First Official Now Watch Fan ~ Me :)

I have been on a path of directed mindfulness for many, many years
and still
my mind can be like a wandering little child.   

I believe way too many of us live our lives  stressing about everything
EXCEPT the present moment.   

How many car accidents do you suppose happen because
people are not in the NOW. ?      

Distractions and the lack of mindfulness can even result in  rude and
and insensitive behavior towards the people who mean the most to us in life.

Along comes this simple yet beautiful idea of The Now Watch.

I learned of The Now Watch through my involvement in The Group
Writing Project –
Spread the Love Now. (You
can read my post linked to the previous  words)

 
6 Now Watches were awarded as prizes for the best entries in the
project.
Everyone who entered are winners. The stories of compassion and love were
just awesome. Even though
mine was not chosen, I emailed my hubby Michael a link
to The Now Watch web site and said….. ‘This is what I would like
for my birthday’.

Unfortunately, Michael will be traveling on that day in February, but
he ordered the watch
for me, and I NOW have it on my
wrist.

 
Honestly, there could be no better reminder for me…… I gently recall my mindfulness
every time I glance at the time. “Come here honey, come back to the present moment”.

 
Adam contacted me from a web post I had made about MY Now Watch
and in the
communications, he said to me yesterday…….

 

"I'm happy to have my first official Now Watch fan”

 

YEAH… I am honored and VERY thrilled to BE the First
Official Now Watch Fan !!!!

 Do
consider joining in the fantastic fun and get a Now Watch of your own.......

The time is NOW.   :))) 

 

 

The Now Watch

Our Philosophy --> http://www.thenowwatch.com/philosophy.html 



The Now Watch mission is to bring more presence to people's lives.



It's a simple goal but in a world where we are so busy and caught up trying to
get things done, we rarely pause and take a moment to just be where we are
right here and now. However, when we do appreciate the moment, we often feel a
relaxing sensation, followed by an ability to focus and actually get more done
in less time. In a sense, that's because it's always now. And when connected to
the present moment, we are able to use our time to its fullest potential.



We've decided that a watch or a clock with the word NOW appearing prominently
on the face is the perfect stimulus to help us access more presence in our
lives. It works so easily... when we check our NOW watches and clocks,
we'll find out the time of day as usual but will also be reminded that it is
the present moment initiating a collision of the mystical with the utterly
practical. Many people find it inspiring, some soothing, still others
motivating, while others just laugh... but that's what make our timepieces what
we consider to be functional pop-art left wide open to interpretation.

We believe we've hit on a radically simple concept that delivers a message in a
fun, cool, and affordable way. Since the present moment is fundamental to every
human, in every walk of life, our long term vision is to spread our products
all around the world. Here are some sample translations into other languages:

Our core value is simplicity which leads us to one final simple
idea. We believe that the present moment is the greatest gift that there is
here on earth. Therefore, our products seek to become the perfect gift people
can buy for themselves and share with others worldwide.



Please contact us to bring more presence to your life and your community.

Founders Story -- > http://www.thenowwatch.com/founders.html 



Perhaps The Now Watch always resided deep within its founder, Adam Rothenhaus,
a lawyer, writer, philosopher, and entrepreneur based in New York City.



Throughout his youth Adam repeatedly heard great athletes, great artists, and
great people in all walks of life attribute their good fortune to their ability
to remain focused on the present moment.  Yet he grappled to fully
understand why.  Then in 1996, after spending much of his early life
dwelling on his past and worrying about his future, a profoundly simple
truth struck him and explained the essence of their success.



It always was, always is, and always will be the present moment.



He decided to put this perspective to work and soon began harvesting the
infinite potential of the present moment.  In doing so he gained access to
an unlimited resource of sublime beauty, indescribable joy, and lasting inner
peace.  He determined that this resource was the key to a happy,
fulfilling, and successful life.  But much more often than
not… he just forgot about it.



In 2001, he played around inscribing the word NOW on a clock to remind
himself of this resource.  It worked, and he slowly began to
share the idea for his reminder with others as a mechanism to bring more
presence into more human lives.  By 2006, he officially founded The Now
Watch.

The rest continues to be an unfolding story of accumulating present
moments...



Please feel free to contact Adam at adam@thenowwatch.com

My HAPPY HAND, showing off my Now Watch  

 

 

 

 

 

Illusions ~ The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah - Quote 1

Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull  came out in 1977 with
Illusions ~ The Adventures Of A Reluctant Messiah.

