Affirmations To Instill Positive Values In Your Life

While recovering from a gum infection and then oral surgery, spring marched right into every-one's life without me. But I was not absent from you hearts and your prayers. Your emails and phone calls witness to that fact. And I am so grateful!

I could not wait to get out into the yard to take pictures of the first blooms. I wanted to share the beauty I saw from my windows. But, until today, all I could do was recover and watch from afar. I was in what we who are chronically ill refer to as the dreaded "down time."

Down time is when we are suffering with an illness and our chronic fatigue kicks in. It is almost impossible to do anything other than what is required to live. You know like breathing, eating, going to the bath room. As much as you might want to visit us, and sometimes we want to see you more than you want to visit, it is not a time for company. It is a time for rest and rejuvenation.

Down time can be hard on friends and family. It is impossible for anyone who is not suffering with a chronic illness to understand how important it is to use down time wisely. It means that the person suffering will miss family functions and may have to miss scheduled social affairs. It means that you will not be able to socialize on the phone or the computer. It is self induced isolation. It may be the difference between a short recovery period and not recovering at all.

Those of us who have been ill for a number of years all ready know that during down time, we are really unable to form a thought worthy of conversation. We should be quite and we need to be still. We realize that a lot of feeling are hurt during down time. What the outside love one witness is raw unbound nerves. The words come out cold and uncaring. They are words that are better left unsaid. So when your chronically ill friend or love one says that they will have to bow out of an engagement, count it as a blessing. Then go and enjoy your event.

When they are up again, they will contact you. We always do. We love you!

OK, enough of catching up. Lingering too long on some-one's illness can certainly bring illness to you. One blog that teaches the "Law of Attraction" in every day terms and situations is Carol King at "Law of Attraction Help and "Missing Ingredient Coaching."

Coach Carol's "Missing Ingredient Coaching" site offer individual in depth personalized programs to succeed in attracting your life desires to you. And that includes good health. I have promised to be a better student. The insightful knowledge that Coach Carole offer is priceless.

I am so excited about this "Values Video." As I recovered form my surgery, I formed it in my mind. I could not wait to share the finished product with you. Spring is the perfect time to reinforce your positive values. What better tools than springs blossoms to help demonstrate them.

A special THANK YOU to Carl T at Healing Music Emporium for composing and offering the free mp3 of "In the Sunset." I am sure you will agree that the music is perfect for this video.

Carl offers free music with each post. So, please visit Healing Music Emporium and thank him for this wonderful music.

PLEASE TURN OFF THE MUSIC AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE BEFORE STARTING THE VIDEO!

The God Experience

There is a difference between worshiping God and experiencing God. This day, I experienced God. I surrended to the obvious, that there is something more powerful than me. Namaste my friend.

The Science of Possibilities

When I awake and complete my morning meditation, the first thing I do is go to my bathroom window to see what miracles the new day has brought. For every new sunrise is a miracle. On this particular morning, those gold and orange tone clouds in the sky told me that some much needed rain was on the way.

Why is my bathroom window of such intense interest? It is the window that I take most all of my morning pictures from. I want to know if my camera is needed.

As you can see, it was a beautiful sunrise and I was happy to be able to tale this shot in my pajamas.

As the day went on, the sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds. And before the next morning, most of these beautiful colors would be on the ground. This day was a good example of change happening. As we know, change will happen. We can participate or we can just let it happen to us. That is why I like quantum physics. It is the science of possibilities. For life to mean anything to you, you must chose one of your desired possibilities. Or, life will chose for you.

There are two desired possibilities that I have chosen to work on. One is the possibility of free mammograms for woman who cannot afford to pay for their own and the other is to provide food for the hungry. These are two campaigns that all of us can afford to do. There is absoutly no money required from you. All it takes is a CLICK A DAY from each of us on the pink and blue buttons to the right of this blog. WE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANYTHING ELSE. The advertiser for the Brest Cancer site and the Hunger Site will do the rest.

Just think of the possibilities!

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Autumn Gratitude

There are many ways to help stave off depression and to feel grateful for our lives. This video demonstrates one of them. It gives you short sentences to up lift and encourage you to appreciate and be grateful for just being YOU.

Sometimes we are so sick that we cannot remember to say anything good about ourselves or to anyone else. That attitude serves to keep us in that dark hole of depression longer.

View the video and then think of the beauty that is in your life. The beauty you are grateful for. It might be the bright smile of a child. It might be the tender touch of your significant other. It might be the quite time you spend alone with your Devine Creator-your Source-your God.

Reach deep within and find that place of peace. Remember who you are. Allow the smile that has been waiting to appear on your face to shine through. Let yourself enjoy today. It is the only time we really have. Why not make it the best day of your life.