Welcome,
This is your host Marianne Pack,
Spiritual medium,
Author,
And a joy advocate.
This reading is entitled,
Let's Go Ape.
Appreciate,
Praise,
Enjoy.
I love acronyms.
There,
I said it.
After meditation,
I like to pull an oracle,
Our affirmation card.
This particular morning,
It was a card from the well-being card deck from Abraham Hicks,
One of my faves.
The front of the card said,
It is my dominant intent to look for what I want to see.
The back of the card expounded on the front's message.
This is how I paraphrased it as it resonated within.
What do I want to see?
I want to see beauty and kindness,
Things I appreciate,
Praise,
And enjoy.
When I look for lovely things,
I achieve vibrational harmony with my source and all that is good.
Along comes the law of attraction,
Which matches my vibration with more good-feeling things.
Because Abraham used the words appreciate,
Praise,
And enjoy in that order,
My mind immediately saw the word ape.
Of course,
You see where I went with that acronym,
Let's Go Ape.
So how do we go ape?
Let's look at how we might give meaning to Abraham's words.
Appreciate.
When we appreciate,
We are vibrating at the frequency of source itself.
There is no logical reason that we are feeling appreciation.
It's just who we are.
We are so tuned in,
Tapped in,
And turned on that we are fully blended into our wholeness.
Appreciation is on the same high frequency as love,
Joy,
Freedom,
Abundance,
Well-being,
And clarity.
So we can interchange any of those words for an appreciative state of being.
Praise.
When we offer praise for someone,
We are viewing them through the eyes of source,
And that is with pure,
Unconditional love.
We can't praise when we are out of alignment with who we are as source embodied.
We will see all the flaws that bother us,
But when we're aligned with our inner source,
We will be the fullness of love and see others as such,
Too.
To offer true praise is to be genuine,
Authentic,
And from a heart of love for the other person.
You can't offer praise when you're feeling,
Your feelings behind your words are hollow and empty.
Praise is full of life,
Exuberance,
Vitality,
And purity.
False or insincere compliments or flattery are not praise.
Praise comes from the heart.
And joy.
When we allow ourselves to enjoy a situation,
Circumstance,
Or being in someone's presence,
We are internalizing joy.
We are literally in joy.
We are recognizing who we are as joy embodied.
I love how Abraham says,
You are pure,
Positive energy that translates into the human emotion of joy.
When we are enjoying anything,
We are experiencing the human emotion of joy because our beingness is pure positive energy.
The coolest thing about being in joy is that we can experience it even when we may be in some of our darkest hours.
Even in times of loss,
Grief,
Trauma,
Or chaos,
We can still enjoy life,
Even if it's only for brief moments.
Now what?
Let's work on going ape in the coming weeks.
Number one,
What can you find to appreciate about yourself,
Others,
Your business or job,
Your home and neighborhood,
Mother nature,
Your partner or a dear friend?
Take some time to journal about them.
Spend some time with Mother Nature and tell her how much you appreciate her and her gifts.
Write a note or text someone and share how much you appreciate them.
Find someone to share your appreciation.
Number two,
Who is praiseworthy in your book?
Maybe start with yourself,
Then move on to someone you'd like to praise for being authentically who they are or a job well done.
It's really good to start with yourself.
We don't praise ourselves enough.
We're good at condemning ourselves,
But we've missed the mark regarding self-praise.
Sometimes it's easier to praise another person,
But did you know that you couldn't see something praiseworthy in another if it wasn't already in you?
Yep,
We can only recognize what we have within us already,
So praise away.
What do you enjoy?
Number three,
What things or experiences seem to put you in a state of joy immediately?
It can be as simple as petting your cat or dog,
Taking a hot shower,
Walking in nature,
Or being with a loved one.
Joseph Campbell said to follow your bliss.
Do we really know what that means?
If you find things you enjoy doing or brings you joy,
That is following your bliss.
So journal about what brings you joy.
What do you enjoy doing?
Who do you enjoy being with?
What do you enjoy doing when you are with a dear one?
Take advantage of your downtime and share it with someone doing something you enjoy,
Or take a little me time in quiet solitude if that brings you joy.
Let's go ape a little more often.
Big hugs,
Marianne Pack.
