Monday, September 29, 2014

Help

It's OK to ask for help.  No one is an island.  For me I'll be seeing a therapist soon. Is asking or needing help a form of defeat? NO- it's knowing that I'm ready to search beyond the wisdom of friends.

Loss of friends, partners, family, pets, jobs, housing are all life changing times where having some one qualified to hear you out will help.

Let's be comfortable in seeking help to add solace to our lives



Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Desires

Orihah Mountain Dreamer's book "The Invitation" has a phrase I adore
"I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing"

That's just a part of the poem but the one part I recite almost daily. 

Those who know me personally know I've become a work a holic.  I may look for a twelve step group because of that (OMG That's the 1st step!)

I've only recently began to ask if I'm "meeting my hearts longing" 

Realizing my priorities work is not on the top of the list. Love, the ability to love someone and share that is now "JOB ONE"

What are your desires and are you living them, seeing them and then acting on them?

Let's work on this together - unlock our heart and open up possibilities

Make this one all about YOU



Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Small Things

"I don't do great things, I do small things with great love" 
   Paraphrased from Mother Teresa
  

I volunteer one day a week. It's not a lot but what I do seems to save lives and help others create better ways of living and acting.   Having a way cool family, enough food to eat, energy to spare volunteering doing darn good work is least I can do.

What do you do to live greatly in small things?


Monday, September 15, 2014

Leaving Was

There is no need to worry about what happened - we cannot change the/our past.

I'm leaving the regrets behind focusing on today and how I can make my life better, affirming and productive.

"The past is the past and the present has infinite possibilities"  - Durrell Watkins


Monday, September 8, 2014

It's about Love

Just this past week I have had friends who have had some not so good health issues.  A few break ups and too many misunderstandings.

Do know I love  you. Each person who reads my dribble that "Isn't about me" though it is I say THANK YOU and I love you for reading and some times commenting on it.

It is all about LOVE: that feeling that connects us.

Sure we can say "I love my new flat screen TV" or "I love my car"   - those are things.

You are someone: a person and capable of giving, holding, sharing, grieving love.

Years ago a guy named Paul wrote to someone in a town called Corinth

Three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love.


Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Safe Harbor

Tonight I saw a video on Gratitude.   Those of you who've been reading this blog from the start know I'm all about gratitude or being thankful.

Sure I could focus on  what's gone wrong or when I erred and I have I choose to focus on challenges.

Dating when my heart has been broken. Well it happens and I've overcome other hardships.  Broken bones, fear of heights (that zip line in Honduras changed that), fatigue.

Now I see by choice the good things: a job where my employer appreciates me. Wisdom to apply to new happenings,  a family that really loves each other.

"A ship is safe in the harbor but that's not what ships are for"

Let's leave the safety of the harbor and embrace challenges with gratitude