Author Archives: Andrea

I tell you I’m busy then you see me on Facebook – WTF?

Often I tell someone I’m working and then they see me on Facebook and wonder WTF? They’re not being ignored, it’s just that is part of my working process: I have many projects running at the same time and work on each of them every day. I work alone and do the work of 3-4 people. When I have a few minutes free, yet not long enough to take on another task, I sneak onto FB and take a break. If I didn’t take as many breaks as I take, I wouldn’t get as much done. I’m like the Chinese lettuce farmer who grew bitter lettuce yet wrote wonderful poetry. “Why not stop growing your bad lettuce and simply write your beautiful poetry all day long?” he was asked. “That was impossible,” he said, “because if I did not grow such bitter lettuce, I wouldn’t be able to write such sweet poetry.” Continue reading →

Don’t ask for patience or peace unless you want many chances to be peaceful under duress

You know, don’t you, that when you pray for some issue to be taken from you, that means you are asking for that issue to come up in front of you over and over, giving you many chances to react to it differently. Patience, for instance, or peace. Ask for patience or peace and see how many aggravating things begin showing up. Each time you react to it differently, it dispels it a little bit more. That’s how that works. Ok, as you were.

Facebook friends help get a family on the road

Driving in snow, their tire with the ice crystals

Driving in snow, here’s their tire with the ice crystals. Bring them home!

It was fun helping out a friend yesterday. This is why I love Facebook. I saw on the news feed, “Today I choose to let go and let god. I do this everyday but sometimes I try to take over thru worry and panick. Today im going to give my worries to god as my.mistakes are seen.and known and learned from along the way. I stand strong in my family bond and do not run wild into the fears that beckon me. I will mountain pose into warrior and back again for as long as it takes. When on the road u will have many oppertunities to release into the divine and surrender the mind. I choose to go out peacefully with faith we will be blessed to move forward.” As a yogi, I well know the metaphor of transitioning from mountain pose to warrior. In mountain, you stand at rest, yet strong and unwavering. In warrior, you confront your own weaknesses. Continue reading →

It’s not that he “hides” his feelings, he just doesn’t ponder them

Domino complained her new man wasn’t very open hearted, but knowing them both for years, I know that’s not it. He just has a different way of being than her previous partners. He’s far less cerebral and wouldn’t consider himself a spiritual person. After we spoke, she looked at him in a different way and, although it wasn’t exactly what she wanted, she understood and loved him enough to try the change. I’d told her, “It’s not that he’s hiding his feelings from you by refusing to discuss them. It’s that he doesn’t reflect on his feelings to sort them out as you do. And I’m not being flippant but he does not have deep thoughts. He prefers to spend time in his own interests and not get real involved in personal conversation, with anyone. That’s not how he’s made. Don’t fault him if this is as deep as he goes with you. That doesn’t mean he cares any less. It just means he doesn’t carry the tools for that job, so don’t ask him to do it. Yes, he’s the one you want to talk to about personal matters of the heart, but I suggest you don’t. He does not receive it as you offer it. He just thinks you’re “rambling on again about one of your problems” and waits for you to stop talking so he can get back to what he was doing. Bless him, this is as deep as he goes right now. It’s up to you to decide if that’s deep enough for you.” She’s giving it a try.

Friends who step away when you are in pain don’t know what to do with it any more than you do

The ones who step away from you when you are in pain don’t know what to do with it any more than you do. It’s not that they don’t care, it may just be that they have enough on their plate and aren’t equipped to take anything else on. They may feel it’s too much drama. Whatever it is, don’t punish them. It’s just not their way. Enjoy your other areas of shared interest. When you do, without resenting them for not being compassionate to your pain, you’ll attract someone else to do that, then everyone wins.

Wow, that’s the fastest a prayer ever worked!

I know prayer works but wow, that was fast! (See my process below.) I came in the office at 8:00am after five days off. I turned my flip desk calendar to today and found my stack of “bills to be paid”. The stack looked pretty hefty since I paid all my property taxes last week. That’s the nature of my business: there are times when we squeak for a few days between billing and bank deposit. We’ve never NOT paid something on time, so my experience is that it always gets done by the time it needs to get done. That’s pretty much all I need to know about that. I did, however, goof and saw my car payment was due from Wednesday. Hmmm. So I said a prayer that it would be taken care of and almost immediately the office phone rang. Continue reading →

A successful first quarterly psychic fair at Book and Bead Outlet in Merritt Island, FL

It was an awesome psychic fair today at Book and Bead Outlet in Merritt Island, FL ~ thank you to the awesome Ed Mondazzi for producing it! It was good to see Morgana Starr, Jeanette Waddington, Leslie Marlar, Daena Croghan, Teketa Shine, Kathleen Skutka Waddington, Robert andJanet Buck, Diane Stephens, Kathryn Flanagan, Tod McNeal, Eileen A. Jacobs and everyone else. There were Angel Messages with Morgana Starr, Rune Readings with Daena Croghan, Crystal Readings with Teketa Shine, Astrology with Leslie Marlar, and I did tarot readings. Each of us was busy nonstop from 11:00am until 3:00pm and it was a very fun group. I saw many friends and met several Facebook friends in person for the first time. They’ll have these fairs every 90 days – I’ll keep you posted.

When your karma visits your loved ones, you can help them by cutting out your nonsense and cleaning up your past

How funny to go to a sick friend’s Facebook page and see a “supportive” comment to her by a woman who has does nothing but malign her (and a dozen other “ex” friends) behind the back. She used to know that her self talk determines her future outcome and that it’s all related, but if you really understand that, you don’t forget it. You can’t be one way in front of someone and another way behind their back. The Universe sees that. You can’t disrespect people and lie and be arrogant and purposely hurtful and steal and gossip without knowing that it will come back on you. Sometimes it returns by coming down on your closest loved ones. When they suddenly see trials and plagues, you can help them by cutting out your nonsense and cleaning up your past. That’s not what you want to contribute to their life. Ignoring it and not addressing it simply leaves the energy back where you left off with it – angry, jealous and unresolved. She clearly doesn’t honor herself enough to stop her hatefulness, perhaps she actually loves her (troubled and sick) partner enough to stop bringing karma down on them both. By their fruits do we know them.

I want less responsibility time goes on, not more

“You are such a good cook. You could have a restaurant.”
Yes, but then I’d have to plan and manage and provision.
“What if they you got paid $$$$$$$$$ ?”
But I’d still have to show up on time…

Channelling restless energy into researching food as medicine

It had to happen. I moved the laptop back into the bedroom. I have this great nook in there for it, but I haven’t used the laptop for months. I mostly use the iPad for Facebook in the bedroom. Now that my room is once again a cozy haven, I want a spot to do some serious writing. I like an old school external keyboard and mouse, for speedy navigation in my constant research. I’ve got the laptop set up on the tabletop of 3 tiered corner desk. The two shelves above are the bedroom altar, with red lamps shining upon the sacred images and murtis, incense holders, candles, sacred salts, ash and crystals. The plush bed is behind me, matching nightstands on either side. A landmark. Something I’ve never done in this room: made room to give another person equal space. It’s not as painful as I thought it might be. I hung White Tara above the bed, known for compassion, long life, healing and serenity. A comfy chair faces the east garden. Sipping hot tea this 54 degree morning, I watch the sun rise through the trees. As it does, the squirrels and birds wake up and begin to play for me. Continue reading →

Andrea de Michaelis – Creating my own reality, one thought at a time

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