Thank you to Mama Maple for taking this beautiful photo.

I’m reading The Vortex by Ester & Jerry Hicks. On page 41 they share a 30-minute Energy Alignment Process that I’m starting tonight when I go to sleep:

1. Find things in your immediate vicinity – such as your bed, your linens, your pillow – to direct your attention toward.
2. Set the intention to sleep well and wake up refreshed.
3. When you wake up in the morning, lie in appreciation for at least 5 minutes.
4. Refresh yourself by bathing and eating.
5. Sit for 15 minutes and quiet your mind. Feel your vibration rise.
6. Open your eyes. Write for 10-15 minutes about things you appreciate about your life.

It feels so nice just *thinking* about doing this. Imagine actually doing it!

I’ll be back tomorrow to report on this experience.

Join me if you think it’d feel good!

I’m in love with my local library.

I go to its website, I look up books that I want, I put them on hold…

And then Magic happens…

The Lovely Librarians go to the shelves (while I’m working, sleeping, sun bathing, eating and NOT being in the library) and they make a pile of all the books that I want.

Then they put a little piece of paper on my books with my name in all caps: GRAYSON, MONA LISA, and place them on a Special Shelf in the front of the library.

Then get this…

They start playing the Eee! Mail! game with me…and let me know that my books are ready for me to pick them up.

So when it’s convenient for me, I drive or bike over there, walk in the front door, go straight to the Special Shelf in the front of the library and collect the books with my last name showing on the spine.

I take my pile, head straight to the front desk, show the librarian my little green library card so I can be held accountable…and then off I go.

Could it be any sweeter?

Okay, maybe if the library had all my favorite types of books in a van and it drove around like an Ice Cream Truck with a catchy out-of-tune tune, that’d be way cool. But hey – the way it is now saves the library on gas money. That’s more important.

What’s your library like?

Today at the beach there was a couple who sat in a hole that had been dug by some previous beach goers.

They had a plastic grocery bag with them.

He had on swim trunks and no shirt.

She had on shorts and a t-shirt with some silver writing on it.

They sat in the hole and ate chocolate covered ice cream pops out of the plastic grocery bag.

He ate at least 4 of them while they were sitting in the hole.

He fed some to her sometimes, and mostly he just ate ice cream bar after ice cream bar.

One after the other as he looked out over the ocean and snuggled with his sweetheart in the sandy hole.

I loved watching him.

He was so happy.

Yes, he was overweight.

Yes, she was overweight.

So what?

It was the beach. It was ice cream. It was them sitting in a hole in the sand.

And I got to watch. I got to see this sweet moment with them.

I blessed them and their ice cream bars.

Instead of judgment for how many ice cream bars he was eating…

I felt so much love.

Love that he had the money to go to the store and buy the box of ice cream bars.

Love that he and his sweetheart thought to come to the beach and eat them.

Love that they decided to sit in the sandy hole next to me and eat them.

Love that he didn’t have to feel bad about spending money on them and then having them all melt.

Love that he ate them without his shirt on without any apparent shame…one after the other.

Love that he gave himself what he wanted for Valentine’s Day with his sweetheart.

It was an instance that, in the past, may not have been so loved filled for me.

An instance that may have been more judgment filled.

Today it was filled with love – and it really stood out to me.

I’m glad I was paying attention.

I’m glad I chose love.

It’s Valentine’s Day…do you have plans already?

I was wondering if you’d like to get together and question some of our stressful stories about love and relationships…

So I’m holding two free Valentine’s Day Inquiry calls today…

One in the morning and one in the evening.

(You’re welcome to come to one or both.)

We’ll be questioning stories like:

• I shouldn’t be alone.
• My partner shouldn’t have done/said that.
• Relationships are hard.
• Valentine’s Day is stupid.
• I need a boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife.
• My partner is annoying because…
• I’m not lovable.

Basically it’s a BYOST party…

“Bring Your Own Stressful Thoughts” party…

So jot down some of those yucky, sad, depressing thoughts about love and relationships and we’ll question them and get some feel-good-clarity instead.

Sound good?

Details for the free Valentine’s Day Inquiry calls are below…

I love you -

Free Valentine’s Day Inquiry Calls

Date: Sunday, Feb. 14th

- Morning Call: 10 am Pacific (11
Mountain, 12 Central, 1 Eastern)

- Evening Call: 6 pm Pacific (7 Mountain,
8 Central, 9 Eastern)

Phone: (605) 475-4825

Access code: 1064758#

No need to RSVP…just bring your lovely self and maybe some warm tea.

P.S. I went to the dollar store last week and bought a stick with a red sparkly styrofoam heart on the end of it. It makes me smile and I’m going to be holding it during our calls today.

So what if there’s dog hair on your water bottle?

So what if you step in a puddle and get your sock wet?

So what if you try to draw a bike and it looks more like a building?

They’re only mess ups if we tell ourselves they shouldn’t be like that.

Otherwise, it’s all good. And we can be happy no matter what.