VIDEOS FOR INSPIRED LIVING FOR MORE VIDEOS VISIT MY CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE  EXCERPTS FROM MY BLOG wheninspirationcalls.wordpress.com Tuning into Love and tuning out of fear Today I had a conversation with a close friend about embracing goodness and joy. I told him that I hadn't watched the news in a very long time and that my life was much better for it. He argued that it was important to be in-the-know of what's happening in the world around us, ahead of us, behind us, etc. While being aware of what is happening around us is important for several reasons, I ask you this: Why must we be focused on the chaos and not the beauty? Why must we tune into fear and not love? Watching the news never got me any happier. Tuning into a political talk show never made me feel blissful. I watched those shows for years. They certainly can be informative and the drama can sometimes be entertaining, but bliss inducing? So I asked my friend, "Why does knowing what is happening in the world around us mean we have to focus on the chaos of that world?" I love learning about other countries and cultures. I love serving the greater good. But I don't love focusing on chaos. Today's news is filled with reports of darkness. Instead of what chaotic thing another country has experienced, why can't we know what wonderful things another country is experiencing?Ó According to Conversations with God, and many other spiritual and self-help books, whatever we believe and think about grows. Our thoughts are attracting our experiences. So if I am focused on a negative thought, and it is drawing to me more negative feelings, thoughts, situations, then why not change the channel? Why not tune into love? Because if love engenders love, then why don't we all just tune in already and start experiencing bliss? Do you know the answer? Because we haven't known any better. That's it. It isn't because we're a dark people. It is because until now only few have known any better. But this is changing. I know it. I feel it. Mark my words; this world is turning around. Some people see chaos everywhere they look. I see opportunity to remake our world. I see a blessing in disguise. When things fall apart, we have a choice: fall apart with them or reinvent ourselves from the inside out. One of my absolute favorite mentors, Sonia Choquette is a wonderful personification of Love. It was her that first taught me to tune out the negativity of the news and other television programs. Think about this: There is nothing for us to lose by tuning out what is chaotic. Yes, the world is full of devastation. But what if the world was more full of love and we didn't know it because no one was talking about it? Just because you aren't listening to the latest newscast regarding the death toll of war, doesn't mean you don't care. When you choose to experience and express love in your world, you begin to spread this love slowly throughout your life and slowly this love spreads to another person's life until it reaches everyone. It is time for us to begin taking ownership of the type of thoughts, words, actions, and vibrations we are emitting into our world. Are you spreading light? Are you spreading love? Or are you spreading fear? Hate? Ill will? I choose to believe that we are all inherently good. In fact, I choose to believe we are all inherently DIVINE. We together with everything in the entire Universe make up the body of what people throughout the ages have labeled as ÒGodÓ. This God is not a vengeful god. This God is not a judgmental god. If as is stated in Conversations with Godbook 1, God is your highest thought, and your grandest feeling, then what is God but Love? I am not here to convert atheists into believers, but I am here to experience and express Love, and I am here to tell you that so can you. What happens if you tune out the bad news for one week and tune into the good news instead? What happens if in place of sharing the bad news about your day, you shared the good news about your day? Do you believe that like-attracts-like? You don't have to. You can go about your day, the same as before. But if you're curious just a little bit, then try it. Try tuning into and spreading the good news instead of the bad. And then see what happens. If it works, then you'll be feeling grand. But if it doesn't, then you are no worse than you started. There is nothing to lose. You and I deserve the greatest good. What good will we miss if we just tuned out of fear every once in a while and tuned into love? If God is Love and Love is within our hearts, then Heaven is already within. Embrace it. Love yourself. Live your best. Your heart is the key to all the miracles you can imagine. Start today. Tune out fear and chaos and tune into love and harmony. I am right here beside you. Let us take one giant leap at a time and transform not only our lives but our world. But don't take my word for it. Go out and try it. Tune into love. I dare you.
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