March 29 - This Week's Quote:

“There is nothing more important than you feel good.” – Abraham-Hicks

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When I first heard of this idea – there’s nothing more important than feeling good – I thought it was quite “Pollyanna;” happy, happy, joy, joy; a naïve way of looking at things.

But the more I’ve studied the Law of Attraction and quantum physics, the more I’m realizing that, yes, this is true.

Quantum physics reminds us that everything is made up of energy – tiny little particles moving around rapidly with a lot of space between them, and that even our words and our thoughts are part of the energetic vibrational world we live in.

The Law of Attraction is basically what Jesus was teaching when he said, “as ye sow, so shall ye reap.” Which in essence is like things attracts like things, or as we’ve all heard the saying, “birds of a feather flock together.”

In other words, what you focus on grows. Think about it, if you’re feeling bad emotionally or physically, does it make you feel better to keep continually thinking about how bad you feel? Not in my experience! Usually the more I give my attention to how bad I feel, the worse I feel because I keep finding more things to feel bad about!

But when I finally “hit bottom” so to speak, and start looking for ways to get out of the negative slump. That’s when I start to feel better.

I remember, many years ago, my first conscious experience of this. I was sick in bed with some kind of stomach ailment and the pills the doctor had given me were not helping.  They were actually making me feel worse. I remember thinking, after several days of this, "Okay,enough. I’m done with this. I want to feel better."  And the next day, I was up, out of bed, and well on the road to recovery.

The bottom line is, we either feel good, or we feel bad. Sure, there are many shades of feeling bad and feeling good, but if you had to choose sides, you’d either put the feeling more on the good side or the bad side.

So, the question is which would you rather feel - good or bad?

This past week, I’ve been practicing this “feeling good” idea, taking to heart “There is nothing more important than I feel good,” and I’ve been playing the Rampage of Appreciation game found in the book “Ask and It Is Given” by Jerry and Esther Hicks.  And it sure makes the day more fun AND it makes it go a whole lot smoother!

Here’s how the game works:

Where ever you are, at home getting ready for the day, sending your kids off to school, driving to work,  or sitting at your desk.  Where ever you are, just look around and notice something that pleases you. Hold your attention on it and just think about how beautiful or wonderful or useful it is. The longer you focus on it, the more your positive feelings about it will increase.

Notice how your feelings have improved and appreciate that. Then look around for something else to appreciate and give your positive attention to that.

In this vibrational world we live in positive feelings are in the higher vibrational realm. Negative feelings are in a lower vibration. So the object of this game – finding things to appreciate – is a way to practice keeping our vibrational frequencies high, or if we’re not feeling so great, it’s a great way to “raise” our vibration or come into a better feeling place. This is not about finding something that is troubling and fixing it.

The more you find something to appreciate, the better it feels. And as Jerry and Esther Hicks say, “the better it feels, the better it feels!”

I invite you to go on a Rampage of Appreciation this week and see what happens. As you are driving to work you might think, for example: "I love my car. Even though it’s raining, I’m dry and safe and having a good time. I’m grateful for my job. I appreciate the steady income."

Or, as you tuck your children in at night, you might think: "I love my children. They really are a blessing. I’m so happy they are here."

Or as you’re waiting in line at the grocery story, you might think: "I appreciate how friendly that cashier is. Even though this line seems to be slow, it gives me a chance to catch my breath and practice appreciating things. I really like the blouse that lady is wearing," and so on.

Blessings!

-Becky