Thursday, December 31, 2020

Completing 2020

Affirmations:

I always complete every relationship and project well.

I learn from everyone and everything.

I forgive the past quickly and easily.

I choose to begin each day with a clean slate.


Honorable Closure 


When ending the year 2020, it is valuable to end on a positive note.

Endings often portend beginnings.

It is helpful and healthful to end well.

Choose to forgive judgments and end with blessings.


I complete every project with honorable closure.

What is left set aside is put away with a completion timeline.

I finish what I start with a sense of gratitude and fulfillment.

The energy of each day carries over to the next day.


When I finish a meal, the kitchen is left clear for the next meal.

When I finish the day, the house is left orderly for the next day.

When I leave my computer, I leave it ready for the next communication.

When I do the laundry, I put everything away folded and hung in the closet.


The more we finish what we start, the more mental, physical and inspired energy we have.

It is valuable to feel a sense of completion and “Job well done.”

It is valuable to demonstrate and teach our families how to maintain enthusiasm for work.

A key ingredient is to be pleased with all the work we do by ending well.


A Happy and Prosperous New Year depends on completing 2020 with honorable closure.


Take time to do the process below:

What I learned from 2020:

What I regret in 2020:

The challenges I experienced in 2020:

What I appreciate and value in 2020:


When you have the feeling of satisfaction, you are complete.

Loving you, 

Betty Lue


Often people write out what they want to let go of and then burn it or throw it away.

Many people have a New Year’s Eve ritual called “Burning Bowl”.

Some choose to release with meditation, song and other forms or release.

Release the old and open to a new mind, new heart and new choices for 2021.


“Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind.”

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Happy Memories

Affirmations:

All I give and receive is the Goodness I remember.

A happy life comes from choosing happy memories.

I easily let go of all that no longer works for me.

I love joyfully with clarity and purpose.


Remembering


Do you remember how to be joyful and delighted?

Do you remember what it feels like to be fully alive?

Do you remember how to live in a safe world?

Do you remember how to be in love?


“Re-membering” is bringing all the pieces together again.

To remember happiness is to bring happy memories into our mind, 

To remember is to feel the feelings of being fully joyful.

To remember is to embody the feelings of happiness.


We remember why we are here when we feel truly joyful.

We remember what we are here to be when are reminded of happy moments.

We remember who we really are when we embody true happiness.

We are here to remember our authentic selves.


When we hold negative memories, we distract ourselves from now.

When we believe the past is here, we continue to have unhappy memories.

When we forget to delete what no longer is, we repeat the past again and again.

When we fail to erase our mistakes and moments of pain, we do not want to remember.


The work in life, everyday and especially at New Year’s is to clear the past.

Remember only what inspires and elevates your thoughts and feelings.

Remember what you want to repeat and recreate for the joy of it.

Remember what is meaningful and hopeful and gives love to all.


The holidays offer lots of memories to most people, both good and bad.

The work in life is to always heal what was hurtful and remember what is helpful.

We can choose to replay the past hurts or to create present helps.

The mind will respond to your selective remembering.


Be selective in your imaging.

Remove what is not helpful.

Restore what is beneficial.

Choose what you value.


My traditional New Year’s Celebration includes letting go of the past.

Washing away mistakes, distractions, distrust, and disappointment is key.

Write and burn what you no longer want or need to repeat.

Be thorough in your mental house-keeping.


Use a ritual or self-created ceremony and declaration.

“I forgive and release all that is not good, loving and healthy for me.”

“ My mind automatically erases everything that is not wholly loving and true.”

“The past it not here and cannot touch me.”


When you begin again, you can choose miracles of love in your life.

When we start anew, you will see yourself and your world differently.

When you free the past errors, you will have space to attract new creations.

When you undo all fear and separation, you will trust the joy and connection you feel.


Life begins anew whenever you choose it to.

Loving you, 

Betty Lue


Letting go can be fun, safe and easy.

Learn to let go with love and gratitude.

