May you have an EXTRAordinary new year full of everything your heart desires. Sending echoes of sweetness, peace and love out into the cosmos!
Tag: wishes
Crossroads
I’ve arrived to an intersection,
the long journey inward,
expecting nothing but silence
to neutralize the recent events.
I comprehend that knowing means nothing
and the ego takes care of the rest
with its nagging chit-chat
covering the path with doubt and negativity.
The gibberish that arrives must be exterminated
so I can continue traveling down the road
aligning self to spirit,
wishes to dreams,
grace to awareness.
The voices have subsided.
I am searching for the calmness
of faith and blessings
as hope floats upward.
Life is lived with love,
the inward version of infinite wisdom,
and I vast in the light
of a new beginning and the distant road
allowing the Divine to lead the way.
My Wish For You
My wish for you is to fall in love. Fall in love with yourself, darling, in a way that allows the illuminating light of love to shine onto others through the highest frequency. Fall madly in love with yourself in the way you fall in love with nature. Let the world be your lover. Be in love with the infinite universe. Radiate the presence of forgiveness, kindness, understanding, and compassion that’s always inside of you. I wish you to fall so profoundly that nothing will hurt you ever again when it pertains to a relationship: any type of love, not just a lover but a child, a parent, and a friend. You have learned that pain and disappointments are just experiences to teach you about the different facets of your soul. No one can give you what you do not already have in you for loving. You ARE your greatest love. Look in the mirror and watch the lover in you reflecting….
And with that love go out and change the world by your example. Be the lightworker, the dream maker, the wizard and fairy Godmother. Keep planting love even when all you see is hate. Cause, darling, love is the essence of all divinity in the cosmos. Love IS the reason we exist. You, me, us, and them…we get to decide how the world evolves.
Have a blessed day! Mucho love to you!
Kisses in a Novel
You give me
the kind of feelings
that great novels
hold within their pages –
joy,
laughter,
intimacy,
sweet surrender
and the desperation
of anticipating
the next time we meet.
Each page turns,
the chapters change…
and I wait for the moment
I get to kiss you again.
Mystifying Riddles
There are amazing mysteries in our universe: the great pyramids, the Mayan calendar, the conscious mind, the cosmos, the beginning of time, the big bang theory, UFO’s, and the spiritual world whose veil is thinning with acceleration of these times.
These great mysteries aren’t meant to be solved. They are as apparent as love out there in the world to ponder and accept. We are constantly trying to solve the miracles of life. But, some things aren’t meant to have specific reasoning. Miracles happen every day. (I, for one, thrive on them while searching for every possible sign that they are happening around me). We are born out of an extraordinary phenomenon. We survive illnesses, near-death experiences, and so many heart aches. We come out from difficult situations and have no explanation for them…except that something larger than ourselves intervened. This is the miracle. The mysteries of our existence lie in the knowing that there is something so much greater than reasoning. It is that knowing that gets us through the difficult times. Some call it Christ, Buddha, Shiva, God, the Divine, the Great Goddess, Mother, the Holy Mother, etc. There are millions of names and expressions for this mystery in our existence.
I have stopped looking for that which cannot be understood. I have learned to accept things as they come. There is no lack of anxiety or disappointment in what I want and what is. There is no lack of worrying at times for what cannot be understood. It is what it is. However, what I have learned with the hard knocks of life is that in the end I have no control of what will happen. I am always joyfully surprised with how things appear. There is no perfect planning…only perfect timing.
Two nights ago I sat outside watching the meteor showers. Falling or shooting stars adorned the clear night sky. It was beautiful. Each time I witnessed a quick one fall I would gasp. Such quick simplicity! It was precious. I made a lot of wishes upon those stars. As I went to bed I said my prayers to the greatest mystery of all…God. We are so fortunate to be living in these times. Each moment is a complete unsolved mystical twinkle in time. Relish in it! Dive into the moments with awesome-driven excitement. The best is always yet to come. Have a mysteriously wonderful day!
Answers from the Heart
Between tears,
minor heart de-fragments,
and laughing psychotically
at the irony
of what a young girl
had wished for so long ago,
I must find the serenity
in the sweetness of experiences.
I remember finding an entry
in a worn-out journal
written by a lost depleted girl,
missing out in life
and the secrets of connecting
to others…
“All I want is to fall in love
as many times as possible
in this lifetime.”
