tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5109182634668413792024-03-15T18:12:27.752-07:00Lightarted LivingSmall Daily Decisions Over a Lifetime Add Up. Engage in Life ~ Step Over Invisible Barriers ~ Find Your Voice ~ Follow Your Dreams ~ Make Your Life Count NOW.Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.comBlogger1314125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-38089953056465744872024-03-08T10:53:00.000-08:002024-03-08T10:53:19.689-08:00Lightarted Living: We Carry our Burden until Suddenly We Laugh and Pu...<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2024/03/we-carry-our-burden-until-suddenly-we.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: We Carry our Burden until Suddenly We Laugh and Pu...</a>: <div><div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">We Carry our Burden until Suddenly We Laugh and Put it Down</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3738682343710423325" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6406958049464987447" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ywyE4Ejq-iCWUKX6s-RQyN-x9Bs53PujizDMlmRvXyDwD89Hn8uhj40x_Kfv-1fBr5JURYcW6s1Y7pRkX5YNfP6WBlnyC4s58-7vD3mAAc5SOE7cJok4tEqbDoUbQtisbFoM215exBBIbVjMIEpTbyiC9Ferulp5LW2VXlMGZjHEphlZbNlYhiH0QA/s2225/We%20carry%20our%20burden%20on%20and%20one%20until%20one%20day%20we%20laugh%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ywyE4Ejq-iCWUKX6s-RQyN-x9Bs53PujizDMlmRvXyDwD89Hn8uhj40x_Kfv-1fBr5JURYcW6s1Y7pRkX5YNfP6WBlnyC4s58-7vD3mAAc5SOE7cJok4tEqbDoUbQtisbFoM215exBBIbVjMIEpTbyiC9Ferulp5LW2VXlMGZjHEphlZbNlYhiH0QA/w488-h640/We%20carry%20our%20burden%20on%20and%20one%20until%20one%20day%20we%20laugh%20(2).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="" dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":rjk:" style="animation-name: none !important; padding: 4px 16px 16px; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="animation-name: none !important; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="animation-name: none !important; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; transition-property: none !important;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; display: block; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; word-break: break-word;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"We carry our burden on and on, until one day, suddenly we laugh and set it down upon the ground." Muriel Strode</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Keep ON Keeping ON</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With each new challenge we face the key for overcoming it is 'to keep on keeping on until suddenly, one day we laugh and set it down on the ground'.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No one is immune from life's challenges. And each challenge we face has the strength to stop us in our tracks. No matter. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When it's your time to deal, sit in whatever you're dealing with until you're ready to move on. Then take a step, and then another one until one day you'll laugh and set your burden down on the ground.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUS-3Z7rCqrY1Kj25wkN_6GblG7QHpK1NdkbIvogH_egb4iRjg_-7hUsh37y_to7CMrYXuaw-QYbK2pUCL_Dn-s5uag1xyrDvpq1q13C0GohhfslX3IUuWkyWDcxFJsrcC1UXA1nkEonNbvCwS0QFDnzR3bPHuOn9tom5ZDhzATMIws7PR3dJ0xSQ_pA/s2117/You%20are%20never%20alone%20in%20your%20healing%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2117" data-original-width="1630" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUS-3Z7rCqrY1Kj25wkN_6GblG7QHpK1NdkbIvogH_egb4iRjg_-7hUsh37y_to7CMrYXuaw-QYbK2pUCL_Dn-s5uag1xyrDvpq1q13C0GohhfslX3IUuWkyWDcxFJsrcC1UXA1nkEonNbvCwS0QFDnzR3bPHuOn9tom5ZDhzATMIws7PR3dJ0xSQ_pA/w492-h640/You%20are%20never%20alone%20in%20your%20healing%20(2).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="492" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are never alone in your healing journey. Good spirits surround you caring for you. Rest. Be calm. Let the unseen healing forces work for you while you sleep. You are safe.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2taUqcpUxay7HtaBf0NKGOg3g5WQNe5qeuzWd2AaAzrMFp9-xyUZt2FLnVLrjBdUWzqmveUsLICnmKUp_7ZRlQzkI0bEDTnTgEkRRg9veqGIFY7cYXLcLuHED0zel9DZ7lPuMFJYnN94qBY0xUz-EmQCca5MDc7LKKcC63p76wpmf63azdpB-ZVictrOF/s1024/We%20carry%20our%20burden%20on%20and%20one%20until%20one%20day%20we%20laugh%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1024" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2taUqcpUxay7HtaBf0NKGOg3g5WQNe5qeuzWd2AaAzrMFp9-xyUZt2FLnVLrjBdUWzqmveUsLICnmKUp_7ZRlQzkI0bEDTnTgEkRRg9veqGIFY7cYXLcLuHED0zel9DZ7lPuMFJYnN94qBY0xUz-EmQCca5MDc7LKKcC63p76wpmf63azdpB-ZVictrOF/w400-h239/We%20carry%20our%20burden%20on%20and%20one%20until%20one%20day%20we%20laugh%203.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Always keep on keeping on.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are strong.