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I'M BACK!

FLOWERS IN MY SISTERS GARDEN

HELLO EVERYONE

I'M BACK FROM A FABULOUS MONTHS HOLIDAY IN THE UK. THE WEATHER WAS BRILLIANT AND IT WAS GREAT TO CATCH UP WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS

MORE FLOWERS

IT WAS A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY FOR MY HUSBAND AND WE ARRANGED A SURPRISE CELEBRATION ...HE REALLY HAD NO IDEA!!

EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME. ISN'T IT GREAT WHEN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE COME TOGETHER IN HAPPY, PEACEFUL CELEBRATION.


WE ALSO FOUND THE TIME TO MEET UP
WITH OUR DEAREST FRIENDS IN THE CITY OF BATH FOR THE AFTERNOON. FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT THIS MAGICAL PLACE...IT IS AN HISTORIC SPA TOWN (NOW A CITY) WITH ROMAN BATHS AND BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS ALL CONSTRUCTED IN "BATH STONE" - WELL WORTH A VISIT!


WELL THIS IS JUST A SHORT "CATCH UP" .... THANKS FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME
- I WILL BE BACK IN THE SADDLE ASAP XX  -------


JUST THOUGHT I WOULD FINISH OFF WITH SOME MORE CHEERFUL FLOWERS - MOTHER NATURE IS SO WONDERFUL! I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR HER BLESSINGS.

SMALL THINGS MATTER

“It’s the small stuff that

makes a big difference.”

A STATE OF MIND

“Generosity is a state of mind, not a state of money.”
– Carl Lentz

ENERGY VAMPIRES

What is an energy vampire?  An energy vampire as someone who makes you feel worse after having spent time with  them – especially if it is on a regular basis. They may be someone who complains a lot, are self-absorbed, righteous, a victim or are narcissistic, etc. One way or another, you start to notice that they bring your energy down and have a negative or draining effect on you.  

Obviously we all have bad days, and this is not about judgment. It is helpful to explore ‘WHY’ you have attracted an 'energy vampire' type into your reality, particularly if this is happening repeatedly. Here are three suggested ways to protect yourself against negativity, whether it is your own or someone else's. You can also clear negativity, boost your energy field, and keep your vibration high using these simple techniques.

 An Auric Healing meditation is very effective for cleansing, healing, renewing and recharging your energy field. It can also help to 'repair' your auric field, sometimes caused through the attachment of energy cords between you and another (even drugs or toxic substances and other influences). You can leak power through tears or damage to your energy field, or pick up unwanted energy from the environment.Protection Against Negativity:  Although this 'negativity' may be the influence of another, remember the more you love and accept yourself, the less you will attract negative people and situations into your life -  in your environment, at work or when out in a crowded place. OR sometimes YOU may need protecting from yourself!

When you are feeling off-centre, out of balance, disconnected, down or in a bad state, you are more likely to attract negativity, hamper success or even sabotage yourself.

You can clear and transform negative energy, raise your vibration, shift to higher states, and instill loving light filled frequencies. Chakra Balancing and Auric Healing meditations are great practical methods for clearing negativity from your field. 

Others include flower essences, sacred chants, incense which is powerfully purifying, crystals, alignment with the light, and many more. If you have been given sacred symbols you can visualize that are magically protective and energy enhancing, shrinking your aura when and where appropriate. 

 Reinforcing your auric boundaries, using protective crystals, alignment with the light technique, bubble of protection, and more!

PROTECTING YOUR ENERGY FIELD:

Here are some suggestions as a starting point, that are although simple and somewhat obvious, they can often be overlooked or bypassed.

Love effortlessly raises your vibration, transforms and transmutes lower frequencies, and opens up the doors to positive states and happiness. It is the best consciousness raiser and purifier, and is the most powerful healing and protective force. Lower energies and states just cannot exist in its resonance. When you are feeling love you don't feel anger, or if you are feeling sorry for yourself, being judgemental, feeling miserable, guilty or blaming (of yourself or another).

Love just dissolves judgment, makes you 'non-stick' to outside negativity. It is the highest vibration in the Universe; it melts away all that is not good for you.

