Coming for the Real You.

I'm hoping to share thoughts, fun and insightful information and aha moments with all to better serve ourselves and the universe.

My background is that of Executive Secretary for the local Electric company (11 years).

Certified Personal Trainer (since 1991) and Fitness Consultant for my own company, Beachin Bodies (6 years) and certified in Reiki and Nutrition with training in Cranial Sacral work, Tai Chi, and Meditation. Certified as a Professional Life Coach (2015); Minister at Universal Life Church (2016);

and, possibly, most important,

my own journey through illness and avenues, roads and roadblocks that I have taken to find the real me. (35 plus years).

The me that I was born as. The me that is the all-knowing. I believe the search is endless and we are here to learn and to love and to share it all.










Thursday, May 31, 2012

Hands All In

I have my hands in and on and reaching for many possible answers and solutions.   I am reaching out to many different places and to many different people for help.

I feel stronger just doing this.

May they reach back and help me to bring myself up.

May you either reach out or grasp onto someone's hand in the guise of helping one another today.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Best

Do your best.  You are going to fail at times.  So do your best again.      Auggie Garrido

Good words to live by.

AND, I do not know a person that this is not true for. 

Mmmmmm

May you do your best with what you have, what you know and what you feel today. 

Things that Happen

I read somewhere yesterday that things happen for us and not to us.

Found it interesting.   "Felt' different on me.

May you choose the words that feel better than others.  If you find yourself using words that are hurtful to yourself, may you CANCEL them and exchange them with a FEEL BETTER word.

i.e.

Boring - Quiet/relaxation time, Contemplative

Loser - Learner

Dumb - Learning or Unknown

I am useless.  - There's plenty of things that I can do.


Whatever it is I find myself saying out of habit -  I can always change it up and boost myself instead of berate myself.  We all can; if we choose it.

May you have fun with it as you create the you that you truly are. 

If you are building yourself up too much or trying too hard - this, too, cannot feel too good on a person.  It's an awful lot of work to constantly say how good we are to others.   If we know it; perhaps, that can be enough....????  People WILL see it for themselves.

Just thinkin out loud.....  Ha

Monday, May 28, 2012

Seven of Swords

From the book, "The Alchemical Tarot" by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Robert M. Place

"You are completing something such as bringing a final idea into place or finishing a project.  The message also might mean disarming someone, even verbally, while at the same time building up your own resources.  Or it may warn of thievery, especially theft of ideas, though sometimes the thief is a hero or a trickster, who heals us by taking negativity from us."


My wish is for you to bring you wherever you go today and do not give YOU up.

Body, Mind and Spirit

What your Body, Mind and Spirit are 'calling' for, is exactly what you need.  There is nothing else to chase.

Memorial Day

May our Memorial Day get more and more ancient as we find our way to navigate to our love of one another instead of war.

Today, I honor all who have given their life and the ones who loved them.

Free Yourself

"Every day, you make decisions that define your life.  You may feel stuck in a job, an addiction, a bad relationship, or just a rut in life.  If you know you are stuck, then you are stuck.  If you believe you can get out, you can.  You have the power to free yourself."

I believe!

May you always believe!

From the book "The Power of Self-Healing:  Unlock Your Natural Healing Potential in 21 Days!" by Fabrizio Mancini

More From Mark Nepo

"A very touching story from the Talmud captures the soft paradox of all these aspects of the journey.  A rabbi asks his students, "How do you know the first moment of dawn has arrived?"  After a great silence, one pipes up, "When you can tell the difference between a sheep and a dog."  The rabbi shakes his head no.  Another offers, "When you can tell the difference between a fig tree and an olive tree."  Again, the rabbi shakes his head no.  There are no other answers.  The rabbi circles their silence and walks between them, "You know the first moment of dawn has arrived, when you look into the eyes of another human being and see yourself."

