Recently, my friend Marci Shimoff shared a story with me that really touched my heart. Her friend CJ was very ill with lupus, but rather than complain about the situation, she was inspired to become a messenger of blessing. Everywhere she went she silently shared this blessing on behalf of others in her life.

“May you be safe, may you be happy, may you be healthy, may you live with ease.”

From strangers on the street, to friends and family, CJ spent a year blessing other people. When waiting in line at the grocery store, she would say her mantra over and over again silently in her mind for the person in front of her, the one behind her in line and for the cashier. She was constantly focused on love and blessing.

She did nothing differently in her treatment for her disease. Yet, from that place of loving-kindness for others, she herself was healed. Within a year, her body had no trace of the disease. The doctors called it a medical miracle. I call it a side effect of being a messenger of love. How can you share love with everyone and not spill a little bit on yourself?

This works not only on our health, but in our relationships, finances, creative endeavors and all other parts of our lives too!

Scientists continue to reinforce and prove the tangible effects of the power of our words. We are energy and the love and kindness that we share is also energy.

Imagine a world where everyone sends blessings to one another instead of curses. When someone pulls out in front of us, I want our first instinctive action to be one of blessing. Instead of saying “You X&$#@xx!” to the person, what if we immediately beamed, “May you be safe, may you be happy, may you be healthy, may you live with ease.”

I believe if we really knew the power of our words and our thoughts, we would be much more careful with them. We would retrain ourselves to act from a place of kindness as our default position rather than just reacting.

Please join me in an experiment in love. Just for today, see how many times you can send blessings to friends and strangers. You’ve nothing to lose, and a lot to gain. Start by blessing yourself. “May I be safe, may I be happy, may I be healthy, may I live with ease.”

Then become a blessing machine and bless everyone you pass on the street. Even if you never leave your house, consciously send this to at least 50 people. Send this especially to people that you are in conflict with, or people that you don’t care for. Bless everyone!

Just bring them into your thoughts, bless them and keep passing along the love that you are. Write this down and put it in front of you so that you’ll have a constant reminder until it becomes a new habit. I know it will have an amazing effect on your life. What have you got to lose in trying this? More importantly, what have you got to gain??

Please post your comments below and share your experiences with us. We all need a little more love, and an easier path to walk some days. Let’s consciously be there for one another and do this together.

To you, my friend on the beautiful Sunday morning,

Love and blessings to you, from my heart to yours.

Hugs,

Gail

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