Day 365 / 365

What a marvelous year, 2010.  As it has wrapped up I reflect on so much that to be thankful for, some nuggets are:

...inner-growth that yields to outward growth; and all the magnifcient creative processes and ingredients that have gone into it

...realizing how deeply loved I am...and how deeply I love, even when I don't realized it

...that healing can happen, when I stick with it no matter how many times or how many faces healing takes on...I have been attuned to them all...and have been blessed by the re-emergence of the Face of my Soul...through my every day.

...learning to get over it when folks don't behave the way I think they should... (or the way I think I would); when they don't own their responsibility... yep, more for me to reflect on w/in myself to see if and where I might do this

...I've become even more smitten with the Creative Process of Living - and my part in that as co-creator/co-partner with the Force... it has indeed been with me (as I know it always is...I just might not always remember)

...dreaming bigger...and even bigger in 2011 "... to infinitiy and beyond.!" ... as Buzz Lightyear would say..and having people in my life to remind me

..the ever-expanding Creative Tribe that surrounds me in 3D... and blesses me beyond my imagination and sometimes beyond my awareness; and yet...I am well aware of  bounty that blesses me in each and every one who I come in contact with, be it for a minute, an hour...or a lifetime; whether we've spoke words or with our eyes and hearts... it's all real.  It's all felt...and it all blesses everyone involved...and beyond.

I am grateful for the prospering power of Gratitude-Joy... the vibrating elixir of joyful love...coursing through the veins of my body...the breath and breadth of my being, as it meets yours! 

Here's to a new year... may it be the best one yet!  ...for each one of us!

Wondrous, sweet blessings...
Cheryl

Day 349 / 365 - When you least expect...

Taking time at lunch from the fast pace at work...to breathe, and be aware of all the brilliance in my life that makes my heart and soul bloom in warmth and love...and appreciation.  It's like a hug from my heart.   And yes, that Spirit is all around me, bouying me up whenever I may waiver, or question the "why, why me, why them" of how things are.... 

That Spirit of Gratitude greeted me this morning as I hopped into a cab (at 8:55) at the train station...to make it quickly and safely to work on time at 9AM.  As always, I greeted the cab driver with a hello and how are you...and he began to talk about how good he was, how good life is...and how no matter how bad we might think we have it at times...there's always someone else who's going through the same, or seemingly worse; but when we have friends, family and love in our heart... we are rich!  Really.. he went on for 1-2 minutes!  As he's talking I'm grinning ear to ear...'cause I know I am experiencing a Divine Gift!  I have never expereinced a cab driver with such exuberance for life... and I thank him for his joyful testimony...and for getting me to work on time!

What an incredible way to start the day.   When we least expect it... Grace and Gratitude  shows itself in our lives...like a radiant smile; we just have to have our inner-vision attuned.  And so...right now..in this moment...I'm also aware of my gratitude for....

1) ...my brother Billy...for all the deep, mystic conversations we have, the creativity we share...and for him being his loving, courageous, strong, spirited self.  He's a spiritual warrior and I am inspired and  learn more from him than he may ever know.  I love you Billy! -- And.. I love that he loves the charcoal gray, chenille scarf I crocheted for him a few years ago.  In an e-mail he said:  "... today, looking for a brace against the elements and shazamm!  I thought I told you how much I loved it.  Visually it has an embracing aura of comfort. In a practical sense it's awesome in it's volume.  And when you wrap it around your face the wind is weak against its protection" -- Wow..."giving" truly is the gift that keeps on giving.   xxoo

2) ...taking time to learn something new... for the first time I'm learning to knit socks!  Crazy-Wacky, colorful socks - using 4 double-pointed needles (and a 5th to knit with) yikes! - with all that going on it's actually calming... not much room left in my mind to think of anythng else - meditative.  ...glad that part of me is coming forward again... I honored that "inner part" of me with a SoulCollage card, here.

3) ...working... being in a rhytym with work... with life...and the insights gained  yet again through my conversation with Billy last night which coincided with the indescribable book Feng Shui for the Soul, by Denise Linn, here.. I can feel the deeper shifts beginning - within, and with my home;  a time of letting go, re-defining, re-visioning and saying "yes" to my bloming soul!

Now.. off to enjoy the cold sunshine of this Winter day...

Day 337 / 365 - Letting go...

Ahh...yes... sitting here, cozy in the living room on this cold winter day... glad to have my humble abode.  I breathe.  I let my mind slow down..to come down from hanging on all the thoughts that assemble there; reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw recently that read "Don't believe everything you think" - or something to that effect. Hmm..   And so.. coming back to the peace, the stillness, coming back to my intention to slow down and to get off of the merry-go-round of thought... to let go of it all, again and again.  In that light, I breathe a conscious breath... settle into my chair... feel my inner being cement it's connection with my physical being...  In this moment, I am aware of my gratitude for....

1)  ...my home - an all the Spirit of my home has witnessed... I am grateful for all She has taught me, is still teaching me... and what I have yet to learn...  I am thankful to be listening....

2) ...Pat Allen's Studio Process:  Art For the Soul at Lisa's studio, Whispers From the Moon today...  it's indeed a gift to create art from the heart with the kindred spirits there... and in that special place that is the studio.   I'm thankful I had today off, that I could attend.

3) ...my evolving Tree Woman that's emerging during the Open Studio Process - I'm thankful for the process, for her evolving physical body...and for all she's teaching me in Spirit, in Process...as she emerges..  Thank you Tree Woman.

4) ...family... connecting with K this week, even if it was brief... she sounds good

5) ...my rejuvenating health, appreciation for life...and Spirit that animates this body of mine...

6) ...my good job.. as well as my life's Work...which I'm consistently reminded that my Life Work is mine to do from where ever I am... at any moment...

7)  ...The Creator of All that Is - and It's upholding, sustaining energy in the universe...and in the lives of every one of us...

Blessings do indeed abound.