"Solitude does not mean living apart from others; it means never living apart from one's self."  Parker Palmer

From the Book "Finding Inner Courage" by Mark Nepo

One Moment

"Any life, no matter how long and complex may be, is made up of a single moment--the moment in which a person finds out, once and for all, who they are."  Jorge Luis Borges

"Finding Inner Courage" by Mark Nepo

May you know who you are....May you Be YOU

Convict

"If you are too convicted in your opinions or beliefs, perhaps you are a convict, imprisoned within the confines of your own understandings."  Jon Kabat-Zinn

From the book by Mr. Mark Nepo "Finding Inner Courage"

Imagination/Circumstance?

"History bears witness that our lives are far more influenced by imagination than circumstance."  Alan Christoffersen's diary

From the book "The Road to Grace (The Walk) by Richard Paul Evans

What are you working from today -- Imagination....Circumstance?

What Is Inside

"If you bring out what is inside you what is inside you will save you.  If you fail to bring out what is inside you, what is inside you will destroy you."  The Gnostic Gospels

What is inside of you?

Let Go

"One has to let go of who they think they are; before they can become who they are."  Anonymous

I'm hoping that this is what I am doing.  Time will tell.

May you know who you are without your labels from time to time.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Life.....By Me



Life is often not what I expect it to be.  If I stop expecting and just go with what is, I feel better.


  May you allow your life to unfold as it is and go with it... if you feel better doing so.

Do You Want to Stop Expecting?

Saturday, May 26, 2012

What If

What if what I'm calling 'low', is not low at all?  What if this time of my life is just very life changing and creating the life that I will be going forward with.  Just because it feels low, doesn't necessarily mean it is. 

I've heard many people say that their disease or disaster put them on the track of their life that made more sense; created more happiness than what they were currently living in. (although it can leave scars)

Mmmmm.  I know for my own dis-ease, scleroderma, it has brought about a life that would never have come about for me without the issues and symptoms and roads I experienced because of it.  Many, I would rather have not been a part of.  Yet, I love and am proud of who I am now.  I love knowing what I know and, I think, I use it affectively, for the most part.  I'm deep.  I'm true.  I'm genuine.  

These traits were not the easiest to come by for me.  Also, the 'depth' takes some energy.  Ha.  Yet, for now, I know no other way.  It's what I'm about; who I am.  I feel real and connected to a source (I call God) that I am one with.  He is the Master and the Almighty.  I am a soul here on Earth.  I need to feel connected to everything and everyone I encounter. 

There is much I do not know.   I feel pain, sadness.   I know joy, greatness.  I've experienced much.  I want to experience more. 

I'm open to what God has in store for me.   I accept the life He has chosen for me.  I've learned that fighting it, makes me less of who I am.

May you accept the total you just as you are today.  May you continue to grow towards all of who you are as you live your life.

I did say Deep, right?   Ha.  It makes my head spin! 

Dark Cloud

It is certainly time for a dark cloud to be over me.  How do I know?  Because it's here.  Oh my. 

I'm pretty low on many facets of my life.  My health, some relationships, some unrealized dreams.  It's quite depleting for me. 

What's a person to do?  Keep pushing forward with ease, joy, trust, truth and love; I think.

It's figuring out how to allow this when so low.  What is my goal in this moment.  What can I do right now to feel some joy.  What can I do right now to work towards a dream.  What can I do right know to help my relationships.  What's the one thing I can do to feel better in this moment.

Finding my own answers and doing them is what my goal is in this moment.  And, in truth, my goal is really to go read a book.  Ha. 

What's your goal in this moment?

Friday, May 25, 2012

Nature


Nature - It's quite remarkable.

Frightened to Get Up

For the first time in my life - I was frightened to get out of bed to see how I feel.  They are trying to balance my hormones and get me back to at least having a strong body and mind.  I went off somewhere along the way.   Finding my inner self and bringing her to the forefront of my life was a great gift to myself.  One I've wanted for a long time.

Is there a cost?  I don't want to think so.  I am frail. (did I just say that word describing myself)  When did this happen?  Right in front of myself and I couldn't or didn't know how to stop it.

We started testosterone and I'm hoping this will give me my woman sex appeal back.   (o mother)

So, I fed the animals already.  It is a dark, wet day BUT WARM; which by now I'm guessing you know that this makes a difference to me! 

