The attitude is the measure, truly. Life comes at us hard sometimes but it’s the attitude taken that sustains us as we go through whatever it is we’re going through. I know. I had a not so good attitude not too long ago about a situation. Ego, the mind, got in the way and then emotions, negative ones. The situation seemed daunting and the more I thought on it, the worst it became. When I let the ego go and changed my attitude and saw my responsibility about that particular situation, like magic, everything went rather smoothly. The situation was still there, of course, but my attitude toward it was the key that changed the situation. Change your attitude. Change your life!

Blessings,
Brenda

“Courage, passion, ambition and a sense of humor are key ingredients in having a successful life.” Joan Millender

Take control of your life. Surrender everything into the hands of Divine Spirit, then go about your daily life, do everything for the love, with love and be love.

“Love what you do and believe that it matters.” Joan Millender

Apire to be your true self, your own unique self. Whatever you do, do it with love, for love and love what you’re doing. Enjoy what you do. Work hard. Never give up. Always keep in mind that failure is just another step towards your success. Make things happen. The choice is yours. There is nothing you can not do.

Blessings,

Brenda

When I am able to see an improvement over yesterday, even if it’s small, I have grown a little and I’ve taken a first step forward in taking charge of my own world. When problems arise in my life, I take them in stride. I no longer allow problems or worries twist me into a nervous wreck. When I truly listen, with my heart and not my mind, I am able to hear God speaking to me. The voice I hear is not a roaring sound from on high but a still small voice coming from within. God speaks to me simply, down to earth, maybe an inner nudge on how to do something in a different way or view a situation or circumstance from another perspective, the kind of help that I can relate to.

Each morning I start my day with gratitude! I make a written list of everything that I’m truly grateful for, from the subtle to the profound. Sometimes I make a mental list. I even find the courage to be grateful for the challenges I’m facing at any given time. This helps me to see myself being transformed into the Spiritual Being that I am. Consciously what happens is when I begin to change my inner space, my thoughts, and redirect my emotions, away from what I’ve been doing and getting the same result, it’s then and only then that I begin to see the light and gain the light of understanding.

The direct benefit for me is that when I begin to practice what the light has given me. Does it happen overnight, a week, month, year, five years, 10 years, maybe not, but over time, the more I put into practice, or even have the intent to practice my enlightenment, the closer I get to being the best spiritual being that I can be.

Blessings,

Brenda

So many lessons, so many blessings and all I have to say is, Thank You and say how Grateful I am to have the guidance, love and protection of my Inner Master that resides within me. I want to let you know that I remain dedicated to truth, my own truth, Divine Spirit, and I continue to seek freedom and above all, love. I’ve cutback on service outside of my family. I’ve been pursuing one of my lifelong dreams of becoming a homeowner. I continue to giveback to my spiritual community and the community in which I live but I’ve found balance. I conscientiously practice my spiritual exercises and I make myself available to do whatever I am asked to do and do what I am able to do for my personal and spiritual growth and for my family.

I am happy to say that I am in the flow of the Universe, Divine Spirit, because my lifelong dream of becoming a homeowner has come to fruition. The closing our new home is schedule for August 29, 2005. Thank you. I am grateful for being in accord with God’s Will and God’s perfect plan for me. Thank you for showing me Thy ways. The move to Phoenix, Arizona will soon be underway. I am happy to report that I have been able to ride the waves of change much better than I’ve ever done before in this lifetime. I am really surprised at how active my inner experiences have been these past few months in spite of upheavals and stuff. I count it all joy. I am constantly grateful. Many people have disappeared from my world. I no longer fret about it and for me, that’s progress. Now, I find myself being less judgmental about people. I am making progress in that area a little at a time. I am endeavoring to allow people, especially people that makeup my world, to have experience their own unique experiences without judging them or second guessing or assuming what their intentions, motives or their deeds and actions are, including my own.

