Love, Love, Love

Love, love, love…all we need is love.  But, do we just need love or do we need more?  Is love enough?  Is love strong enough to withstand the lower energies?  Is there something else we need to strengthen our minds, bodies, and soul?  Do we know how to love this intensely, this unconditionally?  There are many who do, yet so many who still need to learn that love does not hurt.  Love does not knock them down.  Young children enter this world with so much love in their hearts-so innocent and pure, yet they learn real quickly that love can hurt them and they shy away from this emotion. 
 
It is time that we make a change for ourselves, for our families, for our neighbors, for our communities, for humanity.  It is time that love surrounds hearts that are weak.  It is time that love surrounds families that are struggling.  It is time that love surround communities that are struggling to maintain peace.  It is time for love to surround those areas of the world that are engaged in battles for freedom, for unity, for changes.  It is time to put and end to the darkness that lies across hearts, blanketing them with sadness and sorrow.  To do that we must spread our love, we must share our love.  We must learn to love ourselves so that we may love others with as much intensity and emotion.  It is time to turn our thoughts inward and heal our hearts.  Clear them of the blackness that resides within and shine the Light within our very core of our souls.  When we are able to look at ourselves with love and be able to feel the love for ourselves, then we will change the face of time.  We will turn the love outward and share with others.  Love is a way to change time, a way to change hearts, a way to change the view of the world, a way to live a more peaceful life, a way of life-Love. 

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I want to give a large shout-out to Bev Harrison for editing my book, Angel Moon.  She went through my book with expert care and found mistakes that I no longer noticed were there.  She was thorough with her editing skills and a pleasure to communicate with throughout the process.  I am grateful for her attention to detail and my book is so much more polished.  Thank you, Bev!!  The ebook version is currently for sale on Amazon, but the hardcopy is not up and running yet.  I have some formatting issues occurring with the hardcopy, but as soon as I sort those issues, I will post the paperback version online for purchase as well.

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Earth Foods

Let it be known that your energies are of a high vibration of love.  You should take extra care to take care of your body for its well-being.  There are so many artificial products out in the world today, none of which are beneficial to you.  Look to the Earth for food.  See those items that can be grown and nurtured naturally in the soil beneath your feet; those are the best.  They gather nutrients from the Earth and hold on to them to pass them on to you. 

Your body needs Earth's nutrients more than you will ever know or understand.  Do not allow the chemicals that poison and alter our foods reach your body.  They will, over time, alter your chemical makeup and change your DNA to something that is not beneficial to you.  Embrace the foods that grow strong and healthy under the noon-day sun and supplement any missing nutrients with vitamins that also are made up of foods gathered from the Earth.

It is time to be wary of man-made foods and products.  Know what you are eating and understand the hazards that are created within your own self.  Clean up your body.  Clean up your environment of these chemicals and benefit from a longer life free of radical cells.  Eat from the Earth the foods that are not altered in any form from man, but grow naturally from its own original source.  Your body will be happier.  Your environment will flourish.  And, the lives of future generations will be healthier.


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A Canvas for Life

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Each child carries with them a blank canvas upon which those who pass by paint a stroke.  There is not one artist creating this masterpiece, but many artists through interactions with each child, influencing the strokes of the brush that sweep across the surface.  We are privileged to get a chance to paint upon those canvases, placing our marks with care and precision.  It is a painting a child will carry with them for the duration of their life adding to it as experiences dictate.  Those who pass by influence the artwork upon the canvas within a fraction of time, yet the mark lasts for a lifetime.

We are all artists, each and every one of us.  We each share the responsibility of painting upon the canvases of each person that crosses our path.  We only get one chance to apply the brush with gentleness and care.  Our encouragements lie boldly upon the canvas, as do our disappointments.  These marks stay on the canvas in its own positions exposed in its true colors at first, and then hidden deep beneath the many layers of paint that accumulates over the years. 

The artwork itself is unique, with its color patterns lying audaciously on the canvas.  Yet, each paint spot tells its own story.  Some are delightful stories sharing a common thread of happiness and encouragement.  Some are disheartened stories eliciting sadness and discouragements.  We must learn to wield our artists’ brushes with consideration for the canvas we are painting upon.  It is not just a surface to try our hand at being creative, this is a painting created by life.  It is our hands that must guide the paintbrush to the canvas to apply kindness, compassion, and a large dose of love. 

Our palette is to be filled with paint that is mixed with love and understanding; kindness and encouragement; tolerance and empathy.  We must be cognizant to dip our brush in the paint with care and apply that paint lovingly upon the canvas of the children who cross our paths.  These few moments of attention to careful details will add to painting a life- creating a masterpiece.  Children’s artwork is individualized with their life experiences, layer upon paint layer, creating a work of art of a lifetime.

Walking Your Own Path

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We are all on our own paths throughout life.  We must make many choices, every day, in order to keep moving forward on that path.  Sometimes, our choices take us to a parallel or perpendicular path, but it's okay.  We have something to learn on each one we take with each choice we make. 

There are times another person may travel on your path with you for a while, but know that their own journey is not the same as yours.  You may have concurring lessons at that moment in time, which need to be shared together for lessons to be understood and learned.  Let them beside you and enjoy the moments together and feel the lessons they give you as ones that will take you further on your own journey.  Not all lessons are fun, nor are they something you would have chosen for yourself, but know in your heart the lessons are for growth within your being.

