A Dedication To All The Fathers Out There

I've been hearing this song almost every night for the past two weeks and it is so touching that I want to dedicate it to all those wonderful and often under-appreciated fathers out there. Here's to you great guys! Dance With My Father Again Back when I was a child Before life removed all the innocence My father would lift me high...

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Top Ten Facts About WOMEN In The World Today... A Reminder

Image by Getty Images via @daylifeWomen in the world today do not have it easy in any respect. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. is the key word here. Here are some facts, as a reminder on what we are up against from About.com.  And I don't consider myself a feminist because I do not like labels or categories - I refuse that - as one of my favourite rappers...

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Pay Attention To The Way You Feel!

This is my good news day. How do you feel most of the day? Do you know? Are you even aware of the specific emotions you feel when the occur?  Here's a heads up about life and being in the moment from some of my favourite teachers. It is high time you started paying attention to the way you feel! Brad Yates, EFT Expert extraordinaire...

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Control Is About Letting Go

Image by ♥Denise A. Wells♥ A gentle reminder from a previous post on how to release the need to control. Control is all about letting go as I have discovered.  Yes, it is terrifying idea for those who desperately hang onto this need for dear life and as I know to my detriment, fighting on no matter what brings incredible pain and little...

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What Values Do You Personify?

Image by alicepopkorn via FlickrWhat are you, and by that I mean what values do you personify which enables you to accomplish what you set out to do on any particular day?  Why this topic... well, I awoke with the thought – I am love – I am life – I am heart – so I made it my meditation mantra this morning. With that, it seems...

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Do You Have The Answers You Need For Success?

Do you have the answers you need for success? First of all, forget about being liked or being like everyone else! That's pretty damn awful and in any case, it's impossible. I lived it, so I know. Never conform to the big group. Listen to the fabulous Earl Nightingale tell you how to think deliberately and with purpose. The Strangest Secret...

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Raise Your Vibration Ladies!

Today's post is all about raising your vibrations ladies. Yes Ma'am! You see, being female, authentic and walking my talk is straightforward most days. It is very easy for me to say "no" – firmly, without malice or forethought and unequivocally without any explanation. On other days, it is downright tough when I react emotionally (thoughts...)...

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Have You Discovered Your Passion Yet? 3 Boosters to Hook You Up

Here's my good news post and it's all about passion. Have you discovered your passion yet? If not, why not because I am sure that there are things you love to do, that fire you up, that you can't stop talking about. Here are 3 boosters to hook you up: Erin Pavlina: How to Find and Ignite Your Passiondo you know what you're passionate about?...

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Mother Earth's Ocean Landscape and Her Children

Image via WikipediaI reserve my weekend posts for GOOD NEWS but with the scum suckers at BP destroying our environment, I thought it rather timely to, again, share perspectives about Mother Earth's ocean landscape and her children. Peter Tyack: The intriguing sound of marine mammals Brian Skerry reveals ocean's glory -- and horror Jeremy...

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You Are What You're Looking For!

Image by niceazurpassionpoesie This is probably the shortest article I've ever posted but man is it worth it. What people really want is to be fully themselves. They want the sense of aliveness, of being myself fully. But they want it through this, that, or the other.  They don't realize that nothing can give it to you because you...

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Fertilising The Garden of the Heart

Image by oedipusphinx via FlickrWhile in meditation and working on my energy centres (chakras) I saw my heart chakra as a garden; a lush, green and vibrant garden which got me to thinking about the garden of the heart.  So I started wondering how many of us consciously pay attention to this garden of the heart and nurture it as we would...

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GOOD NEWS: Music To Move You!

Image via WikipediaOkay peeps, here are some goodies for my, you guessed it, good news weekend.  This time it's all about music to move you; haunt, touch, inspire and lift you all at the same time from the incredibly wonderful TEDTalks. Indie singer Sophie Hunger Nathalie Merchant sings new poems to life Natalie MacMaster fiddles...

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How Accepting and Loving of Yourself Are You?

Ed and Deb Shapiro have written a wonderful article on HuffPost, Intimacy -- Into Me, I See; Into Me, You See. I have included an excerpt but you really ought to read the full article. They include a simple meditation technique for accepting and loving yourself. That's my good news post. Have an absolutely sparkling weekend y'all! Intimacy...

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Who Are We, Really; Do You Know?

Who are we, really? Do you know who you are, do you? And what are your really made of? These questions came up while I was mentally raging at someone and deciding how to blast them.  But actually I was just venting my because I knew it would be an exercise in futility; talking to the "deaf" is a waste of time! However, I had to work...

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Our Ocean's Health

With what's going on in the Gulf of Mexico, I wanted to add this to underscore what's at stake, for those who  might still be in the dark. It is all about our ocean's health. We (the world) are losing the micro-life that sustains everything under the water and in the sand, every single bloody day because of this disastrous, murderous...

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Life Is Just About Loving: Get Started Loving Today

The thought for today is about love; the global (compassion) kind and the love for that special someone. I'm thinking about love because of this luscious man that I unexpectedly met and quite by chance too since I definitely wasn't looking; I have enough on my plate as it is. Life is about loving I have been thinking about the world of...

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Getting Old Is A Bitch When You Reap What You Sow

I recently witnessed an incredible scene of cruelty and utter disdain between a mother and her child which brought to mind the old adage "you reap what you sow" and in this case, getting old is really a bitch! Martyrdom is the mother's stock in trade and has been adopted by her daughter as well but that doesn't make the scene right, does...

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