Remembering and Honoring Louise Hay

The love of the Creator surrounds me, dwells within me, goes before me and smooths the way for me. ~Louise Hay

Before there was "The Secret," there was a company called Hay House, founded by a woman who was thrust quite unexpectedly into a movement that she would lead and come to be associated with for decades. It was called, "positive thinking," "self-help," alternative medicine, quackery, foolishness and many other names with positive and negative connotations.  That woman, was none other than Louise Hay and she basically studied and changed her own life before encouraging all of us that, we indeed, could do the same. We were all, indeed, connected to a higher power, to something bigger and that influence could propel us above any minor ailments, challenges or obstacles that we were currently maximizing, feeling or experiencing. We could and can actually change our lives when we change our thoughts. 

"Several times throughout the day I let go of limited identities and remind myself of who I really am--a Divine, magnificent expression of life, created by a loving and infinite Intelligence." ~Louise Hay

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Hay was a visionary. She helped individuals suffering with AIDS, long before it was fashionable or acceptable to do so and shortly thereafter, she became the face and name of a movement that gave hope to the hopeless as well as those who held impoverished minds and spirits.

"One day, I discovered magic. If I could really love myself, really love myself, incredible miracles would occur in my life. " Louise Hay

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Many years ago, I read her best-selling book, "You Can Heal Your Life" and I was ever grateful to know that I could control my thought patterns and that anything that I focused on would expand. I also learned that "loving myself" was not vain or selfish but was necessary if I ever wanted to succeed or realize any of my dreams.  Those concepts have forever changed my life. We are indeed masters of our own fates, connected to a Power, a Being and a Knowing that is bigger than anything we can see and one that will lead us through and above anything. 

"My relationship with myself is eternal so I choose to love and accept myself and to talk to myself as I would to a beloved person in my life. ~Louise Hay

If you have never heard of Louise Hay, do yourself a favor and google her, visit the Hay House website or pick up one of her incredible books. You will not be disappointed and will probably feel a little lighter in doing so! 

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Although she is physically gone, her spirit and her work will live on forever.

Thank you Louise Hay for everything!

Everyday Grace

User Friendly Inspiration: Grace

I've decided (once again) to share my moments of everyday grace.

Why?

Quite simply, because it feels good and I think feeling good consciously is simply one of the best ways to get the most out of life.

My goal is to share three different things that I am grateful for everyday!

I hope that others will post the things that they are grateful for so that we can create one big GRATITUDE and LOVE FEST.

I believe that what we focus on ---- expands, so this post, which I hope to continue, helps me to give attention everyday to those things that feel good to me.

Feeling good helps us to get aligned with our Creator and the more connected I am, the better my life seems to be!

Please help me in creating an everlasting overflow of joy and gratitude that occurs in our everyday lives!

Here we go,

Today, Tuesday  3/21, I am grateful for:

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1) Waking up and Feeling Calm.......ahhhhhh

Beautiful: India Arie (Acoustic Soul)

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2) Going to sleep, listening to "Beautiful" by India Arie and "Loving Me" by Jonathan McReynolds (Two of my favorite artists).

Loving Me:Jonathan McReynolds (Life Music)

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3) Clean, fresh air and wild turkeys flurrying about.

Now, it's your turn......

What are you thankful for?

Wayne Dyer: The Seven Faces of Intention

 According to Wayne Dyer and his wonderful book, The Power of Intention, there are 7 faces of intention which includes:

1. Creativity: We were made by a Power, so infinite, so great and so creative that all things emanate from that Source. The creative spirit that made you is also IN you. 



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You were born to create!

2. Kindness: "Kindness extended, received or observed" is beneficial to both the receiver and the giver.
3. Love: That which "encourages, enhances and support all of Life."
4. Beauty: "The face of beauty is always present, even where others see non-beauty."
5. Expansion: "Life continually expands toward more life."
6. Unlimited Abundance: We were created from a boundless, limitless being. There are no limits to our minds or our potential.
7. Receptivity: Say yes to your connection to the Universal Source that created you. Live in harmony knowing that as you are here to give, you can also live in a magnanimous state of receiving. 

   

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If we focus our minds and hearts in this way, Dyer believed that we are able to not only live limitlessly but also co-create the life that we have always desired.....

What area of intention can you seek to dwell on today? 
I invite you to share your point of view in the comments.....

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