Pharrell Williams - Happy (Official Music Video)

Feeling a bit stressed out or need a pick me up?

3 Steps to Feeling Good!

Step 1, get out your happy face and listen to this song/video

Step 2,  listen again, loosen your body & dance or move around

Step 3,  do it again tomorrow and share it with someone!

 

I love to dance around the house to music and I love concerts where I'm up on my feet with the audience singing, clapping and just being in the now like I was last weekend at the Michael Buble concert in Vancouver.  I even clap when watching performers or concerts at home on the TV. When it's at home I have to applaud for me so I can express my appreciation and thanks.  I can't hold it in and just sit there and I always feel that I'm sending great positive energy out to be released and shared.

I figure why wouldn't you want to get up and create all this good energy? 

So, I couldn't resist sharing this with you this week.  I'm sure you've heard it or seen the video but watch it again. Lighten up, open your body and mind, and just go for it! Sing and dance around the room, house, yard, wherever!  Have fun and enjoy yourself, you deserve it!

Keep smiling after this and I hope you carry that smile with you through the weekend!

It's time to get your Happy On!

And, I hope you dance!

Here's a few minutes to open your heart and just feel joy!

What's in your Treasure Chest?

Treasure Chest

Will you dig down deep or stay on top?

Roots to Breath, Dona Anderson

We all have had those places that hold our most precious treasures. It may be a special chest or a drawer, an envelope, under a rock, a box built by our child in shop class, or it could be a special place in our mind that holds a memory of a place, time or a few words that have forever guided us through life.

Dona Anderson

The first line of the relaxation Treasure Chest that starts on page 61 opens with "I live my life in the present moment ..."  a great affirmation to begin this relaxation.  I thought this would be interesting here as it is bold and to the point for what follows  -  opening your treasure chest and looking at what's on top.

We all hear comments from others when they declare that they have to have this or that, or what makes them tick, how they like this or that and not that other thing.  So this little relaxation asks us think about what it is we do like right now.

Years ago when I was working on this book a lady asked to read some pages, and this was one that I heard her reading to another lady for fun.  They were sitting in the next room and asking each other the questions, so I moved closer to hear the best I could and they were having a great time deciding what would be the one thing they would pick. 

I'm sure it would change frequently but then again some of us don't even think about it, and would immediately say the same thing we might have said years ago.  I was one of those ... OK I'll admit I'm slow and this took me years to figure out.  I was so fixed on my old likes that I never considered new ones, I just answered my same old things without thinking. 

Since then I began to notice new favorite things appearing because my tastes had changed, I had changed. I do different things, even my decorating wanted to change and I'm always amazed when someone says that I used to like this or  that, and it seems odd to them when I reply - yes, I did forty years ago!

The questions are simple, involve the senses, and they ask for recent answers ... like this one "I loved the sound of ".  This is a good exercise to bring you into the present moment and to think about what is in your life now.  It is also nice to realize that if we can be more present and put wonderful ordinary things into our treasure chest we will begin to notice more things in our daily lives.  And, we can still dig down a bit for those special sweet memories whenever we want.

The relaxation then moves the focus back to the body and invites parts of the body to soften before heading into the time of silence for meditation.  I think the meditation and the rest of the day that follows will be full of more wonderful present treasures rather than those same old thoughts, problems, and conversations!

What are your treasures? Talk about them and share with others!

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An Audience with Michael Bublé HD - SHOW COMPLETO

Lucky Me!

I'm heading to Vancouver for a live concert

And, for you - Michael Bublé in Concert!

I had to share.  Enjoy, and have a great weekend!

People come into your life for a Reason, Season, Lifetime

Reason Season Lifetime

Roots to Breath, Dona Anderson 

Check out this video and poem!

I previously posted the poem below and after seeing this video I thought I'd put both of them together for you. 

