Welcome back!

You’re going to have to put up with baby pictures for a while. This new grandbaby of mine is a major source of inspiration. I do believe the experiences of our lives contains all the tools we need to progress. We do, however, have to tune in to them. When I thought about an inspiration for you today, innocence came up.

Innocence

When you look at an innocent infant, and you realize that you once were one, you know that at one time in your life you did not think that you were fat, or chubby, overweight, or obese.  Somehow, someway, that idea was introduced to you.  And you innocently accepted the fact that it was true, whether it was true or not.  In my case, I accepted it and it was not true.  As a baby, I was normal sized, but because I got nicknamed Patty Fatty, there was never a time in my life when I didn’t think I was fat.

Did something like this happen to you? I flashed back on a memory I have of trying to explain my largeness to a group who hoo-hawed the idea that my parent’s influence had anything to do about it. I remember leaving the group with a face burning with anger, and now that I’m writing about this for you today, there IS some blame there.

I know that my grandbaby, as with all children, will undergo the influence of his parents, as I did mine, as my kids did, as you did. And we all survived.  We can go back and correct the ideas we once thought were true.  They might be more compounded as we add to them in our own growing up process.  I know that I added a whole lot of details about food being fattening and about exercise being necessary, neither one of which is really true, or we’d all be obese and we’re not.  I mean, a law is a law, right?  And if it’s not a law, then it’s just an individual belief - and a wrong belief for this obesity concept.

If  you can begin to think like a newborn and simply enjoy the food you eat without adding all other kinds of things - like ideas about weight gain - your life would be more pleasant.

Love,

Pat

When I moved to the mountains 4.5 years ago, in my mind I was going to be doing some healing.  Did a question just get asked in your mind “Healing from what?”  Healing from my sense about my Self over all these years.  I am alone up here.  Oh sure, there are other people who live nearby, but I am isolated in my eyrie much of the time and I like it like that.  Today is a particularly isolating day because it snowed about 8″ last night.  It’s still snowing like crazy today.  The weather report predicts another 18″ of snow today and the winds blowing are making the snow swirl.  There’s not much traffic out, and it’s one of those days when introspection seem like a natural.

So, naturally, when I thought about writing for the World of Within Blog today, I went inside my Self to see what I could tell  you about.  I used to think that I had a lot of work to do to heal.  What I discovered since I’ve moved  up here is that all the hard work of self-correction I made prior to moving here was enough.  No more is necessary.  What’s now necessary is to stay focused on my right now, enjoy it for it’s beauty, recognize that if I wasn’t that beauty I’d never see it “out there” and just revel in the glory that surrounds me because I know I am all that.

I know that I am the great I Am.  I am so grateful for understanding that.  I know that you are the great I Am too.  I do wish you’d get a copy of my book My Cats Have Seen Me Naked where I explain in great detail why this is true.  I think you’d so enjoy embracing the allness of your own Self.  It could be the beginning of something wonderful in 2009 for you.

Love,

Pat

I hope you liked yesterday’s posting of the first chapter of my book My Cats Have Seen Me Naked. Today, I have another gift for you.  It’s one of the Top Ten Lists I created for those who join our Community.  You’d have to be on the inside to see this, so, here’s my gift to you.

Top Ten Ways to Discover the Details About Your Intrinsic Goodness

1. Make a list of the things you do with some level of skill. Only your intrinsic goodness would permit that.

2. Ask your closest friend what he/she thinks is your strongest character point.

3. Ask a relative who knew you as a small child to tell you what you did well at an early age.

4. Take a course about human psychology and craft a list about you as you study it.

5. Without speaking, just observe your reactions throughout the day. What’s good about them?

6. Who have you been caring for all your life? Bet you didn’t say “Me.” That kind of caring is an indication of goodness.

7. Do you volunteer your time to help others with their projects? Goodness motivates your generosity.

8. Expressing acceptance about your appearance as you pass a mirror is an indication of intrinsic goodness.

9. Do you stand in awe of a beautiful sunset, a dew drop on a flower petal, or a baby bunny? Your goodness permits that appreciation.

10. Enter into deep, silent meditation and ask yourself to share some more about your goodness with you. It will. There is so much more. Write it here.

If you haven’t read the book My Cats Have Seen Me Naked, you’re invited to visit our Bookstore. My Cats wants to come home to your library!

Please send this document to another obese woman who could use a fresh perspective. Ask her to read My Cats and to sign up for Insights, our ezine.

With gratitude for all the things I am Giving Thanks for today and with love,

Pat