Squirming With Stuff

Clearing out “Stuff” is certainly confronting me with myself. BIG ENORMOUS SQUIRM I mean, it’s ridiculous how much I have and even more squirmy all the reasons why. When you start to shift the physical stuff it loosens all the emotional attachments and allows you to see more clearly what has gone on, and how on earth it all got here in the first place. Yesterday’s junk: I couldn’t say NO when people offered me...

Creating A Gratitude Book

As some of you will realise gratitude is a them of mine. Some time ago, months in fact, the idea came to me to start making Gratitude Books to give as presents.If we  record all the things we are grateful for, that we love and that make our hearts sing in one place we have it to turn to in the more troublesome times. When things feel tough and negativity threatens to engulf us we can open our book and remind ourselves of the bounty and beautiful we know...

How to Practice Gratitude

I am sharing this video about Gratitude because it is beautiful and has such a great message it deserves to be shared with the world. This video has been nominated for an 2013 Emmy, now you can see why. It come from Mincha Moment: taking time to be grateful,a place to find beautiful soothing videos that only take moments to watch and to learn about taking time, 2.30pm to be precise to BE GRATEFUL For more on gratitude see my earlier post: A...

We Always Have a Choice

Sometimes we just can’t or won’t take it. But when we can miracles happen, suffering can end. I  listened to my minds story long enough to descend into negative feelings about me and my life.  I then heard myself moaning to my husband about it which made me squirm, as I attempted to draw him into my tale of woe. AND then it happened something in me clicked,  a switch flicked and another part of me got turned on. The I, that I am beyond my...

Change Your State

Change your emotional state all by yourself. Oh yes you can! Isn’t it amazing how we can KNOW something for a very long time and then one day KABOOM it finally slots into place. It happened to me and I am SO grateful. I turned my miserable mind round and ended up feeling bright, connected and inspired. How about that? As so often happens my mind got hold of a real life telephone call and started to build a story about it. As the plot unfolded my...

Margarine and Sugar

How to teach your kids about gratitude (oh and ourselves too). I now know why my Dad used to trot out the Margarine and Sugar story every time he felt we were showing ingratitude or a lack of appreciation. The story goes like this: “When he was a boy in the early 1950′s he and a friend had 70 miles to cycle home on the last day of their youth hosteling holiday. All they had to eat was half a tub of National margarine ( something to do with...