Spooky Start To The Day

~* Happy Halloween *~

Put Your Best Foot (Post) Forward

Say that you share your blog with someone or someone surfs
on your site to read a specific article.   

Do they stay..... or do they quickly jump away ?

What IF they see a listing for your 'MUST SEE' blog posts.   :)

Ahhhhh HA,  you've lured them to read a bit more at your site,
and now maybe they will sign up for your site feed. 

In doing a bit of research to see how to add such an area
to my own site, I came across a web page that was interesting.
Site readers have a dominant reading pattern.

~ WOW that really surprised me.   

F-Shaped Pattern For Reading Web Content

I also added those same MUST SEE posts in the 'About'
area of my blog.   

If you do add such an area to your site, please come back
and share the link. 

Fall Morning ~ In Ohio

Early Morning October 22, 2007 ~ My Back Deck

My Tattoo For Personal Strength

Here is a picture of my tattoo.

Hmmmm well first off I will explain that it's one I

drew on myself this past week.   :)

My folks have been through some serious medical

issues and both are on the healing mend.

The emotional strain of caring for them and also

taking care of my family and myself was starting to wear on me.

I have a fabulous support system not only in my immediate family,

which I am most thankful for.....

Hubby Michael, children and extended family and friends,

but also in my community of ~online friends.

I was having a down moment this past week,

and I drew the heart on my wrist to remind myself

of how well I am loved, cared for and prayed for.

I took care in choosing where to draw the heart.

It is the place that one will reach around with your

other hand to take your pulse.

The place is constantly in my view and a reminder

of those who love me and care.

THANK YOU to those whom this heart represents.

You ARE my lifeline. !!!!!

LOVE

Deb

MIA - Deb

Dear Friends,

I've been MIA - Missing in Action due to some minor
personal medical issues that now have resolved.
Not to get overly personal, I'll just say that some
upper gastro issues have cleared up.   THANK GOD.  :)

My parents are also going through some of their
own medical issues and being the child closest 
in proximity to them I've been on the go helping out.

My Mom is 75 and is now in a rehab hospital to get
back on her feet following a series of infections.
My Dad is 77 and he has been in a successful
battle with bladder cancer. 

Your prayers would be MOST welcome.

My AF daughter in law has now returned from Iraq,
and my son is due home within the week from
a year tour in Korea.   When I say 'home', I mean
stateside to his base in Texas. 

XO XO
Deb 

~* My Favorite Things *~

I'm dedicating this post to my very dear friend,
Aileen.   May it be a reminder that you can escape
life's stressful and distracting moments
when you remember to think about.....

~*~ Your Favorite Things ~*~

With *Love*

Deb

My Favorite Things
Performed by - Lorrie Morgan
New World Philharmonic

The Sound of Music - 1965
Music by - Rodgers & Hammerstein

* Note:
I prefer Julie Andrews vocal rendition,
but this video is quite lovely.
Still, it's one of my ALL time *Favorite* songs.

May you feel the love !

Dear Friends,

This graphic represents how I hold ~you~ each day.

 

May you feel the love !

Namaste`
Deb

The Symptoms of Inner Peace By - Saskia Davis

Last month I wrote to the author of
The Symptoms of Inner Peace asking for her
permission to share this on my site.
The following is her reply and then her writings....

Thank You Saskia for your generosity of spirit. !

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
June 2007

Dear Deb,

I would be honored to have you include in your blog
The Symptoms of Inner Peace  with the additional writings. 
Thank you for wanting to share them in this way. 
And, no, so far, I don't have a website of any kind, but I am getting close. 
It has been a wonderful experience  "meeting" people who do have
sites and  who have posted "Symptoms," and  the desire to create
one has been growing in me. 
Currently, I have a few priorities for my time before I can get to the site,
but I look forward to the day when I have one, and I
will certainly be happy to let you know!

Saskia

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Symptoms of Inner Peace

Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a
great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is
possible that people everywhere could come down with it in
epidemic proportions.
This could pose a serious threat to what has, up to now,
been a fairly stable condition of conflict in the world.

Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:

* A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than
on fears based on past experiences.

* An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.

* A loss of interest in judging other people.

* A loss of interest in judging self.

* A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.

* A loss of interest in conflict.

* A loss of the ability to worry. (This is a very serious symptom.)

* Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.

* Contented feelings of connectedness with others and nature.

* Frequent attacks of smiling.

* An increasing tendency to let things happen rather
than make them happen.

* An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others
as well as the uncontrollable urge to extend it.
 
WARNING:
If you have some or all of the above symptoms,
please be advised that your condition of inner peace may
be so far advanced as to not be curable.
If you are exposed to anyone exhibiting any of these symptoms,
remain exposed only at your own risk.

by Saskia Davis @1984




Link to Saskia's web site where a print is available in poster format.
Be SURE to look for the story behind the creation of the poster called:
Poster Miracle.   It is ~indeed~ a miracle.  

http://www.symptomsofinnerpeace.net

Email contact: Saskia Davis -   symptomsofinnerpeace@me.com

 
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History of The Symptoms of Inner Peace

The Symptoms of Inner Peace was written for a newsletter when I was
the Director of the Northwest Center For Attitudinal Healing. We were
providing peer support groups for people with life-threatening and
chronic illnesses and their family members.

May all the blessings that arise from the ground of Inner Peace be yours.
Sincerely,
Saskia Davis

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saskia's comment to an individual  who is on a spiritual path.
March 2007

As the author of the Symptoms of Inner Peace, I want to say
that it has been my experience that there are times in some of
our lives when we are growing spiritually, and things can
feel out of control, even good things like Inner Peace.
At those times, I have found there are a few things that are helpful:

(1) To find someone to walk with, metaphorically speaking,
someone who can either relate to what you are going through,
or if not, at least someone who will not judge you in a negative
way or develop fear. This might be a friend or a spiritual teacher
or even a spiritually oriented therapist, someone whose path you respect.

