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June 28, Positive Affirmation for Joy

Jeanie Marshall — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:01:13 +0000

I act with purposeful awareness of joy.

Greetings! Our theme is Joy. This fourth week of the month we work with acting and claiming joy at DailyAffirm. Here are comments about today’s affirmation, suggestions for your process, and information about related articles.

About Today’s Affirmation
All this month, you have been building up to be able to say and believe today’s affirmation. To be purposefully aware of joy, you must sometimes put aside hardship and give your attention to joy. Of course, there are times when you must give your attention to managing hardship. When you are in a mature state of consciousness, you know when to do what. It is important that you not use either hardship or managing hardship as an excuse to push aside joy. Today, act with joy while you are aware of both your actions and your joy.

About Your Process
To what are you giving your attention today? What are the actions? What is the consciousness from which you act? Decide. If you make an intentional and purposeful decision, you are more likely to be aware of that which you truly desire to be aware. What more do you need or want to accomplish with respect to joy? Tomorrow and the next day, the affirmations help you to embody and integrate joy. Enjoy in joy.

About Related Articles
Please check out our many empowering articles in different locations, including the Marshall House Articles Section, the JMviews Empowerment Blog Articles, the Voice of Jeanie Marshall Articles, and Jeanie’s articles at EzineArticles.com. Here are suggested articles that relate to today’s principles:

"Decisions, Decisions, Decisions" discusses decision-making in the new paradigm and the importance of consciousness when making a decision.
"Your Focus of Attention is Your Key to Happiness" helps you to clarify where you desire to put your attention — your energy — which is a creative force.

About the Next Type of Affirmations
Tomorrow the Integrating/Embodying affirmations begin. Today is a good day to check for a final action you might want to take to demonstrate joy. Of course, each day forward you might want to claim and demonstrate joy. A re-visit of your over-arching intention for this month also allows you to integrate more fully all that you are experiencing.

Make this a purposeful day!

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June 27, Positive Affirmation for Joy

Jeanie Marshall — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:01:52 +0000

"I let every act be an act of joy.
I show up to tell my joyous truth."

… Greetings! Our theme is Joy. This fourth week of the month we work with acting and claiming joy at DailyAffirm. Here are comments about today’s affirmation, suggestions for your process, and information about related articles.

About Today’s Affirmation
You can label any event or action whatever you desire to label it. You can call an act "difficult" or "wonderful" or "long" or "simple" or by any number of other adjectives. A name or label is a powerful means for orienting you to a thing or a person. So, with this in mind, today name every act an act of joy. The second sentence of this affirmation is also powerful. When you show up to tell the truth, you are in your power. Sometimes the truth seems joyous, sometimes not. But from the highest perspective, the Truth is always joyous.

About Your Process
Take a moment before you finish reading today’s message to consider the various acts you will perform today. Can you call them joyous? If you say an enthusiastic "yes" — bravo. If you say a hesitant "maybe" — what would stretch you into the enthusiastic yes? If you say a resounding "no" to the original question, what work do you need to do on yourself to move your answer to the hesitant maybe or an enthusiastic yes? Remember all needs for change in your life are indications of needs for change in your consciousness. Just show up and tell your joyous truth.

"Ask Questions that are Empowering" provides you with many different questions that you can ask yourself or others that encourage empowering answers. These questions move you forward on your personal development journey rather than backward.
"Trust: New Bottom Line" focuses on replacing trust in the visible with trust in the invisible to assist in moving to a new and more trusting paradigm.

Make this a truthful day!

June 26, Positive Affirmation for Joy

Jeanie Marshall — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:01:04 +0000

"I draw a circle of joy to establish who I am."

About Today’s Affirmation
A circle has no beginning and no end. When you give your attention to the energy of joy, you create a space that helps you to focus more clearly on what you want. Your circle establishes how near or far you are willing for something or someone to come to you. Clear boundaries are essential for your self-awareness and development. However, if they are too rigid, they can keep out what you want, so fill your circle with joy so that you resonate with joy.

