Inspiration Friday 2024.08.30

Inspiration: Happy Friday!
Today is the 243RD Day of 2024.

We have $243,000.00 today.
10% savings = $24,300.00
40% taxes = $97,200.00: This week I am expressing gratitude for these tax dollars being spent to support the Wayne National Forest. Located in the state of Ohio. The Wayne National Forest was established in 1951. You will find that Wayne is the only National Forest in the state of Ohio to explore.  Learn more here.

How will you be spending the remaining $121,500.00 today?

HERE IS MY PLAN: Life Focus: Reframe

“Your life is right now! It’s not later! It’s not in your time of retirement. It’s not when the lover gets here. It’s not when you’ve moved into the new house. It’s not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. Shift your life focus from what you don’t want, to what you do want. And more of that will show up in your life.” – Abraham Hicks

How are you showing up in the world?

A week ago today, there were intense thunderstorms in our community. The lightning strikes ignited a wildfire a few miles from our tiny rural downtown area. Families along with their livestock, as well as the wildlife have all been displaced due to the blaze. There are over 400 first responders fighting the wildfire in our community. Due to weather conditions and difficult mountain terrain, this specific fire status remains at zero percent containment. Natural disasters invite us to take stock of how we are living our daily lives. This week I spoke with a wildland firefighter who was grocery shopping to feed her “hotshot” team. It was only because she was dressed in her uniform that I knew she was a firefighter. We talked for a few minutes, and I thanked her for her service. She told me that she absolutely loves her job and is lucky to work with a great group of people. I am grateful for the fire crews who are helping our community. We are reviewing our “Emergency Go Bags” to be prepared. How are you showing up in the world?

$100.00: Self-care. Extra groceries to share with others. Connecting and spending time with friends often sparks and resets my desire to widen the view of life experiences.  And I love that!

$0: Priceless: Do what you love. Love what you do.

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” – Maya Angelou

Today we begin the Labor Day holiday.  According to the US Department of Labor this celebration “constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contribution workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.”  I am a writer. Each week I send out a musing of words that have been swirling in my mind’s eye and pulling on my heart strings. My message is about choosing to focus on being a better human. For me, writing is a labor of love. I invite you to do what you love. When you focus on living more moments that “light” you up with curiosity, joy, and wonder, the better the world becomes for all of us. Choose your joy. And remember to be kind.

$120,400.00 This money is contributing to meals for the first responders in our community. I am grateful that they are working over this holiday weekend to keep others safe. How open are you to living in a better world in 2024? Respond to life with love. Repeat. What would it take?

$1000.00: This week’s date includes enjoying a long weekend together with friends. Gathering and celebrating with people we love. How good 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 is inside a library book called They Hold the Line: Wildfires, Wildlands, and the FireFighters Who Brave Them written by Dan Paley and illustrated by Molly Mendoza. I am choosing to be the energy of what works in life.

Five increments of time: This week I called my mom several times a day. Dad is not feeling well, and mom was extra sad.  Being there; how does it get better than that? How are you “Flowing Five” this week?

Well-Being: Something that I am doing or not doing for self-care in real time. I am limiting my time outside due to the wildfire smoke.  What are you doing or not doing for self-care?

Planet Awareness: Contributing to the health of Earth.

Do you know or remember “Smokey Bear”?  Curious? You can learn more here. What are you doing for the health of our planet?

Hold Space or Contribute to a Friends Life Intention:

This week I am supporting my friend Diane whose daughter and grandchildren are on the fire evacuation watch list. Her living intention is to be a loving mother and grandmother. One way that you can help support Diane’s living intention is to imagine her family members staying safe from the effects of the wildfire in our community. Stop putting off the things in life that matter. Do more of what “lights” you up, sparks your curiosity, and inspires you to create.

Choose joy. Be kind. Love others and strive to be a better human. What would it take?

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 3887^th day giving us $3,887,000.00 to spend
2015 today is the 3540^thday giving us $3,540,000.00 to spend
2016 today is the 3158^th day giving us $3,158,000.00 to spend
2017 today is the 2796^th day giving us $2,796,000.00 to spend
2018 today is the 2433^rdday giving us $2,433,000.00 to spend
2019 today is the 2068^th day giving us $2,068,000.00 to spend
2020 today is the 1703^rd day giving us $1,703,000.00 to spend
2021 today is the 1468^th day giving us $1,468,000.00 to spend
2022 today is the 971^st day giving us $971,000.00 to spend
2023 today is the 612^th day giving us $612,000.00 to spend