Love Thursday: Happy Love Thursday!

Happy Love Thursday!

Love Thursday: Love Shadow

In the night

In the day

I walk with long strides

Hope, faith and peace in my mind

There is no shame to my pace

It's only time

Time to heal, time to forgive, time to believe

That my love shadow is waiting to be seen

Almost instantly, it is recognized with disbelief

Love Shadow was always there, hanging from my heart's beam!

Happy Love Thursday!

Love Thursday: Love the Artist

Life is your canvas and you are the paint and brush. Let go and have fun with the beautiful ray of colors that you are.

It's so easy to put on the brakes of life because of doubt, fear, worry and confusion. All the colors blend on the canvas and it is sometimes difficult to tell what is the base color or how many layers of color we need to remove in order to get clarity. The beautiful and magical idea is that we go through this process so that we can sort through the "situation" because we are in fact the very thing that is so colorful! We are the colors of life! We are life! Let go of pre-conceived ideas, perceptions and egos and just Be in the beauty that you are.

Our canvas of life display our own unique and incredible piece of work. Why, because we are beautiful souls and if we can just let go and let the Infinite Peace inspire us - work through us - be us - we shall become Masters of Art. We are the artist of life!

Se'Lah at Necessary Room felt compelled to pull us into her canvas of love and life by starting the Gift of Jewel project where we in blogland can experience the joy and power of the written word given to us personally. If you are interested in participating in the Gift of Jewel project, please click here to read more about it and click here to sign up.

Happy Love Thursday!

You are not alone...

Sometimes we feel all alone in the middle of a vast storm - storm of sickness - storm of sadness - storm of divorce - storm of money issues - storm of loneliness - storm of pain and storm of suffering. The list can go on and on and the storms can vary in size and in length.

Let's keep this close to our hearts that we are never ever alone. The body of water that allows us to float and carry us when our feathers are heavy with oil is the peacefulness - the waves of calmness and the security of love. That powerful and vast body of water is God! We are floating with purpose and we are not alone. I know you can feel it...

I needed to hear and see these words myself and I'm thankful for the love and presence that I carry in my Being!

Sending quiet and steady flow of waves to settle your mind, your heart and your soul!

Happy Love Thursday!

Listen to your heart: Sound of the Ocean

Harvesting the love...

Phenomenal photo taken by Se'Lah

Distance happens so fast

Before realization the time has passed

Branches of this and branches of that

Connected to the tree stump planted solid in the earth

The source which peace and love continues from birth

Feel the energy

Careful not to bump into internal/external synergy

Know that it's an on-going journey

With ever-moving systematic prodigies

In every corner of life but often recognizable from above

Don't wonder as you stare at a beautiful dove

Just know I'm harvesting the love

Only to peacefully share it with you.

Happy Love Thursday!

You - The Woman...

Shouldn't I realize

Your the hightest of the high

If you don't know that then I'll say it

So don't ever wonder

-
Maxwell

This is a dedication to all the wonderful moms - to all of the cool sisters - to all of the supportive wives - to all of the loving daughters - to all of the magnificent teachers, attorneys, business owners. This message is to one of the most prestigious and extraordinary Beings - you - the woman!

We women love others unconditionally but sometimes forget that we have a relationship with ourselves. That relationship with ourselves sometimes causes us pain when we perceive that the people we love unconditionally "hurt" us. The relationship I'm referring to is the fact that we set expectations on what we "think" we should do and how we "think" people should respond to what we do. "When you have a relationship with yourself, you have split yourself into two: "I" and "myself," subject and object. That mind-created duality is the root cause of all unnecessary complexity, of all problems and conflict in your life. In the state of enlightenment, you are yourself - "you" and "yourself" merge into one," per Mr. Tolle.

This concept of a relationship with ourselves is dissolved when we accept what is and just BE. We do not have to strike out. We do not have to judge ourselves or others harshly or at all. We do not become the victims. We don't have to correct anything because we see nothing needs to be corrected, maybe addressed, but not corrected. In this day and time when women feel we must carry so much of the "burden," we have to ask ourselves, is it really a burden or is that how we see it? In fact, the "burden" may be "self-reflective consciousness." We want to awaken so our Beings choose this "burden." This thought of "burden" that we carefully position on our shoulders can really be understood as our road to enlightment.

Understand that you are magnificent with or without someone to love you. You are incredibly brave to step out on faith even if it appears that there is no support for you. You bring the strength. You bring the love. You bring the peace. You bring YOU - the beautiful, intelligent, phenomenal woman that you are. Just BE you! No expectations, no sorrow, no pain and definitely no drama!

I celebrate you - the woman. We are strong, we are beautiful and we are life!

Happy Love Thursday You Intriguing Woman!

Listen to your heart: Maxwell - Ascension (Don't ever wonder)

He's the perfect man...

I love this photo taken by Se'Lah at Necessary Room - I just had to borrow it for this post.

Love is solid as a rock!

To all of the women out there who are dating, I stand with you in wisdom, support and excitement! Don't give up ladies. Love is just a touch away!

