Simple Secret

"There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your demand on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. Your demands keep you chained to the dream state of conditioned mind. The problem is that when there is a demand, you completely miss what is now. Letting go applies to the highest sacred demand, and even to the demand for love. If you demand in some subtle way to be loved, even if you get love, it is never enough. In the next moment, the demand reasserts itself, and you need to be loved again. But as soon as you let go, there is knowing in that instant that there is love here already. The mind is afraid to let go of its demand because the mind thinks that if it lets go, it is not going to get what it wants - as if demanding works. This is not the way things work. Stop chasing peace and stop chasing love, and your heart becomes full. Stop trying to be a better person, and you are a better person. Stop trying to forgive, and forgiveness happens. Stop and be still." 

Love Note

"I love you even more because I've hated you as well. I've judged you and I've misunderstood you and I've argued with you. And I know I always find my way back to loving you just like you do for me too. "

NEW 52

I have set myself a fun project for 2013 inspired by my wonder-full creative community on line, I started in May 2013. I'm going to do one new thing each week of the year. It can be something small or something large. I might travel to a new neighbourhood or a new country. I might try a new recipe or a new kind of wine. I might explore a new language or try a new instrument...

The dawn eventually returns

I’ve always had my own way of doing things. I’ve never wanted to be like anyone else except when I’m wanting to be “normal and usual.” There was a time in my life after I got married where I really tried to be like everyone else. But what followed was a deep depression, felt stuck, lost, experiencing grief... like when you are awakened from a deep sleep frightened from a nightmare, and the first thing you wanna do is to turn on the light, because when the light is turned on, the scary imaginings will disappear and you will be calmed eventually. But when we feel hopeless, faithless, and empty it may seem we cannot even reach for the light, though it is always available to us. So one day, I read an article about spirituality and recovery, the idea of "embracing the darkness" really stuck me, and that is when answers appeared and miracles occurred. From then on, I feel really healing and moving forward. Because every time I find myself in a dark place, I try to sit with it for a while and allow the message it has for me to appear. I can learn about who I am in this lost place. My soul may be stopping me in my tracks for a reason. Listen. I won't try to ignore it,  because it will get louder to get my attention. (It may feel as if I am not moving, however there is greater force under the surface, a force that supports me on my path always).

Marianne Williamson says, "There is a light in all of us.” When we forget this and feel hopeless, we can always reach out to a friend, a letter, a favorite book, a piece of poem, a community... they can hold out hope for until we find our inner light again.

The dawn eventually returns.

It become my habit when I’m feeling out of sorts, “Who are you trying to make happy?” The answer to that question should always be “me”. Always. Yes, there are those times when your kid needs you, a family member, a friend, or a boss, but every day has to have a moment in it where you make U happy.

Right now, my happiness came from this poem ( recommended from a very special soul ) 

An invitation

A renewable invitation to be kind to yourself every day.

A Gift To Share

My religion is other souls 

My practice is my life

My prayer is my words 

My temple is the earth

The forests are my church

Rivers lakes and oceans are my holy waters

My relationships are my meditations

My life is my teacher

Wisdom is self knowledge 

And love is the center of my being

Wishcasting Wednesday

Jamie asked: “how do you wish to spend your days?”

I wish for passionate kisses every single day.

I wish for forever cuddles with my nephew.

I wish for morning optimism.