Everything In Its Perfect Time

INSPIRATION. Daily Quote from Abraham (see Abraham-Hicks.com > subscribe to daily quotes).  Some things you're not letting happen right now because the timing isn't perfect for you. Some you're not letting happen because you are very aware of where you are. But all things, as they are happening, are happening in perfect order. And if you will relax and begin saying, "Everything in its perfect time. Everything is unfolding. And I'm enjoying where I am now, in relationship to where I'm going. Content where I am, and eager for more," that is the perfect vibrational stance.
--- Abraham

Ooooo! This is my favorite Abe quote right now. "Everything in its perfect time..." Isn't it perfect? I want to remember it. I've put it in the signature block of my work emails, I'll put it on my calendar as a reminder, I'll repeat it on the way to work...

TODAY, Sunny organized a lunch at Emperor of India on Cottle Road for some of us to get together to say goodbye. It was so nice to spend a few minutes with friends, catching up on what they're doing. Are you staying? What are your plans?

Seems everyone I talked to had a job lined up, at least for a while.

That made me happy.

I love hearing about good things happening to good people.

My heart can rest a bit easier today knowing my friends are cared for.

OBSERVATION. I hit the snooze button several times this morning. It's not like I'm late to work because I get up extra early, but I was thinking. Hmm. If I was going to my dream job at my dream company, I wouldn't be hitting that snooze button...over and over again. I'd jump up, all excited about the new day, eager to get to work so I could dive into a fun project.

I know most people think "seeing is believing," but that only works if you want to continue whatever is going on in your life right now.

If you want to experience something more wonderful, then believing is seeing.

You need to believe and pretend and imagine and, most importantly, feel, what you want.

So from now on, when my morning alarm goes off, I'm going to pretend it's time for me to jump up and go to my dream job...with excitement in my heart and a smile on my face.

I feel more energized already!

What do you want to pretend?

May energy surround you,


Catherine

The Bright Side Project*****

TODAY I breathe in Spring. Pulling down on the window shade, feeling it resist, then loosening my grip so it pulls up tightly into a roll, it reveals my morning view. Sliding open the window, I breathe in a new day:  spicy pine tree leaning against the fence, dark mysterious richness of the wet garden below, ephemeral sweetness of flowers born on the breeze.

What scents remind you of the sweetness of Spring?

TIRED OF HEARING NOTHING BUT BAD NEWS? Well, you're not alone. A year or so ago, two New York friends decided to bring a little sunshine into a world of dreary predictions and a weakening economy. On that day (yay for us!), TheBrightSideProject.com was born.

How do they brighten the world, you ask? By giving away goodies every single day. They did this for months on end; now giving away something every week.

And not just anything. Good things. Wonderful things. Beautiful things. All contributed by trendy artists, up-and-coming designers, good companies. Yep. The good stuff.

But wait! It's not exactly free. You have to answer a question and if the contributer picks yours as the best answe, then you get your goodies.

These girls (Miss B & Miss Lindsey) are so chatty & up beat. I just love them.

I mean, look at their website:

Oh. Their mission is a little hard to read so I'll type it out for you:  "The Bright Side Project is here to bring you sunshine everyday with themed giveaways and witty repertoire. We hope to inspire you to stop for a second and remember life is (still) beautiful out there."

How can you not love them?

Even if you don't win, you'll still be happy because now you know where to get some beautiful, unusual products direct from the artist/designer/business like these:


Cake bunting from Kiki La Ru (see http://www.etsy.com/shop/KikiLaRu). Who knew cake could have bunting? Genius!

Pastel spatulas and cupcake apron from Ruby Sparkles (http://rubysparkles.com/):

LOVE THEM and you will too. Stop by and see them at TheBrightSideProject.com

May sunshine surround you,


Catherine

The Sentry--A Joe Pike Novel****

INSPIRATION. To ingrain yesterday's message of the Great White Egret, I repeated "the pace is perfect" as I drove to work today. Slowly...steadily...to the beat of its wings.

OBSERVATION. Yesterday, I was happy when I woke up singing Skippity Doo Dah. I was happy as I drove to working singing Skippity Doo Dah. I was happy as I walked down the hall toward my office humming Skippity Doo Dah. Then I saw Ben and asked him how he was.

BEN:  I'm very busy.

ME:  Oh, busy is good.

BEN:  Not this kind of busy. I'm shipping machines to China.

ME:  Oh.

By the time Bill stopped by my office to say good morning, I was very subdued and felt a little sad.

Gosh, darn it! It took me about half an hour to figure out I must have picked up Ben's energy.

I really gotta figure out how to stop doing that!

Well, the good thing is that I'm getting faster at noticing it's not "me."

REALIZATION. Shawnda has moved to a new job in a new area. I bequeathed her my Train-the-Trainer course materials and party decorations. As I was pulling things out of drawers and cabinets and putting them into bags and boxes, it felt good.

Really.

Like the feeling you get when you're going through the stuff you have in the house you've lived in for 30 years before moving into your brand-new house.

It felt like freedom...letting go of the dusty and old.

FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, I HAVE BEEN EXTRA CAREFUL TO READ MORE POSITIVE books and less negative books.

But I am crazy for Crais.

Maybe it's his characters. So real you'd recognize them on the street. Joe Pike, ever in sunglasses, red arrow tats on his arms, a man of much action and few words. His best pal, wise-cracking Elvis Cole (with a name like Elvis, you better be funny).

Maybe it's his writing. Clear. Colorful. Real. Set in Los Angeles around people and places we know.

