Sisters!

When it comes to blessings, I have to say, I am abundantly blessed...my sisters are some of the best and most wonderful people I know.  Always they take the time to listen when I need a friendly ear and find time to share with me whenever I feel alone or just in need of companionship from someone I know who cares about me and loves me.


There is just something about being with the gals that you grew up with and sharing moments as adults--always knowing that your sister has your back, cares about you, wants the best for you and will go that extra mile to help you find fulfillment of your dreams.  My sisters are my best friends and have been there with me through thick and thin and I will forever be grateful for their love, guidance and support.

No matter what has gone on in my life these past 50 odd years, my sisters have held tight to their belief in me as their sister and friend and have always been there.  My sisters are truly my beloved friends and I will forever love them just as much as they love me and always I will be here for them whenever they are in need. God sent me three beautiful angels to love and to share this life with and I am beyond blessed to have these wonderful women in my life!  For even when things seem awry with the world, I know that I have three amazing best friends to turn to for comfort, for love and support and they too have me!  How beautiful is that????

I will forever be thankful for the wondrous blessing of having my sisters to share this journey of life with me.  I will forever be thankful that I am allowed the privilege and blessing of sharing their journeys too!

SISTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happiness Can Be Shared

With each new day I endeavor to look around and find the very BEST parts of this life I'm in.  It's really not hard, for I am abundantly blessed to live near my sisters and their families, my brother and his daughter and one of my precious soul mates.  I also am secure in the knowledge that I am loved and cherished and valued as a human being and that helps my "happiness meter" immensely!

By most folks' standards of today though, I don't have as much as what most people seem to need to be happy.  I live on a limited budget, often do not have money to go out to eat, to buy new clothes or to keep up with dental and medical appointments...but what I do have is TRUST in my angels, my spirit guides and my UNIVERSE/my God to come through for me whenever I have a need that must be met.  Always my immediate needs are met and I feel beyond blessed.

Most of my happiness does indeed come from the LOVE that lives within me.  I hold such a love for the people in my life!  How can I not love those who are so precious and dear and who are sharing this journey, this existence with me?  We all are in this life together, trying to find our way and if I see someone who is struggling or who just needs a helping hand, a word of encouragement, I have to do my best to come through for them.  That's not just the people in my circle, but for all those on this walk of life with me.  It's not always easy to share the happiness I feel from within, but with each new day, I do try...

I think one of the greatest gifts we can give to our fellow man is a warm, heartfelt smile.  How often are you in the grocery store and you and the fellow patrons just look beyond one another as if you don't even exist?  What would it hurt to flash a happy smile and just nod to acknowledge that other person?  

One day I was having a particularly rough day and I had to run to the local store to grab dog food for my little pup.  I was in a hurry, had a headache and just wanted to get in and out and be back home.  But there on the dog food aisle was an elderly woman looking at all the different brands and just as I was about to grab my dog's preferred brand and take off for the checkouts, this lady says, "Oh!  Perhaps that's the kind I need to get.  Is that a good brand to buy for a little dog?"  Huh?  Was she really talking to me?  Then I noticed her smiling eyes and the dimples in her wrinkled cheeks and my heart just opened up and I had to smile and ask what kind of dog she had, etc.  We stood there and chatted about various selections for a few minutes and I could hear the love in her voice for her little two year old poodle mix and then she said, "Honey, thank you for taking a few moments with me.  Yours is the only live human voice I've talked to in days!"  Then it hit me...she really didn't need my "help" with a dog food selection--what she needed was HUMAN CONTACT.  I was glad that I took those few minutes just to chat with her and as I was checking out I noticed that my headache was totally gone!  Perhaps she was just the "medicine" I needed to remind me to stop stressing, to slow down and just BE and especially to share the happiness that lives inside of me.

My happiness?  Knowing that I am LOVED
and 
Beyond Blessed!!!

Thankfulness

I go to bed with it (Thankfulness) every night and find myself waking up with it every morning.  It wasn't always this way...

There was a time when I hated my existence and wanted nothing more than to just give up and die, to wallow in the misery that I, myself had created with the thoughts that I sent out into the Universe.  

Falling asleep each night with thoughts/prayers of thankfulness in my heart gives me a peace and a joy that is so hard to describe...but suffice it to say that the more thankfulness I feel, the more I receive in the way of gifts of delight and blessings for my life.  I am so abundantly blessed and each morning that I awake I take stock of the huge delight that lives within my heart and realize that each and every blessing, each and every gift is something to be thankful for.

