YOUR LIFE A-Z LUMINOUS

LOOK WITHIN-THE BEAUTY IS INSIDE

LUMINOUS

Following up on the word IGNITE, be LUMINOUS.   Be a voice of clarity in the darkness of daily life.  Realize and take personal responsibility that your actions, words, and even thoughts effect other people as well as your own demeanor in the world.    When you have a negative thought your body tightens, your behavior constricts, and you adapt your body to react to the negative input the brain is receiving.  Learn to transform negative thoughts by LUMINOUS thinking.  Shine some light on the darkness allowing time to reflect about how you reached such a negative thought and then allow that reflection to act as LUMINOUS moment to transform that negativity into something positive.  There is an old Sufi story about a teacher who lost his keys.  His students found him looking for his keys beneath the streetlight. After exhausting all efforts to find the keys one student asked,  “Where did you lose your keys?”  The teacher said, “Inside the house.”  LUMINOSITY helps you get clear about what questions to ask and where to search for what is missing.  LUMINOUS thinking heightens your ability to analyze and think things throw.  Following negative and critical thoughts down a dark road will lead you into depression and despair.  Allow yourself to shine the light where the darkness appears in order to get your life on track.  The more you allow the LUMINOUS presence of the light the more clarity you will receive about most of the issues in your life.  Light is just not light.  LUMINOUS light brings clarity to the darkness. 

YOUR LIFE A-Z:NAME

NAMING IS REALLY IMPORTANT

NAME

What is your NAME?  What does your NAME mean?  Do you have any idea why or how your parents came to choose your NAME?   NAMES are powerful resources for your personal stories. Each of your stories started before you were born.  So often when you think about your personal transitions from childhood through to your current age it is easy to focus on the negative things in your life.  And some of you may feel very negative about your NAME. Some of you may even hate your NAME.  If this is the case, then stop being a victim to it and change it. You can choose to be called whatever name you want.  For instance if your name is Edna and you hate that, what would you like people to call you instead?  Next time that you introduce yourself say, “my name is Edna but I prefer to be called Anna.”  After awhile you and everyone else gets use to it and you don’t have to even think about it until you sign legal documents.  If you hate it that much change your name legally.  That is powerful way to actualize your personal power.  NAMES are important identifying labels for you.  If you don’t know the story behind your birth NAME then go on a personal discovery adventure to ask questions of your family members.  Ask, how did I come to be NAMED ___________?  What other family stories are out there about other family members NAMES?   Become a story- teller and story collector of the NAMES in your family.