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Embracing it Like the Very Last Holiday Season

By Malayna Dawn, Unity Community's web-"mistress"

If the Mayan calendar is right, and the world is ending on December 21 2012, or even transforming dramatically, this could be the last Christmas and the last New Year.  At least, the last one we might recognize. 

Kinda a bummer, I know. But we Unitics (AKA Truth students, positive thinkers, Pollyannas) can make it work for us.

 Last year, we thought it might be the last holiday we could spend in our family home, so we did it UP!

We infused every aspect with appreciation and love, and lived it consciously and meaningfully. 

(P.S.--Thanks to the law of attraction and our attitude of gratitude, we didn’t lose the house!)

Let’s treat this holiday season the same way. Deck the heck out of those halls, and trim those trees to teetering!  Be good to yourself, and give to others from the heart.

If anything can stop the end of the world, it would be unfettered, unadulterated LOVE.  And if it can’t be stopped, we may as well enjoy it to the fullest, live in the moment and have no regrets.

Make the most of the Mayan prophecy and make this holiday season the best EVAH!

(And if it turns out NOT to be the end of the world, we can top ourselves next holiday season while we giggle.)

Love, Laugh, and Live it UP!

Also check out last year's Christmas cogitation: Symbolic Wishes for a Metaphysical Christmas

Mayan Santa image combines an image from the Dimension of Power blog and a Santa hat icon from Icon Archive.com.

Commitment to Gratitude for November

More positive and productive thoughts from Lucele Coutts for Unity Community Church in Reseda, CA for November 2011.

Click to see the story for each image included in "Thanksgiving is many circles of Love".

For Nov 1 - 7: Today I plan to be responsible, finding new ways of thinking, speaking and acting, opening new channels through which miracles just seem to happen. For when I AM using my unique God-given gifts and talents, I know I not only help myself, I am of loving service to others.
 
For Nov 8 - 14: On this day, I choose something I have been avoiding to clean up. First, I forgive myself for not doing it, and bless it, putting God in charge, for  I AM ready to listen with my heart, knowing God will show me the way, and best of all, I know God is always ready for the answers.

For Nov 15 - 21: For today, I give thanks for all the good I have received.  And I will bless everyone I think of, see, meet or speak to. As I enjoy every NOW moment, I know that God is always in charge of my life, so of course I AM being blessed in the most complete and loving way.
 
For Nov 22 - 30, and Thanksgiving: In this NOW moment I give thanks for every breath I take, and the food I eat, which energize and support me in health.  And as I feel that pure energy filling me, I give thanks, for I AM my Creator’s expression of health, being supported to be and to do all that I AM meant to be and do.
 
BONUS: When I learned that the Navaho word for "beauty" meant "Divine Order", I claimed the following: I AM beautiful, I see what is beautiful, I hear what is beautiful, and I claim only that which is beautiful in my life, for I know that I AM living only in Divine Order throughout this day and night.

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Commitments for October

More positive and productive thoughts from Lucele Coutts for Unity Community Church in Reseda, CA for October of 2011.

Oct 2 - 8 - In this Now Moment, I forgive anyone I have not forgiven when they come to mind, for I realize these thoughts do not help me.  And I forgive myself for each time I might think or speak against them.  Then taking a deep breath, I let all those thoughts go….with love. 
 
Oct 9 - 15 - Since Divine Intelligence has given me the freedom to choose, I choose to be loving and joyful, prosperous and giving, healthy and strong, wise and thoughtful.  But most of all, I choose to see God in everyone I  meet, for God IS in every one, just as God IS IN ME. 
 
Oct 16 - 22 - Nothing is more fulfilling than a simple word of thanks.  So I will spend this day thinking of others I am thankful for, and ways I can build a loving habit of saying "thank you" and really meaning it.  And I don’t forget to thank God and myself for big things and little, starting right now.
 
Oct 23 - 29 - A moving river refreshes itself, but if its flow is cut off, the pure water becomes salty and heavy, stagnating into a dead sea, even into a hard dry lake.  And so it is with my Flow of Life, so I release and let go of everything blocking my way, freeing me to be what I am meant to be.
 
Oct 30 - Nov 5 - Like a small stream joining a mighty river flowing to the sea, there are many channels leading to my abundance, whether prosperity is seeing my work going smoothly, vibrant health, some needed cash, or just one moment of peace, I open my heart wide to every single prosperous possibility.
 
BONUS: As I step forth this day, I  promise to see and think of only that which is positive.  I am alive and well, for God is in charge of my life, and I am ready to accept this truth about me for I am a true God’s expression, and I am ready, oh. so ready for that truth about me.
 

 

Creative Thoughts for September 2011

From Lucele Coutts, one of Unity Community Church's members-at-large.

       I seem to be going in circles again, good ones, turning out one project after another, even returning to an unfinished basket that finally had driven me into a sculptural corner.  But when I returned to it recently, the problems seemed to disappear, turning out surprisingly well.      

Yet my sculptural clay activities had been a steady flow, until a newspaper photograph of a great horned owl intrigued me. 

She is a special bird who made her way into a woodsy area north of where we live, and she was friendly in a non-owl-like way with a local rancher, who finally protected her by carrying her to a special place near Scottsdale, where she now lives a very happy life among humans. 

Finally deciding to copy her in clay it has not been easy, with problems cropping up unexpectedly, but I am working at it. 

(Image of owl, above, from http://www.scenicreflections.com/download/491512/Great_Horned_Owl_Landing_Wallpaper/ , image of owl, below, from http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/photo-portrait-great-horned-owl-10317/ )

       I knew the lady would be complicated, and though she may not be perfect, I will finish her.  I know if I don’t, my inner voice will keep pushing me, as it did in the recent past, when I finally listened, and I headed into this new and joyful and positive life of clay.  So I am again putting forth a challenge to you, and she led me to this month’s TIP: 

If anything you think you would like to try, but still haven’t, listen for your inner voice, and see what happens when you try.  I know you will like the results.

P.S. from the webmaster -- owls symbolize wisdom, both intellectual and spiritual! Read more at Pure-Spirit.com!