Night Messages

Dreams are like messages in the night. They can tell you how you are feeling about life and give you a sign of what is to come.

If you are having nightmares then fear is the dominate emotion and there is something in your waking life that needs to be resolved. If your dreams are playful and fanciful then you are happy and enjoying your experience.

I pay a lot of attention to my dreams, they reflect my personal values and beliefs and help me to see what may be working or not working in my life. Always a valuable lesson...

Ask

The moment you identify exactly what you want it will come to you. It may be simple or grand but it is the heartfelt desire that is the asking.

It is very easy to get stuck on what we don’t like and don’t want from a situation but when you do that, all you get is more of the same.

If you can find a way to turn it around – think of what you do want then that is what you will attract.

Tea for Two

Once upon a time I had tea with a lovely, gentle woman who was at the end of her life. She spoke of her family and her home with great love and fondness.

Remembering all the joy and very little of the pain as she prepared herself for the next journey. As I listened to her I thought of my own mother who had done the same, many years before.

Now as I sit here, I smile to think of those tender moments when we shared tea for two.

Necessary Losses

In “Necessary Losses” Judith Viorst writes about what we must give up in order to grow.
Learning to accept losing someone you care about is very difficult but it is the only way to move forward in your life.

As painful as it may be the bigger the loss the better the growth.

Pause

When something unexpected happens do you push through it or look for what else is being presented?

Whether it's the road being closed on your favorite route to work or your computer’s untimely shut-down for no apparent reason we are being given the opportunity to switch out of auto-pilot and be aware of the moment of life we are in.

Next time that happens stop and think about what you are being offered in the pause!

How did I get here?

When I look back on my life I have to ask myself "how did I get here from there". My childhood was full of pain and struggle and now my adulthood is full of love and joy!

I am thankful for every single experience that has brought me to this wonderful place and moment in time. I don't think if I had an easier time growing up that this would be so precious or meaningful to me. All I know is that I am so very grateful that I got here from there!

Broken Open

Jane Fonda writes in her new book about the love she feels for her grandson - “No one had prepared me for the feelings that arose when I held this little boy. I was utterly broken open in ways I had never been before”.

I know exactly how she feels. It is such an amazing and beautiful thing to feel broken open with love and joy for this precious new life!