Life's Loving Memories

 WHAT'S GREAT AND NOT SO GREAT ABOUT THE HEAT "I've been waiting all summer to complain about the winter cold." So, it's very hot and everyone is complaining about the heat, sadly enough, me included. The lantanas in my garden love it. The once vibrant orange hibiscus has been fried by it. The heat is great when you have an air conditioner or a pool near you. Sunbathers love it, golfers live with it, and reptiles bask in it. When it's freezing outside we long for the warm weather to return. It's a little like life, heat and cold have their cycles. There are many things we must go through each year on this planet. Appreciate the fact that hot or cold, movie theatres and roller skate rinks are temperature controlled. Be prepared with cold weather wear as well as breathable summer wear. I have plastic tubs for all my clothes. Just as I get tired of wearing the same old things in summer, when the winter comes I pack away the summer things and bring out my wint...

GROWING "Money is like manure, it's meant to spread around, encouraging young things to grow." Dolly Levi, from The Match Maker, by Thornton Wilder  Growth, it comes in all forms: Learning or doing exciting new things, expanding our consciousness; financial abundance; releasing fear and/or resentment, it allows to let go of past worries and dwell on the present positive things in our lives. We grow by embracing the present moment, concentrating on what we do want in our lives, because what we think about comes about. The growth of plants also teaches us important lessons. Plants who are nurtured grow, water and sunlight are necessary. Bamboo when first planted may take up to seven years before it grows over 6 inches. When it is ready, it may grow over six inches to a foot each day. Why, because in takes that long for its roots to grow enough to support it's great height.  We can learn a lot from plants, we need to nurture ourselves as much as we do others, and someti...

DOCTORS, DENTISTS AND OPTICIANS, OH MY “A truly amazing doctor is hard to find…and impossible to forget.” Part of the joy of moving, is finding new health professionals to  replace the ones you left behind. So far so good, although I did get a message to review the service of a doctor that I have never even seen (It's  actually my husband's doctor). We as human beings are so very blessed to be able to have health care when we really need it; but, I always say a prayer for continued good health - a pill and a prayer as Ernest Holmes would say.  The weather here in Las Vegas is in the triple digits, a reminder that keeping hydrated is also a big part of staying healthy. Add exercise and eating in a healthy way, and you have the recipe for staying healthy! "The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.” Mark Twain How do you stay healthy? Is it a conscious decision to live a healthy lifestyle? Is it ...

FROM MY SACRED PLACE TO YOURS  "It is only in the silence that we can hear the voice of the universal life force."   Carolyn Reynolds,  -- Spiritual Fitness It was in my middle forties that I first discovered my spiritual voice. I walked into a Center for Spiritual Living, and found a teaching that coincided with my beliefs about a Higher Power. I cried myself through the first several weeks that I attended the Center--I had finally found a family of like minded individuals. It felt like I had finally come home. One of the things I began practicing was meditation, and I made myself a space in my home for a sacred spaced. Since I have moved to Los Vegas, I created a similar space to come to when I go into the silence to commune with Spirit. Spend some quality time silencing your mind, or listen to some gentle music, or take a walk in nature, anything that allows you to go within and connect with the Divine. "As you become more regular in your spiritual practice you wi...

  SUMMER TIME AND THE LIVING IS UNBELIEVABLE "If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet...There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."   --Fred Rodgers Great sentiment in that quote. One never knows what a difference they may have had in someone else's life just by a simplE smile or kind word. It's summer time, and it's the perfect moment to share some positive attitude with the world. Flowers abound all around me, and my cherry tomatoes are getting small blooms. Summer is upon us  (but here in Las vegas the message was received about a month early). It may seem hot right now but think about it...five or six months from now we will all be wishing it was warmer. I say, live with whatever the weather brings. Savor the seasons for what they have to offer, and be extremely thankful on those days that are perfect for you. Weather is a good analogy for life, there are fabulous days, and not so fa...

 BEING DIFFERENT IS A WONDERFUL THING "Why be Normal" The quote above is one that I saw on a tee-shirt at Disneyland. Someone just passing by and proud to be who she was. I am proud of my own differences. Seventy years of moving to my own drum, following the voice inside me that gave me the inspiration to be myself and to follow my dreams. The picture above is a peach colored hybiscus plant. I have never seen this particular shade of flower ona  plant like this before, it's new and different and exquisite. We should take a lesson from nature and consider the beauty of all of God's plants and awesome creatures who dare to be different. The beautiful flower that tenaciously grows through a crack in a rock; male birds with audacious colors who dance there way into the flirtacious fancy of a female nearby; spectacular sunrises and sunsets that uniquely appear every day, all of these revel in their difference as they amaze their speehless spectators. Celebrate the beautifu...

YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW "Your knowingness is always on. You know what you need to know at the time you need to know it. All ideas are available to you and your mind is open and receptive to them."                               The Power of Decision                              --Raymond Charles Baker Do you sometimes feel that you don't know what you need to know about something? Should I move to a new home, let go of a relationship that isn't working, or move to another job? Very often you ask someone else's opinion, when deep in your heart you really know what the answer is, you just need to have the strength to move on with the action of change. When my mother was alive, she was a great person to talk to about anything I was struggling with. She would listen deeply and allow me to talk about it long enough for me to fi...