Because my focus has been on reaching my personal goals I’ve been absent from participating in Intro Presentations at my Spiritual Center for the past few months. But I was blessed with a wonderful opportunity last month to participate in an Intro Talk and although all signs pointed to my not being able to meet that commitment because I could not find time to adequately prepare, I surrendered the strict deadlines to prepare my presentation to the highest power and I went to the Intro, gave my presentation, and everything unfolded just as it should. I was surprised at how much I missed sharing truths are working in my life, how I’ve come to love my life, and the realization of how blessed I truly am.

Blessings,

Brenda

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Dear Friend,

When I read this quote”As we face ourselves, we begin to recognize that a certain thing has held us back from the next step on the path to God. Finally we realize we don’t need that particular problem anymore…” it was like a light bulb had lit up for me. My first thought was that in a lot of areas it’s myself that holds me back, the ego. Not my true self.

Truly, I know, at times, that I don’t necesssarily need that particular problem, whatever the problem is, yet I find that I hold onto it, mostly becuase I am not aware that I am doing so. In my contemplation I came upon my own solution–to approach the problem or challenge with less self-absorption, less selfishness.

What has been rolling around in my Being is a lyric, “take me as I am or have nothing at all…” I applaud my husband. For over 27 years he takes me as I am, who I am. Years ago he said that he wouldn’t want to change me in any manner, else I wouldn’t be my true self. I’m sure he appreciates how I strive to become the best that I can be, with all my faults and weaknesses. God takes me as I am. What more acceptance do I need? I am what I am. God is. I AM. I am reminded, of course, that I am not always who I am truly, fully, or wholly, a divine spark of God, and that brings me back to my center.

I read a passge from Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth - Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose’” on the power of I AM. I therefore declare that, I Am Soul. Soul is eternal. I AM open to receive all the blessings that God has stored for me for so long. They are here right now. I AM responsible for all that I have, all that I have created and all that I AM creating.

I will be introducing an E-Course on the Power of I AM. I hope you will join me.

Blessings,

Brenda

“Dear God,

Today, I don’t want to ask you again for anything because you know the needs that I have and my wants, you know my heart. As I review my journal entries it seems as though I’m always asking for something, always seeking help in one thing or another. On the drive home a couple of weeks ago it came to me that I should instead invite you into my heart, my life, the world that I am creating and invite your protection and your guidance and to hear the sound of your voice to lead and guide me on my path. I feel so much better when I take that approach.

My dream world is becoming a little more active this month. Actually there were only two dreams that I could almost clearly recall, and I thank you for those dreams. There is one dream in particular that I’d like to share. It’s a little sketchy and I don’t know if I truly understand the meaning of it, though I have inkling. In the dream, Tommy (my husband) and I were walking together through some corridors in what seemed to be a basement. It was all dark and dank. The carpets were red and there were lots of doors along each side of the corridors. We just continued walking with no place in mind that we were trying to get to. Ahead was a small room and we entered. Tom took a seat in front of a mirror to rest. There was a door to the left and I knocked and a young “actress” opened the door and told us that we would both have to go back through the darkened basement—back to where we just came from. I told her flat out that we were not going back and that we wanted to know where we were. What in fact was this place we had come to? She did not give me an answer. She slowly closed the door and Tom and I were left in the room alone. Then I awakened from the dream state.

What is the significance of this dream-reality? It has to be significant to me on my journey in some way because every day since, this dream is with me day and night. Tom and I are communicating better than we ever have in the 22 years we’ve been together. I can find no words to express my happiness these days. Sometimes wish that the sound and the light of understanding had come to me (us) earlier in our relationship, but I can see now that this is the right time. I’m grateful for what we have now but I do wonder about the future, given his age and all…I would be pleased to know the meaning and what I need to learn from this. Is there something I should be wary of and what is the lesson in it for me, personally, if any?”

