Week 3 101 Challenge Make our world a better place.



Yes Please, by Jean Hart
101 Challenge
Make our world a better place.
Week 3
Good luck with week 3, it's okay if you can't do them all. Do what you can.
Be Inspired,
~jean

March 2, 2015

30. Instead of buying new batteries, buy rechargeables.

31. Make breakfast in bed for someone you love.

32. Find something you’re good at and use it to help someone else.

33. Learn a new language, then volunteer as an interpreter.

34. Know someone who is sad and single? Find someone to hook them up with!
35. Bring coffee or baked goods to city workers who might appreciate it.
36. Help someone with a heavy load.
37. Adopt a pet from the humane society.
38. Boost the morale of someone close to you by telling them what you love about them.
39. Hug a teacher, let them know how important they are. (Without them, you wouldn’t be reading this... or anything else, for that matter.)

Feb. 22, 2015

How did you do last week on this list?

I'm happy to say I did 6 out of the first 10! :-)

I will be adding to this list until I have had a chance to do all 101.

Here is the next 10 suggestions.

*11. Hold the door for someone.
*12. Pay a random stranger a compliment.
13. If you have a car, give people rides.
14. Volunteer your time to a suicide hotline
15. ...or volunteer your time as a mentor!
*16. Return your shopping cart to the corral or to the store instead of leaving it loose or propped on a planter in the lot.
17. Offer someone a mint or a piece of gum or candy.
*18. Park your car further from the store and walk the short extra distance. This frees up spots closer for people who may need them more than you, and gives you additional exercise too!
*19. Take a child to the park or pool.
*20. Kiss someone you love. 

 Part One, the first 10 suggestions

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." Anne Frank

 

February is the month of love, encouragement, commitment. I thought how wonderful it would be to commit to something bigger then myself.

Winter months can be so depressing. The long gray days, cold nights, and bundles of blankets to stay warm.

I have decided to take the 101 Challenge.
 It's my own challenge but feel free to join in with me.
101 easy ways you can make the world a better place.

Just pick one or two each week.

Share with me here and together we can help make our world a better place.

To help get you started here are the first 10

1. Play, genuinely play, with a little kid.
 *2. Tell someone you love them.
3. Donate unused computer time to cancer research (and other types of research) with BOINC
*4. Use your blinker when you turn.
*5. Pick a stretch of highway. Walk along and pick up all the trash you can. (It gets you exercise, money from recycling, and it makes the world a better place!)
*6. Smile at someone. Just smile. Saying “Hello” often brightens a day too.
*7. Round up a few loose coins. Put them in the next charity box you see.
*8. Do something unexpected and artistic that will inspire people and shake them out of the sad mentality of the daily grind.
9. Plant flowers.
10. Search through your cabinets for a few cans of food you’ll probably never use. Donate them.

* are the ones I have done
Be Inspired,

~jean

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What My Soul Wants Me To Know ~ Energy



 What My Soul Wants Me To Know

Being the change I want see

Soul Coaching

cards by

Denise Linn

 

Today's Card

Energy

"Healing energy and immense vitality flow through me easily and effortlessly."

Okay, let's talk about energy. I have great news about the immense healing energy I am now receiving. I went to my Chiropactor appointment Friday and to his surprise my hips and spine were laying almost perfectly. I am so improved that he suggested that I should now come for adjustments and P/T every other week. This is down from twice a day when I first started.

I just came back from a weeks vacations where I walk several miles, hiked, went up and down stairs, did not use ice, my TEN Unit, or even took Advil.!!!!

This is never done by me. This vacation showed me in every little step that my body is getting stronger. I contribute this not only to my chiropactor but to my daily routine of meditating, walking, and yoga.

Card meaning:

Vitality, health, healing, and passion, these qualities are expanding in your life! You're a healer and a channel for the life force of the universe.

Your ability to sense energy fields is increasing dramatically.

Here's what I know about vitality, if you don't have it, you don't have passion. Without a passion the quality of life and living are gone. My life has expanded ten folds since I started exercising. I started well over a year ago with a personnel trainer at a gym. My daughter forced me to do this with her. With every step I whined, and cried, because it hurt. Looking back I can see I had the wrong attitude. She didn't care, she made me do it anyways. Did it get easier? NO, never.

