Loving Reminders

We see what we believe.
We are creating what we think (envision).
Every thought creates.
We are responsible for what we experience.
These are metaphysical truths.

If I am creating my experience with my beliefs, I can choose again.
If my thoughts are creating, I am free to choose alternative thoughts.
If my beliefs are out-pictured in my perception I can choose to see things differently.
If I am responsible for the stuff I do not want, then why not forgive my self and begin again?

Sounds easy! In fact it is easy!
It is just that my personal mind, personality (ego) is attached to being “right”.
It clings to its belief that we are victims of some other creative power.
It believes there is an external judge who administers punishment for past “sins”.

When we are attached to the belief in victimization and pleading powerlessness, we resist taking responsibility.
When we are afraid of further punishment for errors in choice, perception and belief we prefer to remain passive.
When we are lost in the confusion of error and guilt and don’t know what else to do, we choose helplessness.
When we are drowning in the unconsciousness of fear, we tend to wallow in self pity and finding someone or something to blame.

The endless analysis, figuring out “why?”, seeking methods to defend ourselves and protect against future harm, takes so much energy and focus.
So why not use the KEY TO HAPPINESS= FORGIVENESS!
Forgiveness is the eraser of all things.
Forgiveness clears the mental imagery.
Forgiveness undoes faulty beliefs.
Forgiveness stops obsessive thinking.
Forgiveness brings light to ignorance.
Forgiveness releases past confusion.
Forgiveness offers everything we want.

I forgive myself for my wrong perceptions.
I forgive my mind for negative and limited thinking.
I forgive my emotions for justifying fear.
I forgive my self for believing I can be harmed.
I forgive my world for teaching me falsely.
I forgive myself for withholding Love.
I forgive myself for being confused and distracted.
I forgive myself for defending against unloving perceptions.
I forgive myself for justifying my fears.
I forgive the errors in my mind.

Let us together use our creative minds to create what is Good, beautiful and healing.
Let us use our forgiveness, choice and gratitude to engender the world we want to be.
Let us use our ability to erase the canvas of life and create again to see a different world.
Let us join as One to live the life of All Good and only Good for the Good of All.

I Am,
Betty Lue

The best laid plans may need to be laid aside to accommodate what life offers.
To be flexible and resilient lets it be as it is.
When we let go of our plans and allow what comes our way, we can truly respond with love.

Usually I have all my workshops, classes, retreats and travels planned a year in advance.
When I envisioned a move out of the congested suburbs, it was to have been in two to five years.
Life began to respond to my vision.
There was the new home available close in, so I could easily continue my work.
There was the call from my Mom that she was no longer able to drive.
There was the opportunity to buy now as a 35+% discount.
Grandchildren were going to be in preschool.
There was the unexpected need to move out of the Center of Light. (Not enough support for it to work!)
The timing was tight, but possible with our annual Hawaii retreat and other activities.
So we responded with gratitude and delight.

Yes, we could have chosen differently.
Yes, we definitely could have chosen other timing.
But we make do with what we have to be done.

Letting go of plans can be fun, safe and easy.
When we are attached to our way, we feel the resistance.
When we are stuck with our own plans, we interfere with the process.
When we are unwilling to consider there might be a better way, we lose opportunities for Good.

So moving out of the Alameda Center on June 28.
Moving some furniture and appliances into new home on July 1.
Packing up everything for our next move July 2-11.
Giving away everything that is not needed by July 8. (simplifying)
Getting our home immaculate for next renters by July 11.
Performing a wedding on July 11.
Traveling to Kona, HI for annual retreat on July 12.
Spending time relaxing, retreating and editing my next books on holistic health and healing.
Traveling home on July 25.
Ministry Training July 26.
July 27th Unity on the Delta.
July 28th move into new home.
August 2 Robert flies to help Mom close her condo of 20 years.
August 5 Betty Lue flies to NC to complete with our Asheville friends ad help with move.
August 8 we three fly to MI for Dickerson Family Reunion and to visit with our MI friends.
August 11 we fly home to CA and our Mom’s new Tio Vista home with us.

Yes, if we had known we would have planned it differently, but this is the way it is. And the way it is is All Good, when you affirm it so with happy and grateful willingness.

Loving You and All just the way we are,
Betty Lue

Giving is Receiving.

Takers need givers.
Is being taken really giving?

Contributing is giving tribute to what you value.
Tithing is setting aside the best of what you have to invest in what you want to grow.
Are you contributing to those who squander or do not value what they are given?

