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Name: Judi
Country: United States
State: Oregon
Metro: Portland
Gender: Female
Interests: Being Well, Being the best me I can be, Being prosperous. computers, ,researching, writing, hiking, gardening, cooking,eating, exercising, spirituality.
Expertise: I am a caregiver for inhome elder care. I love my work. I am a free-lance writer and I am a writer and publisher because that is what I do everyday and love doing it.
Occupation: caregiver in-home care
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My World well spent two days with Mr. E.'s. He watched a movie I brought 30 years of National Geographic and another one called Planet Earth. He liked them so much he watched them three times. After the first time I put on my head phones and watched another movie on my laptop or read my book. The kitties are growing fast I turned the fixing of them over to my boss. I am still feeding them. They sure do eat. I buy them a pretty good grade of cat food then they eat about eight cups of people food a day, plus a cup each of cat food. Of course there are five of them. There is Gracie the Mama, three kittens and a stray orange female that had been there for a couple of years and then Mr. E's house cat has decided to hang out with the outside cats.
I had a ton of errands to do today so did them then came back and got my daughter and we went out
for Pizza. We have been dieting but this although was more calories than we have been eating was pretty much veggie pizza and a salad with a diet coke. Weight Watchers tells you to take one day and just eat what you want. So we did then we went grocery shopping and to look at a sawsall that my daughter wants for Christmas. She is her mothers daughter don't let her near a tool store.
I still forgot somethings at the grocery and have to pick up my prescriptions tonight. Oh yes, and I went to the library today and got a bunch of books and movies. I am working tomorrow night with Mrs. K. the same lady I have been working with that smoked so much.
Here is the pizza we had:
Prep: 30 min.; Bake: 1 hr., 15 min. You can use more or less cheese depending on what you have available; substituting 2 (4-ounce) logs or most of an 11-ounce log works just fine. Yield: Makes 2 (12-inch) pizzas
Ingredients - 1 medium-size sweet onion, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 medium eggplant, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into 3/4-inch pieces
- 1 small zucchini, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 (24-ounce) package prebaked pizza crusts
- 1 (7-ounce) container refrigerated prepared pesto sauce
- 1 (9-ounce) package goat cheese, crumbled
- 1/4 cup pine nuts
We had a greek salad with it,
Ingredients - 3 vine ripe tomatoes, cut into chunks
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 European seedless cucumber, cut into bite-size chunks
- 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chunked
- 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and chunked
- 1 cubanelle pepper, seeded and chunked
- 1 cup Kalamata black olives
- Several sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley, about 1/2 cup
- 2 (1/4 pound) slices imported Greek feta
- 1/4 cup (a couple of glugs) extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons (3 splashes) red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed in palm of your hand
- Coarse salt and black pepper
- Pita breads
Directions Combine vegetables, olives, and parsley in a large bowl. Rest sliced feta on the top of salad. Combine oil, vinegar, and oregano in a small plastic container with a lid. Shake vigorously to combine oil and vinegar and pour over salad and cheese. Season with salt and pepper and let the salad marinate until ready to se Serving Size |
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Well, Now what movies did I watch the last couple of days. Man I am getting into movies.
I watched one called I did not write down the stars but it was a sweet story of how a brother lost his sisters shoes. They did not want to tell their Mom and Dad because Mom was sick and Dad was working really hard. So they wore the same pair of shoes to school. One went in the morning and one in the afternoon. They would race home and change shoes and race off to school. Then the brother entered a race so he could win third prize which was a pair of sneakers. He felt so bad as he came in first and did not get the sneekers for his sister. The end showed the Dad coming home with a pair of shoes on the back of his bike for each of them. The brother striped off the worn sneakers he had run the race in and they were just falling apart. His feet were blistered. He soaked them in the pool. His sister was crying because he did not win the shoes for her. But we know Dad had new shoes for both of them. It was made in Iran I think and won all kinds of awards. It was subtitled. If I go to the library again I will get the stars and the right country it was made in.