About Your Process
Today, look at your circle of joy. Is it round or irregular? Is it solid or wobbly? Is it permeable or impermeable? Is it flexible or rigid? Is it simple or complex? The more you can describe your circle of joy, the more you can access it if you find yourself during a distressful situation. When you are in a joyous and enlightened consciousness, notice the qualities or components of this consciousness. Noticing these characteristics can help you to more easily find your way back, like sprinkling bread crumbs (although, personally, I’d rather leave less edible markers because my bird friends are likely to think I have left the bread for them).

"How Big is Your World?" is a little article that focuses on how the world grows as you expand in consciousness.
"Moving Through Puddles" describes the "Puddle Theory of Personal Development" which helps those seeking enlightenment to move more easily through the cycles and changes of life.

Make this a meaningful day!

June 25, Positive Affirmation for Joy

Jeanie Marshall — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:01:31 +0000

"I manifest all things in association with joy."

About Today’s Affirmation
To "manifest" means to show or reveal or demonstrate plainly. It also means to be evidence of or to prove. You manifest physical reality from non-physical reality (Spirit). Joy is a powerful energy available to you to propel your desires into manifestation. Often there is a fear associated with a desire, especially an unrealized desire. Fear is also a powerful energy which propels manifestation, but manifestation of those things you most fear, unless you move through the fear to discover its positive opposite.

About Your Process
What do you most desire? What do you most fear? Let these be companion questions today — and try not to fear either the question or the answers that may surface. As you identify a desire, ask yourself if a fear operates amidst the desire. If there is no fear, so be it and bravo — you will soon manifest what you desire. If there is a fear, become acquainted enough with the fear to communicate with it. Ask the fear what it needs to tell you, as succinctly and quickly as possible. Let the fear be your friend, with whom you can communicate openly and honestly.

"One Thought at a Time" is a short poem about a simple approach for experiencing greater happiness as a result of intentional positive thought choices.
"Resonating with the Light with Jeanie Marshall" is an interview conducted by Susan Barber from Spirit of Ma’at focusing on Jeanie’s energy work.

Make this a creative day!

June 24, Positive Affirmation for Joy

Jeanie Marshall — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:01:52 +0000

"I claim my joy.
I claim my power in all I do."

About Today’s Affirmation
I use the word "claim" to suggest action, not to suggest grabbing. When you are grabbing or taking, you are not in your true power. You may look powerful to yourself or to others when you grab. You may even feel powerful, at least temporarily, when you grab. This kind of "power" is short-lived, however. It is force. When you claim joy from inside yourself, you are empowered. When you are truly empowered, you do not grab or hit or blame or ridicule or complain. These are the actions of powerlessness. The power that is True Power equals joy.

About Your Process
Here are two situations to recall: (1) Remember a time when you felt powerful because you took or grabbed something from someone else. This may be a physical thing, air time in a conversation, a job, or an idea. Now, remember just before the grabbing (be honest), how did you feel? You felt disempowered, didn’t you? Or perhaps not quite disempowered, but certainly not truly empowered. (2) Remember a time when you felt powerful from the inside. Nothing that anyone said or did could change that feeling. Perhaps eventually you lost this, but right now, remember that time of true unshakable empowerment. Of these examples, which do you prefer to claim, (1) or (2)? Either choice is perfectly valid at different times, but just consider which do you prefer to live?

"Decisions, Decisions, Decisions" discusses decision-making in the new paradigm and the importance of consciousness when making a decision.
"Your Focus of Attention is Your Key to Happiness" helps you to clarify where you desire to put your attention — your energy — which is a creative force.

Make this an empowering day!

June 23, Positive Affirmation for Joy

Jeanie Marshall — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:01:11 +0000

"I act with joy in my heart.
I speak with joy on my lips. I walk with joy in my feet."

About Today’s Affirmation
You may notice that sometimes you talk about the idea of joy or some other concept like honesty or integrity or freedom, yet find that truly living the idea is a challenge. To speak platitudes about joy is not enough. To repeatedly say you believe in joy is not enough. You must be the joy you talk about. You do not need to wait for anything. Claim joy now! You are here to live in joy. To claim joy, place your heart and lips and feet all in alignment with joy.

