Happy Holidays!

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Hello Everyone!

If you tune in regularly to my blogs you will have noticed that I have been absent for just over a week!  I have been away on holiday with Mr T, cruising around Spain and Italy! We had a wonderfully relaxing break and have I have returned refreshed and calmed.

One of my favourite things to do when I am away (as well as eating lots of yummy local food and sampling the local tipple) is to go in to any place of worship, whether its a church, a monastery, a temple or a cathedral.  For a short while, I lose myself in the sacred space that is so tranquil and infinitely calm with peace, serenity and above all silence.

In the silence and serenity, I find the sacred space inside of me.  The one that has no needs, no doubts, no fears, no anger, no hurt and no judgement.  It can create a sacred space like no other even if it is only for a short period.  There is a sense of something bigger than life in all places of worship.  There is a sense of power and strength within the marbled walls.  There is serene beauty in the artworks and statues. 

I have discovered that over the years I have become interested in all faiths and beliefs.  I pick and choose the beliefs, rituals, prayers and deities that resonate with me.  I had tears streaming down my cheeks when I received a papal blessing this week in Rome.  Seeing the Pope was an amazing experience.  When I read books on Buddhism, my heart swells with words of wisdom and I recognise my own truth.  I keep mantras on my desk to Ganesh and Lakshmi from the Hindu faith.  I use Feng Shui and I have talismans of love, wealth and health in every room in my house.  My purse is bulging with crystals, prayer cards to favourite saints and of course I have Angels EVERYWHERE!!!  That is my faith, my truth and probably why I feel at peace in any home of worship.

Where do you come home to your sacred space inside of you? What are your truths? What gives you faith?

I love going away and exploring the world but nothing beats the feeling of coming home!

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

The Three Foot Giant

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This article arrived in my in box and this inspirational man, Sean Stephenson popped up on my screen, I wanted to share this with you as a reminder that no matter what circumstances you are in, you are capable of creating your magnificent life.  You are one thought away from creating miracles.

http://www.mindmovies.com/mm21/special_video9.php

Sean's website is http://seantimes.com/

I hope you enjoy!

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

The Invitation

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This is a poem from a book that I have been reading called the Invitation.  It is very thought provoking and the book is well worth reading.

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To read more about the Author - http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com/

The InvitationBy Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for,
And if you dare to dream of meeting
Your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
For love, for your dream,
For the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow,
If you have been opened by life's betrayals,
Or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain,
Mine or your own,
Without moving
To hide it or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy,
Mine or your own,
If you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
Without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic,
or to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn’t interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself,
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
I want to know if you can be faithless and therefore be trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty
Even when it is not pretty every day,
And if you can source your life
From its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure,
Yours and mine,
And still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair,
Weary and bruised to the bone,
And do what needs to be done for the children.

It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
In the center of the fire with me
And not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
From the inside
When all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone
With yourself,
And if you truly like the company you keep
In the empty moments.

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

Talk talk!

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Another week! Here is this week's Monday Mantra!

I lovingly communicate with everyone in my life!

One of the most congested chakras is the Throat chakra!  This can manifest itself as a sore throat, dry throat and mouth, difficulty in swallowing and at times bad breath.  The reason that so many people suffer with these problems is the difficulty we can all have with speaking our truth.

We are very conscious of others feelings.  We would rather swallow angry words than make waves and cause arguments.  We fail to speak up for ourselves in case we come across as moaning or petty.  We don't say what we want in relationships, friendships, business transactions and worst of all, sometimes we have difficulty in even admitting what we want to ourselves.

We can end up in a cycle of putting up and making do rather than speaking out.  I can easily defend another or speak out against an injustice against another and yet I clam up when it comes to defending myself.  I recently wrote about a situation that I had failed to address where someone was crossing over boundaries.  It has taken me several years to assert myself and make my voice heard.  It wasn't easy for me to do this but I have felt so much better since.

I urge you to find your voice and to speak with love and truth when you need to.

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

A Bucket List

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Have you ever sat down and compiled list of things you truly want to do, experience or have before you die?  I am steadily working my way through my list and constantly adding to it.  When you release your inner most desires, hopes and dreams from the captivity of your ever thought flashing mind, you allow the universe to conspire to bring about the people, events and opportunities to achieve your heart's desires.

Here is a list of 100 examples, you will probably have dozens of your own.  Create a list and then enjoy ticking off the achievements as they come along.  Also, keep looking out for other things to add to the list along the way.  I read about someone who created a food Bucket List of all the things they intended to try before they died!

