A client asked me how to get bodies in the chairs at her event so she’d have a better chance of selling her products and services. I told her that’s the hard way to do it. You don’t want 200 people to attend an event if only 10 are going to buy. Your market is the 10 who really want it. Remember that the next time you look out into your audience of 10. And if you don’t think you can make an honest and lucrative living with just 10 clients, then you just have short vision. It’s not a numbers game; it’s a consciousness game.

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung

It is a waste of our energies to respond to the provocations of those who are moved by intense insecurities. Vrinda Puja

Sleep + gardening + work = life is good! It’s been a fun and productive week of final layout for the June Horizons Magazine, as well as lots of time off for gardening breaks as I put in the hanging herb and veggie garden.  At first light, I went around to all the saplings, bending them into the shapes I’d like them to grow in. I did a surprise one on the chinese tallow for the mail chick out by the mailbox. I showed it to her when she came by: I’d trimmed it so the branches wouldn’t grow in her direction, and I fanned the three trunks out for her, like a wave.  She laughed.  She said her mangos and avocados never give fruit and I suggested she put a slow dripline on them overnight to wake them up.  My plants all respond like crazy to more water.  I’ve been doing my yoga on the back porch so I can watch the mama cardinal sit on her nest.  It’s better than tv.

Disguised as the first gardenia of 2013, the Beloved bloomed for me today. His scent is intoxicating and draws me near for a snuffle, the petals soft against my nose. I left a slow drip line on him all night long. He bloomed in appreciation and gratitude.

My brother turns into Crusader Rabbit when he perceives an underdog is being taken advantage of.  He’s not afraid to speak up on behalf of those who don’t. The only problem comes when he stands up for someone playing the victim and, unbeknownst to him, out to stir up some drama.  Then he finds himself in a big hot mess because of his kind and protective heart.  He wanted to help bring them justice. He realized later that the Universe was already bringing them justice and they should have instead prayed for mercy from their own karma.  I can dig it. In the past I’ve stood up for others and didn’t always do so with all the facts at hand.  Only in retrospect do I see the matter would have been best settled between the parties themselves.  They were the only ones who knew the facts.

So do you never help anyone who asks?  No.  You support them but do not get involved in their battles.  My brother is kind, but he does not want to stunt their soul if it’s just their ego playing out.  We’ve both decided to stay out of the fray knowing that these souls will attract exactly what they’ve been giving out, and that’s the mirror that will show them the way into themselves, and out of themselves, if they’re willing to take the real journey.  The solitary, inward journey of “What am I not seeing, why do I have personality conflicts?” rather than the outward journey of telling the victim story to everyone you know, bringing it up repeatedly long after it’s done. Even if the story is true, your telling it is not helping you reach a place of peace and vibrate in a happier place.  Repeating the victim story keeps you in that victim mindset so you can’t attract anything but more to be a victim about. Stop ringing that bell and let that echo die down. The echo is doing the damage. You don’t need Crusader Rabbit to come to your rescue. The answer, as always, is simply clear up the past, forgive everyone everything and start looking for your next good thing.  You’ll find all your battles fall away when you do that.  It’s easier than you think.

Today the mama cardinal sat on the nest almost all day. At 6pm I took a peek and there was a third egg.  They began building the nest on May 10th. The first egg was noticed May 14th.  The second egg May 16.  Supposedly incubation begins when the third or fourth egg is laid and lasts from 11 to 13 days, so hatchlings should appear by the 31st.

We are not at the mercy of anyone. Our fear fades when we realize that no one does anything TO us, that what we attract comes into our experience as a result of our vibrational frequency.  What do you spend the most time thinking about and talking about?  Good stuff?  Hopeful stuff?  Or the hard life you’ve had and continue to have? That you’re underpaid and the government is targetting you? Because that’s where you’re vibing. That’s your point of attraction. It’s always your choice. What do I do if I’m afraid there’s a monster in the bushes?  I stay away from the bushes. Whether there is one or not, I stop talking about a monster in the bushes.  That’s how I handle my fear.  The only thing in the bushes is me anyway.  No one does anything TO us. Our fear fades when we realizes everything we experience is either a boomerang or a magnet.  When we clear up the past and get kind and helpful and happy in the Now, there’s no longer anything to be afraid of.

Keep it circulating

“When am I going to get ahead?” Domino asked.  She’s been working hard yet barely makes a living.  The main reason is that “life’s been hard” is her story and she continues to tell it, but another glaring issue came as I listened to her.  Through the years, Domino has tried her hand at various businesses and trades. To market each, she contacts her network and barters services with them.  This happens a lot in the holistic community.  I’ve done readings here for 30 years, and so many stories are the same. Doing what they love, not earning income at it, what are they doing wrong?    Continue reading →

Writer’s lock isn’t a block at all.  Recognize the block itself as a signal to you from the Universe in answer to something you’ve been asking lately. Break down the elements of the block and you’ll find it’s not a block at all, it’s a billboard with your answer. It’s your inner guidance talking to you. But you probably don’t recognize it as inner guidance. You may be so convinced they are your own thoughts, you keep pushing them to the back, waiting for a big beam of light to shine some angel down from the sky to talk to you like they do in the movies. That’s not how it happens.

Full text at Writer’s Block Isn’t a Block At All; It’s a Billboard 

Gardening breaks keep me stress free! This week I’ve doing final layout on the June Horizons Magazine, which means a week of 12-16 hour days of typing.  Since I’ve developed this “trigger thumb,” I keep it splinted and take lots of breaks from the keyboard to rest it.  Mostly the breaks have me outside gardening for 15-30 minutes at a time, which really breaks up the day. I’ve pondered for months where to put in a manageable vegetable and herb garden.  A friend solved the dilemma by hanging small baskets from lengths of bamboo suspended between 2 shepherd’s hooks in the sun.  I’ve got a tomato plant, a grape tomato plant, a red pepper, some bee balm and thai basil, all in coconut husk hanging baskets.  I like something portable and moveable and I hadn’t thought of it myself.  Ah, that’s what friends are for.