It is vital to clear limiting self-beliefs that thwart any feeling of self-love. Beliefs like "I am not good enough", "I am wrong", "I am not worthy, I’m bad", "no-one loves me", etc., all effect your feelings, thoughts and energy vibration.

Try to make time every day to think about who and what you love - the people closest to you, and others who may be more distant, the people and things that have touched your heart in some way. Also focus on feeling your love for nature, for the world, for your home and work, and everything you appreciate, love and feel grateful for in your life. Gratitude is the most wonderful catalyst for greater love.

As you focus on this love, allow the love to grow like a warm bright light in your heart, letting it expand outwards through your energy field - feel the love you have for you!. Love, care, be kind and compassionate to YOURSELF. You can use this as a brief meditation in the morning or any time during your day to focus on love and raise your energy, even if just for a few minutes. It will help to clean away lower denser frequencies.

Intention and Affirmation are immensely powerful and should not be underestimated. Your intentions direct your energy, and thus affirm your wishes to the universe. Here are some examples of affirmations/intentions you can use to help protect your energy field and maintain a higher vibration. Note: These are just suggestions and examples. Use words and statements that suit you personally to reflect your desired intention. There is no right or wrong way - it is you communicating with your Higher Self and the universe and putting your intentions into words. “I affirm that I allow only high, pure frequencies of love and light to enter and leave my space. Anything inappropriate is washed away in the light and love of the divine. I receive only that which is in appropriate for me now and for with my highest good. I am a beacon of love and light, attracting and emitting positive vibrations to all. I am open to receive love and light that the universe has for me. I allow frequencies of love, happiness and joy to permeate my being.”

Positive affirmations about love will also help here:  "I receive more and more love in my life everyday" "Love flows effortlessly and easily to me", "I deserve love", "I am loved, I am loving and lovable", "I open myself to be loved", "I love myself unconditionally" etc.

Asking for help and protection from your Higher Self, the universe, guides and or angels is also a simple, powerful way of receiving assistance in maintaining your energy field and keeping your vibrations high. Just remember, there is so much love and support available to you. All you need be is willing to receive. Asking demonstrates this willingness and opens up the door to receiving. You have free will. In asking, you are giving permission to be given help, and a request to be answered, and even if you are not aware of the assistance that follows (which can be subtle energies or synchronicities and serendipities which are divinely created for your benefit). Spiritual guides, 'unseen friends', angelic helpers and beings of light will never force their help on you. Yet they are more than willing to offer it. Ask and you shall receive. However, accepting help doesn't mean avoiding taking personal responsibility for your energy maintenance, of course. If you find yourself in a place or situation that feels energetically challenging, you can ask for help and protection from you Higher Self, or a guardian angel. You may have a particular deity you feel comfortable with that you might like to call upon depending on your path/faith/religion/belief system, or just ask for universal help in general or help from your Higher Self.

Surrounding yourself in a sphere of light as an effective bubble of protection (it can be gold, or silver, or white or violet) is also great, or any of the other technique you feel happy to use or are drawn to at that particular time.

All of the above can help you take responsibility. Responsibility brings freedom, empowerment and change. All that you take responsibility for, you can change. You can release bad energy patterns, raise your vibration and repair your energy field. 

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

“Life is beautiful.

Our problem is we don’t take time to

look or listen close enough to notice &

simply BE grateful.”

– Sidney Mohede

Be grateful for what you have...

Try feeling grateful, appreciate all that you have. This simple act will attract more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.

PRAYER OF GRATITUDE

In the depths of my being, there is an infinite well of Gratitude. 

I fill my heart, my body, my mind, my consciousness and my whole being with this Gratitude, which radiates from me in all directions, reaching everything in my world and returning to me in many ways and giving me more things to be grateful for.

The more gratitude I feel, the more aware I am that the supply is infinite.

Expressing Gratitude makes me feel good.

I'm thankful for me and my body. I appreciate my ability to see, hear, feel, taste and touch.

I am thankful for my house and lovingly care for it.

I give thanks for my family and friends and enjoy their company.

I appreciate my work and always give my best.

I appreciate my talents and abilities and am grateful I can express them in a way that satisfies me.

I give thanks for my income and I know that wherever I go I will prosper.

I thank my past experiences, because they are part of the growth of my soul.

I am thankful for all of nature and respect all living things.

I give thanks for today and all the tomorrows to come.

