Christmas Presence

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Remember, this holiday season:

The best gift doesn’t come with 

bows
fancy wrapping paper
batteries
neon lights
keys
a deed
warranties
instructions
a receipt


The very best present is

Your presence!

Time
Attention
Love
Focus
Gratitude
Peace
Grace
Understanding
Compassion




This year, I wish you lots of Christmas Presence! ❀

Describe yourself in one word!

If you had to describe who/what you were on a name tag - what would yours say?

I attended a seminar in Calgary about 3 years ago where the audience was asked to do just that. We all wrote down an adjective/description of our true self on a name tag that we wore all day long.

It was wonderful to read the many different descriptions of the many people there. Peacemaker, Coordinator, Joker, Shy girl, Busy Mom were among some of the descriptions.

My name tag read - Motivator!

How about yours? ❀

What's in your bank?

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Taking time to count the many people, things and intangibles to be grateful for........

What's in your gratitude 'bank'?

Let Go, Let God

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Are you caught in a loop?

Continually playing re-runs in your thoughts?
Maybe tweaking memories to ‘play out’ as they should have?
Saying those words you didn’t think of before?

While you’re diligently perfecting a past experience,
what’s going on with tomorrow’s yesterday? .....

Temptation and judgement

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A question:

“What are you yielding to in your life?”
“The flesh or the spirit?”
We become a slave to that which we yield to repeatedly.

When you have an inkling to do something nice for another........

Don’t yield to thoughts of temptation

but how much will it cost?
but it might slow me down...
but it won’t ‘give’ me anything
but they don’t deserve it....

The same things you judge other people for - you do yourself.

We judge others by their actions.
We judge ourselves by our intentions.



inspiration from Joyce Meyer this morning ☺

Walk the path...

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We are spiritual beings having a human experience....................


That statement is so profound and holds so much truth! 
When we come to realize this fact, today's 'pleasures' are shadowed by tomorrow's evolution.




The path is more important than the 'gems' lying on the sidelines. 



This is where focus will prevail, and lead you to true prosperity!

Intersection of Life

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‎"Find out where your passion intersects with the needs of the world." Craig Hamilton.


At that intersection is where there is life force energy - meaning!
Just like at the intersection of earth and water - the shoreline of the ocean holds the majority of the various life forms - not the center of the ocean, or center of land. 




At that intersection (water's edge) - there's magic -
a whole other universe of wonder and fulfillment!



Yes, the intersection of what this world needs, and what we are passionate about doing - there's magic and exponential power there!

What does your future look like?

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If you had a painting on your wall that reminded you of hope every morning, what would that painting look like?

Enjoy the view!

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By stepping back and viewing ourselves from a higher place, we can see ourselves with better clarity.
We are more than a mind/ego/thought.
We are more than a conductor - creating a symphony by consciously putting pieces together.
We are actually the orchestra itself!

If it’s unclear to you now, take another step back.
Look at this planet and how it vibrates on many different frequencies, yet is collectively functioning as a whole!
The ‘work’ here is not figuring out how to excel and become.
You already are!
The promise is in allowing (yourself) to flourish as you are right now!

What are you chasing?

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Simple beauty is often over looked by those too busy pursuing something.

The carrot’s on the stick
The focus narrows down greatly
Stopwatch starts ticking
And the treadmill begins rolling............

Are you missing out on anything (right now)
because you’re obsessed with getting something (later) ? ❀

Traditions - do you know why you do what you do?

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Throwing rice at the newly married couple is an old tradition rooted in wishing the couple prosperity and fertility.

Over the years we have substituted whole grains of rice with instant rice.
Whole grains processed and dehydrated - a changed form of the whole food.
Created out of a desire for speed and convenience.
Rice that may have been irradiated, stripped of the DNA required to reproduce in nature and continue a natural life cycle.
Rice that offers our bodies less nutrition, but cost much more money.

An interesting progression
(or regression, depending on how you view this).

Listen...

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Listen and Silent

Two words with the same letters.

Their power is revealed in friendship.A true friend will Listen to you when you are Silent.

The magic zone

So, here’s a formula:

Your ‘comfort zone’ is safe, predictable and yes, comfortable.
Fabulous opportunity, breath taking experience - the passions of life -
Are found ‘outside’ of the routine.

Step it up
Step outside

Don’t sit back and watch it pass you by.

Just take the first step! ❀

Be a character!

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Develop and express your individuality!

If your preferred way of doing something strays from the mainstream and produces positive outcomes, 
then be proud of it. 

Be a character, not a type!

Co Pilot

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Did you know that you travel with several co pilots?

It’s true!

