Lightarted Living: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Lightarted Living: A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: Wish Granted! Hope, Dreams and Wishes When I was a kid, I loved Sunday nights.  Surrounded by my family in the den (TV room),...

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

Wish Granted!

Hope, Dreams and Wishes

When I was a kid, I loved Sunday nights. Surrounded by my family in the den (TV room), I'd sit at the bottom of the stairs leading up to my bedroom listening to the Walt Disney theme song start and end the family program. 

Whether hearing "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are" or "A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep", the lyrics gently wafted into my brain and made me feel safe.

It was a cozy and calm family moment each week when I felt all things were possible, and no matter how dire the problem, there were no problems that couldn't be solved. 

Some of my best childhood memories and beliefs were facilitated by watching Walt Disney Sunday programs and animated films, and having my mother read me fairy tales and other such stories over and over again.

My continuous exposure to these uplifting songs and hopeful messages laid a lyrical sound track in my head that helped me create a hopeful and optimistic way of seeing the world. Sharing a home with loving parents and scrappy, but loving, siblings made the hopeful messages ring true.

I learned bad things can happen to people but they can still have happy endings. Or people can make mistakes but they can recover and still be loved.

Lately I've been thinking about the difficulties people around me have experienced. Bad things have happened to some; and others have made mistakes. 

Perhaps you are one. 

If you or someone you know needs a moment to return to a place of simplicity, innocence and hope, take a moment to reconnect to these childhood songs and nursery rhymes. 

Don't glaze over the words. Stop to truly absorb the meaning of these messages of hope.

Never Stop Believing

Hope Springs Eternal

When You Wish Upon a Star

by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington

"When you wish upon a star,

makes no difference who you are.

When you wish upon a star,

your dreams come true."

"If your heart is in your dreams

No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do."

"Like a bolt out of the blue
Fate steps in and sees you through
When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true."

"When a star is born
They possess a gift or two.
One of them is this~
They have the power to make a wish come true."

May You Have Wishful Thinking!

I Wish I May, I Wish I Might

Star Light,

Star Bright,

First Star I see tonight, 

I wish I may,

I wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight!

Nursery Rhyme

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes

By Mack David

"A dream is a wish your heart makes

when you're fast asleep."

"In dreams you will lose your heartaches
whatever you wish for, you keep.

Have faith in your dreams and someday
your rainbow will come smiling through."

"No matter how your heart is grieving,

if you keep on believing,

the dream that you wish will come true."

May You Always Be a Dreamer

Once Upon a Dream (from Sleeping Beauty)

By Lana Del Rey

"I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream

I know you, that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam

And I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem

But if I know you, I know what you'll do

You'll love me at once, the way you did once upon a dream."

In your moments of difficulty take these songs to heart:  Hold on to your dreams and wishes~and know no matter who you are and what you're going through you always have hope, strength, and courage for the future.

Believe in Happy Endings

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A strong woman knows she has strength enough

for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it 

is the the journey that will make her strong.

Be Strong

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Believe in Yourself

Be who you are and be that well.

Be Yourself

When you realize how perfect everything is,

you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

Enjoy Life!

Smile!

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Carl Jung: Who Looks Outside, Dreams~Who Looks Inside, Awakens

Waiting to Live

Don't Be Afraid to Live Life to the Fullest

Where are you at this moment in life? Would you like to dream and achieve, or awaken and come alive?

Perhaps life has dealt you a blow and you feel beaten down or lulled to sleep to avoid the pain of reality--and you are neither interested in dreaming or awakening--you're just surviving. 

Or perhaps you're in a moment when you're anticipating future negative events--layoff, retirement, divorce, illness, failure, or being left behind--and the fear and anxiety clouds out any thoughts of dreaming and looking forward with optimism. 

Sure, sometimes life is harsh making you retreat and give up. We've all been there.

But don't be afraid to refresh your desire to dream or wake from your deep sleep. By redirecting your attention from your past or future onto today you can focus on the desires of your heart. Keep asking yourself what would make you feel fully alive today to let your mind focus on it.  

 "When you want something, 

the entire universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." 

Paulo Coelho

Don't be afraid to stick your neck out 

to create the life you desire. 

Get Up~Refresh Your Desire to Dream

Life is a series of trials and challenges for all of us. No matter how many times you fall down, the correct response is to get back up. Be willing to look foolish in search of your dreams. Sometimes you must risk feeling foolish to come fully alive.

"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully 

when we allow the unexpected to happen."  Paulo Coelho

  It's never too late to reclaim your dreams and rekindle your spirit

Take time to create a clear vision for the life you want to live now. Look within to discover what makes you come alive. Step back into the world to put your dreams into action. It is never too early or too late to create a good and joyous life.

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens."   Carl Jung

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For more than 35 years, Susan Meyerott has been helping people lighten up and step over invisible barriers to change one step at a time. She speaks to your heart, puts you at ease, and makes letting go and moving forward with life easier than ever before.

