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Positive Ponderings: Your Favourite Person

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If you could only see one person this week,
who would you want it to be?

Give them a call and arrange a date.

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Waiting To Exhale

As many of us hold our breath today, a video, in appreciation of our beautiful home.

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World Wildlife Fund

How Will You Spend Doomsday?

December 21, 2012 – the day life as we know it will end…or so the naysayers will have you believe.  What do you believe?

Television and internet sites abound with doomsday predictions:

  • The end of the Mayan calendar equals the end of the world
  • A total world-wide black-out
  • Planets aligning as never before
  • Polar shifts
  • A huge meteor plummeting toward Earth
  • Supernovas and solar storms

Then there are the predictions of societies falling apart.  Neighbours becoming enemies.  Every man for himself, at any cost.  Mass plaques.  People turning into zombies!

Am I worried about what will happen on December 21st?  Honestly, yes, a little, but not for any one of the reasons noted above.

Why am I worried? Because I’ve been bombarded with messages telling me I should be.  So does that mean I really should be worried?  Since those very messages are the ones I intellectually disregard as nonsense, then no, I guess I shouldn’t but that is precisely the effect of “mass” media; it affects our opinions.

What I am worried about is the potential for natural disasters to occur in my part of the world.  (Not that I wish them on any other part either.)

Many parts of the world are experiencing abnormal weather events and my part is no exception. We used to have snow by this time of year but for the last few years, we have not.

Is this related to 2012? Yes and no.  Weather patterns have been changing for years, and changing for the worse.  Scientists have been warning society for years that should we not change our reliance on fossil fuels and other environmental pollutants, we would begin to see shifts in the weather.  Well guess what folks, it’s 2012 and those predictions are not only coming true, they’ve been true for a while now; except now, it’s indisputable – or at least it should be.  We’re seeing more changes in weather patterns and natural disasters; both in the number of events and in overall devastation.

Will we see man against man, fighting to the death, turning into zombies and destroying anyone in their path?  I predict no – definitely no.

Think:

  • Hurricane Sandy, East Coast, North America 2012
  • Tsunami of 2011, Japan
  • Earthquake in Haiti, 2010
  • Katrina, New Orleans, USA 2005
  • Tsunami of 2004, Indonesia/Thailand
  • European drought and heat wave of 2003
  • plus flooding, droughts, ice-storms, etc. in many parts of the world

All the above listed natural disasters have occurred in last 10 years and what did we witness after every single one of those devastations?

An overwhelming outpouring of global humanitarian assistance.  

In the film I Am, directed by Tom Shadyac, Dr. Rollin McCraty of The Institute of Heartmath describes how the electromagnetic fields that our hearts emit can be felt by others.  One of their studies takes readings from 65 random-number generators placed in cities around the world.  On any given day, these machines spin numbers randomly.  They spin and spin, with absolutely no sequence.  During events such as the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, when there is a global shift of focussed consciousness and empathy, these random number generators all synchronize. Our collective heart energy is affecting the environment.
“What we do at the individual level really does affect the global environment.” Dr. McCraty   

I, for one, am sick and tired of hearing all the negative scenarios that “will inevitably happen” should a major natural disaster befall our beautiful planet on December 21st.

There is a shift in global consciousness. People are seeking spiritual fulfillment like never before; not necessarily religious fulfillment but fulfillment of their soul and their life’s purpose.  Just look at all the positivity blogs!

We don’t know what’s going to happen on December 21st, just as we do not know what’s going to happen on any day. But we can know that collectively, we can be better than individually provided that each of us act in a positive and heart-felt manner.

Make up your own mind and follow your heart.

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Quotes That Make You Go Hmmm…

Maybe Christmas, he thought… doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe Christmas, perhaps… means a little bit more! 

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas”  by Dr. Seuss

 

 

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All I Want For Christmas Is Snooze!

medium_2172138920Are you dreaming of a White Christmas – a thick white feather duvet atop crisp white sheets?

Do you long for Silent Nights?

Do you want to Deck the more than the Halls when you hear Jingle Bells?

