You Are An Overcomer!

Wow! Is it true? This is a great thought to ponder. If this is true do we want to wrestle with the pigs? Do we want to spend time with others who live in fear?

In my study of life and becoming an energy practitioner I have come to find some answers along the way that I feel are imperative to understand and strive to incorporate into my life.

TRUE: Fear is one of the lowest vibrating emotions.
TRUE: We will all encounter fear at some point on our journey.
TRUE: No one wants to feel fear.
FALSE: It is best to sweep fear under the rug.

 

During some energy studies with a wonderful friend and co energy worker by the name of Tobilynn Shaw  she shared this important truth with me. "Emotional Maturity is when we are able to allow and experience all the emotion."

 

Emotions are a very specially selected set of tools that are powerful teachers for the body, mind and spirit. They have a mission to serve us, teach us and help us to grow, to respond and to develop our character as individuals.

 

Sweeping an emotion such as fear under a rug will never really go away, rather it may grow, fester and attract into our lives the very things we are trying so hard to avoid.

 

Rather when we are able to allow and accept an emotion that presents itself in us (or to another person in our field)  there is a lesson, a personal message for us.

TRUTH: Fear has a lesson attached to it. It will often clearly point the direction of what it is we truly need to know and do. About what we really want.

How long we choose to entertain the emotional message can be the tricky part. I recently experienced some negative emotions that motivated me to sit and write these lessons down.

1. Identify the emotion(s) you are feeling
2. Acknowledge the emotion(s) presenting itself.
3. ASK "____(emotion)_____ what are you here to teach me?"
4. Find the lesson. What are the opposite emotions available?
5. Say "I am learning  ____. I see that ____ is important for me to understand/know.
6. Say "I choose to feel ______"
7. Now what are 2 action steps you can take right now to choose the opposite emotion?
1. I will ____
2. I will ____
8. Thank-you ___(old emotion)___ for coming to teach me that ___(the new emotion)___is what I really want to feel. I have grown through this experience for the better already:)

In looking at the lessons of the emotions we can clearly see that they are perfectly designed to educate us through our experience of them. When we try to resist or ignore an emotion, it will come out sooner or later.

It is not that the emotion is wrong or right but what we choose to do with it when it arrives. When we hold on to a negative emotion for too long, it will create havoc in our lives.

We live an emotion by emotion self taught experience. I hope to be a great student in my emotional studies and with awareness quickly apply the lessons just for me. Emotions can serve us very well.


 POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS:

• I allow emotions to teach me gentle easy lessons in a quick and very positive way.
• I am aware of my emotions and what they are here to teach me.
• I learn through gentle easy lessons.
• I am emotionally mature.
• I allow the emotions I feel positive results from their full resolution and resolve.
• I am forgiving of myself and others. I feel love and peace.
• I experience true happiness and JOY!
• Love, Gratitude and JOY are emotions I am very familiar with.
• I remember the power I have to choose and create a life I love. I stand in my true power.
• I am a powerful being of light. I am a child of God.

 

 Fear is meant to be overcome.

BE an OVERCOMER!

 

 

Recommended Song: Overcomer by Mandisa

 

 

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The Perfect Message

I was sitting with my class of 9 year old boys and girls. Giant spirits in little bodies. I love what they teach me as we visit and discuss important things in life. I love how interactive they are at this age. Through them, I am reminded that being creative, energetic and teachable are very important qualities to nurture at any age.

One day we were discussing forgiveness. I asked them to think about different situations that may happen in their own lives with their family and friends. Two little girls sitting next to each other look at each other and giggle. They then explain how they like to play together most of the time. Sometimes one will get real mad at the other and goes home. Then they call each other after a little while that same day and decide to play some more. (An important piece of advice my Father in law shared with me was to stay out of the battle zone with our kids friends because they change their minds and forgive much faster than we do.)
One boy has his arms folded inside his shirt to keep warm, he tells us how he could probably be nicer to his little sisters. Another boy trying to sit still, smiles as he shares (he may have tickle fairies hiding inside his shoes because there is no way he can keep them on his feet.) that sometimes there are some boys at school that are not very nice to others, and he tells them to leave his friends alone. Then the boy sitting on the end (during another discussion he asked me if I thought unicorns could actually fly) he says very thoughtfully "I have a really good frienemy. Sometimes we get along real good, and sometimes we like to fight. Were good frienemies!"

It got me thinking...Yep I have had some frienemies too... In fact, it seems that each one of them have taught me a lot. In the Real Life Education we are attracted to those who have very important messages, perfectly wrapped and delivered for our growth and learning.  It seems that the closer we are to them the more messages they might have for us. We live in a university, abundant with lessons all around us at the most opportune moments.

So the next time someone makes you super... (mad, annoyed, sad, bothered, frustrated...) remember they are actually serving you with a very important message. (Caution: it may quickly self-destruct.)
This can be an exciting moment...
In your mind you may choose to have this super eye opening self-conversation and say...
 "Hey wait a minute, (Now STOP and put on our SUPER FRIENEMY THINKING CAP) 

What is my frienemy teaching me about myself right now? 
What am I learning from this perfectly placed messenger at this moment? 

 Frienemy = Friend-in-me 

Definition: 

1. Opportunities to becoming our best-self; 
2. To have a good frienemy you must be a good frienemy too.
3. Worth every effort.

