A Mantra for One
My commitment to daily Twelvemonth postings concluded in April of this year and, not surprisingly, life has continued unabated to the point that I look back in utter wonder at my accomplishment of 365 days of daily blog postings. Here is what I am learning about myself three months out since that mammoth commitment of extending love to my fears, my self and my experience and blogging about this daily: Fears continue (as do occasional overwhelm, crossness & self-forgetting) but it is so much easier to recognize them so I can immediately decide to extend love in whatever color or form is...
Read MoreForgive My Self-Forgetting….
It has been three months since my last confession……..umm, I mean blog post. I have been feeling rather drab the last few days. Unseemly, unsettled, unfocused and uninspired. Naturally I drenched myself in a series of gratitudes. The list at first feels dry, forced, even fake but by the “fourth thank you for_______” I can’t hep but notice I am surrounded by blessing of every fashion. In this place of evening gratitude I open my NTI to this very perfect quote: “Everything that you see, and the way in which you see it, is a reflection of your feelings and your...
Read MoreThe Self Discipline of Desire
I was speaking to a friend recently who praised the self discipline of my having blogged daily for a year. I was a bit taken aback as it didn’t feel like self discipline at all. I write and extend love to my thoughts because I want to. Afterwards, this phrase floated into view: the self discipline of desire. I took it into my quiet time this morning to ask Holy Spirit more about this. Me: Holy Spirit, please tell me more about this “self discipline of desire”. What does it mean and how does it enrich my path and purpose? HS: Precious One, Dearest, take time to dally...
Read MoreBut Not Without Self Love
It is dawning on me now, that self love is the big leagues in the game of Life and Love. We can love our children, our neighbor, the flag, our country, our spouse, our house. We can love chocolate, green grass, cherry pie, clean sheets and of course our dogs and cats (and gerbils, elephants and the snake that kitty keeps bringing into the house). But without self love the circle is not yet complete. As I looked back on this amazing year of extending love to my fears (and thoughts, feelings and just about everything else) these truths about Self Love revealed themselves to me today, as I...
Read More12. Day 31: Letter To My (Beloved) Readers
Dear Ones, Thank you so much for going on this Twelvemonth journey with me. It made a difference, a REAL difference to me, to my heart, to my awareness and to my walk with Holy Spirit in this wild and wooly world. I have honestly loved every post, journal entry and quiet time I have devoted to extending love to my epic fears. And do you know what? It wasn’t nearly as fearful as I thought it would be, especially as I had YOU with me. To know that someone was reading, digesting, being inspired by either my words or even just the many titles as they flew by in your inbox whether you...
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