Life's Loving Memories

 LIVE, LAUGH, AND BE WELL "Love, laugh, and be well speaks to the idea of seeing the good in each and every situation. When we can find the good. shift happens." Sandra Lindsey Smith,               --Life's Garden of Weekly Wisdom" It is said that laughter is the best way to improve a person's mood. fearful, lonely, unhappy, going through a difficult situation, all can be helped with a little bit of laughter. I have a friend whose husband died, and she said what turned her around from reliving that fact, was sitting down and watching reruns of I Love Lucy. S he said it felt healing to be able to laugh, and take her mind off of the painful sadness. If you are anything like me, something may happen, and I feel that my life is crumbling around me; but after a little time has passed, I can look back to see the reason why that event happened. I went through a divorce at 48, and I realized that it opened a path for me to discover my wonderful new f...

 DON'T LET LIFE PASS YOU BY "The power of the One  Mind creates for us." Ernest Holmes Are you a part of your own life? Or do you let life pass you by? Are you awake, aware and focused on what is happening in the world around you? Do you have something you enjoy doing? I am retired, and I don't drive as much as I used to, but every day I rise and write a little. It's something I enjoy doing. Writing in my journal helps me to focus, and then I write a prayer treatment, remembering what I am thankful for. This starts my day off right. I feel blessed by the things I still love to do, reading, writing, talking to friends and family over the phone. These may seem like little things, but they help me to feel connected. When opportunities present themselves, I travel. Being retired for a few years now, I still get out and walk, and I love to read books and take classes. I love to treasure each moment and to shine light wherever I go. Events that happen around me seem unb...

JUST BREATHE "The last of the human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."       Victor Frankl Yesterday at The Las Vegas Center for Spiritual living, Rev Cheryl gave a wonderful talk, on remembering to breathe. She shared that pausing to breathe, brings our body and mind to the present moment; that fear, anger, or anything that brings us angst, can often be lessened, by taking a calming deep breathe. Another key point that she reminded us of, is that we don't breathe alone, Spirit and community are always there, if we take a deep breathe to remember that. As a young child, I was very shy. I often had things I wanted to say, but I wasn't always brave enough to share my thoughts. Somewhere along the way, I grew into finding what I enjoyed, theatre. I found other people who enjoyed some of the same things that I enjoyed doing. That's when I found my family of loving friends, and then it became hard to ...

 JULY IS BUSTING OUT ALL OVER💥 "When I think back into my life, I know that I did what I had to do at the time I was doing it. Would I have changed some of those things? Probably yes, but I also know that everything I have done in my life has brought me to the person I am today." Sandra Lindsey Smith,            Life's Garden Grows Out of June into July, the year is officially half way over; but there is still a half of the year to go. Time to think of the new possibilities for being kind and helpful to the myriad of people who need our love and compassion at this moment in our history? We need to  concentrate on what we can do, and trust that what we are doing will be mirrored by others. Helping at homeless shelters, creating food banks, providing school supplies to those who need them; and keeping these United States in our prayers, to remember that liberty and justice for all really means just that, "Justice for all" . I was delighted to hear ...