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I'm happy about nothing a lot.  A LOT!  And really, that just makes me happier... even when I've got stuff I could be unhappy about (and who doesn't??) I'm pretty much happy... how does it get even better than that??

If you are wondering how this could be, its simple... I choose happy!  I've tried the other options... they didn't really work for me!!  So I just keep choosing happy. Even when it doesn't feel like I can...

Now, sometimes that looks like finding the darkest humour in some crazy situation... and sometimes it is the lightest of lightness of just being... it doesn't matter... it's still a form of happy and I never judge where happy comes from!!

In choosing happy, a lot more happy comes my way... would you be willing to choose happy, no matter what?  For absolutely no reason except that you can?  I wonder what could change in your world if you did?

If you start choosing happy you might find that you are present with a whole new set of possibilities... rather than the list of impossibilities that are making you unhappy!

You might also find that people want to play with you a whole lot more... instead of wondering what the hell it would take for you to be happy just once!  And you could discover that being happy is fun... and easier by far than being unhappy!  Have you ever noticed that happy people seem to have a whole lot more energy and zing?  There's a reason for that!! 

When we have been unhappy for a while it sometimes feels a little weird to just start choosing happy.  What does that feel like again?  Happy?  I remember happy... (I do?? Really?) Yes... you really do, even if it doesn't feel like it in this ten seconds!

Look for your happy in spontaneous moments ...like unexpectedly finding Lindt chocolate in your laptop bag late at night ... or teaching the dog to dance (not so successful... but very funny!) ... or running into a favourite friend when you really need to see someone who just loves you for you... wow... it's all just happy!

Or you could find your happy through gratitude... everytime I hear friends talk about their corporate jobs I find my happy very quickly!  No longer working for power-obsessed, politically motivated, unaware idiots is something I truly am grateful for - every single day (and it's been over 4 years since I escaped the lunatic asylum!!!) 

And of course I find my happy in my work - I truly do love my work... and I love what I can contribute to this world through my work... and that creates a whole lot of happy in my universe! (Have you got my free Love Your Work e-coaching yet?  It's designed to create happy too!!)

And of course, you can just make people think you are really really really weird by being happy just because you can... no other reason... in fact no reason at all. (Funnily enough, doing this actually makes me happy too... I receive a strange pleasure in BEing totally different to what people expect!)  Happy about nothing is literally the simplest and fastest way to get happy - it's just a choice!!

So you see... happy can be anywhere... and everywhere!  What would it take for you to choose it?

(Yep, it's a Pollyanna moment... a long happy one... that pretty much never needs to end... unless you choose unhappy!) How do you keep your happy intact?  I would love to know!

 

‘What if everything you have been judging about you is everything that is wonderful about you?’  Dr Dain Heer

I have just been to 9 days of the Access Consciousness Beyonds classes.  On day 4, Gary Douglas asked us ‘what is different for you so far?’  What I saw for myself was that for the first time ever, there was no wrongness in my universe… I was at total peace with everything… there were things I could choose to change… or I could just be at peace with them.  There was no judgment of me in my universe!

Just a sense of gratitude and space for all that I was able to be right now… whilst still knowing how much more could be possible if I am willing to choose it.  WOW – what a phenomenal space to be in!  

There were so many spaces where I saw that I had made myself wrong when actually those were the very things that make me the delicious decadent ME that I be!  Once I gave up the judgment and wrongness, all that was left was joy, bliss and a sense of possibility that continues to expand!  How does it get better than that???

Would you be willing to give up all judgment of you?  Forever?  What if nothing is ever truly wrong… or right?  What if you could be in allowance of all of it?  How much freedom could you have?  Bliss is just a choice :)

I adore you all... would you be willing to be kind to you?

x Lisa

My favourite Auntie sent me these beautiful pictures this morning... it reminded me of how important it is that we know we belong, no matter how different we are! 

I am always so grateful for the support of my family and the friends I have had since I was young (ok, I still am young ;-)  They know me and love me whatever I'm choosing for my life - even if it looks a little crazy to them!

Today is a day for basking in the love of those you know love you without judgment... and that includes yourself... spend a few minutes without judging yourself for anything and see how much more peaceful you are!

Wishing you a day filled with serenity, joy and celebrating the difference you BE!
x
Lisa

Does thinking make you exhausted?  Overthinking is one of the biggest causes of overwhelm, anxiety and a general lack of bliss!  We see thinking as a solution, but in reality being thoughtless offers a lot more possibilities for creating and generating the living we truly desire!

One of my greatest luxuries is a day where I don’t have to think… where I can float through everything just being aware and asking questions, not holding points of view or judgments about anything.

Of course, it wasn’t always so.  I remember a time when the idea of not thinking was downright scary to me.  Losing my mind was like losing me.  I am infinitely grateful that I know now there is a vast difference between what I think and who I truly be!!  (I’m even starting to wonder if losing your mind could offer the greatest freedom we can imagine!)

