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		<title>Love Is The Answer!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa78</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just want to say that I am feeling grateful today for the many people in the world that choose love as their focus. When you decide to choose love, you will see and feel more love. ]]></description>
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<p>When I need a reason to love, I look at my dog Suki. She is always in love with life. She never questions if life has thrown her a curve ball, or if there is fairness in the world. She knows that life is a game of fun and joy, and she tells me this with a single look. If I feel bad, I just look at her and stare at her for a few moments. Then my restlessness melts away and I remember that well being abounds. She is a great teacher of life&#8217;s greatness, and she does it without being aware that she does it. She just lives well being, and she radiates it at the same time. This is one of the best ways to teach&#8230;by example.</p>
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<!-- End BidVertiser code --> </div><p>Perhaps you have a pet or a favorite person that can help you find the feelings of connection when you are a little shaken. It need not be a person because it can also be a TV show, or a favorite band or album. Give your focus to the things that feel good to you, and let yourself be in the loving arms of <strong><em>Source Energy</em></strong> more often. When you feel good, you lead by example. Thanks to this day, to the Universe, to Law of Attraction, and to those small puppies that help us feel better and better. Thanks for reading. Let me know if you liked this post!  Lisa</p>
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		<title>You Are Always In Perfect Timing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aligning with Source is not hard, really. It can be as easy as listening to your breath for five minutes, or doing yoga, or meditating for a little while. It can happen on a walk, or while you are looking at the sky. In fact, there are countless ways to connect to Source Energy as long as you have the intention to do so.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/perfect-timing.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1853" title="perfect-timing" src="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/perfect-timing-238x300.jpg" alt="" width="238" height="300" /></a>There are times that I feel like I have the worst timing on the planet. I rush to get around and become late arriving somewhere, or I work, work, work to finish something&#8230;only to discover that I missed a deadline. Sometimes there is no getting around the fact that a deadline was missed. However, I have noticed a connection to time and my alignment with it in the real world. When I take the time, usually early in the morning, to connect with <em><strong>Source Energy</strong></em>, the world seems to work better with me in terms of time. I seem to get things done ahead of time, or I find myself enjoying the work more, instead of rushing to meet a deadline. My timing, when I have aligned with the <strong><em>Universe</em></strong>, is pretty spot on if I do say so myself! So maybe time is not the enemy (if there is an enemy) but rather my own alignment with <em>Source</em> is my challenge.</p>
<p>Aligning with <em>Source</em> is not hard, really. It can be as easy as listening to your breath for five minutes, or doing yoga, or meditating for a little while. It can happen on a walk, or while you are looking at the sky. In fact, there are countless ways to connect to <em>Source Energy</em> as long as you have the intention to do so. The only way you can keep yourself from aligning is to rush ahead into the day or into a situation without gathering yourself in the moment. Take the time to slow down your conscious mind, and let yourself love the moment even more. Assure yourself that this is time well spent. It all works out.</p>
<p>Try this as an experiment. Do it one day, and maybe not the next. See if the day feels different to you. journal about how you feel during the day. See if you have parking spaces, friends that you just happen to connect with, or new and wonderful experiences that pop up for you. I know you will&#8230;because it happens to me all the time. Be.Love today! Hannya-GP</p>
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		<title>No Matter Where You Are, It&#8217;s All Good!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Source Energy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your life is supposed to be fun, creative, expanding, exuberant, and interesting...but you will have many, many experiences along the way. No matter where you are physically, vibrationally, or spiritually, it's all good. ]]></description>
