Smiling

Smiling

We all have those days
when our smiles are not authentic.
Those days where we know
we are pasting them on,
thinking nobody can see the fakeness,
but they can.
This morning for me was one of them.
I had my reasons,
for not wanting to smile
regardless of how hard I tried.
Rather then focus on what I was grieving,
I came back to my basics
and began giving thanks
and moving my heart from a space of sadness
to a place of gratitude.
As my heart changed,
so did my ability to smile.
If I want my smile to be authentic,
I have to move myself to a space
where the positive emotions and attitude,
as my mother would say,
turn my frown upside down.
I know when my smile is authentic
because if feels good,
is filled with hope,
love,
light,
and positive energy.
Smiling can change the attitude
of the world
when it comes from your heart.

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My Students

My Students

I always ask my students
how do you know what you know.
They talk about their parents and life
and a wide range of ways they learn things.
Yet one of the things I have most in common with them.
Is that we are all grateful for what we learned
and those who taught us.
However, we are both most grateful for
those who taught us how to think for ourselves.
They are not their parents
or their teachers,
or anyone else.
They are each unique and precious individuals
who come to the world with their own questions,
their own desires to learn
and their own ability to create information.
They teach me and each other.
We learn from
each other as well.
We become the teachers and the students
and realize that together
we create a body of knowledge,
greater then anything we have on our own.
My students teach me,
and help me to grow and evolve
as a human being.
My students don’t just learn from me.
They learn with me.
Then they take that knowledge
and teach others how to think for themselves.
This is what I love about teaching,
I get to be a part of a gift that keeps on giving.
I

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Opening

Opening

I strive to stay open
to new possibilities,
but sometimes I find myself
stifling myself.
Fear,
doubt,
closed-mindedness,
make me blind
to the openings before me.
Moving through them,
removing them,
remaining open
to all the Universe is offering me
enables me to grow,
evolve,
transform,
and embrace
all I have been given.
Staying open
allows me to be blessed.
All else,
blocks me from those blessings.

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I Am Unique

I am Unique

There is not,
never has been,
never will be
anyone who is exactly like me.
I am a Divine original.
I was designed by the Divine
and nobody else is exactly like me.
The same is true for each of you.
We are all unique and precious individuals.
We all have something which makes us unique.
Even when you cannot see the uniqueness in you,
others can.
You are worthy of being celebrated.
Even when others are not celebrating you,
Celebrate yourself.
Celebrate your preciousness.
Celebrate your uniqueness.
Celebrate your worthiness.

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Always

Always

As we enter this new year,
I am reminded that it will not
always be 2020.
Today it is 2021,
but it won’t always be 2021.
There will always be life, death, and taxes,
but there won’t always be anything else.
Today I am practicing letting go of
always.
I am letting go of always wanting to be happy,
and just being happy in this moment.
I am letting go of always wanting anything
and just being present and fully experiencing this moment.
I am leaving the always desire behind,
and embracing each moment for what it is.
I give up wanting anything always,
and focus on being in the gift of this moment.

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Mindset

Mindset

One of the most important things I learned this year,
was that it’s all about my mindset.
Everything is about my mindset.
I can wake up and say I am tired or energized.
Whatever I say is true.
What I believe
is what determines my actions,
and that is what determines my results
and that will reaffirm my beliefs.
Whatever I believe will be will be
because I have decided it will be.
What I have learned is that if I don’t like
the direction of my life,
I need to create a new vision for my life,
and then work diligently towards
making it happen.
Accomplishing anything in my life,
begins and ends with me.
I am the artist of my life.
I am the one who creates the vision.
I am the one who works towards attaining my goals.
My and my mindset.
If I want a new reality,
I have to create a new mindset.