Here’s a few ways to be thoughtless… in the very best sense!
•   Have your Bars run – pure bliss for brain and body!
•   Immerse yourself in a creative and sensory activity like painting.
•   Put a teeny dot of diluted sandalwood oil on your third eye – it will remove everyone else’s thoughts, feelings and emotions from your universe and gift you lots more space!
•   Moving meditation is always a good way to take your mind into the present moment, so much easier than trying not to think!
•   Watch waves roll in… the gentle rhythmic sound is mesmerizing and allows your brain to float off into the distance!

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Would you have more bliss in your living if you saw the world's craziness through the lens of your sense of humour? There are times when all I can do is giggle at the insanity of it all... there are no words to describe it! 

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(there's no bliss for me in adding even more sadness to our beautiful world)

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(what else is possible?)

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(what contribution can I be here that could change this insanity instantly?)

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(what are the infinite possibilities of creating more bliss and peace?)

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Hello... are you creating lots of flow in your life? If not, maybe you wondering how  happiness, wrongness and choice are connected? Here's how it works...

‘If I have… be… do… receive…. I’ll be happy” is a fairytale we tell ourselves over and over; hoping that one day it will be true.  In business it is the myth of attaining the next level of success.  In our private lives it is the story that if we can just have what our friends or neighbors have, we’ll be happy.  In our relationships it can be the idea of ‘if the other person will just do what I want, I’ll be happy’.  

Have you ever noticed that mostly life doesn’t work this way?  Lately I have really started to know that happiness is an internal choice. Whatever we choose on the inside becomes our reality.  So, even though we like to think so, happiness is not the result of external circumstances!  

Here’s a little experiment you can try.  Think of something you are unhappy about and do your best to get someone else to change or fix it.  How did that go? This is the force method of attaining happiness and it rarely works.

Then think of something else and change your perspective to – ‘that was an interesting point of view and I now choose a different experience’ and then have the courage to make a different choice or ask a new question…  this is the flow method of attaining happiness - you may observe you can create a lot more happiness this way!  It's a simple case of be the water, not the rock!  (Ever noticed that it is the water that has the power to wear down the immoveable rock with the fixed points of view?)

If you are making yourself or someone else wrong you cannot choose happiness - they simply can't co-exist together.  Happiness is light, springy and creative – it has no intensity and so we insanely think that it can’t be real… so we go on choosing the intensity of unhappiness!  Are you willing to give up misery as your reality?  What could you choose instead?

Maybe you could try a few of these... (but I don't recommend it... you might just get happy!)

• Choose fresh, innovative and new instead of old, tired and miserable.
• Create quirkiness, inspiration and illumination - and forget about fitting in, following the leader and hiding your brilliance...
• Have gratitude, have clarity and have a multitude of possibilities... if something doesn't make you happy, choose again!
• Follow the joy instead of the misery - we all know misery loves company... - misery loves company so you may have to look past your current social circles... imagine how many more possibilities you could create and generate!!

What would it take for you to live your bliss - at home and at work?

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At the moment we are looking for one or two more very special speakers to complete our line-up for The Bliss Connection event in Maleny on 30/31 October. It’s a little tricky because we don’t know exactly what we’re looking for here. You know what I’m talking about… it’s the “I’ll know it when I see it!” syndrome!!

I feel a little like Douglas Adams…  “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer” Ironically, answering like this indicates that Mr Adams was a whole lot more aware of how the universe works than most of us!!

Most of us ask questions looking for an answer.  When we try to create new possibilities by finding answers, we’re actually limiting the many potentials and choices that could be created!!

So, instead of trying to decide on the answer of what we’re looking for (way too hard!!), I’ve been asking the universe to show me what other topics or speakers our phenomenal audience will love…

The next step was to follow my intuition – engaging with everything that feels like the energy of The Bliss Connection event… following what feels interesting and expansive… and guess what – I’ve connected with 4 possible speakers in the last few days, a couple of who are offering topics that are totally amazing in relation to our ‘Different Like Me’ theme!  How does it get better than that?

It’s another example of the universe being totally counter-intuitive – stop looking for the answers, keep asking questions and a heap of possibilities with unlimited potential will show up!!

When you follow the standard wisdom by answering the question, coming to a final decision, coming to a conclusion before you start or doing what other people think is right you are actually limiting all of the possibilities that you could create!!

Some great questions to play with are ‘What else do I need to be know or be aware of here?’  and ‘What else is possible that I am not aware of right now?  Ask these questions around a current challenge and watch the Universe turn itself inside out to deliver!!

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The human heart is capable of perceiving things the eyes don’t see and the mind doesn’t understand.  Trust in your knowingness and know peace throughout your life.  Know that love always exists here and now… what are you choosing in this moment?

“True love creates an ‘us’ without destroying a ‘me’.  Who are you being today?  Yourself… your partner's version of you?  Your boss' version of you?  Or..........?  Whatever you choose in your life, keep all of you intact!  You're valuable just as you are... no changes required!!

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Today’s bliss is shared via a beautiful quote by Lao-Tzu:  “The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.”

What would it take for you to choose to be the awesome difference that you be?  What is the world missing out on because you are sharing a cut-off version of yourself?

Love you just as you are!!