I realized something yesterday morning: that for the past few weeks all I’ve been saying is negative things, which is unlikely for me. Yet, I’m as human as anyone else and sometimes we forget to pay close attention to our thoughts and words.
Yesterday I sat in front of my laptop wondering what to write. I found myself saying “I hate having writers block; why does my foot still hurt; why is everything taking so long to happen?”
Then I realized that I was putting all that negative stuff out there all on my own. At that moment I changed my thinking and choice of words and turned it into: “I’m writing everyday; my foot is healing day by day; and things are happening just as they should”
You see, sometimes we lose sight of our thoughts and words. We forget to keep them all positive, yet when you notice what it is your saying and thinking you can change it. You can change it to positive thoughts and words.
I remind myself today that “everything happens as it should, when it should and how it should.”
And I remind myself that I do the best I can everyday.
More importantly, I remind myself that negative thoughts and words are to replaced with “I can, I will, I am.”
Go easy on yourself and remember that you are in control of your thoughts, your words and your actions.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
I was talking to a friend the other day about her life and all the changes she wants to make, when suddenly I found myself saying to her: life is like a water bottle, if it’s filled to the top with all the negative people and situations in your life then there’s no room to fill it with the water of the positive.
She loved the analogy and I thought about it further. It’s always a good thing to be able to visualize things in a way that you can see it and understand, and my “water bottle” analogy is just that.
Imagine that we’re given one water bottle in our life, and that bottle represents our life. It’s filled with water, which is all the people and situations in our life. At the time those things may be purposeful in our life and best for our Highest Good, yet as time and life marches on, it changes. Suddenly you’re left wanting more, wanting something different or wanting to let go of certain people and situations.
But you can’t seem to do it, and that is the human nature of being afraid of change or of the unknown. We know what we need to leave behind yet we wonder what will happen if we let go. Will our life be worse or will it be better? Should we leave someone not knowing if someone better is waiting for us?
It’s a leap of faith in your Higher Power and in yourself.
I explained to her that at this time in her life her water bottle is filled with negativity, both with her job and personal life. I told her that unless she started emptying that water bottle of the negative she wouldn’t be able to fill it with anything new or more positive. She couldn’t replace the negative water until she poured it out and replaced it with the positive.
After all, you can’t put more water into a full bottle until you dump some water out.
And that is my analogy on letting go and moving forward.
Sometimes you have to visualize your life in a way that you can actually picture it, and the water bottle is simply one way to look at it.
Is your water bottle filled with all that is for your Highest Good or do you need to dump some of the water out so that the “good” water can be poured in?
It’s the same no matter how you look at it. When you keep the wrong people in your life or are in a situation that is not good for you then there’s no room for what’s in your best interest to come in.
I’ve been taught by my spiritual teachers throughout the years that you have to let go of that which no longer serves your Highest Good in order for something better to come in. Holding on to negativity in any way, shape or form will prevent anything better and more positive to come in.
Dump out your water bottle if your life isn’t the way you want it and fill it with all the good that the Universe has just waiting for you.
After all, I believe that once we rid ourselves of negativity, whether it’s people or situations, the world opens up with more positivity than we can imagine.
I know this for sure…
And it’s a good thing…
I promise.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
I’m not going to tell you that each new day holds endless possibilities, even though it does; I’m not going to tell you that there’s an adventure just waiting for you, even though there is; and I’m not going to tell you that dreams come true, even though they do.
What I am going to tell you is that if you’re going to live your life, you might as well live it big! Dream big, love big, and live big. Set your mind to believing that all is possible and then do it…and do it as big as you can!
It’s a good thing!
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Photo by Anne Dennish – copyright 2016
Our days don’t always go as planned, as yesterday was one of those days for me. I had plans for the day that never came to fruition, so what next? Well, do it all over again today… more rested, more upbeat, and ready to go!
It can be frustrating when things don’t go your way, but my belief is that the Universe had other plans for my day yesterday, and has even bigger plans today! So, I take my leap of faith and go with the flow.
Same for my writing, which has been slow going lately. This picture depicts what my
desk and me look like at the moment. Yet, I know that just as the plans of yesterday were changed, sometimes my writing is the same: I have to wait, watch and listen to the world around me to find the next story to write, the next post to share, and the next book to publish.
Today I accept what is and what isn’t and am ready to embrace another day and hopefully, another adventure.
Don’t get discouraged when things don’t go as planned; it’s simply the Universe planning something better!
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
There are days you may feel like you can’t do it anymore; a day when you feel as though no matter what you do, you can’t seem to get where you want to be or have what you want to have. Yet, it’s on those days that I have to remind myself that “if there’s a will, there is always a way!”
Obstacles will always pop up in our lives, yet there is always a way around them. On the days you feel as though you don’t have the strength, simply relax, take a breath, and get some sleep, and know that it won’t be like that forever…just for the day.
Here’s to a day of “having the will and finding the way!”
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Photo by Anne Dennish – copyright @2017
“Journey is over, the battle is won.A new chapter starting, a new day begun,
So what do I do now? Where do I start?
Do I take the road known or the one less travelled
Follow my heart.
Life is always changing,it’s time to turn the page,
Now the story continues
And it’s mine to create
So what do I do now? Where do I go?
Do I let my mind lead me backwards in time or move ahead slow?
What now with new beginnings
What now with the old life behind
What now that I’m starting over
With no clue, no reason, no rhyme.
Time to change my thinking
It’s time to lose the fear
The Universe is watching
That’s what brought me here
It’s all an adventure, my life is a song,
I know where I’ve been, not where I’m going
But I’m dancing along.”
I remember the day I wrote the story, which became these lyrics, in my book called “Waking Up.” It was my very last day of treatment for breast cancer, and as I said my good-bye’s to the nurses and staff, I felt a multitude of emotions.
I got in my car and started the long drive home. I felt happy, excited, relieved and a bit scared. All I kept thinking is “now what?” Now what do I do with my life? I had been on a breast cancer journey for over a year and a half, and suddenly it was over. The Cancer Institute had bid me farewell and sent me on my way. What now?
I thought “I know what the last year and a half with cancer was like, but what would it be like without it? Where do I begin to start over without it?”
And so I wrote the entry “What Now” in my breast cancer journal and a year later wrote these song lyrics.
But you know, this song isn’t just for my breast cancer journey; it’s a song for anyone starting over with a new beginning. It’s for anyone who is starting a new life. It’s for someone who has to learn to say “good-bye” to their past in order for the doors to the future to open.
It’s a song for you and a song for me…
It’s scary when something ends and is over, yet you need to find the excitement in the possibility of something even better coming into your life. I can promise you it always does when it’s meant to. Have faith in the Universe and have faith in yourself!
Embrace your day, embrace your new beginning, embrace this life that you are in control of.
The choice is yours…
And I know you’ve got this!
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Lyrics by Anne Dennish – Music and Vocals by Sutton Thomas Music copyright 2016
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