Snipped the following from an Amazon.com editorial...

"Richard Bach takes to the air to discover the ageless truths that give
our souls wings: that people don't need airplanes to soar...that even
the darkest clouds have meaning once we lift ourselves above them...
and that messiahs can be found in the unlikeliest places--like hay
fields, one-traffic-light midwestern towns, and most of all, deep
within ourselves."

The 192 page paper back edition opens with this line...

"There was a Master come unto the earth, born in the holy land of Indiana,
raised in the mystical hills east of Fort Wayne...."

What I am planning on doing is blogging, in no particular order,
a few quotes every now and then from the book ....



"Learning is finding out what you already know.

Doing is demonstrating that you already know it.

Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you.

You are all learners, doers and teachers."

What I Can Do For Others ~ Dedicated to Uncle Bob

The following is a message I had sent to someone a few years ago regarding the passing
of a friend.   I might have posted a part of this before on my site.   I tried to look back
through my past posts, but did not find this story.   EVEN IF I had shared it before
it's well worth making a post again.   :)

No death is ever easy to accept, but I have come to know from others I have seen go
through it that the death of a child is THEE most difficult to live with.

A person who I've just 'met' recently online has lost someone near and dear to them, Uncle Bob.

In reading the messages that followed the post about Bob, another person wrote

that Bob's Mother is 92 and has now buried 2 children in less than two years.   

My first ever exposure to someone losing a child was my Great Uncle Vernon.
He was my Dad's Uncle.   A brother to my Dad's Father.    I was somewhere around
the age of 20 when Uncle Vernon's daughter Anita died.   She was 23 and had given birth
to a baby boy, just weeks before her passing.    She died of an infection.   
My Uncle's words echo in my mind today..... "A parent is NOT supposed to bury a child"

My making this post today ~ What I Can Do For Others ~ is my way of explaining to those
of you who don't know me that well.....   What makes me - ME. 

Please understand I am not patting myself on the back, I'm sharing this as a way to
say, 'You can avoid coming to this hard lesson that I learned when I was NOT there for my
friend in the way I could have been.'

AND one other GREAT BIG THING ~

"Be The Change You Want To See In The World" -
Thank you Mahatma Gandhi ( 1869 - 1948)



Thanks for letting me write to you and tell you the story of my friend.    I hope in the process of reading
this you will find hope about the difficult time you are going through regarding your friend.

We have to understand that friends are a blessing.    We enjoy them as they
are a part of our life and when God decides the day he calls our friends home,
then we honor the spirit of that friendship by sharing ourselves with others.

Unexpected deaths are very difficult too.   Just like on September 11, 2001
Those who were left behind had no final goodbyes.  As hard as it is to see someone we love and care
about suffer, it also gives us time for our goodbyes.

I would like to tell you about my friend Cindy……

Cindy my best friend died July 16, 2001

We knew each other from grade school.   Cindy was a year behind me in school.    We attended a very small Catholic school AND we lived a street apart from one another growing up.   
It was not until Cindy started to date my neighbor John that she and I HOOKED up as friends.   
I met Johnny when I was 6, he was 5, and my youngest brother Michael was 4.   
Johnny, my bro and I  WERE INSEPARABLE through our youth.   

When Cindy came to be Johnny's girlfriend, that just bonded she and I.

Cindy and I got a morning paper route together.    We did that for something like 5 years.   
365 days a year.   5:30AM on Weekdays, and a bit later on Saturday and Sunday.
John and Cindy dated maybe a year or so, but she and I were bonded forever.   
Johnny remained my friend too, but we seemed to go our separate ways.   
I did have him in my bridal party for my first wedding and I am still in touch with him now off and on via email.  He lives in another part of the state of Ohio.

I graduated high school in June of 1976.    Cindy was working at an answering service and she got me a job there in July of 1976.  She went on to graduate high school in 1977.
My first marriage was in April of 1978 and Cindy married her across the street childhood
sweetheart in July of 1978.
I had Nicole in Feb of 1982     Cindy had her Eric in March of 1982
Cindy had Lisa in Feb of 1984, on her own b'day  Feb 21.  I had Vinny in Aug of 1984.  ( My Air Force son )

Cindy and her hubby had a 3rd child.   Alex was conceived while she was taking strong meds.   
By rights he should have had very serious brain defects.   He was born perfect.   It was a total miracle.
Alex was born in the spring of 1993.   He was 8 the year Cindy died.
After Michael and I married I went on to have Kevin, my 3rd child. Also a boy.   Kevin was born in 1996.
Cindy’s and my life paralleled each other so much.