Maybe it's the story. Funny. Fast-paced. Powerful.

In this latest book, Joe stops at a gas station and then notices two guys walking into a sandwich shop. He follows them and it's downhill from there. A woman. Lies. Big money.

I adore Crais and I have a secret crush on Pike so I would love to give the book five stars. But I deduct 1 star for the too graphic first chapter (it's almost like someone told Crais he had to have an evil, gorey opening because it's the lastest thing to do) and because I just don't get Pike's attraction to Dru.

Despite this one's flaws, I will read every book Crais writes.

Always entertaining and good for a few laughs.

May good books surround you,


Catherine

Message of a Great White Egret

INSPIRATION. ABRAHAM-HICKS DAILY QUOTE (to sign up for the daily quote, go to Abraham-Hicks.com > subscribe to daily quotes):  "Your happiness is the most significant contribution that you could make. In your reaching for happiness, you are opening a vortex which makes you an avenue for the Well-being to flow through you. And anything that is your object of attention under those conditions, benefits by the infusion of your Well-being."  --- Abraham

I love this quote. It's another reason to be happy happy happy!

REALIZATION.  Ow! I woke up with severe neck pain on Saturday. I decided to take it easy since my appointment with Dr. Julia Lewis, the most amazing chiropractor on the planet, wasn't until Tuesday. I guessed the pain probably had something to do with more people getting laid off at work. 

Since I wouldn't see Julia for several days, I decided to play around with the Braco energy. Many people have had amazing healings just listening to his voice so I listened to that section on "The Golden Bridge" DVD. I listened to it two times just for good measure, asked for relief, touched my sun symbol necklace and tucked his book under my pillow. Amazing! I woke up Sunday feeling much betta!

I did see Julia today and she worked on my neck...said it had to do with emotion related to people at work.

OBSERVATION. I drove by the company I intend to work at (grin). As I headed back, a Great White Egret flew in an open field, parallel to my car, perfectly framed in my passenger window. I know it's not possible, but I seemed to hear each powerful downstroke of its wings. Wumpf...wumpf...wumpf. Somehow matching the beat of my heart. Slow. Steady.

I realized the egret beats its wings at the same speed, always. It never flaps furiously like a sparrow. It never hurries.

Just like time...and life.

It is never late.

The pace is perfect.

I want to remember this moment.

What do you want to remember?

May wonder surround you,


Catherine

Baby Diaper "Cake"

INSPIRATION. Alexis' friend, Terra, had a baby shower today so we made a baby diaper "cake". We rolled up a bunch of  baby diapers and secured them with rubber bands...made three layers...and decorated it with bibs, a bottle, booties, bankies, and wash cloths...and finished it with ribbons, baby blocks and bows.

So pretty!

The last one we made was for a girl so it was fun making a blue one for a boy this time.

It's our favorite baby gift these days.

What do you love giving the mother-to-be?

May babies surround you,

Catherine



A Surprising Source of Beautifully Better Home Goods

INSPIRATION. ABRAHAM-HICKS DAILY QUOTE (sign up for the daily quote at Abraham-Hicks.com > subscribe to daily quotes):  "You're always on your way somewhere. The key is:  find a way to be happy wherever you now are on your way to where you really want to be. (We're speaking of the state of being you want.) It does not matter where you are; where you are is shifting constantly, but you must turn your attention to where you want to go. And that's the difference between making the best of something and making the worst of something."  --- Abraham

Oh, I do love this quote reminding us to be happy happy happy now.

REALIZATION. I usually wake up happy and rested, but this morning I woke up ecstatic and silently singing Oh Happy Day. Must be something good coming my way!

BACHAN LOVES TO "REDECORATE" THE BATHROOM WITH DIFFERENT MATCHING SETS OF TOWELS AND RUGS. Since she was having the girls over this week, I looked for a new bath rug and found this at Marshall's:

Isn't it pretty? Oh, I wish you could see it in person. It just makes you smile just to look at it.

Marshall's on Almaden Expressway, San Jose, has never been my favorite place. Things always looked a little shoddy to me and I haven't been there for over a year. But they must have changed the buyer or something because I found all kinds of things I liked:  shoes, shoes, shoes...designer tops...pretty plates and rugs.

I'll go back again for something beautiful to add to my home.

May beauty surround you,

Catherine

Feel Good Instantly

INSPIRATION. I had a lovely dinner on the Santa Cruz Wharf with a friend of mine. We we talking about how to feel good when things look bad.

I was telling him that I sing my Skippety Doo Dah song.

He decided he'll sing Frank Sinatra's That's Life.

Singing a special, really happy song is an instant way to feel good.

If you're worried about something, it's because you're thinking/focusing/imagining/talking about something you don't want. And I've noticed it tends to be mental. It's your mind chewing on something tough and you don't like it and it's hard to swallow.

And because our minds tend to be so strong, it's a good tactic to give it something else to chew on.

If you sing a song, your mind will have to focus on the lyrics.

But the big difference is that a song activates your feelings. You want good feelings.

Singing She Got the Ring and I Got The Finger isn't a good choice.

I'm talkin' a happy song with happy lyrics.

If you're in a situation that's difficult for you to walk away from (like your Mom is recounting for the fifth time about who's in the hospital because her heart hurt and then the doctor said she would would never be able to...), silently sing your secret song. You'll feel better.

When you're walking down the hallway at work and bad things are going on, hum your song.

And when you're in the car, you can belt it out and sing it loud.

If you're smiling while you're singing and after you sing, you've got the right song.

So...what's going to be your happy song?

May smiles surround you,


Catherine