Dec 31 2008
An attitude of gratitude as we go into 2009
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Archive for December, 2008
Dec 30 2008
Surrender
When we know that we are on our spiritual path there comes a time when we must surrender completely to spirit. When no matter what the appearance of our life, we know that spirit is guiding our direction. This is one of those times in my life. Fighting the tide does not work, it’s like trying to swim out of a riptide, it can’t be done, I must float, release and know that I am safe and provided for.
Right now the challenges of my life are great, but I know spirit is greater and I know that the work that I have done, the open channel I have provided and the efforts of my writing and following spiritual guidance are being acknowledged and will be rewarded. I know spirit put me on this path of writer and healer for a reason. God knew that I would follow my heart, share my story and in the process inspire others to begin looking at their own pain and grief. This is not an easy path, it isn’t easy to pour out your heart for all to see. To write and detail the mistakes you make, the misteps you take. I had to move past all that and realize the greater good in my honesty, in my compassion and know that it would be through both that I could begin to inspire healing in others.
There are moments still when I am touched with fear, with indecision, with pain. I have learned to move through those moments, to accept the feelings and allow them to disappate naturally. I do not allow them to take over, I cry, I pray, I meditate and I write. I allow my spirit to take control and those moments become less and the pain begins to disappear. This week in the midst of my personal challenges I have been reminded twice through a quote that this is my time to surrender. I have done the work, I have expended the effort, now it is time to allow spirit to unfold the blessings and release my concerns and my doubt.
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Dec 28 2008
Creating Affirmations for 2009
This morning at my church, Harmony Metaphysical in Tampa; my minister did something wonderful for our congregation as we prepare to go into 2009. We were handed paper when we entered the sanctuary and told to write down the things we would like to manifest in 2009 and the things we want to release as 2008 ends. We have done this in previous years and each time I love it! It gives me a peaceful, focused time in the loving environment of my church to review the things I want to release and the things I’m creating as the new year begins.
Reverend Dee Jay recommended starting our 2009 affirmations with I am. For example, I am healed, and I have good health. I am abundant and I am creating greater abundance with my writing. I am creating a workshop to help others in grief begin to work through the healing process.
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Dec 27 2008
The True Power of Water
The True Power of Water By: Masaru Emoto is a book that I find deeply interesting and that I recommend. It is one of several books that Masaru Emoto has written on the effects of vibration, energy, prayer and thought on water. When I was flipping through it this morning, reading randomly I came across a piece I wanted to share. Along with this is a YouTube video with Dr. Emoto
A family that subscribed to our magazine conducted an interesting experiment. They put the rice in two glass jars and every day for a month said “Thank you” to one jar and “You fool” to the other, and then they tracked how the rice changed over the period. After a month the rice that was told Thank you started to ferment, with a mellow smell like that of malt, while the rice that was exposed to You fool, rotted and turned black. Pg 97
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Dec 21 2008
Movie Review: Lorenzo’s Oil
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Ever wonder just how many mountains love can move? This film starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon features an exceptional set of parents who take on the international medical community.
Their son afflicted with a debilitating rare disease, these two people with no prior medical knowledge organized symposiums, took on a resistant parent-run foundation, collected data and more in a relentless pursuit of a cure. The result? A medical miracle in record time.
But that was only the first half of the problem. Next came the rebuilding of the myelin to reverse the impact of the disease. This turned into a new collaborative effort called The Myelin Project, something that will positively impact multiple illnesses beyond ALD that launched their family’s odyssey into the arena of medical research.
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Dec 20 2008
Tribute To My Mom
My Mom. What a woman. I wish you all could have known her when she was younger. She was amazing; always busy, a tower of strength, smart, independent and most important, her love knew no bounds. Mom did not have an easy life. When he was three years old she lost her only son to cancer. I inherited the Edwards depression gene and for many years keeping me from harming myself was sometimes a full time chore for Mom. When I lost my first husband to divorce, there was Mom, helping me cope, helping with my bills, helping me raise my two sons, Robin and Timothy. When my second husband Richard was diagnosed with a brain tumor, again, Mom drove him to his radiation treatments every day and to his doctor appointments while I was working. I don’t what I would done without her. After he died she was my rock.
My sister, Linda, lost her husband to cancer when he was only 33 years old. Mom was right there for Linda and her two children, Melissa and Christopher, again helping Linda cope with her grief, helping take care of the kids and helping Linda around the house.
Mom worked for the stock market all of her adult life and knew the business backwards and forwards. She loved her work and didn’t want to retire when she turned 65. However, she was forced to retire at 70. She hated retirement. Mom needed to be busy. She started volunteering at church and at Boyd Hill Nature Park. She took care of her grandchildren, she took care of her daughters.
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Dec 18 2008
A Beautiful Quote
The greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
Dalai Lama
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Dec 16 2008
Running Out Of Time…
I am running out of time, you see I have 2 main profession’s… I am a Dreamer and a procrastinator. The whole year I have been putting things off until next week, and then next week becomes next month which in turn becomes where we are today which is about 2 weeks from a New Year! That’s good for most people but for me its panic because I have put everything off till the New Year comes, A FRESH NEW START, the problem is I have so many things, so many projects, so many goals and only 2 weeks to figure out how on January 1st, 2009 I am going to be able to accomplish every goal, and every project I have set out for myself. Usually I am so overwhelmed I just fold and don’t even attempt anything except the going on a diet which only lasts a few days anyway. If you go back to my first entry you will notice I honestly didn’t know my age, well some good news and some bad news I am only 35 years old, that’s great huh? well yes but the bad news is it took me so long to write this second entry (procrastination) I am now 36! Life’s clock keeps on ticking the battery never runs out, It doesn’t matter what we are doing, sleeping, laughing, crying or working the clock keeps ticking it seems like just yesterday I was in my early 20’s with dreams and Goals of where I would be by the time I was in my mid 30’s and before you know it here it is and your not where you thought you should be. Well the time is now, It starts today, not January 1st, TODAY we need to slow things down and make baby steps, back to the basics little personal victories each and every day. Set tiny goals and focus on those not the big picture. Get Started, and never ever quit. One man asked how do you eat an elephant… one bite at a time. …Mike Fuller
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Dec 15 2008
Passports With a Purpose….prizes!
Through http://www.wanderlustandlipstick.com a travel website I write for, I got involved with a charity raffle to support Heifer International; a non proft organization that helps reduce poverty.
The giving is two fold, you do something wonderful for an amazing organization and you have the opportunity to receive a gorgeous gift donated by one of many great Passport With a Purpose Sponsors!!
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Dec 08 2008
The pleasure of things that work
Growth and Life photo credit: Lisa Overman
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