Yesterday I found a YouTube channel called Reflections on Life.  They beautifully produce videos of people sharing the wisdom they have gained through overcoming difficulties in life.  While I worked on crocheting a scarf for my husband, I watched quite a few of the videos, which are generally around 10-15 minutes.

One of them has stayed with me this morning.  It’s about a woman who saw beauty all around her.  You could see the love and delight in her eyes as she talked about it.  This started for her after her son’s suicide.  At some point she started a gratitude practice where she wrote down every day 5 things she was grateful for.  She said it was a way ot stopping the focus on her pain.  Eventually the list grew to 30 things.  It became a way of life to simply see beauty as she lives her days.  It seems life is now magical for her.

I wonder if a similar practice could be something I add to my blog.  

Recently, I finally spoke of my daughter’s estrangement.  I’ve gone through so much grief because of it, among other emotions.  It kept me weighed down and I had a hard time finding Joy.  It seems, though, my focus was changed for me when I woke up that morning in June with the thought that I didn’t have much time left.  I had to finally shift my focus to purposefully living my life.  Whatever that actually meant, I knew I had to finally live my life, no matter what was going on around me.  

I’ve been talking about activating the New World of Love (NWL) and Phase Checks, but how is it actually showing up in my life?  Mostly I’ve been consciously directing my Awareness to blend with the NWL currently Phased around me.  This brings a distinct uplifting sensation in my body and Heart.  I guess you could say that this is my way of “seeing” it.  

Then, of course, there is noticing the good around me.  I consider finding that YouTube channel yesterday as an example.  All of the videos celebrate life in some way.  I only left the house once to make a quick trip to a nearby store.  When I was leaving the store, a man with a metal prosthetic on one of his legs from the knee down held the door open for me.  I wasn’t even directly behind him, so I was surprised to find him doing that.  Activating a World of Love brings more experiences like that.

But I still have to redirect my mind.  For example, earlier in the day my mind kept going to the subject of my mother and the pain she is causing a lot of people.  Every time I tried to redirect, I found my mind back on the subject.  I finally practiced a forgiveness exercise, which effectively broke the boomerang loop my mind was in.  So, I still have to choose to see a World of Love and be that.  This is why a practice like the gratitude one might be helpful for me.  

There is that saying, “We become what we see.”  I choose where to place my attention.  What I see becomes a part of my energy.  I’m saying ‘yes’ to it.  Bring me more of that.  That’s just basic functions of energy and consciousness.  

It comes down to this:  if my Phase Check for the NWL is showing  me that over 80% of my current life is now Phased with it—meaning my life is populated over 80% with instances of a World of Love.  Apparently I need to train my mind to notice them.  We can be walking down a sidewalk and not notice a flower growing if our minds are preoccupied with something.  And that’s the issue:  our preoccupations.  

We make choices in all kinds of ways.  I’m seeing that I need to align all of those choice-making methods to making the same choice—the one for a NWL.  Only then will it fully come into view.  More so, noticing it—seeing it—anchors it.  I know that’s what I’m here to do.  

And while I’m doing all of that, I’m trying to do major things—get ready for our Christmas trip in 4 days to Florida and get the house in order—the bedroom, mostly.  For different reasons, it never got organized when I moved in.  Now I can finally do it properly.  I first tried to do some decluttering methods, but they only work if a space is mostly organized or maybe when you’ve lived there for a while.  I was still figuring out the bedroom space.  Rearranging the furniture opened it up a lot.  Now I have to see if all the stuff sitting around will fit in the space.  

I liked Dana White’s 5-step method, but I think adding one more question to the system will help more.

Can I easily replace this item should I need it again?

I’ve been keeping things because I “might” need them again someday.  For instance, I’ve been carrying around a hair dryer that only works in European electrical outlets.  I thought I might be leaving the country again.  It’s been a decade since I did that.  More so, I hardly use a hair dryer anymore.  So, it’s definitely time to get rid of that item.  

This house is much smaller than where I used to live.  It’s hard for me live in spaces packed with stuff.  So, I would like to see if I can relieve that pressure in the bedroom before we leave for our trip.  I’m still trying to get my blog set up and I need a good workspace.  I love where my desk is now sitting, but I need to clear the space around it.  

And this morning, I randomly realized why I wasn’t able to change my Home page until I went to the template.  That’s where it’s pointing (to the template)!  I’ve chosen to use WordPress’ block page building for designing, so there’s a learning curve.  I’m glad to be finally moving on it.  

When something has been nudging you for many months, it feels good to finally shut it up! haha