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<p><em><strong>Source Energy</strong></em> is always loving you, and you are never totally alone. If you feel good, I am with you, and if you feel bad, I&#8217;m still there. I love you no matter how you feel. I want you to feel good, but there is no judgement if you feel bad. I understand why you beat yourself up at times, but you need to remember that <em>Source Energy</em> never beats you up&#8230;ever. I know everything about you, and I appreciate you for being exactly who you are. Your life is part of an all-perfect unfolding in the <em><strong>Universe</strong></em>. Your life is supposed to be fun, creative, expanding, exuberant, and interesting&#8230;but you will have many, many experiences along the way. No matter where you are physically, vibrationally, or spiritually, it&#8217;s all good. No matter where you find yourself, you can always get to a new place that you desire to be in. Relax. Breathe. Allow. All is well&#8230;Source Energy</p>
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		<title>Break The Spell Of Illusion!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The healthier thing to do is to start by reaching for something that is within your vibration. Accept the present with gratitude, and as you lift your vibrational range, all the gifts that are yours from the Universe will start flowing into your experience. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Jacaranda-Tree_1700.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1805" title="Jacaranda-Tree_1700" src="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Jacaranda-Tree_1700.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="161" /></a>Last weekend I celebrated a right of passage that many go through around this time of the year; I graduated from college.  And it only took me 27 years to do it!  The subject for how and why it took 27 years is for another day.  What I want to talk today about is <em>illusions</em>.</p>
<p>All the time that it took me to finally get to this monumental occasion, I had built up inside of myself a sort of vision of how it would feel to finally graduate from college.  Being a romantic at heart, I knew how it would feel, I knew how it would look, I even knew what it would <em>smell</em> like.  Yes, I know it sounds a little strange, but to me, graduating from a major university has a special smell associated with it. Some might say that it is the smell of all the beautiful <a title="Jacaranda Tree" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jacarandatree.jpg" target="_blank">Jacaranda</a> trees blooming, and the other delicious smells that Mother Nature brings to us every spring, but this smell is different.  To me, graduating from college had a clean, sweet smell of success; and almost lofty aroma that lifts your very being to heights unknown to any other person but yourself.  The closer the actual day came; the more I looked forward to experiencing those sights and sounds, feelings and smells. I knew that they were mine, because I had focused on them so hard, and as I have come to know from the <em><strong>Law of Attraction</strong></em>, I knew that whatever I gave my attention to would bring me more of what I was thinking and feeling (and smelling) about.</p>
<p>And finally, the big day arrived!  Like any individual who has focused long and hard on a dream, I flew out of bed like a kid on Christmas morning, eager to greet the day and claim the prizes that I had stored up for myself in the <em><strong>Universe</strong></em>.  I raced through my morning routines and rituals like a gazelle so that I could get to the “good stuff” faster.  But when I arrived at the “BIG MOMENT,” that moment that I had been dreaming, thinking, and feeling about for so many years, I was met with……….<em>nothing</em>.  Well, nothing like what I had THOUGHT it would be like.</p>
<p>The place had not been transformed into the great Romanesque halls with the Ivy streaming down the sides like you see in the movies and on TV; there was no feeling of being elevated to heights unknown&#8230; there was no backlighting shinning down when I stepped up to receive my diploma&#8230;and no heralding trumpets to announce the entrance of the graduates.  There wasn’t even that special smell that I had waited and wished for year after year after year.  In fact, the whole thing felt kind of…….ordinary and mundane. I felt ripped off!!! “Hey <em><strong>Universe</strong></em>…..where’s my sights and sounds, feelings and smells???”</p>
<p>Before I go on, let me say that graduating from college was a wonderful experience!  It just wasn’t the experience I had hoped for.  I, like so many of us, had fallen under the spell of <strong><em>Illusion.</em></strong> I had fallen in love with the things that were not in alignment with <em><strong>Source</strong></em>, and thus allowed myself to be taken down the gilded pathway of <em>Illusion </em>where absolutely everything is possible, even if it is not practical or within vibrational reach. The result was that I felt unfulfilled.  “Is this it?  Is this all there is?”  It took me a couple of days to come to grips with the fact that graduation was not what I had hoped it would be, but I also gained some valuable insights into how the <em>Law of Attraction </em>and our own <em><strong>vibrational match points </strong></em>work.</p>
