Happy Mother's Day!

Mother... even the word or name suggests love and nourishment. Today, we honor and recognize our mothers whether they are with us in this dimension or through the veil in the heavenly realm. For those who read this and say that they did not get a lot of nourishment from their mothers, you still can honor your mother for the fact that she carried you within her body where you survived and you are here now. So I give honor to my mother who is in the heavenly realm. I am strong because of who you were here on earth, mother.

Happy Mother's Day!


Dedicated To All Mothers and those who mothered children.

Just love me for who I am, a person who thrives on love.
Just love me for who I am, a mother who loves passionately her significant other, her children, her grands, her friends and all of life.
Just love me for who I am, a teacher, a counselor, a cook and much more.
You see, I am so much more than what is written here.
Just love me for who I am, I am a spark of the Divine.
Lovely LadyFran

Snow is a blessing...depends on how you see it!

Snow is precipitation in the form of flakes of crystalline water ice  that falls
 from clouds.~Wikipedia

If you have to go out when it is snowing, some of us do not see the beauty in the snow. I had a view like this about 3 or so weeks ago. I did not make it back home from Whole Foods before the hugh snow fall. I did not see the beauty in the snow that day. Briefly, I was ungrateful for the snow and everything that surrounded the weather.

Thank God, I seek the silence everyday. I had plenty of time to reflect and realize how blessed I am. It was yesterday while the snow was falling that each flake had a unique beauty because each flake was different. I could clearly see that each flake was a different size and shape. There is something about snow...and I mean a large amount of it that silence the street from its usual noise. It is in the silence where all possibilities are. It is when one can think deeply. It is where peace, love and joy lives. I was grateful for the art that was formed by the snowflakes coming together to cover the branches of the trees in unique ways. I reached for my phone camera and began taking pictures and videos of the snow fall. I had a chance to just be...be in the presence that I call God.

It was time well spent. I am grateful that I can see the snowflakes. I am grateful for the way the noise comes to a halt. I am grateful for the ups and downs of life. No, I could not make my dental appointment yesterday because my driveway was not shoveled and the office where I was going closed for the day. It all worked out and I had more time to spend in my personal snow art gallery. In all things, there is much to be grateful for, even weather we do not particularly want to travel in.

Meditation

Contemplation: In all things, there is much to be grateful for.

Affirmation: In all situations, there is much to be grateful for. You only have to look.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep breaths. Go into the silence for at least 3 minutes.
 Lovely LadyFran

If Only for A Moment...

Humans were meant to reach out, interact with, and just be with each other. It's our natural state of being.  A New York photographer set out to get people who never met until the moment before he took pictures of them to demonstrate this point. The subjects said that they were awkward at first but after the photo was taken all of the subjects expressed that they felt a connection to these strangers that they had just met, if only for a moment.

Take a look at this amazing video below:

http://elitedaily.com/news/world/photographer-puts-two-strangers-together-for-intimate-photographs-and-the-results-are-surprising/

Meditation
Contemplation: The human family and I are connected.
Affirmation: Since I know I am connected to the human family as well as all of life, it only takes a moment to become aware of that connection for me to feel complete.
Path to Silence: Take 3 deep breaths then go into the silence for at least 3 minutes.
Lovely LadyFran

Simply Grateful!

Gratitude: To appreciate; to be thankful; to be thankful to and for Source the provider of all things. Frances Johnson

Recognition: I recognize Source, the Magnificent "Presence" that I call God. This Presence is in and flows through and expresses as all things made.

Unification: I am one with this Presence. Since this Presence is whole, perfect and complete and I am made in Its image then, I am whole, perfect and complete. That wholeness is my very nature. I know this to be true for me and so this is true of every being.

Realization: With God's presence all is well. All is perfect. All is complete. God is everywhere present, so, I realize what a fantastic day this is.

