Gifts

Today...

Polly

I will be grateful for the love of pets,

and the very way they make the whole journey more beautiful.

A few journal notes lately....

If you want your love,

you'll need to go back inside to find it.

'Switching over to heart mode can only happen

when you are unconditionally kind & forgiving to yourself.

Start the moment your ready, perhaps now.'

Accept the limitations of living one day at a time.

'A life lived close to God is not complicated or cluttered.'

There is a beautiful simplicity about life.

"Doubts and reasoning clip the wings 

of abandoned flight."

Live by the truth instead of the lies.

Don't let doubt, temptation, or accusation stop your

progress in faith.

"Remember who you are. 

Your sense of who you are determines what you do.

Remember you are a spiritual being with infinite abundance."

Align with your true north.

Things like family, relationships, Jesus.

Pick your direction, understand what true north is 

and stay close.

Remember what you really want.

'Your need is the signal for God's great.

His provision is not just for the obvious lack,

but for all the emotion, energy, & woundedness

associated with it.

You don't have to pretend to be strong.

Open your heart to Him.

Watch.'

Don't lose your sense of wonder.

be well...

xoxo

💝

"To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying

Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer,

is to keep your soul alive."

 

Fresh Start

Waking up on a beautiful Spring morning.

Taking my cup of coffee, Bible, and journal out on a quilt placed in the grass.

Bare feet to the earth, breathing in the fresh air, Polly rolling in the dirt...

the happy chirping of the birds on the feeder.

Starting the day more softer,

sweeter...

serene.

Feels like a BIG morning hug from God.

be well...

xoxo

💝

 "Every day gives us the chance for joy.

We wake up with a fresh start and anything is possible.

This moment is the only thing that matters.

If you feel residue from yesterday,

take a moment to loosen it's hold on you.

Journal it out:

get it out of your head onto paper.

Transfer the energy.

Today deserves your full attention-

and yesterday is over."

Slow Down

'How do we leave our soul open?

It's a choice.

Our soul is who we are. 

It's where we think, it's how we feel things,

it's what we purpose to do and be.'

"If we don't choose to open ourselves...

then what happens?

Do we just go on, oblivious and unaware,

and eventually become extinct?

I only know that I don't want to find out.

I don't want to merely exist.

I want to live consciously. 

On purpose.

I want to thrive, to grow, I want to learn and create.

It's what we were made for.

Our soul is a holy gift, and our thankful response is to keep it open

to the light so that the ordinary joys, the everyday miracles,

can float in freely when they will.

Every single day.

And this is how we do it....

We slow down. Yes we can. We must.

We resist multitasking. We were never created  for that lifestyle."

We dawdle, we linger, we idle, instead of rushing past.

We take the long way home. We make all the stops along the way.

We set work and trials aside, lay down our distractions, 

and turn to our beloveds.

Find serenity in a quiet evening.

 Breathe deep.

 Allow our bodies and our mind to rest.

Journal notes:

Do not give into the demands that try to steal your attention

'It's never about all the things we know & believe;

it is what we do about what we believe.'

'You can act when it's time to act, 

you won't when it's not.

Your own heart shows you.'

'Acknowledge where you are not listening to your soul.

Create an exit plan that brings you back to

alignment with your heart,

this is where genuine truth resides.'

be well...

xoxo

💝

 

Tuesday Tip : Pause

"1f you spend 1 hour of screen time,

it decreases happiness and increases anxiety in

adults and children."

~National Institute of Health~

The more time = less happy.

Help your soul.

Stop.

Take a 1 minute pause.

Breathe.

Be still.

Let it all go.

Create space to let your soul

be human again.

Repeat throughout the day if you want,

or maybe make it a habit.

Why not try it for a week and see 

how you feel ?

be well...

xoxo

💝

 

Routine

This morning I slept in,

chatted with three of my peeps on the phone,

and then had breakfast all before I sat down to journal.

I was somewhere between giving myself a hard time

about being totally off of my routine....

and woohoo-ing myself for going with the flow of

things.

Blondie

I did finally get my morning routine in somewhere around noon.

A few journal nuggets...

'Old things are passing away. 
New things are on the horizon.'

Clinging to old ways is a form of resistance.

And my favorite...for the day
and right on cue....

"It's easy to make an idol out of routine.
Don't try to fit today in yesterdays mold."


be well....
xoxo
💖


"Move with the flow.
Don't  fight the current.
Resist nothing.
Let life carry you.
Don't try to carry it."

 

Walls

'And when the walls come down,

you will see a broken,

beautiful world around you...

inviting you to step into a daily chance

to live beyond the barriers

of who you were.'

~ All Along You Were Blooming ~

 Journal notes...

Pry your mind away from the problem, 

and focus on God.

Attune yourself to what He is already

doing.

'A true balanced sense of worth can only

be found in the eyes of the one who made us.'

"Don't uproot what God is planting in you.

Let Him grow it in His time."

Do not fear your own greatness.

Speak your truth.

'Surround yourself with people who appreciate you.

Avoid trying to win the approval of others.

Don't play small to satisfy someone who

can't stand in your light.'

be well...

xoxo

💝

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Thoughts Lately

It's a simple shot of nothing very fancy.

It's also good therapy.

A smidge of what I wrote during a morning brain dump

this week.

" I love sitting in the sunlight. I want to live in the light.

Let the darkness go.

Switch from the auto-pilot where I have lived,

to God-o-pilot.

From having & knowing the map,

to actually following the map.

It feels very "Book of Eli" ish. 

(great movie)

Walk by faith, not by sight.