It is a great big enjoy the holiday weekend coming up.  I used to love this holiday because it meant SUMMER.  I used to run to the shore and enjoy every moment.  I'm so grateful I did that.  Then, I lived in Florida, USA a lot.  Down there, as I knew it - it wasn't quite as hyped up because it's mostly always warm down in S. Florida.  I still love that Summer is upon us.  I'm just not running anywhere. 

Am I missing the running? 

Right now, I just want to feel capable, strong, and ready to conquer; or, at least, live! 

Sounds dismal, doesn't it?

It doesn't feel as dismal as my head is telling me it 'should'. 

I'm learning more and more to look and see what is here around and within me and accept it and enjoy what I do have.   I have a lot.

May you enjoy what you do have - you do have alot.  Sometimes one just has to look a little harder.

There's a lot of green, something to shoot for, a lot of shapes and patterns, different textures, the flag that lets you know if it's windy or not --   all we have to do is look - there is always something to grab onto.  After staring for a while; I even see an "X".   What do you see with who you are.  Ha.

Thursday, May 24, 2012

At a Crossroads

I am at a crossroads with my health regimen.  I am down and out.   What to do; what to do.

Get back in and up, right?

Mmmmmm

How to.....     Is this what comes next.    I hope so.

May you know what comes next and do it.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Temperance

Temperance.  I went in to my fun tarot card box again and this is the card I picked.  This is from the book "The Alchemical Tarot" by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Robert M. Place.

"Temperance represents the continual process of life.  The key meaning of the card is renewal, a lancing of dual forces, and an achievement of harmony that lies beyond conscious control but simply is.  Temperance is mistress of nature and its rhythms, and perfection is her goal.  She is calm and centred, and maintains her steady rhythm in the face of storms ad upheavals.  Temperance reminds us that there is a higher order, a higher functioning, to all that happens.  We can tune into this higher consciousness by simply concentrating on the present moment, letting go of preconceptions based on the past and not holding expectations for the future."

"Temperance is also related to the word 'temper' which means to make strong.  Temperance can help our fortitude."

Fortitude means "mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously" by Dictionary.com

May it rain 'fortitude' today for anyone that needs it.

A Day of Big Leaps

I'm realizing I'm living in issues I'd rather not have present in my life.  I'm realizing it doesn't matter what I want, it matters how I respond to these issues.  It's matters what God shows me I need. 

I come from a place of care, love, support and heart.   I come from a place, of peace, togetherness, great health and truth.

This is all I can do.  This has to be enough.

When life feels insane, how do I stay sane?  I need to respond honestly to the life that is within me.

I'm not sure if this is sanity or not.   I do know insane is to think I can continue on as I am and expect change to occur anyway.

May you hit your sanity button and do what you need to do with what is right in front of you today.  May you see your truth and live through it.

Monday, May 21, 2012

5 of Hearts

*5 of Hearts - "Sorrow, relationship breakdown"   

Oh yeah.   God is showing me my own strength with relation to myself.  I do not feel strong.   Will I triumph?  Do I triumph no matter what? 

*www3.sympatico.com

What Fun

"They" tell me that my organs are all not working properly.  I believe it's because of the hormones.  I am taking too many.   I chose to try this regimen.  It is no longer working.  

I am now looking for direction as to how to change this.

I have a dentist appointment this morning.   I so 'looooove' going there.  NOT.

I am not in a happy place this morning.  This is my truth.

I move forward regardless with trust that I am where I am supposed to be and greater hope that this is not long term.

I am numb and don't want to play this 'game'.   I have no choice.  I move on.

Without the downs, I wouldn't feel the high of the highs..... And, oh so hard.

It is literally not easy to know which step to take next; even if I have one in me.....

May you enjoy the steps you easily take today.  Perhaps, even the ones that aren't so easy, but doable.

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Discouraged

I'm discouraged because I cannot get an answer.  4 out of 4 people are not responding.  Does this mean it's time for a 5th? 

In truth, I am okay in this minute.  However, I'd be better if I could get on with my healthcare and know what I'm doing.