 Was I glad I did it? You bet. I could see the results when we started to walk around NASCAR that year. I think my daughter is a healer and channeler of life. With her I have become more active.

Your Soul wants you to know:

When you hold back and repress what you feel, your body and spirit become drained; when you try to please everyone and deny yourself, your life force wanes. If you strive to meet everyone's expectations but forget to honor your own needs, your energy field becomes dull. Allowing your emotions and needs the freedom to be spontaneously expressed, however, causes waves of energy to expand inside of you. Running on your own resources, it's easy to become drained, however, letting the divine light of the Creator flow through you easily replenishes your Soul.

Isn't that the truth of things. Expectations not only everyone else's but my own have stopped me from doing more things then you can imagine. There is a certain comfort level about putting limits on myself. I have allowed this injury to keep me on the sidelines for many things, and not just physical activities. Yes, it is time for me to get moving, not just physically, but mentally, emotionally, and professionally. All of which I have let go of over the last two years.

Affirmations:

 "Healing energy and immense vitality flow through me easily and effortlessly."

What will I do this week with this information.

Get moving for one.

I have been on vacation and instead of coming home all relaxed and ready to go to work. I got a little lazy, dull and unmotivated. I don't know why that is but I haven't jumped right back on my diet, gone into the studio to paint, or even exercised. So I really needed to hear what my Soul had to say.

This weeks list is this.

1. get myself back to yoga, or at least do a youtube tape

2. start a painting, the Elko County Fair is coming in only a few weeks!!

3. weigh myself and get back to it. Suck it up I'm sure I gained weight.

4. plan my next 5K walks

5. make my home maintenance list.....oh there are so many things after 28 years in this house that need fixing and painting.

6. find my Vitality, health, healing, and passion

My movie pick this week is

Lucy

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This movie had me on the edge of my sit the whole time. Talk about controlling energy!!! Oh, man, I never want to move so quickly that I supersede time....

Be Inspired,

~jean

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Love Fortunes for Valentines

1 Day to Valentine's Day

1 Day to Valentine's Day.....

Other Than You

by Girly

If I could have just one wish,

I would wish to wake up everyday

to the sound of your breath on my neck,

the warmth of your lips on my cheek,

the touch of your fingers on my skin,

and the feel of your heart beating with mine...

Knowing that I could never find that feeling

with anyone other than you.

To Be In The Arms of Love

by Jean Hart

I have been taken,

numbed, dumbed an stunned

into the arms of love,

Would you kindly turn yourself

inside out and twist

your heart just so

to be in the arms of love,

If you would, could you please

remove all logical thought

and expose yourself emotionally

to be in the arms of love.

Buckle up for the ride of love is intense.

You have no idea how steely

you must be

to be in the arms of love.

Love Fortune Cookie,

This is the one, the last one. Let it be the best one of the bunch.

"True happiness is holding the hand of the one you hold dear."

Aha, again how very true it is.

Many blessing to you,

may your heart hold love, joy and good fortune.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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Day 14, 28 Day to a more magnetic life

Day 14

28 Days to a more magnetic life

by

Sandra Anne Taylor

Falling In Love, acrylic, 36" x 36" Jean Hart Artwork

 

The Power of Love

Love is all around me. It's in my home, it's family, my pets, and in my adventures.

January is my birthday month so it's even in my mail box, emails, and texts.

Do not underestimate the power of compassion.

Intention

"Today I intend to approach the people and situations in my life with an attitude of heart. I see the world through caring eyes and stimulate the power of this emotion throughout my life."

Cupids Arrow, Jean Hart Artwork

I signed up with a website to send More Love Letters out into the world.

 

http://www.moreloveletters.com/

I love this idea. I left home at a very young age and never returned to live under my families roof again. When I left, there was no Internet, email, social network, or cell phone. When we called each other we were very aware of the long distant minutes. So, each day I went to the mail box with great anticipation of letters from family and friends.

I have gotten away from sending a hand written note, so joining this website has helped me to get back into the practise of letter writing. I enjoy writing these letters very much.

Reflection:

"Love is the most powerful force in the Universe. Sending a caring intention to any difficulty situation or problematic person can often create more dramatic and immediate results than any other approach. Love is always in motion, so consciously focusing its energies will bring healing, harmony, and successful results to your life. and to the lives, of others. Let yourself remember this option whenever a sticky situation comes up."

