Life's Loving Memories

  WIND AND LEAVES AND CHANGE  Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. Wayne Dyer Many seasons bring change, and November is no exception. Trees bring very vibrant colors; the wind blows with fierce force; and eventually, by the end of November the fierce wind has blown the vibrant colors off the trees. A wonderful reminder that new leaves will never grow until the old leaves let go. Just as seasons change, so do we as individuals change. It might be through a change in a job, a new home, a divorce, the death of a loved one; and all of these changes bring a new opportunity to change along with them. All of these changes bring about a new pathway to continue on. For me, after a divorce at 47, my new pathway was finding a new spiritual home, or as my sister would inquire, did you find It, or did It find you? When an unexpected event occurs in your life, you must allow yourself to feel the sadness that occurs. When you are ready a new ...

  MOVE TO THE RHYTHM We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams. Albert Einstein What if life is a dance? A dance is most often set to music, and there are a myriad of dances, and music that fill our lives with inspiration. They play a part in cheering us on, or soothing us as we journey through different phases of our life. Dances and concerts attract a wide variety of people, different ages, different backgrounds, different life styles. Some of us grew up in families that embraced the rhythm of life, some had to acquire it later in life. The Las Vegas Center for Spiritual Living is where I have acquired much of my own sense of rhythm. We get up and move to the music, we clap and dance. Sometimes I need to watch people in from of me to clap to the rhythm. I have always, (up until now), considered myself to be handy-clapped. Luckily my church family has helpe...

  0CTOBER - A TIME FOR MERRIMENT AND MIRTH   “When the witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers ’tis near Halloween.” — Unknown Haul out the pumpkins, pull out the Halloween wreaths, masks and holiday towels. It's time for remembering the costumes through the years, and planning for some new and fun-filled ones for this year. Do you remember costumes from your younger years? I remember when I was about 5, my mother wrapped me in a sheet and handed me a flashlight, and told me I was "The Statue of Liberty".  I was a high school drama teacher, so of course my many costumes continued through the years, a member from the band KISS, Raggedy Ann, an M&M, to name a few. Some of those costumes included a mask, that one could always take off. In our lives today we play many roles, a parent,  a health care expert for the family, taxi car driver for friends and members of the family, house cleaner, cook, and event planner. Because of those m...

SLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST "Slow down you move to fast, You've got to make the morning last." Art Garfunkel   Sometimes when a health issue pops up it's little presence in my life, I find myself wondering why it showed itself up. Has that thought passed through your mind at times as well? Then, when I stop to think about it, I realize that it may be Spirit's way of telling me to slow down, take a look at my life, and to really appreciate it.  In my late forties I discovered I had colon cancer. It was not on the "Top ten things that could happen to me in my life list". I looked at Louise Hay's book, "You Can Heal Your Life", and she said, that sometimes you are not doing what you enjoy doing. I thought to myself, What am I not doing that I enjoy doing? At the time I was teaching speech, and I put my teaching of drama on hold. I realized that I also had not acted in a play in a few years. I looked in the paper and saw that there were audit...

 DON'T LET LIFE PASS YOU BY "You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about. Sophia Loren It doesn't matter what your age is, life is meant to be lived. As a young person I can remember thinking, "I can hardly wait until the summer get's here and we go camping." When I was in my middle years and going through a divorce, I can remember thinking, "What will life be like without a partner?" Now as a senior, looking at the silver highlights in my hair, I know that life is gift, and I've got so many exciting adventures left in my life. And so I keep my eyes open for friends to walk with, movies to see, and concerts to hear. I have a dear friend whose mother made her transition in March of this year. She was such a vibrant person, and such a pleasant person to be around. She was a purser on a cruise line; a recovering alcoholic; a loving mother...

  WHY NEW THOUGHT? Nature herself does not distinguish between what seed it receives. It grows whatever seed is planted; this is the way life works. Be mindful of the seeds you plant today, as they will become the crop you harvest. Mary Morrissey This morning I was stumped about an idea to write about in this blog. I asked my husband for a topic and he said, "What about New Thought". I said, "That's a great idea!" When I discovered New Thought, I was going through a divorce. I had been attending a Toast Master's meeting at The Center for Joyful Living, in Bonita, California for three years. One day I discovered a brochure that talked about, Religious Science. It had probably been there the whole time I had been attending, but I was looking for a new spiritual tradition, and that day, the brochure caught my eye. It spoke about there being one Higher Power and that different people called it by different names. It spoke about how changing your thinking could c...