<p>Everyone has wants and desires, and this is what drives us to create new and better experiences in our lives.  Whatever that desire is, you must first take a look at how well you match the desire vibrationally, and then make the needed adjustments in order for your vibration to come into alignment with the desire that you have.  Since you cannot attract anything that is outside of your <strong><em>vibrational range</em>,</strong> it is a futile attempt to try and attract something that, at least for the time being, cannot be yours.  It will only bring you great frustration.</p>
<p>The healthier thing to do is to start by <em>reaching for something that is within your vibration</em>. Accept the present with <em><strong>gratitude</strong></em>, and as you lift your vibrational range, all the gifts that are yours from the <em>Universe</em> will start flowing into your experience.  The campus of the school where I graduated from is a beautiful campus.  All of the Jacaranda trees around the school are in full bloom, giving off their sweet perfume.  I was surrounded by my loving family and friends, and I have many good memories that have been captured forever through the invention of the photograph.  I worked long and hard to get what many people have taken for granted, and that makes the moment all the more sweet.  I don’t need the Romanesque buildings, the Ivy, the heralding trumpets and that special smell.  I’ve got the real thing, and I thank the <em>Universe</em> for helping me get what I desired for so many years.</p>
<p>Maybe you too have fallen under the spell of <strong><em>Illusion</em></strong> at one time or another.  If so, I’d love to here your story!</p>
<p>Lee-GP</p>
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		<title>The Paradox Of Law Of Attraction</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 18:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GP Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The paradox is simply stated: If you want something, feel good about it now, as if you already have it. Experience the joy of it now, in your vibration. Don't focus on NOT having it...feel like it's yours already. When Law of Attraction hears "this is my reality," it agrees every time and brings it to you quickly and expertly.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/paradox.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1794" title="paradox" src="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/paradox.jpg" alt="" width="251" height="260" /></a>paradox</strong> |ˈparəˌdäks|<br />
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a statement or proposition that, despite sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory.</p>
<p>When you become a student and practitioner of the <strong><em>Law of Attraction</em></strong>, you come to realize that there are easy parts to accept, and also that there are parts that take some faith to accept. For example, if you want proof that <em>Law of Attraction</em> works, focus on feeling better for 30–60 seconds, and notice how you gain access to thoughts that feel even better. Focus on something for a day, and notice yourself finding unlimited thoughts that support the topic. Give a topic your full attention for a week, and you will feel it building and multiplying in your vibration. Focus your undivided attention on something for a month and see how it manifests in your life in multiple ways. The proof is in the changes you see and feel, and you gain momentum the more you do it.</p>
<p>But sometimes we all get stuck, and it feels as if nothing is changing. This is the paradox. If you give your undivided attention to something you want, you will see proof of progress in somewhere between 30 seconds to 30 days. But if you have something you have been wanting for much longer, you may have been missing a key step to manifesting everything you want: <em>imagining that you already have it right now</em>!</p>
<p>But wait, you say, how can I feel like I have something that I don&#8217;t have? And that&#8217;s the key&#8230;if you <em>feel</em> like you have it, <em>Law of Attraction</em> can deliver it to you in a real-life manifestation in 30 days or less. So if you think about the thing, and then feel bad that you don&#8217;t have it, and then desire it even more, and then feel worse that it hasn&#8217;t come to you yet, you get into a cycle that feels like being stuck in the same place. What you have to do is take a leap of faith: feel the joy of having it right now.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s take weight loss as an example of this paradox. If you have decided that you want to lose some weight, then your first step is to simply notice what you say to yourself in your thinking on the topic of your weight. If you have been trying for a while to lose weight, then your thinking will have some contradictory vibrations. Sometimes you will feel optimistic about losing weight, and sometimes you will hate thin people, and you will feel guilt, shame, and even sadness around your present weight. <em>Law of Attraction </em>responds to all of this, and you get into a &#8220;two steps forward, two steps back&#8221; cycle. It seems like nothing is changing. Once you catch yourself in this cycle (and you will), just laugh at your thoughts and remember that they are simply thoughts.</p>