Last night however I saw Majid Majidi’s Children of Heaven and I found myself completely entranced by a story so simplistic and humble that the screenplay would have probably been used as toilet paper by your typical Hollywood executive. I can sum up my thoughts on this film by saying it is everything that a film should be, and everything that your typical Hollywood blockbuster is not. Now I have no idea what a typical Iranian film budget is, but I think Children of Heaven could have been produced over here for somewhere in the range of 200K. Consider this: Mel Gibson made $25 million for starring in M. Night Shyamalan’s (who I consider one of Hollywood’s top directors) Signs. His salary alone according to my random ballpark estimate probably was about 125 times what the film budget for Children of Heaven.
http://www.driftreality.com/children-of-heaven/
Then I watched:
One Night With The King (2006)The moving biblical tale of Esther--a humble Jewish girl who saved her people from annihilation and won the heart of the handsome Persian king Xerxes--is the subject of One Night with the King, a lush ode to one of the Old Testament's most inspiring women. Esther, played with spark and confidence by Tiffany Dupont, could perhaps be said to be the first career woman to "have it all"--while also serving her people, and God. The film, shot on location in India, has the feel of the great epics of the '60s--a sensation underscored by the appearance, in small but pivotal roles, of both Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole. (Even Raiders of the Lost Ark's John Rhys-Davies--"Bad dates!"--echoes earlier desert adventures.) But the film belongs to the willful Esther, who navigates among war, bloodlust, persecution, and terror with the strength of knowing she's serving the Lord, and her people. If the film has a few anachronisms--including the young Esther's suitor, who has blonde streaks and a surfer-dude delivery ("The market was rilly busy today")--its heart and its focus never waver. Fans of biblical tales and well-made drama for the entire family shouldn't miss it. --A.T. Hurley
What I am grateful for today. My work I love these kitties and having all these good movies and books. I am so grateful for my work. I am so grateful for my work. I am grateful for my abundant health. I am grateful for my new job. I am grateful for going on vacation. So it is, all is well, I love you all, Judi
Manifesting Lesson Three
Copyright © 2008 Hemal Radia
- The Emotional journey is made by thinking/feeling FROM your goals, being familiar with what you want
- Ensure your observations (your day to day thoughts/feelings) are in alignment with your goals. Visualising money and being disappointed at a bill coming through your door is not necessarily being aligned. Being grateful you have utilities and knowing there is a flow of money available to you is better
- Downstream and Upstream are relative statements - downstream being going with the (universal) flow/path of least resistance, upstream going against it. They are relative based on where you are vibrationally. Something downstream from one perspective (from one emotion) is upstream from another, it is all relative and there is not a 'right' or 'wrong', it is based on perspective. You want to be as downstream as you can and going with your flow and feeling good
- Don’t impose your beliefs on another. For someone who is angry it may be what they need to deal with fear or sadness and move up the vibrational scale (anger is more empowering; action oriented, fear and sadness are more). But when people tell them they shouldn’t be angry they get knocked back down to fear or sadness
- Your greatest challenges are your greatest teachers. There is great desire and value within contrast and resistance. Contrast gives you the colours on your palette. It does not have to be ‘negative’ necessarily, contrast means variety. When there is variety and choices, preferences are born from them, and from your preferences you have your desires which you line up to
- Resistance implies something is important to you. If you didn't care about something on some level why would you have resistance about it...
