lists – A Twelvemonth of Self Love

100 Reasons Why Love Is Enough

Eva Lisle — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 16:43:01 +0000

This is a love letter to you my precious Ones. Breathe in the truth about yourself today, the day we remind ourselves of Love in all forms. Perhaps read this aloud to your loved one, sweetheart, self, or the person sitting next to you on the plane. Be not afraid of the truth of your dear Self. Happy Valentine’s Day indeed. 100 Reasons Why Love Is Enough I am love. God is love. Love is God.

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But Not Without Self Love

Eva Lisle — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 21:28:02 +0000

It is dawning on me now, that self love is the big leagues in the game of Life and Love. We can love our children, our neighbor, the flag, our country, our spouse, our house. We can love chocolate, green grass, cherry pie, clean sheets and of course our dogs and cats (and gerbils, elephants and the snake that kitty keeps bringing into the house). But without self love the circle is not yet...

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12. Day 24: 10 Things I Learned At Spiritual Writers Conference

Eva Lisle — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:54:45 +0000

I am home safe and sound (my bag is still MIA; thankfully I had my computer and notes with me so am just trusting my favorite jeans and pj’s etc will show up eventually). It will take awhile to fully digest all I learned from the Writer’s Conference. You know the feeling of standing there with a thimble in front of a fire hose trying to get what you think you need. I ended up just letting the...

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12. Day 2: Do Feelings Lie?

Eva Lisle — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:12:00 +0000

Here are some hard truths I am learning about what I think about feelings. (I notice I am still thinking about them rather than feeling them but I have to start somewhere.) I was a little surprised as I thought I would describe myself as emotional; I cry when certain ads come on, I respond with laughter or tears as is called for, I have been told (by my Mother when I was little) that I wear my...

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11. Day 26: 100 Reasons Why Feedback Is Love Too

Eva Lisle — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:08:38 +0000

Yesterday I wrote about a recent experience with some negative feedback I had received. Getting negative feedback is as helpful as getting positive feedback but it often doesn’t feel like that at first. Sometimes feedback makes you crazy or angry or hurt. Sometimes it makes you want to run, flee or change your name. I needed a list to help me remember when I am stuck in the deafening place of not...

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11. Day 7: 10 Things I Love About Me

Eva Lisle — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 13:46:08 +0000

One of the benefits of writing a daily blog is that I don’t need to put so much pressure on myself over the content/value/importance of each and every post. This is eerily mimicking daily life. If I notice my life as a whole, any single day is just a part of something whole and beautiful and powerful. When I look at the blog as a whole, it (and by association the writer, um, that’s me) is already...

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10 Day 13: 100 Reasons Why Debt Is My Friend

Eva Lisle — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 15:04:53 +0000

Just the word debt makes me shrink and tighten. I get internally what a teenage friend of my girls’ once called “sphincter face”. You know, the face you make when you see one of those terrible accidents unfolding on a You Tube video or when you take a big bite out of a lemon. This is the epitome of tighten, resist and STOP the flow (of thought, or feeling, of life). As this blog and my year of...

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9. Day 29: What I Have Learned From Taking 7 Weeks Off

Eva Lisle — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 13:45:50 +0000

What have I learned from taking seven weeks off from our normal daily life? 1. There is no such thing as taking off from daily life. (life and the dailiness continues, just differently) 2. Life continues too, abundantly 3. The trip really began when we allowed ourselves to think it was possible (this began in intention over a year ago, in reality over six months ago) 4. It all started with this...

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9. Day 27: 34 Years Of Living Joy

Eva Lisle — Sat, 27 Dec 2014 13:31:23 +0000

I never knew that one of my biggest “accomplishments” would be to have been married for a long time. I had an inkling this would be so at 10 years when we celebrated our anniversary in Quetta, Pakistan with Army friends from around the world. 10 years of marriage is quite the milestone, especially in the military. Then at 20 years we celebrated having only recently arrived in USA. At 30 years new...

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9. Day 25: The Joy Of Christmas Presence

Eva Lisle — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 13:07:22 +0000

This holiday to England has been all about presence. Presence with our own hearts, presence with each one we were privileged to spend time with and presence with what gifts life brought to us each and every day. Christmas Presence is that time when we all join together in that beautiful presence of love that is always within us. We have met numerous people who celebrate Christmas and the deeper...

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