THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Is your happiness contagious?

F IS FOR FOOD CHOPPER

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In all honesty, this is one of the products, which in my kitchen, gets the least use. However, in several of my friends’ kitchens it gets used multiple times a day. It is because of this disparity that I wanted to spend some time with my food chopper this week and come to appreciate it in a new light

One of the qualities I appreciate about the food chopper is its transparency. The clearness of the chopper allows you to see the size and quantity of the food you are chopping. It is one of the qualities I appreciate about both the Food Chopper and its sister product the Manual Food Processor. Both allow me to see the chopping action and determine how many more times I need to use them and to see when I have achieved the desired texture and quantity. I find transparency is something I appreciate in human beings. Transparency, for me, is important in building trusting relationships as it suggests you have nothing to hide. Our food chopper allows you to see everything, no surprises.

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SONG OF THE WEEK

This week's song of the week urges us to hold on even during the lowest of points, because everybody hurts sometimes. https://youtu.be/5rOiW_xY-kc

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Do something today to make yourself happy

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Live in this moment. The future will be here before you know it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Be a sunbeam and let people see your glow

PAPER TABERNACLES

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It was decades ago
when she left three little pieces of paper
on my treadmill that said
I
Love
You

They still are with me
in my drawer.
They are sacred, holy and
a paper tabernacle
holding the gift of love
from the one who loves me
unconditionally

Her notes are not alone.
They are accompanied
by sacred notes from others
images,
gifts of sacred love from others

Through writing we can express
our intimacy,
our friendship,
our love,
what others mean to us.
Our letters have the potential
to become someone’s
paper tabernacle

A holy space
where the sacred gift of love is stored
where one keeps reminders of what one means,
the friendship we share,
the intimate moments,
which bond us together.

They are more than just pieces of paper.
They are sacred and holy.
They are paper tabernacles.

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Celebrate each moment for what it is

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What are you choosing to feel today?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

How are you building a great life?

BRAVE IN THE GRIEF

http://www.legacy.com/news/advice-and-support/article/grief-after-a-long-goodbye

Twas the night before Thanksgiving

and all through the house, not a creature was stirring

not even our cat, but I could not sleep.

Then the news came via Facebook posts

one more friend had passed away

one more loss

one more heartache

one more wave of pain and sadness.

Grieving is not easy

it hurts

it angers

it is never the same

it goes away

when it is ready

Grieving is not easy.

You have to be brave

to feel the pain

to feel the emotions

to not stuff it or

try to medicate it, but

just to stand brave

as the waves of grief

wash over and through you.

When we are lucky, it is that one loss

but sometimes the losses are many

and the pain feels crippling,

but even then we put on our armor

and be brave, as we

fight through the emotions,

letting them crash on us and over us

and know that we are stronger then

all the waves of grief

Then one day we are standing

and there is a calm

and the waves are gone

and we are not quite sure

how we made it through

But we did because

We are brave

And then we give thanks

for bringing us through

for having the strength

to be brave in the grief.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Be prepared to be shot into greatness

Inspiritual Reflections

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SONG OF THE WEEK

Hezekiah Walker's song Grateful reminds me why I give thanks each day of my life. Even in the mist of the challenges of life, I am grateful for all the Ultimate does for me. What are you grateful for? https://youtu.be/yE0W-kQyz6A

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you living in the past or the moment? Be human, but keep moving

E IS FOR ELECTRIC WINE OPENER

Even though I cannot drink wine anymore, much to my chagrin, I still love our Electric Wine Opener and not just because it is the easiest way to open a bottle of wine. I remember one of the first times I used it. A friend of mine who is blind was over and was asking how it worked. I told her. It was so easy for her to open the bottle of wine we were going to drink over dinner. It was the first time she had been able to open a bottle of wine without assistance and for her that moment was so empowering

My son has special needs and he loves this for other reasons. He loves watching the lights and the corkscrew go up and down. It was so much fun, he wished it could open soda bottles. LOL. I love it because I have difficulty with manual wine bottle openers. It is one of those products that is so simple to use that anyone who wants to open a bottle of wine can. It made me realize how often we miss those moments where we all get to do something which so many of us just take for granted. While not everyone may want to open a bottle of wine. Anyone who would like to should be provided with a product that would make it easy for them to do so.

