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Bottom line: Without mothers none of us would be here.

Love them, hate them or never having met them

I remember when I was younger I blamed a lot of  my problems on my mother. She used to jokingly say, “I know it’s my fault.” We had issues. The funny thing is the day after she died I couldn’t remember what those issues were. The fact that I would never see her again erased all of those issues in  a second.

Of course, now I know all of my limitations are created by my filter system: my beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes. We all pick our parents and they are perfect to help us see and if we are willing release our limiting beliefs.

So if you have issues with your mom – let them go! Love is always the answer no matter what the question. I am so grateful that my mom and I talked the day she died and it was a loving conversation.

Life is a fatal disease, we all die eventually. A life lived in love far surpasses one lived in judgment and fear.

So Happy Mothers Day = celebrate the love!

With love and aloha,
Susan

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I got a new knee last week. Saying that still feels like science fiction to me! Old knee gone, I assume burned up  as medical waste and a new knee in its place. Once the tissue around the new knee heals I will be able to hike again. I can already walk, swing my knee smoothly and there is no more crunch and munch in the joint.

Change is awesome …

We live in a universe that is incredible. It is constantly growing, expanding and changing. The thing we so often forget is that in order to change our life all we have to do is change our filter system. All we really need to do is let go of our limiting beliefs and poof … our life changes dramatically.

Since I got my new knee I have been having a series of powerful dreams. I have seen images of beliefs that have limited me since I was a young child. The neat thing is I have also awakened with the willingness to let go of those beliefs.

The willingness to be willing

Change = making new choices

Making new choices = becoming aware of our thought patterns

Once we are aware of our thought patterns we need to be willing to change. I once realized deciding to be willing to be willing to be willing made change a lot easier. Practice being willing to let go of what doesn’t work in your life and watch the magic unfold in your life.

With love and aloha,
Susan

Want to know what the single most important thing you can do to improve the quality of your life?

It is simple really, but not necessarily easy.

You can accomplish it by just spending a few minutes once a day or even better several times a day.

Chances are you already have all the necessary tools.

So what is it?

Looking in the mirror, looking directly into your eyes, connecting with yourself, saying I love you and REALLY meaning it. I resisted doing this simple exercise until I was tired, really tired of being unhappy.

Life is after all an accurate mirror

Life accurately reflects what I call our filter system: our beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes. When we love ourselves unconditionally we create a life filled with happiness and joy. When we don’t value ourselves, when self acceptance and love are elusive life is often harsh and to say the least difficult.

Give yourself an incredible gift. Change your inner dialog from one of judgment and fear to one of acceptance and love. Several times a day look in the mirror and say I love you. As you come to believe that you will see your life change.

Have a love affair with yourself and see what happens!

With love and aloha,
Susan

In the next week or so I will open up my mentoring programs so watch for the announcement.

You really are limitless. All of our limitations arise from our filter system – our beliefs, agreements, assumptions and attitudes.

May 2013 be absolutely awesome and filled with magic, wonder and grace.

Aloha,
Susan

I am answering questions from my readers in a series of videos. This one is about unconditional love.

Have a question you’d like me to address? Let me know in the comment section below.

With love and aloha,
Susan

It can be so easy to forget that it really is up to us where we live and how we are feeling. Life is and then we tell ourselves a story. The story we tell ourselves dictates whether we live in heaven and feel happy, joyous and free or live in hell feeling miserable.

What! All of our emotions are self inflicted? Yes, indeed they are, not intentionally and often not even consciously. All of our thoughts are either conscious or habitual. It’s the habitual thoughts that will get you every time!

What to be happy for the rest of your life?

That might actually be rather boring. Emotions are fun. When we watch movies and TV because we get to experience a whole range of emotions. If we don’t like the show we can always change the station or go to another movie.  I avoid scary movies but enjoy dramas, love stories, comedies and documentaries. If I don’t like the show I am out of there.

Changing the station in life

Consciously choosing your thoughts takes a bit of practice but it is possible and what a difference it makes in life. What are your thoughts as you read the previous sentence? Is change hard? Are beliefs really engrained and I am not really sure what I want to think instead?

