Lessons, lessons everywhere....

Regardless of the language we speak, our intent manifests through the word. Through the word we manifest everything; we express our will, our intent, our love, and our faith, which are all the same thing.  -don Miguel Ruiz

The other day, after listening to my complaining, my mom said to me, "Stop puttin' that out there!"  Whaaaa? Has my mother been listening to me this entire time? I kind of felt like i was in an alternate university, you know, where people listen to me and my ideas and then believe them. Not that she doesn't listen....you know what I'm sayin'.  

Anyways, with her prompting, I was reminded that I had fallen victim to negativity.  And I was certainly "puttin' out there."

For the whole university to hear.

 

Again.  

For the bajillionth time.

 

REBOOT!

After this revelation, a few days later, someone then told me:

 "I love how positive you are!"

Aww, thanks dude.  It's a struggle. 

I mean, it's EASY!  Jeesh. I need to start catching myself quicker...

dear university,

thank you for bringing blessings of love and peace to myself, my family, and my friends.

love,
kami

Inner Conflict....

The degree to which you cherish yourself is the precise degree to which you will be cherished.  Have a cherishing thought about yourself, right now.
-Mama Gena

I love the way she talks. 

In every self help book, the experts say that the beginning point to making long lasting changes in your life is to learn how to love yourself exactly as you are.  To "feel good now." 

This means that even if you hate how you are, you must learn to love something about it in order to move forward.

I have seen this at work.  I have seen people learn to love and accept themselves as they are and then begin to move forward. 

But...

How easy is this to do? 

Here's my question: How do you learn to love something...that you don't...love?  Doesn't the university know you're full of crap? 

Somewhere, someone knows the secret to doing this and I really wish they'd share.