“At the core of our being we are love, and we are wired for deep inner peace.” –Jill Boelte Taylor
Last week, I scoured through old file cabinets looking for the ISBN numbers I bought 30 years ago when I self-published Jumpstart Your Metabolism. This was before Simon & Schuster eventually bought it.
Not only did I find novels and screenplays I’d forgotten I’d written, but I found rubber slugs, kazoos, whoopie cushions, clever gifts from Taz and reminders of the gazillion places I once wrote travel articles about.
And wow! Did I ever manifest a thrilling life! Sleeping in castles and ice hotels, hot air ballooning over the Masai Mara, private Russian ballet performances in St. Petersburg.
But even more thrilling to me is the recent discovery that true happiness doesn’t come from WHAT I’m doing. It comes from how much of ME is doing whatever it is I’m doing.
When my awareness is knotted up in the past or the future, I’m not fully doing anything. Whenever I’m resisting something (and that can be anything from wishing Taz was still here to shaking my head at political divisions), I’m opposing the natural flow of life.
Resistance wastes a tremendous amount of energy and, I’m noticing, it’s actually the cause of most (maybe all?) problems. When I invest my attention in changing or fixing things or not liking something (instead of letting life perform its beautiful, intoxicating dance) the experience of resistance becomes my reality.
The things I most desire (equanimity, guidance, daily delight) are not something to be achieved. They’re right here, ready to be revealed beneath my mind’s resistive thoughts.
I also want to let you know that I’m one of the speakers at an upcoming Wealth Codes Summit. Although my definition of wealth might be different from some of the other speakers—Joe Vitale, Lisa Nichols, John Assaraf and other well-known abundance coaches — I’m honored that I was invited to share my perspective at this FREE, four-day event. You can check it out at this link.
It’s all about manifesting a life of prosperity and abundance.
Which I’m happy to report I enjoy every single moment when I’m fully here, living in my natural state of gratitude and joy.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World).
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And we are Hugh… 😉
Always great to see your smiling comment!!!
Yes yes yes! A superb and timely reminder to be present…fully present, and know that my attention is my superpower. 😄 Thank you thank you thank you oh wise one! 💕
We are all wise ones!!
Loving your superconductivity⚡️
Me, too!!!
Congratulations, Pam! Signed up to listen to your talk!
Awesome! Enjoy! Lots of interesting speakers in that summit.
I love you and your blog so much💖
I love you and your comment so much!!! Thank you!!
Thank you for reflecting the positive, Pam!!
I collapse the quantum tsunami of bodaciousness!!
Let’s hear it for collapsing bodaciousness!!
Delighted to find a new blog post from my favourite blogger today!! 😁 And delighted by the content of the blog post too! 😄🎉💃 Thank you for reminding us that our conscious presence in the present moment, no matter what we’re doing, is what helps bring happiness, peace, joy etc to the moment and to ourselves, rather than happiness coming from what we’re doing. That opens up so many opportunities for joy and peace without feeling we can only get happiness from holidays or our favourite activities or being in love etc etc etc. Being in the present, with ourselves, with what we’re doing, instead of in the past or future, is where peace and happiness can be found, and yet it seems we have such trouble being here now. Why is that? A big question that needs some deeper contemplation from me I think. 🌺 Thank you Pam for giving us tools to help us live in the present, be here now, and live in joy, peace, and happiness no matter what is going on in our lives. (Oh and thanks for the link to the wealth summit. Sounds exciting.)
Have a wonderful day dear Pam! 😁🦋🥳
You always inspire me, Jenny Louise! Thank you!!
Beautiful, Pam! This is exactly what I needed to read today. Thank you, always, for your wise, tender advice.
Diana Leotta
Thanks! I love those adjectives—especially tender.
So true and I’m wondering can I go to a NO KINGS march and be Giving Love to democracy rather than resisting authoritarianism?
Absolutely!!!
When will you be speaking, day and time? Only interested in you, everyone else seems kinda scammy.
Not sure. I just said yes when I was asked for an interview.