When we are in our right mind, we are joyful.
When we are living our life purpose, we are enthusiastic.
When we have forgiven the world, we are happy and free.
When we are at home, at peace and in love, we are in our natural state.
When we are not enjoying, something has gone wrong.
When we are seeing things with fear, worry and judgment, our perceptions are distorted.
When we are afraid and looking at what is wrong, we are in a contracted and endarkened state.
When we are not enjoying life, we have forsaken our purpose and forgotten our Self.
To return to joy, we must change our mind.
To find joy, we must stop looking for anything else.
To experience joy, we must forgive, erase and delete our focus on pain, resentment and fear.
To undo the blocks to the awareness of Good in our lives, we must begin to be appreciative.
When the loss is great, and we are experiencing grief and regret, we can remember the Goodness.
When the pain is profound, we can relax beneath the sensation and find an inner place of Peace.
When the sadness is overwhelming, we seek solace and comfort in giving Love to others.
When loneliness or separation holds us in despair and depression, we can reach out with kindness.
There is always movement in fulfilling our lives and returning to joy.
Where we are stuck, stagnant and immobile, we stop the flow of energy.
When we judge what we are experiencing, we find ourselves stuck in justifying, explaining and defending.
When we choose the goal we seek, envision ourselves achieving it, we can motivate our return to joy.
Remember when you were most joyful.
Notice the other qualities that supported your joy.
Were you experiencing trust?
Did you feel truly free in being?
With trust and freedom, love and joy and peace return.
With trust and freedom, energy and creativity flow.
With trust and freedom, we know all is well.
With trust and freedom, we feel alive, alert and enthusiastic.
Forgive away clouds of suspicion and restriction for yourself and others.
Erase the dramatic and hurtful memories from the past experiences.
Relinquish the resentments, regrets and disrespect for yourself and others.
Stop telling stories of limitation, lack and littleness.
Set yourself free to fully be, freely express and abundantly give.
Joy will be your gift, your unadulterated experience.
Joy will fill your heart when light enters your mind.
Shine you inner delight and let your love shine forth through your words.
Joy is contagious, so let it show!
Loving you, Betty Lue
Twelve Daily Steps To Optimistic Living
1. Focus on my successes rather than on my failures.
2. Notice that which I have accomplished rather than that which I’ve left undone.
3. See and acknowledge my beauty rather than focusing on my imperfections.
4. Notice and acknowledge all the times I’ve followed the optimum conditions,rather than judging myself for the times I have not.
5. Acknowledge all my wins each and every day.
6. Create and maintain an environment that nurtures me.
7. See problems as opportunities to learn from rather than as obstacles to avoid.
8. Tell the whole truth on a moment to moment basis in order to maintain impeccable and loving relationships.
9. Be conscious every moment to put positive thoughts into my mind rather than negative, knowing all thoughts are creative.
10. Appreciate my feelings as a means of understanding myself, thus directing and creating my reality.
11. Continue to forgive myself and others as a means of creating a state of Grace.
12. Fill my life with joy and ecstasy by practicing daily the art and skill of verbally expressing my gratitude for all that I have.