Good morning everyone! What wonderful adventures do you have planned for the week? Nothing? That's perfectly fine. Sometimes no plans are the best plans especially on a Monday. Who knows what the day will bring let alone the week but always be open to possibilities.
Today's quote, "The unknown is not a bad place - it is merely not familiar - go with the expectation that it will be wonderful." Isn't that the better way to go rather than fearing the unknown. Fear is the place we go to much more often but you can change it to excitement just as easily.
You know the place I'm talking about right? It is anything that is a complete change. Safe is good. It is comforting but it is also boring. Stepping into the unknown can be scary but exciting. Do you remember the last time you felt excited about something? I do. My whole body felt different too. There is nothing like that feeling we get when we are looking forward to something and when it is completely different That too is an entirely different feel as well.
We are all creatures of habit. We all get complacent. I get complacent, but I relish change and also the unknown. The unknown includes people too. It's fun to meet new people. We've all seen those friends on Facebook who do everything together. Dinners, parties, vacations, etc. I used to want a friend group. Used to is the key word here until I realized how boring it is to do the same things with the same people all the time.
Expanding your horizons is more fun and way more interesting. Start now! There is no better time than the present moment!
Have a wonderful Monday everyone! ~Love, Amy
To learn more about what I do, you may visit: https://amykaufman.co
https://amykaufman.co
If you would like to schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, you may visit: https://amykaufman.co/private-sessions/
Good morning and happy end of the week. I have to say I am enjoying every day so I don't care if it is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Life is to be enjoyed and you are here to enjoy it so please do so!
Today's quote is "We all inhabit the souls who lived before us." Wow! I'm really on a role with past lives. Seems I've been talking about this a lot this past week. Not a mistake. Obviously, (to me anyway) this is an important issue. We have all been here before and I say this with absolute conviction. You don't have to believe this but let me assure you that it is such.
You know those deja vu moments? Those moments you feel you have already experienced? You have! You actually have because this is not your first go round. We live and die but our souls? Never! They move on and on and on. Why do you think you have such a connection to certain people?
Even the ones you can't stand and feel uncomfortable around? It is because you have experienced their presence before. I understand that some of you will have a hard time wrapping your head around this and that's OK. Be comfortable with this or not but to me it is comforting to know that we are cyclical and forever in forward motion.
When your body expires your soul says good bye and moves on. Be nice to everyone you meet because one day you will meet them again!
Have a wonderful Friday everyone and a great weekend! ~Love, Amy
To learn more about what I do, you may visit:https://amykaufman.co
https://amykaufman.co
If you would like to schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, you may visit://https://amykaufman.co/private-sessions/
Good morning. Why is Thursday here? That's a strange question to ask right? Thursday is here because yesterday was Wednesday and tomorrow is Friday therefore Thursday is destined to be here today. Have you ever questioned why you are here?
Today's quote is "You arrived in this world to fulfill a destiny but can change it after your lessons have been learned." I'm not talking about a profession, I am talking about the things you came here to learn such as trust, compassion, forgiveness, hope. We are all here to learn something. Very few of us come to this world knowing it all.
Let me give you an example. If trust is what you came to learn that lesson will pop up in the most obvious but also the most unexpected places. If I told you this before, forgive me. Many years ago I went to see a medium who told me my life lesson was trust.
My eyes bulged because I did indeed have trust issues and not on the surface but very deep seated. She told me that certain people were in my life because in previous lifetimes they failed me. I wanted to trust those people but they let me down. Thank goodness these lessons have come up frequently enough so that trust for others in my life is really there.
I am a very trusting person so perhaps my destiny has been changed. I believe in the good of everyone and don't meet new people with a skeptical eye so I would say that yes, trust for me is no longer an issue. Don't think this has happened to me overnight because it hasn't. Trust was an issue for many lives.
Think of that "over night sensation. There is no such thing. The public only sees when the rock group, actor, musician, singer is famous yet never gets to witness the struggle. Same thing with our lessons. They are repeated over and over again and then boom, like a V8 moment it hits you.
Learn your lesson and change your destiny, not that simple but when it happens it is as simple as that!
Have a wonderful Thursday everyone! Love, Amy
To learn more about what I do, you may visit:https://amykaufman.co
https://amykaufman.co
If you would like to schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, you may visit: https://amykaufman.co/private-sessions/
Good morning. Wednesday here. Weather has been crazy! Storm sun, sun storm. Nothing you can do but ride it out. At least it's outside and we are safe inside or are we? Today's quote, "If a storm surrounds you let peace prevail within you," is a reminder that that is what we need to do. We need to remain calm. If we allow outer turmoil to affect us think of how that will only increase our anxiety level.
The world is chaotic these days and sometimes so is our immediate one. There are times when we can control what goes on around us but also times when we have absolutely no control. When there is nothing we can do. What we can do is try our best to keep calm. We need to let go of what we have no power of and remember that we do have power over ourselves.
At times of crisis we forget that and just how important it is. Panic does nothing. It is the same as worry. Nothing is accomplished by panicking or worrying as it only serves to give you more of the same. What you need in stressful situations is faith. You need to have the faith to know that everything will work out in one way or another.
I know that's hard especially when awful things are going on around you or in your own personal life but you need to approach every situation with courage and strength. This is not advice. This is how we all must learn to live. Wouldn't it be great if conflict never arose in our lives but life doesn't work that way.
