Your Weekly Mantra ~ Life Is A Gift Not A Chore www.tatianascavnicky.com

Lee Miller

There are those days when it is easy to love life. A coming Spring, or trip to a wanted destination. A wanted newborn child welcomed to the world. A satisfied and fulfilled feeling of accomplishment, after a long road of getting your degree or finishing your book. Yes those times are magical and daydreams are real. Sometimes this haze of wonder lasts into days. Now and then we sit at the edge, waiting and hoping to lure it in, or perhaps crossover.

I was inspired to write this week's mantra sitting under the soon-to-be Summer sun. Birds singing as if their song was for me, and I do believe it was, as I read "Bird By Bird: Some Instructions On Writing and Life" by Anne Lamott. Life is swallowed up whole and easy like brownies and chocolate cake on days like these. The very next day, perhaps moments later...a devastating phone call changes everything. Fearful thoughts of impending doom invite themselves into our minds. How can life be this good? Surely the ax is about to fall. 

Anne Lamott said "My mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone." Our thoughts inform so much of who we are, whether we believe in ourselves, or the process of life. They can change us to the core for the good and for the not-so-good. They can take us down roads where we get lost for years at a time, and they can bring us back to all that we love, need and cherish. 

If you are lost right now, know that you can, and will come back. We have in our DNA the Divine code. We forget. Looking for all the ways your life is a gift, will set your feet on the road of hope again. Leaning into faith, and your spirituality during times like these, will get you through. Soon there will be something to revel in and celebrate. You'll eat it up, savoring it like homemade brownies and chocolate cake, and it will last and lift you up with joy. 

Magical Blessings
XoTatiana

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Your Weekly Mantra ~ I Bless My Future Because I Can www.tatianascavnicky.com

Via 

It's so easy to let our minds mill over things that aren't so good for us, causing stress, or worry. Our minds are always thinking. That's what they do. It's easy to let them just go off and wreak havoc if we let them. Anne Lamott said it so well! "My Mind is a neighborhood I try not to go into alone." 

Rumination is thinking about something over and over, that is upsetting and not positive. Rumination refers to the tendency to repetitively think about the causes, situational factors, and consequences of one's negative emotional experience. ~ Nolen Hoeksema


If you tend to be a worrier or not, focusing on what you want keeps your mind thinking about exactly that, and not what don't want. The morning is a good time to think about how you want to feel, and what you are up to in life. Our deeply creative subconscious mind is super receptive in between sleeping, and being fully awake. Before bed is too. Keep your most important goals with you, maybe in a pretty book, written on a card, or on your tablet or phone. 

We have all had those days where we wake up tired, and we are not feeling it. First thing when you wake up is the best time to say, "I bless my future because I can." Add I feel good, or I am confident and I easily get things done today. Everyone I meet is cheery. There are lots of things to be grateful for today. 

I was inspired by Super Soul Sunday for this week's mantra. Joel Olsteen talked about the power of I AM. This is an ancient practice and I am thrilled he is preaching about it. It will take you far. Thinking good and affirming thoughts blesses us, and our future. We have the power! Try it this week and let me know how you do. 

Hope you have a beautiful week. 
XoTatiana


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