They come in the form of :
God
angels
spirits
intuition
scruples
hatred
fear
love
desperation
faith
hopeetc..........


Are you turning over your ‘controls’ to the host with the most?
Or the beast with the least? ........................

Get your head out of the sand

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Ignorance can be an expensive option.

Costing you :

your healthenergy
time
relationships
headaches
missed opportunities
money
your dreams


It’s the opposite of being aware! ❀

Set them up

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Today, as you are sitting at your desk, waiting at the bus stop, sitting on the edge of your bed and reading this post, you are a culmination of every single experience that life has given you.

The good, the bad, the horrific, the pain, the pleasure, the many, many lessons that were provided, and hopefully recognized.
Your thoughts, some of your actions, they are uniquely yours- the result of a masterful tapestry that is constantly spinning its threads.

There may have been a point in your life when you actually wished for something that you regret today.
We simply don’t understand the domino effect of choice, the master plan that makes sense of seemingly unconnected events.

Realize, everything happens as it should. ❀

Peaceful mind

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Regrets can cause many a re-run to ruin a peaceful mind! ❀

Step out

I think the term 'coming out' has so much more to do with your inner expression of who you really are than any stereotypical whisper or previous hiding - 


You just needed the space to spread your wings and soar! ❀

Liar, liar....................

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Just listening to business talk radio this morning.

Someone was quoted as saying, “Hey man, your pants are on fire!”

Is there something so obvious going on in your life right now that is not apparent to you, but raising eyebrows of others?
Sometimes we get so caught up with our own ‘story’ that we miss out on what’s happening outside of ourselves!

Do you know anybody whose pants are on fire?.............

Autonomous and Homogenous

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I am autonomous and homogenous.

Different and the same.

Just one, part of many.
I am a piece of One Love! ❀

Spirit soar!

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The confinement of our outer shell

has little to do with the splendor of our spirit

Next time you see an old, tired or broken shell

Look past it with your vision!  

Fill 'er up!

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Think of yourself as a container for wealth.

 If your container is small and your money is big, what’s going to happen? You will lose it. 

Your container will overflow and the excess money will spill out all over the place. 

You simply cannot have more money than the container. Therefore you must grow to be a big container so you cannot only hold more wealth but also attract more wealth. 

The universe abhors a vacuum and if you have a very large money container, it will rush in to fill the space.

T Harv Eker  Millionaire Mind

This is also true of your spiritual capacity!

You’re a vessel of hope, peace, joy, inspiration, love, kindness, fear, hate,  jealousy, anger - well, you get the idea.

What expands and grows in your heart?

Are you making more room for love and peace in your spirit?

You are abundant today, right here, right now!  

Feel that gratitude today and visualize your container expanding to receive more!

Yesterday's tomorrow

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In longing for my yesterday
I'm shortening my tomorrows
and missing out on today.

I will honor you in memoryby living your legacy of love! ❀

Steal a weight

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Steal someone's confusion with this Jedi mind trick



by: Mike Bundrant founder iNLP Center



The Jedi understand that states of confusion are malleable and transferable. Like a yawn, they can be passed on to others. Jedi Masters use this phenomenon to "steal" confusion so that the original carrier is freed from it. Give it a try, you can be of help to someone in need.



The Jedi advocate awareness, intention and choice. The more awareness you have about the nature of communication, the greater your opportunity to serve and make the world a better place.


With that, here is how to steal another person's confusion.


1. When someone is confused and engaged in conversation with you (assuming you have a nice rapport), listen politely and give them a chance to work it out on their own. If they don't need you to steal their confusion, don't attempt it.

2. If they remain stuck and can't seem to get clear, steal it! Here's how: Become confused at their confusion. Act as if they are confusing you. Better, allow yourself to truly become confused by their confusing situation! Get sucked in.

3. When this trick works, the other will respond to your confusion by popping out of their own confusion and explaining (often spilling the beans about something they were hiding from themselves) it all to you, thus helping you out.


Once the air is clear and the confusion has dissipated, the trick is done.


I found this technique very intriguing as it prods the person to explain, in detail their current situation, in an attempt to clear the listener’s confusion. In formulating a clarifying explanation for another, it can lift the veil of doubt and confusion for oneself! Simply brilliant! 

Pecking Order

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If you’re feeling low, inferior, not as good as everyone else.
Like the world is picking you apart relentlessly......

Remember, it’s the best fruit that gets pecked at!

Heart direction

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You’ve learned how to do so many different things in your life.


You’ve felt the fire of intuition inside direct you in unexplained 
ways.


