Do you keep a dream journal? If so, please share your experience. Have you noticed dream patterns? Can/do the thoughts you think prior to sleeping impact your dreams?
Over the course of the last month my dreams have been filled with the journey of flying. At first as I was growing wings I would leap out of trees, feel the complete freedom of having the wind hold me and then gently land on green lush grass. Slowly I began soaring through trees and over tropical islands and snow capped mountains. It was all quite magical. I felt empowered and full of bright light. Many of my friends from afar came to visit in those dreams. There was nothing but love and light beaming from my unconscious.
Last night I dreamt of the zombie apocalypse. I wasn't scared but rather quite invigorated by my drive to live and shine. I crossed rivers, soared over hills, hid in corners, helped strangers, cried, and was always full of hope and adventure. This morning I woke up filled with so much joy and gratitude that I get to live another day! (And without Zombies)
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What do you do to practice happiness? What makes you happy? How do you wake up in the morning?
My favorite mornings are those when I wake up smiling. Smiling through my heart and on my face. I stretch open my arms and legs feeling the expansion of my heart as I offer thank-yous! Thank you for another day! Thank you for the sunshine! Thank you for my breath! Thank you for a new opportunity to try again! Thank you for my community. Thank you for my friends, my sisters, my brothers, my garden of babies, my beautiful world. Thank you!
I've fallen so in love with the feeling of waking up happy that before I go to bed I try to settle all the day's challenges and make sure my mind is quiet and settled before I sleep. Obviously there are days when this in itself can feel like a challenge, but I do my best. Everything is better when I choose happiness. My early mornings, my challenging part-time job, my relationship with my amazing boyfriend, my eating choices, the flow of the day, my love of life, my everything.
I started doing something this year that has had a highly positive effect on my thoughts. I say the words "I am extraordinary" everyday. The key (at least for me) is to say it until I believe it. Sometimes it seems like I've said it 78 times and other days it may only be 5. I'm still not completely sure what it means to actually believe those words but I like how it makes me feel.
Part 3:
Also keep going upside down.
Every day is another opportunity to celebrate life. To breathe deeper. To align ourselves with our own truth and then speak it with honor.
