Change ~ Doesn't Have to Be a Bad Thing

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And the day came when the rise to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~ Anaïs Nin

I haven't posted in a while. I felt that something with my blog here need to change. I wasn't sure what exactly that was; I just knew that something needed to be different. Posting to our facebook page has never been an issue; I do that daily, but simply re-posting what I posted there didn't seem to be the right thing. I thought maybe a change in venue would be the trick; but that didn't feel "right" to me. You will notice that I did re-design the page a bit tough.

I also added a couple of pages; one is an About Me page and the other is an BPI (Be Positively Inspired) Amazon Affiliate Store (please check it out here). There are a couple of categories - Kindle, Inspirational Books and Vicki's Picks.  My wonderful hubby bought me the Kindle Fire - I LOVE IT, so I naturally had to include it. If you are buying it to use mainly as an e-reader you will love it. If you are buying it to use a tablet . . . there are other tablets out there that offer some other features that you may enjoy more. Inspirational books are by those who I love to quote and those who I love to read. And Vicki's picks are my books simply for the story. So far it seems I have a it may seem that there are a lot of vampire/witch/werewolf type books on there I have a broad range of things that I enjoy reading and I will add more later. If you have read something you'd like to share with me drop me a comment or message me on facebook.

I get comfortable in my routine so change can be a bit daunting. But sometimes change has a way of hitting you upside the head and resisting it . . . is just, well, futile. I worked last evening making changes to the design of this blog and thinking about future blog posts and then this evening some bad news that threw a monkey wrench into the works. I am hoping that everything works out the way that it should.

I hope that you will join me on my journey to see this through. I hope that you will join me on facebook at Be Positively Inspired or here on my personal page.

Nothing in its essence is one way or the other. All around us the wind, the fire, the earth, the water, are always taking on different qualities; they're like magicians. We also change like the weather. We ebb and flow like the tides, we wax and wane like the moon. We fail to see that like the weather, we are fluid, not solid. And so we suffer.~ Pema Chodron - Comfortable with Uncertainty

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Transformation ~ Sept. 17, 2011

Wow . . . dropping my amazing daughter at college yesterday was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I wanted so badly to spend a couple of days up there with her.  We were all in tears before we even left the house yesterday.  It reminded me of when she was little and I would drop her off at day care.  Especially those days when she really didn't feel like going. 

When she called this morning . . . homesick and crying; well I bet you can guess that we had another tough situation.  As the day went on she started feeling better about being there and settling in a little more.  But then we get home from a day at the shop, cooking dinner for 2 and staring in to her empty room . . .

So transformation was a good topic today . . . because we change daily, our kids grow up more every day and there is nothing that we can do about it.  There is no pause button on life; and even if there was our kids need to grow up and learn to live their own lives.  Even though it feels a bit like a part of me is missing.  I know this is an important transition for her and us; but knowing that doesn't make it easier.  I wish I had some advice or tips on making it easier, but right now my emotions are on the surface and it is hard to look deeper.  

Quotes

The distance isn't important; it is only the first step that is difficult. ~ Marquise Deffand

Take an hour every day at dawn and give it to your Self. Meet your Self there, in the holy moment. Then go about your day. You will be a different person. ~ Neale Donald Walsch

Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly...
Suddenly I awoke...
Now, I do not know whether I was then
a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or whether I am now a butterfly
dreaming that I am a man.

~Chuang Tzu

"The caterpillar trusts his maker that all is well. He does not cling to his old garment and thus is transformed into a magnificent butterfly. There is no pain, it is a natural transmutation. So it is with us. As the chrysalis is the bridge between caterpillar and butterfly, so is True perception the bridge between separation and Oneness. We are transmuting into a new state of Being. Clinging to our caterpillar stage, our old ways of judgment, we shall never learn to fly into the dawn of a new day." ~ Peter Erbe


Blog Posts

7 Steps to Move Through Shame, Fear and Regret ~ “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~ Anais Nin


Tiny Wisdom: You Need to Forgive Yourself ~ “Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” -Leo F. Buscaglia

Love Through the Eyes of a Child . . . . ~ ""Love, in it's greatest and most meaningful form is found in the simplistic actions of those who are true to you." ~Danielle Miyoshi" 

Friendship ~ July 15, 2011

This post is all about friendship. My friend, David passed away a couple of days ago. I will miss him, I will miss his hugs; he gave the best.


Quotes

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. ~ Anaïs Nin

Your beloved and your friends were once strangers.  Somehow at a particular time, they came from the distance toward your life. Their arrival seemed so accidental and contingent. Now your life is unimaginable without them. ~ John O'Donohue

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love. ~ Gandhi

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. ~ Woodrow Wilson