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ARTArticleLove and the Best Sex EverGo to the grocery check out. What do you see?
Sex is all over the covers of the magazines. It seems we’ve gotten pretty comfortable talking openly about it in our society.
Obviously, it’s a common need and desire for people to experience this physical activity. In fact, on Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, sex is listed twice...
First he includes it in our basic physiological needs, right after breathing, food and water.
Second, he lists “sexual intimacy” on the third level of need fulfillment, Love/Belonging, along with family and friendship.
Sex and IntimacyARTArticleLove Conquers AllThis edition of The Love Post is part of a series. We’ll be reviewing Napoleon Hill‘s 17 Principles of Success and how they relate to creating a life that you absolutely Love.
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Learn From Adversity and Defeat
"Each setback is a seed of opportunity.
Most so-called problems and temporary defeats may prove to be a blessing in disguise. Because what grows from adversity are powerful life lessons that form the steps to success. Defeat is never “failure” until you believe it to be so." ~Napoleon Hill
_________________________________________ARTArticleLove Expects the Very BestHave you ever heard that you get what you expect?
Expecting something lets the Universe know that you have faith in its power to get you what you want. It also sends the message that you are ready to receive that which you desire
By feeling the excitement and joy that you will feel when you actually do find what you seek, you are now transmitting a vibration that is in harmony with that outcome.ARTArticleLove Goes the Extra MileThis edition of The Love Post is part of a series. We’ll be reviewing Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success and how they relate to creating a life that you absolutely Love.
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"To expect more, you must first do more.
This dynamic principle is more than a motivational mantra; it’s based on the Law of Compensation. The more value you bring to your career and your family, the more you are rewarded with pay, appreciation and love." ~Napoleon Hill
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Love Expects the BestARTArticleLove Goes to MarketThe traditional economic model gives the power to the market.
Supply and demand.
The producers/manufacturers supply the stuff.
Then the marketing system informs us, the consumers, in order to create demand for the products for sale.
Essentially, we are offered things we may or may not need or want until they’re offered to us.
So what if we flip the equation around?
Demand and Supply
What if we take control of the market by putting the demand before the supply?
What if we got really educated about what we truly want and need?ARTArticleLove How You Spend Your Time and MoneyThis edition of The Love Post is part of a series. We’ll be reviewing Napoleon Hill‘s 17 Principles of Success and how they relate to creating a life that you absolutely Love.
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Budgeting Time and Money
"Maximize these valuable, finite resources.
Where will you be in five, ten, twenty years? You already know. Simply consider how you spend your spare time and how you spend your money. If your time and money are spent on your family, on improving yourself and by helping others, you will achieve greatness." ~Napoleon HillrARTArticleLove is ConfidentIf you aren’t sure of yourself, then be sure of Love.
Love doesn’t hesitate to take on the greatest of challenges.
Love is confident because it knows that it can do anything.
Love figures that if today doesn’t go all that well, tomorrow will make up for it.
Love isn’t going to let set backs or obstacles stand in its way. It knows what it wants and its going to get it.
Perhaps you’re wondering how on Earth you can live Love’s desire when the very real demands of modern life are knocking on your door.
Stuff has a way of feeling so heavy sometimes.ARTArticleLove is HabitI know, you’re probably thinking that Love is passion and intense emotion. And it is.
Like everything though, it translates into daily thoughts and actions. If you want more Love in your life, you’ll want to adopt more loving habits.
It's our habits that create our lives on a day to day basis on autopilot. Our brains have adopted these habits as a way of minimizing effort for repeated tasks. Once you do something enough, it becomes easy. It’s second nature. You literally don’t have to think about it.
So what do you do without thinking?
Is it time to change some habits?ARTArticleLove is in the AirBreathe it in.
Feel the Love with every breath.
There are so many wonderful, beautiful, loving things going on in the world today. We are all breathing the same air.
We are connected by the Love energy that made us. It flows freely throughout the Universe. The quality of life continues to improve. More and more of us are seeing the possibility of living our dreams, taking care of ourselves and each other.ARTArticleLove is in the MomentLove is right now!
Little Ones are fantastic teachers of this. They're still pretty close to the Source.
Free of convention and conditioning, they live each moment as if it's the only one. Because really, it is.
The truly amazing thing about this moment is that it's where all power and possibility exists. It's in this moment that we're able to shape our future with our thoughts, words and deeds.
Now is as close as we can get to always. If we're completely present in this moment, we are connected to Ete
ity.ARTArticleLove is Judgement FreeLove is a beautiful thing.
I can think of nothing better. It is all that is good and pure and true in this life.