I feel like a downer and do not want to be.   I feel like I'm struggling and do not want to be.  I feel like many do not care and I don't want to feel this way.

I always say, if you don't like the way you feel - wait a few minutes.   This is more like a few months as far as this treatment plan goes. 

What's a woman to do?  I know in my head that there are alot of people out in the world that do care.   I'm just currently tired of looking for them.

I know it's easy to find many, many that care.   I need ones that care that can help me with my hormones.

Life is interesting.  This is one word for it.

This is me on the wrong hormone dose talking.  I don't like what I'm hearing.   Heck, I don't like what I'm saying.

May you like what you are doing today.  May you make it so.  May you be happy that your hormones are not out of whack.  AND, if they are, may you find peace in the chaos.  

I certainly am learning  something I didn't really think about before -- how important hormones are in the human body. 

Friday, May 18, 2012

Not My Own

I'm struggling some because I am waiting on help from doctors and experts that know much more than I on hormones and I am having a hard time connecting to and with any of them.

It's interesting how I have my health and my life in other's people hands.  This is what I've created.  I want to change this up and depend on myself first and others next.

Right now I feel I am dependent on others for my healthcare; more than myself.  It does not feel good.  I feel insecure, sad and 'on hold'.

May you have your own life in your own hands always.  And, if you find that you do not, may people support you and help you in ways that allow you to feel helped and supportedThis is my wish for you today.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Right In Front of Me

Epiphany!  What's right in front of me is sometimes what is most hidden!

I went to the Psychiatrist today explaining to him about how I went on hormones to mimic pregnancy to see if I could stop symptoms of scleroderma.   I told him I achieved this goal of mimicking pregnancy and I did change symptoms of ulcerations on my fingers from time to time.  They were definitely affected by progesterone levels for me.

I proceeded to tell him about my most recent blood test results that showed signs of an overworking heart, under working thyroid, sugar not being used by my body properly (diabetic symptoms) and also known symptoms of mental confusion, fatigue and weight gain.  I was strongly voicing adverse feelings of  how concerned I was with these results and symptoms.  I continued that how in over 200 blood tests I have received; nothing has ever showed positive or off from regular, everyday numbers.

He simply stated - Well, your body thinks you've been pregnant for sometime and is now showing possible pregnancy symptoms.  -   I'm not sure if I could have been more dumbfounded!  I stood up and spun around the room in an OH MY GOODNESS DANCE, OF COURSE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON..... DUH!

I'm stating the facts and still need to be knocked on my head to a reality check!

Relief came.   Change will be a-coming.

May you see what is right in front of you in a very helpful way today.

Crying

If crying is for the weak, why does it feel so empowering and peaceful when I'm done?

May you allow your feelings freedom to express themselves safely.

I Am Here

I am here, but I'm travelling some and working out some big issues with my health.  I'm feeling much frustration and uncertainty.  I feel tired and my house is full of people and my plate is full.  I offer love and trust of where you are today is exactly where you need to be.  And, my hope is that there is a belief within that knows all will be okay. 

May you go inward if this is where you need to be.

Monday, May 14, 2012

Alone

I am realizing that, at times, I feel alone.   Interesting enough, however, is that I feel alone and, yet, this is what I am creating.

Friends ask to come over; I say no.  People ask me to meals or movies, I say no.  Family asks me to functions, I say no.

I feel alone and sad.  Yet, this is what I have created.  I can change this at anytime I choose.  Yet, I choose to stay alone.  

I am not always sad when I am alone.  I like my alone time.   I enjoy doing what I want, when I want, and how I want without interference or compromise. 

I am sad when I choose to be alone and this isn't what I really want.  I push others away.  I am not sure why. 

I am learning about me.  What a strange array of me-ness I am.

Great friends and family are saying I am analyzing too much.  Perhaps, this is true.  Pain has brought me to it.  I guess I will stop analyzing when it is my time to stop analyzing. 

Where does your life have you?  Is it YOU or are we by-products of our life situations?  If you are happy, carry on.   If you are not happy inside, perhaps, it's time to let things down instead of carrying them with you.....