Thankfulness: And so, I give thanks for today and everyday. I give thanks that our government is reopened. I give thanks for those without jobs that may return to their jobs and others will find jobs. I am thankful for those retired who receive pensions and social security that their benefits have been restored. I am thankful for the return of services that were unknown to us to be affected by the shutdown of our government. I am thankful for all beings and all things made on the earth. I am grateful to know that the peace, love, and joy within me touches everyone and everything in the world, the earth and the cosmos.

Release: I release these words into the law knowing that each word is fulfilled. I let go and let God. And So It Is.

Meditation

Contemplation: Gratefulness.

Affirmation: From the depth of my soul, I am grateful.

Path to Silence: Take a few cleansing breaths and then sit quietly going into that place of all possibilities, where you ask for nothing, there is no need, there is just love. Sit in the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Who do you trust...another person or the Divine?

Today our minister gave a message which was based on part of her spiritual journey that took her to India. Aside from being elated that she was safe and returned back to us, we waited and hung onto every word that she had to say.

There was a trust walk that she experienced that she chose to share with us. She was blindfolded and could not see where she was walking. She had a compassionate spiritual guide there every step of the way. She came through this amazing experience not without realizing where her trust lie.

Her trust was in the Divine. She could have trusted her spiritual guide. As I listened to this great share, I thought to myself, what if she placed her trust in a person. A person could himself/herself depending on what is going on with them, fall or trip. The Divine within you always has your back. This wise lady put her trust in the Divine within herself.

The Divine is within all of us. Always trust the Divine within you.

Meditation

Contemplate on: I am trust.

Affirmation: Trust is within me. It is always available through the Divine in me and I am secure in the arms of the Divine.

Path to Silence: Breathe deeply...know that the exhale is the Divine. Take 3 deep cleansing breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

How heavy is the glass of water?

There was a poster on Facebook  with a lesson that was taught by a psychologist on stress.

The psychologist held up a glass of water and the audience thought that she was going to ask if the glass of water was half full or half empty. Instead she asked how heavy is the glass of water. Now the audience thought that the psychology wanted answers like 4oz or 8oz. These are not the answers that the psychologist was looking for.

The psychologist then said if you hold the this glass of water for a minute, it would feel light. If you hold the glass for an hour the same glass of water would make your arm feel tired. The psychologist further stated if you hold this same glass of water for a day, your arm would become numb. The water in the glass is like stress or things that one holds in their heart. To get rid of this stress...the psychologist suggested to remember to set the glass down.

What a great stress release exercise and a great way to show when we hold onto emotions and feelings that do not serve us they weigh us down and we must release them. I am adding to this exercise that forgiveness comes into the picture. Forgive, release and let go...

Meditation

Contemplate on: My heart feels heavy so I must set the glass down.

Affirmation: I forgive myself first then others and allow myself to release and let go.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes.
Lovely LadyFran

Digging deeper...

When we are doing spiritual work on ourselves we have to dig deep within.

As we dig deeper sometimes there is pain. Covering up the pain by denial does not help. We must go through the pain and we will come out stronger. This helps us to suffer less. When we tell ourselves the truth about how we feel about what may be bothering us, we are on the road to healing.

We are loving ourselves when we are honest with ourselves. We can then release and let go.

Meditation

Contemplate on: The Source is always with me.

Affirm: Source lives within me. I only have to ask it into my life.

Path to Silence: Breathe...notice your breath...take 3 deep cleansing breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Are you ready?

When you begin to see your dreams manifest before your very eyes, it is something to see and is quite emotional.

Getting a certification as a coach was but a "foolish idea" to quote Dr. Will Coleman. Yet, I pursued my dream and it is now a reality for me. This is not the end for me. I asked Spirit, now what.

One of my friends on Facebook posted a picture of singer who was popular over forty years. I recognized her and remembered her hit song, "Yes, I'm Ready". I began to think to myself, yes, I am ready, that is, for the next step.

I am grateful for the 21 day meditation challenge. I not only meditate with many people, I also keep a journal and I write long entries because I need to see what is on my mind and what is in my heart. This has been a way for me to take the next step.

I had not thought about my own web site for a long time. Yesterday, I went on wix and looked at possible pages that I could resonate with. I even thought to myself, maybe I will hire a professional just to get me started. All of this occurred from that simple question, what is next?

