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

I found this on a wonderful website that is full of helpful information to enhance this living experience we all are having as we travel through our journey here on earth.  http://personalexcellence.co/

And then there is this, as well...

Love these and love this site that I found!

check it out:  http://personalexcellence.co/

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!

This Most Awesome Gift

I’m not even sure that I can do it justice, but I want so much to be able to describe this most awesome gift that I’ve been given.  Each time I look at it, feel it, think of it, I am overwhelmed with such joy and awe and gratitude that sometimes I feel that I might just burst into tears.  (Damn these silly hormones!) Still…this gift is so precious and such a treasure that there HAS to be a way I can describe it to you and make others understand just how very, very fortunate I am.


At first when it was given to me, I took it for granted and didn’t really think it was all that important—I mean—I looked around and saw that everyone seemed to have this same gift that I had been given—just different variations of it.  I didn’t come to truly appreciate the value of it until my 5th decade and then suddenly, its value just skyrocketed and I realize now that all along this was the most awesome gift, the most precious treasure I’d ever held in my grasp.  I remember a few times when I damn near let it slip out of my possession—thought many times of just throwing this gift away—what good was it anyway?  Even though I took it with me everywhere I went and hauled it around with every move I made from state to state, sometimes it felt like it was just too burdensome to carry.  Sometimes I even thought it was plain worthless—who needs something that everyone else has anyway?  


And then along came this Christmas/Holiday Season.  For the first time in years, I have almost no money to spend on those I truly love and cherish in my life and I was wondering how on earth I could give them something special so that they would all know how very much I love them and care…


And then I remembered my original gift that I’ve had all these years.  It is something so precious and so valuable that why not just share it?  I mean, why be selfish with something that can be treasured and loved and held dear by all those who I hold dear?  I realize now that I don’t even have to wait for the Holiday Season to share it—I can share it with anyone and everyone that cares to be included and especially with those that I love dearly.


This gift?  It is my life.  My heart.  My time and the knowledge and experience that I’m gaining with each new day.  I can share this gift by just being ME, by being true to myself, by being the loving, giving, caring soul that I have always been.  I do not need fancy, expensive, store bought presents to give out—I can give out pieces of my life, an abundance of love from my heart, and my time to those who are in need, who truly want and desire a precious bit of truth and love.  


And best of all?  This gift will last into eternity, because with each piece of my heart, my life, my time that I share, a tiny bit stays with those who I reach out to share with and they in turn will share their gifts and before long, this most awesome gift will be seen, felt, held and experienced by all who care to share and become a part of this huge, huge gift that we call LIFE.


Now, how awesome is THAT????


Life Is GOOD.

Lonely/Alone

Sometimes, just sometimes
I feel so alone.
Yes,
I know there are many
who love me and care.
But still--
I am a creature 
who aches to be held,
to be touched,
to feel.


Just lonely
sometimes.
But I imagine
so many others
in this world
are just as lonely 
as I am this day.


Even so,
as lonely as I feel now--
I still do not feel
as completely Alone
as I did 
those years ago
whenever we were "we"
and he lived below
and I above
in the same house.
Together
yet so very 
apart.


Such a sad
existence.
Strange...
I don't feel so
lonely 
anymore.
I'm just alone
and sometimes
that's okay.
#

Drugs Kill Dreams

I don't really understand everything about drug addiction.  All I really know is that it does so much harm to the one who is truly addicted and to those who love and cherish the one who is abusing drugs.  


And what if that person who is so dependent and in need of a fix has children that are being neglected?


My heart breaks for all involved and I find myself turning to prayer and to a higher source to help with this most awful dilemma.  All I know is that somehow, someway, this lost soul who is destroying her life and so many others around her has to find a way back to her dreams.  Not so long ago I know she had a dream of being not only a good mother, but someone who made a difference and was a productive member of our society. It's not too late if somehow we can find a way to help her break free.  


I plead with my higher source, my angels, my spirit guides to intervene and help all who love her to find a way to pull her away from the edge and to help her find joy without the use (and abuse) of drugs.

Love and Kindness

Would that this world,
my world, our world
would all come together
with the mind and heart
to give from within
our hearts and souls--
to share, to love, to indulge
in humanity and kindness
to climb the mountains of doubt
and mistrust and then
to conquer
the chains of hatred and greed
and corruptness.


