INSIGHTS
INCENTIVES
Stretching
Stories from me are about my changing over the years and for some they would call it my transformation. I seem to have recognized my choices create my reality and so little additions and subtractions in my every day would do the trick of me taking charge. One of the first items of addition to my day came about while I was just awakening from the night and as I lay there, I decided it was best to get this body of mine moving. The title of this story is: Stretching. As I open my eyes from sleep – am I smiling or frowning, having quiet thoughts or rowdy ones? Interesting questions. I have discovered a secret, or maybe not much of one. Being human on earth at this time, I am feeling the negativity in the airwaves. It has been that way for a bit of time, and I have been affected or damaged in some fashion because of it. That negativity needs to be transformed to positivity for me. That transformation is in my thoughts. That is inspiring to me, because they are my thoughts that I am requiring, instead of someone else’s. I figured out that I could not do much about the items in our world that are negative, but I could do a few items in bed before getting up that would assist my thoughts to be about me, and how much it alters the flexibility of my body, and creates a positive flow to start my day. Was that an inspiration? Maybe, because it alleviated emotions that might have risen. I am now realizing that my emotions are affecting my thoughts! So, here we are: number One - I stay laying in bed, on my back, and start moving my body – the toes, the knees and the legs as a whole. I find there are many varieties of good movements for that portion of my body and I do as many as time permits. So, that is my first routine in the morning, so my feet and legs have been stretched and feel more ‘alive’ I will call it. So, number Two is when I sit up on the bed. Jaw movements are especially important to me. Open and close naturally. A lot of my tension seems to settle in the jaw. Then I do it sideways as well. That is sort of fun in a way, but it produces movement in my facial muscles. The final is to move my bottom jaw sideways several times and then the same with the top one. Others have maintained that the upper jaw does not move, but something moves that feels good, so I am more than willing to do that. That brings me to the stand-up position, which is number Three - I stand up – wow, now I can bend and stretch again and feel the difference from when I was laying down. I can feel me standing tall and with my shoulders back. This time I add a deep breathing routine. Last but not least, I do squats. No more than 10 at a time, but I am up to doing nine sets. I am given to understand that going past nine I will not receive more energy. The result each morning – I am now feeling flexible, and I am thinking of me and hearing my own thoughts. The result is feeling the energy flow within me. I have been in three basic positions – laying down, sitting up and standing up, and the result is clearer thoughts, body movements are feeling freer and I have, of course, a smile to start my day. Definitely inspiring! Thank you Indeed #55-Inspiration-001
Thoughts
Where do I receive inspiration about varying parts of my everyday life? How do I decide what I need to do at any given moment? What makes me decide what is interesting in life and what is not? Well, it all comes down to my thoughts. So I began to recognize that I needed to understand more about my thoughts. So, that is the title of this story: Thoughts. Thoughts create our reality. That seems like a very strong statement, but it made me wonder where my thoughts came from. I seem to have about a gazillion every day. Yes, that is a slight exaggeration, but they just seemingly come and go. Well, from what I am understanding, there are two types of thoughts I am blessed with daily. 1) Thoughts that come from my everyday life – friends, neighbours, family, TV, radio and the internet, magazines and papers and any form of social media. This option has both negative and positive thoughts coming to me, and I get to choose how I feel about them. and 2) Thoughts come from my mind, which is my universal connection. The ones from the mind I have found are always positive and always assist me in the moment. I am sharing my thoughts about thoughts. Quite a sentence! Thoughts are rather fascinating really. I recognized that if I became emotional, it was difficult to decide if it was positive or negative to me personally because the emotions took charge. So I chose to see how many emotions would disappear if I did physical activities. That was an inspiring thought. I was doing something for me! I chose swimming several days per week and feel more comfortable when I am done and as a bonus, it tones my body. Gotta love it! When shocks come to me about someone I love, or someone has shown their emotions to me or I have reacted to something in my life – anything that deserves my time and attention, then I will set out to walk, walk and walk some more. That world of wonders just requires my time and the willingness to put one foot in front of the other. It does not even matter what the weather is like at the time. Outside is the best to solve challenges or at least to assimilate them. Not surprisingly, my walking inspires answers and helps to accept the information itself and sometimes even understanding of the whys and wherefores. I find it best to do physical actions to remove the emotions and let the thoughts be heard. I have made it a daily occurrence because thoughts come to me all the time, not sporadically, and I want to be aware of the ones from my mind. #55-Inspiration-002
What is Inspiration?