Meditation

Contemplate on: Yes, I am ready.

Affirm: I am ready for the next step.

Path to Silence: Breathe and notice your breathing. Take deep breaths and exhale slowly. Go into the silence for at least three minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Every day is a good day...it depends on how you look at it.

Intention: Purpose, Meaning
Dictionary.com

Setting an intention and staying focused on it brings it into reality.

Friday was the day my nine year old granddaughter was in a summer camp talent show. I set an intention that I was going to that show since I missed her last summer in the show; of which she sang a solo.

As the time came near to preparing to leave for the camp I began looking for my long distance glasses that transition to sunglasses and then I starting looking for my prescription sunglasses and to no avail. The only glasses that I had left were a pair that I carry in my purse to look at print close up.

I told myself that I would be fine. After careful preparation, I stepped outside and the blaring sun took over. The glasses from my purse does not have a tint. I got into my car and on the way I went. I have never been to this camp before so I hoped that I remembered how to get there.

To get to the bottom line, I made it to my granddaughter's talent show and enjoyed it very much. My granddaughter was very pleasantly surprised to see me. She left her friends and came over to where I was seated. She sang her solo beautifully and then later in the program she did a duet with a friend. I enjoyed every minutes of the talent show and later I returned to my car and drove home safely.

Just as I drove into my driveway, I decided to look in the eyeglass holder in my car and guess what...my single lens glasses were in this container. I took a few more deep breaths and went into my house and went straight to my desk and glanced over at the corner of the monitor on my desktop and what do you think I saw...my prescription sunglasses.

I did not let the circumstances described above bother me. I continued knowing I would be able to drive to the talent show and return home safely. I also put it in my mind that I would enjoy the show and my entire day. I had a fantastic day. Everyday is a good day depending on how you see it.

Meditation

Contemplate on: I am one with the Creator of the Universe.

Affirm: I co-create with Spirit by making good choices. I choose all sides of a day, favorable or unfavorable as infinite possibilities.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths. Go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

In the stillness...my answers come..

How does one make decisions that are for the highest and best good of everyone?

Most of us make decisions based on our experiences. That may not be for the highest good of all concerned. I think if we pray before making a decision and allow Spirit to flow through us allowing us to make a decision in love and with love for the good of all concerned...this will be a decision for the highest and best good of everyone.

Meditation

Contemplate on: My mind is quiet.

Affirm: I still my mind, letting the right answers come through that are for my highest best and the good of all concerned.

Path to Silence:  Take 3 deep cleansing breaths. Go into the silence for at least 3 minutes.
Lovely LadyFran

Losing your power...

Losing our Power...is it possible?

The highest power is love. Love has to be expressed. Your first lover is you. When I truly feel that I love me, it shows up in my life as honor, integrity, peace, healthy relationships, health, prosperity and harmony. I see others honor me, respect me, love me and radiate peace towards me. I feel very powerful during those times. It is when I am feeling less than that I feel others have taken over my life. I realize that this is not true. It's just that I allowed myself to be in a lower form of energy that attracts things that look different from what I desire or expect. I try to practice loving myself first and letting that love spring forth into my reality. This I feel is taking my power back. As I grow, it becomes easier to maintain my power or to regain it. I know that I never really lost it. I also realize no one took it or can take it unless I allow the opposite of love to creep into my world, then it seems as though, someone took my power. I let go and let God each day. I am sending love to all who come into this space today and know that love reaches every corner of the Universe. 

Meditation

Contemplate on: God is power.

Affirm: God is love...God is power. All that God is so am I.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths. Go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Talking to oneself...

When you say to people, yes, I talk to myself, they look at you funny. When in fact, when you meditate, it is better to use a guided meditation in your own voice. It is very powerful. This could be considered, talking to oneself.

Recently, I made a meditation CD for myself and decided to make more of them. These CDs help to put into my subconscious mind the thoughts that serve my highest and best good. 

These CD(s) can be put onto your iPods and played as often as you would like to.

