Stress management

Spirit Daily - Daily spiritual news from around the world:
"All of us have tensions!
It is how we manage them. The saints learned how to regain their peace by looking at negative matters in a positive fashion.
When we don't control our thoughts -- when we hover over an issue, when we let things pile up, when we're in a negative mode -- we magnify tension.
Give it to God. Put it in a 'box' for Him. And if it's someone causing you stress, recall the Littler Flower -- who, stressed over a fellow sister who prayed loudly and rattled rosary beads in the chapel, asked God to love the nun through her, despite her own irritation. That defused the situation."

it is grace that heals

Spirit Daily - Daily spiritual news from around the world:

"Go through your life and meditate on practices that could have increased your risk of disease -- of cancer, of diabetes -- and (in the Name of Jesus) dispel them. Ask forgiveness for abusing the temple of the Holy Spirit (which is what your body is) and pray again until your organs (particularly potentially troubled ones) are filled with grace.
It is grace that heals."

Decide Today

"THE DAILY MOTIVATOR

Decide today that you will have no regrets. And you'll free
up much time to actually get things done.

Decide today that you'll have no complaints. And your
thoughts can be focused on creative, productive pursuits.

Decide today that you'll carry no anger or resentment. And
you'll bring out the best in those around you.

Decide today to be accepting of whatever comes your way. And
you'll discover much value that would otherwise be hidden.

Decide today to be sincerely thankful for every moment. And
you'll be delighted at how beautiful and filled with
opportunity the world becomes.

Decide today to be truly alive. And joy will pour forth from
your soul."

Need for God

"Sunday, June 22, 2008

Need for God

Self-examination and prayer…should enlighten us
as to why we act as we do,
open our eyes to our passions,
but most importantly to the need for God in our lives."

Be yourself

"Be Yourself

Be strong enough to face the world each day.
Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything.

Be generous to those who need your help.
Be frugal with what you need yourself.

Be willing to share your joys.
Be willing to share the sorrows of others.

Be a leader when you see a path others have missed.
Be a follower when you are shrouded in the midst of uncertainty.

Be the first to congratulate an opponent who succeeds.
Be the last to criticize a colleague who fails.

Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not stumble.
Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way.

Be loving to those who love you.
Be loving to those who do not love you, and they may change.

Above all, be yourself!"

Season Color Analysis

Season Color Analysis | Spring Summer Autumn Winter

This site seems pretty good. I think I have to go through my closet now and see what needs to go.

I'm an Autumn...who knew? LOL.

"If your coloring is warm and muted and deep rich shades…you are an
autumn. Autumns have golden undertones and often are redheads or
brunettes with brown eyes with golden flecks (their eyes have more
contrast compared to the fairer springs)

Autumns best colors with yellow undertones that are rich, earthy
colors such as camel, most browns, golden yellow, moss green, olive,
mustard yellow, and terracotta."

These are the colors that I tend to wear the most (I especially LOVE brown) and didn't even know why. HA! For example right now I'm wearing brown shorts with a khaki green top.

little brat

Welcome to Bratland - Who is Welcome?: "You are an adult and have important things to do. You hardly have time to play now that you are a grown up. That is precisely why you are in the mess you are in. You have let the weight of the world pull you down in the dumps. If you are in the dumps it’s a good guess your house is a dump. Your inner child has been alone for years and is craving your attention. Children who crave attention will get it any way they can--even if it’s negative."

very, very good...

Intecessors of the Lamb - Teachings

"In the book of Genesis we watch God creating His entire universe and everything upon earth and it keeps saying "And He made this and He saw that it was good, and then this and He saw it was good." But then when He made man in His image and His likeness, the Scripture says, "He saw that it was very good." We have to remember that God sees us as we really are and we are very, very good. It does not mean that He does not want us to get through these problems. It does not mean that He does not want to touch and heal our pain, our hurt, deep in our desire for Him. It means that He wants us to open our hearts, so that we can be fully who we really are, His little children, made in the image and likeness of the entire Trinity and that we can come to see ourselves, and others also, as very, very good. Unless this happens, I do not think we can live out the new commandment to truly love one another as He has loved us, because He loves us without any conditions, just as we are."
Excerpt from Mother Nadine's, "Introduction to Inner Healing," Omaha, 2004

Old Age is a Gift.

(I just got this in an e-mail and I love it!)

Old Age, I decided, is a gift
> >
> > I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I
> >have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair
> >over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt.
> >And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my
> >mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonise over those
> >things for long.
> >
> > I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my
> >loving family for less grey hair or a flatter belly. As I've
> >aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of
> >myself. I've become my own friend.
> >
> > I don' t chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not
> >making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I
> >didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled
> >to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
> >
> >
> > I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon;
> >before they understood the great freedom that comes with ageing.
> >
> > Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer
> >until 4 AM and sleep until noon?
> >
> > I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's,
> >and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love .. I
> >will.
> >
> > I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a
> >bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I
> >choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set
> > They, too, will get old.
> >
> > I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is
> >just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important
> >things.
> >
> > Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your
> >heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child
> >suffers, or even when some body's beloved pet gets hit by a
> >car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and
> >understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine
> >and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
> >
> > I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning
> >gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into
> >deep grooves on my face. So many have never l aughed, and so many
> >have died before their hair could turn silver
> >
> > As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less
> >about what other people think. I don't question myself
> >anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
> >
> > So, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I
> >have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am
> >still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have
> >been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert
> >every single day. (If I feel like it)

Health and the Holy Spirit

Spirit Daily - Daily spiritual news from around the world: "Have you not noticed how frustrating it is to try and figure matters out for ourselves? One year eggs are bad for us. Then they are good. We are told to drink eight glasses of water a day. Then we are told that studies don't support that recommendation. Each week, there is a new vitamin that is a panacea.
In fact, there are certain good things for us but each body is different and that's why, along with the suggestions of doctors, we need to ask the Holy Spirit what we should drink and eat."

Facebook Song

Facebook

Facebook :my profile

Anyone here on facebook? I'm having a great time keeping up with family and friends on that site...it is awesome!

Emma p1

More simple pleasures...reading anything by Jane Austen and watching the movies...ahhhhh.

simple pleasures

watching American Idol!

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