QUOTE

Happiness is the only good.
The time to be happy is now.
The place to be happy is here.
The way to be happy is to make others so.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll

Vacations.....

A break, a change of scenery, a long visit with one of my girlfriends that's what my world called for on Saturday and I did it. I usually go through the usual, run-of-the-mill routine but when I woke up this morning (despite my lack of sleep thanks to both my sons) with a strong itch to go visiting. I tried to think of who, who could I go visit on a Saturday who wasn't already spending quality time with her family. A quick scan in my memory of conversation during the week led me to believe I was out of luck. Hopes dashed, I got a little down. Until the phone rang a few minutes later and it was one of my best girlfriends wondering what I was doing because her husband was gone for the day. With a renewed sense of excitement believed to be snatched from me a short time earlier, I got myself ready and the boys packed.
What a wonderful day for two girls hanging out, catching up while receiving some much needed and deserved relaxation while her teenage son watched my boys.
Thank you doesn't seem to be enough especially when she sends me home a ziploc bag full of her delectable, melt-in-my-mouth peanut butter and jelly cookies. This girl needs to be a caterer. Everything she bakes or cooks is a creation and delicious beyond words. But besides that, she is one of my dearest friends who provided me with a brief vacation. And the Universe obviously thought so as well.

QUOTE

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. -- Teilhard de Chardin

Moving Forward.......Sort of

Summer is just about here, knocking on my door, reminding me that 2010 is well underway and almost at the halfway mark which sends me into a mild panic.
I'm trying to push my way along, working, hoping, praying my plans will become real and then I get reminders to slow down, be more patient. How much more patience do I need when challenge after challenge literally shoves its presence into my life. I say enough already. Help me to see the path. There is so much energy around me. It feels electric but I'm stuck, spinning my wheels while I go even deeper into the mud. Interruptions, constant interruptions. Look how much time has passed since my last entry again because I've got other writing projects on the go, a release of sorts, and a business that involves helping people to destress themselves. For some reluctantly. While reading more about spirituality, searching for signs, direction, receiving some and then they stop, leaving the buildup of exhilaration to drop to the floor and shatter like glass.
Moving forward is a must!!! No more excuses!!! No more spinning wheels in the mud!!! No more feeling cornered and trapped!!! From now on each step forward is a step to new possibilities....a new life.