Would that our world
in which all of mankind inhabits--
we each 
could just stop, take the time
to give, to share, to enjoy 
to bless others we meet
with kindness, understanding 
and warmth
from our hearts and souls.


I will never ever give up.
I will never ever stop hoping
that one day, 
one beautiful, very fine day
humanity will learn
to be humane and kind and true.


It can happen.
It can start with me,
It can start with you.
It CAN happen.


Kindness. Love. Caring.
Sharing.  


Blessed be.

One Day...

When my time comes
to leave 
this great earth of ours
my spirit will soar
with the exuberance and joy
that lives inside of me--
for in leaving this earth
I know 
that I will again
be free.

Free to love,
to give,
to experience the depth
of a life beyond
what I am able now
to comprehend.
My spirit, my soul
will know no beginning,
will know 
no end...

For in leaving 
this mortal life 
of the here and now
I will be entering 
a much greater and wider realm
of the love and acceptance and truth
that I have always yearned to find,
always tried so very hard to see--
Once gone 
from this life
I will at last, at last
be allowed, be given the gift
of  just being ME.

Yes, one day...

It's a Promise (to Me)

So often I strive for this.
Promising myself to be strong,
trying to let NOTHING 
disturb my peace of mind
looking at the sunny side of things
thinking only of the best
and working only for the best
and so often yes,
I do expect the very best...


But maintaining
optimism is so very hard
at times...


Still...
One has to strive 
to never give up,
to never give in
to the pessimism 
that lurks around
every bend.


I can do this!
I can win!
I can BELIEVE
and I can start 
all over again--
I WILL be Strong!
I WILL Look at the Sunny Side of Everything!
I WILL think only of the BEST
and I WILL
EXPECT 
all kinds of 
GOOD AND WONDERFUL
events to take place,
all kinds of 
BEAUTY 
to enter into my world
all kinds of 
WONDER and JOY
to surround me.


See???
I will Never Ever Ever
Give up
(on me).


###

Leaving My Tracks...

            Oh how I hope that I leave GOOD tracks.  I aim to.
I mean, I want to, I plan to--but will I?
I just want those who know and love me 
who live beyond the years that I am
allowed to live...
            I just want all of you dear, cherished souls
to know this:
I truly, truly intended to leave good tracks--
but the big question is:
Did I?
Will I?
           My plan--
to live the best life I can,
to give as much love and friendship
and GOODNESS
as I can
and if that is not enough
in this life time--
then by golly,
I'll come back
as someone else
and do it all again!
          But no matter what,
no matter when--
my goal,
my plan 
in the here and now
(and yes, even in the beyond)
is to be the very, very best
person
that I possibly can.
          That's not too much to hope for,
is it?
That's not too lofty of a goal,
is it?
          I just want so very much
to leave GOOD tracks
in my wake
to make sure that those who knew me,
who loved me, who truly cared
will see beyond any doubt
that I truly, truly meant
to do my best--
to be the best that I knew to be--
to give every ounce, every little bit
of what is GOOD
from the inside of me...
          So, if it's true
that we will be known forever
by the tracks we leave...
          I hope, I pray, I wish
that my tracks 
will lead to better understanding,
better love for our fellow man
and a true kinship 
with all 
on this beautiful planet
of ours.
          That's just me...
leaving my tracks...
do you see?
          I hope so.
###

My Gratitude For Him

There is so very much gratitude living inside of me!  The gratitude that somehow my angels, my spirit guides KNEW that the day would come when I would need to know, to see, to be with my very first true love.  Feeling his warmth, his love, his truth, his sincerity has given me the gift of knowing without doubt that Mankind is truly good.  My beautiful love, my Blue Eyed first love is still the very same, still so very much who he always proclaimed to be and I am forever grateful and so very, very blessed to be able to see him, touch him, feel him and know him these many years later...


His smile still dazzles, his eyes still sparkle and shine and his hugs and his touch are still just as beautiful and awesome as I remember.  His depth of love for me is real, just as mine is for him.  We have grown and yet, we have remained the same.  How can it be???  How is it that this beautiful first love of mine is still the awesomely wonderful and romantic and REAL person that I always knew him to be those many, many years ago?  


