“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
-Wayne Dyer
 
 
Bliss is one of those feelings, like ecstasy and transcendence, that feel miraculous and unapproachable except by a select few. What does following your bliss look like in everyday, regular old life? Is it a miracle? Maybe, and maybe it’s just a change in how you look at things.
 
For each one bliss looks different, but the foundation is that of perceiving with the eyes of love. To give you an idea of what love flowing on a regular day might look like, here’s an entry from my  journal of several years ago.
 
“It is a glorious, sun-filled morning. The weather is unseasonably warm. I have been following the energy for several days rather than my usual, routine work schedule. Because of that, the windows are put away and the screens are up on the front porch, the dead plants are cleared off the back porch and several plants sit outside here with me, enjoying the early spring sunshine. As I follow the energy, jobs get done before I need to have them done. This must be something the same as squirrels instinctively wanting to collect acorns and seeds in August that they later need over the winter. All part of how the creative energy flows so beneficially for all. It gives me a feeling of being watched over, cared for and loved.
 
I have an increased awareness of the beauty and joy with which I am surrounded. A robin singing her cheery good morning outside my bedroom window. Her evening song lilting and lovely through the deepening dusk of day's end. The sparkling brook flowing through the dark green and rust of the pine woods in back of our home. Perhaps I am simply allowing myself more time for these things by not sticking to a prearranged job schedule. Perhaps I am more relaxed, better able to appreciate. What a gift!”
 
Wouldn’t it be nice to feel like this every day? I’d like to. I don’t always, but that’s what our spiritual tools are for, because we each of us has a choice to change how we look at things today. We can choose to see through the eyes of love. 

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“I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.
Yeah, yeah, oh-yeah, what condition my condition was in.”
-Mickey Newberry
 
I have lately been more aware of the beauty surrounding me, especially outdoors. Yesterday morning I walked outside and it was as if it called to me. A bird sang, the air was bright and beautiful. It was like a “heads up!” message. Yet I didn’t know what to do with it except to notice.

Last night I dreamt of being driven in a van through the Alps. The beauty of the mountains was overwhelming. Tears of joy filled my eyes. I was glued to the window not wanting to miss one instant of the beauty.

Recently too, the sunsets have attracted me and felt like a pathway to feeling the love of Spirit, a daily reminder of just how much we are loved.

Perhaps the message is to focus on the beauty of all that surrounds us, both inner and outer beauty. Focus on God’s love and how that love is shown, both large and small. It is all there for us to be open to, to focus on every day.

Pay attention to beauty as a reflection of God’s love and you are choosing to allow more and more of it to enter your daily life.

Additionally, pay attention to what else you are paying attention to. Look at where your attention goes. Is it something you want to increase in your life? It will.

And then there is this - pay attention to where your positive attention is, for it is not random. What attracts and entices you is your Spirit communicating with you, guiding you to your inspiration. 

What is your Spirit saying to you today?

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