100 Ideas For Your Bucket List

Here are 100 ideas to help you get started creating your bucket list:
1. Learn to salsa dance.
2. Write a novel.
3. Write a movie script.
4. Witness a solar eclipse.
5. Ride a gondola in Venice.
6. Learn to ski in Austria.
7. Meet your favorite Hollywood star.
8. Shake hands with the President of the United States.
9. Run a marathon.
10. Go skydiving.
11. Get married.
12. Become a parent.
13. Start a successful small business.
14. Invest a million dollars in the stock market.
15. Go to Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
16. Go to Oktoberfest in Bavaria, Germany.
17. See the Monalisa.
18. Attend Loy Krathong, the sky lantern festival in Thailand.
19. Participate on American Idol.
20. Go on safari.
21. Learn to play golf.
22. Dance the tango in Argentina.
23. Read all of Shakespeare's plays.
24. Learn another language.
25. Learn to play the piano.
26. Join a band.
27. Write a song.
28. Learn to fly a plane.
29. Learn to surf.
30. Go parasailing in Acapulco.
31. Learn sign language.
32. Participate in the Peace Corps.
33. Become a black belt in Karate.
34. Meet the Dalai Lama.
35. Walk on fire.
36. Save someone's life.
37. Test drive a Ferrari.
38. Go shopping at Rodeo Drive.
39. Go on a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon.
40. Go Bungee Jumping.
41. Go Zorbing in New Zealand.
42. Eat gumbo in New Orleans.
43. Climb up the Statute of Liberty.
44. Visit all 50 of the United States.
45. Live in a foreign country for six months.
46. Become a vegetarian.
47. Read all of Agatha Christie's mystery novels.
48. Fire a pistol.
49. Be at Time's Square for on New Year's Eve.
50. Go whale-watching.
51. Visit the Vatican in Rome.
52. Go to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.
53. Visit the Acropolis in Greece.
54. Go on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
55. Ride a camel in the Sahara desert.
56. Watch the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
57. Go to Las Vegas.
58. See the Iguassu Falls.
59. Go to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC.
60. Visit the Great Wall of China.
61. See Mount Rushmore.
62. Have a street named after you.
63. Be in a commercial.
64. Go to Disney World.
65. Be an extra in a movie.
66. Go on a cruise.
67. Swim in the largest swimming pool in the world, off the coast of Chile.
68. Learn to play chess.
69. Learn to play poker.
70. Learn to juggle.
71. Learn to draw.
72. Solve a Rubik's Cube.
73. Take up gourmet cooking.
74. Sail around the world.
75. Become a wine connoisseur.
76. Restore a classic car.
77. Be known as the best in the world in something.
78. Discover what makes you truly happy.
79. Spend a week in silence.
80. Get an MBA.
81. Make the front page of the newspaper.
82. Donate blood.
83. Sell your original artwork to a stranger.
84. Become an art collector.
85. Start a blog.
86. See a koala bear.
87. Own a dog.
88. Go bird watching in Costa Rica.
89. Touch a dolphin.
90. Go to the Super Bowl.
91. Ride a motorcycle.
92. Travel to space with Virgin Galactic.
93. Climb Mount Everest.
94. Follow Marco Polo's route through all of the Middle East, Asia and China.
95. Attend a Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony.
96. Go to the Kentucky Derby.
97. Hold the Stanley Cup.
98. Participate in La Tomatina (a giant street food fight near Valencia, Spain).
99. Throw out the first pitch at a Major League baseball game.
100. Experience weightlessness

Lots of Love and Blessings for a wonderful weekend.

Jean Fisher-Taylor xxx

A time to believe.

A Time To Believe
by B.J. Morbitzer

To believe is to know that
every day is a new beginning.
Is to trust that miracles happen,
and dreams really do come true.



To believe is to see angels
dancing among the clouds,
To know the wonder of a stardust sky
and the wisdom of the man in the moon.



To believe is to know the value of a nurturing heart,
The innocence of a child's eyes
and the beauty of an aging hand,
for it is through their teachings we learn to love.


To believe is to find the strength
and courage that lies within us
When it's time to pick up
the pieces and begin again.


To believe is to know
we are not alone,
That life is a gift
and this is our time to cherish it.


To believe is to know
that wonderful surprises are just
waiting to happen,
And all our hopes and dreams are within reach.


If only we believe.
Love and Blessings
Jean Fisher-Taylor x

Pack up your troubles in an old kit bag.....!

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I heard a wonderful saying recently that I have been replaying in my mind over and over again!