Blessings,

Brenda

“Since my last writing there have been some changes. I finally took the plunge and bought a newer car. Last Saturday I spent the early morning hours and into the early afternoon cleaning the apartment big time! I scrubbed every room, refrigerator, stove, walls, and floors; gathered clothing and foodstuff to donate to the Mission downtown and in the process cleared my mind of all the dross that had accumulated over the past few months.

Afterwards I felt free and I was ready to make a big step forward. Tom and I went shopping for a car. It was not without a little bit it drama, but on the overall things worked out well. We were there for a very long time—over and one-half hours! It seemed that nobody could find the keys to our car parked that was parked in front of the new car, nor could the keys to the new car be located. It was at this point I announced that we were leaving and would return the next day after Church and sign the papers and take delivery of the car. I also said that the car was not meant for us because of all the problems. Just when Tom and I were ready to drive off the lot on our way home, someone yelled they’d found the keys. The salesman said he guess this deal was meant to be because they’d found the keys!”

As I read this entry from 2003, I realize how naïve I was and that what had happened was a ploy that used car salesman use to sell cars. At that time I did not know that. Personally, I had never bought a car before. In my heart and in my mind “it was meant to be” that we should have this car, that all the waiting and the hoops the sales force had us jumping through had paid off and what probably wouldn’t have happened for us did in fact happen. I viewed it as a blessing. I gave thanks and gratitude for such a blessing. I didn’t view it as me being a victim of used car salesmen tactics.

Even today, I do not view myself as a victim when I fall prey to people pulling the proverbial wool over my eyes as it were. I have learned to take responsibility in all things, good, bad or whatever. It’s not what happens to you necessarily but rather what happens for you and how you look at it. I chose then as I choose now to view everything as a blessing, a gift and try to see things from a higher perspective, the whole, always seeing an occurrence, an event, and an experience from a 360 degree perspective. I’d love to say this is one thing that I have master but I cannot at present.

I am grateful for the gift of another day because I know, rain or shine, that my day will unfold in blessings too bountiful to count.

Blessings,

Brenda

What I’d like to talk about first is giving your best, being the best you can be and thinking the best thoughts that you can, at the time, about what may seem to be a not-so-good situation.  I was thinking about an incident that occurred on a job I had with Los Angeles Unified School District on a non-permanent basis.  With so many hoops to jump through I’d resigned myself to not seek permanent status.  Shortly after accepting that that was what I was going to do, I got word that another department requested I come aboard on a permanent basis. 

The funny thing about that is that as soon as I’d resigned myself to accept my present status is when what I thought I wanted so badly, manifested.  I’m not sure if this is what I necessarily needed, but it is what I knew I wanted.  I did not have second thoughts about this.  I accepted it as possibly being God’s perfect plan for me.  The question was what will I do with this opportunity; this blessing and the challenges that will arise as a result of this manifestation?  One thing that sang out clearly is that I will do my best and be my best until the next change occurs.  I wasn’t bouncing off the walls with joy and neither was I all that surprised. 

The lesson for me is when I do my best in everything that that is all that is required.  That’s the very least, in my opinion, that I can do for myself.  That’s one reason I can say that I have no regrets.  Usually, on the overall, I am free of guilt about what I could have done or could have said or could have become.  Granted, not all of my choices have been “wise” choices.  But when reflecting on challenges in my life, past and present, I have a sense of satisfaction that at that time I did the best I could at that moment, especially when I listened to that inner voice, followed that nudge or intuition.  I am grateful for the sound and grateful for the light of understanding. 

Blessings,

Brenda

Dear Friend,

“Through our experiences here on earth, Soul develops the beauty and grace It needs to become a coworker with God.”  Harold Klemp

Becoming a conscious vehicle for God requires that you become the very best you can possibly be, no matter what you choose to do.  Today, choose to be the best that you can be.  Say the best words when you speak.  Have only the best thoughts about any thing or anyone or any circumstance.  

If your consciousness or your experience changes in any way, in your life, I would love to hear about it.

Blessings,

Brenda

brenda@beeblesseddaily.com