<p>Your goal is to reach for a thought that feels true, but that also allows <em>Law of Attraction</em> to work in your favor. The thought &#8220;I am exactly 120 pounds&#8221; might be too much of a stretch. But the thought &#8220;I am attracting my perfect weight&#8221; might have a ring of truth for you in this moment. Love the thought in this moment. Eventually you will find thoughts that feel true, and that reinforce the reality of the condition you are manifesting. You might think &#8220;my clothes fit so well, and I look great. People treat me like a very healthy person.&#8221; If you hold this kind of thought it will manifest in 30 days or less. It&#8217;s feeling good NOW that matters, and also staying in a good-feeling place on the topic.</p>
<p>The paradox is simply stated: If you want something, feel good about it now, as if you already have it. Experience the joy of it now, in your vibration. Don&#8217;t focus on NOT having it&#8230;feel like it&#8217;s yours already. When<em> Law of Attraction</em> hears &#8220;this is my reality,&#8221; it agrees every time and brings it to you quickly and expertly. Be well, feel great, and enjoy this most amazing day!  Chris-GP</p>
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		<title>But How Do I Know What I Want To Attract?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 00:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa78</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What keeps you from asking for what you want? Do you have the "I don't know what I want" block too sometimes? Remove your "ya, but" thinking and just put it on vacation today. See what comes up. You can have anything, be anything, and do anything that you achieve vibrational harmony with. Vibrational harmony is achieved when you move into hope, optimism, expectation and belief on the subject. I found this game thrilling for me, and I play it as often as I can. Try it and let us know what happened for you.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/attraction.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1787" title="attraction" src="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/attraction.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="299" /></a>I just love the <em><strong>Law of Attraction</strong></em>, and I love knowing that what I give my attention to is magnified and manifested over time. I know that what I see, and the experiences I find in my NOW today are a perfect match to what I have been attracting through my vibration. I like paying attention to how I feel and adjusting as the day goes on. I also like the idea that there is only inclusion, and things can&#8217;t &#8220;get me&#8221; that I don&#8217;t invite in, then I really am in control of my experience. This feels good.</p>
<p>But with the oh-so-good- feeling of ultimate control in my life comes the responsibility to guide my experience. I can&#8217;t simply look to others to tell me what to do, because they can&#8217;t feel what I am feeling. They haven&#8217;t walked in my vibrational shoes, and they can&#8217;t possibly be feeling my guidance as strongly as I can. (Actually, I don&#8217;t think they can feel MY guidance at all&#8230;only their own!) Each person must <em>be</em> their own vibrational compass on the churning seas of their own personal reality. This is probably why some people resist ideas like the <strong><em>Law of Attraction</em></strong>&#8230;it&#8217;s seems less complicated to just &#8220;follow the rules&#8221; of parents, teachers, or social institutions who are more than willing to tell you how you should behave. I get it, and it is a responsibility I gladly take on&#8230;with joy and bliss, and purpose!</p>
<p>OK, so I have this charge to guide my experience, and I know that I can be, do, or have anything that I can <em>achieve vibrational harmony with</em>. As I said, I have fun observing what I am getting and then adjusting&#8230;but how do I more carefully and consciously create a specific experience, with obvious manifestations that I can recognize when they arrive? I have struggled with this in the past, because when I get to the point of deliberate focus, <em>I&#8217;m not always sure what I should ask for</em>! I have friends who can blurt out the things they want, no thinking at all, just here&#8217;s my list. Jealous. I know that contrast creates desire, and I don&#8217;t really need to worry too much about all of this. When I experience contrast it helps me ask for something else, and then the &#8220;asking&#8221; is done. But I am ready to move into a new level of asking&#8230;deliberate, focused asking.</p>