I remember when I first ran across the idea of changing my thoughts. It seemed impossible but thought by thought, moment by moment my thinking changed and so did my life. I starting listening to the voice of my spirit rather than believing and reinforcing my fear-based filter system.

It is simple: embrace love, practice loving yourself, think loving thoughts and focus on gratitude. Love and gratitude will change the station faster than anything else I know of.

Until next time ….

With love,
Susan

How can you really be happier

Some of those obvious truths

When life gives you lemons

Allow yourself to feel bliss attacking you. Imagine being overcome with profound feelings of bliss. Bliss becomes so overwhelming you have no choice but to allow it to fill your heart and your mind.

Fun idea isn’t it? What do you suppose would happen to your life if you walked around with the thought that bliss is haunting you, dogging your every step. No matter what you do you can’t avoid bliss. It slowly and unavoidably becomes your predominate feeling.

Interesting mixture of metaphors. Play with it for a while. See what happens.

Happiness,  joy, abundance and carefree abandon are part of your birthright and are always just a thought away. Play with idea that bliss is stalking you. Imagine that bliss is absolutely unavoidable and watch some of your limiting beliefs fall away.

Change can be as simple as shifting the way you think about something like bliss.

I am currently in Tokyo. I do a lot of private sessions here and always start by asking the person, “How can I help you?” One woman said, “I want to experience enlightenment.”

I told her she already was enlightened and surprise filled her face, then confusion. As we talked her definitions and desires slowly changed. She began to allow herself to feel joy and ease. Suddenly the light came on and she said, “I could use this (changing her definitions and beliefs) to change anything in my life!” I agreed full heartedly. She had really seen the light, she was indeed enlightened (filled with light).

Be prepared to let bliss attack and see what happens.

With love, aloha and bliss following me,
Susan

Last night I had a wondrous dream. Life was like a beautiful painting, painted on the surface of the water. When you ran your hand through the water ripples erased what was and your life changed immediately.

As I played with the surface of the water I began to realize my emotions, how I was feeling dictated the next set of images. I could change my life with my emotions rather than have the events in my life control my emotions. What a switch! The more I played the easier it became to create what I wanted and erase events I didn’t want. I could easily control my life!

Using conscious thoughts to create an amazing life

When I woke up I realized once again the power of  our thoughts. Whatever we focus our attention on we get more of but my dream took it to a deeper level. My dream made it clear that my emotions played a key role in what I created next.

It was like there was a huge grid that magically filled in based on whatever emotions I was emitting. Love expands while fear contracts. If I feel joy the next creation is joyous. If I am fearful and judgmental the next creation is unpleasant at best.

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I have been making videos out of my daily reflections. Hope you enjoy them.

Would you like to see more of them? If you would please let me know in the comments section.

With love and aloha,
Susan

What do you love the most about your life?

I love writing a gratitude list. I love making a list of the things, large and small about my life and being grateful for all of them.

That wasn’t always the case. I used to think in terms of what I wanted. If I just had this then I would be happy. In hindsight, I realize that I always moved the goal post just before I got there. Since my happiness was external it was fleeting.  Once I redefined my sense of happiness I began to realize that happiness was always only a thought away.

Today what I love most about my life is my ability to change my thinking so I can be happy no matter what is going on.

How do you define your happiness?

Is your happiness dependent on external things?

Would you be happier if:

You had  relationship?
More money?
A job you loved?
More time?
A larger home?
More friends?
Were thinner or taller or younger or older?
Healthier?

If you answered yes to any of those questions you are limiting yourself and curtailing your happiness. Happiness is an inside job. It is totally dependent on what you are telling yourself and independent of the events in your life or the world around you.

Are you willing to be happy no matter what?

When I ask that  most people respond, “Of course.” But are you willing to change your beliefs,agreements, assumptions and attitude?Are you willing to see all happiness or lack of happiness as a result of your filter system?

We never see life directly, we are always seeing our filter system. Are you willing to let of that old limiting version of reality? Are you ready to see life through the eyes of love?

Only the love is real everything else is an illusion.

With love and aloha,
Susan