- You can imagine anything you like. Again, there is total freedom
- The processes and games are there to get you to think in certain directions and to line up your vibration
- You communicate with the rest of the Universe (which is a vibrational Universe) through your vibration. When you say words to someone they will mean one thing as compared to another when your vibration is different
10. Strong desire manifests your goals more quickly, 'allowing' strong desire is very attractive
http://www.manifestingandlawofattraction.com/loa/2008/01/manifesting-law.html
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My World: I worked on the yard some more still really wet here. I have been enjoying the last two days working in the yard. I just work out there for a couple of hours. I have a whole bunch of stuff that I gathered for yard art. I have a bunch of old wooden ladders that I am going to use for trellis for my and my clemantis and jasmine. So transplanted those out of pots and put the ladders up. May paint them bright colors in the Spring. I have an old wringer washing machine I am going to plant with flowers. Oh Oh! Forgot the manifesting lesson.
I am going to use this idea to put my grapes on. I think I have five wooden ladders and a couple of chain link gates to use to have things that need support grow on.
This is just some ideas I have. I also have an old wheelbarrow and a kids wagon to plant. Found garden art is fun and creative and a lot of it can be put in place this winter. Before I went out this morning put this ten bean soup on to cook in crock pot. I am eating vegan as my daughter is and it just makes it easier. I never do eat a lot of meat anyway.
Tomato and Bean Soup
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
2 cups vegetable stock
1 can (16 oz.) garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
1 can (8 oz.) cut string beans or wax beans
1 can (8 oz.) kidney beans (red or pink)
1 package of ten bean soup beans.
1 chopped onion
2 stalks of celery cut into 1/8-1/4 inch slices (horizontally)
1 can tomato sauce
1 can tomato paste
oregano, parsley, basil, etc.
salt & pepper
Directions:
Put the veggie stock in a decent sized pot to heat up. While it is cooking, cut the onion and celery. Add ten bean soup mix and cook until tender. Add the veggies to the stock along with all the cans of beans (including water or whatever else they are packed in). Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste, and spices to taste. Let boil, stirring periodically, and serve hot.
If you aren't vegan, try adding a splash of milk right before the soup boils.
Serves: 2-4
Preparation time: about 1 hour.
Ladies in Lavender  Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Natascha McElhone, Daniel Brühl, Miriam Margolyes, David Warner, Toby Jones
Director: Charles Dance
Genre: Drama
Rated: M low level coarse language
Running Time: 99 Minutes
The Story Of Two Sisters Who Saved A Stranger, And The Stranger Who Stole Their Hearts
Synopsis:
Set in picturesque coastal Cornwall, in a tight-knit fishing village in the 1930's, 'Ladies in Lavender' boasts the cream of British acting talent as Oscar and BAFTA award-winners Dame Judi Dench (Iris, Chocolat, recent James Bond films) and Dame Maggie Smith (Gosford Park, Tea with Mussolini, the Harry Potter films) play the leading roles of sisters Ursula (Dench) and Janet Widdington (Smith).
Rising German talent and award-winning Daniel Brühl (Goodbye Lenin!) plays Andrea. A gifted young Jewish violinist from Krakow, Andrea is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a fierce storm. When the Widdington sisters discover the handsome and mysterious stranger on the beach below their house, they nurse him back to health. However, the presence of the musically talented young man disrupts the peaceful lives of Ursula and Janet and the community in which they live.
My Verdict:
'Ladies in Lavender' is a bittersweet story of two sisters (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) who live together in a quaint English fishing village, find a young man washed up on the beach beneath their house, take him home and help to rehabilitate him from his near death. As they soon discover, the man is not English which means overcoming a language barrier as they try to discover just who this mystery man is, where he came from, where was he going and more importantly, what are they going to do with him.
