Endings

Today was a first for me…I was at a funeral on the last day of the year. It was kind of a strong ending on many levels to say “Good-bye” to someone like that on New Year’s Eve day. It was more of a celebration of the person’s life than mourning a death. That was nice. It was the perfect weather for a funeral, too…cold and raining.

One woman who got up to speak about the deceased had a great preacher thing going. She said the word “hallelujah” more times in 2 minutes than I had heard the word all year. There was something really soothing about that. Among other things she said that we are all the sons and daughters of God and that we need to be the glory of God.

She was passionate and determined for everyone to hear the importance of what she was saying. I got that. She said to only speak the positive with the tongue and to only give power to what is true and what love is and what is God. She didn’t even use the microphone and she was the only person that we could hear clearly. That was cool.

Blessings!
Laura

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Salt

Maybe it’s just me and maybe I’m a little off center at times, but lately I’ve been eating a lot more salt in my food and I’ve lost weight and have had less of an appetite. To qualify that statement more, I was barely adding any salt to the food I ate so I had a low sodium diet. I eat a lot of whole foods that aren’t processed.

What started this new trend for me was when it got cold outside and lots of people around me were getting sick with the flu and various kinds of colds. I started making homemade soup and was adding a lot of salt to it as a way to take care of my throat so it would stay moist and happy. Hot, salty soup is great for keeping my voice in shape.

Another thing I learned about sodium bicarbonate is that for women, whose systems are acidic, drinking water with baking soda in it is a cure for depression. If the body is too acidic that inhibits the body’s ability to turn proteins into amino acids into neurotransmitters which is what the brain needs to function properly. Drinking water with baking soda in it balances out the body’s PH in minutes.

Blessings!
Laura

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New Song

I wrote a song tonight before I left for my gig at Universal Bar & Grill. When I performed at Room 5, I saw a really cool chord progression I liked that a songwriter used and started playing around with it when I was warming up for my show. I’ve been trying to change some of my old ideas about what I thought my life was supposed to be so it was nice to write a song about that.

Well the song is not directly about that, but it was the source of the emotion, trying to change how I do things, that drove the lyric. I save a lot of money when I’m writing songs because otherwise I would need a lot of therapy. Being able to sing them and record them also gives me a release for the energy so it’s not all bottled up inside.

If you ever feel the need to get something out of your system, the creative arts are a good vehicle for that. You don’t have to share what you do with anyone, unless you get motivated for it. I don’t think that self expression needs to be judged when it’s giving voice to the heart and air to the soul.

Blessings!
Laura

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www.realmusicfan.com

A friend of mine emailed the link for www.realmusicfan.com a few weeks ago and I put up a profile. You can find me under the folk artists. It’s a really cool site that connects bands and fans. They’re getting some great talent on the site from all over the world. And it is fun to hook up with other artists/musicians and music lovers here and abroad.

I also found out tonight that they’re getting ready to launch another site, www.realmoviefan.com. The visionary who created both of them was at my show at Room 5 and we got to talk for awhile. He’s a great guy. You can find him in the fan section of www.realmusicfan.com. He’s SC.

One thing that was great about talking to him was that he reminded me that it’s important to stay in the process, regardless of the results. He also manages some artists, in addition to being an internet chaperone, so he knows what he’s talking about. What I got from that…keep showing up to do what I do and keep doing what I’m doing. It’s that easy.

Blessings!
Laura

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In One Year

It was last December, 2004, that I started playing out as a solo artist in LA. I was booked to play at Room 5 in November, but lost my voice with whatever version of the flu was going around at the time. Wood Fowler, the promoter, did book me again and I’m playing Room 5, Dec. 28th, tomorrow night @ 8p. I’m looking forward to catching that vibe there.

When I think back to what has gone on and what has happened this year, it seems more amazing to me than how it felt as I was going through it. I need to remember that when I’m feeling mundane in my existence. This year brought my website, a new band, 2 infomercials, a Blind Date appearance, acting classes, and inspired songwriting.

I experienced new things, like doing real Indian sweat lodges, myspace.com, writing daily blogs and press releases, and working out with personal trainers. I discovered that Kosher Chinese food is not bad. I went to my first Clippers’ game, ice skated twice and laughed more than usual. 2005 rocked! 2006 should be even better!

