The Joys of the Journey – Scenes From a Car Window

Living Joyfully and Mindfully Don’t be so focused on getting to the destination that you miss out on the wonders of the journey itself! Most people live their lives waiting for “when”.  When I grow up, when I finish school, when I get a good job, when I meet the right person, when I buy [...]

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The More You Give the More You Get!

The More You Give the More You Get! I have written in the past, both on this blog and on my Mindfulness Journal, about Manifesting Dreams and Creating a New Reality.  Much of what we talk about, and read about these days deals with the Laws of Attraction and attracting what we want into our [...]

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Mindfulness and Faith Despite Upheavals

Insights, Understandings, Blessings This was originally written 5 years ago, while in India.  This April, I am Not In India, but the past six months have seen great upheaval in my life once again, and the insights and understandings are once again a blessing, no less than they were 5 years ago.   Hope you will [...]

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The Secret of Happiness

Be Happy! Yes…that is the secret – simply Be Happy! It is not what you have or who you have that makes you happy.  It is YOU and your Choice to be Happy which determines if you are happy or not. Happiness is not something that “happens” to us.  Not a “thing” we wait to [...]

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Survival Message

Personal Needs – Focusing Within – Survival My own needs are no less important than anyone else’s, my own feelings no less valid than  another’s.  I do not love others less when I choose to  make self care my first priority when necessary.  I do not diminish my to service to others or my nurturing [...]

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Life’s Detours, Their Blessings and Lessons

Life’s Detours, Their Blessings and Lessons  This being a difficult week for me has brought me blessings as well. I have been thinking of my parents a lot and following a comment on my recent post “Letting Go”, found myself guided to reread the blog I originally wrote in Memory of my father In Memoriam [...]

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LETTING GO

LETTING GO I have been going through a particularly difficult week for personal reasons and these times always test us.  They are sure indications of where we truly are in our life’s journey. They remove any pretense or pretension we may have about the progress we have made along our own journey.  They are truly [...]

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Nothing Nutures Like Nature

There is nothing like being close to Nature to energize and rejuvenate body and spirit. The perfumed fragrances of Spring flowers in bloom (as well as their amazing array of color: Perfection in Uniqueness  ), the bursts of sudden color amidst the green, the music of birdsong,   the hum of bees, the warmth of the [...]

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Perfection in Uniqueness

Spring Flowers and Their Message – I saw all of these amazing flowers TODAY! We are spectacular BECAUSE of our differences.  They are what make us  Simply Unique and Perfect. These are all “flowers”, but each is individually amazing, spectacular, wondrous in its own beauty.   Each one is so Different than the other.  Their being [...]

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Change Your Focus – Change Your Life

Message From a Snail While out in my garden this morning, I came across this exquisite creature, and while photographing him, realized there was an important message here for me.  Look at the various shots, and I think you will quickly understand the message as well. Notice the way the whole picture changes depending on [...]

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