Charles Dance makes his directorial debut, also writing the screenplay from a story by William J. Locke, and slowly but surely reveals a beautifully told story of love and communication. Dance elicits such superb performances from Dench, Smith and also Miriam Margolyes who plays Dorcas, the housekeeper to the Widdington sisters. The interaction between Dench and Smith, as two sisters who live together, even sharing the same bedroom, is a pleasure to watch as they try their damnedest to win the heart of their new houseguest, Andrea Marowski (a comfortable Daniel Brühl). Slowly, Ursula (Dench) begins to fall in love with Andrea, which brings emotions to the surface that she finds hard to deal with, ultimately leading to her finding some solace through violinist Andrea's music. Watching Dench deal with these feelings is heartbreaking and a testament to her talent. By the way, Brühl does an excellent job of "playing" the violin - something that is often neglected in movies where a character performs with a musical instrument. Natascha McElhone plays Olga Daniloff, a visiting artist who provides the subject matter for a subplot involving Andrea and the local doctor, Dr. Francis Mead (David Warner)
Never overstated, this is a refined and polished movie, where the contrast of the personalities of the Widdington sisters, is offset by their matter-of-fact housekeeper Dorcas, who manages to impart some humour, albeit unintentionally. The final scene felt a little rushed after all the effort leading towards it and was a tad disappointing - more of the aftermath of Andrea's tenure was needed - but this is getting very picky in an otherwise contemplative and delightful movie.
Just to see the two Dames of British stage and screen together (again) is a privilege.
Rating : B
Christina Bruce
http://www.femail.com.au/ladies-in-lavender-review.htm
Personally I loved it I did not think it should have a B rating. The music was wonderful. It did feel like the story could have been filled out a bit in places.
Just finished reading:
Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review When Sue Bender proudly announced to a friend that her first book, Plain and Simple had made it to the New York Times bestseller list, her friend immediately shot back, "But what number on the list are you?" Bender was shocked, realizing that nothing we accomplish seems like enough in our overly pressured world. In Everyday Sacred we follow Bender on her quest to make every moment enough. Cleaning a desk, sipping cappuccino, making computer connections, and appreciating freshly painted walls all become opportunities to satiate one's life with sacred encounters. The end product reads like an Amish quilt--simple vignettes sewn together to create a comfortable lifetime companion.
From Publishers Weekly The Zen monk's begging bowl is the pervasive image in this author's continuing spiritual journey she began recording in her bestselling Plain and Simple, in which she described her time living among the Amish. Here, she tells how, back home amid the more mundane experience of her daily life, she accepted the challenge of finding meaning by daily proferring the beggar's bowl to be filled with the sacredness of everyday life. The lessons and stories that fill her bowl are related to Bender's life-ordinary events seen with fresh eyes and offered as simple ways for busy people to incorporate reflective periods into their lives. The simplicity that made her earlier book appealing is also evident here. Illustrations. $100,000 ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Sacred-Womans-Journey-Home/dp/0062512900
What I am grateful for today: Having a yard to work in. Cleaning my home. Having my own home. Being creative. Resting and having a nap. Living in the now. Seeing miracles in ordinary everyday things. I am grateful for books, and movies. I am grateful for our local library. So it is, all is well, I love you all, Judi
1. Whilst you are learning or ‘getting better at’ manifesting (isn’t everyone), remember to play, it doesn’t matter how 'good' or how ‘bad’ you are at it, your attention is on the 'playing', THAT'S where the energy flows from
2. Be passionate about being passionate, that’s the intention of your goals remember, what energy they flow for you
3. The Universe loves you unconditionally. It loves you so unconditionally that you don’t have to believe it loves you and it will still love you.
4. You are inherently free in this Universe. You are free to think what you like and thus are free to set your vibrational tone to what you like
It is always about the Now.
5. Anything you think about the present and future are all perceptions FROM THE NOW.
6. Any emotion or anything you work with, get it to how you feel about it in the Now, that’s where the leverage is, rather than ‘I felt x’ about it, why are you mentioning it Now? Why does it come up Now? What is the emotion at Now?
When you think of your goals and if you feel uncomfortable (you can replace that word with any negative emotion) it is because there is discord between your desire and your belief, they are vibrationally apart at that moment. There is a difference between what you want and your current thoughts about it. Your job, using the techniques here, is to bridge that gap and have the manifestation
7. One way to deal with discord when thinking of your goals is to ‘soften’ the resistance/discord. So rather than thinking of the million you will have, start with a concept such as "money goes where attention goes" – i.e. something general which you know you are ok with believing now, and when that feels comfortable/familiar, build it up to something else, and so on to the goal....