Investing is putting energy and resources into what you believe will succeed.
Are you investing in winners or losers?
Do you really believe that giving more will turn around a losing investment?

Appreciation is what grows and increases what it is we appreciate.
To value is demonstrated by our giving positive attention to what we want more of.
Are you appreciating your giving or what you are giving to?

How much time, energy and resources have we wasted?
Imagine the God is the investor.
He invests his wealth of riches in You?
Do you give away the Goods wisely?
Do you reinvest in others’ Good?
Do you contribute to those who stay dependent?
Do you believe in helping those who are not helping themselves?
Do you find the fertile soil and plant seeds of Goodness, Kindness and Beauty.
Or are you wasting the talents and resources on those who are greedy, needy and unappreciative?

I find it best always to ask within for guidance.

• To whom am I to give?
• What am I to give?
• How is the best way to give?

It is not always clear to me what will be received with gratitude.
It is not always clear to me who really wants the gifts I have been given.
It is not always clear to me when and where is the best timing for me to give.
And so I ask within to ensure that the investments I make are truly helpful to those who receive.

I do know that I value receiving and giving these loving reminders to all those who ask.
I am loving you,
Betty Lue

We are free.
It is a blessing to be free.
Living in this country is an amazing gift when we remember.
To be free requires real responsibility.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Our Declaration of Independence.

With freedom comes responsibility, not to make others free, but rather to allow them to be free to choose their way and their destiny as long as it does not interfere with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I ask myself, “Is there any way I am interfering with the right of others?
How might I be supporting rules, warfare, bearing arms, or defenses against my fellow humans that in some way restricts them and prevents them from growing into their inherited rights of life, liberty and happiness?”

I am here to be truly helpful.
I can be most helpful when I am free to choose life, liberty and happiness for myself.
I can be most freeing when I am first truly free.
In order to be fully free, I must also be responsible.
I am responsible for paying for what I claim.
I am responsible for the words I speak and how they are received.
I am responsible for my thoughts, good and bad, including erasing the negative ones.
I am responsible for my actions, who and how I interact.
I am responsible for my own self care.
I am responsible for the example I set.
I am responsible for how I treat children, the elderly and disabled.
I am responsible for how I talk about life and others and our world.
I am responsible for everything that I experience.
When I assume full responsibility for everything I experience, I truly am free.

Let us teach others how to live in freedom with responsibility:
By paying our bills on time,
By keeping our homes and cars well maintained,
By treating our resources with respect and gratitude,
By honoring our elders and those with wisdom,
By treating our place on the planet with high regard without insulting others,
By living with the highest quality of life everyday with everyone.

We can be more responsible and from this live in True Freedom.

I love, trust and free you to be the best You, Now and Always!
Betty Lue

Recently, in the last few months, I have been experimenting with my thoughts.
Where I am in judgment of anyone or anything, I become vulnerable.
Where I am less that happy and appreciative, I am vulnerable.
When I am happy, grateful and in love, I am invulnerable.

Explain please.
Early Saturday, I had concerns, judgments and stress about the move out of Center of Light.
Later Saturday, I was disappointed and distracted by the poor quality of painting in our new home.
I became concerned about what to do that would be best to rectify the situation.
I shared my concerns with the contractor and with Robert.

On the prior Thursday, I let the little ones kiss me on the mouth even though one was not feeling well.
I had the thought, “I don’t know if this is a good idea. I might get sick, but they are sooooo cute.”
Three incidents, seemingly harmless, yet both were fearful and not fully appreciative and joyful.
The result is vulnerability in mind, body and Spirit.

On Saturday afternoon I began to feel a virus (illness) in my body.
While I started forgiving myself for the stresses of the day, I didn’t remember my judgments until later.
Vulnerability comes from any attack on a brother or on yourself.
When you judge another, you are judging yourself.

When we love and respect ourselves, we love and respect others.
When we worry and doubt others, we worry and doubt ourselves.
When we are forgiving toward others, we are forgiving toward ourselves.
When we are impatient or resentful toward others, we imagine others will be impatient/ resentful with us.

Indeed, we become vulnerable when we are focused on the wrongs in our world.
We become vulnerable when we make others wrong or lazy or incompetent.
We become vulnerable when we push to make things right or speed up or to make up for the incompetence.
You see in judging you or anyone, I am pointing out the problem, not seeing the solution.