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Free To Be

Affirmations:

I free myself to fully Be Who I AM.

I free others to freely be Who they are

I am grateful for the diversity and unique expression in everyone.

I trust myself to be a safe place for each to be authentic, creative and REAL.


Free Your Self To BE!


What can you do to free yourself to be fully you?

What holds you back from being truly authentic?

How do you keep yourself in check in your live?

What rules to you live by and whose approval do you seek?


There are many teachings and beliefs we learn early in life.

We listen to parents and teachers and what gets their approval.

We observe what works and what doesn’t work in the world.

We are programmed to be externally referring in our choices.


Does this please my parent, teachers and friends?

Will I get ahead by talking and behaving this way?

Do I fit with the people around me and how they act?

Do my actions, language and choices conform to what is popular?


People do not spend quality time with others, learning their values and beliefs.

It seems that most people pay attention to others via media, texting, face book, etc.

It seems that young people admire those in public view and follow their lead

It seems that ‘getting along’, following and belonging are among the highest values.


Where have the leaders gone?

Where are those who speak up for the rights of others?

Where is authenticity, originality and new thought?

Where are those who express themselves creatively?


If you are one who doesn’t follow the crowd, appreciate yourself!

If you are someone who expresses your truth without offense to others, value yourself!

If you are among those who lead others to do good and create good, enjoy your part!

If you are true to you and give always and only your best, count yourself blessed!


What you can do to free yourself is listen to what feels right and true for you.

What you can do to free yourself is to pay attention to when it feels wrong and stop!

What you can do to free yourself is listen to your heart, your conscience and inner guide..

What you can do to free yourself is forgive every mistake, yours and others, immediately.


We are easily tamed and changed and delayed by the criticism we have learned.

People often fear being wrong and so don’t even step out of the learned boxes of society.

We may fear judgment, being shamed , rejected and humiliated by others .

People learn to let others lead and then blame them for their own lack of leadership


If you feel safe by conforming and following what others do, you hold back..

If you still try to please and get others approval, we will do what they want you to do.

If you think playing it safe is the best way to live, you will hide your inner light.

If you wait until another goes forth , you may miss your time to shine and share.


Time to be free and see All that You Can Be,

Betty Lue


FEEL GOOD AT HOME!


Be Healthy!

Wash your hands and clear the fear.

Eat healthy foods: fruits and veggies. ‘

Ingest the best and forget the rest.

Trust in the natural immune system.


Be Positive!

Breathe in Love.  Breathe out Peace.

Look for what you can do, instead of what limits you.

Trust in the big picture and don’t sweat the small stuff. 

Don’t worry. Be Happy!


Be Grateful!

Send “thank you” notes to those you care about.

Enjoy your family at home and friends via phone.

Appreciate your life with your loving attention.

Value yourself, your time and your resources.


Be Kind!

Be gentle with your thoughts and words.

Forgive your judgments and prejudices.

Learn from all mistakes, yours and others.

Treat yourself with respect and enjoy your life.


Be Productive!

Do what makes you happy and feel good.

Clean your home, letting go of excess stuff.

Do something to help others where needed.

Finish those projects you promised to do.


Be Creative!

Start painting, sewing, cooking or writing.

Learn a new language or new hobby.

Make your home beautiful and feel new again.

Rearrange furniture or renovate something old.


Be Happy!

Play cards or board games.

Listen to music and reminisce.

Start singing and dancing again.

Smile at yourself in the mirror.


Be Inspired!

Watch movies with positive messages.

Read books about your heroes

Listen to uplifting music.

Strengthen your faith with prayerful affirmations.

Monday, December 28, 2020

Change for Good

See The Week After Christmas below!! 


Affirmations:

I forgive any and all mistakes and misunderstandings.

I choose to stop making assumptions, explanations and justifications.

I take full responsibility for all past, present and future choices I make.

I honor myself for speaking and living my truth.

I am open and willing to choose and change for the Good of All.


Where Are We Now?