In later years we lived close to one another and attended the same church.
Our children attended the same Catholic elementary school together and
of course were in the same grades.

In early 1988 Cindy was diagnosed with leukemia.   For 13 YEARS she fought a battle.

I was fighting my own battle with an abusive husband.

For EVERYTHING we shared......... I never truly shared what  my life was like.   
Shame, embarrassment, I could go on and on why I did not share what was going on with me.
After 1988, I would NOT DARE share with her.    She had her own problems and I FELT that I could not add to her problems.   I now know how wrong that was.   She would have been there for me had I let her.

I started my divorce in 1994.    At that time I let her in on a little of what was the reason.   

Then in later 1994 I met Michael.  My life moved in another direction..........   I was working now full time
and my kids were 13 and 11.     Their Dad (the ex) remarried and was in an awful situation and dragging the kids through his BS.
Other friends stepped up to be the friend to Cindy that I should have been.
We did not totally lose touch, but it was not nearly what it should have been.

Cindy had a stem cell transplant in 1998.   She was technically cured of the leukemia.   The stem cell transplants were so new, that Cindy's case has been used as ground work for others.
To have the transplant her whole immune system had to be irradiated.
This left her with less immunity than a preemie.

On Friday, July 6, 2001.   My last day of work at a company I worked at for 11 years.
At the time my kids were.... Nicole 19, Vincent 17, and Kevin 4.   I was in a position to be a stay at home Mom for the first time ever in my Motherhood. :)

That following week on Thursday, July 12th I attempted to call Cindy.   
She was 42 and I was 43.   
Her daughter answered the phone and told me Cindy was taken to the
hospital the night before.
Four days later on July 16th, Cindy died.   A massive infection had overtaken her system.   I was able to make it to the hospital  for a last goodbye.... she could not talk, but a faint smile was
on her lips as I spoke to her.

THE PAIN OF LOSING HER WAS SO GREAT.    I felt such guilt !!!!!!!!!

It took me nearly a year or more after Cindy's death to come to terms with myself.   
In that I found out that I could not do for Cindy, but my legacy to her would be what I could do for
others in this world.
I would always have described myself as a 'giving person', but I vowed to be more so in her honor.
I also vowed to never let a moment pass without those people who are important to me to let them know just how important they are.
I have become a better person and friend in Cindy's loss.   :)

Something very important happened after Cindy's passing.   I have felt her with me.   

Parts of her will never not be there.   I hear her voice.
She used to have this way she phoned me and when I answered
she would say............  " D E B R A "   in a nearly breathless urgent state.
Nothing was wrong, it was just her.   I hear that often.!!!!!!!!

I also have a story to share of something that happened to my daughter Nicole
just a few months after Cindy died. I had written that out for an online site I am a member of.
It's dated Sept 18th 2002.

I’ll share that now…..

My Crossed over friend Cindy

September 18, 2002   

The funeral and goodbye were so very hard……
As I walked away from Cindy’s grave site, small white butterflies floated all about.   

In a gentle wind I could hear a soft wind-chime that had been placed at someone else's grave.
Those two items were to become wonderful peaceful reminders of Cindy's continued presence with me.
I told every one of the butterflies and the calming feeling I had whenever I would see one after that.

Jump ahead now with me to September 9, 2001.
My daughter Nicole and her best friend Becky, also 19, had taken a first ever non-family vacation.
They flew from Ohio to Arizona and were staying with Becky's older sister and her husband.
They were heading down to Mexico and had just parked the car to walk across the border.
Nicole got out of the car, and crumpled to the ground.

It was 5 years ago that she had been diagnosed
with epilepsy, yet she had been totally controlled with medication and never until
that day had a seizure in public.   With her seizures, she does not lose
consciousness, her legs give out and she has jerking motions with her limbs.

At 6pm on Sept 9th I received a call from Becky that
Nicole was in the middle of a seizure and they were driving her to the hospital.
My heart sank to my stomach as my baby was hundreds of miles away and there was
nothing I could do to GET TO HER.   I hung up the phone and prayed a silent prayer...
'Dear God please take care of her'.... my next thought went out to Cindy.....
'Dearest Cindy, please go and be with my baby, as I cannot be there'.!!!