This gratitude I feel is like a most precious gift.  How can I not unwrap it and marvel at its splendor and magnificence?  How can I not rejoice in this beautiful gift of his love--of my love for him?  All I know is that I feel blessed beyond measure and that I owe a depth of thanks and gratitude to our spirit guides, our angels, the dear, sweet Universe who endeavored in our favor to make sure we connected once again.


Life is more poignant and real now that he is here in my realm of existence once again.  


And oh my god, those beautiful blue eyes of his--that wondrous smile--the beat of his heart, his touch, his warmth--all tell me that yes, yes, yes I belong on this earth--if only to get to feel his love, his warmth, his touch, and see his smile again and again.


Gratitude is abundant from my heart.  Please.  Help me to convey how glad I am he is here.  Please?  I love him. I love him. I love him.  Thank you, dear Universe!


#

Take Time To Be Kind

Have you ever noticed how good it makes you feel whenever you do something nice for someone else?  
Just imagine all of the warm, fuzzy vibes floating through our Universe if only all of us would take a few moments each day to pass along a kind act to those we meet.  
If people would stop being so self centered and self absorbed in their problems and their perceived worries, and focus on trying to bring JOY to others and to give a true smile, a genuine offer of help or comfort -- this world would definitely be a better place.  


I've seen it, I've felt it.  Doing good for others is like unwrapping a beautiful gift that you've given yourself.  I honestly believe that kindness is contagious. If all of humanity would strive to be kinder and more compassionate and less self centered I know that our world would begin to change for the good.  


What will it take, I wonder to get folks to try harder to be giving and kind?  What will it take to vanquish GREED and SELFISHNESS and to get human kind to realize that treating others with KINDNESS, RESPECT and LOVE is a gift we can all enjoy and appreciate and "profit" from? 


I'm not giving up on this.  I know that Kindness and Caring and Love for my fellow man is the answer to the many problems facing our world today.  If all people would stop and just look around and strive to bring a gift of sunshine and warmth to those they share this life with--miraculous things would begin to happen and goodness and wonder would replace so much of the awfulness we see and hear about each and every day.

Please.  Take a moment to care about others.  Take a moment to give the gift of a smile to those you meet along your way and especially, take the time to be KIND.  

Our Gift

Sometimes whenever I am seeking wisdom

Sometimes whenever I need to quiet my soul

I turn to Nature's beauty.

To my constant amazement and surprise

always I am able to find

something that soothes this weary soul

of mine

something that is a true delight

to my eyes--

(to all of my senses!) 

Nature.  Our greatest gift.

What did I ever do

to deserve such a precious and wondrous gift?

I will cherish it always.

Nature--not just my gift

but a gift for all.

Won't you join with me

in treasuring this precious and most awesome gift?

#

Life's Echo

No doubt that it's true.  So many times I've noticed that whatever "vibe" or "hope" or "wish" I am sending out often reflects back to me--just like an echo when you're throwing your voice out to the Universe.  No doubt that the universe hears our every hope, our every wish, our every desire.  

"Be very careful what you wish for." my mother used to say wisely.  And perhaps she knew that so often wishes do come true.  Especially those that we focus on and want from our inner core.  Wishes are so powerful and I'm learning that if you frame your wish in a positive light and begin to think of it as already true--it is far more likely to happen.  

At one point in my life I did indeed harness the power of the "Wish" and it served me well--but of late (these last few years) I've found myself losing focus and forgetting just how to make it all work. I do know and remember this though:   Angst and anxiety cannot be included in the equation when making your wish.  True belief and knowing is what must be paramount and I am ashamed to say that I have been guilty of being caught up in the negativity of worry and forgetting to frame my wishes with positive light and the true knowing that they will come true.  Another thing I know is that you must be certain that what you wish for is what you want.  Once that desire is heartfelt and given to the Universe, it truly begins to bring it to fruition, to bring to you your hearts' desire.  But do be careful--for whenever you change that desire, the Universe will set about working on what you are presently hoping, wishing, focusing for and will abandon that which you have abandoned.

Too often in my life I have watched in awe as my wishes and hopes have unfolded before my very eyes.  I know I have the power to make all of my wishes, hopes and dreams to come true--but my first order of business is to make SURE that I truly KNOW exactly what it is that I want.  Once the desire is clearly defined, there is no stopping the attainment--it then just becomes a matter of time.

The Chinese Proverb, "Life is an Echo; What you send out comes back" Is all too true.  Now go out and use your "echo" wisely.  

Blessings to All!