THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you living in fear or confidence

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Don't worry about failing, just try.

FREE

We are in uncharted and
unprecedented territory. Right?
At the same time, we are not.
We are in the territory of fear.
We are in a territory which enslaves us.

What if we had a beginner’s mind
and we did not know we are supposed
to be afraid.
What if we saw this as an adventure?
What if we forgot we were
supposed to worry?

What if we freed ourselves
from worry
fear.
expectation,
prejudices
and concern.
What if we opened ourselves
up to faith,
trust,
love and adventure.

What if we took precautions
without worrying about
hoarding toilet paper.
What if we had faith we could
pay our bills in time.
What if we learned games
which allowed us to laugh
and play.
What if we found new ways of
relating and discovering
new things about ourselves
and others because
we set ourselves free.

THE LEAST OF THEE

In these days,
we find so many who
feel beaten down and
who feel pushed
to the edge.

There are those who
feel as if making it through
each day is like
walking a gangplank
and every action or inaction
feels personal.

There are those
for whom living
in quarantine
feels like they are
living in the borderlands.

There are those who
feel as if they are running
from a bomb which
will blow up their lives,
living in fear of being homeless,
hungry,
and without health care.

May we be mindful
that not all are coping
or have a social network
and someone is in
need of us to reach out
to those who have been
or are feeling like
the least of thee

COURAGE

Scared,
nervous,
uncomfortable
all of the above,
however, in the midst
of the storm
I tap into my courage
I hold onto the one
who gives me peace,
joy, and
courage.

Courage
it is what inspires me
to step forward in faith.
Courage does not mean
I am not afraid.
It just means
I overcome it.
It means I master it.
It means I resist it.
It just means I walk in my
courage.

What is your relationship to fear

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Which is leading you?

BRAVE

I want to hear you be brave,
Sara Bareilles sang.
I want us to silence
the voices of fear,
the voices which tell us
what we cannot do and
that encourage us to fail.

When we release the fear
that has tortured us
and kept the sunlight
from shining through us.
What if we stopped listening
to the insecure part of self
and were brave.

Brave is about
staring down the enemy
and finding our way out
of the lies and the chains
which keep us in cages of fear.

Brave is about
breaking the silence
and speaking our truth
and letting the world
experience us for the fullness
of who we are.

Brave is about
not caring what others think
when we step out in faith
and express ourselves
to the fullness of who we are.

Brave is about
amazing ourselves
when we release the fear
and speak the words
which have been fighting to
be spoken and heard

Brave is about
us being the spiritual warriors
we were created to be;
the artists of our life
who know how to paint
the life
we were created to live.
If just for today
be brave

NO MORE FEAR

Fear is like a fence
around my mind,
my body,
my soul, and
my world.

It restricts me,
my view,
my interactions,
my experiences, and
my life.

Fear looks like
its protecting,
providing safety,
security, and
peace.
in reality,
it is imprisoning,
restricting,
and limiting.

Today I live
without fear.
i know I have
nothing to fear.
I am embrace the
opportunities to grow,
to evolve,
and to be transformed.
This is why I live
without fear.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Stop being so hard on yourself and start being kind to yourself.

IN GOD’S LAP

When I was a little gurl
there was nothing more comforting
then cuddling up
in my parent’s lap.
As I grew bigger,
I became too big for their laps,
 but I was never too big for God’s lap

God’s lap
is my sanctuary.
It has taken various forms.
It has been a field of flowers.
It has been the warmth of the sun.
it has been that safe place in my dreams.
it has been the calming of a warm shower.
it is any space or place where I feel
unconditionally loved and safe.

God’s lap
always has room
no matter how young or old we are.
God’s lap
always offers
the comfort and healing,
the love and the safety
we so often seek in life.
Next time you are in need
curl up in God’s lap
and know you are loved

FEAR

False
Evidence
Appearing
Real

Fear can eat away
at who we are
and what we believe.
It can slowly eat away
at our heart and soul
as if we are dying inside

Face
Everything
And
Rise

Faith can set us free
from the fears
the world tries to feed us
so face them
and rise
instead of die.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Faith trumps fear every time

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Go for it~ you got this

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

As your fears melt, your creativity and authenticity emerge

SUCCESS

It is funny how sometimes it is a comment from a total stranger that opens up a wound we thought had been healed and provides us an opportunity to take our healing to the next level. I am so grateful for those opportunities which inspire me to continue to grow and evolve.

For the most part I am a fairly positive person and remember to affirm myself on a daily basis. However, sometimes I fall off my Four Agreements wagon and take something personally. Then I have to do the work of remembering to not take something personally because it is not about me.

One of the struggles that I work on is remembering that I am not a failure, even if by other people’s standards I am.  I am grateful for the days I remember to affirm myself as I know I cannot depend on anyone other than myself to believe in me.

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KITTY LESSONS

So today I want to thank you for the lessons that Dr. Wally and Mr Mittens have tried to teach me. Some of them I have mastered more then others, but at least they have tried. So thank you for sending them into my life. So here goes.

Lesson #1 – Never be afraid to step outside your comfort zone. Mr Mittens has taught me to be willing to explore what is on the other side of my comfort zone. He always tries to get through the doors that are closed and when he senses it is not where he needs to be he leaves and if he really likes it, then he stays. He has taught me a similar message to what I am reading about now in Kyle Cease’s book I Hope I Screw This Up. It is the same message my Bubby used to tell me, “She who fails to fail, fails to succeed.”

Lesson #2 – Take a nap. Cats seem to do this so well. Whenever they are tired, they sleep, which with them is about 16 hours a day. Working at home, I have the luxury of taking a nap when I really need one. Sometimes it is the way for me to quiet my brain so I can hear your ideas and inspiration coming to me. Sometimes it is just that my brain and body need a break.  Even you took a rest from creating, so I should too.

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A SHADOW STORY

Writing about my own shadows is challenging. I remember when I first became aware of the power of shadows in my life. I was watching a DVD by Debbie Ford based on her book with Deepak Chopra. She talked about how shadows are like beach balls in the water. You can suppress one, maybe two, maybe three, but then there comes the point that one more comes to you and in the process of trying to hold it under the surface all the others come to the surface.

It was more than two years ago. I remember watching this film and then this woman told her story and honestly, I cannot remember what she said, but it triggered something so profound in me that I could not stop crying for days. I could feel this wave of emotions moving through my body and pain just wanting to find its way out. It took me a while to understand that for years I had suppressed fear and feelings of abandonment from the circumstances of my birth and my near-death experience.

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TOPSY TURVY CAKEOLOGY

Hard to believe it has been almost a year since I have blogged here. For the last year, I have been praying about whether or not to continue with this blog. I had been praying for guidance about whether or not to restart. This past week, I was contacted out of the blue by a food site called Chew the World. They wrote a blog called The Definite Guide to Spaghetti Squash. While doing research on the topic they had run across a blog on Spaghetti Squash Spirituality I wrote over a year ago. We chose to help make each other’s work visible. Even though I was not included in their guide on how to cook it, to have my work recognized and shared by another food blogger inspired me to think about writing about the spiritual lessons from food again.

It was this connection with Chew the World that inspired my writing again this week. Their most recent blog was about How To Make A Topsy Turvy Cake The Easy Way. I am not sure if you have ever seen one of these cakes but they look amazing and like they are so difficult to make as if layer tilts at a different angle. The secret they point out is having the right equipment,

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Peace appears in the absence of fear, anger, and impatience.