Hours seemed to pass as I waited for a call.
In the mean time, I called the airlines to see IF I could get the girls home
on an earlier flight.   They were scheduled to return on 9-11.   
I would be able to do that with a copy of her hospitalization record.
By now it was very late on Sunday and I dismissed my
first instinct to GET HER HOME... I can clearly recall
saying to myself... 'What difference will a day make'.!!

I received a call from Nicole just after 11:30 Sunday evening.   
She was back at Becky's sister's house and doing fine.   The seizure had passed and she had no
ongoing problems.
Through her tears she said to me....
"Mom, this is just almost unbelievable what I am going to tell you but here goes"....
Becky was at my bedside nearly every second, but whenever she was not with me and I was there alone....   I KNOW CINDY WAS WITH ME."

"I broke down and cried for the first time that evening....and said back to her...
I KNOW she was baby...  I asked her to be there".

I discussed the idea of them coming home early on 9-10 and we agreed they would just wait
as scheduled to come home on 9-11.

On 9-11 I placed a cell call to the brother-in-law....telling him all air travel was just suspended.
They were 1/2 hr from the Phoenix airport and  turned around.   
Thank goodness the girls were not in the air at the time.

Those days that followed 9-11, I was in constant touch with Nicole via phone.   She continued to feel Cindy with her.   She also found comfort in the hordes of butterflies that were surrounding the house where she was staying.    I imagine they were on a migration to Mexico, but it was one more thing of constant comfort for my daughter.

They were able to return on Friday, September 14th
as one of the first flights resuming after the national 9-11 tragedy.   It took nearly
15 hours from the time they left  AZ until they landed at Cleveland airport.
I can hardly describe what that reunion with my
daughter was like... I just WOULD NOT LET GO OF HER.

As a footnote to this story.... my Dear departed friend's name was   Cynthia Marie.

The family Nicole stayed with, Becky's sister's name is...
Cynthia.....   and Becky's middle name is.... Marie.
------------------------
My 19 year old aged a great deal in those days following her seizure.
Below is an excerpt from a posting my daughter left
on our "My Family Site" to let everyone know how she
was doing...........

But the people we encountered on all of our flights were extremely nice and caring.   Many of us flyers told each other our stories of being stranded and I overheard one woman on her cell phone who had to call her Mom and tell her she was coming to see her but it was supposed to be a surprise, but since our flight was delayed at Chicago for so long she had to ruin the surprise and she started crying on the phone to her Mom.   It was pretty sad.   

But after everything that has happened, with my seizures and this national tragedy I couldn't thank God, and his angels enough for watching over me.   Especially his one angel "Cindy"   who was with me everyday. [Cindy was my mom's best friend's who passed this year.]   I told my Mom I have never felt such a strong calming presence in all of my life.   That was every time I would think of her..   

When I was in the hospital laying there my best friend left the room for a brief moment,   and I suddenly realized who was standing in her spot.   It was one of my mom's best friends there to comfort me.   I couldn't see her but I really didn't need to because tears were streaming down my face,   and then a smile because I just knew who was at my bedside!!!!   God Bless Cindy because she kept me safe, gave me strength and flew next to those planes with me on the trip home !!   

I strongly believe there is a reason for everything that happens,   whether it is good or bad.   And I was not meant to go to Mexico,   Not that day at least!!
My Mom has a wonderful saying and it goes "AND THIS TOO SHALL PASS"
My seizures were upsetting and traumatic.   But nothing like what those people in NYC are dealing with.   And I thank God I'm alive and I have so many things to be grateful for.   I never realized before.   But it's taken me quite sometime to say things could be worse, and there is someone out there who has it 10 times worse than me.   So I pray for what I have.   I'm so grateful for everything I just can't even express it in words.   And I will always remember the good things you do in this world will come back to you!!   
Well, I must go, but I thank you all for your love, prayers, and support!!   

God Bless America!!!!   Love Always-------Nicole    
@---)-----           : )

"YES ~ YES ~ YES ~ YES ~ YES"

As one of my mantras in a day,

I will just stop and say..................

"YES ~ YES ~ YES ~ YES  ~ YES"

Sometimes I think it, sometimes I say it
verbally, but ~ always ~ it keeps me going....

