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Gratitude expands your heart and makes space for more joy to come into your life.
What do you love today? Please share with us here and help us remember the little things that make life lovely!
Four Ways to Renew Yourself
In ancient Celtic countries, Imbolc was the season of Brigid/Bridget, the Goddess who later became a Christian saint. Brigid governed poetry, healing and fire. A triune diety, Brigid renewed herself at Imbolc, transforming from the crone of winter to the maiden of spring.
Why is this relevant to you, right now?
Renewal is one of the great promises of life. It’s a concept that says hey, no matter what has happened, no matter who you’ve been, something new is possible. And that is pretty exciting, isn’t it?
So ask yourself: where in my life could I use some renewal?
Things I love Thursdays…
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My friend Jill started a practice on Facebook that I loved and have since adopted: TILT (Things I Love Thursdays).
It’s a fun little way to reflect on what we’re appreciating at a particular moment in time.
This morning I woke up thinking that I ought to start sharing these on my blog, and perhaps inspire some [...]
You’re Already Perfect…
If you follow pop culture, it might be easy to decide that there’s something wrong with you.
After all, we are constantly being bombarded with the message that we are either “too much” of this or “not enough” of that.
Too fat. Too loud. Too short. Too tall. Too smart. Too opinionated. Too shy.
Not pretty enough. Not funny enough. Not hip enough. Not smart enough. Not…normal enough.
And of course, there’s always a remedy for what you’re lacking or what you need to remove: this car, this makeup, this diet, this method or this designer label will transform you into an icon of coolness (or normal-ness, if that’s what you’re after…)
For only $19.99. Or $199. Or $1,999.99.
And you even get a bonus of a free ginsu knife, but only if you order now.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a new product or system or solution—as long as you know you don’t really need the product—or the bonus–to be the glorious expression of creative energy you already are.
What to Do in Precarious Times
And some part of who we are is dying all the time. We just like to pretend it isn’t happening.
But it’s getting a bit harder to pretend, isn’t it?
We’re experiencing massive change as a species right now.
Our institutions our crumbling.
Our understanding of the world is unraveling.
Many of beliefs we never questioned now seem…questionable.
We are living in precarious times.
And maybe that’s exactly what we need.
Maybe our species needs an evolutionary shakeup to allow us to become who we were designed to be. Precarious times allow us to expand our potential.
Peace on Earth Looks Like This
Whether you call that Source God, Spirit, Christ, Higher Self, Wisdom, Adonai, Buddha, Allah, The Universe, Energy, or Goddess is irrelevant. It’s what you experience when you are in touch with the transcendent that matters.
I know that when I am in that place, I’m able to forgive myself, and make a space for all the uncomfortable and ugly parts of who I am.
I have compassion for my humanness.
I can love my messy self and my messy life.
And I remember that everyone around me is doing her or his best to muddle through this sometimes bewildering existence.
Peace on earth looks like this:
Aligning with the Will of Heaven
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One of the most difficult aspects of Conscious Manifestation is the understanding that it doesn’t necessarily (or even usually) mean getting what your ego wants.
As I often discuss with my clients and at my events, our goals have one purpose and one purpose only: they are there to help us [...]
What Do the Dalai Lama, Steven Spielberg & Sinead O’Connor Have in Common?
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When we talk about the word “genius” in common parlance, we usually mean a person with an extraordinary ability that sets them apart. Geniuses are rare and special.
However, the original meaning of the word genius is a bit different: it refers to the Divine aspect that lives in every situation, place [...]
The Healing Power of Compassion
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Wretched morning with our daughter Bridget this morning.
Preadolescent angst and hormones combined with Bridget’s developmental delays and difficulty articulating what she is feeling, mixed together with my own adult worries over things that have nothing to do with her.
It did not make for the best start of the day. I did not like who I [...]
President Obama Was Cleaning out My Garage…
Last night I dreamed that President Obama was cleaning out my garage.
He was very cheery about it too! My husband David and I came home to find him there with his sleeves rolled up, finishing the job.
We waved goodbye to the President, then walked around back to look at our new hen house, where our chickens were sleeping contentedly on their nests, along with a few happy pigs. I told David that the chickens were going to begin laying “in a few weeks!”
One of our cats walked in and at first I was concerned about him eating the chickens, but he did not bother them. The three of us, David and Tiger and I, just stood there in the hen house, smiling and looking at the sleeping animals.
At first when I awoke, I was puzzled by the dream. I’m not at all political anymore, and even when I was, I have never dreamed about a President. And I haven’t lived on a farm. So what was the deal with the chickens and the pigs?
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