Inspired Life Lesson # I stopped Counting...take a breather

~*::{Our Darling Sophie, snuggled up and undercover}::*~

It's been a while since my last Inspired Life Lesson installment...things have been so crazy around here this summer. But, when I saw Sophie snuggled up under the covers, her head barely sticking out, I just had to do a post about it!

Sometimes our little animal friends are more in tune to what is going on around us than we give them credit for. We sometimes forget that they are naturally intuitive creatures that sense things and changes, just as we do. The only real difference is that they pay attention to their instincts without question or reason, while we humans make up every preconceived notion as to why we shouldn't trust ourselves or the messages that we get.

So, here's the lesson from Sophie...take a breather. Snuggle up under the covers and grab a great book and a cup of tea. Or better yet, meditate and see what comes to you in your stillness. You never know what neat things you may find.

How Sweet It Is

Yesterday, I found out that a pair of my Earrings...Darling, I give you my heart...were featured on one of my super favorite blogs, Lillyella! Stop by and see her great pictures and featured sellers everyday. I'm so jazzed because I never thought that I would get on there. How sweet it is!

Check it out: http://lillyella.blogspot.com/2009/08/steals-and-sales_26.html

Plus, check out the yummy cookies...they look sooooooooo delish!

Thanks for including me Nicole :)

Inspire Me Mondays...Me and My Fortune

This is my fortune...
This is me (with out makeup)with crazy dizzy spells today...(what the fudge!!!)

My Opportunity...from shopping at the gem show

More opportunity

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I am very fortunate in what has been presented to me. For the first time, I am not squandering it. Instead, I am tapping into my instinct and intuition...I am using all that God has given me to make this place more beautiful, one sparkly bauble at a time.

So, maybe for the first time, I am inspired by me. By my makeup less face and the wrinkles starting to form around my eyes. By my desire to do good. By my drive to be successful...to provide for myself and then some. By my gifts and dreams of insight and prophecy. By how I can love so deeply. By my creativity and smarts.

Good Fortune: You will be fortunate in the opportunities presented to you.

Indeed, I already am.
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p.s. I think I'll play those numbers, they just might be lucky ;~)

More Fall Previews

~*::{Sunset Dreams}::*~
~*::{Room for Squares...Warm}::*~

~*::{Room for Squares...Cool}::*~

~*::{Elodie}::*~

~*::{I Always Say Oui to Chocolate}::*~

Fall Preview Continued

~*::{Embers}::*~

~*::{Swirling Fire}::*~

~*::{First Crush}::*~


~*::{Nature Walk}::*~

~*::{Personal Power}::*~

Inspired Life Lesson #10/Inspire Me Mondays...Closure

~*::{Mary, our Protectress and Angel of New Beginnings}::*~

This week I am combining two of my usual posts into one. You see, this is a week for closure. A time to pay our respects to a beloved person that has passed on to another place filled with light and love. It is also a time where signs and symbols of our old lives have ceased to exist for us...a time where you realize that all that you were in the past no longer has a hold on your future.

I have held on the struggle of other's expectations for myself for all of my life. I have burdened my soul with notions that I must shield and protect myslef by burrowing in and creating barriers to keep me safe and warm. This past week, I believe that I have started to have closure on the death of a person that others have wanted me to be, and not the one that I have become.

Have you ever had someone look right through you, as if you didn't exist? The feeling is quite unnerving, especially if the person was once thought to be the "love of your life". ( I have since come to know the truest of love from another, my awesome husband, Keith. I am also grateful for seeing his true worth and the depth of his soul...but that is another whole post) Funny though, I belive that this was all quite timed and perfect, because for the first time, it did not matter that I was invisible. I had achieved closure. For this, I am greatful. For he was the part of my past that was riddled with destruction and foolishness. With acting out all the pain and fear that I held so deeply inside..for way too long.

So, for this week I applaud closure and all of the wonderful things that it affords us. I say hooray to the ending of relationships and phases in our lives, for with the end of one thing, there is an opportunity to begin something brand new. This year is all about that for me... I am grateful and Inspired.

