February Sprinkles

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This Too Shall Pass

Published February 29, 2012 by Phoenix

Sometimes, situations in life totally suck.

Chin up, heart open.

“This” too shall pass & you’ll be all the better for it. (I hope).

Happy Magic Love Dust *~*~*~*~*~*

Somersault

It just takes a different perspective.

This morning, my daughter was late to school. Several things added to the problem, the biggest, I woke up 90mins late.

The school’s county policy is: Late for ‘unexcused reasons’ means the student gets punished. The county says that parents who bring their children to school late are giving their child an ‘unexcused tardy’. My daughter get’s punished for my being late. It’s HORRIBLE! She has to sit at a different table during lunch & will feel humiliated. The school calls it ‘being swept’. I personally think it’s disgusting that she is punished for my tardiness. She was in tears when I left & to top it off, giving her a hug, pulled her earring by accident & caused her even more pain.

NOT a great start to a cold wet morning. :(

Will we remember this day in 20 years? Who knows. Will this day be imprinted for the next 2 years for my daughter? Yes. Why? Because there are policies in place to punish the student for the parent’s who’ve abused the school systems. Why? Because the school system cannot punish the parents. NOT COOL! The humiliation, disappointment, frustration of this morning’s tardiness will be imprinted on my daughter’s heart & mind for ages to come. Very frustrating & infuriating.

I wanted to lash out at the closest decision maker who kept saying, “it’s policy. Sorry. Can’t do anything about it”. It isn’t my life’s purpose to choke the living snot out of ‘policy followers’ though, or to go chasing down & working on changing every policy that punishes the masses for the few who abuse the systems. grrrrr

This will be a minor blip on the road of life – however, it’s one that encourages me to remember, “this too shall pass“. My daughter will be getting extra loving attention & lots of apologies this evening.

Have you had a similar experience & then remembered, “this too shall pass”? Tell us your story & share this post with others who might be having a hard day.

Let Go of the ‘How’

Published February 28, 2012 by Phoenix

Let go of the ‘how’ & focus on what you’re grateful for.

Great health, relationships, wealth…

and the universe starts grinding your dreams into reality.

Happy Magic Love Dust *~*~*~*~*~*~*

Shift your thinking

Manifest the change you seek.

Been reading Mike Dooley‘s Manifesting Change & Infinite Possibilities & have read Dandelion by Mike’s Mom. It’s been a way of life for ages.  In Manifesting Change, Mike explains how he came to understand the importance of feeling the thinking larger and without limits.

What?

Awe inspiring, really.

Re-readable stuff.

To grok the meaning, you’ll either instantly recognition the powerful changes about to begin or it’ll be a painful slog through the brain’s mud. The biggest tripper for myself, and probably most of mankind…we’re stuck on knowing ‘how’ anything is going to happen.

When we ‘let go & let love’ (as the saying goes), we get out of the way of the infinite wisdom of “God’s purpose” for us. I use “God” because it’s easier – please replace as you wish with ‘Universe’, ‘higher knowledge’ or whatever makes sens for your heart/life.

It was a big deal for me & I just wanted to share it and hopefully today’s Happy Magic Love Dust will inspire you to pick up one (or all) of the books & start making changes in ways that are always, in all ways -> ‘perfection’.

What has happened in your life that has moved you toward your dream? When you least expected it was a stepping stone on your path to the ‘bigger picture’?

You’re Worth the Love

Published February 27, 2012 by Phoenix

Sometimes, it’s OK to curl up and snuggle in for a few moments longer.

Be gentle with yourself today.

Because you’re worth it.

Happy Magic Love Dust *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

moon

Snuggle into your dreams

When was the last time you let go of your worries? Of your ‘have to do’ list?

When the day is done and you look back at all you’ve accomplished, wasn’t it the hugs, the smiles, the laughter that stands out the most? Sure, it may be tears and healing or fights & settling agreements…either way, it is the human interactions that we treasure the most.

Guess who the closest human is to you & your thoughts, your heart.

You.

You are a part of my human experience too. If you can’t be nice to you for your sake, do it for mine?

I’d love to know what it is about yourself that you appreciate. That you can give yourself a hug for. Please share in the comments below and have a magical day.

 

Joy or Grind?

Published February 24, 2012 by Phoenix

Are you making choices that bring you long term joy

or JUST current relief from the grind of life?

One is more fun than the other.

Happy Magic Love Dust

*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Thinking

Well? Which is it?