<p>Here is one method I used for finding out what I want. I asked myself if I am keeping myself from wanting because I don&#8217;t really believe I am allowed to ask for certain things. What I mean is, I might really want a new car, but I might be afraid to want it too much because I might not believe that I can afford it. So my belief in not having the money to buy a car could be keeping me from asking for it. OK, so I got a piece of paper and wrote &#8220;Money is no object for me. What do I want?&#8221; I had to be willing to let the first sentence sink in, because I could feel myself resisting the outlandish concept that money didn&#8217;t play into the equation. But once I let the money block go, my imagination began to take wings. This process uncovered other blocks to my brainstorming that I wasn&#8217;t even aware of. As I shed each limiting belief, at least for the exercise, I found no end to the things I was willing to draw to me&#8230;things that felt great to me while thinking about them.</p>
<p>What keeps you from asking for what you want? Do you have the &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what I want&#8221; block too sometimes? Remove your &#8220;ya, but&#8221; thinking and just put it on vacation today. See what comes up. You can have anything, be anything, and do anything that you achieve vibrational harmony with. Vibrational harmony is achieved when you move into hope, optimism, expectation and belief on the subject. I found this game thrilling for me, and I play it as often as I can. Try it and let us know what happened for you. Thanks for reading. Let me know if you liked this post!  Lisa</p>
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		<title>Directing Tips for Your Life&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie Gee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scenes are ongoing in your experience everyday, in every moment. Law of Attraction responds to your vibration and not your words, so it hears what you are feeling, and simply agrees with what you feel. Are you satisfied with the message you are sending to the Universe, which is being constantly matched by the Law of Attraction? If not, take control and redirect your scenes. You choose it all.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/movie_board.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1771" title="Clapper Board" src="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/movie_board-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Hi Everyone! I was thinking today about how we create our story every day. Life is a kind of movie set where we get to decide on so many things (really everything!). I want to take this idea and illustrate a bit how you might more effectively play the Director role. <strong><em>Law of Attraction</em></strong> responds to your vibration and gives you <span style="text-decoration: underline;">more of what it hears you saying</span>. So when you experience something that doesn&#8217;t jive with your preferred version of your movie, it is time to yell &#8220;CUT!&#8221; and shoot a different version of the scene. I&#8217;ll give a few examples here of what I mean.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Leading Lady</span>: Wakes up in the morning in bed, jumps up, stubs toe and says &#8220;ouch! I am so clumsy! One of there days I&#8217;m going to really hurt myself!&#8221;<em>(Law of Attraction hears &#8220;I am asking for more pain today. I deserve it. This happens all the time. I am ready for a serious accident&#8221;)</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Director</span>: &#8220;OK, CUT! That was well-acted, and quite dramatic, but the line is &#8216;ouch! Well I can tell I&#8217;m not dreaming anymore. Today I&#8217;ll get all my clumsies out right away. It&#8217;s gonna get better from here, I can tell.&#8217;&#8221; <em>(Law of Attraction hears &#8220;I am expecting this to be my last accident today. The day will get better and better. All is well&#8221;)</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Leading Lady</span>: Walks into the bathroom and looks in the mirror, evaluates appearance and says &#8220;This diet isn&#8217;t working at all! I look like a fat slob. Diets never work for me. I&#8217;m going to die fat!&#8221; <em>(Law of Attraction hears &#8220;I am fat. I suck. Don&#8217;t bring me anything else except what I have. I am unworthy. No matter what I eat, don&#8217;t send me any evidence of progress. Death will be my only resolution to this problem.&#8221;)</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Director</span>: &#8220;OK, CUT! We already shot that scene over and over again. This is the plot twist where she realizes that things are going to change. The lines are &#8216;I don&#8217;t see a huge change, yet, but I know this new diet is working. I feel thinner, and I know every cell of my body is letting in the new, thinner me! I can&#8217;t wait to see myself tomorrow. Soon everyone will be able to see what I am feeling right now. Look out world, the new me is here!&#8217;&#8221; <em>(Law of Attraction hears &#8220;I am expecting this diet to work. I will see a manifestation soon. I am on track to allow what I want. People will tell me I look thinner today.