Captured Moments

When we can openly, honestly begin to ask ourselves what will inspire each of us to follow a life that enhances our greatest health and happiness, our natural, innate Spirit can begin our inner work towards such a goal. Perhaps we have been following a path that simply reinforces our parental programming, just reinforces our specific, particular roles in life or maybe we are following every generations same set of expectations or perhaps those that society dictates.  Nothing is wrong with that, especially when others are counting on us to lift up and support our family, children, living parents and others that are in our care.  Yet, one of the most fundamental aspects of our human life is knowing and also following what makes us happy and healthy being true to our self. Often we are programmed early about the structure and rules we need to follow in order to generate income, to maintain income and to assure the flow of income in order to continue on with our lives.  O...

When everything seems to be too stressful, tiring, exhausting or futile, taking moments of gratitude helps put everything into perspective.  It can become a marvelous challenge to stop and focus on only what we are so grateful for in our current life.  Offering thanks for all the learning, lessons, growth and wonder of each day is a good way to begin.  Happy for each breath we take and each slice of beauty we see can inspire us throughout the day.  Just a butterfly going by, a new blossom on a tree, a child's precious laugh or a bird swooping through the trees is pause to stop and take in all the unique and cherished things life brings to us every day. Whispering into our open, loving Hearts happy, fulfilling, wondrous moments that maybe we just catch out of the corners of our eyes is enough to stop and offer sincere thanks for all we receive each and every day of our lives. The more we focus our attention on what we LOVE about life, including ourselves, the more...

To truly love our self is to accept God's Love for us.  Simply put, Loving our self like God Love's us aligns us with LOVE as an active, powerful force.  Simple in concept, perhaps difficult in practice! Imagine an Infinite Being Loving and Accepting you on all levels and in all ways. Naturally, we would adjust our attitudes, our outlook, our self-forgiveness and we'd naturally begin to let go of traits that no longer serve us.  We'd realize we aren't the past and we would feel the release of those age old bonds that we have outgrown.  It would be a natural letting go! We can love the past, be grateful for the past, realize our lessons from the past and shine all the way through to the current moment. If we imagine the Purest Love Loving us all the way through, we'd realize that Love is the Love of the Infinite Being of Pure Love and Pure Energy beaming right into us that that we already are within.  Any and all old 'knots' that we aren't will ...

Once we hit a certain place in life when we realize we haven't been alone on this path, we can begin to trust that who we aren't anymore can go.  Perhaps it is an old mind set, maybe it is an old emotional belief and it could be a feeling about our self in our physical body that no longer serves us well. In terms of evolution, growth, shift and change, moving on from stuck old patterns becomes essential.  See it like a peach tree.  As the seasons change, the fresh new Spring flowers come and they blossom so beautifully!  Next, the petals drop and a hard awkward closed bud is there.  The bud becomes a peach with lots of fuzz after awhile.  As the peach grows and develops, it becomes perfected in the summer sun to full ripeness.  This is when it usually gets plucked and consumed.  If it remains on the tress too long, it will begin to fade, become diseased and finally drop back onto the earth.  Right before this happens, the peach is perfect t...

If we were to look into our own Heart, we would see and feel a deep and abiding LOVE.  Deep in that LOVE we would find a deep forgiveness for our self and all others.  That depth of LOVE within is surrounded by understanding.  What our Heart understands is we have many levels and layers to get through on our way to deeply understanding our human condition, nature and situation. Yes, there are pitfalls, distractions, confusion, troubling situations and deceptions along the way that throw us all off course.  A bit like a mind field that creates illusions and a sense of safety that might not actually be there or might be there hiding!  We might apply our greatest intelligence to any situation and still trip and fall right into the middle of things. Human nature is not perfect!  Human nature is not always ideal.  Human nature is not without unconsciousness.  Yet, it is in our very humanness that we have the most amazing possibilities and potential...

Often, we are not aware we can consciously, actively make a choice to become more consciously aware of life, ourselves or others through greater CONSCIOUSNESS ITSELF! We may think what our mind, emotions and body tells us is the extend of our choices.  Maybe we think we can choose our foods, our liquids, our clothes, our home and our friends but we can't choose to open our minds and hearts to more. The truth is, we can! The most basic first step to this process is to aspire to have our own hearts and minds open.  Aspiration involves Spirit and our Higher sense of Self.  Aspiring to know the Truth, helps bring in the people, places and opportunities to face what is false about our selves and our lives.  It is like the flow of a stream that begins to break open the old walls and bring in the new pathways forward!  It might appear like too much of a good thing that appears chaotic, untamed, immeasurable and over-the top but it is actually holding within it, the c...

If we can stand back from all that is unfolding in our world, we can begin to see the beginnings of a new era, starting in the US. If we simply look through inner eyes, we can see that a re-balance of energy is happening in the world.  One species, one sex, one color and one nation has dominated much in the world for a long time.  Our current world reflects that on many levels. The shift that is occurring now strongly indicates a new era is happening for the good of all living things. The current US President and his wife represent the end of an era, where the wealthy, white men, suits and ties are seen as the best to dominate others and take control while a soft, beautiful supportive female stands quietly at their side. Their image reinforces the old standard by which much of the world has been run!  However, there is a growing number of people that do not fit that image who are gaining in strength and number to give voice to something else.  The question is w...