Follow my north star.

Trust in the unknown.

Enjoy the adventure.

Figure it out as I go."

I walked with a friend by the lake the other day.

A perfectly wonderful morning.

Then as soon as she dropped me off at home,

I barely got into the house before I started bawling.

I have no clue?

It hung over me most of the day.

It felt like grief.

Thankful my kiddo was here that evening.

I felt out of sorts for a couple of days, 

but something told me, it was a good thing.

I don't question it anymore.

It usually is.

I just had something I had to let go of.

Some journal notes this week...

'Think inside the box. Work with what you have.

Your box is never going to expand to the place

where you're thinking outside of it

until you learn to live within it.'

'The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,

kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.'

"Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness.

A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone 

if it bleeds to death."

'The smallest things done consistently have the 

potential to change everything for the greater.'

'Deciding to upgrade your life is basically being super-nice 

to yourself.

Sitting around doing nothing & ignoring your health & 

happiness, and pretending you don't have the discipline 

to change is a choice.'

"Good habits are about who you decide to be,

not what you decide to do."

Get your heart and your head on board.

Be true to yourself.

'Release words that matter to someone like they

were hundreds of helium balloons.'

"Do not let your hearts be troubled & do 

not be afraid."

Face problems when they come.

Don't anticipate them.

'Before genuine love can flourish, we must finally

accept ourselves exactly as we are today.

Not tomorrow, next week, or when we get in shape,

or lose 5lbs.

Learn to reveal to the world your unique radiance,

only after you acknowledge it yourself.'

live well & in peace...

xoxo

💝

 

Chosen

Believe.

Show some grace to yourself.

Everything that needs to happen will.

You are not in control of the universe,

but you do have a choice in how you show up.

Give yourself permission to live a life that

makes you more joyful & happy.

'Let God's Love & Acceptance point you in

a new direction.'

'He's in control. He knows what to do.'

"Be patient for things to reveal themselves to you.

There is beauty in revelation."

live well & in peace...

xoxo

💖

Slow Simmer

"I want you to take some time to sit back &

allow yourself to simmer in your accomplishments for a while." 

~Coach Kelly~

As I simmer, I thought I'd add some inspiration

to the pot, and watch a couple of feel-good movies.

Tucked within those were a couple of quotes to marinate in.

'The average person lives 27,375 days. That's all we get

if we're lucky, 27,7375.

At first it didn't seem like a lot of time.

But then again, how many days do we remember anyway?

But everything can change in a day.

In an instant.

And what might be missing becomes very clear.

A full life can't be a series of forgotten days.

If you're not happy change.

Shift gears.

Take a chance.

Later is not guaranteed.

Life is not meant to be lived later.

Look for moments.

A laugh, a kiss, a dance.

Collect moments everyday.

Because in finding those moments, you will find yourself.

Live for today.

Live for now.

Let the moments of your life guide and inspire you.'

~All My Life~

'If you fill your glass with hate and fear, pour in your worries

about the past and future, 

you're probably going to be miserable.

If you fill your glass with love and caring, 

miracles can happen, wars can end,

people can be different.

That's the secret. 

We can all change.

You just have to take meanness and turn it into gold.

With that, the war is over.'

~Milton's Secret~

live well & in peace...

xoxo

💕

 

Narcissists

"One of the few mental health conditions

where the patient rarely seeks treatment,

and yet everyone else around them needs help."

live well & in peace...

xoxo

💖

Thankful, Grateful, Blessed

I am heading back home today...

 feeling like one of those little glow sticks

that you snap, and then they're filled with light.

I am so thankful for this week, and who

I shared it with.

"When you wake up, it's like opening a new book.

Make your life your favorite story,

because it's a lovely story that happens

to be true.

You are the main character and you get to

decide how you would like your story to transpire.

You create your reality.

Do something today that sets the stage

for your story to unfold.

As the author of your life,

you can change scenes and make anything happen.

Don't play small."

be well & love 

xoxo

💝

 

All You Need is Love...

I'm still at my kiddo's, enjoying my fur-grands...💕

I woke up this morning with this song stuck in my head,

 a spring in my step,

and a smile on my face.

'Love almost seems a lost art'

Some journal & love quotes that showed up the last two days...

Keep my thoughts on God. Serve with love.

God's power shows up more when you're focused

on love, then "fixing" (yourself & others).

' Love & good-will destroy the enemies within one's self,

therefore, one has no enemies on the external.'

Love fully in the now.

Faith allows deep love.

"Give perfect, unselfish love, demanding nothing 

in return, do not criticize or condemn. Bless."

'Follow the path of love, and all things are added,

for God is Love,

and God is Supply;

Follow greed & selfishness, and the supply

vanishes.'

"Perfect love casteth out fear.

He that feareth is not made perfect in love."

~ 1John 4:18 ~

"With any challenge, start with God who gives you

His perspective, wisdom, power and Love 

for every person you encounter."

Love yourself.

"Love yourself and be good to yourself because if you do so

the world around you will start mirroring your behavior."

'Treat yourself with kindness and compassion & 

learn to express your gratitude for the many gifts life 

offered you up until this moment.'

'Take your focus away from those things that cause you to feel pain,

stress, anxiety, fear and unhappiness,

onto the things that make you feel happy and loved.'

"You'll receive love if you shine with love in the first place."

live well & in peace...

xoxo

💝

"To love yourself right now, just as you are,

is to give yourself heaven.

Don't wait until you die.

If you wait, you die now.

If you love, you live now."

~ Alan Cohen ~