Trying

I tried to post to the subject of Rain.  I didn't get very far.  I felt fake and not in my true element.  I didn't want to talk about the rain.  

I am sitting in what feels like unwanted knowledge and unwanted situations with my health and the way I feel.  I feel frustrated and low.  I feel down on myself.  I feel like Im not my 'cool' self and this is important to me!  Ha.

I need to be cool. To me, this means that I need to feel in my element and alive and living the life that makes me happiest.  I have to admit, my 'cool' has left the building.  I have to admit that I don't have much trust or confidence in myself currently.  I have to admit that I'm down on myself right now.  I have to admit that I'm not sure fighting for life is what I want to do.  It feels too hard.  I know I am not getting my 'happy on'.

Yes, my hormones are all messed up.   Yes, I don't have too much strength in body, mind or spirit.  Yes, I am laying very, very low.   AND, I am begging for help.  I am open to receive or connect to what it is that I need to not feel the way I do.  Am I defeated?  I don't know.   I don't believe so.   Am I tired?  Oh, so tired.

So, I sit on this rainy day as I am.  I pull weeds on this rainy day as I am.  I eat because ...  well, out of habit.  I hear others and have an open heart to help and share.

Oh, I'm not really enjoying this encounter with myself too much. 

May you truly know who you are and what makes you happy and trust that where you are, is right where you are supposed to be.  I do believe that where I am is exactly where I need to be.  I trust and hope and am working towards being somewhere that feels brighter, happier.  And, I'm ok with where I am at even if I'm not enjoying it.  It feels right.

Yes, I'm crazier than ever....  or am I most sane?    Who knows.   THIS IS LIFE for me today. 

May you trust that your life is - as is - for reasons bigger than we can see or know at times.  However, we have the power to change it at anytime we choose.  Baby steps are encouraged when nothing else seems possible.

I am so grateful that I have lived, thus far, a life full of wonder and awe, a life full of vitality.  I have known many dreams come true.  I have developed and am connected to many friendships of love and support.  I have known greatest of loves.  This is what sustains me now.  To know greatness of life.  That it truly is obtainable.

Without the lows, I would see the highs differently.  Would I differentiate if I didn't have anything to differentiate with.  Life is full of differentiations.  (is this a word?)  I accept them all to the best of my ability.

May you accept the differentiations in your life and cherish the highs and grow through the lows.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mother's Day

A mother is a person who cares for, gives to, guides with, and loves a person in really big ways.  A mother's love - there is NOTHING like it in the world. 

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms! 

May you let go of anything that doesn't feel good on you today.  It can always be picked back up tomorrow. Ha.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

True

Are you being true to yourself about the way you feel and truthful to those who scare you the most????  

Wouldn't that be something?  Ha.

My wish for you today is to share your truth about how you feel to a person who frightens you the most to do this with.  Wow.   I think our world would be a different place if we each did this one time today.  I just did!

Do U dare?  I hope so.

Giving it My All

I am trying so very hard to live and thrive and to find answers to my health constraints/issues.   My head is currently screwy because I want help so bad and there is a part of me that hates to ask for it and doesn't want to bother anyone and another part of me that thinks them knowing my situation could greatly increase their ability to learn and grow and help others.

What a pickel I put myself in!  I am writing to the experts.  They have heard me.  I pray for knowledge, care and growth for all.

I am suffering.  I am, for the first time, in way over 200 blood tests, showing organs working harder or not as hard as is optimal and numbers that are way under or over what physicians know to be 'normal'. 

So, I have much to work with.  Never did before.  This could be good.  This could not be so good.  I'm thinking it's good.

I'm ready to deal, dive in, pray, and change what is in my power to change to create optimal health and happiness for me.

May you be ready to change what creates optimal health and happiness for you.

