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Smiling helps… YES it always helps

Today my smile came from Dr. Seuss

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

and another…

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

and finally…

Enjoying all the mutual weirdness in my life… ❤

Connections with other BEINGS make my life Juicy. ❤

When I feel connected and present with other beings I feel like my life is of value. When I communicate and give myself to the pleasure of another, I feel my life is connected to other beings. When I feel connected with others and my life, I feel JUICY and liquid and like the fabric of life is immeasurably rich.

Today I will let myself be connected and purposefully connect to whatever BEINGS cross my path. I will weave these connections into the rich and liquid fabric of my existance.

Connections – The richness of the fabric of my life.

Today’s blog is dedicated to my friend Conrad. I am so glad for our visit.

 
 

Knowing I am loved helps me stay in a juicy state.

Knowing that I am loved, seen, understood and most of all included lets me maintain a state or being that allows for more of me to come forward. I am a ravenous little hog when it comes to love and the expressions of love I find around me. The simplest expressions: a smile, an offering, a little note, a tiny expression will reassure me and opens the channel for me to bring my own self love forward. Loving myself and feeling the love of others is a path for me.

All the while, knowing the more I love myself, the more love I will feel from others and the more love I will be able to generate to give to others. A delicious cycle.

Today I will see the love around me and allow for more of the richness of me to intermingle with the cosmic. ❤

Love, God! - A lovely note form a wonderful lover... ❤

Loving the Loverly JUICY Heart.

Exploration the theme for the day.

Exploring finding new and old, tried and untried. Exploring the way to find excitment and pleasure.

Today I will explore with an open heart

LAUGHING calms and calls the FEIRY – JUICY Heart into submission.

My Laugh this morning came from a poem…

Sphincter

I hope my good old asshole holds out
60 years it’s been mostly OK
Tho in Bolivia a fissure operation
survived the altiplano hospital–
a little blood, no polyps, occasionally
a small hemorrhoid
active, eager, receptive to phallus
coke bottle, candle, carrot
banana & fingers –
Now AIDS makes it shy, but still
eager to serve –
out with the dumps, in with the condom’d
orgasmic friend –
still rubbery muscular,
unashamed wide open for joy
But another 20 years who knows,
old folks got troubles everywhere –
necks, prostates, stomachs, joints–
Hope the old hole stays young
till death, relax

Allen Ginsberg

LOVE and LAUGHTER for the JUICY Heart today.

My Support group as I LAUGH and LOVE – Aug 2011

Today is about Gratitude.

Be Grateful. There is a simplicity to my practice for the day. Gratitude, no less, no more.

Today I will be grateful and today, I will express my gratitude. Today will be simple as I practice an Attitude of Gratitude.

The Grateful JUICY Heart

Trumpet Vine – Blossoming despite adversity – July 27, 2011

If you have a question about Gratitude or have a wondering about what Expressions of Gratitude might bring to your life, contact me at http://www.phillipcoupal.ca/

One never knows what will present itself.

I was so glad to be witness to all that passed in front of me today.

I was glad to see a man walk by with his husband. It took me moment to recognize him. This man I knew. I had been witness to him. I had been partner to him. This man had hurt me more than anyone I have ever know has hurt me. Even more than my father. Even more than those nasty boys in the playing field. This man walked by. His swagger, his arrogance as it has always been. This man walked by and as so many I saw today walked by as a stranger.

I digested the experience of seeing this manly, man. I wondered why I experienced him as a stranger. I was glad to know that my hurt has subsided. I was glad to know that this man, who had lied to me and belittled me and castigated me for being me, was nothing more than a stranger. I am most grateful and glad for me, my power within, my radiant light, my beacon to myself.  I realized that I knew that nothing this man had told me was true and that really all of who and what I am is held in light. Nothing of all of the shame and self loathing that this man had put on me so many years ago was real. Those pieces of shame and hatred were his. I was able to revel in my own JUICY self. Knowing that I am the man I am. I need not rely on the negative and depreciating words of another man to describe myself.

I was so very grateful to have my own joyful and delicious self to proclaim to the world as me.

Gay, Queer, Loud, Proud full of all the JUICY Creative Energy that is ME!

Today I will be myself!

❤ the Juicy Heart

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Sunday July 3rd PRIDE Toronto 2011

Giving…

The simple JOY of GIVING…

Giving JOYFULLY and with a WHOLE HEART. Giving until there is nothing left but JUICE

That was today and now I will sleep and dream and get up tomorrow and give again. There is nothing more or less, simply the charitable act of giving.

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Heart in Hand July 2011

 

 

Getting WET!

All day I have been dreaming about how nice it will be to be in the big outdoor pool swimming along… doing my best to swim the distance, dancing through the water.

Even though the day was stress and deadlines and “this has to be done NOW!”… Thinking about the pool and the meditative and balanced art of swimming has had me stay focused all day long. I have been looking forward to the stretch, the measured breathing and the ballet that my body does as I go length to length. I have been looking forward to the water and the sky and the coolness and the liquid feeling that I have as I get into the water, warm up my body to the workout and then go the distance.

Off to be wet and juicy and dance in that limpid blue pool.

Today I will be focused and enjoy the dream of what to pool can bring.

❤ the JUICY Heart – ALOHA

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The signs of Hawaii – May 2011

 

What is on the Table today?

Pleasure… The attainable and sustainable art of finding PLEASURE.

Here is a great article that I found this morning… The ART of Receiving Pleasure

Here is a video blog from a friend who like me teaches about pleasure.

 

If you want to find out more about pleasure and how pleasure can have an impact on your life, visit my website. Let’s create a connection and let’s begin a conversation about Pleasure.

Phillip Coupal – Creating MORE Pleasure

❤ the JUICY Heart

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Dark Chocolate Cherries from Godiva Chocolatier ❤