Y'all packed?

C'mon...
.... What are you waiting for?
Let's go!
We have a whole year to visit!
Have you packed yet?

I made a packing list last night of the things I wanted to bring with me on this next leg of my life's adventure.  I noted tried and true keepers, items I've carried around for ages that have worn out their usefulness and are no longer needed, things that I had been dragging around most of my life that I never should have taken ownership of in the first place, and new things I wanted to have more of.

Of course I am not referring to physical items, but thoughts and qualities.  I have no interest in lugging around sorrow, stress, pain, heartbreak or lack.  And I am delighted to load on as much patience, joy, unconditional love, peace, self-worth and abundance as I can get ahold of.

This year looks to be pivotal for so many people in so many ways.  What will you bring with you into it and what do you expect to get from it?  Please come and join our little love circle on Facebook to share your inspiration and love.

Happy happy new year and new adventure to you!

totally joyously yours....

Grateful for a great full year

There is no possible way I could end this year on a note of anything other than gratitude.  It tops my list of all time 'fave' aspects of the human experience. It is such a large, affecting and deeply healing concept, defined thusly by Dictionary.com:

grat·i·tude

 [grat-i-tood, -tyood]  

noun

the quality or feeling of being grateful 

or thankful

...... that's it!....... the entire definition of this enormous force for good.  

What a lesson that is in and of itself.... that the things, ideas and actions that are the most profound and effective needn't be weighed down by a torrent of words or dogma.  The definition is simple, as is its explanation, yet its life-transforming effects can hardly be described. 

I am grateful for everything and everyone this year has brought me and taken from me.  A year ago I could not have imagined much of what life now holds and the promise 2012 offers. 

Gratitude, by Louie Schwartzberg

Have a beautiful New Year's Eve my friends.
I am grateful for you!

with thanks & joy 
xoxo

The Ultimate Mulligan

A common theme this time of year is starting over, with a clean slate. And I for one have no problem embracing this potentially cliche concept. In golf, a do-over is called a mulligan, a second chance for the player to try the same shot again, hopefully with far superior results. The best part is, the golfer's previously botched attempt is not recorded as part of his score.

Very often we think of a second chance or new year as picking up right where we left off, with the opportunity of successful moves from here on out.  The only catch is that we still have to deal with all that preceded our current situation.

But what if you could hit the reset button on your life and not just undo your last mistake, but wipe out all the mistakes you've had to work around to get to where you are now?  I don't mean erasing your entire existence, but think about when you reboot your computer.  It doesn't obliterate everything on it.  You don't lose your documents, images or projects you'd worked so hard on.  You merely get to start over with a clutter-free desktop, with programs humming along unfettered by sluggish performance do to things caught in your cache, or open windows & issues clogging up your memory.

A synonym for 'reset' is 'restart' -- literally to begin again.  And that is what New Year's suggests -- an opportunity to start over from a place of pristine, wide-open perfection.  What better holiday gift could one receive?

So let's give that to ourselves -- the grace and space to restart anew.  Come and share your inspiration and success with us on Facebook at LOVE 24/7.  You'll find you're always welcome... and loved ❤

renewedly yours,
Joy