Hear Me Universe #23. Health & Fitness Conscious

Hear Me Universe
#23. fitness and health conscious

I named #23 to claim someone who loves this miraculous human body enough to care for it. It staggers me to know that our heart beats without our notice & we breathe with no effort. Our autonomic nervous system regulates the functions of our internal organs (our heart, stomach and intestines). We do not even notice when blood vessels change size or when our heart beats faster. Wow!

How could we NOT love this human vessel? How could we NOT care for this jewel?

I was open to so many ways a person chooses to achieve #23, and I knew from my own experience that the more I made my health a priority, the more I loved myself. Attracting someone who also practiced self-love felt important to me.

In what ways do you love your amazing human body?

Hear Me Universe #22. Shares

People who share know that we live in an abundant universe. There is plenty of everything for all. I’ve experienced this abundance over and over, and I wrote “shares” from the spirit of my belief.

The abundance in intangibles is as clear as the abundance of material items. So much ancient wisdom has counseled about cheerfully giving, sowing to reap, receiving back many fold. Sharing signals expansion and living from a place of expansion feels more beautiful to me.

What intangible gift can you share today?

Hear Me Universe #21. Dreams

Calling all dreamers.

Dreams are the first spark of creation. They emerge from our imagination and guide our actions in life. I’ve always been a dreamer and love living amongst dreamers. I loved teaching high school, because those halls held so many believers in dreams. While some will let life sweep their dreams away, I favor those who still dream after decades of beauty and blues, who believe that today is the day to start anything that is a spark of desire.

Dreamers give each other permission to dream, elevate each other’s ceilings, find light within the darker challenges, hold each other’s hands through the fear of action, and celebrate each joyous triumph.

Making my love list, some said, was dreaming. What I know is that dreams do come true.

Do you still dream?

Hear Me Universe #20. Listens

Listening describes an intentional activity. This characteristic on my list of 100 called out my desire to be heard with the purpose of understanding, reflecting back, asking questions—all which require engagement.

And, listening doesn’t mean solving something for me; there will be times I ask for input, help, opinions, insights. But listening is simply the purposeful act of leaning in and being present.

Hear Me Universe #19. Likes to Cook

Here’s the truth: I wrote #19 to indicate that I desired to attract someone who cared for himself enough to cook for himself. I wanted someone with an independent spirit who liked to contribute to a relationship in most every way, including shared responsibility for making meals.

Here’s the other truth: the bonus I received was that my husband and I love to cook together. Yes, he does make meals FOR me (#15 makes breakfast!), but there’s practically no better time than when we arrive in the kitchen at the end of a full day, put on music in the background, and create a meal together. It is one of the most giving acts: to prepare food for each other.

Hear Me Universe #18. Likes to Entertain

I love to host parties—small or large, matters not. I love to cook and share and laugh and feel the happiness that I gain from community. I guess #18 connects back to #16 and my desire for a partnership—someone who, even if it’s not their thing, takes a role in what makes my heart sing.

In a relationship, we can grow and expand by taking an interest in what our sweethearts enjoys. What I’m NOT saying is to give up what you love wholly in favor of someone else’s passions. It’s not an either/or. We live in a world of possibilities, and the more I live from a place of openness and adventure, the more my life feels expansive and abundant.

My husband, Craig, and I like to express it this way: “it’s an AND universe.” Experience ALL of what you desire and be open to even more.