I spent time yesterday clearing brush in the new patio area of the east garden. I last redid this patio area in February 2012 and it was due for an update. I trimmed the giant bird of paradise plant way back and am slowly digging it out of the ground. I uprooted about 30 miles of ferns and wedelia from the overgrown garden beds. With a rake, I rolled ferns, wedelia and pine needles under the bamboo to act as mulch. It’s the first time in months I’ve spent any real time working in the yard, and it felt good. Yard work is something I really enjoy having quiet time to do. Done solitary, it becomes a meditation and a holy act of communion with nature. Clearing the ferns and wedelia from beneath them, I could feel the arbicola and turk’s cap breathe a sign of relief – ah, breathing room! Continue reading
Author Archives: Andrea
You make it sweet or you can make it bitter
What you are experiencing in your life right now is the return of what you’ve been giving out up to now. Knowing that, carry on.
Do you want to expand or contract?
Make it easy for friends to feel at ease and comfortable with you. Say and do things that make them feel expansive. Avoid doing what stifles who they are.
You must know the potential for wellness is greater than the potential for illness
You can’t be there for their wellness and be there for their sickness at the same time. A healer must be there for the wellness. You must know it so unequivocally that no matter what the tests show, that no matter what the x-rays show, that no matter what the attitude is, that no matter what the manifestation is, you have to know the potential for wellness is greater than the potential for illness. ~Abraham-Hicks
Oooo I love the new EDIT feature on Facebook posts and comments
Now I know who goes back into their posts to make corrections after the fact. It’s a great lesson in evolution of consciousness: what did I mean to say that I should have been mindful enough to think through before I said it the first time?
A good psychic teaches you to ask the right question
Facebook friend Charlie asked: “Andrea, how and when did you discover your intuitive gifts? Was there a defining moment in time?” I responded, “Hmmm in a word, no. More like I walked a long way in the fog and it’s only when I got home that I realized I was soaking wet. It’s a gradual and ongoing process. I guess a defining moment was when my mom suggested I contact the Psychic Friends Network to do readings as a form of service. I was like, really mom? wtf? She was right. It was a most holy several years working the line. I did it from 1992-1996, sometimes 40-60 readings a day. I wrote about it here Celebrity Clients; Psychic Friends Network
So long InDesign as I know it
My Tuesday begins with the activation/deactivation dance with Adobe. Thank you Windows 8 for gifting me the opportunity to upgrade my ancient Adobe InDesign CS2. More new software ~ I can hardly wait!
Secret to success: Identify and develop as many skills as you are excited about and nurture an intense desire to connect with those who are attracted to what you have to offer
I contracted a cool new project today with a favorite editor. It was attracted in no small part by recent discussions on the topic with a friend. I love how that works: that I attract what I focus on, even during play time and casual conversation. I wrote earlier that a friend asked about writing and editing, pricing and how to get jobs. Like so much of my life, it wasn’t planned, it was just some fun something that morphed into an income stream without my having ever set it as a goal. Which is pretty funny when I think about it, since I always have ongoing lists of goals to be accomplished. Half of them get done, the others lose priority as something even better than I could have planned emerges fully formed into my life, like Athena, the goddess of wisdom and strategy, emerging fully formed from the head of Zeus. If I was to follow my own advice, I’d identify and develop as many skills as I was excited about and I’d nurture an intense desire to connect with those who were attracted to what I had to offer. And then I’d begin to dance with whatever the Universe threw at me. I’d remember that my job is to stay happy and continually draw pleasure from whatever experience I encounter. And it’s always good to remember how to attract dollars no matter what the state of the economy. Continue reading
Jack Of All Trades?
A galpal is ready to create a website but confused over what to put on it. She has several unrelated skills: she pet sits, she does massage, she sells on eBay, she has a bookkeeping business. She thinks offering all her services on one website makes her seem unfocused. I say: If she thinks it’s unfocused, her potential clients will also. If she thinks it would be great to get a massage from the same person that pet sits and does the books, so will the right clients. She’s really only looking for the clients who think having all that she offers would be awesome and well worth the price. I say: let people know everything you want to make yourself available to them for. Don’t deny them any part of you.
Yes, astrology could have predicted the grumpy day so you could have avoided it
A friend and I have been playing with astrology together. I like taking everyday events and showing astrological corelations. I got grumpy with a business partner and my friend asked if that would have shown up in my chart. If I had an Astrology Future Prediction Transit Report done for that day, would I have seen it ahead of time, could I have predicted it? The beauty of being able to predict its probability is this: Had I seen the challenging aspects ahead of time, I would have realized I was in a sensitive state of mind and subject to reaction. I could have been more mindful, more tactful. Here are my transits for the grumpy day. Continue reading