I ask you to pause for a moment and think about this:

Which ‘director’ has produced the most meaningful results for you?
Your mind, or your heart?



When you are heart-centered
You are grounded to the earth, to spirit. ❀

Natural source

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It's in the stillness of nature that my body and soul feels most alive.
Cradled by the hand of nature,
I feel connected and supported to my Source. ❀

Frame of heart

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‎24/7/365 is a lot of time with the wrong person, yet never enough when the match is made in heaven! ❤


If you apply this principle to other areas of your life, like your job, it becomes clear that
your frame of mind sets the frame of life experience!

Oasis within

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“What makes the desert beautiful,” said the little prince, 
“is that somewhere it hides a well.”

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1943


We all possess hidden treasure, refuge from the turbulent waters of life.
Each of us has been endowed with the birthright of perfection and happiness.
We can see this shine brightly in the eyes of a child.


Sometimes, when we think we’ve ‘got it now’, it’s time to let go of what we ‘know’ and revert back to wonder and awe of everything.
Simplicity and gratitude can steer the crooked to become straight, the lost return home and are found again.


If you are busy with deadlines, agendas and running on schedules only, not having time to just be - maybe it’s time to find your own hidden well and tap into it’s endless supply.

Your soul nourishment comes from within, drink, and be whole!

One spark can start a flame

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Did you realize that most everything has consequences?
Even the dainty butterfly, gently fluttering it’s wings across the world imparts reactions.
Your thoughts, words, and actions are never an island of chance.
Dominoes begin to fall as soon as we step into ourselves and live.


What kind of chain reaction are you causing in this world?
Are your outcomes congruent with your intentions?
If not, maybe it’s time to drop different dominoes and redirect a new chain of events to unfold!


You are a powerful creator - the extent of your creations is regulated by your belief in it!



Doubt and complacency can douse the grandest of dreams, but


One small spark can start a raging fire! 

Life is not a game one can win. Life is the prize we've already won.

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Thank you Mark, at Mystic Meaning for this quote! Made me recall many conversations with terminal patients - this quote came alive for me today!


I've talked with many who came to this realization with a terminal diagnosis - a time frame left on their earthly life.
Regardless of whether or not they were 'successful' businessmen, housewives, grandmothers, or even younger adults.



All previous bets were off -it became time to enjoy the gift of life and disregard their own mindset of priorities and hoop jumping to 'advance' in life.
I think their definition of living changed when it was threatened with ending abruptly.


For many, hearing the 2 minute warning sparked them to really begin living. ❀ Joan

Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other’s gold!

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Make new friends, but keep the old
One is silver and the other’s gold!


I remember saying these words many, many times in the Brownies and Girl Scouts - seems like a lifetime ago. Those lessons taught to me as a very young girl are part of who I am today.

Friends are such a blessing in our lives! Shared experiences with special people are the catalyst for more of the same! I can practically hear my best friend, Sue hollering over the monkey bars at me - “That was so much fun, let’s do it again!”

Can you remember something from your past, a moment in time when you were joyful and carefree? 

Wisdom shared among childhood friends.

There are things in life that cannot be reproduced on a chalk board, over a bunsen burner, on a computer, or in a lab. 
There are formulas that are so simple in origin, but nearly impossible to capture in the physical realm. 
Love is such a ministry!


Love is held close to your heart, yet also spans and floods the universe with oneness.
It’s a personal experience, a public sharing.
It starts with a flicker of kindness or can explode into a contagious frenzy of bliss.


Love carries me when I’m tired, and propels me when I’m strong.
Love can’t be ‘produced’, copied or dissected.
It comes natural and grows stronger and deeper with experience.



Pooh, you’re so right!
I've got a feeling............

“Get busy living, or get busy dying.” Shawshank Redemption

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Choice. We may not feel the empowerment when we are engulfed in the wreckage of a tangled life, but it is there. Despite the most desperate of situations, you can choose your reality - your thoughts, feelings, perception.




“Everything can be taken from a man but the last of the human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” - Dr. Viktor E. Frankl




I remember struggling with purpose in my life, then reading a book called “Man’s search for meaning” by Dr Viktor Frankl. If the above quote doesn’t resonate well with you, I recommend reading it - it is a game changer - the game in your mind. When your mind is calm, it’s irrelevant that the world is spinning out of control. You can only steer things you have control over.




Release your grasp on the steering wheel of life and open your mind to peace.




“The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected.” – Dr. Viktor E. Frankl

Get up and and start peddling!

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Don't wake up and start your day in neutral - just waiting to see how the day goes, what kind of day it's going to be.



You set the pace, the theme of your day.



If you don't set your own mind, it will be set for you. ❀