While walking with my little dog in the mornings, I find myself silently enjoying the blessing that I CAN walk, and then the next thing I know I am thanking God/Our Dear Universe for the blessing of a restful night's sleep the night before, for my smiling heart, for the bounty of food that is sitting within my cupboards and pantry and refrigerator, for the car that allows me to drive to various places, for my home that is paid for and my clothes, all of my possessions that help me to have a good life.  But what I am most thankful for of all is the LOVE that surrounds me and envelopes my heart and soul through way of my beloved family and friends.  And the huge, devotion and love I receive from two very special and adoring men in my life who I treasure and adore just as much in return.  They lift me up and give me joy beyond belief and help me to grow and learn and are always willing listeners when I need a true and loving friend to listen and care!

This thankfulness lives inside of me each and every hour of each and every day, for how can I not rejoice in all the abundance that I have when I know there are others who are lacking in so many ways?  Those of us who are fortunate to have our needs met, who are relatively healthy and well, who have a safe, warm, cozy place to lay our heads down at night, who have the comfort of family and friends and who have our bellies full and the ability to eat good, healthy meals should never tire of giving thanks and acknowledging the abundance with gratitude. 

For as long as I can breathe and speak, I will be thankful for all that I have, for all that I am about to receive and for all that blesses my life throughout my days.

Thank you dear God/dear Universe for the abundance of blessings that you send to me.  I am grateful for even the smallest of gifts! 

Limitations? Only If I Put Them There!

Finding my way in the Universe sometimes is a journey of many twists and turns.  One day I will be so sure that I have things figured out, that I know just where I am going, where I've been, and where I am in the here and now.  But oftentimes, reality is a hard surface to land on and I find myself feeling bruised and shaken from the fall to reality.  And then moments later--a piercing thought of such beauty and awareness seeps in and I realize that once again, I HAVE FULL CONTROL OF MY OWN REALITY!!!!  This is such a key fact, an element that I so much need to always remember and hang onto.  No one on this earth, in this life, or even in the lives to come can control my destiny, my reality.  I am the sole PILOT.  

"There are no limitations in what you can do...Except...the limitations of your own mind." --so aptly spoken and so true to the teachings that I have been following these past many years.  Our thoughts, our vibrations, our attitudes all shape our here and now.  But so too, our very thoughts can most definitely shape our future, as well.  

Believing that you are truly blessed is the first step to finding inner happiness and strength.  Allowing your heart to swell with the gratitude for the blessings that enhance and encompass your life now will make room for your abundance and your blessings to multiply and grow.  Focusing on the good, on all that is wonderful, on all that makes you feel safe, content, loved, appreciated and real will most certainly allow you to open up to all the wonders and beauty and abundance that is waiting only for your acceptance.  The Universe hears and listens with an openness--ready to grant each of us that which we truly seek, that which we truly desire.

I realize now that I must truly align with the positive light that lives within me and whenever the doubts, the fears begin to seep in--I must turn to my inner light and focus and believe that all will be just as it should.  I realize too that my future is within my own power--that all I need to do is focus on what I want to unfold in my life and to believe that it will be so.  I realize that this love that envelopes my heart, that bursts forth and seeks to discover and find those who truly accept and appreciate the warmth and love I have to give is good and real and true.

No longer do I need to worry or fear that my life is going no where, that what is happening in the here and now is wrong in any way.  Each moment of every day is a gift and a chance to begin anew--to create a reality that aligns with the inner light that shines within my heart and soul.

I am so very truly blessed.

LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

Makes Sense to Me

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Sharing This Journey

Such a delight to awaken to the joy of a new day--to the knowledge that this day, this VERY day is a gift to be unwrapped, to be explored.  The gift of this day is just a part of the journey I am on and as I travel forward, I love sharing this journey with all who wish to come along.  My journey involves a heart full of love, of learning to see the beauty in ALL things, of learning and acknowledging that ALL THINGS happen for a reason and that always, always there is a plan unfolding.  Whether that plan is pre-ordained or whether it is unfolding just as I intend--by putting out my forward thoughts, my positive vibes and my true beliefs, it is still a gift to be discovered, uncovered, unwrapped, and one to enjoy with the gratitude and joy of knowing that it is all as it should be.  Each moment of each and every day is unfolding to help us in our spiritual growth.  


