End the month on a smile! The power of the smile lets us move through the slog of discontent and despair or discouragement. A smile turns on the power of abundance, harmony, and healing.
A smile is the tool that lets us redeem ourselves from what ever darkness tries to overwhelm us. Remember that you have the power to change how you feel. It is like turning on a light! Smile.
Many blessings.
This blog was written originally in 2011. I have only used part of it as the rest was too dated for this coming year. I hope you enjoy it!
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For those of you that have asked questions about how to set your intentions for 2018, I would like to share a beautiful ritual that one of my friends sent to me several years ago.
I do not use this at New Years, however, this ritual is certainly right for that purpose. I do use it to set intentions for any time. It is powerful to use this ritual with the New Moon.
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This is the initial technique - Setting Your Intentions for 2018 or any other time:
You start by asking yourself 4 questions...
Then you write your answers. I feel into my body to identify in my heart what I am being drawn to create from the year. The MOST IMPORTANT part is to write it as if it has already happened.
As an example / template, here is an excerpt in part of what Maureen Collins (an artist) wrote for the category of business:
I am so grateful that this year became such an amazing journey of openness and discovery in my business, as it moved into the corporate world and lecture stage larger than ever before. I was able to deliver my shared vision via “What If? The Movie” through divine energy to hundreds of thousands of souls that were not only open to the information but contributed to the content collectively... AND they further delivered it to many more through word of mouth. This wisdom known to us all was a huge success with so many experiencing heart felt shifts and changes through the material offered by many like-minded souls. It became a place of safety and conversation for all who viewed it, and grew to include new audiences of those opening to the materials being offered by me and other contributors. The opportunity for the community to converse with one another about their own positive belief and pattern changes was a blessing and a joy to my heart, showing me the possibilities for all communities of the world. I loved watching and hearing the shifts and changes clients and friends and family were experiencing as they also awakened to how amazing and powerful they truly are, and reveled in the moments they shared with others in the community ...which triggered more openings and shifts and more sharing and so on. What fun... and so effortless and flowing... I felt like a kid again with all the discoveries...
You get the idea... write it as if it has already happened AND makes sure you include how you "felt" when it happened. Do this for each of the categories (there may be some overlap but the categories are designed to allow for specifics in those four areas of your life). This is a POWERFUL exercise that almost acts as plan for the year but flows through and creates a vibrational resonance with what you are desiring. You can do this over the next couple of days... I promise you it will really make a lovely impact. Then print it out post a couple of copies in places you will regularly see them to remind you what you are creating.
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Ritual: Burn and Release from Maureen Collins…
On a sheet of paper, I write out all of the things from the current year that I've outgrown, no longer want in my life, no longer work for me, and anything else I feel I want to shed and leave behind. On a separate piece of paper, I write all of the things I can think of and feel that I want to grow and expand in the new year. I then burn each paper in separate dishes or shells, making sure all pieces are turned to ashes. Then, when cooled, I put them into separate envelopes or containers (film canister, Ziploc baggie, etc.) and mark "to shed" and "to grow" on the container. Around 5 minutes before midnight, I start visualizing all the things on the "to shed" list, and see them slip away, see them blown away and washed away, out of my energy field, out of my life and out of my reality. I go out side and pour the "to shed" ashes into my hand and let the wind scatter the ashes away and release them and all they re present, as the old year fades away.
After midnight, after blessing the new year, with the second container "to grow", I visualize all of these goals, desires, etc. coming to fruition, to this level of reality. I bring that envelope down to the garden, and with a stick dig a small hole, then plant these ashes in the earth, near a tree or in a special place, (for those in apartments, I encourage them to use their favorite houseplant). The ashes are a reminder of the life cycle, the power of nature and the honoring of Mother Earth, that these seeds of hopes and dreams are nurtured into reality, in the coming year. This is a ritual that I've shared with many people, and even had a group in Ireland do it one New Years! You may want to try this and tweak it and do it a way that suits you.
Many blessings for 2018
If you are getting ready to host a New Year's Eve party, you may want to add these delightful Tourtiere Rolls to your hors d'ouvres menu. They have quite a few ingredients, but are easy to make. If you want to do vegan, mash up mushrooms or black beans as a substitute for the meat.
Enjoy.
1/2 284-mL can water chestnuts, drained
2 tsp butter
1 small onion, finely chopped
500 g ground chicken, turkey or pork
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp dried sage leaves
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
4 green onions
2 celery stalk
1 egg
1/2 cup sour cream, preferably not light
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
6 sheets phyllo pastry
1/3 cup butter, melted
fresh thyme leaves, or finely chopped fresh parsley (optional)
Keep some appetizers in the freezer and ready to cook for last-minute guests. We’ve paired savoury Canadian tourtière filling with Mediterranean pastry for a crunchy bite in these hors d’oeuvres.
Prepare rolls up to point of baking. Freeze rolls on baking sheet until firm, then store, layered, in an airtight container or freezer bag. To bake, do not thaw. Spread out frozen rolls on a baking sheet. Bake according to recipe, but frozen rolls will take a few minutes longer.
Many blessings.
Have you ever notices how much people want to give you advice? Have you ever noticed how often the advice does not make sense to what is going on in your life? Have you ever wondered just why people seem to want to give you advice and then get mad because you don’t take it?
It seems especially around Christmas that advice flows out of people as frequently as the snow that falls in the North. And, the advice is often so detailed, one wonders how much time the other person has on their hands. I am not saying that all advice is worthless or bad. In fact, some advice can change one’s life. I guess the biggest issue is that most advice is unsolicited. What is it that makes others want to interfere/intercede in your life? I am saying that when one wants advice, they usually ask for it.
The Angels tell us that giving advice all the time is a method of gaining influence or control over another. Rather than being content to manage one’s own life, advice givers have a need to “prove” that they are knowledgeable and know more than you do. The other part of giving advice is to show you as weak and incompetent.
The best option for dealing with people that hand out that never ending stream of advice is to limit your time with them, and even cut off contact with them. If you need to maintain contact, simply tell them that you will take the advice and consider it, and then let it go. If the person giving advice persists, that is often an indication that they have another agenda other than your well-being.
Many blessings.
My wish for you is that you have the most wonderful Christmas with your friends and family. I wish that your days are filled with kindness and with thoughtfulness. I hope that you find time to practice self care and to be caring to all.
Many blessings.
As we come closer to the day of Christmas, I find myself asking for calm spirit. I feel the energies from outside me, pushing at me, causing me to feel unsettled.
I ask for calm spirit. I wish to glide through the days with everything that I do being easily accomplished. I wish for all that I meet to smile at me and wish me well.
I ask for calm spirit. I ask for inspiration from the sky and the stars. I ask for my identity to be Calm Spirit Woman so that I am at one with the flow of what happens next.
I ask for calm spirit. I am oneness with everyone out there, with every person around me. I see them in me. I move to calmness. I am refreshed.
Many blessings.