Blessings!
Laura

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Vitamin C

In the last few weeks, I have been very thankful for Vitamin C. I get the chewable kind with zinc added. So many people I know have had some kind of yucky flu thing and it has made them feel really bad. One of my friends had a nasty cold and started drinking lots of orange juice. She was much better the next day.

Every time I’ve felt my energy going down, I’ve gotten out my Vitamin C and taken up to 1200 mg at once. It’s been working, too. I’ve been able to fair well and stay healthy. Fortunately with the holidays, there hasn’t been a whole lot that I’ve had to do, so taking it easy has been on my schedule. I love easy.

A friend of mine mentioned to me that it’s important to listen to our bodies when we need rest or extra nutrition. Pushing ahead sometimes leads to “burn-out”. There’s usually a stress component that shows up with that, so I do my best to listen to what my body needs. I’m into comfort, love, peace, happiness and bliss, especially when I’m busy.

Blessings!
Laura

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Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukah

It’s nice that the first night of Hanukah and Christmas are on the same day this year. Jews and Christians are celebrating in harmony this year. I remember growing up in the Midwest. Christmas was a big day to go see a movie at the theater. There wasn’t much else for Jewish people to do. All the stores were closed and most of the restaurants, too.

In LA there are some stores that are open for a few hours on Christmas for the real last minute shoppers and the people who forgot to pick up something they needed for the dinner that people are showing up for. Hanukah starts at sundown so the Judaica stores will most likely be open, too. They’re usually open on Sundays.

I like the quiet on Christmas. A lot of people have left town, especially if they have kids. With winter break, they can get away and find new things for the whole family to do. It’s very peaceful when people are focused on love, giving gifts and enjoying great food and laughter with one another rather than the normal rush of being on the go.

Blessings!
Laura

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In My Outside View

This month, I had to laugh when Iran’s President suggested that Israel be moved to Europe. I don’t know if I’m the only one who found that statement absurd and very funny. When I looked at his picture and the gleam in his eyes, it made me laugh even more. I didn’t see a love of humanity there. Who is this guy anyway?

I admit it’s easy to get caught up in illusions of grandeur when I’m isolated in my own little world of me, so reading about his mindset didn’t surprise me. Maybe he’s due for a vacation or he needs to get out more. Cabin fever can come on in unusual ways. Lack of exposure may be creating the distortion. I don’t think the guy really likes people.

Moving a country or changing one’s location isn’t going to fix a problem. A problem gets resolved on the inside of someone, not in the outside circumstance. And isn’t it interesting that grammatically it’s correct to say, “on the inside” and “in the outside”? I wonder where the President of Iran is on the inside of things. I’d like to see that picture.

Blessings!
Laura

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Collective Thought

Have you ever noticed that we aren’t alone in our thoughts? There have been lots of times when I’ll be talking to someone about something that’s been on my mind and they’ll tell me that they were just having that conversation with someone earlier. It makes sense considering that we’re all connected to life here on the planet.

When ever there is a big event in nature that impacts another region of the world, I’m always amazed at the impact it has on my energy. The ripple effect becomes clear to me on those days. So maybe the things that are calling me in my heart are part of a bigger call that we all want. The trick is learning how to make that all happen.

I’ve read about creating, visualization and all the other stuff about manifesting, but I think there is a place inside of us that needs to be redefined somehow. I think that collectively we’ve been running on an outdated operating system and it’s time for an upgrade. I’m placing my order for it. Are you?

Blessings!
Laura

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Christmas Spirit

What I like about Christmas time, other than all the pretty lights, is that people get focused on giving and thinking about others. It’s a time when I see gratitude and appreciation expressed more collectively than at any other time of the year. Even people who don’t like each other very much can wish each other well for the holidays.

That’s huge. We can say “Thank You” to people for being in our lives and making a difference to us. Sometimes all a person needs to get through the day is hearing that what they do matters to somebody. In an age of mass media and hype, the small things done by the silent Heroes in our lives can get overshadowed.

Like the people who provide for others in service jobs, the people who pick up the trash, transport goods, stock shelves in stores and come up with fabulous ideas to make things easier in the world get noticed and acknowledged. Not everyone enjoys this time of year, but in the deepest places of the heart, the spirit of the holidays nurtures us all.

Blessings!
Laura

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As Above

I’d like to get a map of Heaven. I think that if I knew where I was in the cosmos in God’s World than things would make more sense to me. Not that I’m concerned that God doesn’t have everything under control. I’m just curious. I’d like to know what the geography is like in the realm of true existence.