About Your Process
This is a "walk your talk" affirmation. If you have difficulty experiencing joy, consider some of the following questions. What do joyous people say? What do joyous people look like? How do joyous people walk? How do joyous people touch others? What do joyous people think about? What do joyous people laugh about? To what do joyous people say "yes"? Are you one of the joyous ones? If you are, hurray! If you are not, no need to wait — start today. Walk this talk.

"Ask Questions that are Empowering" provides you with many different questions that you can ask yourself or others that encourage empowering answers. These questions move you forward on your personal development journey rather than backward.
"Moving Through Puddles" describes the "Puddle Theory of Personal Development" which helps those seeking enlightenment to move more easily through the cycles and changes of life.

Make this an authentic day!

June 22, Positive Affirmation for Joy

Jeanie Marshall — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:20:34 +0000

"Joy energizes my actions.
I re-negotiate my contract with the Universe
to advance along my path joyously."

About Today’s Affirmation
"Energize" is such a zingy word. It makes my shoulders lift up and my feet tingle to its vibration. Joy is energy. You are advancing along your path even though sometimes you may feel that you are stuck or blocked. It is an incredibly empowering concept to recognize that you create your own experiences. This is scary for some people, especially those who find themselves in circumstances they do not like! Please note that it is not an accusation, but rather an encouragement that if you do not like where/how/what you are, you can change it. I think that is one of the most empowering concepts you can embrace.

About Your Process
You probably already know the suggestion I am going to make: (re)view or (re)negotiate your contract with the Universe. Contracts are usually most effective in writing, but can be verbal or in one’s head and heart. Gather your helpers in Spirit: Spirit guides, angels, other beings of light. Honor your own belief systems as you clearly state your desires to your spiritual committee. For example, if you are uncomfortable in a relationship, clarify what assists you in living more joyously. If you feel overwhelmed in your job, describe the changes that would help you feel more aligned with your inner joy. You get the idea. Warning: Do not get trapped into believing that something outside yourself will bring you joy. The purpose of your contract is make adjustments (or affirm you like your circumstances) so that you feel a greater alignment with the joy from inside yourself.

"Let’s Replace this Expression: ‘No Pain, No Gain’" encourages us all to stop using this disempowering expression and how you can help.
"JoyPhrase Entries" lists the entries and awards of the June 1996 and continuing campaign to replace the expression "no pain, no gain."

Make this an energizing day!

Positive Affirmations for the Week of June 22-30, Joy

Jeanie Marshall — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:01:53 +0000

Greetings in the last week-plus of June with the theme of Joy at DailyAffirm. This message serves as an overview for the acting and claiming affirmations of this fourth week and the integrating and embodying affirmations of the last three days of the month. The sidebars provide you with additional information. Read the messages Day by Day, or simply check in when the spirit moves you. If you prefer to receive an email alert each time a message is published, please subscribe to the Feedblitz announcement (see the lower part of the navigation bar).

About Acting/Claiming Affirmations and Joy
This week’s affirmations help you to step out in joy and with joy. You have been clearing yourself and readying yourself for these outward expressions and manifestations. If you are not quite ready to ACT from the consciousness of joy, then the better choice is to retreat or stand still. Acting from non-joy is detrimental. Focusing on these affirmations keeps your attention on joy and can make you more ready to claim joy later if you are not quite ready now.

About your Process in the Fourth Week
Here is a suggestion for working with this week’s affirmations. Each time you act, ask yourself, "Am I in the consciousness of joy?" Of course, you "act" hundreds of times a day. It may seem unreasonable to you to consider asking yourself "Am I in the consciousness of joy?" hundreds of times a day. Yet, think about it…. you are asking yourself something, so you might as well enhance your awareness with questions such as, "Am I in the consciousness of joy?" Or, "How can I act in the consciousness of joy?" Some of the questions you ordinarily ask yourself may be disempowering, for example, "What have I done wrong this time?" Or neutral, for example, "I wonder who that is (on the phone or at the door)?" Or empowering, "Is this worthy of my attention?" Let the questions you ask yourself this week be about manifesting with joy.

About the Affirmations in the Fourth Week
Usually I find it easy to select the definitive affirmation for the week — or I make up a new one! This week challenges me because I love how most seem to embody so many of the aspects of the ideas of acting and claiming joy. So I select the one which represents an idea that I have experienced many folks are working on right now: "I draw a circle of joy to establish who I am." — the affirmation for June 26.