I don’t mean this morning’s latte as a current relief… (My morning latte’s always have a long term affect – gratitude that I live in a country that allows me to have a morning latte without weapons of destruction rumbling down the streets…) What I mean is – are you more worried about the short term emotional drama, than the life long lesson you’ve just been handed?

Are you more worried about ‘smoothing things over’ than you are the long term affects your actions will have on your overall emotional & mental well being? What about how your actions might influence those who look up to you? The saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words.”

Are you so bogged down in numbing your heart that you miss the love of your life who says “hi” to you every week at the grocery store?

Sometimes, THIS moment NOW might not be so fun. When you keep your eye on the flame of life/love, no matter the turmoil of the moment, you will come out of the tunnel of darkness and be stronger, more free and much wiser.

So, which is it for you? Long term or short?

 

Take Care of You

Published February 23, 2012 by Phoenix

Take Care of You.

Give yourself a hand or foot rub.

It will change your week.

You deserve it.

Or give one. :)
justsayin’

Happy Magic Love Dust *~*~*~*~*~*~*

Foot Rub

Ah...

For 5.5 years, I was a massage therapist. Even so, like most everyone, my schedule rarely permitted time for me to take care of myself. Since closing down my practice I’ve simplified my life and learned some valuable lessons about taking care of myself.

  1.  When you schedule time for exercise making it as important as your money making hours, you’ll exercise.
  2. Find something that motivates you. For me – I decided to treat myself with the same love I would a partner i.e. love interest. I’m worth it.
  3. Without exercise, you’re not going to be as healthy & that is detrimental to your love life – I’m not talking about just the sexual part of a healthy relationship. Mentally, emotionally exercise makes you feel better and it makes for a great stress reliever too.
  4. Eating healthier really isn’t hard – if it’s what you desire. Make a choice & then keep making it.
  5. Getting regular loving touch, from your partner, a professional massage therapist, or a friend who loves you enough to rub your back, your feet, your shoulders – etc, is imperative to our health as humans.

Here’s a fabulous quote I grabbed rather quickly… “Touch is important for everyone’s physiological health and is an expression of affection, appreciation, and valuing between two people. Touch builds interpersonal bonds and actually improves brain chemistry.” ~ The Connected Child by Karyn B. Purvis, Ph.D., David R. Cross, Ph.D., and Wendy Lyons Sunshine

Take care of you. Because you’re worth it.

*wanders off looking for calendar…scheduling time to give Honey 45min foot rub…daughter a full body massage…call Gunter for massage exchange*

Skip & Dance Some Love Dust

Published February 22, 2012 by Phoenix

Happy happy happy

Sometimes, you just gotta do a

  • skip
  • dance
  • smile

and tell the crud, “F* off!”.

Happy Magic Love Dust *~**~**~**~**~*

(“fudge off” y’all LOL)

Love Dust

Blow a sparkle like a wish

Yesterday was an emotionally funkified-crud-filled-no-fun-frowning kind of day for me. Looking for smiles I came across some pretty funny stuff on Facebook. Found lots of inspiring content. On LinkedIn.com, I found posts that encourage growth in all sectors of business. Twitter had some great stuff too.

What finally pulled me out of my funk? Why did I end my day yesterday & wake up happily doing a ‘happy-dance’? Gave me the strength to toss off that crud? Someone very special to my heart gave me a hug.

Yesterday’s post was about hugs. Sometimes, when we speak, we’re telling ourselves what we need to hear. Love shared through thought, actions or a kind word can truly help someone find the strength to smile again. Hugs are magic like that too.

Are you sharing love today? Through a smile? A hug? A kind word?

Tell us what you’re doing to brighten someone’s day or how someone inspired you to smile & dance again.

Hug and Hug Again

Published February 21, 2012 by Phoenix

Hugs.

Lots of them.

To you, from me.

:)

Because hugs spread smiles and now you’re smiling.

Happy Magic Love Dust

*~()~*~()~*()*~*()~*

Hug

Spread smiles. Give a hug.

The power of a hug is incredible. Sometimes all we have are the verbal hugs of friends and family who are there when we need them.

Give a hug today, even if to a stranger. You’ll both be rewarded with a smile that hugs the heart.

What hug in your life do you remember the most?

Seasons of Love Dust

Published February 20, 2012 by Phoenix

Snow comes.

Snow goes.

Seasons on earth, in life & of the heart are all part of the cycle.

It’s a lot more fun than stagnation.