I feel Gratitude for Life now and forever.

"Start your day with this beautiful prayer; it opens the energies to manifest a Wonderful day"

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - INSPIRATION

THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE BEAUTY OF THEIR DREAMS
Eleanor Roosevelt

One day @ a time

Tough times are more manageable when we pay attention to making decisions and taking action on only the next step. Fearful preoccupations or worries about imagined future problems can leave us open to illness, accidents and errors of judgement that compound our problems. Simplify your activities and concentrate your precious energy on what is critically important @ this moment.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY- GRATITUDE +

 JUST STOP FOR A MOMENT ALLOW YOURSELF TO FEEL GRATEFUL. LOOK AROUND YOU - HOW BLESSED ARE YOU TO BE ALIVE AND TO FEEL LOVED?

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Love and eternal gratitude

Thank you for the most wonderfully fulfilling day -

love and eternal gratitude.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY..kindness

KIND WORDS CAN BE SHORT AND EASY TO SPEAK BUT THEIR ECHOES ARE TRULY ENDLESS.
Mother Teresa

FORGIVING THOSE THAT HURT YOU...

Forgive past hurts, and people who may have inflicted them, either knowingly or unknowingly. This is not out of kindness to them, but out of kindness to yourself. You are the one carrying the burden of these hurts. Forgive yourself for mistakes or paths not taken. Release the burden of the past so you can travel lighter in the present.

In times of crisis and radical change, remember that living means growing. I have never seen anything in nature grow backward. So, as bad as you feel, and as much as you doubt it, if you are alive you are growing.

Growth is creative. So, take advantage of the opportunity in these tough times to re-create your life by nourishing yourself, staying present, accepting support, trusting your resilience, visualizing positive possibilities and letting go of the past and perceived limitations.

Even though tough times are hard, they can also be the best times to explore ways to live more harmoniously with yourself and others.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - give thanks

 Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

~ Brian Tracy

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REMEMBER

 We who lived in the concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:
 The last of his freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

~ Viktor E. Frankl

LIFE IS AN OPPORTUNITY

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

~ Mother Teresa

The Fourteen Precepts of Interbeing –Thich Nhat Hanh

1. Do not be idolatrous or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.

2. Do not think that the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice non-attachment from views in order to be open to receive other’s viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life and to observe reality in yourself and in the world at all times.

3. Do not force others, including children, by any means whatsoever, to adopt your views, whether by authority, threat, money, propaganda, or even education. However, through compassionate dialogue, help others renounce fanaticism and narrowness.

4. Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering, by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, and sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.

5. Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Live simply and share time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need.

6. Do not maintain anger or hatred. Learn to penetrate and transform them while they are still seeds in your consciousness. As soon as anger or hatred arises, turn your attention to your breathing in order to see and understand the nature of your anger or hatred and the nature of the persons who have caused your anger or hatred.

7. Do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings. Practice mindful breathing in order to come back to what is happening in the present moment. Be in touch with what is wondrous, refreshing, and healing, both inside and around yourself. Plant the seeds of joy, peace, and understanding in yourself in order to facilitate the work of transformation in the depths of your consciousness.

8. Do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break. Make every effort to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however small.

9. Do not say untruthful things for the sake of personal interest or to impress people. Do not utter words that cause division and hatred. Do not spread news that you do not know to be certain. Do not criticize or condemn things that you are not sure of. Always speak truthfully and constructively. Have the courage to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may threaten your own safety.

10. Do not use the religious community for personal gain or profit, or transform your community into a political party. A religious community should, however, take a clear stand agains oppression and injustice, and should strive to change the situation without engaging in partisan conflicts.

11. Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to live. Select a vocation that helps realize your ideal of compassion.

12. Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.

13. Possess nothing that should belong to others. Respect the property of others but prevent others from enriching themselves from human suffering or the sufferings of other beings.

14. Do not mistreat your body. Learn to handle it with respect. Do not look on your body as only an instrument. Preserve vital energies for the realization of the Way. Sexual expression should not happen without love and commitment. In sexual relationships, be aware of future suffering that may be caused. To preserve the happiness of others, respect the rights and commitments of others. Be fully aware of the responsibility of bringing new lives into the world. Meditate on the world into which you are bringing new beings.