Respecting Yourself Enough...

Sometimes, walking away from all that we've known for a very long time is really hard. Even when we know that this known existence has not been a healthy or productive one. Even when what we have known for so long has sucked energy and life right out of our very being, oftentimes we just hang on and continue with what we know...Change is frightening and unfamiliar...

But there comes a time when you have to respect yourself enough to walk away. Walk away and move forward from that which is holding you back from finding true happiness. No matter how difficult it seems to move forward, you will find that in doing so, you will discover a freedom of spirit that brings a light and joy into your life that you may not have otherwise ever known.

This may be your one and only chance to do that one thing that will lead you into your path of happiness and joy.  How do you know how many tomorrows you have left?  You don't. Find your strength, your stamina, your courage to walk away from your existence of sadness, pain and destructiveness and move towards that which is waiting to give you joy and peace and inner well being.  You can do this.  We all can do this. Make it happen!!!

Life Lessons

I thought I pretty much had life all figured out.  You just be nice to others, love openly and honestly and give from your heart--right?  You expect GOOD and WONDERFUL things to come, to happen, to be a real part of your life--and good and wonderful things DO come--but so do some really sad things.  But I'm figuring out that for us to appreciate all the wonderful and good things, sometimes the sadness is necessary.  

Still, whenever I look at the balance of my life, I can see a definite  abundance of good, awesome and fantastic moments that have helped to shape who I am today.  I see so very many folks in my life who are a true part of my heart, who have helped me all along the way, who have held me close whenever I was feeling frightened, alone or just sad from deep within.  

I look back over time and remember those who have hurt me, those I have hurt and now I see with such a different perspective than I could at the time it was all taking place.  I realize now that I was wrong in many ways, but so too was I wronged by others.  Still, the lesson here is to learn and move on.

Life is a wonderful gift.  We are given this time to explore, to create, to get lost then to find our way again.  Somehow our soul always knows what it is we truly need and if we listen with apt attention to what our soul "knows" and allow our mind to quiet, awesome things begin to unfold and before long we are well on our way to living a life of abundance of love and joy and adventures.  I love the lessons that this life is teaching me and love that one day I will have so much more knowledge and experience to help me to understand even more than I do now.

Life is Beautiful.  Our Souls are Beautiful.  Mistakes will come, some sadness will intrude, but our Souls will know just what to do and how to cope and how to move forward with a smile from deep within.  I am ever thankful for all that comes my way and ever thankful for the life lessons from each and every day.

Life IS Beautiful and GOOD!!!

You Have My Heart

You do have my heart, 
you know...
Please take good care of it
and keep it safe
and free from harm
and open
to good and wonderful
things 
that are 
most certainly
on the way.

We have an opportunity 
that so many others
may never get...
the chance
to start anew
and to experience
the future
in this lifetime
together...


My dream?
To use our future
wisely,
to share joy
and the love
that has always lived on
even when we were apart.


You Do Know that
you have my heart, right?
Please take good care of it--
for though your heart
beats inside your chest,
I carry it with me 
wherever I go--
just as I know
that you carry my heart
with you.


Together we have 
a shared heart
one that lives with me
and one that lives with you
but both forever
entwined...

I'm Learning How...to Create Miracles!

That's right--Miracles!

Thinking forward, believing in GOOD things,

knowing that LIFE is a true GIFT

Feeling my way through

the Universe

with a loving, giving, caring 

HEART

all help me

to keep a strong positive 

ATTITUDE

and by keeping 

this STRONG, POSITIVE

ATTITUDE,

I am creating 

MIRACLES not just for me

but for all those

who care to share

who care to 

indulge

in this 

wondrous and awesome 

JOURNEY

that we all are taking (together!)...

Stop.  Look.  Listen. But Most of all,

SEE

the Miracles!

They're taking place

right this very minute!

(And you know what else?--

Lots more will be

coming our way SOON!!!)

I love Miracles,

I hope you do too!

