{"id":3477,"date":"2012-07-11T22:51:30","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T02:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2012-07-12T10:19:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T14:19:28","slug":"love-baby-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2012\/07\/love-baby-love.html","title":{"rendered":"Love, Baby, Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/files\/2012\/07\/pulsingheart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3478\" title=\"pulsingheart\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/pulsingheart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Heard this version of Louis Armstrong&#8217;s classic of Wonderful World tonight.\u00a0 There is a spoken piece in which\u00a0&#8216;Satchmo&#8217; \u00a0is sharing his wisdom as an elder about what really matters.\u00a0 His words &#8220;Love, baby, love&#8230;that&#8217;s the secret.&#8221;,\u00a0 gave me truth-barometer goosebumps. What if it really was as simple as all that and that everything we worry about, fight about, kill each other over, is a matter of sharing that un-secret with everyone we know in each encounter?\u00a0 It&#8217;s so easy to allow petty annoyances to boil over into raging torrents of anger. I&#8217;ve been there and it ain&#8217;t fun. Better instead to turn down the heat by thinking about ways to feed the love, rather than the fire.<\/p>\n<p>I was speaking with clients yesterday about having a list of\u00a0 things\u00a0to do instead of indulging in their addictions, \u00a0at the ready, so that when the urge to turn to their drug of choice arises, they will be prepared. How about a &#8216;love, baby, love list&#8217;? These are things I appreciate and set my heart glowing brightly.<\/p>\n<p>Mine would look like this:<\/p>\n<p>My dear family and friends&#8230;some close by and others\u00a0scattered around the planet.<\/p>\n<p>The newly renovated bathroom that is a pleasure in which to relax and pamper myself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/sinkganeshom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3489\" title=\"sinkganeshom\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/sinkganeshom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Increasing numbers of opportunities to write and speak worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Music that nourishes my heart and soul.<\/p>\n<p>Indian food.<\/p>\n<p>Going nose to nose and heart to heart with my friend Ruth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/files\/2012\/07\/ruthandedieclownnose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3482\" title=\"ruthandedieclownnose\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/ruthandedieclownnose-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A house concert with my friend Heidi Cooper and her daughter Deanna\u00a0on Friday night from which my home is still resonating with music and laughter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/files\/2012\/07\/heidianddeanna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3483\" title=\"heidianddeanna\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/heidianddeanna-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A gorgeous butterfly affirmational image painted by my friend Rod.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/rodeedieaffirmations.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3486\" title=\"rodeedieaffirmations\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/rodeedieaffirmations.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drumming and dancing, as I did last night with my friends Peggy and Ron.<\/p>\n<p>Anticipating beach time this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Floating in my friend Verna&#8217;s pool as I did last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Happy, well maintained\u00a0Jeep that gets me where I need to go.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Getting a butterfly painted on my face that has me flapping my wings with delight<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/butterflyme1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3493\" title=\"butterflyme\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/butterflyme1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A strong, flexible, healthy body.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/ridiculouslyamazingplanetfitness.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3490\" title=\"ridiculouslyamazingplanetfitness\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/ridiculouslyamazingplanetfitness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My gym playouts at Planet Fitness when I &#8216;sweat my prayers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Lunch at Whole Foods \u00a0with my friend and editor, Pam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/pamandedieatwholefoods.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3488\" title=\"pamandedieatwholefoods\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/pamandedieatwholefoods.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ongoing\u00a0relationship with my parents on the Other Side.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/momandadsmooching.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3494\" title=\"momandadsmooching\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/momandadsmooching.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deep and abiding spiritual connection.<\/p>\n<p>Developing and honing of intuitive abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Cosmic coincidences during which events and people come together in remarkable ways.<\/p>\n<p>An ever open door to new adventures.<\/p>\n<p>Chocolate (&#8217;nuff said:)<\/p>\n<p>Getting to know and love the woman in the mirror in ways I never did before.<\/p>\n<p>My Bliss Mistress book&#8217;s gallivanting journey throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>The wildflowers on my dining room table, given to me by my friend Cindy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/cindyflowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3487\" title=\"cindyflowers\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2012\/07\/cindyflowers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and love, baby, love in abundance that never ends, never gets stale,\u00a0\u00a0and never runs out, no matter what&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2nGKqH26xlg\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2nGKqH26xlg<\/a>\u00a0 Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bbL8H5tantE\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bbL8H5tantE<\/a> Love\/What&#8217;s Going On?\u00a0 by Rickie Byars Beckwith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Heard this version of Louis Armstrong&#8217;s classic of Wonderful World tonight.\u00a0 There is a spoken piece in which\u00a0&#8216;Satchmo&#8217; \u00a0is sharing his wisdom as an elder about what really matters.\u00a0 His words &#8220;Love, baby, love&#8230;that&#8217;s the secret.&#8221;,\u00a0 gave me truth-barometer goosebumps. 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