Weather Patterns

I'm reading John Edward's book, Infinite Quest, right now and even though most of what he writes about isn't new information for me, he has a way of putting things that make concepts even more clear than they had been before.

An example of this is how many people, including myself, talk about how our thoughts become things and how important it is to pay attention to our thoughts because that is how we manifest what comes into our lives.  John, however, refers to our thoughts as "bullets of energy" that we are spraying out in front of us.  Now THAT brings a whole new level of clarity to the concept.  Just the other day, I caught myself spraying some pretty negative bullets and remembering his way of explaining it, I was able to stop the thoughts more quickly than I ever had before and replace them something more pleasant.  :-)

In his book, he talks about how we create situations, opportunities and lessons that enable us to discover and evolve in our soul's progression.  I loved the way we wrote about it because the focus was not on beating ourselves up for what we have created in our lives.  Instead he suggested we focus on what we intended or hoped to learn from the things we created - a gentle way to take a step back and say, "Hmm, I wonder why I created this?"

In the book, he also talks about the importance of understanding the "weather patterns" we create in our lives and suggests that we try to describe our changing attitudes in weather terms and see what it shows us.  Are we "partly sunny" or always "stormy"?   How do our "weather patterns" change in different environments (work, home, in your car) or around different people.

All that thought about weather patterns got me thinking about radio stations (I can't explain why, it's just how my mind works)  :-)  When I was driving over the hill to the beach this week, the radio stations I normally listen to began to have a lot of static as I got farther into the mountains . . . and I began to think about how analogous that is to how I feel around people . . . with some people, I feel like my "signal" is strong and my "song" comes through clearly . . . and with some people, I can feel my signal waning and my "song" starts to sound muddled.  And I thought to myself, "Hmm, I wonder why my "signal" wanes in certain situations?"

If you take a look at your life, your current experiences, "weather patterns" and "radio static," do you know why you may have created it? Do you know what you were hoping to learn?  Taking some time to consider the answers to those questions may give you some pretty interesting insights.

Reasons to Smile

When I was a little girl, my two most favorite things in the whole world were daffodils and German shepherds.  Every year since Lucky made her transition, I have had at least one daffodil make an early appearance between Christmas and New Years, and this year was no different.  A couple days before the new year, this daffodil popped up.  Given that the rest of my daffodils bloom in March, I consider it a little gift from Lucky each year.  The daffodil that makes an early appearance is usually in one of the pots closest to the backdoor, so every time I look outside I see it . . . and I can't help smiling and feeling a bit "lucky."

Speaking of reasons to smile, one of my best friends sent me this video clip of dog and a little child that warmed my heart. It is so precious I just have to share it.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.  Best Friends

And lastly, I have two very special clients named Buster and Mia.  I have written about them in past blogs, when their mom Jewel and their dad Guy made their transitions, and a few summers ago when Reiki treatments helped a tumor in Guy's abdomen go away, when the doctors were sure he needed surgery to remove it.  If you saw them, you'd be convinced they were puppies because they are so goofy and full of life.  They have big personalities that would make you smile even on the gloomiest day.  Last night, their mom sent me a photo of them, with a note that said, "Buster and Mia wanted you to see how nice they look in their new black/grey collars."  They were so excited about their new "clothes" I thought they'd appreciate it if I shared the picture with all of you.

They say that the energy right now is stronger than ever for manifesting our thoughts, so I figure why not focus our thoughts on the good stuff in life.  I hope you are finding plenty of reasons to smile as well, and that in turn, the Universe gives you even more to smile about!