First, I have to admit where I really feel most unsettled and start here.  OH, the struggle.  However, isn't staying stuck in the struggle the worst of two evils....  I'm changing it up a lot and I feel my resistance to do so and I'm plowing through anyway.  And, it is one of the hardest things for me to do.   Mmmmmm

Friday, May 11, 2012

Amusing or Not

"Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas."           *Laurence Sterne

That's two words for it!
                                                                *Daily Inspirational.net






Today

Today is a day for me to just be with what is and keep hope in my heart.  I believe God has a plan and I am a part of it. 

May you be with what is and have hope in your heart. And, if it feels right to you, know that you are a part of the bigger plan as well. 

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Have Anything

I do not have anything to offer here.  My head is tired.  I want to rest it.

I breathe in my right nostril; I breathe out my left side of my nose.  I notice that as I breathe in, the air is cool.  As I breathe out, the air is warm.   Mmmmm   Interesting.  (Or at least, I can quiet my mind!)

May you do something silly/different/all mind consuming to allow your head to empty for a moment or two...And enjoy the peace from the 'chatter' that is sometimes in your head.

Hell O

"When going through hell; keep going."    Winston Churchill

From all that has been experienced, change is guaranteed to come.

If you do not like where you find yourself; hold on; things will change.

If you love where you find yourself; hold on and enjoy it and be present to it.

May you be present to your 'moments' today.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Inside of Myself and Available to the Outside World

I sadly reveal that my physical health is still kicking me down.  I hurt.  I have ulcers on my fingers.  I am unable to do a lot of things. However, I realize that I am also able to do a lot of things as well.  I do wish I could stop hurting.

However, over these past 2-1/2 years, I have gone so deeply inside of myself that I am quite acquainted with myself.  I feel so lucky and so blessed to have been given and taken this opportunity.  Of course, it is just my 'path' or I wouldn't be living it.  It is not always easy, but whose is?  It feels like a blessed one...in this moment, anyway.  Ha.

I have processed and prodded, I have adapted to and adopted new behaviors.  I have become aware and amazed.  I have always found the human body awe-inspiring.  The functionality; the ability, the limitless things it could do with our awareness and much more without; functioning alone on its own.

I now bow down to my mind's ability to really lead me astray; to untruths - especially about self.  I have, perhaps, wandered far in this capacity. 

I believe now that 'self' is a beautiful, original, unique entity that when given the opportunity to flourish and create through truth of self; this part of us, too, is unstoppable and limitless.

So, what do I do with this information?  I am not quite sure other than to continue moving forward and to share myself with the outside world.  The true, innermost, vulnerable place that I am. 

This is still a scary thing for me, and, yet, it is now more exciting and awesome to think about than anything else.  This, to me, is what my life and living is about.

The old childhood question comes to mind, "What did you learn in school today?"...   Answer.... SHARING

May you share your innermost you with all of your world.  May you witness the pure power of this today.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Repeat

I feel this is a great one for me to repeat today.

Love the good things that my family members do today.  There are many.  Focus on togetherness as each of us are as individuals.

The way it is; is the way it is. 

If I were to share a learning experience with a person starting out as a married couple and planning to grow a family,

My advice would be to stay aware of what is and to create the family dynamic that is best/happiest for each member in each situation going forward.  Be open to creating anew.

I think the old school way (for me anyway) was to think that this is how it should be now that I'm married; or now that I have a child.   And, a lot of these shoulds/beliefs that I would shoot for would come from my own childhood family experiences.  And, in my experience 'shoulds' mostly never work.  Many of my beliefs do not work in today's world.   I'm really not sure that they always worked back then either!

If I were to be aware and to allow ideas/solutions/growth of my family dynamic to work with the present life economy, society and opportunities and incorporate the love and the brilliance of each family member communicating openly - this, I believe would create the family life that works best in most situations.

May you communicate your truth and use your awareness (while staying open minded)  to create a better family life with those that have the biggest impact in your life...  your loved ones.

You know you got it if you have a peaceful, can't wait to get home to living environment. 

Good news - You are the only one that can make this your truth.
Bad news - You are the only one that can make this your truth.

May you have the goal of this being your truth as much as possible.