&#8221;)</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Leading Lady</span>: Interacting with someone in the grocery checkout line. Notices that the cashier is nervous and making mistakes. Speaks these lines to the person in line: &#8220;Look at this cashier. Is she stupid or what! Why don&#8217;t they train them better? How come when you are in a hurry you always get in a line with an incompetent cashier? I mean really, I need to see the manager. This is ridiculous!&#8221; <em>(Law of Attraction hears &#8220;Bring me stupid cashiers. I attract untrained cashiers to me. I always shop in stores that don&#8217;t care about the customers. I&#8217;m ready for a big fight with someone, and the sooner the better. Bring me someone to unload on, please.&#8221;)</em></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Director</span>: &#8220;OK, CUT! Those are the lines of the person in the next aisle in another movie. This scene sets up the leading lady meeting her soulmate in the parking lot in the next scene. Can you play it a bit easier? Your lines are &#8216;Look at that cashier. She seems a bit nervous. I don&#8217;t recognize her. I bet she is new on the job. I remember when I got my first job, and I remember how it took me a while to come up to speed. She is doing the best she can. I appreciate that they have those scanners. It makes the whole process go by so much faster. I found some good sale items, and I am glad it will ring up with the sale price automatically. In a week I bet she&#8217;ll be zipping through customers. I always get in the right line, just by intuition. My timing is perfect today.&#8217;&#8221; <em>(Law of Attraction hears &#8220;I am always in the right place at the right time. I appreciate people for where they are in life, and I give myself a break as well. All is well. You can bring me everything I want right now. I am ready and willing to give my love and gratitude to everyone, and I see and draw to me others who vibrate like me.&#8221; </em></p>
<p>The scenes are ongoing in your experience everyday, in every moment. <em>Law of Attraction</em> responds to your vibration and not your words, so it hears what you are feeling, and simply agrees with what you feel. Are you satisfied with the message you are sending to the Universe, which is being constantly matched by the Law of Attraction? If not, take control and redirect your scenes. You choose it all. Be Well, Marie</p>
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		<title>Allowing Time For Source Energy To Trickle In!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By becoming an observer of my thoughts, I instantly transcend them and my ego chatter suspends itself for several moments. In the space created in my vibration, the well being of Source Energy trickles in. I feel a little better in the moment.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/deep-silence.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1760" title="deep-silence" src="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/deep-silence-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>I must say, it&#8217;s been a very busy spring for me. I always seem to be running to the next thing, preparing for the next thing, or doing the next thing. One one hand, it&#8217;s exhilarating to be busy when you enjoy your work (as I do), and to have plenty of it to excite your sense of motivated living. One the other hand,  I occasionally miss the grounded feeling I get when I have the luxury of time to go inside and profoundly reconnect to myself, my deepest feelings, and my inner being. Sometimes I wonder, do these two states (frantically busy and slow and grounded) need to feel mutually exclusive? Can they exist together in my present moment more and more?</p>
<p>No matter where you want to be, in any present moment you are where you are. To desire for something different than the present moment steals the magic away from the present moment. To be sure, there will be occasional contrast in your life that will make you desire for a change of present conditions&#8230;but the only way to allow everything you want is to let the magic of this moment back into your awareness. Getting back to the magic of the present is a personal, inside job, and only YOU know how to best do it for you.</p>
<p>Here are some ways that I find time to allow more gratitude and appreciation in my life, which in turn reconnects me to my grounded self. First, in the frantic pace, I look for slivers of time to shut off my conscious mind chatter. This can be at a stop light, in a meeting, or sitting quietly at my desk at work. I just ask myself &#8220;I wonder what my next thought will be,&#8221; and then I wait. By becoming an observer of my thoughts, I instantly transcend them and my ego chatter suspends itself for several moments. In the space created in my vibration, the well being of <strong><em>Source Energy</em></strong> trickles in. I feel a little better in the moment. Another way I find the space in my vibration is to stop all the crazy chatter in my environment. This means shutting off the news, the TV, the radio, the iPod, as well as not lingering in negative conversations at the water cooler. When I observe the space created from the diminished chatter around me, well being of <em>Source Energy</em> trickles in a little more.</p>
