HOW TO BECOME MORE PRESENT IN THE PRESENT

HOW TO BECOME MORE PRESENT IN THE PRESENT

1. Believe: The most important thing in your life is what is happening right now. 'Right now' includes what is inside you as well as what is outside.

2. Know: God manifests within human experience most readily when the undertow of past memories, thoughts, feelings, and worries are left behind and an empty space is created. The empty space welcomes the Divine. 

3. Cultivate simplicity. Being proud to be busy or stressed as a sign of success does not allow for the development of an inner life that flourishes in quiet and in peace.

4. Let go of any belief you carry that you are not responsible if you give time to yourself, time to be alone, time to make contact with the Divine. Your responsibilities to Life include bringing your whole self to it. This is not possible without a deep connection with your own being.

5. Rest. Find a balance between activity and non-activity. Especially now that increased spiritual light is changing your body in ways that you may not be aware of,
rest is needed to reveal the new possiblities that are developing within you.

6. Allow love to be more important than it has been. The transformation of an entire planet is taking place around and because of the vibration of love. Let this be your primary focus.

7. Express gratitude on a daily basis. Gratitude allows you to interact more deeply with life. You can be grateful for each day, and especially for each interaction with others. Each time you show up, a flower opens in God's heart.




By Keeper Belinda Storey

Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones, But Words That Don't Pertain To Me Have No Meaning!!!!

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me! I remember hearing those words as a young girl and saying, are you kidding me. Words hurt and some words hurt so bad that you feel like you just got the wind knocked out of you. But it wasn't until recently that I learned that words have NO POWER. We give them power by breathing life into them. How you ask, let me explain.

I remember getting into arguments with my brother when I was younger because he called me a name. My mom would come busting in our room asking what's going on and I would say something silly like, Corey called me a name and her question to me was, are you the name he called you and I would sit there with the stupid face and say “NO” and her response to me would be, so why did you respond or why does it bother you. Well you know what Keeper's. I gave his words life and even as an adult I use to do the same thing. Someone would say something about me and what would I do “RESPOND”. There I go giving words life again.

But there is an even more damaging side to giving words life and it's called believing them. There are millions of wounded people walking around, because they choose to give other peoples words life and they do this by #1. breathing life into them by acknowledging their words and #2. holding onto them so long that they began to believe them. It's extremely hard to defeat something you believe in or something you have been carrying around for so long. So I ask you to please stop giving life to words that you know are used to hurt you.. If the words don't pertain to you, leave them alone.

Chloe

P.S. I know my brother read all my blogs so I must admit when we were younger I called him a couple of names too lol... Love YOU

Mama Never Said There Would Be Days Like This!!!

As I hang up the phone from a counseling session with one of my men-tees I realized that there are so many things that "MAMA NEVER TOLD US" and I guess she never told us because she felt it wasn't her place or maybe she was never told herself.  Or maybe there are just somethings we are meant to learn on our own. So tonight I decided to write down a couple of things "Mama Never Shared".

1) Men will be men and if you run into one that need tweaking just to fit into your standards keep it moving. It's not your job to change a man or try to make him better. 
2) If you allow a man to walk all over you, he will. A person will only do what you allow them too.
3) If you forgive someone, forgive them from the bottom of your heart and leave it in the past. Don't hold on to old hurt to hold it over a person's head.
4) Just because your a Christian doesn't mean you have to be stuffy in your relationship. It's OK to dance, smile, be a woman and enjoy the company of your mate, because we seem to forget that all relationships need to be refueled every now and then. It's OK to keep it exciting.
5) Don't tell everything that goes on in your relationship, because every relationship has problems and everything is not for everyone to know. If you need to talk to someone, seek the advice of a pastor, counselor or mentor. 
6) If a man hit you once 9 times out of 10 he will do it again.
7) You have to be a realist when it comes to your in-laws. Although, they may love you with all their heart and soul they are still his family. So enjoy the love while your in the relationship and if the relationship should end, don't be upset or surprised that they love the next person as much as they loved you. It's only fair.
8) MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU WANT AND STAND FOR BEFORE ENTERING ANY RELATIONSHIP. IT WILL HELP YOU AVOID A LOT OF HEARTACHE.

If you can think of a couple of other things Mama never said, don't be afraid to add it..

Chloe Womack

Are You Really Comfortable In Your Comfort Zone Or Are You Just Playing It Safe???

I really don't know why they call it "THE COMFORT ZONE", because although, we are comfortable, we are still uncomfortable. I know! I know! Your question to me is how can that be and my answer to you is "EASY". We all have held a position that we didn't like, but we stayed because it was quote unquote safe, we didn't have to worry about where our next paycheck would come from, we didn't have to worry about getting to know new people and we didn't have to worry about starting over, but that didn't mean we were comfortable. Sometimes, we were down right miserable. So the reality of the situation is we were never truly comfortable within the "Comfort Zone". We just felt safe!!!