There are times when you just get fed up and tired of others' opinions of what you should be doing, saying, thinking, or feeling.  They are giving you lessons and forcing you to understand yourself better by engaging your own inner thoughts to weed out that which is not applicable to you and that which you need to explore within yourself.  Look at the words and actions that trigger a response inside you the greatest and explore them.  Let those feelings and thoughts sit within your heart center and just open your senses to them.  Be honest with yourself about your feelings, then when you are ready, let them go and move forward.

You will also have those people on your path who are your cheerleaders; your encouraging outer voice.  Listen to them for they are giving you strength and guidance from outside your being that will resonate with your own inner thoughts and heart.  Know they have been placed on your path to help encourage you as you struggle with a moment or two of life.  Be thankful to them, for they are your lightworkers and are helping to hold you up with loving and kind words as you move forward on your path and experience life at its fullest.

You will not go backwards, ever, on your path.  It may feel like it at times, but you are always moving forward, albeight slowly, but forward all the same.  Embrace all your feelings, whether happy or sad, and do not be afraid to show them to anyone.  You cannot hide your emotions as they are who make up a large part of you.  It's okay to be open about your thoughts and feelings.  Let others see them and let yourself see them.  Do not be ashamed or embarrased for being you.

As you move forward, some people who walked on your path with you, may end up moving away and falling out of your life as they are on their own journeys.  Do not take it to heart and be sad for the loss, but celebrate the joy of having them in your life for the time you did.  Thank them for teaching you lessons along the way and giving you a few new steps on your own journey. 

Replenish My Body with Goodness!

I bought my first bikini in about, let's see.... 15 years!  Yep, before I had children.  After that, it was no-go on the bikini buying or bikini body.   I have abused my body over the years and have been like a yo-yo about eating healthy, eating junk, eating healthy, eating junk.  Such a vicious cycle!  I was overweight and not feeling great. 

After years of this, I noticed things going wrong with my body and health.  Yes, I'm over the 4-0 mark and am heading to half a century old.. yuck!  I do not want to feel a half century old, so am doing something about it.

Last summer, 2012, I noticed that I was getting a rash on my jawline, on my forearms, and on my chest each time I ate unhealthy.  This was unacceptable and quite irritating to say the least.  I found it annoying to eat, then within minutes, break out and itch.  This would be a cycle that repeated itself for almost 5 months.  The rash then blistered and scabbed, which was also disgusting to  look at.  I have since found out the name of the rash is Dermatitis Herpetiformis, aka, "the Gluten Rash."  I had my chiropractor, who also supports naturopathic medicine, muscle test me for various triggers of my rash.

When it all came down to it, I am sensitive to all grains, sprouted grains, and food colorings/dyes.  The most surprising food item that I am sensitive to, although many with gluten intolerances can eat it, is quinoa.  Needless to say, I ate a whole bowl of it, rapidly, in a fit of starvation one evening, only to suffer the consequences for days after with "the rash."  Unfortunately, it also shocks my bowels and it stops up everything and I am lethargic and miserable for a few days.  Imagine a hangover, with sluggishness and foggy brain, for a few days, with infrequent bowels and itchiness.  That's my reaction in a nutshell.  It is only my reaction, others with celiac/ gluten intolerances can and do react in a variety of unpleasant ways. 

So, I have cut out ALL gluten products in my life, with the occassional missed one, and a full-blown reaction as described above.  I have also learned that it is not plausible for me to kiss my husband while he is drinking a beer.  Ugh, learned that lesson the hard way as well.  I let my husband know I was finally allergic to him... didn't go over too well.  LOL!

I have also cut out all sugary products as well because most of them contain food coloring/dyes, well, the yummy ones anyways!  I love junk food in all forms.  I thought cutting them out was going to be difficult, but it wasn't.  I think it's a sugar thing, once the sugar is gone from the diet, completely, there is no craving, IMHO. 

So, what am I doing now?  I am working on healing my body, from the inside- out.  I am exercising, a bit.  I have a mini-trampoline that I like to bounce upon in front of the computer and watch a show or two (we don't have television, so this is a treat for me!)  I have also been supplementing my body with some minerals and vitamins that I was sorely missing due to having a gluten intolerance.  And, I am taking a vitamin to help heal my adrenal glands that I have severely neglected over the course of time and am now baby-ing them back to health.
 
At the moment, I am taking the following vitamins, but I am not promoting only one kind of vitamin, nor am I a spokesperson or paid employer of any companies.  I have just found what is working for me right now in my life.  Find what works for you and stick with it.  When you find that your body changes once again, then reassess your vitamins and minerals and have a go at it again.  We purchase a ton of our vitamins online at Swanson's.  Same vitamins that you find in the big health stores at half the price, most times.  Here's the list of Organic, all natural, gluten/dye-free vitamins I take:  Alive Multivitamin for Women, Tumeric (anti-cancer spice), Vitamin C, Pantothenic Acid (B vitamins), Omega 3-6-9 complex (fish oils), Rhodiola Recharge (supports adrenal balance), Chlorella, and I throw in some Kyolic garlic-candida cleanse to clean up yeast build up in body occasionally.  (On a side note- the Kyolic garlic with candida cleanse is FABULOUS at clearing up warts and plantar's warts.)   I've split my pills up to taking them 2x a day, morning and night, so I don't have to take them all at once. Bleck!

Take charge of your own health and be proactive!