Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Lightarted Living: It Is a Grace and a Strength to Determine Your Own...
Lightarted Living: It Is a Grace and a Strength to Determine Your Own...: It Is a Grace and a Strength To Determine Your Own Actions Rather than Allow them to Be Formed by the Actions...
It Is a Grace and a Strength to Determine Your Own Actions
It Is a Grace and a Strength
To Determine Your Own Actions
Rather than Allow them to Be
Formed by the Actions of Others
It is a Grace and a Strength
To Determine Your Own Actions
Rather than Allow them to Be
Formed by the Actions of Others.
Unknown
Kingfisher from Japan
For more than 35 years, Susan Meyerott has been helping people lighten up and step over invisible barriers to change one step at a time. She speaks to your heart, puts you at ease, and makes letting go and moving forward with life easier than ever before.
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Sunday, May 10, 2020
Lightarted Living: My Mother Showed Us: Life is Life~Rise to the Chal...
Lightarted Living: My Mother Showed Us: Life is Life~Rise to the Chal...: Getting through the Hard Times with Grace My memories of childhood are sweet. Pretty ordinary every day living I thought back t...
My Mother Showed Us: Life is Life~Rise to the Challenge
Getting through the Hard Times with Grace
My memories of childhood are sweet. Pretty ordinary every day living I thought back then.
I remember a time in my late teens, while I contemplated the hardships other families were enduring, thinking my family was relatively happy and secure because we hadn't dealt with any hardships. But that was the glow of childhood innocence coloring my perspective--that, and of course my mother--'Moo'--who was the one to lead the family through hard times with grace.
Moo was the most upbeat and good natured person I knew. As a child what always stood out for me was my mother's good sense of humor as she raised 6 wildly independent children. From my child perspective I thought nothing bad ever happened to our family which made it easy for my mother to remain so upbeat.
Yet the truth is my parents lived through the great depression, WWII, the Polio epidemic-- not to mention my older sister contracting polio at four months old, the car falling on my older brother's head, and my mother's first child dying at birth.
What I learned about getting through hard times with grace was from my mother showing us how to get through the difficulties.
Moo showed us that life is life--and we must rise to meet the challenges every day. When bad things happened, you quickly turned your focus to how to make things better and to putting the hardships behind you--no matter how long the hardships lingered.
She showed us that the proper response to difficulties was to get busy taking action to improve the well-being of all and rectify the situation--no matter how small a step you took one after the other--starting with the basics of everyday living.
She showed us through her actions that when things get tough you gather together and find your way through together. She always found ways to comfort and cheer others up during painful or difficult times.
My mother had 'the gift of helps' , meaning she was always willing to help others in practical ways--cleaning their house, doing their dishes, making them baked custard or bringing them dinner. She showed us the proper way to deal with times of trouble was to reach out and help others with kindness and compassion.
On this Mother's Day, I wish for all of us to learn a thing or two from the mother's who came before us--who showed us how to get through these incredibly trying times with strength, grace, compassion and kindness.
Everyone is watching. Through our actions we can show the next generation we have the strength of character to get through this. What do you want your actions to show the world? How will you rise up to meet this challenge called LIFE?
My mother--Moo, Nosey Rosey, Ready Betty, Dr Mom--Mother
She was our shining light with a loving heart.
See how her soul glistens with golden flames?
She was an angel of light bringing joy and uplift to all around her.
Happy Mother's Day, Moo!
Monday, May 4, 2020
Lightarted Living: You Are One with Nature~Accept the Healing it Best...
Lightarted Living: You Are One with Nature~Accept the Healing it Best...: The Yucca Goddess The Yucca Goddess breathes life-giving goodness into the air Life-Giving The trees around...
You Are One with Nature~Accept the Healing it Bestows on You
The Yucca Goddess
The Yucca Goddess breathes
life-giving goodness into the air
Life-Giving
The trees around me don't philosophize;
They photosynthesize.
Never spouting meanness or lies,
They soothe my spirit
with their majestic spirits and size.
As I walk through a canopy
of towering pines, oaks, and madrones,
I listen intently for their healing tones.
Your gentle whispers and rustling leaves, sweet trees,
calm my spirit~I let everything be.
With almost imperceptible rhythmic swaying,
you gently hum 'breath out~breath in'
and magically clear the air of carbon dioxide
to provide us fresh air to breath again.
Without fuss,
the trees bestow on us
their magical photosynthesis.
Breathe out~Breathe in~
then quietly start it all over again.
Thank you Tree Goddesses for graciously sharing
Life-giving goodness into our air.
How kind you are to provide us this gift--
to 'breath in' carbon dioxide and
'breath out' oxygen.
I feel your branches wrap me in loving care,
as you blow kisses in the wind through my hair.
Nature Anoint Me
Come anoint me, sweet nature
with calmness and ease.
Let me stroll through your sheltering
of bark, limbs and leaves;
Help me put anxiety, worry and fear away for awhile.
Let me breathe deeply your sweet purified air,
leaving me rested and without a care.
In the Company of Nature
Breathe deeply~breathe in hope
We couldn't exist without trees
purifying the air around us.
"A study from South Korea's Forest Research Institute indicated that each 25-year-old cherry tree can absorb about 20 pounds of emissions each, according to a Tuesday report from UPI. The country's cherry trees are said to be capable of absorbing about 2.4 tons of carbon,roughly equivalent to the emissions of 6,000 cars per year. The emissions of a single car can be absorbed by 250 mature trees."
Newsweek May 1, 2020
Commune with Nature
Breathe in healing freshness~
Let all fear go
Trust Nature~Heal Your Spirit
Breathe deeply~
Fill your spirit with love, hope and trust
Fill Your Heart with Love
Let Fear Go
The Yucca Goddess
Breaths healing and
protection into the world~
Purifying our air with freshness
The Yucca Goddess
Breaths fresh hope into our world~
Healing our souls and bringing us
New opportunities to love and heal.
Now is the perfect time to sit in
the company of nature.
The Yucca Goddess photo was taken by Lee Bryant
on her journey through the Southwest
shortly before the Corona virus broke out.
For more than 35 years, Susan Meyerott has been helping people lighten up and step over invisible barriers to change one step at a time. She speaks to your heart, puts you at ease, and makes letting go and moving forward with life easier than ever before.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Lightarted Living: For The Love of the World~Charlotte Tall Mountain
Lightarted Living: For The Love of the World~Charlotte Tall Mountain: For the Love of the World By Charlotte Tall Mountain "For the love of a tree, She went out on a limb. For the l...
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