Exams........

I passed my Iridology exam and I'm so excited for the present and the future filled with more possibilities for my growing business.
There's a few more topics I want to learn more about but I need to remain patient.... one topic at a time.
The biggest challenge is informing the public. So many people are not aware of Reflexology, Iridology, Reiki, etc.....which can be understandable but frustrating. But then again my husband never heard of Tiger Woods....What?!
Advertising is effective to a certain degree but it all boils down to people can be so afraid of things they won't try.
I notice every time I have a booth set up for Reflexology, I sit and wait for that first person. And I wait....and I wait.... and I wait but once that first person sits in my chair, the sign up list becomes full very quickly when they see with their own eyes what happens. Like last weekend at the local carnival. Reflexology is so effective at helping the whole body to relax, bring balance back and rid the body of any aches and pains the person might be experiencing.
Iridology is reading the markings on the iris, the colour part of the eyes. Each mark and its location can tell past injuries, problems in the body etc. It is very effective. The eyes really are the window to the soul.
So many alternative ways to help the body instead of popping a pill that might not be necessary.

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Do one thing every day that scares you. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Losing Loved Ones.......

I got reminded again this morning how fragile life can be, not that I need to be reminded. My front and center learning experience was when my husband was killed 10 years ago in a car accident. In the last eight months, I now know 4 different widows.....all women I've known for years in various extensions of my life experiencing the loss of their spouse like I had and my heart breaks all over again for them. No one should have to go through that pain....of losing anyone. The tears and loneliness following the funeral when the crowds of the first week gradually disappear, no one can describe it or understand it unless they have been through every single heart wrenching moment.
I want to jump in and take their pain away if its at all possible which it isn't but I can't help it. I know they need to go through it. It's all part of the journey. We all learn from the bad as well as the good.
I learned how much I want to help people feel good, relax, better their health, pamper themselves ever since I lost him. It took me a little while, postponing my life while I grieved. As you know, procrastination is my worse challenge to overcome but I continue to push myself every day or every other day or once a week. But I still push.
I still grieve to this day because I will always miss him.

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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words -- Sophocles

Ahhhhhhh Summer..........

I love all the brilliant colours coming from the flowers. I'm disappointed to see the lilacs gone already. I love their colour and their scent. Not that I would be able to smell them this week anyways. I have been blessed with yet another cold. I say blessed because I read everybody should be grateful for everything in their life including the bad stuff. I figure colds and flus fall under the category of bad stuff. The boys and I have experienced a bout of the flu in the past month and now this brutal cold. I try to look at that maybe I'm supposed to slow down whenever I get sick but I also lose customers and income. Nobody else wants to get sick and I don't blame them.
So my task right now is searching for another source of income that isn't so strongly affected by my health and still leaves my schedule open for my other business. And doesn't alter my time with my kids as well.
I was directed towards one of my hobbies earlier today so I will push forward on that idea and see what happens. I love to write also and as you can see I'm doing that already along with some other writing projects. I'm doing my best to stay patient and see where it leads. Patience is strongly required for this cold as well. Which one needs it more??? It's a coin toss.

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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.

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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.

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When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracles is wrought in our life, or in the life of another -- Helen Keller