Happy Magic Love Dust *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Image

In the Southern state of North Carolina, we’ll have summer weather in the middle of the winter. Our weather patterns can go from cold 26 degrees to warm 70 degrees in a matter of days. This weekend, we got snow after days of very warm weather. Rare here in the South and usually only lasting a day, sometimes up to three.

On waking to the day, with snow on the mind, I thought of the changing of the seasons. This brought to mind that when water moves, ponds, lakes and oceans refresh. When the winds blow they bring warmth, cold, damaging winds, healing rains. When the earth turns, the seasons change. Life is about changing, growing using our past as lessons and opportunities for more beautiful tomorrows.

When we decide that change is dangerous and we get stuck in behaviors and patterns that are unhealthy, like a pond with no moving water, or a river that gets choked off, our spirits begin to die. Our hearts shut down. Our bodies generate hormones and chemicals that continue to generate the same negative thoughts and feelings that again, regenerates the same dark tumbling desire to keep the changes at bay. We become a stagnant oasis.

Stagnation stinks. As fascinating as the bacteria can be that grows and multiplies, which funnily enough changes and re-ignites life into what was once a dying place. The process of regeneration can be painful, stinky and in the end healing. Why then, go through the process of attempting to hold back change?

Why go through the stagnation process?

It only holds off the inevitable.

Change.

Will you share with us one of those moments in life that brought about growth and change in your life?

Dance on Sunbeams

Published February 17, 2012 by Phoenix

Yesterday, I opened Happy Magic Love Dust to the web and opened up a Facebook & Twitter account to share the love.

This morning, I text my list of folks to let them know about the online stuff. Because this morning’s Love Dusting was more about informing, rather than sharing, today I’m sharing a Love Dusting from February 13, 2012.

“Come dance on sunbeams with me. It’s better than coffee! Happy Magic Love Dust *//*~//*~//*~//*~//*~//*”

Sunbeams

is that a magical moon cloud?

The sky directly above my home is a fork between two wind streams. One comes in almost straight from the west toward the coast of North Carolina then curves North in a soft ‘L’ shape. The other comes in more directly from the South headed North, just East of the 1st & then they join into one big river of power. Because I live where the sky is wide open (i.e. pretty much treeless in the nearby vicinity), I get to watch amazing weather patterns. Very often, storm systems rumble through and when they’re done, the sunbeams can be amazing.

Holy OMG! amazing.

They scatter across the land, brilliant reminders that the sun truly is always there. Sometimes when the storm systems are high and the winds moving fast, even on the dreariest days, a hole pops open in the clouds and sun shines down, a golden beam of light to dazzle the eyes. I love these sunbeams. They brighten my day. I look for them whenever clouds and sun combine. Sometimes, even on sunny days, a cloud can cast a shadow and surrounding the shadow, sunbeams appear.

This thought comes to mind: When we open our eyes and look up to the sky, shining down through clouds heavy from rains now gone, sunbeams often shatter the darkness with amazing patterns that show us, love & the smile in our heart is as large as we let it be. 

During our darkest times, our dreariest moments, when the world scares us, the light of life still sparks within us. That spark(le) is more brilliant, stronger and so full of love, no darkness could ever truly snuff it out. When we choose to dance on the sunbeams i.e. the joys of life, we give the spark(le) the power to can wake us up emotionally, spiritually, mentally & physically.

That, my dear people means: ‘better than coffee’.

fyi – I’m a self proclaimed coffee-holic. ;)

Thank you for the picture: http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/view_photog.php?photogid=982

Generating ‘frivolous’ Love Dust

Published February 16, 2012 by Phoenix

Living with purpose &/or by design? Add ‘frivolous’. Balloons & lollipops & puddles.

Happy Magic Love Dust *^”^*^”^*^”^*

Magic

The joy of life is found in every spark of the imagination

Too often we are so involved with our dream, or the day to day slog, and pushing ourselves and our families to do-do-do that our spirits crash. We become exhausted. We lose the ability to laugh. By adding some ‘frivolous’ to our lives, from a single serving ice-cream to a trip to the park to swing on a swing (even if you’re 45 or 58), we regenerate our heart, our mind and give ourselves a moment’s respite from all the ‘busy-ness’.

Will you share the love? Send this out to your friends, family, network. Click the FB or Twitter link & off it goes.

Before you do, can you share what inspires silliness or the ‘frivolous’ in your life?

Thank you :) and may your day be filled with *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*.

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