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Self-Love Journal 9/4/16
I am sitting outside on another overcast day overlooking the pond and thinking about how much I love my life.
I have been focusing on feeling good and allowing myself to spend more time in the genius zone, and it feels magnificent.
I am euphoric and content and I have accomplished a lot.
My chores are done, and I watched Jenna and MJ yesterday. It is fun to have them around and see their cute little personalities as they play with enthusiasm and make a huge mess. Lol. I do have to be careful about giving Jenna a baking sheet and spoon, though. I never realized how much noise can be generated from these items. Oh my! I hope MJ didn’t pick up on that trick. I had some great cuddle time with both of them and some nice conversations with Heather.
This morning I started out early with a run and a great weight workout. I can already feel my muscles screaming from being worked to exhaustion. It feels good, and now I am sitting having coffee and reading a book – at times and other times just sitting here feeling appreciative of all that I have.
Life is excellent right now, and I am grateful that I recognize how lucky I am during this moment. I am honestly a little overwhelmed with how incredible I feel right now.
I love that it almost feels like fall. Lol…It is 79 degrees on an overcast day at 9 AM, but for those of us in Florida, this is a sign that Fall is right around the corner – hopefully.
Self-Love Journal 9/6/16
I had such a lovely weekend, and then I wake up today stressed out and battled a UTI. Well, honestly I have had the UTI or something wrong for a while, and it was super awful Friday night. I didn’t want to go the hospital or urgent care and have managed to keep it under control with probiotics, essential oils, and AZO. However, after 3 1/2 days, something is still not right, and I have reached my maximum limit with the AZO and have run out of some of the oils, so I think I need to go in. I am bummed but that is the way it is, and I will just have to deal with it.
I realize this is an upper limit issue, and my goal is to learn from this. It is preventing me from being in my zone of genius because it will keep me from at least 2 hours of work today. It also adds stress and anxiety which takes me out of a space of feeling good and operating in my zone of genius.
I am going to try to breathe my way through this today and trust that I can accomplish more today in less time than I would otherwise have. I pray for my angels to help me choose the doctors and pharmacies to call on for work that will welcome a conversation with me and be open to adding additional products to what they have. I intend to ask questions that will allow me to serve these places better now and in the future. I intend to be happy with all of my results today and will feel better.
Self-Love Journal 9/7/16
This is the second morning in a row I have woken before 5 am. Yesterday after a lot of tossing and turning I finally fell back to sleep. Today I knew I would not be able to chase another hour of sleep. I have too many loose ends that keep running through my mind. I am sitting outside in the dark enjoying the cooler temperature and waiting for a little daylight so that I can go on a run. I am hoping that will help me feel better.
I went to the doctor yesterday, and it appears that I did conquer the UTI with my probiotics and essential oils. I guess it was just an upper limit issue.
I am stuck in reading the book The Big Leap on the part where we are supposed to recognize our one gift that puts us in our genius potential. It is our super power.
My friend Jen always used to tell me that my super power was the ability to make her feel better when her life was crazy. I somehow doubt that I am supposed to search for people who are having craziness in their lives and help them feel better. I am just at such a loss to know what this is.
Self-Love Journal 9/9/16
I am still stuck on my gift and am just going to move on from this right now. I am continuing to work on my upper limits, and I realize how many good books and teachings have found me this year. I feel very blessed for the opportunities for improvement that have found their way in to my life.
Here are some more of my favorite passages in the Big Leap and what they mean to me where I am at in my life right now.
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The art of getting beyond our Upper Limit Problem has a lot to do with creating space within us to feel and appreciate natural good feelings.
…Letting yourself savor natural good feelings is a direct way to transcend your Upper Limit Problem. By extending your ability to feel positive emotions, you expand your tolerance for things going well in your life.
In trying to focus on the Upper Limit more this week, I am learning how much of my life is spent in either a neutral blasé zone or even worst a negative icky zone. Feeling good seems simple yet is not easy especially when you aren’t feeling good. It can be easy to get into a negative mood, and it can be much harder to get in the happy zone.
I am noticing though that the more often I can bring myself into the happy zone that the easier it is to stay there longer and easier to get back there when I get zapped out.
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Genius Question No. 1 – What do I most love to do? (I love it so much I can do it for long stretches of time without getting tired or bored.)