With each person who enters
the door into my spirit
I fall intensely and profoundly
into the depth of the unknown,
the universal secrets of truth
and unconditional love –
to be captivated wholeheartedly,
tenderly, and openly
for moments,
days, weeks….
No regrets are created,
or accepted
to the willing existence
when the abyss
gives way to
experiencing the authentic
spirit of another
in becoming a stepping stone
to the path of my totality…
the divinity in my world…
and the Oneness is all.
Architect of Dreams
There is an abundance of wishes and dreams out there for the taking. If you haven’t visualized or expressed your goals and dreams to the Universe, don’t complain. Don’t make excuses for not allowing the flow of dreams to appear into your life. You and the Universe are the co-creators of your life. You are the most powerful genie in the world.
Five years ago, in the midst of a horrible break-up, I began a visualization-map-questing-dream journal. In this book I pasted pictures of things I wanted in the future. Most of them were of a small retreat center in the mountains. I had no idea how I was going to buy the place or what state it would be in. But, I gathered all types of magazines from Oprah’s O to log cabins and outdoor activities. I carefully placed these visual guides inside pages and then wrote out what I wanted, but as if I already had it. I created powerful intentions. For example, instead of writing “I want a home in the mountains” I wrote, “I live in the mountains and have a retreat center that provides relaxation, healing and peace for all those who enter.” I even put the name of this retreat in the book. I added events and activities such as hiking, fishing, hammocks in the woods, chairs by creeks, yoga, labyrinth, etc. I loaded the journal up with pictures, inspiring quotes, words, events, and exact notes of what I also did not want. I have learned that the Universe will also give you the things you don’t want.
My dream was to be able to map out this place and let God guide me there. A year later, while on vacation with my best friend, we stayed in this little motel in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The place was for sale. Two months later we were living here. I had put my journal of dreams away. When I began to unpack boxes I found this visual guide of hopes and desires. As I flipped through the pages that had been created over a year before, I couldn’t believe that the place we purchased had all the elements I had glued in it. And, even now four years after being here, I open up the book and find that we are still creating more of the things that had carefully been placed in it. Once again, without much financial support, we are getting the things I had asked the Universe to provide. I continue to add to this book and make clear intentions of what we want for the future of this little retreat center.
We are trained, programmed, and manipulated by society to believe that dreams don’t always come true. We are impatient in waiting. So we blame God and the higher powers for not giving us our desires. Well, they don’t come true if you don’t work at it! You have to visualize what you want and then work towards that goal. Abundance and prosperity are endless. Dreams guide us. The same goes for things we don’t want. If we are constantly focusing on what we don’t want we will get those things as well. I believe I am a trust-fund baby of the Universe with unlimited abundance. As long as I stay in this frequency there is nothing I cannot manifest.
Several years ago the famous little book The Secret hit the bookshelves. The books sold by the millions. I was completely surprised. I was brought up in a house where we all created little poster boards with the dreams we wanted. My sister had hers in her closet. I had mine behind the bedroom door. My mother had hers in her room. We all had these little visual reminders of things we wanted in the near future. So, when the bestselling book became so famous I had to ask myself, “Do people not realize that they create their own futures? Do they not realize that there is an unlimited abundance of dreams out there for the taking?” I guess not! This isn’t a new formula for health, wealth, prosperity, and any desire. This is how we are created!
My wish for you, as I am sitting right now observing life outside my window (kids kayaking in the pond while others fish, the mountains in the backdrop, a couple drinking their coffee in our red chairs, someone meditating by the picnic tables) is that you awake to the truth that YOU create your future. There’s no magic genie, saint, or man in the sky that chooses what you can have in life. YOU are the creator, maker, and magnificent architect of your life’s plan. I hope you map out the things you want and work towards those desires. And, if by chance you have no clue of what you want then make a list of things you are grateful for everyday. Be present in your life. Be honest and be aware of your actions. Use your creative gifts to gather pictures of things you like. Be kind, generous and have an open heart. Where there is passion, God follows. Divine intervention is always there with you, checking off the things your mind creates. Stay in a place of divine light, joy, and love. From that place of giddiness the child in you can play and manifest. Be careful with your thoughts! Choose wisely and have fun!