Are We Ready for a Change?

To know where to go next, we must know where we are.

To know how to be guided to our destination, we need to have our bearings.

To understand what coarse corrections may be needed, we must see how we got here.


When we are blaming others, we must be responsible for change.

When we are feeling victimized, we must take the reins of our destiny.

When we are distrusting our own abilities, we must forgive our mistakes.

When we are uncertain of the future, we must consistently listen within.


Have we learned from the past?

Do we know we are repeating old unconscious patterns?

Do we see how our shared stories, fairy tales and history create more of the same?

When will we claim responsibility to clear the old and write a new script for humanity?


I am ready to do my part and make new choices.

I am willing to step forward and claim I am responsible.

I know I am able to respond with my conscience and consciousness.

I know right from wrong, good from bad, and can choose a new voice for freedom of choice.


No one makes us do what we do.

We are together in this time and space to choose for ourselves.

We can pretend but we must make amends and forgive ourselves.

We are able to respond with love and release fear, respond with truth and stop pretending.


When we have forgiven, the fog will clear and illusions will be gone.

When we stand together, the woods will not block the sunlight.

When we remember what we have created, we easily can choose again.

When we hold the truth above pretense, we reveal all we need to heal.


Let us step up into a new dawn, a new year, a new reality.

Let us awaken and choose again for what we truly desire.

Let us stop wishing and create what is, with full responsibility.

Let us recognize the karma of our own unconsciousness and release ourselves to be here now.


All Is Forgiven.

Love Is Real.

We Are At Choice.

Life Is Our Revelation.


Trusting and Freeing YOU!

Betty Lue 


THE WEEK AFTER CHRISTMAS


T’was the week after Christmas and all through the land

Things were all settled, it was all pretty bland.

The gifts put away, the sales all complete

Settled down by the tube in my favorite seat.

I had my awareness written down in my book

Had my insights, ideas and whatever it took.

The spiritual lessons had been easy to share

They were all filed away (I’m not really sure where).

When deep down inside me there arose such a clatter

It was really unfair. Now what was the matter?

Away from my chair I flew like a flash

I looked in the mirror and then came the crash.

My life was unsettled with nothing the same

And the worst of it all—there was no one to blame.

When what to my wondering eye should appear

But a glowing white light, from behind my left ear.

With a little old angel so lively and quick

I’d seen him before. I was going to be sick.

More rapid than eagles his pronouncements they came

And he whistled and shouted and called me some names.

“More action and faith and tolerance and trust

Now listen within and be responsible, you must.

To topple complacency and breach the fear wall

Now dash away, smash away, drop away all.”

As leaves caught up in a hurricane fly

All of my thoughts were thrown up to the sky.

And as they were jumbled and tumbled and swirled

I knew when they landed, it would be a new world.

And then in a twinkling, I felt it all start

The seeds of awareness awakening my heart.



As I came to my senses (picked myself off the floor)

I saw in my mind’s eye, a picture of more.

A world bathed in light, from the south to the north

With every one on it aware of his worth.

No one was waiting for others to do, 

Or to fix or to heal or to make it all new.

Their eyes how they twinkled, their dimples how merry

When they each played their part, the world was easy to carry.

The smile on each mouth was drawn up like a bow

Shining laughter and love wherever they’d go.

The aura of kindness bespoke inner peace

Letting each individual experience release.

Oh the bright shiny faces, wherever you’d look

It seemed—to be willing was all that it took.

To start with ourselves, from deep down inside

To give our true gifts, not to withhold or hide.

With no blame, shame or guilt for our seeming mistakes,

A little forgiveness is all that it takes.

To clean up our world from inside to out

It was simple and happy and I wanted to shout.

Once I see the Christ presence in each person’s face

We all become one, with no distance or space.

I recalled in that moment just what my gift was

To love all of my brothers, with no “why” or “because”.

And I’m here to exclaim as I set myself free

I remember the truth—It all starts with me.


Adapted by Robert Waldon