I, along with you have learned very slowly to remain calm. Know that you are getting advice from the original worrier! Yes, me! I always remember a story my mom told me. When I was about 8 or 9 I had a worried look on my face to which my mom asked what was wrong. I told her I was worried that I might never learn to drive.
Can you imagine being that age and seriously worrying about something that wouldn't happen for another 7 years? I can imagine because that was me but I also know I am not alone in worrying about things large and small. Control what you can, release what you can't but do your absolute best to take a long deep breath and remain calm.
To learn more about what I do, you may visit:https://amykaufman.co
If you would like to schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, you may visit: https://amykaufman.co/private-sessions/
https://amykaufman.co
Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone! ~Love, Amy
Good morning! When was the last time something great happened to you? It could have been yesterday or a week ago. Think hard. Now try and remember when something bad happened to you. We tend to remember that much more easily and when we do, we say, "I can't believe what just happened to me!" This could refer to something really major or just something as irritating as a speeding ticket.
Today's quote, "Nothing ever happens to you it happens for you." Those are two very different thoughts. That annoying speeding ticket you got could have prevented you from going too fast and getting in an accident. That job you thought you deserved but didn't get? The Universe could be protecting you from being miserable in a job you thought you wanted.
When anything bad happens we always take it way too personally as if it is an attack on us. It is not an attack at all but the Universe sending your angels to protect you or show you something. Here is an extreme example but an example none the less. There is a beautiful jazz singer named Melody Gardot who wasn't always a jazz singer. She had a devastating accident that left her with severe memory loss and many physical impairments.
Her doctors recommended music as a way of helping her heal and so Melody began writing music. Never having touched a guitar but unable to move from a reclining position, she taught herself how to play while flat on her back. She then put lyrics to her music and began to sing. Voila! A career began and a very successful one at that.
Had that accident never happened we would never know Melody Gardot and she herself would never know the amazing talents hidden inside her.
Now go back to my original question of remembering something good and something bad happening in your life. Does it make sense now? I hope so. Things happen for us not to us. The Universe makes sure of that!
Good morning all. Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Mine was jam packed with everything I love doing from Friday night until yesterday. I saw live music and had a great dinner with my husband Friday night, spent the afternoon at my new monthly venue for Reiki sessions, KHALO in beautiful Pound Ridge, went to a great blues concert that same night and kinda chilled on Sunday. Fun can be tiring!
We're back now. Back to the work week and even though my summer is mine, I'm working at what I love. It hasn't always been that way. I have been pursuing my passion of Reiki for several years and leading Guided Meditation classes for almost 4. Being an author is even newer than that.
Today's quote, "Failure is still trying - if you failed you tried if you tried don't give up - try again." I've spoken before about timing and how the time for me to pursue my career as a Reiki practitioner was light years ahead of when I thought I was ready.
Now let me share with you my foray into Guided Meditation and Chakra Therapy. I began giving classes in a small yoga studio in a terrible location but I was not deterred. I thought why have classes once a week? I'll have them three times a week AND twice a day! A little overly ambitious? Perhaps but I forged ahead.
There were days when I had 4 people and days where I had no people. There were more days with no people than days with people but you know what? I went anyway always hopeful that maybe someone would show up. Was I discouraged at the end of the summer? Absolutely but instead of giving up, I cut my schedule down to two nights.
Same thing. Was it the location? Maybe. Was it me? I was hoping not. Sometimes people came and sometimes they didn't but I never gave up. A few months later I met someone who introduced me to another venue at a much better location and little by little people came to my classes. Over time they grew and grew. Notice I said over time and not right away.
Currently I have classes at two venues. Did this take time? You bet it did. Did I want to give up? You bet I did. That little kid in me would be angry and annoyed and say to herself, "why am I bothering?" but then the rational side of me kicked in telling me that if you want something, you just can't give up.
Giving up is the easy way out. It gives you the opportunity to place blame everywhere else but on yourself. I have succeeded but it took time. I was failing in the beginning. Really failing but I refused to give up. Everything takes time. We may here that phrase, "overnight success," but that's all that is. Success takes time. Failure happens. Don't give up. If there is something you really believe in then hold tight onto that belief as you will succeed in the end!
Have a wonderful Monday everyone! ~Love, Amy
Good morning. Ahh Friday. No matter if you are working or not, Friday always has a special feel. You absolutely feel a Monday. It's when all those muscles tighten up. By the time you reach Friday your posture is completely different.
Doesn't it feel better to be relaxed? We are so much more ourselves and are able to enjoy things. Being ourselves is what it's all about! Today's quote is "Step outside of your shadow and into the light." We can do that when we are relaxed and when we are who we are. We need to do that not just on Fridays but Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
I spelled it out because you need to see it. You need to realize that so many days of the week we are not ourselves. We are busy performing and doing for others and not saying what it is we need. It's time to recognize yourself. To step away from the role of caregiver and take care of yourself.
One way to do that is to literally find the light. It's easier to remain in the background and to stay hidden. Sometimes we are just too busy to realize our importance and sometimes it is fear. Whatever it is let yourself know your time has arrived.
No need to jump. Take small steps if you need to. If you are not yet ready to be completely in light, a partial shadow is still stepping out. Know you deserve to and know your worth for when you do the sun will shine above you!
We are all creatures of habit. We all get complacent. I get complacent, but I relish change and also the unknown. The unknown includes people too. It's fun to meet new people. We've all seen those friends on Facebook who do everything together. Dinners, parties, vacations, etc. I used to want a friend group. Used to is the key word here until I realized how boring it is to do the same things with the same people all the time.