That’s why today’s edition of The Love Post is about something that seems to cause so much unnecessary pain and suffering. It seems that Love has been misrepresented so often.
It’s time to clarify.
Judgment is not Love
Although I’m dedicated to focusing on what Love is, there are certain things that Love is not. Judgment is one of them.
It’s become apparent to me that self-judgment stops Love in its tracks. It can fill you with fear, doubt, guilt, anger...ARTArticleLove is LimitlessThere may be days where we feel completely spent. Tuckered out and ready for bed . . . way before bedtime!
Days where we might be asleep before our head hits the pillow.
Or perhaps we find ourselves emotionally drained or wrapped up in some material world concern. Maybe on those nights it’s actually hard to sleep. Stress can wreak havoc on our minds and bodies if we aren’t careful.
Thankfully, Love remains.ARTArticleLove is the Best Make UpOur society emphasizes the need to be sexy and physically attractive. We’re bombarded with messages that tell us we need to wear the latest fashions and use all kinds of cosmetics, lotions and potions to make ourselves more appealing.
Now don’t get me wrong. I really appreciate what mascara does for me and I’m quite fond of my Burt’s Bees® lip shimmer.
But what seems to go mostly unsaid is that all these efforts are really aimed at the goal of Love and Happiness.
Today’s edition of The Love Post is a friendly reminder that true beauty lies within.ARTArticleLove is UninhibitedI’ve said it before. I’m sure I’ll say it again...
Children are some of our best teachers. They live in the moment and they do what they want.
As well conditioned adults, it’s dangerously easy to be the constant reminder of convention and socially acceptable behavior to our free-spirited little ones.
Lately I’ve been wondering about the code of conduct that I take for granted as the standard.
Is it possible that I’m too conce
ed with convention? Am I overlooking more important attributes of character for the sake of polite conformity?ARTArticleLove is UrgentEver feel like the “To Do” list just keeps getting longer?
It’s times like this that you want to take a nice deep breath and remember the most important thing on your list.
Perhaps the only one that really matters anyway.
⥠Love this moment.
Now is Always
There will always be plenty of tasks that need doing, but how you go about accomplishing them is what makes you who you are. It determines how much joy you experience and what kind of contribution you make to those around you.
I once heard that, “How you do anything is how you do everything.”ARTArticleLove ListensLoving communication is an essential part of any healthy relationship.
This includes your relationship with yourself. In fact, being able to have a successful relationship with others requires that you must first understand and honor yourself.
Love Listens Before You Speak
Communication happens when a message is exchanged from sender to receiver. Then the receiver sends feedback, hopefully confirming that the message was understood.
They also have the opportunity to offer a a response with feedback and new information.ARTArticleLove Lives OnAt dinner tonight, something came up about my dear friend Rita, who inspired the book, Lessons From Rita.
She’s in heaven now, or wherever it is that we proceed to upon leaving this earthly realm. I am very thankful that she got to read the manuscript before passing on.
Back at the dinner table, I said, “I miss her.”
My three and a half year old, Violet Rita, said without pause, “I don’t because I see her in my mind.”
Rita is smiling, I’m sure.
Me, I’m crying as I type this.ARTArticleLove Makes No ExcusesThis week, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying Dr. Wayne Dyer’s audio program, Excuses Begone! How to Change Lifelong Self-Defeating Thinking Habits.
In it, Dr. Dyer walks you through a process of increasing your awareness and examining your beliefs so that you can experience the positive change you seek in your life.
It’s truly amazing what we can do when we open our minds and hearts to what is truly possible.
And I want to be living proof that everything is possible with Love.
Confession of a Love TeacherARTArticleLove MeditationMeditation is like magic.
It’s becoming more and more popular as people realize the amazing power of quieting and controlling your mind.
This skill is at the foundation of all great achievement.
It’s also a vital part of sustaining peace of mind and enjoying a lifestyle of happiness and relaxation.
A Place to Start
If you aren’t practicing daily meditation yet, I’ve just created a method that may help you build it into your schedule in a manageable way.ARTArticleLove on PurposeWe all know how frustrating it is to let days go by without doing what we want to do.
Obligations and mundane “to dos” can easily fill our hours.
By the time the Sun goes down, we just want to watch some mindless TV and go to sleep.
And we probably all know that feeling of disappointment with ourselves when we snap at our beautiful children because we’re grumpy pants... again.
Chances are, the two are connected. Because neglecting our higher calling makes us impatient and irritable.
Let’s look at why this is and what we can do about it.
