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Inspiration: Happy Friday!
Today is the 33rd day of 2024.
We have $33,000.00 today.
10% savings = $3,300.00
40% taxes = $13,200.00: This week I am expressing gratitude for these tax dollars being spent to support the Salmon-Challis National Forest. It is in the state of Idaho. This National Forest was established in 1908. You will find among other wonders the Borah Peak, Salmon River, Jim McClure-Jimmy Peak Wilderness, and 1.3 million acres of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness areas to explore. Learn more here.
How will you be spending the remaining $16,500.00 today?
HERE IS MY PLAN: Our Wellbeing
“The hardest part about change is not making the same choices we made the day before.” – Joe Dispenza
How are you showing up in the world?
How healthy is your heart? Twelve years ago, I was at work about to go out into the field with a team when my phone buzzed. My friend’s husband said, “Peyton is in the hospital, please come as soon as you can.” She had a heart attack at the age of thirty-five and never came home from the hospital. The First Friday in February is National Wear Red Day. It is an opportunity to participate in heart health awareness. Today marks the 22nd anniversary of this campaign to educate the public about saving more lives from heart disease and stroke. Wear Red Day organizers are encouraging us to talk with our doctors and learn about our Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Blood Sugar, and Body Mass Index (BMI) to take charge of our health. Our hearts depend on it. Do you know your numbers? What would it take?
How are you showing up in the world?
$100.00: for self-care. These dollars are going toward my appointment with a sleep specialist. Did you know that quality sleep supports heart health? I am choosing to fuel my wellbeing with quality sleep. And I love that!
$0: Priceless: Sharing heartwarming stories. The following account was written by Sarah Owen Bigler. It is a story that I share often because it raises the frequency of love with ease. Each time I re-read or tell this story it makes me feel good. Remember to feed your mind and expand your heart with kindness. The world needs more love.
Yesterday my husband was sick. I picked up Archie from the sitter and Eloise from school and decided to run to Target for a few things. I had hoped to be in and out quickly. I found a line with just one person ahead of me and began organizing my items on the conveyor. After placing my items, I look up to see that the person ahead of me was an elderly woman. She was paying for her items with change and wanted to purchase each item separately. Part of me, the part that had a long day at work, the part of me who had a 1 1/2-year-old having a meltdown in the cart, the part that had set an unnecessary timeline for Target and getting home, was frustrated with this woman and the inconvenience she had placed on me.
BUT then I watched the young employee with this woman. I watched him help her count her change, ever so tenderly taking it from her shaking hands. I listened to him repeatedly saying “yes, mam” to her. When she asked if she had enough to buy a reusable bag, he told her she did and went two lines over to get one for her and then repackaged her items. Never once did this employee huff, gruff or roll his eyes. He was nothing but patient and kind.
As I was watching him, I saw that Eloise was too. She was standing next to the woman, watching the employee count the change. I realized I hadn’t been inconvenienced at all. That my daughter was instead witnessing kindness and patience and being taught this valuable lesson by a stranger; furthermore, I realized that I too needed a refresher on this lesson.
When the woman was finished, the employee began ringing up my items and thanked me for my patience. I then thanked him for teaching us patience and kindness by his treatment of that elderly woman. And although my timeline for target was askew, when he was finished, I pushed my cart through the store trying to find the manager. I wanted her to know of the employee’s kindness, and patience, and how much it meant to me. After tracking her down and sharing the story with her, we left Target with a cart full of consumable items, but what is more, a heart full of gratitude for such an invaluable lesson.
This story reminds me to look for the good things happening all around me because those wonderful moments are always available when I allow my heart to open with love. I hope your heart grows ten times bigger today.
How open are you to living in a better world in 2024?
Respond with love. Repeat. What would it take?
$9,000.00: I am funding innovative research to build healthier lives through The American Heart Association. February 2024 is the 60th consecutive American Heart Month. They are extending more lives with education. Learn more here.
How open is your heart to shift perspective and choose health?
What are you contributing to live in a better world in 2024?
$1, 400.00: These dollars are supporting the Go Red campaign by donating to help their mission to increase public awareness and health education regarding our hearts. Do you know about heart health? What are you doing to take good care of yourself?
$5000.00: I am sponsoring a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class. CPR is a lifesaving technique that begins with chest compressions and can double a person’s chance of surviving a heart attack. So, bring someone you love to class. It’s time to get certified! What action can you take now?
$1000.00: for a date with my husband. This week’s date includes making a heart healthy dinner and then watching a comedy to laugh together. What are you willing to choose for the health of your relationships? How loved can you stand it?
FLOW FIVE FRIDAY: Current “real” life expressions of gratitude, love, and contribution to wellbeing.
$5.00: this week’s five-dollar bill went to the American Heart Association. The address is AHA National Center 7272 Greenville Ave. Dallas, TX, 75231. I am choosing to be the energy of what works in life. Go Red!
Five Increments of Time: This week I led a meditation on zoom with two of my friends. Together we reconnected to our heart songs and supported each other’s dreams. How are you “Flowing Five” this week?
Well-Being: Something that I am doing or not doing for self-care in real time.
I had my blood pressure checked. All is well. What are you doing or not doing for self-care?
Planet Awareness: Contributing to the health of Earth.
Imagine plenty of healthy, nutritious food and safe drinking water. Reflecting on food sovereignty, wonder what we will be eating in 10 years from today. Who grows our food? Who controls the world supply of food and water? Where will our food come from? What do we need to be paying attention to and where do we add our voices to contribute to plenty of healthy, nutritious food and safe drinking water for all? What actions can we take today to feed the world tomorrow? Our choices matter.
What are you doing for the health of our planet?
Hold Space or Contribute to a Friends Life Intention:
This week is the beginning of February. It is a personal tradition at this time of year to highlight and support my friend Dan. One of his living intentions is to increase the number of lives saved by teaching and helping others to become CPR certified. Imagine Dan saving lives with education. You can help support his living intention by getting or renewing your CPR credentials. Someone’s heart depends on it, and it might be yours.
Choose joy. Be kind. Love others and strive to be a better human. What would it take?
Our Wellbeing
What if everything you ask for is possible?
What actions would you take?
I am wearing red and encouraging loved ones to care for their hearts.
How are you showing up in the world?
How are you spending the remaining $16,500.00 today?
I am grateful to have each of you in my life.
I am supporting your work and life intentions.
Love to you.
Mare
Choose to feel good. Be Joy.
Practice gratitude. Amplify Kindness. Expand Generosity.
Ask, Receive, and Give with More Ease.
Respond to life with Love.
PS: If you have been playing with me for several years, below are the current daily deposits in other years Vibrational Accounts:
2014 today is the 3677th day giving us $3,677,000.00 to spend
2015 today is the 3330th day giving us $3,330,000.00 to spend
2016 today is the 2948th day giving us $2,948,000.00 to spend
2017 today is the 2587th day giving us $2,587,000.00 to spend
2018 today is the 2223rdday giving us $2,223,000.00 to spend
2019 today is the 1858thday giving us $1,858,000.00 to spend
2020 today is the 1494th day giving us $1,494,000.00 to spend
2021 today is the 1228th day giving us $1,228,000.00 to spend
2022 today is the 761st day giving us $761,000.00 to spend
2023 today is the 398th day giving us $398,000.00 to spend