For me, saying YES is similar to rocking a
car stuck in the mud or snow.    IF I just keep
trying to floor it, I only dig in deeper.   

YES ... YES..... YES   .....   unsticks me.    lol

Hmmmm it's a way I keep my amygdala clicked forward.

Neil Slade ~ Brain  Magic

 

The Energy Of Snail Mail

My friend Charles Hamel wrote a blog post today.....

"What's The Frequency Kenneth?" 
(link outdated - broken - 10-2013)

Charles speaks about the relationship of energy and vibration.
He goes on to say.....

"We are a vibration of energy, akin to a drop of sea water,
the one
drop contains the same makeup of the entire ocean.
So our souls or
spirits if you will, are a drop of spirit which is made
up of the same makeup
of the entire collective consciousness or
Christ consciousness if you like that
term."

As I was sending out 2 pieces of personal snail mail today, his words
got me to thinking that the mail I sent today is charged with energy.
The kind of energy that is not lost in the transportation.! 

Email is an important form of communication these days, but it will never
come close to the feeling of holding a note or card
in ones hand, and reading and re-reading the message.

Being a military Mom, I can tell you that snail mail is a LIFE LINE
for our military.    Care packages and letters from home are like
gold to deployed troops.   

Within the past couple of weeks I had some military friends write
to a neighbor of my folks.    Larry served in the Army during the
Vietnam era.    His health is not that good right now, and the cards
and notes were a way to lift his spirits.    One Mom, who crochets
lap blankets for our wounded military asked if it would be okay
to send Larry one of those.    He phoned my Mom a couple days ago
and was totally amazed.    He said, "These people don't even know me
and they are sending cards and one person sent me a blanket". 
His spirits were so uplifted.  !!!
( RIP Larry....  He passed in the Fall of 2008)


I now have a whole new take on exactly WHY the snail mail
is so very special.    THANKS Charles.  :)
And THANK YOU for your service in the US Navy.

Is there someone you know who would be
thrilled to have a simple letter or card from you?   

PLEASE DO TAKE THE TIME and SEND SNAIL MAIL !!!!

     

PS………

“What’s the Frequency Kenneth?”   is by ...... REM 

God Sends

In a blog comment today, my new friend Debbie said........

"You are a Godsend"

I am not an overly religious person, but I do believe in something
larger and bigger than myself out there.    I was raised Catholic, but it's
been many years since I 'practiced' that faith, still I have a belief that
Christ was among us with a message...........

The essence of Christ's message was one of love and compassion.

I once heard it put this way.....  "You may be the only face of God
another person sees".    So basically, each and every one of us has
the ability to be God Sends to each other.

 

I think........ I've shared this picture before..... but it's well
worth a re-run to share MY life philosophy.

~* Letting Go *~

The following is a post I had made to some military friends in
March of 2003.        

~* Letting Go *~

DO THIS RIGHT NOW...   REALLY.... DO THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!

Take both of your hands.
Turn them palms up, and make tight fists.

HOLD THOSE FISTS TIGHT.... TIGHTER !!!!!
KEEP HOLDING....

Your see your finger tips turning white....
You are feeling a painful feeling in your hands,
and the pain is now even being felt in the muscles up your arms....  
Keep holding,
your finger nails might even be digging into the
palms of your hands.


NOW -----------      ~* LET GO *~


Slowly open your hands....

Your fingers unravel as you extend and stretch them.
~* take a deep breath *~ and REALLY feel the letting GO.

Relax your shoulders and let go a little more,
a few more deep breaths.

Looking at your open hands, palms up envision the letting go.....

See the built up 'THINGS'

(garbage - crap - anger - frustration - guilt - hurt )

All just running out of your finger tips.........


That is   ~* Letting GO *~


You can use this exercise MANY times in a day to remind yourself to let go.
As you start out, you might have to physically grip your hands, after awhile you can mentally do the letting go.


I made up this ~* Letting Go *~  in 2003 to help my daughter Nicole through a difficult time.  She would stop in to see me, and in talking to me of her life issues, I could see the emotion and crap just building up inside of her.

She was like a tightly corked bottle .... under pressure that at any second was ready to explode.

One day as I was talking to her, I had my hands extended palms up, raising them up and down  and saying....

"Honey, you just have to let this go" !!!!!!!!!!!!

