Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A Hammy Joy

“Unless you fill yourself up first, you have nothing to give anybody. Therefore it is imperative that you tend to you first. Attend to your joy first. People are responsible for their own joy. When you tend to your joy and do what makes you feel good, you are a joy to be around and you are a shining example to every child and every person in your life. When you are feeling joy you don’t even have to think about giving. It is a natural overflow…All your joy is on the frequency of love—the highest and most powerful frequency of all…when you love you are in complete and utter harmony with the Universe.”

-The Secret

Some of my friends in Australia have been reading and applying the words of Rhonda Byrne’s book “The Secret.” They were quoting it left and right and all around the roundabouts, so I decided I needed to investigate such inspiring material. Being my nature to be a bit critical of any book, or anything, that talks in absolutes, I have quite a few criticisms about this little self-help recipe book. However, in between it all there are gems of truth, sparking reflection, life the quote above.

There is something incredibly magnetic about a person who loves his or herself. I’m not talking about being conceited or arrogant but rather a healthy self-respect and inner knowledge of the his or her necessary uniqueness to the world. I think almost all people struggle with this. The ones who seem to not be affected are the very young and the wise (duh). Today when I read this quote, I understood it through an experience of just this morning. Little Hammish (9 months) is the happiest baby. Amidst the chaos of a sick mother, overworked father, older brothers with their own fears and needs, a new puppy, and a fresh au pair, the little guy completely “hams” out all the time. When I put him down for a nap, I started making this cooing/humming noise in my throat and the kiddo just belly laughed with such joy!!! And ya know what, I completely laughed too. I think that is a good summary of Bryne’s work, although I’ll add my own twist. Little Hammish often exists in perfect harmony with The Sacred. It flows out of him for the harmony of us all.

Speaking of joy. I had a weekend full of it, as I bonded with my Aussie mates at a water park called Jambaroo (yeah no joke). It rained on our way in and burned us on the way out! I thought maybe my “cheetah” tan from an unfortunate spray sun block incident the weekend before would be toned down but alas I still look a bit spotted, or skin tone diseased! No worries. Plenty of sun time ahead. Sorry all you States residers. Enjoy your snow angels! And the Super Bowl (Go Colts!!! That’s for Amy ;) ).

On the horizon, I have another weekend brimming full of people I care about. Andrew is here to visit! Along with Ameila and Cailey, we’re dolling up and going out! Yvonne has promised a drop in too. Then, Saturday is the declared day to celebrate Samantha’s birthday. Another night of dressing to the nines topped with the usual joviality. I’ll be traipsing all over the city and back for my people but don’t care a tinge.

Next Wednesday is Moving Day. We’re moving a couple suburbs over. Then, life will settle a bit on the work/home front. I think.

Alright, here’s my awards:

“You’re Brilliant” goes to the kids’ cousin Di Di. She’s 24 and stops in regularly to help out Jason and Judy. She’s a little bit of sunshine for everyone. The first time she popped in, I had just been thinking about how nice it would be to have someone to talk to (my age) and then there she was!!! Sweet as.

“Lame as” goes to the lady you yelled at Kreton and I that the mall was closed where we were when it wasn’t. And we were walking away from the closed area. And the gates weren’t down. And Kreton was being nice and finding me amongst the maze of closed up shops (did you know the shops close at around six in Australia…ummm yeah I couldn’t’ believe it either). Ah well. We had the best milk shakes from Max Brenner Chocolate Shop.

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