On Facebook I posted a link to my blog post Everything frost burnt is growing back and my friend posts a comment , “growing back, does that count for hearts, too?”  I responded, “B, yes. I think of my heart as being like the lizard’s tail that keeps growing back. And prehensile as well, since I can hang it here and there as needed.”  🙂

I bought a new couch earlier this year and wrote on Facebook that “Anything I bring into the house goes thru a 24 hour blessing process.”  A friend asked me to elaborate.  I responded, “My blessing process is praying over anything that comes into the house, something simple like “Heavenly Father/Mother/God, surround us with your holy presence and bless this couch for the good of the family, let it bring us comfort and joy so we may extend comfort and joy. Aho.” Then I smudge it and let it sit for 24 hours, on the altar if it’s a small item, in front of it if it’s a big item like a couch.  If they are books, they get prayed over, then 12 hours in the sunshine and then smudged and overnight on the altar.  I want to acknowledge that every item I have has a sacred purpose, to minimize the importance of nothing.

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I stepped outside to drop some lettuce crowns off where the bunnies hang, and could see one bunny hidden under the palmetto fronds.  As I tossed the crowns into the side yard, I noticed the turtle  under the shade.  He meandered over and had first pick of the juiciest crown and began chomping away.  Bunny needs to know when to stay hidden and silent and when to appear and take what’s waiting for him.  I guess we could all learn that lesson.  It’s a balancing act for sure.

Only you can break the chain

Domino is a friend and comedic motivational writer that I’ve worked with for years.  She said, “I have been down in the dumps for weeks and can’t shake it.  People come to my blog to get inspired, they don’t want to hear my problems, they want to walk away lifted up, not dragged down.”  This is a Universal dilemma we all face at some point.  Age 29, age 39 and age 58, age 80 and 87 are years that, astrologically, the Saturn Return and Uranus Opposition occur.  These transits involve life review and personality integration.  It is ongoing and cyclic.  Some people find it hard.  It can be challenging, but it does not have to be hard.  One key is having developed your will to be strong enough to allow you discipline of mental focus. But she already knows that.    Her situation is that she feels she cannot write about her life when it is NOT going well.  That she can’t write about the thoughts that trouble her and the problems she faces.  I told her that would allow more people to relate to her, since she IS a positive and uplifting person and it’s of value to read  how she navigates her life; what processes she uses to keep herself sane when madness reigns on the homefront. Continue reading →

Coffee is SO a drug

I’ve been experimenting with coffee this week.  That is, I’ve been drinking it and noting how it feels in my body.  It’s definitely a drug.  I remember for 20 years working in law offices having up to 7 cups of coffee throughout the day.  When I began working on my own, with no one to buy and make coffee, I got out of the habit.   A few times a year at a conference or gathering,  I’ll drink some decaf with half and half and I’d feel a buzz from it.  The caffeinated coffee I’ve been drinking this week has been like rocket fuel.  I’ve been cleaning floors and weeding to stay in motion and burn off the energy.  I’ve neglected my regular visits to the gym because there’s so much to do here as far as yard clean up, deadfall pickup, I should be mowing every week now.  Amped up on the coffee, I was up to the tasks and got much done.  It did keep me awake but I expected that.  By the third day, I felt a twinge of heartburn and took that as a sign to lay off the stuff except medicinally.   The first day without it, my body wanted it and I had to remind myself what the consequences were: amped up, no sleep, heartburn = no fun.

“Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

It’s when we’re in the slumps and don’t feel motivated that we find out how in control of our mind we really are, how in control of our will.  We can either choose to begin using self  talk that motivates us, or choose to do nothing and let the old, unproductive thoughts rule our mind, letting us brood and isolate.  We can either choose to jump up and stay in motion and do something that needs to be done, or we can choose to do nothing.  As I wrote in  How to stay functional as you sit out the bleak and depressing times, “Maybe we can’t always control the sudden onset of a mood, but we can control how we react to it.  We can control our thought that if we trust in the process, we will have successful results.”  As soon as we become in charge of what thoughts we choose to think and begin to exercise the power of our will to do so, we become very powerful creators.

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