At twenty-seven, I told my then roommate, "The first man that picks me up, takes me on a date, gives me a kiss goodnight on the cheek, and say goodbye would be the man I marry." Yes, my friends in blogsphere, it had come down to this simple 1-2-3-step process in determining what type of man I just spent time with on a date.

Dating is such a trip! It had gotten to the point where I fired off these questions when approached for a date: Do you have a wife? Do you have someone that think she's your wife? Do you have a job? Do you have a driver's license? Do you have an address? Not to give you my version of a Sex and the City episode but even after all of this interrogation, the end result of the first date would sometimes be such a downer. If he didn't attack my throat with his tongue, one would grab a hunk of my backside. I was sooo over dating. I know you are laughing and I am too.

I'm so happy and honored to say that the first man that passed my 1-2-3-step process is the man I married. My husband is authentic and has a special way with words. I can understand the plot of an entire book from just one of his sentences which sometimes consist of five words. He's strong. He's confident and positive. He reigns peace and loves and recognizes our Creator as his source. My second favorite, he is so supportive and he tells me I'm the most beautiful, intelligent, courageous, loving and peaceful woman. He's the perfect man for me.

To Mr. R: I'm listening to my heart this morning and dedicating this song to you.

Go ahead blog friends, shake your shoulders and snap your fingers to this sound...I sure did.

Happy Love Thursday!

Listen to your heart: Jennifer Hudson - Love You I Do

Love Thursday: Waiting on the world to change...

I attend a class at my gym called Body Flow which is a combination of Tai-Chi, Yoga and Pilates. The classes are a creation of Les Mills (former champion body builder). During my class yesterday, the song, waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer, played twice. I love the music and the lyrics of this song. It’s even interesting that at this point of the class where we work on balance and strength, John Mayer’s song is playing.

Balance. That’s a remarkable and natural concept. There’s woman and man - rich and poor - peace and war. There’s more, but my point is that balance is needed by everything and everyone. When there is no balance, we, as humans, suffer greatly. We become so engulfed in our purpose or goal, we lose touch of the very thing we are and that is life. When we focus on using our minds to drive our purpose, we are using mind energy and as Mr. Tolle says, “Mind energy is hard and rigid. Being-energy (true essence of who you are) is soft and yielding and yet infinitely more powerful than mind.”

We need balance in our lives without a doubt. Feel with understanding. Love with non-judgment. We must not allow pain to be our identity. Our identity is manifestation of life. We give our bodies life, which is the same life that is in animals, trees and flowers.

So, look for balance in everyday life. Work hard and play hard. Stand strong with assertiveness when love calls. After we experience hurt, we must forgive and then let all of the pain go because we have no use for it. Pain that lingers within our bodies often becomes ignited after being dormant and then we experience the pain all over again.

The most beautiful and extraordinary concept here is that we don’t have to wait for the world to change. We are the world. So, let’s change.

Happy Love Thursday!
(The creation of Karen at Chookooloonks)

Listen to your heart: John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change

Love Thursday: Could it be delusion?

I created a link to “Ask Vchelle” in hopes to maybe point some and encourage others on how to accept and process things that we perceive to be challenging or difficult to accept.

My humble aim is to respond to this question, “It’s so increasingly difficult to cope when a spouse is laid off or can’t find work. Any advice for uplifting one’s spirit?”

I have had this challenge first hand and let me tell you, it does take an effort, AT FIRST. I went from blaming to pleading to ignoring and finally, to peace. Do you know that we all judge ourselves sometimes harder than we judge others? That’s right. The reflection of our inner judging may externally appear as down, mean, jealous, weak and yes, sometimes it appears as “happy.” Because of this self-induced judgment, we often adhere to the role that we conjure up within our minds. “I’m nothing, therefore, I’m nothing.”

We do not need to confirm this type of structural belief (thoughts). That’s what our egos and our spouse’s egos want to engage it. Why? We often want to feed our emotional needs. Our thoughts feed our emotions and our emotions feed our thoughts. It becomes a vicious cycle.

So, when our perception of our spouse or partner appears to be opposite of peace and enthusiasm, we simply must allow them space to just BE. In this conscious state, we do not become part of the challenge. A better way to say this is we do not react because we will be the space and the peace in which we allow our spouses to succumb to the peace. Who can say this better than Eckhart Tolle, "Instead of fighting the darkness, you bring in the light. Instead of reacting to the delusion, you see the delusion yet at the same time look through it."

I practice radical forgiveness daily toward myself, toward my husband and my daughter. It is my lifeline to peace. We could only be the catalyst and we must allow our family and friends the space to see, feel and listen to our external peace that comes from within.

Happy Love Thursday!

Love Thursday: It's my birthday..

I am blessed with the opportunity to see 43 years today! Yes, I know I'm a Spring chicken (smile). Not only am I grateful to see the day I entered into this luscious world, but I'm so thankful that I am HEALTHY and feel wonderful. What's different? I'm sharing it all with you in blogsphere.

My husband gave me these flowers last week while I was battling the flu. Aren't they beautiful? That's love...

Happy Love Thursday!

P.S. That's my sister Doris in the photo. I know she's looking down on me saying Happy Birthday sis!

