Hi everyone,
I've been away from gaia for a while because my old computer gave me problems and it's still a drag not to be able to copy/paste. For some reason firefox won't copy/paste so it's harder to share things with you all. At least now I finally have a new computer and am still learning how to work things with windows vista.
Anyway, I have a new official blog at http://medicinesongwoman.blogspot.com that I just wrote in today, and you can now follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/healingsinger.
I've been working slowly on my new album but that's about to speed up toward mid-August and through Fall/Winter. I have some top musicians working with me and am thrilled to have Lisa Patterson as my producer this time around.
I now do Back to Your Blueprint energy activations - basically I found out my distance healing is a lot more than what it started out to be. I still haven't had time to fully update my website on that, but you can find out more here: http://brendamacintyre.com/healing/howitworks.html
This month has brought a huge amount of energy in already and I'm bubbling up with inspiration and coming alive like never before. I'll bet I'm not alone in this, with all this new energy pouring into the universal energy field.
Anyway, just wanted to give you other options to keep in touch with me and let you know I didn't fall off the Earth :)
Peace, Love & Light,
Brenda
www.brendamacintyre.com
P.S. I'll be posting an event shortly for 08/08/08...
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Turning the January Blahs into January Bliss
(C) Brenda MacIntyre 2008
Just some random thoughts. As an solo-preneur and single mother in my line of work, January is usually harsh. Usually I just scrape by. This January is a bit better than most, but still a challenge.
By the way, I'm writing on this topic so that I can help my Self feel better as I do all my behind the scenes grunt work, and as I sit here knowing I have a tiny budget to work with and the uncertainty that comes with being an entrepreneur.
It's ironic really. The inspirer needs to feel inspired. It's not like I don't have all kinds of tools to use to get there. It's that I'm feeling frozen - yes, by winter, but also by that old fear of lack that comes from living in extreme poverty for so many years, with this time of year always being the hardest to get through.
My daughter knows how to do it...
Her friend is away for 4 days. She shows me a stuffed animal she just sewed up. She's 10 years old. That thing was sitting in the sewing box probably since she was about 5. Why? Because there is no motivational speaker in the world who can get me to feel like sewing. But my daughter's response to my ramblings about not having the patience to sew is, "Mom, it's easy! It's just a few stitches and then it's done!" And she's showing it to me after she's just done it!!
Can I look at inspiring myself in the same way? Is is really just a few stitches??
What if I am actually enjoying wallowing in all this fear and self-doubt?! What if I don't feel like using my own teachings to lift myself up??
Doesn't matter how often I've heard it, seen it, or understood it. I know I have the power to bring myself up out of the blahs and into bliss again. But it feels like it will be hard work, and when I look at my current reality, it doesn't make me feel good. The thought of trying to pull myself out of this sluggish, resistant feeling - and trying to maintain a sense of well-being - just makes me feel even worse.
Does this sound familiar? Don't worry. There is a way out.
Well, I'm hoping you don't feel like this, but I'm also betting I'm not alone in this feeling.
I have this CD I made in April 2007 called Spirit Connection and I know if I just put it into my CD player and do one of the meditations, I'll feel better. I could listen to one of my inspirational music videos. I could do something I really enjoy, like singing or painting, and when my work-day is over, I can play with my daughter. I could exercise to bring up my endorphins.
But see, it's up to me to actually DO these things. And to do these things, I have to feel motivated and inspired to do them in the first place.
Well, writing is probably the easiest thing for me to do that I actually enjoy doing and that I can still call an accomplishment during my work-day. So here I am writing. And once I am finished writing, I'm going to just sit with myself for a few minutes and meditate, just quiet my mind. I'll allow whatever wants to surface.
Maybe I'll be inspired to do something else.
But if not, at least I will know I've accomplished something, and I'll feel better. According to Abraham, it's all about feeling better anyway. So I'll get myself into a joy feedback loop - no - a joy feedback spiral. I'll grow some joy that expands upon itself, exponentially.
Are you with me?
I hope so. I hope we can all grow some joy, even just a little bit, and especially if we already feel joy as it is... because that's one powerful way to make change.
Create a little joy and it naturally will want to be spread around. And you will naturally feel better. And better. And better.
But if you're feeling anything like me today, you're going to need to brainstorm and come up with something you find easy, fun and uplifting, and perhaps it needs to be something you don't need to spend money on. For me, it does. And I have a huge list I've written of things that bring me joy.
Do you have a list of what brings you joy? If you don't, there's no time like the present :) And if you do, why not pick something from your list and do it now!
It really is up to us as individuals to make a choice. I can choose to sit here and wallow in my fear and self-doubt - OR - I can choose to let myself take a journey back to feeling joy and hope. Every situation is temporary and hey, we're all worth a few minutes of our own time!
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling better already. :) And I haven't even gone through my list yet, or done my meditation. Here I go!
Peace, Love & Light,
Brenda MacIntyre a.k.a. Medicine Song Woman
www.brendamacintyre.com 416.519.SONG
PS. If you want to republish this article, just please let me know and keep my credit and copyright intact. Thanks!
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