What’s your 10 word advice for everyone to make their life better in 2012? Mine would be “Look for the good, be kind to everyone, everywhere. Help.”

Waiting to break free - aren't we all?

A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further.  So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings.  The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.  Neither happened.  In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.  What the man, in his kindness and haste did not understand, was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required to get through the tiny opening were nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings. It would then be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.   Continue reading →

Isn’t it funny that when we don’t have money we think money will fix stuff, then when we have it, it can’t fix the important stuff LOL!!

For my buddies who spend their time on Facebook posting scary warnings about ET’s and impending doom, economic collapse, new world order and takeover by the “bad” aliens:  Cut out the stoopid sh*t and get your act together before you call that all down upon yourself. You’re already  unhappy with your life.  If only the innocent will survive the pending Armageddon, why not just clean up your act and then begin focusing on what you want and what you’d like?

I find it amusing that I am in a situation that I really can’t talk to anyone about, and the only persons I could talk to it about on all the levels it needs to be addressed and understood, are unavailable and will be for the duration of the dilemma.  LOL At least I recognize the Universe at play, keeping outside counsel at bay.

Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee: All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.  St. Teresa of Ávila

I got some news last night that, even though I’d been prepared for it, made my body go violently ill for hours.  I knew it was a stress reaction, although it felt like a combination migraine and hot flash and stomach flu and seizure.  Even in the midst of it, I knew it was a stress reaction.  It’s been years since I’ve had that much stress then had it released.   My lifestyle the past 20 years is fairly chill and stress free. I find most stress comes, not from traumatic events, but from waiting to hear an outcome, waiting for a final decision.   Continue reading →