At that moment... it came to me to show her through my hands.... what she was doing to herself IN HOLDING IT ALL INSIDE eating away at her just like the pain you felt in the tight fist.

That was the ~*birthday*~ of ~* LETTING GO*~.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~



This came back to me yesterday when my daughter (age 25) was
talking to me and telling me how she had shared to a
friend that they needed to let something go.....
She even used the hands in a fist to illustrate  ~*Letting Go*~


That....... is parental pay dirt.  !!!

You are.........

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You are beautiful

and here's a link to bookmark....

You are beautiful

* Self Worth *

"Deb, You Need To Have No Doubt"

It was well over a year ago, that my friend Melanie sent
that message to me via an email message....

"Deb, you need to have No Doubt"

As soon as I read the email, I grabbed a pink
index card and wrote down the words  -  No doubt

It was sometime later that I cut the index down and
glued the pink circle to a desk clock that no longer worked.

Today, it's not only a fixture beside my computer, but a fixture
in my mind too.    I can't tell you the times when I have had
a doubt creep into my thoughts and BAMM !!!!   
I can see No doubt as a visual in my mind.

I've thanked you before Melanie, but I am so very
grateful for the encouragement of your words to me.
I love you my dear friend. !!!!

I would like to dedicate this message to Stephen Hopson
over at Adversity University Blog. 
This past week Stephen wrote a post......

How I Almost Let Fear Stop Me From Accepting a $4,000 Engagement

It was after reading Stephen's message that I decided to write
this post today.    Stephen has an open and 'authentic' writing
style that always leaves me thinking and smiling.   

Friends We Don't Know YET ~ They Are Out There

This past week I had an email from Charles Hamel complimenting my site,
and inviting me to check out his blog. 

Admittedly my antennae did a little wiggle as my very first thought was....
"Yeah.... right".   Spam, and lottery winning email has done this to me.  lol
Thank goodness, I dismissed the little buggers and moved out to check
out Charles blog. 

I said to Charles in one of my very first comments that it was like finding
a long lost Bro.   

As I do with all new blogs I land at, I went in the archives and read some
of his first blog entries.    I then jumped over to his 'About' page.
I've copied off that page to share about him with you.....

About Charles Hamel

I am a baby boomer, hippy, born in the 60’s, who spent 10 years of
my life in the United States Navy as a Field Combat Hospital Corpsman
and served during Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield. I do not regret
my time in the military, for if it wasn’t for that time, I probably
would have never became a World Traveler. I have received a lot of
world knowledge having spent time in Korea, Philippines, Hawaii, Guam
and my favorite Japan. I am a Husband, a Father, a Chef, a Vegetarian
and a Environmentalist. A spiritual being on a journey of self
discovery and awakening. I am a writer, a computer nerd, a musician, a
meditation practicing, music aficionado. I am a Blogger, entrepreneur,
non-follower, always marching to the beat of my own drum, intuitive,
easy going, technology geek.

My personal growth journey began in the early 80’s, where I
devoured books on Christianity, Wicca, Hinduism, Buddhism, Hare
Krishna, Astral Projection, Dreams, Meditation, Enochian, Majik. Books
By Tony Robbins, Napoleon Hill, Andrew Carnegie, Dalai Lama, Dan
Millman, Carlos Castaneda, Foundation for Inner Peace and many many
others. I have met with shinto priests, Wiccan Priests, Catholic
Priests, Pastors, Vaishnava’s, Shamans, Psychics, and quite a few
people who were just plain nuts.

Since that time, I feel with the studying I have accomplished, the
traveling I have done, the people I have met on my travels, the
experience I have obtained has shaped me into a Life Knowledge filled,
passionate person with a true desire to help others along there own
personal journey’s.

     My purpose in life, I feel is to:

     Leave a small footprint on Mother Earth, to live consciously,

     to be a good father, to exude love and compassion, to be a

     great listener, to help others on their journey’s, to be a good

     husband, and to live like everyday is my last.

But don't just take my word on it, get there and
read around for yourself....

~Thanks again Charles for reaching out ~ Namaste`   

Charles Hamel ~ On The Path 
http://charleshamel.com/ 

Half the joy of life.....