<p>Finally, even in the frantic pace, I look realistically at the time I have. Everyone can find five minutes in any day to sit and be still. My only problem is not allowing myself to have this time. But when I do sit and find an inner stillness for even five minutes, noticing my breath and just observing my thoughts, well being of <em>Source Energy</em> trickles in every time. I then take this recharge of <em>Source</em> back with me into my day, and I am usually able to bring myself to better and better feeling moments within the break-neck pace of events. Today, see if you can find time to be with you. Give yourself the gift of silence. Let the chatter, both inner and outer, subside for a few moments. Don&#8217;t be afraid that you are wasting your time. Instead, be open to receiving the gift of renewed connection and inspiration. The proof is how you feel. If you do it everyday, you will probably be inspired to do it for longer periods every day. It will become a gift and not one more thing on your &#8220;to do&#8221; list. Enjoy this most amazing and connected day!  Chris-GP</p>
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		<title>Take Your First Step Toward Tomorrow&#8230;Today!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu (604 BC – 531 BC) is credited with saying: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." This is a great quote for helping you to allow everything you want through the Law of Attraction. I know that I am ready to ramp up my allowing in the new year, and today I took a nice long gratitude walk with my two dogs along the beach and through the marina. It was fun and relaxing, and I had a good chance to think about the new year, what I want, and how I am going to get there. The problem with defining what you want, at least for me, is that I tend to shoot for the stars and ask for things that are a stretch from my present vantage point of reality.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Chinese philosopher <a href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Lao_Tzu.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1736" title="Lao_Tzu" src="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Lao_Tzu-211x300.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="300" /></a> (604 BC – 531 BC) is credited with saying: &#8220;A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.&#8221; This is a great quote for helping you to allow everything you want through the <em><strong>Law of Attraction</strong></em>. I know that I am ready to ramp up my allowing in the new year, and today I took a nice long <a title="GP Post on &quot;Gratitude Walk&quot;" href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/?p=127" target="_self">gratitude walk</a> with my two dogs along the beach and through the marina. It was fun and relaxing, and I had a good chance to think about the new year, what I want, and how I am going to get there. The problem with defining what you want, at least for me, is that I tend to shoot for the stars and ask for things that are a stretch from my present vantage point of reality. It feels so good to visualize it, and to imagine having it now. However, when the visualization is done it is so easy to doubt the asking and fall into a &#8220;ya, right, like that&#8217;s really going to happen&#8221; pit.</p>
<p>When I felt this less-allowing vibration begin to soil the fun of my new year&#8217;s visualizations, I suddenly became inspired by Lao tzu&#8217;s quotation. <em>It isn&#8217;t my job to manifest everything today.</em> In fact, trying to manifest it immediately will only make me more aware of the absence of what I am creating. Instead, I affirmed that my gratitude walk was all I needed to do today. My job was to define, enjoy, visualize, savor, and be. My steps today are lining me up with everything I am asking for. I am right where I am supposed to be right now. I am well on the way on my thousand-mile journey, and all is well. Loving the journey will make it more fun, and before I know it, I&#8217;ll be there&#8230;ready for another thousand-mile journey&#8230;and then another one&#8230;and then another. <em>There is no there to get to.</em> I am just totally grateful and appreciative to be taking steps forward in joy and love. Enjoy this most amazing day!  Chris-GP</p>
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		<title>Defining Prosperity: When Are You Really Rich?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:41:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I would guess that many of our readers would like to expand their ideas and beliefs around money, and would like to have more of the green stuff in their wallets, checkbooks, and college funds. There is nothing wrong with wanting to attract and allow more money into your experience, and using the L of A to improve your focus is a great way to become more prosperous. There are several questions tied to this discussion:

1. What is prosperity, and how will you know when you have it?