This is a practice that I suggest to those who I work with when spiritually counseling others. This technique is powerful and works. It does not have to be long.

Sit quietly and contemplate on a change in your life that you would like to see. Write these thoughts down in an affirmative form. It is pleasant when there is soft music playing as you are reading these powerful statements. Try playing the CD for 21 days or more and watch the change take place.

Meditation

Contemplate on: I am choosing positive thoughts.

Affirmation: I am choosing positive thoughts that are for my higher good.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths. Go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Looking for Love...

~Love~ is a great feeling or affection for something or someone irregardless of faults or flaws. Lovely LadyFran


There are many forms in which one can express love.

There is love for parents, children, nature, careers, talents, skills, the arts and of course a person to share the most intimate part of ourselves with. It is a yearning that people have that leads to a lifetime trip sometime without much success.

We often spend a lifetime making our exterior bodies over to attract love and we even become someone we are not in hopes to attract love.

Yes, most of us are looking for love. We look in many places except within where the lover resides waiting for you to recognize it. It's not very often that I have witnessed two people who come to the alter knowing that love was within and waited for the right time to caress it gently and through the union of marriage express their love for one another.

What a wonderful opportunity to share in the union of two families and learn a lesson all at the same occasion.

When love reveals itself in others, there are many observers. Today, I was an observer to love. It felt wonderful. I felt my heart tremble with joy to witness this love.

I attended a wedding today that brought so many elements into the ceremony. All ancestors  past and present were honored through Libation. We were not all of one denomination, yet, we all recognize that we share or are all part of the one Spirit, one Soul and one Love. We realize that there is only God and therefore there is only Love.

Love begins with self. We must get in touch with the lover from within and then the manifestation of our true lover who resides in all of us will appear. If you have not found that lover yet, just keep on loving yourself. That love will show up when you least expect it to.

Meditation

Contemplate on: I am love.

Affirm: There is only God and God is love. I am love. Love lives in me and all of creation. The love I see in me  is the same love that I see in another.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths, then go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Staying with Higher Thoughts

Thought is energy that moves through all of life. We, humans, have the right to use this power for our highest good and the good of all concerned. It is so easy to fall into lower thought form because all you have to do is accept all thoughts that come into the mind as yours. If you have not been aware then no wonder what you see in your world does not make you happy or fulfilled. With time, practice and intention, it is just as easy to choose higher thought form. It does require awareness.

It takes 21 days of doing something or reaffirming an affirmation for this thing to become a habit. This is a tool we can use to help choose the way we wish to think and it becomes a habit and therefore automatic.

Many people think that lower thoughts just happen. They seem to be easier because the mind wanders and accepts thoughts that pass through the mind. If you are unaware of this then, you are taking a passive role in forming your reality. Just because you do not actively participate in directing this power that you have within you, does not stop the universal law from working. You see, the universal law is automatic and is no respecter of male nor female, black not white, rich nor poor or kind nor greedy. The law acts in a reciprocated manner. What it receives it returns in kind, only two-fold.

When you understand that your thoughts are things waiting for you to give it form to manifest into your life, then you are taking responsibility for what your world looks like in spite of what you see around you with your physical eyes and senses. In time, when you choose to accept your highest thoughts, you will see the manifestation in your world.

Meditation

Contemplate on: I only accept my highest thoughts.
Affirmation: I am accepting the thoughts that are for my highest good and the good of all concerned. I am in alignment with the wholeness of God.
Path to Silence: Exhale and allow the air to leave as you release. Now, take a deep breath and exhale deeply. Take two more deep breaths and then exhale deeply. Go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

I live and have my being in God...

I recognize the presence of God that lives within me and all of creation. God is All things and there is only God. The Allness of God is in me and moves through me expressing as me. I know I am one with God. All is well in my life today and always. I am whole, well, prosperous, love, peace, joy and abundantly blessed. I radiate all that is within me throughout my outer world. I reflect all of God's goodness into my life right now. I give thanks for this truth. I release this prayer into the Universe with deep conviction and faith. I let go and let God. And So It Is.