Microbiologists discovered that we are 99.6% empty space. I read about that in a book called, “The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge” by Jeremy Narby. It was interesting to ponder that fact. What I perceive as solid isn’t solid at all. I have this great data processor in my brain that tells my body things are not what they really are, (no thing, nothing).

So when I go about my day in my little story and read about other stories I get to be in a fantasy world that isn’t really here and yet it is. To me that is really something. In Zen literature the masters say that the world is nothing. So what I’m wondering is why with that being true on a molecular level do we still have what we call problems and attachments to wealth and power?

Blessings!
Laura

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Nutrition & Fitness

I was reading an article on the internet about children’s fitness levels and it wasn’t that surprising that a high percentage of children and adults are not active enough. I guess sitting at computers, driving in cars, and all the ways we can be entertained aren’t keeping us in great physical condition. Maybe we need more motivation.

It seems that diet plays a role in this, too. When I go to a grocery store, the majority of food that I see for sale doesn’t make it into my shopping cart. I’m not a big consumer of processed food, added sugar, baked goods or chemical additives. Organic produce and natural foods are more my speed. I think my physical condition reflects that.

It would be nice for the manufacturers of foods that are marketed to children were able to focus more on the betterment of children’s nutrition while they are making a profit. Chemical additives that are used in food processing aren’t providing the best fuel for developing minds and growing bodies. I’d like them to consider that.

Blessings!
Laura

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Be Kind to Strangers

In my weekly newsletter today, I asked people if they would like to experience receiving kindness from strangers. Then I asked them to join me in being kind to strangers and to send me their #1, top priority, goal for 2006 for my first ever “Be Kind to Strangers” experiment. Here’s the deal.

Next week, there will be a “Be Kind to Strangers” section in my newsletter where I print all the goals people send for 2006 with a request that everyone who reads the list of goals gives everyone and their goals a HUGE, “AMEN! Go for it!!!” with their thoughts and prayers. I think it will be fun to see what people are focused on collectively for the year.

My other intention is doing this is to give people a boost of momentum with energy that holds a space for them to create their goals in. Being kind to strangers is one of the secrets to extreme happiness. You never know when a stranger is going to become your next precious friend or the person who opens up the door to every dream you have in life.

Blessings!
Laura

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Kafe Yen

I just got back from San Diego and it was a fantastic trip. We discovered a great restaurant down by the ocean called Kafe Yen. We were served some of the best Asia food I’ve ever eaten. And I’ve eaten a lot of Asia food in my day, so I was impressed. My friends were impressed, too, and are planning on going back.

We started with their hot and sour soup with tofu. It was the perfect blend of everything that was in it. I’ve eaten hot and sour soups before and this was in a league of its own. My next favorite thing we had was the duck with Chinese broccoli. All the food was really tasty, cooked just right and dressed with a sauce that just made us happy.

The décor was nice, too. The artwork was pretty eclectic so we kept sitting in different chairs around the table so we could take in all the views and get the whole experience of the place. I think the staff found it amusing because they just kept smiling at us. We went for a walk along the ocean after we ate and it was really a perfect evening.

Blessings!
Laura

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Road Trip

Today I’m driving to San Diego to visit my friend, Sharon, www.karisebodytherapy.com, for the weekend. I love being able to get in my car, drive for awhile and be in a totally different vibe. San Diego is fun. The mountains around there have great energy. It’s good to get away from LA just to have a change of pace.

Then when I drive home it’s wonderful to be back. This is the first time I’m leaving my rats, Carole and Nicole, for a night since I rescued them both 9 months ago. I’m a very devoted mommy to them and it’s giving me a strange feeling to be leaving them alone. The little mouse, Sasha, has been with me 2 months now.

My friend is babysitting all the girls for me. He’ll be feeding them breakfast tomorrow and spending some time with them. My little animals eat a better diet than most people. I realized that as I was preparing a bowl of organic fresh cut fruit and vegetables for them. They’re very happy little rodents. My friend said that they’re very calm and sweet.

Blessings!
Laura

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Teamwork

My mom and dad sent me a new pocket calendar for 2006. “TEAMWORK: Together we achieve the extraordinary” is printed on the cover. I really dig that. Working as a team with other people has always given me better results than when I’ve tried to do something on my own. There’s something magical when a group of people get together.

That’s what makes a party so fun. And truly, the only people who ever have any significant success are the ones who have a lot of people supporting what they do. Name any well known person in society at any time and with a little research you will find the names of the people who worked with them to bring them to success.