Did you know that sometimes we block our blessing by playing it safe. Sometimes we hold on just a little to long, while God is telling you to let it go. Sometimes God is saying step out on faith and your saying "I'm waiting for God to give me a sign", but he did. It just wasn't the sign you wanted to see, so what do you do. Most of us sit back in the cut while others proceed to grow and we remain the same, same old drama and same old hardships. God isn't your personal Genie and he definitely don't work for you. He work with YOU.

Let me take it one step further "Feeling safe in an unsafe environment can kill you". People are dying slow deaths every day. People are dying from heart disease due to living and working in stressful environments. Women are rapidly aging, having strokes and remaining in a state of depression, because they are afraid to step out on there own. Is it really that serious Keepers!!  Are you really that afraid that you are willing to pay with your life. I guess (sometimes) you can say that "Playing It Safe" isn't  "SAFE" at all..

Chloe Womack

One-step at a time.

Learn to love yourself enough so that when someone enters your life that treats you negatively,you can stand up for yourself and have the strength to let them go. You can learn that it is okay to say no to anyone who is not willing to treat you with the love and respect you not only want, but also deserve. Have the courage to walk away from anything that does not serve you well. Search for your highest good.

You may be thinking right now, how do I go about this when I do not have the things that would make me content? What is in your world externally is nothing more than a mirror of what is going on internally. So to change the external vision of what your world appears to be, go within and change it there, then the outward vision will change to mirror the inward feelings.

Understand that every new path has a beginning and a first step. To pursue anything new, all you have to do is to take one-step at a time. And that is the step before you. If we learn to feel and believe that we have all that we desire and want in life and accept what has been granted to us, more will come.

It is all about appreciation and gratitude. If you could learn to appreciate and have gratitude by focusing on what is good in your life, more goodness will flow to you. If we complain that we do not have those things, then that is where our focus is and that is what we will continue to attract to us. If we think and imagine having the life we desire, and act and feel as we have it within, it is sure to appear before us.

When negative events occur in your life, if you look for the silver lining in the dark rain cloud, you will learn that good is always flowing toward you, if you have but the eyes to see it. And when you embrace the good that comes from that stormy rain cloud, you are transforming the energy of what you previously deemed as something negative into some positive. When you sing this new song, more “good” things can flow to you.


By Keeper Belinda Storey

Sister Accountability Month Chloe Womack Author/founder 04/06 by Inspired Lady | Blog Talk Radio

Check out the Founder of Yes I Am My Sisters Keeper Chloe Womack on Inspired Lady Radio for "Sisters Accountability Month"..

Sister Accountability Month Chloe Womack Author/founder 04/06 by Inspired Lady | Blog Talk Radio

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~FORGIVENESS MEDITATION~

May I have forgiveness in my heart for anything I think        I've done wrong. May I forgive myself for what I think were all my past omissions and commissions. They are long gone. I understand that I was a different person then and this one is forgiving the one that I was. May I feel the forgiveness filling me and enveloping me with a sense of warmth and ease.

May I forgive my parents for anything I have ever blamed them for. May I understand that they, too, are different now. May this forgiveness fill them and surround them, and may I know in my heart that this is my most wonderful way of togetherness.

May I forgive my nearest and dearest people for anything that I think they have done wrong or are doing wrong at this time. May they feel that I accept them. May that forgiveness fill them, realizing that this is my expression of love. May I forgive my friends for anything I have disliked about them. May my forgiveness reach out to them so that they can be filled with it and embraced by it.

May I forgive the people I know, whoever they might be, for whatever it is that I have blamed them for, for what I have judged them for, or for what I have disliked. May my forgiveness fill their hearts, and surround and envelope them with it, and let it be my expression of love for them.

May I forgive fully any special person towards whom I still have resentment, rejection, or dislike. May I remember that everyone is suffering. May this forgiveness come from my heart and reach out to that person completely and totally. May I forgive any one person, or any situation, or any group of people, whom I am condemning, blaming, or disliking. May my forgiveness be my expression of unconditional love. They may not do what I think are the right things.

May I remember that all human beings are suffering and that my heart needs forgiveness in order to have purity of love. May I look again and see whether there's still anyone or anything anywhere in the world that I blame or condemn. May I forgive them so that there is no separation in my heart.

May I put my attention back on myself and recognize the goodness in me and the effort I am making. May I feel the warmth and ease that comes from my forgiveness. May all beings have forgiveness in their hearts!