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are healthy.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are resilient.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are healing.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are loved.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are safe.</i></span></div></div></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-37386823437104233252024-03-08T10:51:00.000-08:002024-03-08T10:51:43.874-08:00We Carry our Burden until Suddenly We Laugh and Put it Down<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6406958049464987447" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ywyE4Ejq-iCWUKX6s-RQyN-x9Bs53PujizDMlmRvXyDwD89Hn8uhj40x_Kfv-1fBr5JURYcW6s1Y7pRkX5YNfP6WBlnyC4s58-7vD3mAAc5SOE7cJok4tEqbDoUbQtisbFoM215exBBIbVjMIEpTbyiC9Ferulp5LW2VXlMGZjHEphlZbNlYhiH0QA/s2225/We%20carry%20our%20burden%20on%20and%20one%20until%20one%20day%20we%20laugh%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2225" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ywyE4Ejq-iCWUKX6s-RQyN-x9Bs53PujizDMlmRvXyDwD89Hn8uhj40x_Kfv-1fBr5JURYcW6s1Y7pRkX5YNfP6WBlnyC4s58-7vD3mAAc5SOE7cJok4tEqbDoUbQtisbFoM215exBBIbVjMIEpTbyiC9Ferulp5LW2VXlMGZjHEphlZbNlYhiH0QA/w488-h640/We%20carry%20our%20burden%20on%20and%20one%20until%20one%20day%20we%20laugh%20(2).jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="" dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":rjk:" style="animation-name: none !important; padding: 4px 16px 16px; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u" style="animation-name: none !important; display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: -5px; margin-top: -5px; transition-property: none !important;"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b" style="animation-name: none !important; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 5px; transition-property: none !important;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; display: block; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; word-break: break-word;"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"We carry our burden on and on, until one day, suddenly we laugh and set it down upon the ground." Muriel Strode</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Keep ON Keeping ON</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With each new challenge we face the key for overcoming it is 'to keep on keeping on until suddenly, one day we laugh and set it down on the ground'.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No one is immune from life's challenges. And each challenge we face has the strength to stop us in our tracks. No matter. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When it's your time to deal, sit in whatever you're dealing with until you're ready to move on. Then take a step, and then another one until one day you'll laugh and set your burden down on the ground.</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUS-3Z7rCqrY1Kj25wkN_6GblG7QHpK1NdkbIvogH_egb4iRjg_-7hUsh37y_to7CMrYXuaw-QYbK2pUCL_Dn-s5uag1xyrDvpq1q13C0GohhfslX3IUuWkyWDcxFJsrcC1UXA1nkEonNbvCwS0QFDnzR3bPHuOn9tom5ZDhzATMIws7PR3dJ0xSQ_pA/s2117/You%20are%20never%20alone%20in%20your%20healing%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2117" data-original-width="1630" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUS-3Z7rCqrY1Kj25wkN_6GblG7QHpK1NdkbIvogH_egb4iRjg_-7hUsh37y_to7CMrYXuaw-QYbK2pUCL_Dn-s5uag1xyrDvpq1q13C0GohhfslX3IUuWkyWDcxFJsrcC1UXA1nkEonNbvCwS0QFDnzR3bPHuOn9tom5ZDhzATMIws7PR3dJ0xSQ_pA/w492-h640/You%20are%20never%20alone%20in%20your%20healing%20(2).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="492" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are never alone in your healing journey. Good spirits surround you caring for you. Rest. Be calm. Let the unseen healing forces work for you while you sleep. You are safe.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: var(--primary-text); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2taUqcpUxay7HtaBf0NKGOg3g5WQNe5qeuzWd2AaAzrMFp9-xyUZt2FLnVLrjBdUWzqmveUsLICnmKUp_7ZRlQzkI0bEDTnTgEkRRg9veqGIFY7cYXLcLuHED0zel9DZ7lPuMFJYnN94qBY0xUz-EmQCca5MDc7LKKcC63p76wpmf63azdpB-ZVictrOF/s1024/We%20carry%20our%20burden%20on%20and%20one%20until%20one%20day%20we%20laugh%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="1024" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2taUqcpUxay7HtaBf0NKGOg3g5WQNe5qeuzWd2AaAzrMFp9-xyUZt2FLnVLrjBdUWzqmveUsLICnmKUp_7ZRlQzkI0bEDTnTgEkRRg9veqGIFY7cYXLcLuHED0zel9DZ7lPuMFJYnN94qBY0xUz-EmQCca5MDc7LKKcC63p76wpmf63azdpB-ZVictrOF/w400-h239/We%20carry%20our%20burden%20on%20and%20one%20until%20one%20day%20we%20laugh%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="animation-name: none !important; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; transition-property: none !important; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Always keep on keeping on.