"Half the joy of
life is in little things taken on the run.
Let us run if we must--even the
sands do that--but let us
keep our hearts young and our eyes open that
nothing
worth our while shall escape us"

Victor
Cherbuliez

Quote snipped from:

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'Amen' by Kid Rock

Amen by Kid Rock
Album - Rock and Roll Jesus -
Original Release Date: October 9, 2007

The video ends with these words:

"This video is dedicated to those whom still believe
in America.   To those who want to fight for what they know
is right.   For everyone who has lost a loved on to war.
And to Jim Broussard.....
He is the epitome of the Real American Patriot".

http://www.therealpatriot.net/

~ Welcome To My World ~

This is scan I made of a small plaque I picked up
for myself when I was Christmas shopping.

I found it at the dollar store.    It now has a prominent
place on the wall in my kitchen.

I've loved this quote since I saw it a few years back.
To me, it embodies everything eccentric -
( deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct
especially in odd or whimsical ways ) - I feel about myself.

I attempted to scan it straight, but this is how it
first came out....   SO..... I left it that way. 

:)     A little crooked

A Bit More On ~ "Spread The Love Now"

Last April I had written a blog post -

Nerotransmitter ~ZING~

From that post I had written the following........

A study was done that showed levels of serotonin
(which are measurable in blood) are elevated
when a person is the recipient of an act of kindness,

or even in the observation of an act of kindness.

Serotonin has been called the 'feel good' hormone.

Compassion and kindness  nearly go hand in hand.
 

No wonder reading everyone's stories on compassion had such an

uplifting affect for me.     Did you have that same sort of feeling?

Hmmmmmmm now you know why.   :)

A huge THANK YOU to Wade, Kenton and Albert for originating

the project.

May the LOVE keep on SPREADING..............
 

Seven Random and Weird Things

I was tagged by Patricia Singleton over at .......

Spiritual Journey of A Lightworker 

Before I share my seven weird things about me that you don't know,
here are the rules of this game of tag:

1. Link to the person's blog who tagged you.
2. Post these rules on your blog.
3. List seven random and or weird facts about yourself.
4. Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
5. Let each person know that they have been tagged by posting a comment on their blog.

Here are my seven random and weird things about me that you might not know:

1.  I prefer gray overcast days to bright sunny ones and I love foggy weather.   

2.  I have the ability to change the world everyday I am living.
    Even if that means sharing a smile or the nod of my head to a
    perfect stranger...   OR maybe a simple comment on a bloggers
    post letting them know how their words impacted me. 
    Interpersonal communication even in the most simple of way,
    can be life altering.   

3.  When I was a kid, we had a player piano in our home.   My Dad used to say
    that leprechauns lived inside the piano.  It was his way of explaining how
    the player piano magically worked.   I always ~knew~ there were little people
    around and inside the piano.  ;)

4.   My favorite thing in the woods is ~ moss.    If you run your fingers over
    moss, it feels just like velvet, and it's GREEN.  :)

5. I have a pen fetish.   I LOVE pens.   I prefer a medium point pen,
    and also adore writing with a Sheaffer fountain pen.   I like Sheaffer's because
    of the handy cartridge refills.   They are available at Michael's Crafts.
    I prefer Dixon Ticonderoga 2 HB soft pencils too.   

6.  Before I start to read a book or magazine I have to smell it.   LOL
     I love the scent of new ink and also love the scent of an old musty book. 

7.  If I could I would ask everyone I know to read - A Gift From Daniel, by
     Karen Alexander.   A simple book, yet very powerful.
    Here was Karen, living in her own little world, muddled up with dirt and
    debris, yet choosing to ignore the beauty around her.... that is until
    Daniel came bee-bopping in her life.    Daniel, in the appearance of
    6 year old, helped her to see the beauty of her own soul.

Okay...........

Here are my tagged friends....

Sue over at Me and Mine

Peggy at Military Moms Rock

Tonjia at One Step Forward

Sable at Panske's

Michelle at Shay's Mom

Hallie at Wonderful World of Wieners

I would tag my ~Wizard~ of a bro... Dave
but I am certain he would not DO IT....   lol
Hey bro old pal...  let's hear something weird about
you in the comment area....

HEY......... come to think of it.......   EVERYONE who's not been
tagged, just share ONE thing weird about YOURSELF in the comment
area.    Awwwwwwwww come on...  just play.   One thing.   wink wink.

Thanks Patricia...   Normally I am not too excited about being tagged,
but this was fun.

XO XO

Deb

   

   

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