This is difficult to answer. I would have to say though that it is planning and organizing. I love to plan out or mind map websites and other complex projects. This last week I have planned out a new way of tracking and entering information for leads using a new app. I like working with new technology and figuring out how to use it efficiently and productively. I can get lost in these projects for hours, days sometimes even weeks and have no idea where the time went. The downside is I often get so immersed I forget the basics like eating, showering, hydrating, etc. Lol
I also love to write. I think I would like to write a book someday. It would be a fiction book with tidbits of value and life lessons interwoven within.
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Genius Question no. 2 Now let’s render “what I most love” into something much more specific. Here’s the second Genius Question I’d like you to ponder: What work do I do that doesn’t seem like work? (I can do it all day long without ever feeling tired or bored.)
I answered this above
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Genius Question No. 3 – Here is the third question I’d like you to entertain in that vast playground where your heart meets your mind: In my work, what produces the highest ratio of abundance and satisfaction to amount of time spent? (Even if I do only ten seconds or a few minutes of it, an idea or a deeper connection may spring forth that leads to huge value.)
Creating a well-written email that connects with my customers and getting a high response rate. This acknowledgment shows me that I am on the right track and that I shared something of value. I also love making phone calls when I can get a hold of the people I need to and feel like I am being heard and that I am sharing something of value. I am at my best when I am passionate and excited about the message I want to share.
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Genius Question no. 4
What is my unique ability? (There’s a special skill I’m gifted with. This unique ability, fully realized and put to work can provide enormous benefits to me and any organization I serve.) It is my superpower.
I am not sure about this. I have had several people tell me my superpower is in helping bring a calm and peace to people when they are in the midst of anxiety or going through a rough patch in their lives. They often call me knowing that they will feel better after talking to me. I have no idea how this is translated into my work or career.
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The first place most of us use our unique ability is in navigating the tricky shoals of childhood…You’ll probably find that it made its appearance early in your life. You used it, probably without being aware of it, to cope with stressful situations and optimize your ability to thrive.
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You’ll be able to know you’re getting closer to your unique ability when you feel an inner glow of wonder and excitement.
I am getting closer, but I am still not sure that I have a clear understanding of what this ability is.
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OUT OF THE BOX AND ONTO THE SPIRAL Here’s what I mean by it. I think of the Zone of Genius as a continuous spiral. You go higher and higher every day as you expand your capacity for more love, abundance, and success. It’s an upward journey with no upper limit.
I like this analogy and the thought that we are unlimited. This is what being at the beach and gazing at the ocean always reminds me. The ocean reminds me that life is infinite. I know that it is finite but when you stare at it and imagine each water particle it is easy to understand the unlimited amount of possibilities we have available to us.
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The first shortcut is to organize your inner operating system around what I call a Central Guiding Intention…the Ultimate Success Mantra.
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YOUR ULTIMATE SUCCESS MANTRA The USM is a comprehensive intention you’ll use to center yourself in your Zone of Genius. It’s a set of instructions to your conscious and unconscious mind, designed to inform all your actions and decisions…I expand in abundance, success, and love every day, as I inspire those around me to do the same.
I can’t wait to start using this. In fact, I am going to stop right here so that I can meditate on my USM right now.
Self-Love Journal 9/10/16
I interviewed Jean for our World Wellness conference call today, and it reminded me of how important our energy levels are. Not the energy as we typically think of it but the vital energy that everything in the universe has. I am not science minded, and most quantum physics goes way over my head, but I do understand that we all vibrate at different frequencies and that we attract and repel other frequencies base on our vibration.
Remembering this is important because sickness, anger, frustration, etc. are all at lower frequencies. We can increase our frequencies by getting good sleep, eating whole fruits and vegetables, using essential oils, meditating, breathing full deep breaths, exercise, laughter, love, kindness, etc.
Everything that is coming into my awareness these days reminds me of the importance of doing what is necessary to feel good and to encourage others to do the same.
Tonight is date night. Gary has had another extremely long week, and I hope that he can unwind and relax some tonight.
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Self-Love Takeaways
1. My Ultimate Success Mantra – I Expand in Abundance, Success and Love Every Day, as I Inspire those around me to do the same.
2. The more I consciously try to feel good, the better I feel for longer periods of time.