"If everyone threw their troubles in to a huge pile to be shared out , you would soon want to take your own back when you see the problems that others have!!!"

As minor annoyances and niggles have appeared, I have used a technique called "reframing" to diffuse the problem and to stop my imagination from making mountains out of molehills!

I read a sign that said "My barn has burnt down!.....but....now I can see the moon!"

• Try to see a problem as an opportunity
• Turn a weakness into a strength
• Visualise what appears to be an impossibility into a distant possibility
• See a distant possibility as a near possibility
• Believe that unkindness is a lack of understanding
• Look at the positives and gifts in every situation
• Is this an opportunity to learn something about myself?
• It could be worse.  Looking at the worse case scenarios.
• Asking, will this matter in a week, month, year etc?

By putting a positive spin on a situation, it is possible to lessen the effects that the problem is having on your peace of mind. 

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

Tig..........You're it!

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Good Morning.  Today is Monday's Mantra.  In the past I have written about connecting to your inner child so I thought it would be good to start the week with a mantra that encourages us all to find the child within us.

"I embrace and indulge the child within me!" 

This weekend I took the opportunity to play in the sunshine.  My stepchildren were staying with us and my nephew had also come to play.   We took them to play tennis and badminton at the local leisure centre.  However, the constraints and rules of organised sport did not inspire the children to enjoy themselves too much so we asked them what they wanted to do.  "PLAY" they chorused!

For the next hour we ran races and played "tig" (also known as "tag").  I ran more than I have in over 20 years.  By the end of the games, I was beetroot red, out of puff but full of laughter and happiness.  I usually enjoy the child within in a much more sedate way but this took things to another level.

It is so easy to put other more adult pursuits in the way of having fun and being silly.  We can all think of a number of jobs that need to be sorted out before we can take time out for playing and relaxing.

The children talked about it all the way home and Mr T and I were surprisingly full of energy.

I hope you have a fun and silly week and by the way....TIG, you're it!

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor

I should be so lucky....!

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Do you consider yourself to be a lucky person?.  Are you one of those people who attract good fortune in life?  Or...are you one of these people that buy a raffle ticket whilst complaining loudly that you NEVER win a prize?

Lucky people believe that they are indeed lucky.  They expect good outcomes in every area of their lives. They take risks and do not fear the outcome.

I came across this article that I found interesting about lucky people by Marshall Venn on Yahoo Associated Content.

If you want to be a lucky person, there are a few things that you can do. How to be a lucky person does not require too much effort. People who are lucky are usually not lucky by chance. Luck has more to do with what you manifest rather than luck itself. To be lucky you just need to be focused on a task or event coming to fruition. Being lucky means that you have to believe in what you want and have the ability to go after it. If you are a lucky person, chances are that you are not afraid of taking chances. This is what makes a person lucky.

People that are hesitant to do anything in life, or are afraid to take risks are usually unlucky people. This is only because of the fear that they hold in their hearts. When you are fearful of something or do not believe in something, especially luck, you probably will never be lucky. To be lucky requires that you take chances. There is no other way to be lucky than that. You have to be open to all possibilities in your life to be a lucky person. The minute you start limiting yourself is the minute that you become unlucky.

To master the art of being lucky, you have to master the art of controlling your own energy. If you can keep your energy and aura clean, and your heart open, you can attract whatever you set your mind to. A clear and focused mind will always help you get what you want faster. Getting what you want can also be called success. You can be successful and lucky at the same time. The two usually go hand in hand. When you have confidence and success and things go right for you in your life, you are deemed a lucky person.

All you really need to do is feel free and confident in who you are, all of the time. If you are struggling with who you are and what you want or are stuck with an identity crisis, chances are that you will remain unlucky for a long period of time, or at least until you decide to change. If you feel that you are an unlucky person, just change your life drastically, to where you can feel better about yourself, and in the long run, you will start becoming more lucky and start attracting what you really want out of life. This is how to be a lucky person.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Love, Luck and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

Shout, Shout, Let it all out......!!!

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I was sent an article by Jayne Morris about The Power Shout! A technique used to start the day which leaves you full of energy and centred ready to start the day.  I spoke to a dear friend who is grieving and she told me she just want to scream with anger and pain, a feeling I remember only too well.  I am sure this technique would work at any time and would be wonderful to release negative emotions that come up such as frustration and anger.  Imagine how liberating it would feel to exhale those stressful  feelings when they occur instead of internalising them and letting them fester!


This is Jayne's article, I hope you enjoy!

