by Irene Martina -
I was blessed to have a very insightful and intuitive mother who became my greatest teacher.
I would like to share with you 5 of her teachings and my learning’s.
I would like to share with you 5 of her teachings and my learning’s.
1. Choose your thoughts carefully, they are your destiny.
Since the Secret has come out people have become more aware of the power of thoughts and choices but back in the 50’s when I grew up this type of wisdom was rare to get from parents.
We struggled through some hard times but my mother always told me to focus on the good things life could bring and when my sister and I did, we would see how right she was.
My philosophy to this day is that wherever I am in my life each day; it is exactly the blueprint I have created. You always have a choice about who you want to be and it starts with your thoughts so chose your thoughts carefully.
2. Be in the moment always, it’s all you really have.
When I first started working with guides and discovered that they work on energy only that meant they worked on the energy I created with my thoughts, deeds and actions.
It amazed me to know that they did not care if that energy was positive or negative; it was just energy and they worked with whatever it was.
It amazed me to know that they did not care if that energy was positive or negative; it was just energy and they worked with whatever it was.
It did not take long to realize that saying tomorrow, next week, and perhaps later or “I will”… did not create a great response in my present time period until I realized there are no guarantees of a “tomorrow, next week or next month” and that our power was always in the moment.
This moment is the only moment in life we are given so it has the greatest point of power we will ever have. By not living in the moment we miss the joys, the teachings, and the manifesting that each day can bring and it is truly all we are ever going to have.
3. You Are Unique - Believe in Yourself!
I often struggled with being different or strange as so many called me.
There were always wonderful moments before or at bedtime when she would listen to my daily tribulations and smile.
One day she asked me who I would like to change my life with for a day if I could do so.
I told her I wanted to be a movie star like Elizabeth Taylor. Of course she asked me why! On and on I went about how beautiful she was, rich and famous and adored by millions.
As she often did, my mom made me close my eyes and visualize most of my life’s problems or desires. She had me visualize a day or week in Ms. Taylor’s world. I told her what I would want to do and my mom would stop me and tell me that what I was asking for was not possible as I had staff and 100’s of people that demanded time and work from her and I had a responsibility to produce for them.
She made me see a side of her life that could have been one of sadness because she had no privacy. She showed me how demanding and at times unrewarding and hard her life must be to become who and she was to the world.
At the end of our game she would smile and tell me how unique I was and that every person on the planet had been given a great gift when they were born; the gift of becoming who they were meant to be.
We are all unique she would say and each one of us would have our own “staring roll” in the world if we believed in our own magic; our own inner power.
She made me create a vision of what I would love to be in my world and that if I chose to be a star it would be of my making and based on my capabilities, talents and unique gifts.
Sadly, I have discovered so many people that I have met in my life who have wanted to be someone else.
They could never see their own talents and gifts that they were bringing into the world. They could not see or acknowledge their own power or greatness.
There is no duplicate of you so how can you fail!
You came into this world already special, unique and with one of kind gifts to share with those in this world that you will come into contact with.
Each of us has to find that inner power and belief in ourselves and when you do; you will become the star you are really seeking to be!
If you believe God created perfection in all things, than you must believe in you!
4. Love Yourself First.
Do you realize that we seldom give ourselves some kind words, a mental hug, or a pat on the back?
Can you tell me if you said this gratitude today, “I am grateful for the strength of my spirit (courage, etc.) and for the wisdom of my choices?” If not, why not?
Realize that you really do come first! You cannot give what you do not have! You cannot give love if it is not in you to give. How do you love your family and friends the way they deserve to be loved if you are not loving yourself?
We are constantly giving away our power and when we need it for us; we are drained and too tired to feed our own soul’s, bodies and minds.
Can you write ten things down right now that you appreciate about yourself and read it aloud? If you can great, now have you taught your family and children how do this and why it is so important.
5.The Power of Gratitude
I did my best to make the house run smooth for her and to look after my younger sister.
As she usually came home exhausted, she did not have the energy to take over as the housekeeper and chief bottle washer.
It was not always easy to keep up this pace and we struggled for years to keep our heads above water. She never complained and she was so grateful to us for everything we could do.
I never really saw my mom sick, unkind to anyone and she was generous to a fault.
When I was thirteen I rebelled one night. I got angry and frustrated at my sister because I could not go to a party and have some fun for a change.
My sister told my mother how I had been (verbally) mean to her and why. My mother said it was time we all had a date with each other and a treat.
She took a night off and we went to the restaurant for a meal which was rare and costly to her. She told us to order desserts and that was a real treat! When we got home she told us we had to learn to have “down time” and fun, even if it was not going to parties and out of the house.
My mother told us many ways we could treat ourselves such as long baths, listening to our favorite music, talking to friends and write in a journal to share our feelings. But most importantly she asked us to promise her that we would do something for her for the rest of our lives.
I have kept that promise and I want to share it with you.
Every night for many years she had us share at least five personal gratitude’s for the day. These gratitude’s had to include one for each other and for ourselves.
One day when we got older she had us add something new to the gratitude’s.
When saying the gratitude’s we had to start with working our day backwards because she said our dreams would be more powerful as we cleared the energy of the day.
She added another new step; after the gratitude’s we had to find our greatest lesson or gift from the day?
My mom, sister and I looked forward to the evening when we would play this game and we loved finding different gratitude’s each day. It changed our whole outlook on life and each other. When we were seventeen she added the last and most important step.
After we went to bed filled with our gratitude’s, learning’s and gifts we added a new saying in the morning. In her words it was simply this:
“When your feet hit the floor in the morning, simply say, “God whose life will I touch today?”
From that point on, she would ask us if we first touched our own life that day because we cannot touch a life with love unless we love ourselves first. She taught us how to hug ourselves and how important it was to do it often.
Asking to touch someone’s life each day brings more gratitude into your life than you can ever imagine.
When your hearts fills with love for others you know it is because you have discovered how to really love yourself. Our gratitude’s were even easier to come by each night from that day on.
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