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I awoke early this morning even though the night before had been a late retiring. The darkness was like a cool blanket as I sat with myself by the living room window. Morning’s light crept ever so slowly to silhouette the mountain rim. The bird song choruses began one voice at a time until there was a frenzy of sound.
We went to a gathering of friends on Sunday to enjoy good food and each other's company. We circled up to talk for a while and the hostess shared her thoughts on miracles and asked us to share ours'. Everyone has his or her own meaning for this word. What I felt inside of me as we shared our different perceptions, I would like to share with you. Life is so full of miracles if you choose to see and focus on them. The very act of breathing is a miracle. The way our bodies are able to do everything they do is a miracle.
When I first awaken in the morning, I check into my ‘state of being’. How do I feel? Are there any sensations in my body? What space is my heart in? What thoughts are going through my mind? How am I really feeling?
I sat in the hospital as my dear friend Scott slept. At the age of 50, his head of beautiful dark hair rested against the pillow. His once muscular body has been ravaged. By what? …They had no answers.
“Kindness is like a snowball that’s rolling down a hill. Each unselfish act or word is another snowflake that greets the others…creating something much larger than itself in the process.” Mac Anderson I am creating a joyful game of giving gifts of kindness every day for 25 days. Will you join me? Let’s make it fun. Make it a unexpected gift for someone, if you can. Give a gift to a stranger or to someone dear to you without thought of repayment.
Improve your state of health by improving your relationship with your body. Relationships are improved by communication. Your body is no different, tune in and sense what’s going on with it, and support your body by doing these 7 simple yet important activities daily:
In our lives, we can get stuck in ruts and may be feel that there is no way to change our experiences. What if life is like the song, “Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream?” Nanice Ellis shared, “…Everything that you perceive at any given moment is your dream because you are perceiving it…. So if life is like a dream, then how can you, the Dreamer, dream the best possible life?” Recently, Nanice and I explored this topic “Dream a New Dream”, on her show, Chai with Nanice on: http://www.latalkradio.com/Nanice.php.
When you look deep in the eyes of a baby, you may recognize the pure essence of love. The one necessary healing component when bandaging a child’s scraped knee is the comforting kiss and hugs of a mother’s love. A child’s generous love can turn a small fist full of dandelions into the most glorious bouquet of flowers. Have you ever observed an elderly couple that has decades of loving history together walk hand in hand? No words are necessary yet volumes are spoken just through a glance in each other’s direction.
Tears came to my eyes as I told my friend, Karol, how amazed and grateful I am for the relationship John and I share. We love each other more tha I ever imagined possible. “How can it keep expanding and getting better?” I wondered out loud to her. Karol said she feels the same way, her 34-year marriage continues to be the best and core part of her life and their relationship continues to deepen in love and support of one another.
I remember many years back a counselor I was seeing asked me what I was doing for my birthday? In those days, my life was so busy, I scheduled almost every waking hour. I listed the activities that I had scheduled feeling in a celebratory mood. He asked me a question that stopped me in my tracks, “Linda, who is your life about?” My mind slowed to a ‘hum’ as I felt that question settle in for a moment.
Have you ever perceived life as a play, and what is happening behind the scenes as important as what is happening on stage? I am going to out on a limb by sharing a new perceptio I just received from a car accident Monday night February 27, 2012. If you do not agree, I honor your opinion. Yet this is my experience:
“We are all on our own path, and exactly where we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path for it is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. Walking a labyrinth represents a journey to our own center and back again out into the world.” www.lessons4living.com/labyrinth.htm
“As we played during the ‘hide and seek’ dance, I received insights about a part of me that has been hiding a long time.” said one Playshop participant. This last weekend, Julie Blake and I busted the myth that personal growth and self-awareness comes only through hard work, struggle and seriousness. We laughed as we pushed fun buttons and waved magic wands to tap into our own inner magic.