Also, collectively, people’s opinions of things are more accurate when they are in a group. That’s why focus groups are used to research products, advertising and marketing campaigns. The group point of view is more reliable than an individual’s. When people are brought together for the purpose of creating something incredible things take place.

Blessings!
Laura

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Shifts

It’s pretty amazing to me that I’m in sync (and harmony) with planetary changes and don’t really need to think about them. It’s almost like being on a merry-go-round, without the painted ponies, being on the Earth rotating on its axis in the solar system. I don’t think much about the cycles that are spinning because I’m in them.

Every so often it crosses my mind where I am in the big picture and then my little story of being “Laura” gets put in perspective. I don’t know if you ever get those “ah, check point” moments about where you are, but I seem to have them come in when I need to get a boost of motivation. I got one today.

I realized that I just need to show up where I’m scheduled to be and whoever is supposed to be there will be. Whatever is supposed to happen will happen and I don’t need to be concerned about it. I don’t need to worry about what comes or goes, how things look or how things feel. I am not those things. Those things are just my experience of them.

Blessings!
Laura

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Health

There are many gifts in life that are easily overlooked until one day they are gone. Health is one. I have a friend who is in the hospital right now. He just had major surgery and is recovering. It’s more complicated than he thought it was going to be and he’s not sure when he’s getting out.

I don’t take care of my health because I’m afraid of dying. Dying seems like it’s pretty easy for the person who dies. Living is what I have to deal with. As long as I get woken up in the morning and have another day to live in this body, I’m going to take care of it. I don’t know how long I’m going to be alive and I want to feel good while I’m here.

I have a friend who is 82 yrs. old and he told me that if he had known he was going to live so long, he would have taken better care of himself. That hit home for me. If I might have another 40 years to live on this planet, I’m going to workout, eat right, stretch and stay limber so when I wake up in the morning it feels good to get out of bed.

Blessings!
Laura

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Wrapping Up The Year

With the last few weeks of 2005 here it seems like there are a lot of loose ends to wrap up. It’s mostly little things and gearing up to set new goals for 2006. This weekend, I’m going down to San Diego to run through a goal workshop with my friend, Sharon that she will be teaching people in February. We’re going to set some pretty cool intentions.

These last few weeks of December are also a time for me to reflect on what has been accomplished in 2005 that I was looking to achieve. It’s nice to see progress and sometimes it’s easier to measure that with some distance. Last year at this time I was getting ready to start playing out live in LA as a solo artist. A lot has changed since then.

The best part of wrapping up a productive year is that I can appreciate what I have in my life and the gifts that have shown up in my world. The new people I’ve met, the things I’ve done, the magic I’ve shared and the love I have learned to see are amazing to look at. I haven’t looked back at the goals I set for 2005 yet. I’m about to do that to see how I did.

Blessings!
Laura

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Hot Soup

I know that there are many people now who are into a raw food diet. They look shiny and happy and say that they have tons of energy and feel fantastic. I do eat a lot of raw fruits and vegetables in my diet, too. But to me there is nothing better than a bowl of hot homemade soup when it’s cold outside.

Lately around LA, there are a lot of people who have the flu of one kind or another and hot soup seems to be the food for comfort that’s keeping me well. That and a few extra naps here and there. Maybe because I grew up in the Midwest where winters are really cold, hot drinks, hot food, and warm clothing are good things to me.

I was out with a friend for dinner tonight and he commented on how fast I put my scarf on when we started walking to our cars. I’ve had lots of practice putting on scarves. Wearing a scarf is one of the secrets that singers use to stay well when they need to keep their voices in shape. I love wearing a scarf when there’s a chill in the air.

Blessings!
Laura

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Somewhere

For the past couple of days a song from the musical, West Side Story, has been playing in my head and I’ve been singing it, too. It’s basically a more modern day Romeo and Juliet type story in a clash of racism. The guy gets killed in gang violence and the song the girl sings to him as he is dying hits home for me on many levels.

The lyric, “There’s a place for us, somewhere, a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air waits for us somewhere”, starts the song. Later it goes on to say, “We’ll find a new way of living. We’ll find a way of forgiving, somewhere.” I have that hope for humanity. I hold that space for humanity. And I pray in my heart for humanity.