As you allow all of your senses to be truly aware and cognizant of the fact that all life on this planet/in this dear Universe of ours is connected, you will discover so many "secrets" that help you to understand why you are here.  We are all here to learn, to grow, to advance and to eventually find our way back to the non-physical where we truly started from.  Many consider the non-physical to be "heaven" and perhaps that is a truly apt concept--as the non-physical state is such a euphoric and all knowing and blessed state that it is our highest desire to obtain.  So many do not realize that at one time we were truly all non-physical and that we actually CHOSE to come here as physical beings to delight in the journey and to learn how best to interact and be loving creatures without the advantage of the non-physical state.  Sadly, many of us came here with absolutely no memory of our non-physical state and our purity of love and acceptance and we stumble along and grope our way through completely oblivious to the fact that we absolutely have the power to do anything we so desire.  Many of us choose not to use our power beyond our humanly confines because we are enjoying the challenge of the journey so much that we want to find our way with only the human concepts that we were given when we arrived here. 


As I continue my journey, my travels through this life that I have so joyfully chosen, I am blessedly aware that we are connected to all things.  All of humanity are connected, but so too we are connected to the plants, the clouds, the stars, the moon, the sun--to all matter that comprises our existence as we know it.  But not only are we connected to all that is in existence, we are also connected to all that ever was, all that ever will be.  We are ONE with the Universe and all things.  If ever all of humanity realizes this and joins together to create a positive environment and a conjoined emotional bond of love--including not just humanity, but love for ALL things, all that ever was, all that ever will be--the BEAUTY that unfolds would be indescribable!  My goal as I journey through this life is to continually BELIEVE, to KNOW that one day we will all discover that our journey leads us to the HIGHER AWARENESS of ONENESS.  


And always I will carry with me my heart full of love and acceptance as I journey through this path I have chosen.  Life is GOOD--all LIFE is Good!  


Blessings abound in my life and in yours, as well.  Believe and it will be so!  #

Reflections...

As I begin this journey of self, of my soul
As I reach deep within 
to discover and become one
with who I am
with who I have always been--
As I reflect and strive
to grasp
just who it is
I will be
when tomorrow
arrives--
Suddenly
all the love,
all the hope,
all the expectation
all the joy
come screaming with glee
into my life, into my here and now...


All I need do
is to LIVE
to BE
to GIVE
to ACCEPT
to LAUGH
to CRY
to PLAY
to DANCE
to WALK FORWARD


all while grasping the concept 
of eternal love, of eternal acceptance 
and remembering most of all
not to judge--
not to hold anyone 
other than myself
responsible 
for my life, my joy, my sorrow, my gifts.
I alone am responsible
and I have the power
to choose


to LIVE
to BE
to GIVE
to ACCEPT
to LAUGH
to CRY
to PLAY
to DANCE
to WALK FORWARD


but so too,
I have the power to NOT.


For NOW,
I choose to have the POWER
to HAVE JOY and LOVE and ACCEPTANCE
as MY GIFTS to ME. (and as my gift to those 
who wish to share and be a part 
of my beloved Soul Family).


Reflections...
#

(Re-post) A Grateful Heart

Do you ever wake up in the mornings and just KNOW that it's going to be a great and wonderful day?  I do. Every day feels like a brand new gift and I love, love, love opening this gift, unwrapping it one moment at a time.  I never know exactly what I'm going to find underneath all tha wrapping, but man, it's almost always something really, really good -- and even when it's not the absolute best -- it's still at least interesting and fun and something that piques my curiosity and makes me want to see more, more, more! 

I love my life.  Each day brings such a tremendous amount of goodness and surprise and hope and (best of all) LOVE.  I love so very, very many in my life and love so much sharing what is inside my heart, what I feel, what I hold dear...I love giving and sharing and caring--how can I not?  Even when people are so wrapped up in their own little worlds and seem so obsessed with their problems and their fate they must deal with each and every day--I still feel this huge love and intense desire to give, to share, to be just who I am.


And best of all, this desire of giving from within never dies--it lives on even when times get rough.  No matter how crummy my life gets at any given time, I know that it is still better than some who are living a far less fortunate life than I am living.  And that is when I realize and feel the huge and intense blessing of my life, for I know beyond doubt that I am far luckier than some and that one day, when the good times do roll in (and yes, no doubt that they will) I will give back ten fold and then some to all who need, to all who want, to all who I can reach out and help--for whenever I am blessed with abundance, I will share and give and be who I am truly from within.  


Each day is a gift and my joy comes in giving and helping and being among those who are in need, who are living in the joy of just being.  


There will come a day when I will be unwrapping a wondrous and beautiful gift of abundance and when that day comes, I will have the honor of sharing and giving and helping those who are truly in need.


Until then, I do what I can and I know that I am forever blessed.  Thank you, Universe!