Rhythms of Thanksgiving

the colors of delight 

Gratitude

Courage, dignity, and confident beauty are rhythms of Thanks-giving. They are inner music that connects us with the intuitive shine of gratitude.

An attitude of gratitude is like a beam of light. The reflection is silent. We are thinking with our senses and feeling with our minds.

Thinking sensually is how we search for balance and justice in ourselves and our world. Confident beauty is inner peace. With open eyes, ears, heart and mind, we kiss the lips of gratitude. It feels good.

Being thankful is tuning-in to cosmic heartbeats of wonder,  freedom and love. As the poets say, "the subject is always love." Believe in the power of your heart.

Like leaves dancing in the wind, we are part of nature and feel rhythms of living. To be thankful, we don't have to think outside of the box because there is no box. Intuitively, we are energy of life that connects through lightwaves, sound waves, the sensuality of soul, and chance.

NYC

I live in New York City, the melting pot of the world. Every day, centuries of historical prejudice that plague other nations is erased here. I'm writing this on the no.4 train, packed full of people of every age and hue. This is an easy time for me to reflect on being thankful.

I'm thankful to have a place to live and food to eat. I'm thankful to know my family and where I come from. I'm thankful that I'm not persecuted for my religion or sex.  I'm thankful for courageous people all over the world who choose justice and love. 

I'm thankful for ingenuity and resilience of the human spirit. I'm thankful to be alive, to see the sunrise, to feel the kiss of moonlight and to dance and dance with the mysteries and magic of sensuality.

Any day is a good day to inhale reflection and exhale Peace. Make time for a deep breath once a day. Celebrate and be thankful for your body, heart and soul. Dance with rhythms of cosmic love.

Choose love and don't ever let fear turn you against your playful heart. ~ Jim Carrey

Enjoy this inspiring video.

#jbernard

Written on a crowded commute from NYC to Brooklyn.

The Weight of Happiness

Ever since happiness heard your name, 

it has been running through the streets trying to find you. ~Hafiz

Does happiness chase us? If so, why don't we turn around and embrace it? 
The weight of happiness is something people don’t talk about... I suppose, if we have diet goals or Destiny goals, it would be spelled the wait of happiness.

The weight of happiness is inner wanting. We carry it around like a layer of protective fat. Inner happiness reminds us who we are and gives us courage to face the day. It connects with what makes us tick and ignores demands that are destructive. 

If you run from happiness, maybe it’s because you don’t know who you are. The hardest person to know is our self. It's hard to see the whole picture. Because our eyes don’t have good depth perception, sky divers are taught to ‘look at the horizon’ to gauge where they are. On the horizon of Life - kindness, dignity, justice and peace are easy to recognize when you look for them.

The weight of happiness is intuitive imprinting. It's sensual thinking that grounds passion, with patience and dignity and focuses courage with innocent curiosity. Natural curiosity is our hunger for the flavors of life. To feel weightless, we balance experience with appetites of heart, mind, body and soul. Happiness is awareness of the intuitive nudge of self-respect and the confidence to trust it.

Curiosity is the horizon of being. Be open to the unexpected.  Trust your senses. Sensual connections are how we balance and clear input from mind, body and spirit. It burns calories. What we sense can drive us into the arms of inspiration, where a business opportunity or perhaps cosmic love waits. We discover ourselves. Notice what you sense and you will be vibrant. 

Inner happiness flows like the clouds in the sky. Your heart never stops beating. Embrace it. Being curious an intuitive strategy for satisfaction.. Happiness sheds useless weight. Doors open. 

Don’t run from happiness waiting for you. Like weather, happiness is not always what we expect. When you fine-tune your senses, the rhythm of happiness is a lightness of being. Trust what feels right. Dance with the weightless rhythms of change.  Dignity is a calm attitude of self-respect that breathes with your heart. Attract happiness into your Life with your smile, and then, face it with dignity.

Think with your senses and feel with your mind and the rainbow of Life swirls into a path of golden opportunity. The weight of happiness is here.