Colors Within Us Affirmations:

• I recognize my unique skills, gifts and talents. I see the good in myself.
• I recognize the unique skills, gifts and talents in others. I see the good in others.
• I live my life in a way that is healthy, happy and progressing.
• I let go of all anger and resentment. I forgive myself and others quickly.
• I recognize and incorporate with ease the lessons for me.
• It is safe for me to do nice things for others without expecting anything back.
• I am energetic, interested and caring.

The WOW Principle!

I grew up in a home where my Dad taught by example. Bert L. Fairbanks had a Doctoral degree in the study of Physical Health and Education and taught as a professor at the University of Lethbridge for over 30 years. When going on a family vacation with his wife and 4 daughters there was bound to be a little shopping in a few malls along the way. (As the youngest in the family I used to think that shopping is what people did on a vacation, especially if one was traveling across the boarder to the USA) In these times I always remember my dad would have a book in his hand and a pencil behind his ear. He would lean against the outer thresh-hold of the store and wait for his little angels to find magical clothes that made them happy, and then we would continue down one side of the mall and back around on the other side. He happily came along. Other times he would leave for a few hours to continue research on the best exercise equipment and gyms to keep on the cutting edge of weight training. During the summers my Dad would go back to school and sit in on lectures of other professors in order to continue his learning, knowledge and research.

When I would go with him to the university there were books stacked in his office from floor to the ceiling. We would go there so that I could see what he was doing, help do research as a participant in physical fitness abilities, or so that I could bring my friends and practice dance and gymnastic routines while he got some work done.

He spent a lifetime studying out of many different books in a quest for optimal health for himself as well as for society. He wanted to help others have a great quality of life and develop an individual plan to improve their health and fitness. He understood that no one diet will work for everyone; we are each very unique and have different needs.

He wrote two books; "Principle with Promise and Vigor" and "Vitality Through Nutrition & Exercise." He invented and patent an underwater body fat weighing system that could be done in a swimming pool. He developed a fitness leadership training for the Province of Alberta. I knew this as "BE FIT FOR THE 80's."

It is amazing the difference one person can make here on earth. How many lives one life touches at it ripples out even when they are no longer alive. My dad was a dedicated man of integrity. He was stalwart and I cherish his light and his example to me every day. His love of learning, improving and growing in alignment to principle is one I hope to pass on to my own children.

In my dad's first book called Principle with Promise he undertook the study of health through a sacred writing found in a book called Doctrine & Covenants. I too have read this writing many times as I seek for Words of Wisdom beyond the earth; I refer to as the W.O.W. Principle.
As I read and study this sacred record this phrase stands out to me for these days that we live...
 "all these to be used with prudence and thanksgiving." (Doctrine & Covenants section 89)

I invite you to read it for yourself and ponder what it means to you in your own life. For me this is something I have been pondering for many years...

Eating healthy is something I think about every day. I am still learning and growing in this area. I strive to eat a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits each day through green juices and smoothies, in salads and also steamed. I strive to cut back on my sugar intake to one treat day each week, and limit the portions and frequency of meat. We are blessed to live in times where we can enjoy food from around the world. Eating a variety of healthy foods and drinking of fresh clean water which are so available to us.

The thought I want to share today is this...  The chemical make-up of our tears when we cry because we are experiencing pain, or fear, or sorrow, or joy, or because we are laughing are different. We know that different emotions we experience in our bodies are creating different chemical reactions. So I would like to propose that How we feel; What we are feeling; What we are thinking about; and Why we are eating makes an important difference as to how we will process the food we take into our bodies.

Am I eating because I am tired or board? Am I eating due to frustrations or sadness? Am I eating without even thinking about it? Do I need something sweet to eat because life feels tough? Am I eating to entertain myself? Am I eating because I love myself? Am I feeling thankful as I eat? Am I eating what I feel my body really needs to support the energy required to work and focus optimally? Am I eating for what my body and soul really need? 

Food is God's medicine for our body and soul. Due to the example of my father and the words from this sacred writing I call the W.O.W. Principle, and the promises I am working to obtain in life, I am striving to eat with more gratitude, prudence and thanksgiving.

I would love to share with you this challenge. 

1. Pray in thankfulness for everything good we have been given and ask for a blessing upon it. 
2. Take time to appreciate the miracle of our bodies and how they have been created to heal themselves as we give them what they need spiritually, emotionally and physically. 
3. Take time to gather together with your family and loved ones for meal times and eat as you share in the lessons and adventures of life's experiences. 
4. Eat mindfully with gratitude and thanksgiving for those who have worked to plant, produce, transport, stock and make food available.
5. Feel gratitude to those who's hard work provide the necessities of life for us and to those who prepare our meal for us. 
6. Remember to take a moment to feel loved and cared for just as the lilies of the field.(Matt 6:28)

The W.O.W. Principle is one that comes with a Promise that I know most of us truly desire in our lives,

Affirmations from Colors Within Us

• My body and my spirit are connected. 
• My head and my heart are connected. 
• I easily align the thoughts of my head and the feelings of my heart with the Creator to discern what is best for me.
• I accept and love my body as it is now and work to continue to make it even better.
• All parts of my body work together in one cohesive whole for my highest good.
• I am aware of negative patterns that distract me from what I truly desire and replace them with more positive and productive patterns that bring great joy.
• I am developing a healthy lifestyle. It becomes easier each day.
• I have a positive attitude about What I eat, How I eat, When I eat, and Why I eat.