Detach from Drama

How Do People Treat You?

Who Would You Spend a Day With?

Transmuting Karma

Weight vs. Health

Movie Marathon

Go With the Flow or Take a Stand

I'm on a Soapbox Now

Is This Real?

The Coming of Spring

So today is the day that so many have been waiting for: the first day of Spring.  Does it feel any different?  I guess that depends on where you are.  For all of you that are a little farther north than I am, I'm sure it feels as though Spring may still be a ways off yet.  Being in central Florida, it almost feels like we went from Fall straight into Spring, with maybe only a few short days of winter thrown in for good measure.  For some, I'm sure that sounds wonderful.  For me, not so much.  As much as I love Fall and Spring, I actually love Winter, too.  I love the snow and the cold: going outside and building snowmen and snow forts, then coming in and cuddling next to a nice, warm fire.  Maybe it's because I was born in Colorado, and that's where my heart remains to this day.  Maybe it's a past life thing.  I've had several lifetimes in cold climates.  Either way, today marks the official first day of Spring.  How will you celebrate?  I'll be spending the day planting seeds, transplanting young seedlings into the garden, and of course, doing some spring cleaning here in the house.  The cleaning part isn't generally something that I enjoy, but it is necessary.  And I'm learning to make it as enjoyable experience as I can.  I try to make it magical, clearing out the old to make way for the new.  This year is a little different for me, too.  As I clean, I'm also purging, simplifying, and packing.  I am planning on moving back to Colorado just as soon as I can.  I fully realize that this move may still be a year or more away.  But I'm already starting to box things up and label them.  Why?  Because I believe that if I truly want something to happen, then the best way to draw it in is to begin living as if it has already happened, and to not just sit and wait for it to come.  Ergo, I'm packing as if I already have a place to go, and will be moving soon.  Now, this could be viewed as if I'm living in the future and not truly enjoying the present moment.  I can see that.  And yes, that's possible.  But I think it depends on how you look at it.  While I am packing for a future moment in time, I believe it is actually helping me to live more fully in the moment of the here and now.  There isn't as much "stuff" to distract me, not too many things that need to get done.  Only those things that are the most important for living in the here and now remain.  Is it possible to live both in the present and in the future?  I think so, absolutely!  We do it every time we plant a garden, every time we make plans with friends, every time we pay a bill that gives us another month of electricity or a place to live.  Enjoy the moment, take pleasure in the "now", but at the same time, work for a better tomorrow.  When tomorrow comes, it will then be the now.  Why not make it as wonderful as possible?  It seems like it would be such a waste to have so many "now" moments without working to make each one better than the last.

The Joy of Irony

It's funny sometimes, how the Universe works.  Yesterday, I posted on changing your physical being by your thought patterns, right?  Then last night, the Universe hits me- hard- and puts everything I said yesterday to the test.  Somehow, I manage to get a slight case of food poisoning.  The night was not pleasant, to say the least.  And now I sit here writing, as you would not want to see my face.  My eyes are beautifully swollen, and severely blood shot.  Last night, as I sat there hugging the porcelain throne, I will say that I did my best to put the thoughts into action.  I did manage to control my breathing, and kept the severe cramping in my stomach to a minimum.  It helped greatly that I had a few of my four-legged fur babies around me purring, trying to help keep me calm.  However, as with everything else, it's all a process.  One day, I do hope to have that ultimate control, as the monks do.  With practice, I believe it will happen.  They didn't learn it all overnight, after all.  It took them years of practice.  But that's one of the things I actually love about the Universe.  When you put yourself out there, for good or for bad, you will be tested.  You will experience things that you don't expect.  It may not be instantaneous, as it was with me last night.  But it will happen.  Will you live up to your talk?  Will you put your words into action?  It's so easy to say the words, whatever they may be.  But when the time comes for action, what's truly inside will come flooding to the surface.  Me?  I'm human (in part, anyway).  I make mistakes, and I'm definitely not perfect.  But I try. I work very hard and diligently towards putting my beliefs into action.  I may not always be entirely successful.  But I keep pushing forward and refuse to give up.  For me, only giving up would be a failure. And a line from a rather funny movie pops into my head:  "Never give up!  Never surrender!"  Funny movie, great line,  my personal motto?  Maybe.  My family motto (according to those "origins of your last name" thingies) is Dum Spira Spera:  While I breathe, I hope.  That's how I live my life.  Always hoping.  Always striving to be a better version of myself than I was yesterday.  Now, if I can just get rid of this swelling.....

Mind Over Matter

Soul Mates and Twin Flames

Rambling About Music

I must make a correction.  In the video, I reference a song as being by Patsy Cline when it's actually by Nancy Sinatra.  That was a slip up.  My bad.

Random Escapades

Building Green

Free To Be Me

Let's Talk Cryptids

Naturally Healthy

Personalize Your Meditation

What Dreams May Come

My Take on Ukraine

Living Frugally

Things That Make You Go Hmmm.....