More on the 45 Day Challenge!
This is day 26 of the Loving what I do and the Money I have and make. It’s three weeks! Plenty of time to change a bad habit. I am happy to report that YES, change is occurring and it feels GOOD! I have actively been releasing and “letting go” of the “wanting” feeling in my thoughts and words. I am now at the place where I can “let go” of the losses. The being in my JOY is a choice I’m consciously making every second. Thank you to a couple of “angel” friends who so beautifully and graciously took the time to share with me their love. Yes, we need our friends, new and old to remind us of how beautiful we are and how joy filled life is!
Shauna Arthurs was so gracious and giving that she was able to see something in me that I couldn’t see in myself. Because she took the time to share her thoughts with me, I feel that I can “shine” my light even brighter. I thank you, Shauna. Hope you don’t mind me sharing your thoughts. Her compassion helped me to see something that I couldn’t see for myself. So if someone you know can’t see their own brilliance, take some time today and let them know. It turned my world around. You can do the same for someone else. You have no idea what saying good things to people can do for them.
Here’s what Shauna wrote:
“Janice,
I don’t know you well but I care very much about you…I want nothing more than for you to turn the radiant beauty you emit inward and shine it on yourself so you can just bathe in it and be joyful and at peace. You know that Marianne Williamson/Nelson Mandela saying about shining,
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves,Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
I used to read that and not get it - NOT me! I wasn’t afraid to shine nor did I sense any inner power. But then I realized I was indeed afraid to shine. I worried what people would think if my life was fabulous and theirs wasn’t…how they would judge me and how alone I might feel because no one shared that joy with me. After all, I held judgments about people whose lives were fabulous when mine wasn’t!
Here’s a link to a post this week by Jeannette Maw about the reasons we keep ourselves from financial abundance…she has had a whack of really intelligent and thoughtful responses so it must have hit a nerve. Thought you might find a gem or two hidden somewhere in there…
http://goodvibeblog.com/2009/11/the-problem-with-being-rich/
Below is a blog post of mine from some time ago when I realized, based on Carol Look saying that what other people think is none of my business, that it was really true. 
http://breathingprosperity.com/blog/what-if-it-wasnt-you
And here’s one about shining:
http://breathingprosperity.com/blog/law-of-attraction-why-do-we-diminish-ourselves
I just felt like sharing…take what you will. Let’s help each other shine!
With love and admiration,
Shauna
Shauna Arthurs
Founder, BreathingProsperity.com
So let everyone who takes the time to read this shine their light on themselves and bathe in our own radiance. Just imagine sparkling lights, white lights, gold lights, blue lights, red lights, green…..purple……every where you look, they become brighter and more magnifiecent. That’s what I wish for all of you today…..be in that light. BE THE LIGHT! and yes love that feeling!
Yesterday could have been a very sad, sad, day for me. Our beautiful family dog Belle, who was our JOY and light for fifteen years was put to sleep. Yes, I cried my eyes out. Yes, I felt the loss. And Yes, I see her bouncing balloons in heaven with all the JOY and HAPPINESS her doggy spirit needs to express. I chose JOY to be my primary experience for the day. You can too, no matter what the picture might appear to be. Joy is the answer. You don’t need to ask anymore questions.