Ellen & Wayne Dyer

Sick little Preston's need to be held and comforted the last several days has allowed me to catch up a little on the recorded shows that I never get around to watching. For the most part, the only shows I've seen are Diego or Backyardigans. What a life I lead! Anyway, I happened to turn on Ellen's Friday (I think it was Friday) show and I just had to comment. I don't know how many of you saw it, but for those who didn't, it was really good. Well, Janet Jackson was boring, but the rest of the show was pretty inspirational to me. First, she had the guy on that won $1 million on The Price is Right. I think his name is Adam. He is such an optimistic toddler teacher and plans to still teach at his preschool or daycare or whatever, even though he just won $1 million. He said he's going to quit his part-time job as a waiter, but that he loves working with kids. He just had such a good attitude and you can tell he really likes kids, so that was fun for me to watch. That's rare, especially for a man. Later, she had Dr. Wayne Dyer on. He is a self-help author and motivational speaker. The book he was promoting was called "Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life." Okay, so sometimes I tend to be a bit too into self-help books like this so maybe I'm not the most neutral person to share, but honestly, it was so awesome to listen to him. He's got a great attitude and real life insight.

Here are a couple things he said that I loved. He talks about the ego. He says that the ego is the false self. He talks about how when we're in the womb, we trust God and then as soon as we're born, we start "edging God out" or E.G.O. We teach our kids that their value is based on what they have and later on what they do and what people think of them. Then when something goes wrong or someone doesn't like them, they think they have no value. He also talks about how the ego teaches that we are separate from God, but really we must be part of God because we came from God. He said in order to learn how to let go of ego we must think and be like God, always giving, always serving, always caring. He used a metaphor of the sun when speaking about God. He said, even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, you owe me. Just think what a love like that can do. We need to let go of our own desires and become humble and be giving and serving and loving. He talks about the mantra of the ego being I must have more. The ego is never content. We need to be in a state of awe and bewilderment and total gratitude all the time. He said, when you have a choice to be right or to be kind, choose kind. He also talked about how none of us here are human beings having an occasional spiritual experience, but that we're actually spirits here having a human experience. Our essence is in this world of spirit. The spirit gives light. Keep in mind, I'm quoting and yet not quoting him. Everything he said was so beautiful. It was basic and yet it was just great to listen to him.

So my hope is that I'll be able to remember these truths and live by them a little more often. And I might buy the book and see what else this man has to say. I have a few books ahead of it, but if I get around to it, I'll let you know what I think.