Every now and then

Know that it is okay to say "no," politely.  Sleep in.  Color outside the lines, and enjoy it!  Sing out loud, (even though they tell you you sound like a cat being tortured.) Smile at everyone you see, (especially when you don't feel like it!)  Take time to smell the air, (even when it sticks in your nose, in winter)  Congratulate yourself on a job well done, ( because you did your best!)  Wrap us all in the white light (every day)  because we need it!  All these things will make a ripple, and you will see what happens!

Serenity meow

Catboy has been discussing a class he would like to give us all.  He hears me growling when I pay any attention to the news lately and fears for all of us, if you feel the same way I do.  FRUSTRATED!  So he suggested he could have a class which teaches his form of meditation in order to smooth out some of the ruffles our lives take.  He tells me, after all, he has lived to be 131 years old with no high blood pressure!  What he suggests is to combine stretching, staring, and then napping.  He tells me that we all need to stretch every day.  It is also helpful to take a little time to stare out the window with an empty mind, just quietly watching, and then, of course, have a nice nap.  I have to say, he is seldom in a cranky mood, unless I harass him, or he gets the same canned food flavor two days in a row.  Maybe we all could sign up for his class, and see what happens.

Character vs Reputation

With all the things going on around the world and the talk about certain personalities, I started to think about these two things.  I have really mixed feelings about social media, sometimes I feel it helps us be informed, sometimes I think (because of bias) we are being led down a garden path.  So I began thinking about character and reputation.  It is easy to get a reputation!  Just be in the wrong place at the wrong time, or, vice verse, and there you go.  Character is quite another thing.  Character is the essence of who we are.  It is what drives us to do what we think is being true to ourselves.  Make a ripple, check out the differences, see what happens.

You can't shine the light...

if you don't carry the light inside yourself.  We all know how much better we feel in the light.  We also know that the light can and will heal us.  Many of us, though, do not know that the light must be within us to shine out to other's.  The light is made of love.  Make a ripple, love yourself,(and therefore, others,) see what happens.

Welcome South Africa!

We are so excited to see you!  Please come back and join us!

The importance

of the light.  I realize that not all of us are in winter.  For those of you who are not...celebrate.  I was going to write a post today called "Kermit the Fog," (No that is not a type-o)  I was just going to try and put a better spin on all the fog and rain we have been waking up to each day.  This is a free smile for you.  But I don't think we realize the importance of the light until it is gone for a week or so.  Yes, I know it is winter, but just to see the sun, today, I jumped for joy.  I am not a skiing person, but I think I just figured out one of their secrets,  it is often sunny on those mountain tops when it is grey down here.  So seek out the light whatever way you can, even the "full spectrum" lights you  can buy.  Make a ripple , sit in the sunny patch like Catboy, see what happens.

If life knocks you down...

stand back up.  Being on this earth school can sometimes be pretty frustrating.  Lessons sometimes come in the form of a cast iron frying pan to the head.  For me, those are the ones that I usually learn from the best.  And I have learned to "shake it off," and stand back up.  Don't you love that song?!  It seems, sometimes, that the harder I try, the more hard lessons I get, but I have to know that fully living is a messy and hard process from time to time.  It happens to all of us, and I would rather learn something once and for all than dink around and keep having the same thing pop up.  I have added meditation to the mix and it really seems to help.  Catboy tells me that's how he gets through things!  Make a ripple, live, see what happens.