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Being Real

Being Real

Sometimes I get tired of looking like I have it so together.
I am like everyone else.
I have fears,
Issues,
challenges,
and struggles.
Having lost so many people to COVID,
and please don’t ask me what else was wrong with them,
I worry about dying unexpectedly.
I don’t so much worry about dying,
as much as I do those I love and
who will be there for them.
I worry about dying unexpectedly and
 leaving papers ungraded.
I worry about my death being an inconvenience for others.
No I am not planning on dying anytime soon,
but I want things to be organized
I want to know that those I love will be ok
until we meet again.
Until then, I work on getting everything organized,
decluttering,
getting things in order
I pull on my strengths to face my fears.
I face everything and I rise.
I focus on being real with those I love
and providing a space for them
to be real too

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Mirrors

Mirrors

I have a love hate relationship with mirrors.
I love when they reflect
what I want to see.
I hate them when they reflect
what I dislike in myself.
Mirrors are not always
those pieces of reflective glass.
Sometimes they are people,
like the ones who get on your last nerve.
The one’s who have qualities and characteristics
which you want to be critical of.
Sometimes when I am ready to
push myself to that next level
I make a list of people and what
they do that grates on me.
then I make it about me and
I cringe when I see
how what I dislike about others,
at least most of the time,
is something I need to work on
myself.
It’s easier to see the parts of me I love
reflected in others,
than the qualities I don’t
mirrored back to me.
At the same time, I am grateful
for my mirrors
because they help me grow and evolve
and become the best me I can be.

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i Celebrate Myself

I Celebrate Myself

I celebrate myself.
There is nothing wrong
with being able to stand in a mirror
and look at myself.
and say in myself I am well pleased.
I celebrate myself.
I celebrate who I am,
what I have come through,
how I have come through things.
I celebrate my faith,
my tenacity,
my compassion,
my patience,
my endurance,
and my love.
I celebrate all of who I am
and all of who I am becoming.
I celebrate my achievements,
my experiences, and
my existence.
In doing so,
I celebrate the one who
created me,
sustains me, and
maintains me.
I celebrate the love
through which I was created,
the love that flows to me
and through me.
For so many reasons,
I celebrate myself.

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Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

I love it when people ask me
how I keep my faith.
My faith is something
I renew daily,
work on daily,
and give thanks for
daily.
I read,
write,
think,
pray,
meditate,
and journal.
I look back
at how my prayers
have been answered.
That historical view
helps me to keep my faith.
Being disciplined,
having things I do
help me stay strong
and keep my faith
in good times and bad,
especially the bad,
because my faith
keeps me positive
focused,
balanced
and centered
It is through my practices
I keep the faith.

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My Things

My _____

What are you grateful for?
Each morning I write in my gratitude journal
and give thanks for at least 5 things.
Sometimes it is people,
places, or
things.
It is the things
that struck me this morning.
What if I started
recognizing the things
in my life
as gifts from the Universe.
What if I saw the
Divine in those things
in my life.
What if I saw
the utensils I write with
or my desk,
or my printer,
or my water bottle
or each thing
which is in my life
as something
for which I should
give thanks
and be grateful
and treat with reverence.
Each blesses me in its own way
and helps me in my journey
and for all they do for me
I give thanks.

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Perspective

Perspective

After all these years,
I remember the lessons I learned
at my Bubby’s feet.
She taught me it is all about
perspective.
I would look at the bottom of her needlework
and see a mess
and then she would have me look
at the top
and I could see the beauty,
the bigger picture.
It was all about seeing
the bigger picture
like looking out of a plane window,
and seeing the world differently.
Or hearing two different perspectives
on a situation.
The greater diversity of people
we have in our lives,
the more we understand
about how the Ultimate is working
in and through others.
Our perspective
grows and expands
as our understanding
of humanity does.
Perspective
is not about right or wrong
just perspective

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Discipline

Discipline

“You work too hard.”
I hear that all the time.
There is something which
flows from within and keeps
me focused on that which
I feel pulled towards.
It is as if I know that
there is a light at the end
of the tunnel;
a pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow;
a blessing
beyond my imagination.
For me my work is
a spiritual discipline and
about me doing something
daily to move forward
in my personal journey.
I keep working,
never giving up,
because I know
that each step I take
brings me joy
in knowing
that it is my
discipline and devotion
which will bring me
and keeps me
in a space of
peace and on
a journey to
an abundance of
inner joy.

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My Places

My Places

There are days
and moments
that I wake up in fear
or in pain,
not physical,
but emotional, mental, or spiritual
and I just want to
curl up and cry
and scream stop.
Then I change my focus and
journey to my places
where I find peace -
my rocking chair,
the shower,
my prayer and meditation garden.
Each has something about it
which allows me to connect with
the peace which transcends understanding.
I find myself alone with Spirit,
experiencing healing grace,
love,
insight, and
understanding.
There is something about these places
which grounds me,
cleanses me
and brings me peace.
We all need those places,
where are yours?