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; color: var(--primary-text); transition-property: none !important;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are strong.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are healthy.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are resilient.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are healing.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are loved.</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none !important; transition-property: none !important;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>You are safe.</i></span></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-8921214711048290662024-03-07T12:43:00.000-08:002024-03-07T12:43:07.537-08:00Lightarted Living: Stop Anticipating the Worst<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2024/03/stop-anticipating-worst.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Stop Anticipating the Worst</a>: <div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Stop Anticipating the Worst</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8819134036652138416" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FZIOmQ-9Kjz6XB30s8u_eYTEuy6bgm57sDIksj1-w3DL-4GcTtj3_IZhaU7F3ZkaqXTualr2PDOWthfhTL6Vz5_tph9pPmY2nDnbRs2HxaJ0vZKgn9uv_slRIA4Gra7AkPBufKXkYX4-YUaviyFB1Rfx5VhC-1sSi4mb3s2F5owXKxN4s0qtRDmHjw/s966/You%20climbed%20the%20mountain%20colored.png" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="966" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FZIOmQ-9Kjz6XB30s8u_eYTEuy6bgm57sDIksj1-w3DL-4GcTtj3_IZhaU7F3ZkaqXTualr2PDOWthfhTL6Vz5_tph9pPmY2nDnbRs2HxaJ0vZKgn9uv_slRIA4Gra7AkPBufKXkYX4-YUaviyFB1Rfx5VhC-1sSi4mb3s2F5owXKxN4s0qtRDmHjw/w545-h456/You%20climbed%20the%20mountain%20colored.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="545" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Stop Anticipating the Worst</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What challenging experience have you been through lately? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What's had you holding your breath?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Are you still carrying fear and anxiety with you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> long after the issue resolved?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Stop anticipating the worst. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Climb the mountain, don't carry it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Get on with enjoying life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6470121164591034613" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEzz1lJclQP3z8vjeMppXiZieQITdpw6yhmcjHaN0J6tmxKEOnaSE5Lfu1bbDLyWDax00i106W99PhGA89K4TfzvXCc39Qr55HYTJ-n6RxDJ5Uv4Z2qB5xroc6qNm-T8igJ66_m0z_hgxEuVqSI0HuTrCelBc64SVUy8HJNwhV2-Y4Z3E4inhtt_J2Q/s2200/The%20mountains%20you%20carry%20you%20were%20meant%20to%20climb%20colored.png" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEzz1lJclQP3z8vjeMppXiZieQITdpw6yhmcjHaN0J6tmxKEOnaSE5Lfu1bbDLyWDax00i106W99PhGA89K4TfzvXCc39Qr55HYTJ-n6RxDJ5Uv4Z2qB5xroc6qNm-T8igJ66_m0z_hgxEuVqSI0HuTrCelBc64SVUy8HJNwhV2-Y4Z3E4inhtt_J2Q/w494-h640/The%20mountains%20you%20carry%20you%20were%20meant%20to%20climb%20colored.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Let Go</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"These mountains that you are carrying,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You were only supposed to climb."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Najwa Zebian</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Put it Down</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpctwGTNdq3QNxa5fL5lhyHLaWs-oqw2FT4eRN-fPj41IoWhtjC4HBhahBTtio3rJT2aUuo1bZFg2QECgDJXG5TRdm6B4GIcq6mzs-HWlqEYtWQ8b3wViu5IJdnbLGGngbtnKDT2TQGcMj54-FbBG8OFh1ybiGRY9y2P_yfLt_URpuWnjSkUxQgobfhA/s1449/You%20climbed%20the%20mountain%20what%20are%20you%20waiting%20for%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpctwGTNdq3QNxa5fL5lhyHLaWs-oqw2FT4eRN-fPj41IoWhtjC4HBhahBTtio3rJT2aUuo1bZFg2QECgDJXG5TRdm6B4GIcq6mzs-HWlqEYtWQ8b3wViu5IJdnbLGGngbtnKDT2TQGcMj54-FbBG8OFh1ybiGRY9y2P_yfLt_URpuWnjSkUxQgobfhA/w306-h400/You%20climbed%20the%20mountain%20what%20are%20you%20waiting%20for%20(3).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What Are You Waiting For?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You climbed the mountain. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What are you waiting for?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Stop holding your Breath.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Breathe deeply and enjoy the view.