Love & Life Elevated

How much time does your brain spend in a space of negativity bias? Sometimes it's good to get out of the mind of the fixer supper and dedicate yourself to loving yourself right where you are.

Everything is possible. The deep, essential truth of humanity lives inside of us. Spread the conspiracy of hope, compassion, and love throughout the land. Be the change you wish to see.

When there is so much movement going on around us, elections, holidays, and other opportunities, what could we be doing differently? The one practice that will absolutely change your life always comes back to presence.

Maybe what's happened in our lives hasn't happened TO us, but happened FOR us. Perhaps everything has happened to raise our awareness and lift us up and encourages us to move us forward. We are a vehicle through which energy moves to help us become more of who we are meant to become.

When I was teaching in Japan, I learned about the word, Kaizen, meaning, continuous improvement, and personal efficiency. The key to this is another word, equanimity, which basically means having calm, composure, and a peaceful return to a place of grace after we have fallen. Look to these words and the opportunities they hold for you.

We tend to pay attention to kindness, compassion, beauty. The non-inflammatory aspect of purpose and how you live your love outloud is powerful and real. Discipline will get you there. Look for mentors and demonstrations of truth, discipline, and purpose.

What have you learned from 2020? Do you feel the need to always be right? Or can you, instead, just be love? Come from love. Express love.

Here's what we know about gratitude and about giving thanks. It may take courage. But if all we do is take a few moments to give, receive and marinate in gratitude, we improve the health of our heart, we build healthy immunity, we feel more possible and optimistic.

We aren't taking the best care of ourselves right now. Especially when it comes to our sense of possibility, our optimism, and our success. Here is one simple self-care solution to uplevel your current situation.

Can we enjoy another level of loving? Can we see spirituality as "anti-aging medicine?" Half our dharma is accomplished by unconditional love, compassion, and acceptance of ourselves. The other half of our dharma is accomplished by unconditional love, compassion, and acceptance of others.