Maybe I’m just tired of reading the same stories in the news. Every year of my life in every city I have ever lived in it seems like only the names and the faces change in the headlines of what is being presented to me about the world. I want new language, new angles, new ideas and perspectives because I want something new to be in my story.

Blessings!
Laura

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Press Release

Media Coverage Of Suicide Bombers Encourages Future Attacks

Los Angeles based singer/songwriter, Laura Cohn, would like the media to stop giving news coverage to suicide bombing incidents. “Psychologically, terrorist groups are rewarded when they see their story on television, radio and in print. The more attention they receive, the more encouragement they have to continue in their efforts”, Cohn said.

(PRWEB) December 10, 2005 -- Cohn feels that if terrorist groups fail to receive attention for their actions in the media “we would see a decline in suicide bombings and terrorist attacks.” Cohn states that “if a group’s actions are not acknowledged with news coverage, attacks will become ineffective in drawing attention to the group. They will have to seek other means to find an audience.”

Cohn writes a daily blog at www.lacohnzone.blogspot.com to voice her observations, questions and musings about her life. She has become a philosophical teacher of sorts introducing concepts of awareness through her writing and her live performances. Laura Cohn is a graduate from Tulane University with a degree in Political Science.

For information, visit www.LauraCohnMusic.com.

About Laura Cohn:
Growing up in Highland Park, IL, Laura Cohn was a creative performing artist. Her parents enrolled her in flight training and she became a private pilot at 17. She began writing music after she graduated college. Many performances, live radio shows, air play of her songs on radio stations, community television show tapings and recording sessions brought Laura through Colorado and Arizona before landing her in Los Angeles, CA. She is currently performing around LA.

Contact:
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Choices

I’ve learned that I have a lot more choices than I thought I did when I was younger. I’ve also found that the choices I make have a decidedly profound impact on the quality of my life. I used to be more of a black and white, cut and dry person. I was known to “throw the baby out with the bath water” and then blow up the room.

Most people who know me now don’t know I had a pretty intense temper before I learned to chill out. Rage was something I was familiar with. I’m lucky I found new ways to vent. If anyone reading this was ever in the line of fire of my rage, please accept my unconditional apology and prayer for you to receive great gifts for putting up with me.

I am a fire sign, but that’s no excuse. It was ignorance more than anything else. I didn’t realize that I had much of an impact on the people around me. I wasn’t feeling all that significant. When I “woke up” and realized that how I treated people made an impact and that my energy was strong on top of it, I decided to change how I’d show up in a room.

Blessings!
Laura

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Premonitions

I knew someone that would get a premonition when someone was going to die and it was really upsetting to them. They were really young and they didn’t want to know that kind of stuff anymore, mostly because they were helpless to stop the person from dying. They lost their psychic ability after that because they didn’t want it.

Premonitions can be very helpful, especially if the upcoming change is going to be significant. Not that any premonition can completely prepare someone for what the change is going to be like. But knowing ahead of time where things are at and where some things won’t be at can be a tremendous gift when the time comes to deal with it.

I personally prefer the premonitions that bring joyful experiences into my life. When I can tell that something good is about to happen for me or someone else, that’s a great feeling. Knowing that someone is about to go through something really challenging gives me an opportunity to be supportive and kind. After a fall someone’s balance will return.

Blessings!
Laura

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Humor

Having a sense of humor has saved me in a lot of situations. I’ve thought on a number of occasions that I get extra special bonus points when I see the joke where I am, even if it seems that I’m the punch line sometimes. I love laughing anyway. It’s more entertaining to see the irony. It keeps me light-hearted.

For example…earlier this year, I thought it would be nice to be in a relationship again and within a few weeks I wound up rescuing 2 baby white rats from a television shoot I was on. A few months ago I thought it would be great to be married again. A couple of months later I was given a baby field mouse.

The rats are absolutely adorable and lots of fun. The mouse is getting used to domestic living. She likes the food, having heat when it's cold at night and someone taking care of her. I’m not looking for a new relationship to show up in my life anymore. I don’t have any more room to keep wayward rodents in my apartment.

Blessings!
Laura

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Living In Quiet

Quiet on the inside isn’t that different on the outside except that just being quiet on the outside doesn’t mean that the inside is quiet at all. My mind is an amazing piece of gear. I marvel at how it keeps processing things rapidly so I continue to live and breathe. I’ve got a heart that beats without any conscious effort on my part at all.