" Be yourself; everyone else is already taken "~~~~ Oscar Wilde

Maya Angelou - Rainbow Connection

Sarah McLaghlan - Rainbow Connection 

#janebernard  

The Bridge Between

Love is the bridge between you and everything. #Rumi

We are knocked off-balance by the senseless deaths around the world. Stunned by violence and illness, we are forced to reflect and question "why?" The answer is vile. We turn to inner courage for reflection. We search our character for intuitive cues to connect our thinking with personal integrity and love.

The heroic path of the heart.

Intuitive thinking is the heroic path of the heart that guides us with values, not with emotions or thoughts. We are navigating chaotic seas of change and upheaval in our world. Trust your gut to ground social fears and keep personal priorities in perspective. Feel the passion.  Dignity and gratitude are intuitive strategies that connect our hearts with harmony. Inner character is love that replaces fear with perspective. 

Love appears in many forms. 

Self-discipline and kindness opens our eyes to cosmic love. We sense it as courageous and may call it: integrity, dignity or honor. With the power of love, we find balance and strength. We sense boundaries, responsibilities and rewards. Intuition is our survival instinct that brings courage we need, to trust from the heart. The subject is always love.

Trust creates Peace. 

With the tragic loss of lives, there are renewed calls for peace and understanding around the world. We join together with compassion to heal. Intuitive boundaries of self-respect and dignity guide the way. We are walking across the bridge of change.

Cosmic love is a fragile spark that never dies.

Winds of courage, patience, dignity and determination turn it to flame. When passions of character are tuned to Love we thrive, heal and bring comfort to others. Let's send healing on wings of compassion around the world. 

As upheaval happens, sadness, curiosity, frustration, tenacity, loyalty, courage, dignity and patience are ways to reflect, create and affirm strategies for good health, understanding and love.  We help ourselves and others by renewing awareness of the big picture and that bring us joy. 

#JaneBernard

Stay Connected

Stay connected with strategies that come from the heart.

Life gets tangled. We live through storms and don't know how long they will last. Tangles turn into knots. We may blame ourselves. When the big picture gets lost, passions fade. Stay untangled. Notice what you sense. Connect.

Fine-tune what you see, hear, taste, touch and smell to stay connected with the heart of your needs. Talk less; sense more. Listen with your ears, eyes, mind and spirit. The power of passion always kicks-in when we use intuitive tools like courage, tenacity, patience or dignity to find answers. Sensing automatically resets focus and primes clarity. Be gentle with yourself. The truth is never jarring.

The power of perspective is important and exciting. You know much more than you realize. You can pick-up the slack  and stay connected to what matters by sensing the bigger picture. It's intuitive to build passions that vibrate connections with fun, spirit and common sense.  Thinking with our senses keeps the present in focus.  Feeling with our mind protects long-term priorities.

Different challenges need different solutions. Sensing keeps us tuned to the present. Sensual thinking connects choices with good timing and variety. Our intuitive perspective is spontaneous. That's why it's natural to sync with change and love. 

Frustration and doubt throw us off balance

Tune to simplicity you sense,  honesty you feel and the anchor of experience. You  will discover balance and traction you need for satisfaction. Noticing what we sense leads to a relaxed state of mind. 

Intuitive tools like courage, dignity, patience, curiosity and tenacity tap into inner strength to keep you on track with purpose.  Patience is the intuitive reality check that saves time and undoes confusion. Don't be afraid to trust it to stay connected. 

Life is finite, don't waste time fighting change. Think sensually to have momentum and connection. Use intuitive strategies of courage, tenacity and dignity to keep resilient focus you need to stay true to yourself. 

Like music, life has many notes, refrains and melodies. Dance more. Feel the music in your heart. Discover your intuitive power to connect with change. When life gets tangled:

• Have an attitude of forgiving. Often the person to forgive is you. Anger and regret are detours that tangle. The past is history. You are here now. Today is an opportunity to stay connected to the voice in your heart.
•  Be bold. Change rooms in your mind for a day.

Be observant. See what's going on to be in sync with the big picture of your life and our planet. Answers are blowing in the wind.

#janebernard

reprint from Sensual Thinking