Julie's Spiritual Space

Dear %$firstname$%,

Some of us have a habit of thinking low. For example, "I bet I made a bad grade on that test," or "I doubt if he even notices me." Why? Probably so we won't be disappointed if the hurtful truth we fear comes to pass, or we'll be pleasantly surprised if we're wrong.

A valid approach? Today's I Listen to Spirit Blog investigates! "Low Expectations - the doom and gloom failure-prevention system."

Dear Guides,

Some people hold lower expectations so that success is a happy surprise and failure stings less. Does this doom and gloom approach work to ward off bad results?

Click to the blog to find the first part of the guides' message.

And then, here is some more of the channeling from the longer "Dear Guides" Journal version of the I Listen to Spirit blog, channeled by Minda Bernstein.

"To cultivate these higher frequencies within yourselves, if you choose that these are appealing, you can remember things like, 'I choose to wait and see before I start feeling that this situation is good or bad.' ...

"Or for the other approach, try, 'I choose to believe that what comes to me is in my highest interest for the greatest good, no matter how it may appear, whether cloaked in a pretty package or an unappealing one.'"

So it seems that we wouldn't need to armor ourselves with low expectations if we could let go of judging outcomes as good or bad. Very interesting!

Before I start on my studio musings, this is a brief message to my fellow PSA artists:
I wrote you a welcome note in last week's Beauty & Spirit Note, but it turned out that most of your emails had not been digested by our mailer program in time to receive it. To read it, click here.

Well, all week I've been attending a rather left-brain training. I knew going into it I would need to shore up my right-brain reserves or I would come home exhausted, so I thought of different ways to do that.

For one thing, I tried to remember that my luscious right brain is always with me, just an eyes-closed moment away. For another, I constantly focused on the beautiful qualities of people sincere about doing a good job. Third, I brought a really good book to read at lunch and sat in the sun. Fourth, I volunteered often.

Did it work? At least partially! But here's something that worked like magic:

In the evening my brain was too frazzled to paint, but I got a nudge of inspiration. I grabbed a few yucky, half-done acrylic paintings I had made during class demos, and started cutting and pasting. What fun!

That brought me back to life in no time. This collage is called, "The Heart Walks Out Free." (32"H x 21"W)

Oh, but just as sweet, yesterday my hubby vacuumed the house while I was gone and made me dinner when I got home! And - gasp! I just noticed he did the laundry. OMG. Excuse me while I faint.

With love,
Julie

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