The Power-Shout is based on energy building techniques taken from the martial arts and can be used at the start of each day to help you gain fresh perspective, connect to your intuition and focus your intentions for the day ahead.  I use it to help clients clear their energy and power-up from the inside out.   The Power-Shout helps you tap into your inner guidance system to help you prioritise your day and be more productive.  This technique re-energises you, re-connects you to your inner wisdom and re-activates your sense of personal power.

I recommends using the Power-Shout each morning to help you step into your power and focus on the most important things you need to get done, so that you can let go of all the smaller things and trust that they'll fall into place.

5 Simple Steps

1.    Stand with your feet apart, knees slightly bent and relax your body.

2.    Close your eyes and take three deep breaths in.  Turn your attention inwards and allow yourself to breath right down into the bottom of your abdomen.  Expanding your lungs completely and expelling all the stale air you've been holding inside.

3.    Get a sense of the energy at your core, the area just beneath your rib cage.  You may sense this as a certain colour or shape and feel it moving.  Notice how positive and energising it feels and imagine expanding it slowly to fill your entire body.  Then expand it so that it completely surrounds you as if you are in a zorbing ball filled with your energy.

4.    To power-up your energy with your next breath, connect with that sense of energy in your sternum and as you breathe out expel the energy as fast and powerfully as you can, with your breath.  It will make a strange sound.   To increase your power try verbalising the sound 5 times, making a deep noise "eee-ah" each time you breathe out, progressively getting louder and louder each time.  In Japanese, this sound is called "Ki-Ai" which means "energy out" or "energy focus".

5.    After your fifth out breath you will feel your energy is clearer and stronger.   Gently wiggle your fingers and toes and open up your eyes.  You will be more in tune with your body and find you can approach your day with a fresh perspective, feeling revitalised and ready for a fantastic day ahead!

Jayne Morris, The POWER Coach, is Founder and Director of Power-Up™, the unique coaching system combining life coaching, meditation, visualization, martial arts, angelic healing and integrative art therapy.  Jayne is an expert in helping busy, successful women do less and be more.  Adopting a holistic and integrative approach Jayne helps her clients connect with their inner power, passions and potential, enabling them to pursue their dreams and make positive change.  To get your FREE Power-Up Energiser Meditation and receive her eZine featuring high quality self development articles visit http://www.jaynemorris.com/

Think how much better you will feel every morning, especially when loved one's jump at this unexpected outburst of energy in the morning!!!

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

When you're smiling the whole world smiles with you!!!

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Following on a theme of "Smiling" this week, I would like to share these quotes with you, hopefully at least one will resonate with you and you too can share this wisdom with others!

Smile. It is a simple act, but sometimes takes a lot of effort. A smile can cause boundaries to melt, hearts to warm up, and distances to reduce. Why don't we smile more often? Is it too tough to smile? The answer lies in our attitude towards life. If we are more accepting of situations, we will be able to smile more easily. Here are some inspiring smile quotes. Always wear a smile. Remember, without your smile, your attire is incomplete.

Phyllis Diller
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Charles Gordy
A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.

Anonymous
A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home.

Max Eastman
A smile is the universal welcome.

William Arthur Ward
A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.

John Ray
Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Thich Nhat Hanh
Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

Jim Beggs
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available.

Mae West
Don't cry for a man who has left you, the next one may fall for your smile.

Mother Teresa
Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Anonymous
Everyone smiles in the same language.

George Carlin
If a man smiles all the time, he's probably selling something that doesn't work.

Anonymous
If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine.

Maya Angelou
If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.

Andy Rooney
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

Anonymous
It takes seventeen muscles to smile and forty-three to frown.

Mother Teresa
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Lee Mildon
People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile.

Walter Anderson
Smile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over.

Anonymous
Smiling is infectious,
You can catch it like the flu.
Someone smiled at me today,
And I started smiling too.

William Shakespeare
The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief.

Anonymous
The world always looks brighter from behind a smile.

Leo Buscaglia
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

George Eliot
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Anonymous
Wear a smile. One size fits all.

Mark Twain
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Martin Charnin
You're never fully dressed without a smile.

Finally, please watch the wonderful Michael Buble singing "When you're smiling" with these sooo cute pictures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdt416qHlkA

I hope you smile,

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor xxx

Happy Face.!

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Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.  ~Mother Teresa

As you probably already know from my blog posts I am a Happiness Coach and this week I am sooo in to smiling.  I love researching ideas, topics and material for these blogs and for my workshops.  Sometimes inspiration comes from the smallest of ideas, a word, a conversation or a picture.  I recently watched the film "Eat, Pray, Love" and was fascinated when the female lead was told to smile at her liver every day!  This led me on a quest to find out more about smiling, the inner smile and smile meditations. (I really do LOVE my work!)

