back porch

to be clear, life is very, very good; and i am very, very grateful! this morning the message of today which makes itself clear in awareness is : 

find one thing in your life that gives you no trouble 

and brings unfettered joy, and fixate on that.

~ abraham hicks

i was a bit surprised 

to learn that this combination 

is not the 

easiest to pinpoint 

or discern.

it seems as though 'something in my life that gives no trouble' is a fairly straightforward direction, but when adding 'unfettered joy' into the equation ... let's just say it sparked in me the thought that i should contemplate it here, with you.

so, for something in my life that gives no trouble and brings unfettered joy, i am on my back porch in a hammock, the morning sun is sparkling, there is a warm breeze and honey bees are busy collecting pollen. butterflies flit and float in and out of view, and the poppies and daisies and cosmos are blooming. the curly willow is swaying in the breeze and the wind chime gently sings the lovely song of perfect pitch ... i have a tall skinny glass of fresh squeezed orange/grapefruit/tangerine juice, and the only sound is those sweet bees buzzing in concert with the chime in the soft breeze. this thought gives me no trouble and brings unfettered joy! but, alas, this does not fit the third criteria of the thought of the day : this is not my life -- except it is! in my head. 

the discovery here is this is all that's needed. if/when i create it in my head like i want it to be in my reality, i'm half-way there. the other half is working like crazy to put me right into that lovely hammock. my job is to enjoy it, and i most certainly do.

the wonderful thing about this thought is that i can also place my back porch anywhere in the world i want it, and i can make the morning the exact temperature that i want it to be. i can dress myself any way i like, and wear my hair any way i want. i can create my glass of juice with any fruits i'd like, or enjoy a smoothie. since i'm dreaming, i can place my back yard in a city or in the country or at the ocean or in the desert, and i can make my house out of rock or out of wood or brick or adobe. i can have the most perfect garden party planned for later in the day, or i can have a whole day to just hammock.

any way i imagine it, i am living it in my mind. my job, you see, is to imagine it like i want it to be, to be grateful for ability to see it, and to express my joy in it. i can look around where i am in my mind and see my own version of this moment, as i imagine it, and be so happy! the lesson here is not that this place exists only in my mind and it's not real, but that i can be happy -- i can conjure myself in a mental state of gratitude for the sweetness of everything working out just right, for how i feel when my day is perfect. in this kind of thought, i can feel the breeze on my skin, feel my body swinging gently in the hammock, see my house and the flowers in my yard, or place this porch in a resort or spa somewhere in the world, imagining myself there for a month or 6. writing this story gives my inner guide the idea of how i want my life to look in reality, and puts my north star on track toward the reality i see myself living in. the more i place myself in my hammock, the more clearly destiny lines me up for bringing my vision into reality. this kind of thought is the recipe for myself becoming the person in the hammock. 

what i know for sure is that where i am right now is the sum total of all the thoughts i've had about how life should be up to now. i'm really just learning to image myself into my own imagination. it's taken a while, and its because i didn't understand how to do it, or how important it is that i am consistent about doing it. 

another thing i know for sure is that if i would choose a different vision, that one would be the one that gets transmitted to my own inner guide. i can choose a positive outlook about how my life looks, or i can choose a negative outlook. it's entirely up to me. i can also choose to allow other people to dictate how my vision for myself looks, or i can choose to create my own : it's all up to me! now, that's a powerful thought ... don't you think?

i can commiserate how long it's taken me to get myself into this hammock, or i can relish being in it. i can cry about how far my 'reality' looks from this back porch, or i can enjoy it. you see, it's my choice. 

... and i'm so very eager for that glass of juice! sounds delicious!

watch this space...