My challenge for you today is to write a letter, and if you have no one to send a letter to, write yourself a love letter.  Make it a sweet event. Go shop for the perfect card, the best pen, a unique stamp. Really put some care into this. I also use melted wax on the evevelope to seal it. I promise you the return back to you is so much more then you will ever expect.

Loving Affirmations

"I send my love to all I see. Many times a day, I think, feel, and say the work love with heartfelt intention."

pencil drawing by Jean Hart

Be Inspired,

~jean

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A love Letter to Myself

A Love Letter To Myself

Figuring out who you are is not what you are here for. The world sees you. You are a good person, a true person and hold fast to that.

You simply have to remove all the things from your life you are not. List them if you must, put them to past. You'll will find your true self under the clutter.

Start with that brilliant smile. See how fast the strangers who pass you smile back. Join in and you will find your place.

Begin today, don't hide your shine.

Not now when the world needs you so much to smile at it.

Be your own friend, I have seen how well you treat your friends.
Your Friend
Your True self



Blue Monday

Blue Monday,

Baby it's cold outside, -20 this morning, but the sun is up....

Fill your cup up.

It can only be -20 or it can be -20 with the sun up.

Start filling that cup with things that will fill your heart.

Every year I get asked from family, What do you want for Christmas?

Every year I tell them the same thing.

I want things that will fill my senses.

You know, eyes, ears, smells, taste, touch.....

When my life feels staled. Like nothing is happening.

I go back to my W's list.

I find that many of the things I need start with the letter W.

Try it. See how many words that make you happy start with the letter W.

I'm making my list right now.

Be Inspired,

~jean

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Blossom into the world

There is so much more to you. Share your heart and blossom into the world. You can make a difference."
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color pencil drawing by
Jean Hart

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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Peace

Picasso! He says it best, but I will try.
Would it not be wonderful if we had peace always?
little drawing by
Jean Hart

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Blessed....What are merciful actions?

HEALING.....

SOMETIMES IT TAKES

EVERYONE TO HELP.

I was given a set of healing cards. They are so beautifully written.

By Caroline Myss and Peter Occhiogrosso

After I have pulled a card and sat with it for awhile, I like to try to give images to the words.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Mercy is a rare word, one hardly spoken. What are merciful actions?

Not judging another; speaking with kind words;

thinking compassionate thoughts about others.

May acts of mercy

come your way.

The first saying, from Psalm 41 of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament, offers an astute psychological insight that is recognized increasingly today. Absorption in our own troubles, or in our unending need for gratification, creates a negative momentum that can lead not only to Narcissus, but to addictive and high-risk behavior as well. When we move the focus of our attention from ourselves to others, we also remove an enormous burden from our backs. The need to satisfy our unrealistically high expectations. As the Dalai Lama might put it,

 compassion is its own reward."

Well, there is it. So well put that I can not offer another word.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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Soul Coaching 28 days

Soul Coaching 28 days to discover your authentic self.
by Denise Linn

The spirit of Air

Healing, by Jean Hart

First week  is Air, for the next seven days when you first wake up in the morning, focus on the air around you. Take a deep breath and be aware of the physical air that surrounds you. Inhale self-acceptance and exhaling self-judgment. 

During Air Week

• Assess and evaluate your life.
• Clear out your clutter
• Make commitments that empower you.
• Do things you have been putting off or make a plan for doing them.
• Organize papers/answer letters/ make postponed calls.
• pay bills or make a planned schedule to pay bills.
• Organize your home and office space.
• Examine your core beliefs.
• Breathe/become aware of the quality of the air you breathe.
• Notice the sounds in your environment/listen to inspiring music.
• Sing/shout/use you voice.
• communicate your truth.