About Integrating/Embodying Affirmations and Joy
I love the idea of integrating learnings and experiences. I jokingly say that I developed this fifth category of affirmations because I had to do something with those remaining days of the month, but the truth is that this concept of integration is essential and not an afterthought. It is often missed. It is important to honor the in-breath as much as the out-breath. One aspect of the process of integration is to let go of anything you do not need during or after an experience while you keep, use, and experience what you desire.

About your Process in the Remaining Days
As you say "yes to joy" and open to let every situation be an opportunity for joy to express, give yourself permission to release any ideas that do not resonate for you. Be as specific as you can. At the same time you sort through the thoughts and feelings to release, allow your consciousness to embody all those thoughts and feelings you wish to keep. If you have been journaling about the affirmations or if you have completed other exercises, review those. Clean up your email files, etc.

Make this a powerful week-plus!

May 28, Positive Affirmation for Trust

Jeanie Marshall — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:01:40 +0000

I act with purposeful awareness of trust.
I show up and speak my truth.

Greetings! Our theme is Trust. This fourth week of the month we work with acting and claiming trust at DailyAffirm. Here are comments about today’s affirmation, suggestions for your process, and information about related articles.

About Today’s Affirmation
For most people, "truth" is likely to be on their list of top ten values. Yet, so often, people do not speak their truth. So often, they do not even show up! You can hold the idea of the importance of truth, yet sometimes find it difficult to act from that idea. You might have past associations of "telling the truth" as tattling or informing authorities about your siblings or peers. Or "telling the truth" may be associated with a punishment that followed the act of telling or not telling the truth. Trust and truth are closely related — you can be purposefully aware of both as you act.

About Your Process
Identify something that you have difficulty telling your truth about. This might be a very private exercise — no one has to know about it but you. Tell your truth to yourself and trust yourself to know when it is the appropriate time to show up and speak your truth to others involved. Be courageous and wise. Above all else, trust yourself.

About Related Articles
Here are suggested articles that relate to today’s principles:

"Resonating with the Light with Jeanie Marshall" is an interview conducted by Susan Barber from Spirit of Ma’at focusing on Jeanie’s energy work.
"Moving Through Puddles" describes the "Puddle Theory of Personal Development" which helps those seeking enlightenment to move more easily through the cycles and changes of life.

About the Next Type of Affirmations
This is the last of the Acting/Claiming Affirmations this month. During the next three days, we focus on integrating and embodying trust and the affirmations that we have worked with throughout the month. This is a good day to re-visit your over-arching intention that I suggested you establish at the beginning of the month or, if you joined during the month, when you joined.

Make this a truthful day!

May 27, Positive Affirmation for Trust

Jeanie Marshall — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:01:45 +0000

I let every act be an act of trust.

About Today’s Affirmation
The name you give something can greatly impact how you relate to that thing. Call it "fearsome" and you tend to be afraid. Call it "beautiful" and you tend to see beauty. Call it "trusting" and you tend to trust. Of course, the thing is more than the name you give it — you do not want to confuse yourself by thinking the thing and its name are synonymous. Today, allow all your actions to be named "trust" while at the same time, dip into the consciousness of trust. If every step is a step of trust, then your steps move you from trust to trust and away from non-trust and distrust.

About Your Process
If you have a specific action that today or tomorrow calls you to trust deeply, take a moment to be with that act in consciousness. That is, be with the idea of the action — both before and while acting. Touch the essence of the action, taste the feelings of the action. Let the act itself be an opportunity for trust to flow through you: be with the idea of trust, touch the essence of trust, and taste the feelings of trust. Act and trust. Trust and act.

About Related Articles
Here are suggested articles that relate to today’s principles:

"Moving Through Puddles" describes the "Puddle Theory of Personal Development" which helps those seeking enlightenment to move more easily through the cycles and changes of life.
"Resonating with the Light with Jeanie Marshall" is an interview conducted by Susan Barber from Spirit of Ma’at focusing on Jeanie’s energy work.

Make this a conscious day!