8. Take steps, getting [vibrationally] familiar each step of the way, make the emotional journey to the goal
9. The Emotional (spiritual) journey has far far far more leverage and power than the Action (physical) journey.
10. The physical is a manifestation of the spiritual
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My World: Well the new job is official. It pays really well, the people are wonderful. It is nights like I want. I am going to start after the first of the year. In the meantime I am trying to get a job in Sedona, Arizona. It may work out yet that I get to go there free and work for a man who travels down there every winter. I will sign up for some classes while I am there if it works out. I will just leave the hows to the higher power. My daughter would stay here and babysit our kitties and I would pay my bills from there. Then when I come back I will step right into my new work here. I am so pumped over all of this. I will not fall on my face if none of it happens but it is so exciting to think about something new and just enjoy my life. My daughters and I are so blessed we are working, we have a nice home, we can pay all our bills.
Manifesting:
- You’re allowed to want what you want, your desires are the Universe’s too, it manifests THROUGH you
- Every desire has the mechanics (‘How’) of its fulfilment, just like in every seed there is a tree, the mechanics are in the desire
- The Law of Attraction is the most powerful law in the Universe, many other laws are corollaries from it
- When you launch a desire your job is to get up to speed with it, by lining up to it vibrationally
- You line up to a desire by lining your beliefs (thoughts, emotions etc) up with it
- When you are lined up the Universe will orchestrate the synchronicity and the ‘How’ for the attainment of what you want
- Focus on the energy flow than the goal. Use your goals and desires to flow energy. Want them. Want them very much. But not so much that you pinch the energy flow (i.e. be allowing, be detached)
- Allowing is when you are not resisting, your thoughts are lined up and allowing what you want than resisting or thinking about something contradictory to what you want
- If your focus and attention is on what-is (how things are right now) you’ll get more of the same
- Use your imagination and creativity to think of scenarios of what you want
What I am grateful for today. I am grateful I have a trip to look forward too. I am grateful for a new job that pays so much more money and is so much more fun. So it is, all is well, I love you all, Judi
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My World: Well the sun shone then it rained a bit then it really rained. I worked out of doors getting the leaves up. I have a brand new blower but I could not get it working. I could not call the manufacturer until Monday so out raking the leaves. I have a new compost machine daughter got for me put them all in there. Then after about an hour of working outside I came in because it began to do the above.
So came in watched some movies, read a little, cleaned a little, and played video games. Have to work tonight. This is with a lady who used to be willing herself to die but she is better now. And I would rather be over there at night.
I watched The Little Foxes
Director: William Wyler
Producer: Sam Goldwyn
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Patricia Collinge, Dan Duryea, Charles Dingle, Richard Carlson, Carl Benton Reid
Lillian Hellman's play about the malevolence of human greed, as displayed in the internecine machinations of a wealthy Southern family, now creaks audibly. But you are unlikely ever to see a better version than this, caressed by Gregg Toland's deep focus camerawork, embalmed by Wyler's direction and Goldwyn's sumptuous production values, galvanised by some superlative performances. The sulphurous Davis, her face a livid mask as she dispenses icy venom behind feline purrs, outdoes herself to provide the proceedings with a regally vicious centre; even so, she is in constant danger of being upstaged by Duryea, Dingle and Collinge.
Standard Screen; Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack EnglishMAN OF MIRACLES is a Christian treatment of the lives of beleaguered but ordinary Joe Cass (John Ritter of TV sitcom THREE'S COMPANY), his wife Annie (Meredith Baxter of TV sitcom FAMILY TIES), and the rest of their family (Kayla Campbell, Joanna Garcia, and David Tom). "Holy Joe" becomes so overwhelmed with his problems that he turns to prayer for a solution, experiencing an actual miracle as a result. Edwin Keenan Wynn, son of Keenan Wynn and grandson of revered comedian Ed Wynn, wrote the imaginative screenplay.