By Keeper Belinda Storey

A Spiritual Awakening!!!! By Keeper Marcia Alston

The distance grows stronger as the minutes become hours and days
my heart beat pounds cause its change
no words expressed but the silence persists
the tearing away did not know it would come like this
a still small voice says let it go
but the pain of loss keeping telling me no
loss so much my God when do I win
never seen what I thought was real
turned into a fantasy which confused reality
eyes closed so tight as a little girl dreams
the love never felt or seen but only dreamed
in fairytales

Passion traded for friendship only to define
what I thought was mine
lied to myself when the reflection never lied
tainted a bond by my own misconception
thinking could I go back in time to mend my mind
to believe I am divine
sabotaged possibilities by self destruction
seeking self confidence which comes from within
playing the victim which never wins
praying the good shared transcends the quietness
hoping growth comes with a new horizon
a spiritual awakening seem through the eyes of God
learning the lesson without losing time


written by Marcia Alston

New Year, New month, new day......Learning the lesson and not repeating cycles. We are women of divine purpose. Have a wonderful day Keepers!

Being Authentic = Freedom

The most courageous thing a person can do is to live an authentic life.  What is an authentic life?  It is a life lived from your heart, speaking your truth, standing in your truth, living in your truth. The problem with getting to this point of authentic freedom is that for most of us, we have no idea of who we really are.  To get to know who you really are you must go deep within.  You must be willing to look at all of your limiting beliefs; beliefs that tell you that you are bad, you are not worthy, you are not capable, and you are not enough, just to name a few. We take limiting beliefs on our whole lives.  Fromearly childhood we learn from our parents, grandparents and siblings.  Their opinions begin to shape and define us. Then as we grow, our peers and teachers affect us most.  Society also plays a tremendous role in telling us who we are.  It's up to us to know the truth.

Limiting beliefs are like a cage locked tight with no opening in sight.  But when you realize that you are the one who holds the key in releasing these beliefs, only then can you find freedom.  Freedom comes from within.  It comes from getting to know who you really are, releasing all limiting beliefs. And as you release your limiting beliefs and stand in your truth, your example shines a light for the whole world to see. Freedom will be yours when you give yourself permission to live authentically.

By Keeper Belinda Storey

Today I Am Walking My Talk!!!!!

As I sit in the car and watch the snow continue to fall I had an "AHA" moment.. For the longest I had very little faith in "ME". I had very little ambition, I wouldn't exactly say I was lazy, you know what! I can't let the EGO get in the way, so let me keep it real. Let me rephrase that comment, Yes I can say I was lazy, My mind was always going and I was always saying what I was going to do, but I was lazy with my actions, because I would never do it.. I wasn't walking my talk..

I guess I'm sitting here thinking about this because everyone know I hate driving in the snow and I'm not a fan of the cold.. When the weather change I go into hibernation, but today is a little different.. I decided I was going to introduce myself to 20 Woman business owners today. I woke up at 5:00 AM and looked out the window and thought "no way am I going out in that". It was snowing way to hard, so I continued to do some cleaning around the house and I thought, well what else would I be doing if I don't go and I couldn't think of one thing really worth doing that would benefit my "GROWTH". So I hit the shower fixed my breakfast and was on my way. When I started driving I realized it really wasn't as bad as I thought it was and although, I didn't meet with 20 woman before it really started coming down, I actually met with 11. Then I began to think, maybe it's time to go home.

My point Keepers is Walk Your Talk and let nothing hold you back.. If you know you want to do something  just do it.. 

Today I am walking my TALK!!! 

Chloe Womack

Beginning Today By Keeper Belinda Storey

Beginning today. . .I will no longer worry about yesterday. It is in the past and the past will never change. Only I can change by choosing to do so.
Beginning today. . .I will no longer worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow will always be there, Waiting for me to make the most of it. But I cannot make the most of tomorrow Without first making the most of today. Beginning today. . .I will look in the mirror and I will see A person worthy of my respect and admiration. This capable woman looking back at me Is someone I enjoy spending time with And someone I would like to get to know better. Beginning today. . .I will cherish each moment of my life.

I value this gift bestowed upon me In this world and I will unselfishly share This gift with others. I will use this gift to enhance the lives of others. Beginning today. . .I will take a moment to step off the beaten path And to revel in the mysteries I encounter. I will face challenges placed before me With courage and determination. I will overcome the barriers that may hinder My quest for growth and self-improvement. Beginning today. . .I will take life one day at a time, One step at a time.Discouragement will not be allowed to taint My positive self-image,my desire to succeed Or my capacity to love. Beginning today. . .I walk with renewed faith in human kindness. Regardless of what has gone before,
I believe there is hope For a brighter and better future. Beginning today. . .I will open my mind and my heart. I will welcome new experiences. I will meet new people.  will not expect perfection from myself nor anyone else,
Perfection does not exist in an imperfect world. Rather, I will applaud the attempt to overcome human foibles. Beginning today. . .I am responsible for my own happiness And I will do things that make me happy . . . Admire the beautiful wonders of nature; Listen to my favorite music; Pet a kitten or a puppy; Soak in a bubble bath . . .Pleasure can be found in the most simple of gestures. Beginning today. . .I will learn something new;

I will try something different; I will savor all the various flavors life has to offer. I will change what I can and the rest I will let go. I will strive to become the best me I can possibly be. Beginning Today…….