The Chilean Mining Incident

         Amazing and beautiful to see how people will always come together during times of crisis to help another.  I’ve seen it time and again.  A crisis befalls another and we all rush in to help.  Men will hug men.  People will go long periods without food, sleep or water just to keep helping.  The love and effort put forth brings tears to the eyes of the observers.  It’s real, it’s raw and it’s remarkable.

            What would it take to extend that kind of love and effort daily?  What if we offered ourselves for the betterment of another every, single day?  What if we could smile at strangers, hold open doors for people, stop by an elderly person’s house to just say hello?  What a beautiful planet Earth we would be living on…  J

Gratitude

  Have I taken the time to look around me and appreciate all that I have?

Sometimes I like to ask myself this question.  I can get so caught up in all that is going on around me that I lose track of myself, my purpose and my joy.  A little mental inventory is just the perfect thing to bring me back into the now. 

Last year, my world was full of chaos, sadness, anger, fear and pain.  At times I felt like I would never see the light.  The light did come.  And it actually came in the middle of the chaos!  It wasn’t a big, blue, bright, endless Arizona sky at first.  It was just a sliver of beautiful sunlight through the dark clouds.  But it was there…  It’s so easy to get caught up in it all, that we can’t see further than 1inch in front of us.  This is the time more than ever to be grateful for what we do have.  Even through life’s trials, we all have something to be grateful for. 

Gratitude brings more good to us.  I encourage you to take the time to look around you and smile.  This too shall pass and good is coming your way!

Affirmation for Today

     I treat myself with love and respect.  I'm in charge of my schedule and I'm generous with myself.  I deserve the same affection and care as everyone else.

Do you find you are someone who is always doing for others before yourself?  It's time to start taking care of #1.  For if we are not well taken care of, we can not care well for others.  Our mental and physical rest are important to keeping a healthy mind and body.  We can love others better once we have loved ourselves BEST!

Thought for Today

     I give myself permission to take charge of my life and make the changes that bring joy to my heart.  I'm my own authority figure,  and I have the right to follow my inner Divine guidance.

The Secret- Quote by Bob Proctor

     There's something so magnificent about you.  I have been studying me for forty-four years.  I wanna kiss myself sometimes!  Because you're going to get to love yourself.  I'm not talking about conceit.  I'm talking about a healthy respect for yourself.  And as you love yourself, you'll automatically love others.

LoveLines

     Love  defines the relationship you have with others, be they people or plants, spirits or stars.  It describes who you are in relation to them.  It also suggests who you are in relation to yourself.  That is the most important relationship you will have in this or any other lifetime except for the one you have with God.
An excerpt from: LoveLines   By Gates McKibbin, PH.D.

Message For Today- Meditation

     A daily meditation helps to quiet the mind...  It helps to get out of the 'thinking' part of your brain and into a state of deeper awareness...  It helps to enhance personal and spiritual growth...  It clears out space for Spirit (God, Source, Universe) to speak to us...