Love is our PurposeARTArticleLove RulesIt’s amazing to think that we really can write our own rules.
We can live how we want.
Sure, you can choose to live by society’s rules or let someone else make decisions for you.
But why not determine your own destiny by consciously creating principles that give you the greatest joy and fulfillment?
If we are going to follow rules, whose better to follow tha
Love’s!
Here’s a list of the top 10 Love Rules to live by:
â¥1 Breathe... All the time... Consciously and Intentionally... It really does help tremendously!ARTArticleLove Says "Let it Go"Are you ever amazed by how hard it is to let go?
Whether it’s letting go of a material item, an idea, a memory, or a relationship, attachment is quick to rear its ugly head.
The truth is, holding on just holds us back.
Love says, “Let it go. Be here now. Set yourself free by letting go of attachments.”
Love is Unattached
All is One. The extraordinary flow of life encompasses all of time and space. Everything is really part of the perfect whole. Nothing is ever lost.ARTArticleLove Says "Make It So."Just like Jean-Luc Picard, Captain of the Starship Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, we command the vessel our minds. When he decided upon a course of action, he would boldly (and predictably!) proclaim, “Make it so.”
In our own lives, we get to choose what we do with our thoughts and with our time. With conscious effort and focus, we can imagine and then create our human experience.
Believe, Act & Expect
Here is what you must do:ARTArticleLove Says "Pay Attention!"This edition of The Love Post is part of a series. We’ll be reviewing Napoleon Hill‘s 17 Principles of Success and how they relate to creating a life that you absolutely Love.
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Controlled Attention
"Great achievements are the results of the focused mind.
Controlled attention leads to mastery in any type of human endeavor. As you concentrate on your major purpose, you project a clear picture of that purpose upon the conscious mind. Next, the subconscious mind takes over until you take action." ~Napoleon HillARTArticleLove Says "Relax!"Sometimes I find myself more uptight tha
I’d like. Does that ever happen to you?
Well, the more and more I focus on Love, I hear it speaking to me more and more clearly. Usually, it seems to say something to the effect of, “Relax, Mary Anne!”
Wonderfully, it is a key phrase that my husband knows to use with me when I need it too.
Of course, this isn’t surprising since he is my Love! He helped me birth both our babies at home. “Relax” was a very popular word!
If you think about how we act when we stray from our most Loving selves, we generally are not very relaxed.ARTArticleLove Says "Talk to Strangers."We’ve generally been taught not to talk to strangers.
But lately, I’ve been questioning the wisdom of this common teaching.
Having young children who are naturally friendly and interactive, it’s quite sad to experience them being ignored by people out in public.
Why are we ignoring each other?
It seems to me that a lot of it is just people being wrapped up in their own worlds, unaware of who is around them.
But then I’ve also had some interesting conversations about this issue too.ARTArticleLove Says "Trust Yourself"We make hundreds if not thousands of decisions each day. And we all do the best we can.
We make our decisions by going through a thought process that has largely become habit.
If we do not consciously make the effort to change the way we think, we will continue to do the same things we have done before. Because of this, we will keep getting similar results.
If you aren’t happy with the results you are getting, start by changing their cause: your thought process.ARTArticleLove says, "Apply Faith"This edition of The Love Post is part of a series. We’ll be reviewing Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles of Success and how they relate to creating a life that you absolutely Love.
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"Action is the first requirement of all faith.
Faith is an active state of mind. When a plan comes through to your conscious mind, accept it with appreciation and gratitude and act upon it at once. Don’t hesitate, argue, worry or challenge that it is right. Simply act in good faith." ~Napoleon Hill
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Love says, “Apply Faith”ARTArticleLove SongToday’s edition of The Love Post is a confession.
I’ve been holding back.
I’ve (*sort of) kept my best gift a secret.
Yes, I Love words and I offer them freely here twice a week.
And I’ve focused on what I consider to be the most important subject there is: Love.
Still, to be honest, I’ve got to admit that I can give more.
I can add a whole new dimension to my message by speaking a Universal language: music.
I Love Music. I am music. My music is one of my most authentic bits of Self.
Singing My Love SongARTArticleLove Supports You All The TimeI asked the family what The Love Post ought to be about tonight...
And my five year old said, “Love supports you all the time. It’s in your body.”
Wise young lady, don’t you think?
I asked how Love helps us, and she said, “Love your body. Love yourself and Love others.”
And when I asked how we do this, she said, “Do what you don’t want to do.”
Now, at first that might sound strange, but I actually think it’s very insightful.
And, knowing her experience in life so far, it makes perfect sense to me.
Listen and Cooperate