Love Thursday: Listen to peace

When my husband and I first walked into the house we would eventually buy, we knew immediately that it was our home. We knew that our new home marked the beginning of another era in our lives. I remember walking into it and there seemed to be so much space even though the home was much smaller than the home we were renting. The day we moved into our single-family unit, I immediately thought, “This house is much smaller than our rental home but I don’t care. It’s ours.” We were thrilled!

Something happened to our perception of our spacious house. We began to complain to our family, “This house is too small for all of you to stay with us. How long are you planning to stay? Where will you sleep for three months? This will be tough because we need our space!”

As I now think back on this event, we adjusted to my family living with us for awhile and it did seem that we were out of space. We became obsessed with the people and objects in our home and stopped focusing on the beauty, the power and the stillness of space. Space is vast and filters through this life like the image of a hot apple pie's aroma traveling through the crevices of life. It is so vast that it is difficult for the human mind to comprehend. We can only sense it. But it is always there and no-thing can live without it. Space is silence. Space is peace. Feel and listen to it everywhere your eyes see because it’s visible all the time. That’s God!

Sending positive energy your way, always! Happy Love Thursday!

Love Thursday: We are soul mates...

“We are soul mates,” I heard a few of my friends say at different times in life. It is so exciting and romantic when humans have a soul or Being connection other than mind connection. We can truly feel the connection without any thought. It’s an amazing and beautiful experience.

Fast forward ten years – “She is not doing what she supposed to do. He gets on my nerves. We can’t talk about anything without arguing.” What happen you ask? We can’t think another’s presence. We can only feel another’s presence with our own presence. As soon as challenges arise (our resist of the present moment), we only have mind or thought interaction with each other. We constantly have mind noise about the other person. We no longer allow our loved ones space to just BE. We inject stipulations, faults and accusations based on our thoughts and our thoughts are based on our perceptions.

If the communication does not allow you to commune with one’s Being, than you must accept that one of you (or both) isn’t ready to break the identification with the mind – the ego. With acceptance comes peace.

We should listen intently with all that we are and from that place, make sound decisions. Listen to our children the same.

Sending love....

Love Thursday: Don't Worry Be Happy

How can we drop negativity?

"By dropping it. How do you drop a piece of hot coal that you are holding in your hand? How do you drop some heavy and useless baggage that you are carrying? By recognizing that you don’t want to suffer the pain or carry the burden anymore and then letting go of it."

Eckhart Tolle

I’ve spoken with three different people recently for the first time and what they all had in common was they spoke extensively about the economy and how it has affected them. “Did you hear on the news that such and such laid off 5,000 people? Did you hear on the news about the percentage of homes that went into foreclosure?”

While it is definitely a challenge to accept the state of the economy and we are all affected by it, we must understand that all of our needs are already met. We must not allow ourselves to be overwhelmed. As stated in this recent article on Necessary Room, Back to Centre, listening to the media is a way to stay in tune to the condition of our economy, but understand that the media is ONE tool used to provide awareness. Listen to it as you listen to the movement of a washer or dryer in use. It is background noise. Don’t allow the noise to distract you from who you are. You are life!

We must still give from our hearts. We must still know that prosperity is our birthright. We must still believe that if we have $1.00 to our name, we are so rich with love, happiness, understanding, forgiveness and faith. From this point on, don’t say, “I cannot afford this or that.” Say, “I am blessed to have this $1.00. I’m excited about my life and I’m excited for this present moment." Don’t worry about anything. We must accept it is what it is and that’s ok. We must accept what we can’t change; we must enjoy what we have and we must be enthusiastic about life period.

Don’t worry, be happy! In spite of; don’t worry, be happy!

Sending positive energy your way, always!

Listen to your heart: Bobby Mcferrin - Don't Worry Be Happy

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Love Thursday: Love is just a touch away...

To me, she was just a ghost, sort of a mere thought that shadowed the corner of my mind. She wasn’t real. Then on that early hot summer day as the music from the organ drifted into the streets, she appeared wearing all white because of Communion Sunday at Greater Faith Tabernacle Church of God and Christ. She was the young woman that was overly interested in my boyfriend of four years.

What was happening? “But, we are in love,” I told myself. I was so confused that I really was the outsider watching as the two crafted their relationship around me. One day in my bedroom of my mother’s house, I cried so hard and distinctively remember the hole I felt in the pit of my stomach. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep.

After about three months, “I got a feeling something here is bound to change.” Ten pounds lighter from the “love” diet, I began to smile again and felt alive when a young man touched me on my back to ask for 20 cents to use the pay phone (I’m telling my age, I know). This young man not only became my friend, but he helped me to identify the love I already had for myself. He was an angel sent specifically to help me. Love is just a touch away!

So, for all of you who have opened your heart to love only to get the wind knocked out of your soul and your heart, please, take a deep breath and just keep holding on. Feel the calmness inside and feel the energy you are. You are beautiful. You are strong. You are the powerful Being that is giving this world life. Love is just a touch away!

Happy Love Thursday! Sending positive energy your way, always.

Photo taken by: Makeda Photography (click to see more photos)

Listen to your heart: Freddie Jackson - Love is Just a Touch