Began the day chillaxing at the firepit after a few hours work, watching the critters’ predawn parade. Hot tea and coffee to celebrate the sunrise, later, masala spiced homefries with red peppers in grilled tortillas, with a dipping sauce of Debra Strasser‘s beauty berry jelly mixed with sriracha and and soy yogurt. A mid morning pruning of the eleganus bush outside the back porch while discussing astrology, a bike ride round the block. Now, windows and doors open to the crisp Fall air; birds at the bath, bunny chewing celery stalks under the mulberry tree, eleagnus bush fully pruned, the Beloved close at hand. Does it get any better than this?
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Love it all – if it’s not easy, there is your challenge.
Love it all – if it’s not easy, there is your challenge. Toni Pugliese Costanzo
An ever widening, expansive view in the wonderland I live and work in
A busy day! Clearing the in box of administrative work, computer and phones updated, I just measured and cut 3 pieces of wood and drilled holes and fastened them to my office window frame to create a shelf for the squirrels and birds to sit and eat seeds and watch me work. I love having extra wood at home to make stuff with! I redirected the bulb on the security lamp that shines into the west woods, so when I work at night I can watch the critter parade. I took down the storm shutter to open the view. I usually leave it up since it helps block the oak and pine deadfall on windy, stormy days, but the barred windows do a good job of that.
Moving up from Miami in 1983, I naturally assumed every new home would have burglar bars… I learned ours isn’t a high crime area but the bars do a good job of keeping the branches from breaking a windowpane during a storm. Right now there are 2 squirrels foraging on the ground outside the window, and a lone armadillo emerging from the west woods. I pulled up about a mile of ferns on the pathway to the firepit, so they are likely getting whatever grubs and worms I exposed. The circle of life is always evident in my yard. Right outside my office window, at eye level is a giant philodendron and right now there is a pair of cardinals in it, speaking to eat other. They are 3 feet away from the bird bath where the doves are cooing and imbibing, I can hear their wings fluttering. It’s a wonderland living here, working here. Someone asked the other day where’d I go for vacation. I guess I stopped thinking of my job and my life as something I’d need a vacation from. If I live in Paradise, where would I want to go?
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My calls indicate everyone feels the economy improving
As usual, the calls I get on any given week all have similar themes, because that is how law of attraction works. I’m always getting calls on topics I am either experiencing now or have in the past, so it’s no surprise that the past two weeks everyone’s attitude and expectations are looking up relative to income. I purposely don’t watch the news since historically nothing going on in it seems to affect my daily life. No matter what details – jobs, income, social security – change, I know I will be guided to make the changes needed to thrive. I just need to be flexible and open to things appearing in ways I didn’t expect. Continue reading
She (thinks she) misses the illusion of the soul mate
A friend is stewing over a bad break up, feeling very ripped off by someone who pretended to be her soul mate for 4 years. She asked me why she couldn’t get over it, why she kept thinking about it, even though she wanted nothing to do with her ex. I reminded her of what she already knew. One reason she was so drawn to him was that he poured constant attention and flattery on her, constantly charming her with flirtatious antics. It didn’t matter that the soul mate relationship wasn’t real, the attention was real. She enjoyed getting caught up in his future fantasy talk. I reminded her that was what she missed. She didn’t miss him so much as she missed having the focused attention of someone who showered her with constant praise and gave her daily guided meditations pointing toward a happy, hopeful future. That none of it was real is irrelevant. What’s real? Continue reading
I love being a grown up
I love being a grown up: living in my own house on my own land with my own loved ones. Getting to stay up all night long if I want to. Getting to do what I want when I want, eat and drink what I want – even popcorn on the couch if I want to. Having my own private trails and woods to wander around in. Having my own business that I’m the boss in. Having to report to no one for anything. Being able to work in my pjs or swimsuit if I want to. Heck, being able to LIVE in my pjs or swimsuit if I want to! Yep, being a grownup is better than being a kid any day. That is, as long as I remember to be a kid every day. Yep, I’ve got that covered.
My mailchick is being transferred
She’s done my route for years. She’s been the best letter carrier ever, she always knows where to put packages when it’s raining. Now she’s being transferred and someone with more seniority was offered to switch routes. Everyone wins. Knowing that, I can’t really miss her. I’ll hold the vision of her partying down on the route with her new customers, and us doing the same.
You can’t take revenge on someone and get away with it because no one saw you
If you think you can sneak and take revenge on someone and get away with it because no one saw you? ROFL It’s ALL related, ALL of it. There is never any sneaking. Whatever you do comes back to you. That’s the only reason I’m an honest, upbeat person ~ I know everything I do comes back to me because there’s only ONE of us here. I don’t just know it because I read it, I KNOW it, I live it. I experience it every day. I guarantee if you have feelings of hatred or revenge against anyone, if you sincerely DROP IT NOW, your income will improve. That goes for “just kinda” hating your boss and your job, too. Love it for 30 days, then see what the Universe hands you. A guaranteed upgrade!
Sex as a drug, compelling thoughts, discovering the emotion behind the urge and the thoughts fueling the emotion
In a recent reading, a friend began noticing a pattern in her new partner. During the initial infatuation period, they had sex every day and couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Then they settled into familiarity. He’d still initiate sex, but no romance, no foreplay, just straight forward, aggressive git ‘er done. She asked him about it and he laughed it off. She noticed that he’d always initiate sex when he was angry or bored, sad or frustrated. She felt he was using her as a mood altering drug. She felt no personal connection to him when he was like that. He wasn’t interested in talking about it. He didn’t think they had a problem. The problem was less about sex than it was about willingness and ability to communicate. Continue reading
Tweaking our Physical Body, our Mental Body, our Astral Body
My new computer is lots faster than my old one, and it had been several years since my last upgrade. It seems the last few years I’ve had to learn some major new software programs, one after another. It can be frustrating, but I love to learn new things, so it’s always worth it. One program I love to work with is Photoshop! I’ve been learning to edit photos in Photoshop 7.0 and it’s great fun to tweak a face to brighten an eye or smooth a frownline. Working like that is a great way for me to ease into a meditative, contemplative state. I contemplated the implications of ‘tweaking the physical form’ and it came to me that it’s just another one of our bodies and aren’t we tweaking one or another of them all the time? Continue reading