More Prizes :)

Last blog post I was writing about the biggest prizes in our lives to keep our attentions fixed on :) so we value them :) and grow them :) as much as we possibly can :) I think I can summarise those main prizes down to two key processes now :) 1. Caring :) and 2. Giving :)

Ultimately, I’m saying it’s the processes in our hearts :) (i.e. our minds) :) we’re focusing on in this training :) and the training itself :) (i.e. the processes :) of caring :) and giving) :) that’s most important :) and to which we should be really committed :) and prioritise in our hearts :) and minds :) and lives :) It’s the training :) in these beautiful processes :) of caring :) and giving :) It’s the processes themselves :) that’s most important :) If we can learn :) train :) develop :) and master :) the sciences of giving :) and caring :) the experiences :) of giving :) and caring :) of truly being a loving human :) all good things :) will come :) into our minds :) our hearts :) and our lives :) and world :)

Just imagine right now :) a world :) that was filled :) full of people :) so very many people :) who were all really ‘being human’ :) meaning we’d all learned to truly become what we’re meant to be :) what we’re named after :) loving ‘human beings’ :) Imagine if we’d all learned to be best friends :) to truly be loving sisters :) and brothers :) learned to really love :) and care :) and give :) to be a team together :) through training :) and mastering :) the sciences :) of giving :) and caring :) to everyone :) and everything :) through studying :) and realising :) the Science of the Mind :) It’d be a different world :) and it’s a world I’m committed to :) in my heart :) to helping us realise :) to make it real :)

When we reflect upon :) and train :) towards such prizes :) we end up realising :) there’s also so many other prizes :) so many more prizes :) because when we really prize caring :) and giving :) we really learn to care :) and give :) for everything :) and we start realising :) how everything :) is really a prize :) every moment :) every little thing :) Every little person :) and little animal :) and insect :) every little :) even tiny :) miniscule :) thing :) we care for :) and give to :) When I say these things I mean we should prize all the good things :) in our lives :) it’s occurring to me this morning :) And we really need to learn :) and train ourselves :) to have a mind :) and heart :) that can let go of all the rest :) let go of anything that isn’t good :) that doesn’t light up our lives :) and world :)

Every moment :) in our lives :) is a prize :) and everything :) each moment :) contains :)

Your body :) and your mind :) are prizes :) Take good care :) and give :) a nice balance :) of work :) rest :) and play :) for your body :) and mind :) Listen to your body and mind :) and care :) and give :) what your body :) and mind :) needs :) Care and give :) for your bodies’ :) and minds’ :) healthy desires :) Care :) and give :) to your bodies’ :) and minds’ :) feelings :) Your loved ones :) your friends :) even strangers :) and other people :) all around the planet :) Care :) and give :) to all these wonderful team-mates :) all around the world :) to whatever degree you can :)

Your work :) your rest :) your play :) care and give :) to all these things :) Care :) and give :) to balance things :) in a nice way :) Focus on quality :) over quantity :) Focus on working smarter :) rather than harder :) softer :) rather than harder :) gentler :) rather than harder :) Don’t be hard on your prizes :) Play gently :) lovingly :) softly :) Don’t play hard :) Rest peacefully :) comfortably :) Relaaaaxxxxxx :) softly :) not hard :)

All your goodnesses :) and everyone else’s :) and all the animals’ goodnesses :) and the whole Earth’s goodnesses :) are all prizes :) Mount them up high :) on your walls :) out of your huge respect :) for these things :) Frame them :) Keep them behind glass :) Bow your head low :) before them :) All these things are metaphors :) analogies :) for the way we should prize these beautiful :) lovely :) things :)

When I woke up this morning :) and was lying in bed for a while :) relaxing :) my mind was negative… it was consumed with some bad thing I’d done a long, long time ago in my past… and then all these other bad things I’d done were coming up too… Hehehe :) I can’t even remember right now :) what these things were :) as that is how effectively I switched my focus :) in my mind :) What I did :) was I thought to myself, ‘but I’ve done so much good’ :) and ‘I’ve always been good’ :) ‘so there must be so much good I’m taking for granted :) and not remembering’ :) So straight away I started thinking of the good things I’d forgotten :) and this big smile came out on my face straight away :) and my energy completely shifted :) into positivity :)

Positivity :) is a prize :) Energy :) is a prize :) Peace :) Joy :) Love :) Hope :) these are all prizes :) Optimism is a prize :) Stickers for encouragement :) are prizes :) Hehe :) One of my dearest best friends has given me all these stickers :) even “scratch’n’sniff” stickers :) (can you remember them? :) If you can’t, you surely didn’t get enough of them :) when you were growing up :) so now’s the best time to catch up on your life’s allowance :) of such stickers) :) Anything negative or bad, anything that’s been or gone wrong, it’s rubbish, chuck it in the bin :) But frame :) protect behind glass :) and mount up high :) on the mantelpieces :) and walls :) in your minds and hearts :) with celebratory stickers attached :) that smell so sweet :) all your excellent prizes :)

Trust me :) you’ll feel better :) As one of our dearest best friends was saying in our online support group :) that I read this morning :) this is a way of prizing our days :) that makes them ‘better days’ :)