Monday, May 7, 2012

Mmmmm

"Why, he wondered, if that family life leads to unhappiness, are we all still drawn to it?  He had thought about that and realized that it wasn't the dream that had gone wrong but the dreamers."
 From the book "Stay Close" by Harlan Coben

May you think of only the good in your family today.  May you let them know how much they are loved and may you know the wonderful person that YOU ARE because of YOUR FAMILY.

Definition of Insanity

"What do they say about the definition of insanity?  It is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

From the Harlen Coben book "Stay Close"

Could we all just be a little insane?

May you do one thing different today to change things up.

Truth in a Question

"This whole time it had been this easy?"

From the book "Guts" by Kristen Johnston

Am I making it more difficult on myself at times?   Am I allowing for 'ease' in my life enough?

May you have a day full of ease; just because you choose it.

Self-Healing

"Maybe right now you're dealing with a chronic disease such as cancer or diabetes.   Chronic disease is tough--for the patient, as well as for the family and other loved ones.  Feelings of grief, fear, regret, and anger can hang over you like a heavy cloud.  A lot of people want to pretend the cloud isn't there.  They've heard or have been told that they should "stay positive".  Well, what if you don't feel like staying positive?  Forcing positivity is just as harmful as being negative; it puts you under additional stress that will counter healing.  Go with, and work through, all emotions or else you'll block healing energy."

From the Book "The Power of Self-Healing:  Unlock Your Natural Healing Potential in 21 Days!"  by Fabrizio Mancini

            "Obstacles in life are part of spiritual growth and opportunity."  Fabrizio Mancini

May you participate in what is really going on inside of you today.


Saturday, May 5, 2012

Hopeful and Beliefs

I am hopeful today.  I know there is much good to living and I am hopeful to participate in more of it.

A belief that holds me back...  'I can't do this because....'  is it true?   Do I 100%, positively know that it is true?  What would I being doing if this belief was no longer mine.

I am hopeful and I believe that all things are possible if I line myself up and work towards and follow my inner yearnings.

May you let go of a belief that is holding you hostage today.


Friday, May 4, 2012

Perigee

 

Perigee -
 The point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, at which it is nearest to the earth.
                                                                                        dictionary.com

Saturday night is Supermoon night.  

May you bask your super-self in the supermoon this weekend.

Light Up Our World

Just in case, by any small chance at all, that the world is open to opportunity of light, beauty and positive change for all, may we all send good wishes and energy out into our world this weekend.

May we envision and send outward positive energy into our world and may we all grab onto it and feel this positive energy grow together.

May we all be the best that we can be.

May you be the best that you can be and open to having, giving and sharing it all. 

                                                                           "One World"
                                                                  "Survivor" TV

9 Of Clubs

I picked out a playing card for fun.  9 of Clubs. 

meaning.....   "Much is held in reserve, including strong will.  Stubbornness"       www3.sympatico.ca

Yes, I have a strong will and I can be stubborn to a fault.  Resistance is a big part of me just now.  Saying goodbye to the old me; and knowing that a lot of my old beliefs are now harming me is tough to swallow.

May you keep your beliefs that feel good and change the beliefs that feel otherwise.

Over The Hump

I find it so scary to ask for what I want and not have a fear of ruffling feathers, so to speak.  My whole body gets tense, my brain gets confused and I create a resistance to feel.

Whoa, it is very uncomfortable for me.

I am pushing through this fear these days.  I am requesting information.  I am requesting to have my needs met.  I am requesting help from others AND they could turn me away.

Yet, I can't stop myself.  I no longer have the bars in front of me and I am free to live, be and breathe me.  It's good and yet, I cannot say it is comfortable... yet.

The tension in the my shoulders, the discomfort in my stomach, the legs that cramp up.  Quite interesting; this physical response of what my mind thinks.

I am getting over the humps.  I am sharing myself without pretense.  I am getting positive and helpful feedback.  I am finding peace on the other side.  My brain still doesn't want to wrap around the ease of this.  Ask for what I want and I may get it easily.  WOWZA

May you ask for what you want today AND may it come easily.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Children

When they are little, they are so cute, charming, lovable and huggable.  Then they hit their teens.  OWZA. 