What creates inspiration to me? That is my question for today. It sounds like something that is precious, something that is for some to provide and others to accept. Me being in the acceptance aisle. Why am I wondering? Looking at the moon inspires me to know deep inside that it is a precious aspect of my life. Listening to someone sing a song from their heart, inspires me to recognize a gift they have to provide such a feeling of love. Watching someone that is very athletic, inspires me to realize that all humans are basically created in a similar fashion and it is amazing what can be achieved. Hearing about someone’s ability to recognize and value knowledge combined with common sense, allows me to recognize we are all able to achieve something in this world. Feeling the beauty of nature when walking on a sandy beach and hearing the waves, or listening to the tinkle of water in a creek seems to inspire me to be more of myself. Water provides inspiration to me because of its energy that is shared with all of our senses. It is something that can be seen, heard, felt, smelt and tasted. That would mean, I now understand, that all forms of inspiration are achieved by the senses. And after I sense something important, it is my thoughts that take over to inspire me to be, or be more, or wonder what is possible. But what happens if there is a negative happening, such as COVID? Is it a form of inspiration when the outcome was for all people to want more knowledge and to be willing to accept mental health as an illness? I would say yes. Out of something negative, came something that is more accepted as part of our lives. That was inspiration for the masses! So, it seems that my inspiration is found with the assistance of nature, other people and their achievements, or their contribution to my knowledge about people in the world and how they are affecting me. Inspiration can happen with positive happenings or negative happenings because there is always a source of connection to myself that alters my thoughts. Inspiration is a form of change, the beginning of something new and I do believe I like that thought! #55-Inspiration-003
Time and Timing
Everyone has a clock of some kind, in their home, on their phone, in their vehicle. It is part of my everyday life. Alarm clocks are created to help me to awaken or keep me ‘on time’ for something important. The world counts on time to assist in forms of communication between countries. Time is quite important in our world. This story though is about Time and Timing. What is the difference? I certainly have lived my life knowing what time is about. It is time to eat, time to go to bed, time to head to work, time for appointments. It wasn’t until I started learning about energy that the word ‘timing’ came into my life. Timing is what happens when I am ‘going with the flow’ of life and allowing my thoughts to guide my day. It is like magic. It is inspiring to experience timing. I am combining my physical being with my energy being and that is a beautiful step to take. Timing always presents the opportunity to change my thoughts. Timing is the universal connection presenting me with a surprise of some sort. A time to experience something that I didn’t know I needed. It can be in thoughts or words or actions. I have found that it can come across as something positive or negative, but it gets my attention and presents new thoughts or maybe gets me out of habits that need to be changed. Some examples are negative in format like accidents or illnesses of any kind. Or positive like being introduced to a new person in my life. Sometimes it is a thought that comes to me and suggests an action that I need to do that day when I hadn’t realized I had the need and then found out what a gift that suggestion was. Timing is inspiring! Other examples I have noted along the way. Timing is when babies arrive or when someone dies – both are timing that the universe provides and until it happens, I am not knowing of its timing. When creatures appear before me, whether it be big or small, it has a message for me and knows that its presence will assist me to recognize my thoughts more clearly. They are my friends in that regard. As an example – even mosquitoes assist me – they allow me to remove emotions!! Just think about that one. So timing I have found, is my universal connection, letting me know it is time to change something, whether I was aware of it or not, or whether I like it or not. Another thought about timing. The weather is an excellent example. I cannot forecast what the weather will be and the universe is definitely in charge. I am never ready to have the summer end, but it does each and every year. Sigh! That is timing. In years gone by, the timing was not associated with what I was learning, because it was just life getting in my way. Now that the vibrational rate is changing in all of us, I am gaining insight into the intuition or an inner knowing that there are no ‘accidents’ really and it is meant to light up my life with change. I need to keep an eye open as to what needs to change. Have my thoughts altered? Have my priorities changed? Do I have enough relaxation daily? Neither time nor timing are stagnant, so I, Lynn, cannot be either. There is a need for time in my world and the world at large, and there is a necessity to lean towards timing more often. #55-Inspiration-004