(2) Another thing that is really essential is physical work.
Work helps us to ground our new experience of self in the physical world.

(3) And, finally, a sense of curiosity and patience is required,
because when we are in the middle of transformation, sometimes
it is pretty difficult to see who we are becoming; and it takes a while
before it all begins to make sense. Meantime, curiosity can help keep
us out of fear and judgement against ourselves.

Good luck to you,
Saskia

(Post revised - July 16, 2010)

Text: The Meaning of Life in 700 Words - by Story Waters

You are amazing. You are the creation of yourself. You are that which creates. You are the choice to experience existence – beingness. The only limit to what you can be is your self-belief and your imagination. To be born into this reality is to enter a wonderful, shared illusion that grants you complete free-will in the creation of your own personal reality; this is your creatorship. Within the illusion we believe that we are looking at a separate, objective world where we experience self and other; beneath this apparent separation we are unified; we are one.

Reality is a mirror of your being. You are creation exploring itself in a space-time mirror. Through what you choose to believe you create your reality. You change your reality by changing your beliefs about both it and yourself. The eyes with which you look actually shape what you see (this is now shown in quantum physics). Perception is not passive; it is an act of creation. Your choice of perception forms not only how you experience yourself, but your entire reality. Awakening to your creatorship leads your experience of reality to become more fluid and direct. This is to enter conscious creatorship where what you desire is quickly manifest.

The key to conscious creatorship is the allowance of change; the birthing of the unknown into the known. The basis of allowance is acceptance. To change your reality you must first accept it. As long as you reject what you do not like about your reality you are in denial of your creatorship, leaving you feeling stuck. To accept that you are choosing your reality, release attachment to any preconception of how life should be and instead love what is. This comes through the taking of complete responsibility for every element of your reality. This is to love your choice. It is to love yourself. You are the choice of yourself.

Release your fear. Fear is fear of the unknown, fear of being limitless. Fear creates limitation. There is a natural, beautiful unfolding to life that can only arise when you let go of the control that arises through fear. To face your fear is to allow yourself to be vulnerable and put down the shields you have used to protect yourself. All shields are a representation of a belief in danger and therefore lead you to the very danger you want them to protect you from. Whilst you are barricaded behind shields (fear) you will never truly feel safe. All that blocks you in life is the manifestation of your fear. The discovery of freedom is the realization that the only force pushing against you is you. You hold the key to any cage you may be in. To cease to judge and control your own being is to release struggle and enter joyful, effortless creation.

You are awakening to your creatorship and the nature of the illusion. This is a natural process and requires no more than fearlessly being yourself. This means opening and following your heart. This is your freedom: believe whatever your heart feels to believe. This is to live in the Now. It is to awaken to the equality of all beingness and release judgment of both yourself and the world. Ever changing truth is the reflection of the ever unfolding birth of beingness that is life. In this state there is no such thing as ‘The Truth’. There is no need of an answer for there is no problem. Just be. There are no limits to what you can be; you are infinite. The joy of this life arises through completely allowing your own being.

Within your heart is a dream. The meaning of life is to live that dream. You can only live that dream if you believe you can. Believe in your dream. You are free to be whatever it is you wish to be. You are an embodiment of all creation. The answer to every question you can conceive is within you, for you are both the creator and perceiver of all you experience. Allow your beingness to blossom without limitation or control and you will experience the limitless love and freedom that you are.

Discover more about these ideas in ‘You Are God. Get Over It!’ and ‘The Messiah Seed’ by Story Waters available from Amazon.com and Limitlessness.com. Also Story’s audio recordings ‘Unleash Your Self. Unleash The World’ and ‘No Rules. A Rebellion of Love’. Visit Limitlessness.com to download ‘Invitation to Remember’ the free monthly audio show from Story Waters and Lee Harris. A printable poster of 700 words is available on Limitlessness.com in the free gifts section. Copyright 2006 Story Waters. This article may be freely distributed provided the full text including these ending credits are included.

http://www.limitlessness.com/700words.cfm 

Sharing ~ Story Waters

I borrowed this info from the Meet Story Waters
area of his web site.
He has an enchanting and easy going style about him......

Story Waters is a spiritual author seeking to empower people to
experience the light within their own being. “The light to follow is the
light within yourself.” Through his writing he empowers people to
connect with, trust in, and follow their own spirit above any
external person, organization, religion, or dogma. He inspires people
to develop their own inner voice and to love and completely accept
their own being without limitation.

Story has adopted the term 'limitlessness' to describe the state
of being where spirit naturally resides. So rather than encouraging
readers to become 'other than they are' he empowers them
to realize 'All That They Already Are' through freeing the self
from the limited beliefs that it may have taken on in forms such
as fear, shame, guilt, and lack of self-worth. In Story's eyes
everyone is a uniquely special expression of God and he feels
that if we must name a purpose to life then it is to step into
the power of that realization, live in the love that is our being,
and to share that joy with the world. By simultaneously
experiencing our unity as well as our individuality, Story sees
the world transforming into a Unified Diversity where love is seen
as the natural state that occurs when we let go of fear.

Story was born in England in 1972. After studying
Clinical Psychology for five years he left university one year
short of obtaining his Doctorate knowing that it was not his path.
He started channeling his wider-self at the age of twenty,
developing a powerful connection to his spirit in limitlessness.
Though Story still channels he no longer sees it as a separate,
distinct state, but rather as an integral intuitive sixth sense
as important as seeing or hearing.

Limitlessness.com, homesite of channelers
Story Waters and Lee Harris.
WWW.Limitlessness.com



The Meaning of Life in 700 Words
by: Story Waters