Friday, January 9, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Quick update on living w/less
Okay friends, quick update on my living with less life, and it's going great!!! I've not yet yearned to go out and buy anything. I've actually found some unused items of clothing in my closet and drawers. Now I seem to use what I have and make do without what I don't have. Nothing has changed in my home, everything is going smooth, as usual. I'm enjoying walking daily, and really taking in the beauty around me. I'm enjoying my i-pod and all the informational podcasts I'm loading into it. I'm truly enjoying all the free things in life. I hope to get the family out and walking soon, at least some hikes on the weekends. Get back to our natural surroundings a little more often. Okay gotta go now. Talk to you all soon.
Get out and Walk!! look at the trees and the sky........it's gorgeous.
Get out and Walk!! look at the trees and the sky........it's gorgeous.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Oprah, Oprah......
Oh my goodness, what in the world happened with our Oprah? I was truly let down at some level when Mondays episode aired, and there sat our Oprah talking a whole different talk, going against all she has opened our eyes to. I couldn't believe my ears as she repeatedly said how disappointed she was with herself, and how she had let herself down. It didn't sit good with me because through the years I've come to love myself as I am, and it happened only by Oprah's shows and guests who spoke many truths to us. I have to come clean and say that I love the current Oprah, the real Oprah. Right, she could use some weight-loss, but not enough to feel so bad about herself. She is a beautiful African-American woman, and that is what she will always be, and she is an amazing 50+ woman. Oprah, your heart and spirit are filled with so much authenticity that others see what maybe you don't see in yourself. I support you like many of your viewers and hope that you will lose weight and get to a point where you are happy with yourself, but sweetheart, don't beat yourself down like that. We love the joyful Oprah, not the Scary - Skinny Oprah that came out years ago tugging along a red radio flyer with a bag of fat. That was not the Oprah people love, it was an image of massive weight-loss, which in fact didn't bring you happiness.........from what we now can see. Keep it real Oprah and stay love-able for us fans that adore you and love to see you as a regular human being with defects and in your case Major strengths.
Love you Oprah!!!
Sunday, January 4, 2009
My Husband
How could I begin to describe this amazing man? I'll try to keep it simple, and actually not that anyone really cares about how this man is, I do and I love him for the man that he is. He has lots of love for me, he is another person when he is with me, he is a Gentle person with a huge heart. That is something many might not imagine since he likes to go around acting like he's one tough fella. That he might be, but with me he's as gentle as the dew on a rose petal. I adore this man and I hope and pray to God that He will keep us together for a long time to come. We have lots of fun together, and share many a laugh. He just pointed out to me this morning how I'm getting so many wrinkles, well bless his heart because all those precious wrinkles came from years of fun and laughter by his side, so I don't find that an insult at all. I know in my heart he's given me a life full of joy and such a pleasure traveling this journey by his side. I hope you too will be living a happy life with your significant other, and I hope you are loving to each other. Our little secret is to completely respect and love each other, and do to each other what we would like done to ourselves. Only love can get you love, so really think about it next time you are ready to make a fuss over something so small and insignificant. Love is sometimes about just changing your mindset and looking over all the small stuff. I always told this young man that I rather be happy and in love with him than mad and miserable. So be loving and that is exactly what you will get in return my friends. To good relationships!!
Love you all.
New Year - New Beginning
We have just entered the year 2009, and it feels great! it's a whole new beginning for all of us that need a new beginning.......and don't we all? like a plant in a flower pot that outgrows its space, so do we outgrow our comfort zone. We need to renew our views and our lives. Don't get me wrong my friends, I'm not talking extreme change. I'm not going way off to the other side of the spectrum, there are things within us that just don't change, and that don't need any change. Usually it's those great values and morals our parents put in us, thank God for parents. I'm talking about the simple things, the small shift in thinking, the opening of our eyes to a whole new view. Just like a child staring at a caterpillar on a leaf, a sense of wonder. Well, enough of my intro, and now into the real and what I'm already working on. Ta da....here it goes. My new years resolution is to live with less!! much less. And here is where the whole idea came to me and made me realize that yes this is definitely what my life needs. I was turned on to listening to podcasts as I messed around with my new i-pod (which my hubby gave to me for Christmas) so sweet. Anyways, I heard an interview on the Oprah channel, and it was amazing. It totally spoke to me. It was an interview with Wayne Dyer, and what an opening of minds with that man, wow. He was speaking of his year of living with the Dao, a spiritual journey were he gave up all his things and experienced his own personal transformation. Well, anyways, what got me was his little thing on how we (yes, all of us) can live without 80% of what we own, and how that 80% we own, actually owns us. We can all decipher it in our own way, but for me personally its all that extra stuff I own that I really don't need or use. It's that $300 workout station sitting in my office room.......not being used for months. It's that extra jewelry sitting in my drawer - not being used. It's a whole lot of things that I've spent money on in which the thrill vanished after a few months. It's that 80% I could have done without. So, my journey begins and I couldn't be more thrilled and more at peace. I know I can do it, and I know I will.
Love to all and many many a blessing to all in this new year.
Love to all and many many a blessing to all in this new year.
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