2. Why do you want prosperity, and what will you do with it?

3. What will being prosperous feel like?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/wallstreetbonus.jpeg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1732" title="wallstreetbonus" src="http://gratitudeplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/wallstreetbonus.jpeg" alt="" width="250" height="299" /></a>At <em>Gratitude Planet</em>, we pride ourselves on being helpful to our readers, and we strive every day to make a positive difference in the quality of life on planet Earth. You can find a whole lot of posts on Gratitude Planet about the <em><strong>Law of Attraction</strong></em> (L of A), as well as tips on allowing and enjoying the life you want, deserve, and are manifesting. But there haven&#8217;t been a lot of specific posts on GP on the &#8220;prosperity&#8221; part of &#8220;Law of Attraction Tips for Wellness and Prosperity.&#8221; I would guess that many of our readers would like to expand their ideas and beliefs around money, and would like to have more of the green stuff in their wallets, checkbooks, and college funds. There is nothing wrong with wanting to attract and allow more money into your experience, and using the <em>Law of Attraction</em> to improve your focus is a great way to become more prosperous. There are several questions tied to this discussion:</p>
<p>1. What is prosperity, and how will you know when you have it?</p>
<p>2. Why do you want prosperity, and what will you do with it?</p>
<p>3. What will being prosperous feel like?</p>
<p>Question one has a simple answer on the surface: prosperity is money, and I&#8217;ll know by the bottom line on my bank statement. It is true that prosperous people are often monetarily rich, and it is also true that it is hard to think of prosperity apart from income. But haven&#8217;t you met some very rich people who <em>feel</em> poor? Haven&#8217;t you observed happy people who have next to nothing? It can be said, then, that feeling prosperous is a relative thing indeed: for some people, no amount of money will make them feel prosperous enough to be happy. Maybe prosperity comes in other forms as well, and perhaps prosperity can be better defined as <em>being happy with what you have, while expecting more to flow to you</em>. Maybe prosperity consciousness is all about being rich in thought, action and feeling, and allowing the riches to flow through many varied channels. You will know you have it because you will be living a life that is rich in gifts, and you will be open to happily receiving these gifts in each moment.</p>
<p>Why do you want to be prosperous, and what will you do with it? This is a harder question for many people to answer. Can you answer it off the top of your head? From a young age we have been conditioned to chase after money, and many of us can&#8217;t even say what we want the money for. Sure, you can pay bills, buy a better car, and live in a better house&#8230;but when all this is done, then what? Why do you want it? Will you help others with it? Will you give some away? Will you will it to your kids? There is no right answer, but what ever your answers are will give you insight into the motivation behind your pursuit of monetary prosperity. Focusing on the good that the money can ignite can help it flow to you more easily into your experience. Broadening your definition of &#8220;prosperity&#8221; to include any gift that makes your life richer can also help more of it flow to you effortlessly.</p>
<p>What does it feel like to be prosperous? I immediately think of the word &#8220;freedom.&#8221; I think many people want to be rich so that they can be free to live as they choose. But as I stated earlier, there are many &#8220;rich&#8221; people who do not feel free. In fact, big dollars often come with problems that are just as big. Some very wealthy people have no time to enjoy their money, and they constantly strive to arrive at a place in time where they can finally relax into their prosperity. There are also unhappy poor people, I know. But the saying that &#8220;money can&#8217;t buy love or happiness&#8221; does hold some truth. I believe that true prosperity feels like fun, excitement, richness, joy, love, passion, and bliss. If you are rich in thought, action and feeling, you are receiving prosperity in a multitude of ways: in the eyes of children&#8230;in the smiles of friends&#8230;in the job you do&#8230;in the beauty of music and art&#8230;and even in the majesty of a sunrise. A prosperous person feels rich and free, and they expect it to continue. A prosperous person knows that all is well, and if they want more green stuff too, the Law of Attraction can easily line them up with more money as well. It&#8217;s always about how you feel. Feel rich&#8230;become rich&#8230;in every area of your experience!</p>
<p>This post was inspired by the AMAZING sunrise I witnessed recently outside my house. I gave great thanks and appreciated the light show, and it felt like a living work of art was unfolding before my eyes. I wondered how many other people who were watching the sunrise were feeling as prosperous as I was. Just being there and receiving the gift of the moment, I felt like the richest man on the planet. It didn&#8217;t change my bank account necessarily, but it filled up my appreciation and gratitude tank to full for sure. I am grateful for the prosperity that allows me to live fully and love fully. What are the gifts of prosperity that are already in your life right now? Do you perceive them? Are you open to receive them? Do you give thanks for them? If you are, then you are rich indeed. Enjoy this most amazing day! Chris-GP</p>
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