{"id":4815,"date":"2014-10-29T08:18:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T08:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=4815"},"modified":"2014-10-29T08:18:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T08:18:08","slug":"day-38-mels-love-land-next100-expand-your-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2014\/10\/day-38-mels-love-land-next100-expand-your-breath.html","title":{"rendered":"DAY 38 MEL\u2019S LOVE LAND #NEXT100 |EXPAND YOUR BREATH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">There&#8217;s so much emphasis we place on what we &#8216;think&#8217; happened. &#8216;I fell down. better not do that again.&#8217; In reality we don&#8217;t know, anything. \u00a0Falling down could be the best thing that every happened to us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The song\u00a0<em>Pick Yourself Up<\/em>\u00a0written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields from the movie Swing Time is the purest example of this simple truth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;Take a deep breath.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Pick yourself up.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Dust yourself off.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And. Start all over again.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Words. to live by.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Take a new look, expand your breathing and see things differently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>This breath can represent a change.<br \/>\nThis breath a new direction.<br \/>\nThis breath the reclaiming of some dream.<br \/>\nThis breath redeeming hope.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Resigned can be a thing of the past. Heartache doesn\u2019t disappear but is replaced slowly, quickly, hard to say. Change travels its own course. Allow yourself to enjoy the process even though it feels different. It may be scary; it may feel\u00a0tough; notice it and do it anyway. Breathe. \u00a0Just Breathe. \u00a0&#8212; Excerpt from Melanie Lutz&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebaremel.com\">The Bare Melcessities<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anna Nalick- &quot;Breath (2AM)&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QcW6u6IkEAE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Here&#8217;s an affirmation to try in this breath and the next&#8230;<\/p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">I recenter in my body<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">I realign with each breath I take<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">I love myself in each rise and fall of my chest<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">Connecting with the field of limitless possibility<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">I stay open to the surprise of the moment<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">In alignment with my authentic self<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">Free from fear and ego<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">And the tyranny of my thinking<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">Clearing any energy picked up along the way<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">I relax into the truth<\/address>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 90px\">Wholly free.<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;padding-left: 90px\">May you feel connected, comforted and full of peace<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Today. Now. Always.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">May your heart open in ways never before possible<br \/>\nrevealing the deepest truth of your fullest knowing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">With Infinite Love and Gratitude<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Enjoy this Youtube Fred Astaire\/Swing Time&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pick Yourself Up - Swing Time (1936)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AGUsRGuZb6k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wholelottaloveland.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/pearl-jam-just-breathe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1424\" src=\"https:\/\/wholelottaloveland.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/10\/pearl-jam-just-breathe.jpg\" alt=\"breathe, just-breathe\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Take Mel\u2019s Love Land Pledge &#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For the #Next100 Days I am going to consider the possibility there is another way\u2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won&#8217;t spin out, I will choose to take a beat and breathe, just breathe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t judge success or failure. \u00a0I will celebrate my effort and action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will listen and stay open to the loving action that needs to be taken<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will encourage others to fly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t stay asleep, I will awaken to the truth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will take flight into the possibility of the present moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will see the truth shining through each heart I meet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will follow my still small voice in owning what I know<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will let love lead the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will savor the fruits of my labor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t stay stuck in my story, I will quite simple love the adventure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t shy away from what needs to be done. \u00a0I will impact every situation with love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t listen to sounds of discontent. \u00a0I will harmonize in my happiest self.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t test anyone or anything trying to prove a point. \u00a0I will have acceptance and forgiveness for who I am, right now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t hide in the shadows. I will ignite my light!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t shy away from commitment, I will practice showing up for myself<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t\u00a0focus on the negative, I will accentuate the positive<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t worry about what might happen, I will celebrate what does<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I will have a miracle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t talk about war, I will feel peace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t talk about what isn\u2019t working.\u00a0I will experience what is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I won\u2019t complain about what people don\u2019t do.\u00a0I will appreciate what they do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Cura Et Labore \u201cwith care and work\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">I am going to allow myself to be uplifted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">And be willing to see change. In a new light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">In what\u2019s remembered.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">With Love<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Today is DAY 38 MEL\u2019S LOVE LAND #NEXT100\u00a0EXPAND YOUR BREATH<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">For more information check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanielutz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.melanielutz.com<\/a>\u00a0all systems love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s so much emphasis we place on what we &#8216;think&#8217; happened. &#8216;I fell down. better not do that again.&#8217; In reality we don&#8217;t know, anything. \u00a0Falling down could be the best thing that every happened to us. 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