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Questioning

It is our job as human beings, as earthly entities, as living souls to question.  Without Questions there would be no answers.


I find myself questioning so much, always seeking answers, always looking to find my way.  Always asking, begging, hoping for guidance as I live out this life.  I find myself yearning, hoping, striving to learn new and better ways to love, to show that I care, that I am so thrilled and awed to be here on this earth in this place and time.  But my questions still continue--like why, why, why can I not be with ALL those who are so very dear and important to my heart?  Why must we be apart?  


So often I have to wonder WHY can I not just gather all who are dear to my heart and have them close and be able to reach out and touch, love, kiss, speak, hold and rejoice that they are so very much a part of who I am. (?????)


I find myself asking WHY everyone I adore and cherish cannot simply understand how very, very huge this love is that lives within me (?)  


So many on the outskirts of my life that I would like to reach out to, to touch, to say, "I love you because you love and care about someone who I know is so very dear and also loved by me"--how can I not love those who love the ones that I love?  


We are all connected--why doesn't everyone in our world get it?  I mean--if everyone could see and understand that all those that we love are also loved by others and if we realized that those others are just as deserving of our love and acceptance, then all who loved those would also love the ones that love them...before long the whole world would be filled with loving souls who accepted and loved others merely because they are just who they are.


What is love? It is total acceptance and appreciation of another for who that person really is from within.  It is giving of oneself without expectation of changing anyone to conform, but with the hope of sharing and giving and believing in the same goals.  Love is always HOPE and JOY and SHARING.


One of my many other questions is this:  WHY DOES HUMANITY WASTE EVEN ONE MOMENT FEELING HATRED OR BITTERNESS OR ENVY/JEALOUSY FOR ONE ANOTHER WHEN LOVE IS SO EASY AND SO REAL AND TRUE????

I won't give up, you know.  I'll never stop questioning and stop wondering why, why, why can we not all get along on this journey that we're on. (?)  We are all connected, we are all in this huge expanse of existence together and we are all capable of the same absolute and powerful love that each of us deserves to have, to share.  You see...it's really simple:  I BELIEVE IN LOVE!

Some of My All Time Favorite Words

Absolutely 
Certainly 
Most Assuredly 
Wonderful 
Grateful 
Beautiful 
Sincere 
Honesty 
Self Confident 
Intelligent 
Abundance 
Happiness 
Jovial 
Blessed 
Astounding 
Amazing 
Awesome 
Magical 
Fantastic 
Genuine 
Kind 
Caring 
Laughter 
Miracles 
Peacefulness 
Serenity 
Contentment 
Joyous 
Praise 
Considerate 
Compassion 
Smiling 
Winner 
Determination 
Fearless 
Steadfast 
Gentleness 
Gracefulness 
Alive 
Wholesome 
Lovely 
Loved 
Love 
Loving 
Giving 
Sharing 
Believing! 
Always 
Good 
Positivity! 

Something to Ponder and Reflect...

How profound is that?  Whenever you truly digest what that statement is saying, you have to realize that we, as human beings, have an amazing POWER and CONTROL over our own lives.  We are sending out the vibrations that create our life scripts and all those around us, within our realm--are living out the parts that we have given them.  


This is far deeper than I ever realized before.  I've long realized that by changing my thoughts I could change my reality--but so too--I am learning that by changing how I EXPECT others to act with me/around me can change not only my reality, but perhaps enhance it and make it a better reality!  By truly believing that those I have in my existence, who truly affect me are good and kind and will always show goodness and kindness to me, I am creating just that.  And by giving back this awesome goodness and kindness that is coming to ME, it just grows and multiplies and one day--one fine day--my whole entire reality will be filled with only those who are truly good, kind, loving and caring and REAL from within.


Hmmm....Thoughts to ponder and reflect, no?


Damn, I do love this journey I'm on!!!!  Wow.  


Learning something new and wondrous each and every day is such an awesome and magnificent Gift!  I am so very blessed!  (Thank you, dear Universe!!!)