. "I love you, Pascual," she yells. "Woo hoooooo!" say the cooks, elbowing each other and laughing.

So many dishes crowd the pick-up counter that one crashes to the floor.  "Booooo!" yells the entire restaurant in unison.

I've never seen so many workers look so happy. And there are 25 of them working today.

They must really have a great manager and playful corporate culture. I want to work at a place exactly like this, except not in a restaurant, not serving food and not being a waitress.

SAN JOSE OFFICE. I work on my resume for several hours and then start to feel really bad. The lack of sleep has caught up with me. BUT I HAVEN'T FINISHED MY RESUME YET. I call on my etheric team of three.

Me:  I don't feel so good. I'm really tired [whimper]. My head hurts [whimper]. Help.

3:  Turn down heat. [I crank down the heater under my desk]

3:  Drink more water. [I gulp down a glass]

3:  No more caffeine. [whimper]

3:  Darkness. [I close my office door and turn off the lights]

3:  Quiet. [I pause Pandora on my laptop]

3:  Rest. [I sit in my chair and lean my head back, but it's uncomfortable and my neck starts to hurt]

3:  Lie down [whimper...I lie on the floor, using a file folder as a pillow, knees bent to ease my lower back]

3:  Rest. [whimper] It is alright. [whimper] Relax. All is well. [sigh]

Me:  I want to tell my friends about this. What do I call you? I call you "3", but that might be confusing to them. Humans need a word they're familiar with. It helps them personalize you. Let's see. I know there are three of you. The 3 Muscateers? No, no; that's not right. Triangle? Too geometric. 3 Amigos? Sounds like a spaghetti Western. How about 3MeO, like in Star Wars, but different?

3:  Trinity.

Me:  [squirming] But that sounds religious. I'm not religious. I'm spiritual.

3:  We know.

Me:  [squirm]

3:  Think of the Trinity of your favorite movie, The Matrix.

Me:  Oh.

3:  We see you like the feel of it. She is strong and loyal; always there in times of goodness and bad; quiet, yet offers good guidance.

Me:  Yes. Trinity. I'll call you Trinity. Thanks.

Trinity:  Relax.

Me:  [sigh]

Trinity:  Stop. Do not meditate. For where you are in this skill, you use your mind.

Me:  OK. No meditating. But I need to...

Trinity:  Lie still.

Me:  But I need to work on my resume and I have to have something ready for David when I talk to him next week because...

Trinity:  We remind you that it is you who set this schedule.

Me:  [humpf...they work on me for a while]  I'm cold.

Trinity:  The chills you feel are energy, not coldness. We will increase the heat.

They work on me some more. Chills course through my body; up the right side, down the left; across my middle, across my back; there is tiny threads of tingling in my head.

I don't know how long I was down. 5 minutes? 10 minutes? I notice I feel good, and have more energy and comfort in my body. Back to the resume.

REALIZATION.  Over the years, a number of people have suggested that I journal to capture thoughts and insights. I remember reading The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron and she suggested it as well.

I'm not journalling...I'm not writing every day...I don't have the time.

Hmm. I now carry a small note book with me everywhere so I can catch fleeting thoughts before they take wing and disappear. I scribble while driving the curving mountain road to the office, while standing in line at the grocery store, and every night on my blog for at least an hour.

I'm smiling. I love laughing at myself.

So...what about you? What has the Universe gently suggested to you that you have long ignored? Hmm?

May insights surround you today.

Warmly,


Catherine