Meditation

Contemplate on: I live and have my being in God.

Affirm: God is love, peace, joy and the source of all things. All my needs are taken care of for the Source is within me.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths and then go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

A perfect day in everyway...

 Treatment (An Affirmative Prayer)

I recognize the Presence of God that lives in me and all things made, this includes the animate and the inanimate. God is unconditional love, wisdom, knowledge, creativity, abundance, prosperity, peace, love, joy, health and is Source of all things. God is complete, whole and perfect.

I am made in the image of God. All that God is, so am I. There is only God. I am one with God. This is true for me and this is true for everyone reading this prayer, those who know me and those who never heard of me.

I realize that God is right where I am. The spirit of God moves through me expressing as me. God is in all of my activities and all who come into my life today and always. All that takes place today is as God intended, making my day perfect. I allow the divine plan to unfold knowing that God is working everything out for my highest and best and for the good of all concerned., it is all God. My day unfolds perfectly in every way. I am now whole and complete.

I give thanks for these truths. I am grateful for this perfect day. I am eternally grateful.

I release these words with conviction into the Universe. It is already done. I let go and let God.

And So It Is.

Meditation

Contemplate on: God is the source of all supply.

Affirm: God is the source of all supply and God lives within me. My needs are taken care of. I am complete.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths. Go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Keeping things simple...

I am keeping things simple. I rest. I take deep breaths. I try to live my life to its fullest. For this I am grateful.


Meditation:

Contemplate on: I keep my mind open.

Affirm: My mind is open so that I can receive creative ideas that unfold into unimaginable gifts that bless me and others.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths. Go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Vipassana...insight into the true nature of reality...

Vipassana-  In Buddhism it means Insight into the true nature of reality.~Wikipedia

"The Dhamma Brothers"was a documentary about a group of men with life time sentences without parole and a psychologist who believes that the incarcerated and especially the lifers should be rehabilitated rather than being housed for the rest of their lives. This prison was in Alabama. The psychologist brought into the prison a meditation program, "vispasana".

The corrections officers and other personnel believed it made a difference. Because of political reasons and the fact that the prison was located in a Christian region, the program was cut.

Rick Smith, one of the inmates, daughter was murdered. It was the meditation program that brought him to the realization that he could choose to react positively toward the person who murdered his daughter. Although imprisoned, the inmates, who participated in the program realized they were still at choice. So Rick Smith chose to love his daughter's murderer because the murderer was still a human being.

Meditation

Contemplation: I choose how to react in situations.

Affirmation: I am always at choice. I choose to respond positively in my life's experiences.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep breaths and then go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Grateful...grateful...grateful.

                                                                                                                          

There can not be enough said about being grateful. I wake up grateful for the day and knowing there are so many opportunities for me to serve others.

Manifestations are happening faster than before. I think about something that I desire and when I look around, like magic, I see it in my reality. I am not only speaking about manifesting things. I am speaking of being grateful for people in my life and what I have right now.

I am becoming more understanding of others. Believe it or not, life becomes more joyous when you do not place such high expectation on friends and family making it impossible for family and friends to reach. Life is becoming easier to accept and not because things are going my way. Even when things are not going my way, I still love life. I consider this growth on this journey. Sometimes, it does take listening to another person's story to put things into proper perspective. I can still say that I love who I am and would not trade my life for anyone elses.

Meditation

Contemplate on: I am grateful.

Affirm: I am grateful for what I have now and what I am receiving right now.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths and go into the silence for at least 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran

Do not give up...having done all, to stand.

 

Ephesians 6:13

Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. The Bible

Sometimes, we feel that we have done all the right things and still we face hardships. I have been down that path. When this seems to be the case, step back and stand firm in your faith and allow Spirit to do the work. 

Meditation

Contemplate on: I am doing my part.

Affirm: I am doing my part and so I stand knowing God is doing the work now.

Path to Silence: Take 3 deep cleansing breaths then go into the silence for at 3 minutes. Lovely LadyFran