Our lives and daily world changes as we grow up and age, travel, work, raise families etc and we've known many people, family, friends, co workers, neighbors and so on that have been with us at different times.  Some came in and quickly left, some were there to help us heal, others were there as our teachers, supporters, some were our friends during a part of our life, and some continue to stay with us.  

This poem seems to help explain a few of life's' mysteries along the way. 

Who comes to mind when you see this video or read the poem?

Were they there for reasons, seasons, or lifetime lessons?

Reason Season Lifetime, Author - unknown

People always come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.
When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON,
It is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty,
Or to provide you with guidance and support,
To aid you physically, emotionally, or even spiritually.

They may seem like a godsend to you, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be.
Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
This person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die. Sometimes they just walk away.
Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done.
The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON,
It is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn.
They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.
They may teach you something you have never done.

They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.
And like Spring turns to Summer and Summer to Fall,
The season eventually ends.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons;
Those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.
Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person anyway;
And put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas in your life.

It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.
Thank you for being part of my life,
Whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

Author - Unknown


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INFINITE LOVE & GRATITUDE

 Love & Gratitude

Hay House World Summit 2014

After the last couple of weeks watching the 2014 Hay House World Summit this seems very appropriate to share today. I'll soon be checking out this playlist, the titles look amazing and full of inspiration.

This is a great song and so peaceful to watch the signing in the video.

Will the Real Me Please Stand Up

Please Stand Up,

and share your story ...

The song Will the Real Me Please Stand Up, was written and the video below produced by Heather Hamer, one of our Hay House World Summit Facebook 2014 group members.  I feel so very lucky to have seen her sharing this just after I joined the group. I found it on YouTube and wanted to share it again at the end of the Summit.

When I joined the summit group it was nearing 400 and now it's almost 6000 members.  I spent hours Liking each new member when we first introduced ourselves and it felt like I was travelling around the world.  So many places I had been to, knew about, or wanted to go.  As more people joined I felt bad that I didn't get to Like them all so I had to let it go.  I can't imagine how many other people around the world were also participating in the summit this year. This is such a wonderful opportunity for us to learn from the masters, those with years of knowledge and experience, and those who love to share their amazing stories!

This year will add so much to what I learned last year, and during this past 10 days we have been able to learn, share, find new friends and I'm sure I wasn't the only teary eyed person! We've been busy building our tool box and  thanks to this Summit we will keep celebrating, discovering, experiencing and most of all anxiously awaiting Hay House World Summit 2015!

I wanted to share this song as I think many in the group as well as others are searching for our real me.  This summit has opened our minds and our hearts, given us so much to think about and for sure we have changed during this last 10 days. I hope we will continue to stand tall, learn, and experience all of life!. 

Heather, I hope you are still writing your beautiful songs and sharing them with the world. I wish you much success!  Thank you Heather for sharing your story!

Thank You to Hay House and all the contributors of this Summit for sharing their stories!

Here's the video of Will the Real Me Please Stand Up, song written by Heather Hamer - Enjoy!

3 Simple Words That Can Change Your Life

Dedicated to Hay House Summit 2014

To opportunities and possibilities - to loving life!

 Because You Can

In this guided relaxation titled Because You Can on page 122 in Simply, One Breath At a Time you are going to connect to the breath, give yourself moments for only you, and discover different levels of awareness.

Sometimes our first reaction to things is no, I can't, no time, I don't know how etc. So this short relaxation reminds us to change the words or thoughts and see what happens. It uses the three simple words Because You Can as your focus and the start to 5 of the 6 paragraphs.  Below are the beginnings of those five paragraphs which on their own offers you a  mini meditation.  Enjoy!

Dona Anderson

"Because you can, let your body start to soften and relax ..."
"Because you can, invite a sense of peace to come inside you ..."
"Because you can, be patient with yourself, give yourself a chance to rest..."
"Because you can, start to see and feel the beauty in you ..."
"Because you can, let your heart open to see beauty in the smallest of details..."


Namaste.

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