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Messenger

No I am not talking about Facebook,
I am talking about the Ultimate,
the one who whispers in your soul,
the one who shows up with answers
in the most mysterious and
unusal of ways.
It is the words which come during
times of silence, prayer and meditation.
It is the smells which
seem to come from nowhere
but bring us down
a trail only that smell can.
It is the symbols,
sights,
tastes,
feels,
words, and
sensations
which lead us
guide us,
inspire us,
and transform us.
As a friend reminded me last night
even the Ultimate uses Facebook messenger.
For some reason I messaged her
to let her know she wa in my prayers
She wrote me back to thank me for
answering hers.
and wanted to know how I knew
a family member had just passed over.
This is not the first time I have felt
led to message someone
only to find out they needed
to know they were loved and
someone was holding them in prayer.
Whether you are giving or receiving,
be open to the messages and
be open to being the messenger

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Sometimes

Sometimes it is something that happened
or a quote I read,
which inspires me
and the words that I write.
Sometimes it is my emotions,
the tears,
the joy,
the feelings,
which seem to come from
nowhere,
but I know
come from deep within.
Sometimes
the wounds open
for unexpected reasons,
like remembering the
day I was adopted
or the days my parents died.
Sometimes it is the memories of joy
like the day my wife proposed
or my son flew up
for the first time.
Sometimes it is the injustice
like when people are killed
as a result of hatred
and injustice.
There is not a thing
which inspires me
to speak, write, or create.
It just flows,
like a river of energy
which flows from within
and finds its way through
my heart, mind, and soul
and ultimately through
my fingers.
If my sharing makes a difference,
touches your heart
and inspires you, then
I am grateful the Universe
is using me
as a conduit to bring
us together.

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Healing

I can’t speak for anybody but myself,
but I hate those days where I just feel off.
Those days where I feel distracted,
where I feel off balance.
Those days where I am hungry,
but don’t know what I want to eat.
I am tired,
but I can’t seem to sleep.
I have tons to do,
but do not have the desire
or the focus to do anything.

My brain won’t shut off and
I just want to scream.
It is in the midst of that storm,
that the wise voice in me
tells me to just stop.
Eat, drink, make sure
I have taken my meds,
lay down,
stop the clutter in my head,
turn everything off,
and focus on the silence.
It is in the midst of the storm,
when I drag myself
to the silence,
that I find my peace
and clarity
and the wisdom
to repair what was broken
and remind me
what I need to do
to stay balanced, focused, and centered
and get back to that space
if sending and receiving
the most positive of energy
to myself and others.

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Silence

Silence

Sometimes my wisdom,
my deepest understandings
come in the midst of my silence.
they do not come when I am speaking,
but rather when I am silent,
like following the urge from within
to wake up out of a deep sleep
and go to the bathroom.
It comes from this deep wisdom
we see even in infants who
know to suck on a nipple
and be fed.
We see it in the ways
salmon tend to know
to swim upstream
or the things our bodies
tend to know how to do
without instruction.
Sometimes it is in the
silence, that we receive
the guidance and inspiration
of the Universe.
It comes when we give
the Universe our undivided attention
and exist in silence.

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Inner Ancestor

I look at myself
and I see my ancestors.
I know I am a reflection
of the lineage I know
and the lineage I do not.
I never met my birth parents
but I see them when I look at myself.
I see my
birth family

foster family, and my
adoptive family.
I them
in the way I look,
behave,
dream,
and live
I learn about them
each day by the way
they live through me,
guide me,
and inspire me
I am grateful to be the
embodiment
of their wisdom
their beings, and
the legacy they left
within me.

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Giving

My mother always said
it is better to give
then to receive.
She taught me to give,
but she did not teach
me about the what
and the when
of giving.
Sometimes what we can give
is not what people need
or when they need it.
Sometimes what is needed
in that moment of time
is not something we can give
no matter how much we want to.
It’s about the types
and the timing.
It’s about being the right person
at the right moment
with the ability to give
the right gift
It’s not about the gift itself,
but about it
being the time for
the gift
to be a gift
and not just
an offering
which is not
fully appreciated

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