What makes it so simple to use is that there is one button which operates the Electric Wine Opener. Slide it in one direction and it pulls the cork out and slide it in the other direction and it releases the cork.

Another feature I appreciate about this product is the stand, which is also the foil cutter. You begin by aligning the foil cutter over the bottle’s neck. Grasp the sides of the foil cutter with your thumb and fingers while rotating the bottle. After one or two complete rotations, remove the cutter from the bottle’s neck. After you have removed the foil, the cutter returns to being the stand for the Electric Wine Opener. This stand reminds me of my faith, it has the ability to keep me standing strong through all life’s moments. It cuts through and cuts away those things which are interfering with y growth and enhances my ability to open my bottle of internal gifts and talents (wine).

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What you need to know will be revealed to you in time.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

How are you helping your pile grow?

WISDOM

How do I know what I know
I know because others taught me.

I learned from
the people I have met
those who have loved me
and those who have not.

I learned from the
cats, dogs, hamsters,
and other animals
which have come into my life.

I learned from those
who strove to teach me
and those who did not

I learned from those who
provided opportunities
to grow,
to experience
to appreciate
and to honor.

I learned from those
who were hateful
hurtful,
and harmful

In all this I found
wisdom;
that priceless gift
which has blessed me.
So today I bless those
who have shown me wisdom.
I bless those who have helped me
deepen my relationship
with the world
I bless all who have brought me wisdom

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

How are you blooming?

ABOUT

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you watering your grass or someone else's

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Don't stop me while I am doing what you believe can't be done

HONORING YOU

http://goministries.net/honoring-god/

Today and all I days
I just have to honor you
for being the great I am

I do not understand you,
or the way you work,
never have and never will.
All I can do is honor you.

The miracles which I have
witnessed and experienced baffle me
They are beyond my understanding
and leave me speechless and baffled.
All I can do is honor you.

Sometimes I think I have a clue,
I think I have an insight,
but your ways are not my ways
and your understandings are not mine.
So all I can do is honor you
for being the great I am.

I wish I could explain, but I can’t.
I wish I had the words, but I don’t
What I can do is sit in the fullness
of the Mystery which is you
and honor you.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you doing it or not?

D IS FOR DEEP COVERED BAKER

I had to write about the Deep Covered Baker this week. Some of us call it The Magic Pot because what happens inside the baker when it is covered is magic. It does things like allow you to microwave a pork tenderloin in 10 minutes or a whole chicken in 30 minutes. There are entire lists of one pot meals you can make in it in 30 minutes or less and you can use it in your oven and microwave.

Because of something that happened in my life today, the Deep Covered Baker has taken on new meaning for me. It has become a symbol for me of what happens when I draw on my faith in my Higher Power. It is like magic happens. For example, how today when I was in need of an epipen, I learned there is a nationwide shortage. No pharmacy around me had one. I was going to have to delay starting a new medication. The tonight in the magic of my faith pot, the doorbell rang and a pharmacy I have never heard of nor am connected to bought me an epipen in a brown paper bag.  We do not always have to understand the magic which happens in our Deep Covered Baker, we just have to appreciate the magic

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you don't take it, you can't make it

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

How many opportunities did you miss because you did not recognize it?

START AT HOME

https://gentwenty.com/better-lasting-change-starts-within/

Change the world,
start at home
that is what HGTV says.
This reminds me
to see myself
to understand myself
to get in touch with my own
deep and innermost mysteries

How can I begin to understand
the one I call the Ultimate
if I have not yet opened myself
to seeing the invisible in myself,
or the mysteries within myself

The journey to the
deeper mysteries of the Divine
begin with me exploring
the mysteries within myself.
If I want to connect on a deeper level

With the divine,
I must remember the wisdom
of HGTV and start at home.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

how willing are you to adapt to change?