Do you wish you could slip Away to a Manger for oh, say, a month, until it’s all over?

If so, then you need to take care of the most important person on your list – YOU!

Make time for yourself.  Indulge in a stress-reliever. You deserve it. You need it!

Find time each day for a tiny bit of self-indulgence.

Take a walk after dinner and enjoy the holiday lights and the crisp fresh air.

Take a long hot bubble bath.  Light candles, play soft music and stay in there until your fingers are good and wrinkly.  Consciously relax and breathe deep.

Meet up with friends for a coffee

Buy your favourite treat and hide it from the others in your house so it’s sure to be there when you want it the most.

Ask for help.  Delegate some of your list to someone else. Come on. There’s something you can let someone else cover. Two things? Three?

Take the long way home to avoid traffic and sing along, loudly, really loudly, to your favourite radio station or song list.

Wear a tiara around the house and twirl in circles every now and again. When’s the last time you did that? Are you giggling just thinking of how fun that would be?

If your budget allows, get a massage for the length of time that you can afford – half an hour, forty-five minutes, one hour…

Whenever you can get away with it, hit the snooze button and enjoy the indulgence of an extra ten minutes.  Hit it again.

Take care of yourself during the holidays and every day.  Be good to yourself. You deserve it.  

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What do you do as a special treat for yourself?

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Positive Ponderings: Santa’s Watching

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Have You Been Good This Year?

Honestly?

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Response

Reblogged: This post speaks to everything I am feeling today and I couldn’t have said it any better.
Peace and love to the families.

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peace010Today we grieve, as we have done so many times in the past and only hope we don’t have to encounter again in future. Today we mourn loss, we beg for answers, we cry from the depths of our hearts in the face of tragedy. We hold our babies and hug our friends and kneel to pray.

In the moment after our initial reaction to senseless violence there is a vital step we take. Two paths wait there for us as individuals and as a community.

Down one path we react. We allow anger and fear to rise above all other voices and we choose to hole ourselves up in our homes, away from the world, disconnected from our neighbors and we call it safety. In reaction we ask for more guns, more security, more decisions made in fear and scarcity of hope. We decide on this path that…

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Bright-Side of the Web: What Were You Doing At Age 14?

Not a typical 14-year-old boy.  Not typical Western problems.

Not letting a lack of education or a language gap stop him, William Kamkwamba, faced with poverty and famine, searched for a solution and found one.

A 22-year-old William shares his story.  Enjoy.

 

 

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Do You See What I See?

medium_3111246691Scenario 1:

The lists, the lines, the crowds, the decorating, the baking, the crowds, the music, the noise, the hustle, the bustle, the crowds, the shopping, shopping, shopping….

Scenario 2: 

The baking, the decorating, the music, the parades, the laughter, the stories, the man in red, the excitement, the build-up, the joy, the memories. 

Which scenario do you prefer?

I know, some of you are saying that you can’t have scenario 2 without putting up with at least some of scenario 1.  And I agree, but it’s a matter of perspective.  In order to obtain, value, treasure, in fact, even notice scenario 2, you need to be aware of it.

Some people get so caught up in the first scenario. They stress about every detail and then realize that they didn’t enjoy the festivities.

Keep the children in your lives in mind as you prep for the holidays. Who are you going through all these motions for anyway?

Be mindful of your mood when children are present. 

Be mindful of the traditions you want to build with them, and make sure you make time to do them, with them. 

Be mindful of their enthusiasm and don’t dismiss them because “you aren’t feeling up to dealing with that right now”.

Get down on the floor with them as they sit and look up at the tree and admire all the ornaments. 

Get out their favourite holiday books and read them over and over again. 

Get out your grandmother’s cookie recipe and let them help you mix, cut and decorate the cookies no matter how much of a mess it makes. 

And maybe most importantly, get a good night’s sleep, each night, so you have the patience and stamina to see what they see because
before long, they won’t see it quite the same way and you’ll have missed it entirely.  

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Quotes That Make You Go Hmmm…

Why not go out on a limb?
That’s where the fruit is.

Will Rogers

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