Fall Preview

~*::{Tenderly, My Love}::*~
~*::{The Approach of Autumn}::*~

~*::{Candace, green amethyst in goldfill}::*~

~*::{Elaena, in gold fill}::*~

I Love Flowers

~*::{Midnight Blossom}::*~
~*::{Meet Me at Twilight, My Love}::*~

~*::{Bachelor Button Bloom Ring in Pearl}::*~

~*::{Bachelor Button Bloom Ring in Pearl, front view}::*~

Inspire Me Mondays...the weight of water

~*::{From my garden}::*~

The flowers are falling

heavy from

God's tears

encumbered by the

weight of water

they are no longer

held up

by resisitance

their stalks bent

their faces turned

downward

as if in deep

prayer

I suppose

it is fitting

that the flowers

are a reflection

of a heavy heart

kneeling on the

soggy ground

waiting for the sun

to come and dry

its tears

Today

I am held up

by the weight

of water

for after the floods

come rebirth

and renewal

new sprouts of grass

stand up with vigor

flowers turn their faces

to the sun

able to breathe

once again

Inspired Life Lesson #8...Believe in Angels

I have no doubt in my mind

that Angels exist

that they carry you

in your darkest moments

wipe your tears when you cry

tickle your sides to make you laugh

and hold your hand

when the deepest of sorrows

fill your heart



I have been talking to my Angels

praying for a miracle

asking for temperance and compassion

for my Mother in Law

so that she can begin her next journey

in peace



On Tuesday afternoon

the Angles took up their charge

and led a weary heart home

so that life could begin anew

and sufferening would not commence

on a heart that was full of love



May the Angels lead you home

to comfort and warmth

with love and light surrounding your heart



We love you and miss you

Missy B

The Heart of a Fake Rose

~*::{The Heart of a Fake Rose}::*~

I sat there

transfixed
knowing that I
could have
should have
been the one
up on stage

Funny how life
directs
the symphony
sometimes
the cacophony
of our concert
our heart wrenching
ballade
our soul stirring
song
that is slightly
off key

I am faced
by my flat notes
my opportunities
squandered
all for the love of
nothing
that has made me feel
inadequate
and sad
that I have not
taken all
that had been
set before me

I have left my meal
half eaten
yet my soul
still hungers
my wine is spilled
on the tablecloth
stains of lust
and denial
and I am
parched

How has this
become my
circumstance
From where
do I lay
my next step
that leads me
from
myself

Inspire Me Mondays...the water and the wind

Yesterday

I took a walk

by the water

to ease my

scattered soul

I desperately

needed

to feel the heavy

water laden breeze

against my skin

a cleansing mist

to remove the

uncertainty

that is stirring inside

Along my walk

there were crayfish claws

scattered about

in random places

it's carcas found later

down the path

How fitting

for I too felt

pulled from every direction

my limbs overextended

my will scattered and torn

my desire, belly up



Today, I am right side up

ready to face the day

a little more connected

on the outside

slightly more settled

on the inside

thanks to the water

and the wind

that has restored

my desire

to keep walking down the path

Inspired Life Lesson #8...Intention

~*::{Flowers for me, from a friend}::*~

I have never had much patience

everyone tells me so
I am always in overdrive
a flood of information
at the drop of a hat

this scares some people

I suppose my intensity
has never been channeled
into a proper
purpose
I do know
that if I set my mind to something
if I truly desire it
it will be mine

the power of intention is amazing

I was told yesterday that this year
from birthday to birthday
is made up of three principles
for me
intention
expansion
healing
all three working
in synergy

a spiral of force surrounding love

I was also told that
I need to take a breath
and not peek at the souffle
in the oven
for it won't rise
if it isn't allowed to work
in the right time

I send forth my intention
for myself and my conspirators
that we three gain the courage
to be exactly what we need to be
at the right time for us
and to not fear
those who don't believe in our possibility
especially ourselves
seeing with clear vision
what we are about to become