That’s pretty cool. I like effortlessness. I like not having to think to have things happen for me. And I live that in so many ways. For instance, there are people all over the world who grow, prepare and send food to the US that I can buy at the store. All I have to do is get in my car and drive over there, pick out what I want and pay for it.

I’m very grateful for the people who have created places for me to go for my convenience and entertainment. I love being catered to, pampered and taken care of and the world does that for me. Even in the smallest things, in the nicest ways, people are putting forth a great amount of effort to create things for my benefit. It’s called “good business”.

Blessings!
Laura

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Everyone

I was playing through some songs for my gig this Friday at Michael’s Pub in North Hollywood and rehearsed a song of mine called “Everyone”. I wrote it for a church service when I lived in Telluride. Some of my favorite songs that I’ve written came from being in that church. It’s funny to me that songs of mine are very Christian, being Jewish.

The pastor, Emily, had a vision that if Christians everywhere could see the world as one through the eyes of love in one moment together that it could bring about a great change in the world. I liked the thought but wanted to include everyone, not just Christians. So when I wrote the song it was for everyone.

The song opens with this consideration: “What if everyone is everyone? And we all could see we are all the same? We are one moment in our time. If we all could see together and all share the same vision in one moment we could understand how to take time in this moment and help each other with a loving hand.” I’d like to see that for Christmas.

Blessings!
Laura

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Focus

I’ve heard it said that what you focus on expands, so I’m focusing on what I love. It’s more fun to think about what I love and I’m also doing it as an experiment to see what happens when I do that for an extended period of time. The last “experiment” I did that created a great change for me was to stop complaining.

Supposedly if I stopped complaining about anything, even in my thoughts, for 7 days my life would change for the better. So I tried to do it. I found that after 5 days I was more amused, having more fun and liked people a whole lot more than I did before I started. The best part about it was that, overall, I’ve been happier ever since.

The trickiest thing I found was some of my complaining was so ingrained in me that it didn’t seem like complaining. So focusing now on what I love helps to shift that. My favorite thing to say is that I love having lots of money. I smile just saying it. You can try it, too. Just say, “I love having ____”and fill in the blank with what you want.

Blessings!
Laura

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Go Clippers!

I just got home from the Clippers game. They won against the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was a fun game to watch. It’s also nice to see that their fan base has picked up. It was close to a sold out house at the Staples Center. The Staples Center is an amazing place. Not many places have the audacity to charge $3.50 for a $1.00 bottle of water.

My favorite part of the night was watching two groups of 4th and 5th graders from the Sephardic Temple compete in some half-time basketball games. The basketball hoops were lowered for the kids and their Rabbi was the referee. They gave him a workout running up and down the court. It was so adorable.

The kids were celebrating their shots and the crowd was getting into it. One little boy even did push-ups. So cute! I truly appreciated how tall the NBA players are when I saw how little those kids looked on the court. I’m sure those kids will be talking about playing in the Staples Center when they get back to school on Monday. A great memory.

Blessings!
Laura

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What Was I Thinking?

There was a little boy running around the lobby of a building I was in tonight and one of the girls I was with said that she wished she could go back and look at what she was thinking when she was young and she wondered what she would think of that now. I thought it was a brilliant idea. It would make things much easier to understand.

Like where my ideas about how I am supposed to be showing up in my life came from is one thing I would like to know. There are times when I think I’m just running on auto pilot. I’m so used to some of the things I’ve been doing that I don’t even realize that I could choose something different.

Maybe that’s just what makes me, me. But I would like to see if I would translate my experiences differently and how that would change things. There are reasons for things being the way they are. I don’t know why I think that if I could be more conscious in my actions and my thinking that I would have better results in my life.

Blessings!
Laura

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New Song

I wrote a new song last night. It’s called “Trouble”. It’s about having a strong physical chemistry with someone who isn’t the right person to be with. It’s odd to have the combination because the energy gets sticky and creates a paradox. The reality of seeing the truth and being able to work with it effectively requires mastery.

On the side of being an idealist, look at the benefits, cut your losses and get out while you can. On the side of the heart, there’s no point in trying to avoid a lesson because it will just keep showing up until it’s dealt with and healed. So what is the lesson of being in what shows up and working with the dynamics?

In this particular story, the push and pull of wanting to be with a person in an opposing goal seems ridiculous and yet the benefit of what is being achieved is important. There is a mirror in every situation that I have been in so there are a lot of angles that can reveal deep understanding about where a person has walked before.

Blessings!
Laura

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