End of Summer Walk

Time to leave the homestead for a bit...

My dog and I went out for a long needed afternoon walk...

Along the quiet country road stretch out in front of our house;

Beneath blue and billowy skies...

I am reminded, "There is never nothing going on;

There are no ordinary moments" ... 

And that, "It's the journey that gives us happiness, 

not the destination"  ...

And I realize that home is not a place, but a perspective. Home is where you are loved, respected and valued, first of yourself, and then of those who dwell with you. Home is where you rest assured!

Happiness is My True Nature

Today I begin the Ophra and Deepak 21-day Meditation Experience. Our mediation mantra for today is:

Happiness is my true nature

Morning Meditation with LizAnn

Part 1

Getting the Body Ready

Part 2

Relaxing and Clearing Your Mind

Part 3

Gratitude and Positive Intentions

Do It Any Ways, It's Between You and God!

Visualization

"What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?" ~Ralph Ellison, The Invisible Man

Today I got out for a walk with my dog. I have been working for hours trying to get these blogs launched. They still are not all that I want them to be. But I must be patient and take things slowly. I am one to want the results yesterday. I believe it is because I feel as if I am racing against time.

I have been practicing medative prayer in the mornings. After everyone is going, I sit on the couch in a meditation formation and quiet my mind before God. I read some from the Bible. I listen to God talk to my heart. I practice thankfulness and gratitude for all that I am and have in the now. And then I practice positive visualization and form of prayerful request for myself and others. Instead of asking right out, I visualize what I want to see accomplished. Sometimes I end up asking as well. But mostly I try to visualize. It is so peaceful. God is very near to me and my mind is so calm.

The mind is a very powerful thing. Even God says in his word, "As a man thinketh, so is he." We have to see ourselves the way we wish to be. We have to see ourselves with all the positive attributes we desire. We have to practice this until it becomes a habit.

How much of our lives are wasted because we have seen ourselves through the distorted mirrors that other people have given us. Because we have lived up to everyone else's expectations of us. So many of us have pressed out our true identity ~ we have become DEPRESSED!

Now its time to turn those mirrors away and begin to visualize ourselves in all the splendor and glory that God intended for us in our creation.