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Stand Out or Stand In

Published April 2, 2013 by Phoenix

Spend our childhood trying to fit in and our professional life trying to stand out. Why not stand in who you are?

Last year, someone pointed out to me that we spend all our childhood trying to fit in. We then try to spend our entire adult life trying to stand out from the crowd. For all ages, after discovering we are an individual as a toddler, we want to be accepted, yet set apart enough to be seen as unique. As teenagers, our society in the U.S. gives us permission to say, “I AM” and then to define what that is. We tend to change the definition of “I AM” as we mature (not age). Standing in whom we are means opening up ourselves to our own approval.

To looking at our hearts and seeing ourselves for the amazing creature we are.

It means we look at our bodies and take care of them, because THIS particular body is the only one we’ll have during this lifetime – whether you go cyborg or not.

Being who we are as “I AM” means finding the internal life of your heart and mind and accepting it as YOU.

Happy Magic Love Dust Jump

Stand in whom you are.

We want to stop bullying, yet perpetuate the belief in ourselves, neighborhoods, cities, countries that to be different is wrong. WHAT?! Yes. Even with all the arts celebrated, religions practices, lifestyles lived, fashion choices made, nerds and fashionistas alike – we all want acceptance of our individuality, yet punk on those that don’t understand, or punk on those with different views from ours.

How do we stop this? There’s a million answers available. Mine is simple: Stand in whom you are.

It gives you room to celebrate others rather than to…not.

What are some of the things you do to stand within yourself? Share your way of being an individual in the comments below and then share the post too.

~ Nix

Twinkle Twinkle

Published April 26, 2012 by Phoenix

Twinkle twinklle little star..

How I know just where you are…

Deep in my heart shining bright,

…all through the day and all through the night.

hehehe

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

Starry Night

Twinkle bright...

We are born from the stars and to the stars we return. We see their brilliance and often not our own. Today, I just wanted to let you know, I see your brilliance and it makes me HAPPY! :)

Our brilliance is built on love and wonder. So love, loud! Find wonder in all that is! Celebrate your spark(le) of life! It makes the world go round :) .

 

Thank You

Published March 12, 2012 by Phoenix

Today’s Love Dust: Thank you.

(That’s it. In all it’s simplicity and complexities)

Happy Magic Love Dust *~<>~*~<>~*~<>~*~<>~*~<>~*

Thank You Model

Simplicity in a 'Thank you' can cover a myriad of complex situations.

Sometimes, a ‘Thank you’ says so much more than just the two words together imply.

Sometimes it means, “You matter to me, not just what you’ve done for me.”

Sometimes it means, “You’ve touched my life or circumstances in ways I cannot express with words and all I have to offer are these two words.”

Sometimes it means, “You’ve rocked my world and in awe I am inspired.”

Thank you for being you in this world with me. Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for being open to waking up every day. Thank you for loving yourself enough to smile. Thank you….

Share what your ‘Thank you’ to someone special here with us, then share this post with them. Because sharing an honest heart felt ‘Thank you’ can mean so much. :) .

Thank you.

Are You Missing The Season(s)?

Published March 9, 2012 by Phoenix

Are you so focused on the slow traffic in front of you that you miss the sunrise, or sunset, the rainbows, the seasons, your life?

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

River view

Are you missing the important stuff?

Yesterday evening, as the sky turned peachy and the shadows to deep purples, I was driving home and noticed that I was stuck in the right lane of interstate traffic, coming off the the beltline to exit to the major highway, behind the slowest cars 2 miles around. WTH!? (WHAT THE HEY!?!?)

I’m not a slow driver – as in – I’m the one that pushes the limits toward 7, 8, 9 miles over whatever’s posted (‘cept in SC) & a few select locations here in NC. A smooth driver too. So when I’m “stuck” behind ‘slow drivers’….mmmmh yeah….I get itchy to get bitchy. It was in the middle of the curve going right…I was behind a slower driver, two on my right moving slower & no way to get OUT OF THE TRAP when I started laughing at myself.

Why?

Because I looked up from the gray field with headlights & noticed how glorious the sky was. Beautiful peaches. Edged in lavenders. The moon so beautiful. Stars starting to show up. It struck me – I’d let myself get emotionally involved in my driving circumstances, rather than in the beauty that changes constantly, never to be seen again. Yes, it was an instant ah-ha moment & perfect for this morning’s HMLD text.

As we go through life, we tend to get into habits that may end up turning our world gray. The kind of gray that turns to depressions, blackness, getting out-of-sorts with the world. Are you choosing to stay in the gray? Or are you lifting your eyes, your heart to capture the beauty of life around you?

Look at people. Appreciate them for being humans. Look at the landscape around you. Appreciate the nature of your environment, or the human ingenuity of the architecture. Look at your life choices. Are they bringing you joy? Or just a way to ‘make it through’?

I’m looking all around me to find beauty, even within. Join me? Share with us what inspired you to be a wiser, more observant or more powerfully healthier you :) . Thanks for posting & thanks for sharing.

Irritations : Refocus

Published March 8, 2012 by Phoenix

Irritations.

Example: Ex-husband and plans that go awry.

You can either let them become your focus or take back your power and focus on what feeds you.

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

Glass of Water

Well, which is it?

I have a propensity to be negative when something irritates me. Irritations for me are as the examples shown above, or when I’m delayed in getting somewhere, there’s a spot on the dishes after they’ve been washed. Someone is rude. Can’t get the square in the round hole. There are plenty of idiot small things & several big things that ‘irritate’ me. This morning, I looked at my phone that had been on vibrate since last evening & found 12 calls from my ex-husband. TWELVE! I answered on the 13th call only because I had my phone in my hand as I walked out the door hurrying to not be late in delivering my daughter to her school.

(1st – please understand, it felt GREAT to put down technology – I’m a self proclaimed tech junkie – using it anyway – 2nd – he lives 3 hours away and gives or receives a call from our daughter every morning & evening. I thought she’d talked w/him last night. My house phone was turned off too. My daughter had logged onto her phone account – Skype – logging off mine – caused him some irritation)

Turns out, he left THREE voicemails on my daughter’s phone, which had been dead & a even a text message. Thanks for worrying. REALLY. Thanks for worrying – however…REALLY? REALLYREALLY? Can we not have 12 hours of silence? I just had to be irritated with this disruption to our morning. (didn’t really – wanted to be apparently).

On top of this barrage of phone calls from the ex, my Honey had to do something else this morning other than meet me for our morning cup of brew.

THE WORLD IS ENDING!!! No – however, it was IRRITATION in micro that could grow into ruining my day. It’s something I’ve done before. Since I’d not sent out the HMLD text, I just KNEW that the topic had to be about how we decide whether something controls us, or whether we take our power back & say, “nope – not gonna happen”. We have the power to think ourselves into almost any situation we desire (see TUT.com). I decided to refocus on balloons, the clouds, how beautiful the moon was last night. On my Darling’s blue, blue eyes. On my daughter’s smile as she snuggle hugged my arm just before she got out of the car for school. It worked and I was smiling 5 minutes later. (took 20minutes to get really irritated though :p).

While typing the HMLD text, I also wanted to put in: “being irritated, angry, hurt, feeling injured is all a part of the process of life. Denying those feelings & responses is not healthy. Acknowledge them. Even embrace them if need be. In the end though, give yourself an opportunity to find a lesson in the pain. An understanding of self from the anger. Give yourself permission to feel the full spectrum of human emotions. It’s ok. Dwelling in the dark though will turn you into Gollum though. justsayin’”

Thank you for sharing this post and your story about how you’ve turned something negative into something positive.

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.

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

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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?

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