In a previous blog, I gave tips on Laughter Yoga and the health benefits that come from that.  Smiling is a little more gentler and so much easier to do anywhere and anytime and without the noise!  Smiling is the most contagious thing you can do with your face (yawning comes a very close second)!

These are 20 benefits:

A smile can...

1. Start your day pleasantly.
2. Make others understand you are in a good mood.
3. Promote positivity in a work environment.
4. Relax your face muscles.
5. Make others put a smile on their face.
6. Tell people that they are going to be okay.
7. Makes you look a lot prettier or more handsome.
8. Reduce all of that stress you might accumulate.
9. Help your immune system work a lot better.
10. Lower your blood pressure.
11. Give you a child like innocence.
12. Release serotonin, natural pain killers and endorphins thus making it a happy drug.
13. Make you look younger.
14. Fill you up with positivity and power.
15. Show your understanding side.
16. Say that you can be polite in the hardest of times.
17. Help you live longer.
18. Make you appreciate the little things in life.
19. Make you look at the brighter side of a bad situation.
20. Be contagious to all those around you.

A smile has more wonderful benefits that you could ever think about. I hope that after you’ve read this, you are smiling now so don’t let anything stop it because, according to research a smile is like eating 2000 bars of chocolate! (In the interests of research I am going to actually eat the 2000 bars of chocolate and report back if this is really true!!!).

Smile and have a fabulous day!

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

Release your Inner Smile

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Happy new week!  Welcome to another Monday Mantra, today we are showing gratitude for divine and perfect health by doing a Smile Meditation.  Therefore the mantra today is:

I give love and gratitude for my body and health.

How often do we take our bodies for granted until something happens that makes us ill or causes pain when we move.  Only then do we realise how lucky we are when our bodies move with ease and we feel well and full of vitality.  I came across this Smile Meditation when I was researching for new material for my weekly meditation groups.  I hope you take the time to do it and even if you only have a few seconds free each day, say the mantra and give thanks for your health and mobility.  Doing such a mediation and repeating the mantra can also bring health back into your life if you have been feeling unwell.

Meditation

Sit comfortably in an upright position. If using a chair, sit with your feet flat on the floor. Put your hands on your thighs or folded comfortably in your lap. Keep your head nicely balanced on your spine and relax your shoulders. Allow your eyes to close. Take two or three slow relaxing breaths. Exhale slowly and completely, then wait for the inhaling to begin on its own. Relax.
Bring forth in your mind the energy of smiling. Use your powers of visualization to create an image that makes you feel like smiling. You might imagine before you the face of a loved one beaming love toward you. The image could be of your own smiling face, or a memory of a time when you felt love and peace. Perhaps you would like to imagine the beatific face of a divine being shining love upon you.
Hold the image in mind as you continue to breathe slowly and calmly. Feel the welling in your heart as the image stimulates your emotional response. Allow your heart to open to the smiling. Allow yourself to smile back at the image. The change in your facial muscles may be very slight, but let a peaceful, loving expression overtake you.
Become fully aware of the feeling of smiling energy in your mind and body. Register this as a state that is readily available to you. This pleasant emotional state can be summoned, just as you would summon a memory. You need only remember to smile inwardly.
Continue to feel the smiling energy. Let this pleasant thought and feeling course through your body. You can place your inner smile anywhere in your body. You may want to focus your inner smile at each of the chakras (energy centers). Working down from the crown of your head to the base of your spine, or from the root of your spine to the top of your head. The seven major chakras include the crown, forehead (third eye), throat, heart, solar plexus, sacral, and base chakras. Smile into each area and allow the loving energy to swirl.
You may also practice smiling into the various organs of your body. Send your inner smile to your heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidneys, your glands, and so on. Direct your love to parts of your body that you don’t think about much, or that you don’t like about yourself. Be whole in your compassionate smiling self.
Cultivate the loving feeling that arises with a smile.
Awaken the love energy in your heart and mind.
Move into the flow of love that fills the universe.
Fill yourself with loving kindness.
Share your smile and your loving heart with people in your life.
Grow the circle of your compassion wider and wider, so that it includes yourself, and those you love.
Include those you know that you didn’t think you loved.
Expand the scope of  caring to include all beings in the universe.
Develop the habit of using your inner smile to activate your loving heart. Use it to relax your mind and body. Use it to make friends with your world.

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x