“You will get what you want, when you stop making excuses on why you don’t have it.” Author Unknown
“I would visualize things coming to me. It would just make me feel better. Visualization works if you work hard. That’s the thing. You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich.” Jim Carrey
Pulling a Miracle
Our only car broke down yesterday down the mountain. Matt was driving slowly when the right side ball joint came off. Last year around this time the other side came off in a parking lot. Both times the Divine has been with him in that he wasn’t driving fast or on the highway. We are always taken care of in the way that suits our lessons and pushes the evolution of survival to expand in the awareness of God. At the moment of the unfortunate event (and his growing agitation) I asked what I could do for him. His answer was, “Nothing. Unless you can pull a miracle out of your ass!” And, so I sat at home and began to manifest a miracle. Funny thing about miracles is that if you don’t specify what you are needing the Universe will give you another miracle that’s been in line waiting for the asking.
A few hours later my 19 year son, who left home a year and a half ago, called me. He wanted to apologize for everything he ever did: the disrespect, the attitudes, the pushing away, the horrible things said about me, and the disregarding of my parenting authority. We had not spoken in that time other than when he needed a specific paper or something for whatever he was trying to accomplish. We had become two strangers. I expressed to him, through heartfelt sobs, that he will forever be my son. He needed to go off and find himself. He needed to experience the rough edges of the world and return with scars from trying. He needed to live out the illusions of freedom and what it returns when you aren’t careful in your decisions. That’s the battle of youth entering adulthood. There are lessons in letting go of our loved ones even when we know they may be hurt by their choices. I obliged and respected his wishes to be left alone. Not one day has passed that my prayers did not travel time and space to him. We spoke for a short while. I assured him that he could do anything he wanted to and that I would always be here because I was Mom. I am proud that he is figuring things out. This was a miracle in waiting. It had been standing in line until I asked for it to come forward…”just a miracle” and no specifics.
There are nights I lay awake thinking about my six children. I am certain other parents go through the list of questions: What did I not do right? What could I have done differently? Will they look back and realize that love was always given in abundance? Will they have taken into adulthood the knowledge that material things don’t really matter? Questions gather and release. And, as I toss and turn, churning on the mattress, I come to listen to my inner guidance. I have done the best I could do under my limitations and capacity. People will always look inside glass houses, attempt to judge, criticize, and belittle. No one knows your path, the struggles along the way, the many times you had to bulldozed your way to the other side. These thoughts come and go during nights that sleep eludes me. And, then, another miracle appears: as daylight enters the room the Divine visits with assurance. I take deep breaths, thank the Universe for allowing me to redo all the wrongs, and continue learning. I go outside, sit on my deck and enter the church of nature. It is there that I find the peace to comfort my spirit and quiet the many unknowns. I am the best possible version of me and I whisper to God, “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!” I am whole again.
Asking for a miracle is allowing God to align your wishes with what you deserve. It is a faithful act of letting go and releasing to the unknown. It is in believing that we are entitled to the impossible. Once you know and feel the awareness of illusion in that everything is okay the world opens up to your every desire. We have no control of what can and will happen. That’s the miracle. As Lemony Snicket says, “Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you’d see.” Allow those little pimples to pop and show you the beauty of your wishful heart.
Lovely Because of You
Not long ago
I met you
way out in a field
covered
in flowers of mystery,
magic,
and awe-stricken belief.
They were colored
in delicate shades
of grace,
love and hope.
We sat on a giant
boulder
next to a waterfall
and your hand
grabbed mine
touching
the very core
of us.
And, to look into
your eyes
I witnessed myself
with all the Beauty
you see
in things
I neglect
of myself.
We left the forest
filling wishes
and memories
as I returned
to the place
of waking dreams
without you
but a handful of
perceptions left
from my travels…
I am lovely because of you.
Conclusion
Perhaps…
when I no longer
entertain
the fears,
anxieties,
and accept the anticipations
as joyous offerings
from the Heavens
will I begin
to live
through every experience,
marveling at each lesson,
regardless of pain,
misfortunes,
happiness,
grace,
unpleasant circumstances,
and live with such gratitude
that my heart
will come in and out
from my spirit
with wings
to fly freely
through the edges of humanity
while restoring
my faith in our union
on this planet
through unconditional love.
Moments with Millie 