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Tension is Who You Think You Should Be~Relaxation is Who You Are

What's Up? 

What's Bothering You?

💚What's happening in your life at this moment? 

💚What's making you feel tense?

💚What do you feel you should be doing you're not?

💚How are you failing to live up to someone else's expectations or your own?

 'All this stuff is getting to me' is just one of many seemingly benign statements we might make to others that allows us to remain seemingly in-control as we voice our tension. 

But to truly be in-control, and act decisively and with purpose we need to move beyond the diffuse terms keeping us stuck and mired in a cesspool of fear and anxiety.

To let go of the things 'putting you over the edge'  you need to identify what it is, and then deal with it.

When you ignore or deny the existence of your stress you leave those things eating away at you to boil and fester until they spew out and splatter everyone around you.

What's Lurking in the Underbrush of Your Life? 

The Last Three Days 

Looking over the last three days, what's stressing you out? Pick one situation to describe in uncensored detail in your head--and let it rip!

As you focus on the recent tension-inducing incident notice any changes in your body as you merely think about it:

💚What happens to your heart rate and breathing? 

💚Do you notice any discomfort in your head or stomach? 

💚Are you aware of clenching your teeth or tightening your jaw; tension in your neck, back or other muscles? 

💚Do you feel tearful or angry?

Our stress-inducing experience has the ability to cause tension as we merely think about it. We don't even need to experience it to bring the stress-response on. That's why it's important to name it so you can stop stuffing it.

Relaxation is Who You Are

Get Back to Who You Are

'Tension is who you think you should be; Relaxation is who you are'.  Chinese Proverb

What does 'tension is who you think you should be; relaxation is who you are' mean? It means living your life from a place of 'shoulds' is what causes problems. 

Living in the 'world of should'  creates the tension and discomfort that throws us into a mental fog and leaves us feeling overwhelmed and tense. 

If you care about being your healthiest, most robust self, choose to consciously identify what's causing you tension and bringing out the full stress-response in your body. Don't ignore it. Choose to name your stressor, and choose to engage in actions that puts you back living in a state of relaxation and who you really are.

Trust you hold the key to being your best, truly in-charge self. Act on what you know to be right for you. Take the steps that will help you feel fully alive, fully productive, and fully engaged. Be brave.

Be Your Healthiest, Most Robust Self

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Plant Kindness, Harvest Love

Plant Kindness, Harvest Love 

A bit of fragrance clings to the hand that gives flowers. 

Chinese Proverb

Plant Kindness, Harvest Love 

But listen to me

For one moment quit being sad

Hear blessings dropping their blossoms

around you.

Rumi 

Plant Kindness, Harvest Love 

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. 

A bird sings because it has a song. 

Chinese Proverb

Plant Kindness, Harvest Love 

Be like the sun for grace and mercy.

Be like the night to cover others’ faults.

Be like running water for generosity.

Be like death for rage and anger.

Be like the Earth for modesty.

Appear as you are.

Be as you appear.

Rumi

Plant Kindness, Harvest Love 

You can't prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, 

but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. 

Chinese Proverb

Plant Kindness, Harvest Love 

People want you to be happy.
Don’t keep serving them your pain!

If you could untie your wings
and free your soul of jealousy,

You and everyone around you
would fly up like doves. 

Rumi

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Hope Arrives with the Dawn

There was never a night or a problem 

that could defeat sunrise or hope.

Bernard Williams

Hope is on the Horizon

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, 

casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

Samuel Smiles

Day-Keepers Shoo Away the Ache

Day-Keepers arrive before you wake 

to make preparations for the dawn of each new day. 

They sweep away the cobwebs of darkness~

letting in light, love and comfort~

while shooing away the burden and ache.

Lightarted Sue

Hope is being able to see 
there is light despite all of the darkness.

Desmond Tutu

Hope lies in dreams,

in imagination, 

and in the courage of those 

who dare to make dreams into reality.

Jonas Salk

The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you

Don’t go back to sleep!

You must ask for what you really want.

Don’t go back to sleep!

People are going back and forth

across the doorsill where the two worlds touch,

The door is round and open

Don’t go back to sleep! 

Rumi

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! 

Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! 

Look to this Day! 

For it is Life, the very Life of Life. 

In its brief course lie all the 

Verities and Realities of your Existence. 

The Bliss of Growth, 

The Glory of Action, 

The Splendor of Beauty; 

For Yesterday is but a Dream, 

And Tomorrow is only a Vision;

But Today well lived makes 

Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, 

And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope.

Look well therefore to this Day!

Such is the Salutation of the Dawn! 

Kalidasa, 5^th century Sanskrit poet

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For more than 35 years, Susan Meyerott has been helping people lighten up and step over invisible barriers to change one step at a time. She speaks to your heart, puts you at ease, and makes letting go and moving forward with life easier than ever before.

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