My experience is that they bring so much LOVE into our life and teach us like no other teacher can.  Their love, drive, hobbies, interests and ways of doing things can be so different than our own.  They shed new and different light on almost everything that I have known and gathered for myself over the years.

To parent them is to guide and help them live their best lives to their best abilities.  It is not always easy when their best lives are so different from what I would consider my own best life. 

To be open, trusting, honest and patient are some of the 'gifts' that help me to survive.  Perhaps, these 'gifts' are further and deeper lessons from my child. 

If I can survive who I am while living so close to my teen... THIS is to know my own power.  Ha.

Thank you, my beautiful child, for teaching me so much.


May you know your own power today and LIVE IN IT.

Allowance

I'm just going with what is today and not questioning why or how or who.

I'm living in the moment and all is okay in the moment!

I don't know if this comes from me lying in bed this morning and counting my breath.  One breath is one full inhale and exhale to me.

It took me many, many tries.  My mind kept wondering.  And, I stuck with it and eventually focused enough to make it to ten full breaths again and again.  It was quite nice for me!  I felt one with myself.  I still do in the present moment.

May you succeed in something that is quite nice for you today.

                This guy's personality is laid back, content and quite clever in dealing with his underwater world.
                                                           (This is how he seems to me!)

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

No Where to Hide

In today's world, there is almost no where to hide.  We are all very easily accessible to one another. 

Sometimes, I like to hide.  Sometimes, I like to lay low.  Sometimes, I need my privacy to unwind, regroup, recharge and just be me....alone.

I like being with myself.  I like being with myself in nature.  I like being naturally within myself.

May you turn off for some time today and just be you with you...and may you allow yourself to enjoy it as you appreciate the beauty of you.

Freedom

I heard Oprah say that nothing is better than our freedom to be who, what and how we are.  I have to say I certainly agree.  Freedom is a wonderful thing.  Freedom to say, feel, be, think, love, do whatever we want; to do how and with whom and in the manner we want.  Wowza, how lucky many are.

Then I thought, if there is nothing better than freedom, the worse thing is to have this freedom and not take advantage of it.  To not live free, when freedom is mine.

My own thoughts, actions, beliefs and structure can put me behind invisible bars that keep me locked down.

To give oneself permission to live free, this is what I wish for you today.

Live the YOU that you feel in the deepest part of your being.  Our world needs this.  I need this.  You need this.  AND, may we all honor each other doing this. 

 

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Said and Done

"After all is said and done, more is said than done."   Aesop

LOL, how true this can be for me currently.  I am doing research on centers for helping people.  More talk than action for sure. 

May more be done than said in your life today!

All Chaos Upon Us

Everywhere I turn, there is speed to get something done, uncertainty, chaos, little harmony and potential of great growth.  Most of us have some major, deep situation(s) that we are dealing with and do not really have complete answers for, if any.

Is this the way life is supposed to be right now?  I think so.  And, I think so because this is how life is right now.

If you are one of, perhaps, the lucky ones that feel settled, safe and sound - please share it with our world.  You can be our bright light that gives us hope, openness and belief that we, too, can be settled, safe and sound.

I really do believe this is a brilliant time to correct and engage with the best, most true path for ourselves individually and as a whole world.

I really do believe that if I can hold on long enough, true brilliance of truth, trust, love and harmony with one another and ourselves is what is around our corner.

May I offer that our hearts be open to sharing what humans are really all about - pain, emotion, love, need and joyful connection.  I never heard of 'spirit' feeling pain.  Only a human being can know pain.  There just may be a wonderful reason for this.  What if our pain can help us to know the best and truest direction to take throughout our life.  Pain can have us go in another direction or to look more closely at oneself.  What if pain is just an emotion; a feeling.  What if we didn't label it as 'bad'. 

How many times have you gotten through a painful moment, situation or experience?  If I just accept what was or what is or what will be - perhaps, I have nothing to fear. 

What I can't offer, perhaps, you can.  What you can't offer, perhaps, I can.

Together, we can create the world we want to live life fully in.

Are you ready?
looking for clarity.....