Then I played video games between housework:
I am grateful for: old movies, video games, lots of good food, a warm house, good books, that my credit cards balances are going down. I am grateful for my new job and that I get to go to Sedona for a month before starting this new job. I am grateful for increased prosperity for my daughters and I. My youngest one is running around in the rain today gathering up washers and dryers and couches. I got some money I expected and some that I didn't and I am very grateful for that. I am so grateful for fun games to relax. I am glad for time to study my bible and to meditate and pray. I am grateful I put God first and all else is added on. Rain rain go away come again another day. smile. So all is well, I love you all, Judi
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 Ten things I love. 1. I love being out of doors.
2. I love working in my yard.
3. I love to read and own good books.
4. I love to take photos. 5. I love my daughters and am very grateful for them. 6. I love my job. 7. I love my home. 8. I love my furnishings in my home. 9. I love my grandchildren. 10. I love my computer. 
What I like about right now. - I am warm and comfortable.
- I am enjoying having lots to eat.
- I have time for prayers and meditation today.
- I can wear my pajamas all day.
- I enjoy having my daughter here even if she is working.
- I love my cat sitting on my lap.
- I am grateful for the beautiful site out my back windows.
- I am grateful to get my windows clean and my old blinds down.
- I am grateful for the phone right here so I can reach out to someone if I want to do that.
- I am grateful for my new job.
- I am grateful I am becoming more conscious of my overspending.
Abraham List Class 1 Content & Assignments: Three Appreciation Games by Connee Chandler
Begin by making a list of 10 things you love. As you do it, notice how you feel. It may serve as a graphic demonstration of the joys of "The Appreciation Games," our first topic. I think it is wonderful to spend time in contemplation of all that you appreciate in your life, and to share in the results of our thoughts of what we appreciate. Abraham says that appreciation is the highest vibration we know. What we call "being in love" includes also the vibration of yearning, and is not pure. But when you appreciate, you automatically allow your vibration to return to the high, fast vibration of your core. If you tried writing the list of 10 things you love, I bet you clearly demonstrated the upswelling of joy caused by writing a letter of appreciation. So that is the first of the three promised appreciation games. The second is "What do I like about this?" Abraham tells the story of the man in his car who invented the game when he was stuck in traffic. He said it was very easy to notice what he didn`t like about that. So he determinedly decided to notice what he did like about it. That his car was reliable and comfortable and his air conditioning was great even though it was warm outside. That his car phone gave him access to the outside world. That he had an off button on his car phone that allowed him to shut out the outside world! That there was a very pretty girl in the next car, and he`d been beside her for a long time. He really liked that! My experience with "What do I like about this?" is to incorporate it in any part of my day, whether I was actively liking the day, or not. Just the activity of basking in my appreciation of what is going on, enhances my awareness and makes me more mindful of how good my life is and how much I love so much of what is in my experience. In the grocery store, I can like the abundance of healthful, inexpensive, beautifully prepared and presented food. I can like the cheerful staff, and compliment them on how much I like to shop there. I can appreciate the cleanliness of the store, and how they carry my favorite brands. I can like that I have the money to put one of these and one of those and several of these in my basket. I can notice my basket is moving gracefully about the store before me, making it simple for me to carry all the wonderful food I am wanting to buy. I can like that I have a reliable car to get me to and from the store, and that the store provides nice men to bag my groceries and put them in my trunk. In every moment there is at least that much, and probably much more, to like, if we look for what we like about this. And of course, Law of Attraction gives us more of what we like to notice, just as soon as we put our focus there! 
The third appreciation game is "Book of Positive Aspects." It is "What do I like about this" focused and
made more emphatic by writing it down, preserving, and accumulating it. We have used it a lot on the
Abraham Internet mailing list as a way of dealing with people with whom we are experiencing
conflict, but Abraham`s definition of it is even broader. - I appreciate my old scheduler because usually she is pleasant and efficient.