Wherever the problem, there is one solution = TRUST.
Wherever a judgment, there is one solution = FORGIVENESS.
Wherever a doubt, there is one answer = BELIEVE IN THE BEST.
Wherever a fear, there is one healing Agent = LOVE.

I am a willing and happy learner, when I remember I am here only to be truly helpful.
I am here only to remember LOVE and be a LOVING REMINDER.

LOVING YOU, Loving Me.
Betty Lue

I am always learning and reminding myself. Blessings to you.
And Happy Independence Day.
Remember Freedom and Trust are the Keys to Perfect Love.

When we realize that half of 2008 is now gone, we may be wondering “How?”
If time is an illusion, a creation from our mind’s need to measure and compare,
Then we ourselves are creating an experience that seems to be moving faster.
When we are living on purpose in the moment, time seems to stand still.

Have you noticed that when you are focusing with enjoyment, you lose all sense of time?
Have you noticed when you want something to last forever, you can draw it out?
Have you noticed when you are doing something important, you can a lot done in a short time?
Have you noticed you can set a goal for timely accomplishment, and time will support you?

What have you been doing with your time?
Have you ever done a time efficiency study for yourself?
Have you noticed where you spend most of your time mentally?
Have you observed how you used your non-sleeping hours?

It is probable that you lose time where you are afraid or obsessed.
It is likely that you claim time where you are inspired and appreciative.
By erasing fear with forgiveness we find it takes less time to accomplish.
By enjoying what we are doing, accomplishment is fun, safe, easy and quick.

Where we have inner conflict or opposing goals, we lose time in indecision.
Where we are in integrity mentally, physically and spiritually, the flow is open and effortless.
Time is an obvious measure of our openness and willingness to be, do and have.
Time is a way to disclose where we are not fully in alignment with our expressed goals.

When time slips away, have we lost or gained?
Are we easily being with what is, in the moment?
Or are we lost in indecision and procrastination?
Can we forgive and choose again for what is highest and best?

During this time in our evolution, it seems we are called to pay attention to what appears to be.
In this time, it appears that by being awake and aware, we can easily choose again for what we want.
By being present, we can see what we are creating and let go with our blessing to choose again.
Now in the mid point of 2008, why not celebrate what is on purpose and forgive the rest.

This is a great day to observe and choose again.
What I really want for 2008 is:
What I can do to make this year the best yet is:
What really matters to me this year is:

Loving you in this and every moment as there is only and always NOW.
Betty Lue

When you make changes without peace, they will be disturbing to others.
When you make changes with peace, they will be beneficial to others.

Changes made as reactions to being hurt, angry and upset will engender more upset.
Changes made after forgiveness, clarity and inner peace will bring healing.
Changes made when upset, tired, sick, in recovery are simply readjustments.
Changes made without consideration of the welfare of all will yield guilt.

It is essential that we recognize every process is for our own inner peace.
We can be creative, creating new possibilities and opportunities for good.
We can be reactive, acting emotionally to avoid or punish or handle our guilt.
In order to find peace, we must forgive ourselves, change our minds and listen within.

Feeling upset or hurt, offended or afraid is a clear sing we are living off purpose.
When we are listening within and honoring our inner voice we live with freedom and trust.
When we are weathering the climatic and emotional storms in life, we respond to what is with ease.
When we are resisting the storms of life, we may react with fear, anger, defensiveness and attack.

Respect what life offers.
· Opportunities to heal our fears and judgments.
· Chances to see things differently.
· Opinions to forgive in order to feel peace.
· Gratitude to learn from everyone and everything.

Give your best and let go of the rest.
· Give reassurance where there is fear.
· Give help where there is a request.
· Give love where there is lack.
· Teach only by your example.

Stay with the lesson until it is learned.
· Quitting too soon will yield another time to learn the same.
· Quitting with blame and anger exaggerates anxiety within.
· Quitting under pressure increases the sense of victimization.
· Quitting from a poor-me place diminishes self esteem.

Find inner peace with your changes.
· Before, after or during peace, take time to heal your inner conflicts.
· Give every impulsive change some time to settle before implementing.
· Always consider the impact on everyone and everything.
· Change with prayerful feelings and thoughts of respect and gratitude.

Yes, change is constant.
How we respect and respond is what generates the blessing or disaster.
All change can work together for good when we focus on seeing the Good.
Life is an opportunity to manage every moment with love, trust and respect.

Blessing us all for the peaceful changes we make in alignment with Spirit.
Loving you,
Betty Lue