 

This is me, Jean, on my first night when I picked up the book, Soul Coaching, 28 to transform your soul, by Denise Linn.
I was playing around with my kindle when I saw that I could take pictures with it. So, the idea accured to me, that I should take pictures each day and lets see if there's a change in my appearance, attitude, aura.....I don't know what to expect but  I've had a hard 5 years. I had a partcial hysterectomy, one year of antibodies for a bladder problem, knee surgery, later a slipped disc. I have a disc that is pushed forward that causes pain. I'm 15months into a 24 month PT Program. I'm exercising and do small house chores. While all this is happening, I have continued to paint and show my artwork at exhibits and shows and create a online store at www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1*. But still there is so much emptiness inside me. So much loneliness.Don't get me wrong here, I am liked by many, loved by some and I love all the people in my life. So, I'm thinking my soul is in need of some S.O.S. and TLC.

Day 1  Good Morning, I start my day close to 5 A.M. I'm ready to start reading, writing, and doing whatever my first day is going to be. Today's exercises are probably the most time-consuming of all exercises for the month.  Life Assessment: Stark honesty about where you are, be honest in your self-appraisal. Well, really, does anyone look good at 5 in the morning. Here, I go. Affirmation for the Day" My evaluation of myself is not who I am." Today, Periodically take deep breaths, visualizing life force energy filling your lungs and your body."  I have committed to Change! so I'm hoping to have time to do all the levels in the exercises each day. Write out your intention for the next 28 days, assess your life in terms of health, relationships, finances, career, creativity, and spiritual fulfillment.

My list was terribly long.....and the next part was to write a plan of small steps to improve the areas that needed help. Helping to discover where you are now and where you would like to be. The list is long. But what I came up with was a list of things for me to do each day to help my soul reach her truth. The Soul loves the truth......I have a journal I use for this, It's marked Personal and Private, I can not be responsible for hurt feelings it you trespass and read my personal and private thoughts!!! 

1. No, I will not be sharing those oh, so private thoughts here either. I thought I could but, it just doesn't seem right to bore you with them. What I will share is the process in the book, and each days assignments.  What will I be working on. The list in the book is so long, I can not believe someone can change all of that in just 28 days. I have picked a few that struck me, and maybe later will come back to pick up a few more.
2. Self esteem
3. worry/frustration
4. anger/irritation
5. shame/guilt
6. fear of failure/success/taking risks/self motivations
7. relationships with friends
8. relationship with the Creator
9. forgiving myself
10. my past
11. job/work/career/      and physical health
 
 

 

That's quite a list.....It's never easy to look at ones life and assess it for a truth without being critical. So my assessment, was pretty harsh on myself. The little steps each day are small, but necessary.
Denise has a on line website you can visit to help with support while going through your 28 days
http://soul-coaching.com/

I plan on visiting this site the whole 28 days. It took my 3 days to get through the first days assignments. The Assessment of my Home was so intense but it truly gave me a vision of where to start.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

Pink Saturday

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W I S H I N G ♥ Y O U ~ A ♥ B E A U T I F U L ♥ D A Y

Happy Pink Saturday

I have been painting hearts for Valentines Day for a week..

The expression of love for all things not just for the people close to you seems almost too much for one day.

But here we go:

Hopefully, when changes come you are surrounded by those who love and support you.

Pause. Before all else, to say thank you, ask for help or even when saying I love you.

 

Remember, you have the strength and courage to get through whatever comes your way.

Fall In Love often

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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a brave butterfly

I enjoy putting words and music to my artwork,
Please enjoy this little story of a brave butterfly.
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Pink Saturday

Pink Saturday......I challenge you to go around your town and take pictures of pink things.
Support Breast Cancer Aware all year!
Be Inspired,
~Jean
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Strength to know when to let go

STRENGTH

I pulled the Strength card this morning in my near future tarot reading.

It says

"Love conquers all. Avoid pettiness and prejudice. The to be a peace maker. Weigh all sides of every situation. Don't be so set in your ways that you miss the big picture by focusing on details. Stubbornness is your challenge of the moment."

Interesting.......Making myself strong in body and mind as been a bit of a challenge. Building my strength in body just so I can carry my own suitcase when traveling or my own baggage when not.

The greatest part of this is I know the sun will come up and the moon too.

Right now for this day and days to come,I think that my strength will show from having the strength of heart to hold others close and let them go all at the same time.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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The Box Theory

Very Icy roads today. Since I stayed home I thought I would write a little story.

Please enjoy my story and artwork,

Be Inspired,

~Jean

The Box Theory

Story and Artwork

by

Jean Hart
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