Dear Ones,
There is joy to be found in every moment of your time on Planet Earth if you will but search for the joy instead of dwelling on the painful aspects of that moment.
Are you in a place where you feel there is only pain? Then we would tell you to look outside the window into the wider world and find one thing to delight in. Is there a flower in bloom? Is there an animal or bird to watch? Is someone walking by and can you determine their story from their posture? If you cannot see out a window at the moment, then look around you and find one thing to be grateful for. Do you have all your fingers? Be grateful for that. Are you able to see or hear or taste? Be grateful for that. If there is a sense that does not work so well for you, then do not dwell on what you do not have but, rather, think about that which does work.
What joy has there been in your life in the last hour? Day? Month? Year? If you were to make a list of things big and small that have brought you delight there would be many things, from the simple meal that you enjoyed when you were so hungry to the smile on the face of the recipient of a gift you gave. It might be the good news from the doctor about a loved one’s health or the happiness you felt when an old friend got in touch with you. There is always something to focus on when you look for something that was a joy in your life, even if, at this moment, you can only think of small joys.
What we are wanting you to learn is that joy comes into every life but must be noticed before it can have an affect. If you spend your precious moments of Life focusing on what is lacking or what is painful or that which you wish were different you will miss the joy that is available at all times for you. If you find yourself always focused away from this present moment, either dwelling in the past or worrying about something that has not happened yet in the future, then, again, you will be missing the joy that is available in this present moment.
All you ever have, Dear Ones, is this present moment. What has happened in the past has been a stepping stone that you have used to arrive at the present moment. What will happen in the future will be shaped by the energy that you send out in this present moment. Dwell only on this moment. Ask yourself, ‘Where is the joy to be found in this moment?’ Even if you are in tears about something sad that has happened, bring your attention to something around you that has a positive effect on this moment. Even if you are sad or depressed or struggling with Life, bring your focus onto something that can make you think a life-affirming thought.
This is why so many people have pets in their lives. This is especially important for those who live alone, without other human companions in their homes. A person with a pet has a reason to arise every morning and has someone to greet them every time they return to their house. They must be concerned with having food in the house for the pet. They must return home to care for the pet. The moments watching the antics of a pet can be joyous!
Everyone needs to have a reason to get out of bed in the morning. If you find yourself struggling to do that, then create a good reason. If you love to arise and face the day but find yourself feeling lonely in the evening, then create a way to find joy in those moments alone. If you are in a job or relationship with people who feel as if they are dragging you down, then do something about the situation. If you can’t change situations today, then spend your focus finding something, anything about which you can feel joy or delight.
It is up to you to find the joy in the present moment. Moments are fleeting. If you look away from the sunset you will miss the spectacular colors. If you are not looking at the bird feeder at the right moment you will miss the hummingbird. Take time to look around you for the reason to feel joy. We guarantee that it is there, even if it seems insignificant at first!
And so it is.
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Mystic Messages 
MUSE-INGS: Pause and Make a Conscious Decision
May 4, 2010 — RosemaryIt seems we are constantly being given choices about with whom to spend time and how we wish to spend that time. There are so many opportunities for activities that we could be busy all the time, if we wished. Many object that they don’t have a partner or they don’t have the money to do things but there are many activities that do not require money or a partner. We are always at the point of choice about how we are spending our time.
We might have a job where the people do not feel supportive, but we are choosing to work there for the paycheck or the prestige or whatever the reason is, including that there are not very many other jobs. Or we might be out of work at the moment wishing that we had a job to complain about but perhaps this is the Universe’s way to protect us from being around a vibration that is toxic to us and to our spiritual and personal growth. Maybe you are in a relationship with friends, a partner, a family member and that relationship seems to drag you down or keep you from moving forward as you like. Perhaps the food you are eating makes you feel heavier instead of lighter, and we are not discussing weight here, but how you feel, what your vibration is.
Consider that the vibratory frequency of Love is a high vibration. It becomes a conscious choice for awakened individuals to move their own vibration to this level. It doesn’t happen by accident for adults who are dragging a lot of Life’s baggage around with them. And this level of Love vibration starts with loving oneself.
Is all this talk of ‘Love vibration’ starting to sound like the Summer of ’69 talk to you? Think about what was happening then, beyond Woodstock and drugs. There was a feeling that we all need a way to feel peaceful. We need to learn to love each other and ourselves. People were trying out communal living as a way to band together with like-minded individuals and create community. We were all searching for something, at least, those of us who were alive then were searching.
Maybe we have become more sophisticated since then or maybe we have become distracted, but now we have an understanding about how to gain that peaceful feeling. And we can create community on the Internet or at spiritual centers or by gathering like-minded people together without having to live in a commune.
We can meditate, individually or in a group, and raise our own vibration. We can teach our children to meditate so that they have a tool to overcome the denseness of the world. We can talk with others about loftier topics than the weather or the latest reality TV show. These are all choices. We can watch movies that make us feel good, whether with Netflix or On Demand or in a theater, and we can share the experience with others. Book clubs abound now with people wanting to have discussions, to gather around a topic and discuss ideas rather than other people.
Love yourself. Start there to focus on raising your own vibration. Love yourself enough to pay attention to the signals that you intuitively feel about people, places, entertainment, food. Open your heart to those around you, not to allow yourself to be demeaned or abused but to genuinely start with Love in your heart for ALL around you. And then make a determination about how you feel in the presence of others. Decide consciously whether or not to spend time with them. Decide how you feel about a proposed activity – are you going along with the crowd or does it really feel like something you wish to spend your precious time participating in? And then think about the food and drink that you put in your body. Take a moment before you eat to really assess how you feel about ingesting that food. Get yourself relaxed and peaceful before you eat anything so that you can be conscious about eating.
Try all this and see how you feel a month from now!
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