- I appreciate that she called me all the time about work.
- I am grateful that I get to take a time off of work with plenty of money to live on before I start my new job.
- I am grateful I am going someplace completely new with my daughter before I have to work again.
- I am really grateful that I am going to retire soon well maybe not retire but do something altogether different.
- I am grateful that I saw myself the control freak in my scheduler so I could let go of her and the control I was trying to keep.
- I am grateful when I can just let go and let God. Control is about fear.
- I am so grateful that I have no need to fix others. It is hard for me when I listen to my friends be victims I
want to fix it. - I want to fix things for my daughters.
10. I want to be codependent but that is not a good choice. 
Here's what the Abraham-Hicks calendar, page 381, says about "BOPA." This is the photo for my new blank book for fall.
"Your Book of Positive Aspects You are upon the brink of magnificent, deliberate creating. You have been the creators of your experience from the day that you emerged into this body. Now you will be the deliberate creators of your experience. Trust that which comes forth from within you. If you will buy a new notebook, and call it your Book of Positive Aspects, and spend 10 minutes each day writing positive aspects about your home, your body, your work, your relationships...If you will wake up every morning acknowledging that you have re-emerged into the physical and that today you will look for reasons to feel good...And if you will pay attention to the way you are feeling, and utilize the process of pivoting [we will cover pivoting in detail next week]...it is our absolute promise to you, that -- within 30 days -- you will see such a dramatic turn of events in your life experience, that you will not believe you are the same person." So, Abraham says that BOPA can be used for all aspects of your life, expanding on the many things you already know you love, everyone you know, your body, your work, your prosperity and so on. 
When you are appreciating someone, and they are unable to uplift themselves to the level of your vibration, they vibrate right out of your experience. Most people you love will be uplifted by your appreciation to a new level of appreciation and connectedness for themselves. That is the "content" of class 1. We covered 3 appreciation processes. "The Appreciation Game" was done as "10 things I love", "What do I like about this" was explained, and "Book of Positive Aspects" was also explored. Assignment on Appreciation Games The assignment is to actually practice using the Book of Positive Aspects. Start out by making a list of people, living and dead, as you can think of in your life who have influenced you significantly. I came up with 75 in the first 10 minutes! Think of immediate family, extended family, teachers, friends, lovers, co-workers, students, employees, employers, acquaintances in the community, writers whose works you have studied, people you have tried to emulate. 
I noticed in doing this exercise that there were several people I went to school with over 20 years ago on my list that I could immediately think of NOTHING good about! I have not thought of these people in years, but my vibration of resistance/resentment was right where I left it, 20 years ago! BOPA was a great opportunity for me to easily clear out some underlying resistance that has been there, negatively affecting my life until now. Then pick 2 people from your list who are easy to adore, and 2 who are more of a challenge. Find a notebook, and write the names of each on the top of a fresh page. Then, on that page, write as many positive aspects as you can think of for that person. Do the people you adore first, so it is easier to get the ball rolling. Sometimes it is easier to see a good quality in the "challenging" people after you have appreciated it a friend or family member. Abraham says, if you can't think of anything good at all, make something up! \ 
Note that when you are doing the BOPA, you might discover yourself trying to do positive aspects of one person you are having trouble with, and noticing that instead you are thinking of someone else behaving in a similar way from your past. Should this happen, go ahead and write a BOPA page on the person from the past as well. After you have done this exercise, please consider sharing your results with either by sharing a couple of your lists, and/or by sharing you reactions/feelings/comments about the BOPA process. Feel free to make comments about your experience with the two other appreciation games, as well. I hope all this is clear and fun for you to do. http://www.whatanicewebsite.com/Connee/Appreciation.htm
Share Your Gratefuls. Judi
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