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Time to get on with enjoying life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>All is Well</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Let Go</b></span></div></div></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-88191340366521384162024-03-07T12:41:00.000-08:002024-03-07T12:41:46.710-08:00Stop Anticipating the Worst<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FZIOmQ-9Kjz6XB30s8u_eYTEuy6bgm57sDIksj1-w3DL-4GcTtj3_IZhaU7F3ZkaqXTualr2PDOWthfhTL6Vz5_tph9pPmY2nDnbRs2HxaJ0vZKgn9uv_slRIA4Gra7AkPBufKXkYX4-YUaviyFB1Rfx5VhC-1sSi4mb3s2F5owXKxN4s0qtRDmHjw/s966/You%20climbed%20the%20mountain%20colored.png" style="background-color: white; color: #2288bb; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="966" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_FZIOmQ-9Kjz6XB30s8u_eYTEuy6bgm57sDIksj1-w3DL-4GcTtj3_IZhaU7F3ZkaqXTualr2PDOWthfhTL6Vz5_tph9pPmY2nDnbRs2HxaJ0vZKgn9uv_slRIA4Gra7AkPBufKXkYX4-YUaviyFB1Rfx5VhC-1sSi4mb3s2F5owXKxN4s0qtRDmHjw/w545-h456/You%20climbed%20the%20mountain%20colored.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="545" /></a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; text-align: left;">Stop Anticipating the Worst</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What challenging experience have you been through lately? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What's had you holding your breath?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Are you still carrying fear and anxiety with you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> long after the issue resolved?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Stop anticipating the worst. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Climb the mountain, don't carry it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Get on with enjoying life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6470121164591034613" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEzz1lJclQP3z8vjeMppXiZieQITdpw6yhmcjHaN0J6tmxKEOnaSE5Lfu1bbDLyWDax00i106W99PhGA89K4TfzvXCc39Qr55HYTJ-n6RxDJ5Uv4Z2qB5xroc6qNm-T8igJ66_m0z_hgxEuVqSI0HuTrCelBc64SVUy8HJNwhV2-Y4Z3E4inhtt_J2Q/s2200/The%20mountains%20you%20carry%20you%20were%20meant%20to%20climb%20colored.png" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEzz1lJclQP3z8vjeMppXiZieQITdpw6yhmcjHaN0J6tmxKEOnaSE5Lfu1bbDLyWDax00i106W99PhGA89K4TfzvXCc39Qr55HYTJ-n6RxDJ5Uv4Z2qB5xroc6qNm-T8igJ66_m0z_hgxEuVqSI0HuTrCelBc64SVUy8HJNwhV2-Y4Z3E4inhtt_J2Q/w494-h640/The%20mountains%20you%20carry%20you%20were%20meant%20to%20climb%20colored.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Let Go</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"These mountains that you are carrying,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You were only supposed to climb."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Najwa Zebian</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Put it Down</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpctwGTNdq3QNxa5fL5lhyHLaWs-oqw2FT4eRN-fPj41IoWhtjC4HBhahBTtio3rJT2aUuo1bZFg2QECgDJXG5TRdm6B4GIcq6mzs-HWlqEYtWQ8b3wViu5IJdnbLGGngbtnKDT2TQGcMj54-FbBG8OFh1ybiGRY9y2P_yfLt_URpuWnjSkUxQgobfhA/s1449/You%20climbed%20the%20mountain%20what%20are%20you%20waiting%20for%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="1111" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpctwGTNdq3QNxa5fL5lhyHLaWs-oqw2FT4eRN-fPj41IoWhtjC4HBhahBTtio3rJT2aUuo1bZFg2QECgDJXG5TRdm6B4GIcq6mzs-HWlqEYtWQ8b3wViu5IJdnbLGGngbtnKDT2TQGcMj54-FbBG8OFh1ybiGRY9y2P_yfLt_URpuWnjSkUxQgobfhA/w306-h400/You%20climbed%20the%20mountain%20what%20are%20you%20waiting%20for%20(3).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What Are You Waiting For?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You climbed the mountain. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What are you waiting for?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Stop holding your Breath.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Breathe deeply and enjoy the view.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Time to get on with enjoying life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>All is Well</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Let Go</b></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-82653678627247871472024-03-06T13:56:00.000-08:002024-03-06T13:56:38.748-08:00Lightarted Living: Becoming More Upbeat<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2024/03/becoming-more-upbeat.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Becoming More Upbeat</a>: <div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Becoming More Upbeat</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1789326613051791265" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3421787954601715416" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 14.52px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCz527ph-ZvM6CucgDEMHcRQTaAwd8waZSbrPmqA2QmYgdQWi_51pjRcvXWUNJez-j2mFqIJNyF-uh8HVhAyi5o_pmlpPi2qFUkh33K7nmg3MPW4M2DoKhv6bleNWZQEL_Dw0SfZ0v5Ds/s1600/dawn+of+a+new+day.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1347" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCz527ph-ZvM6CucgDEMHcRQTaAwd8waZSbrPmqA2QmYgdQWi_51pjRcvXWUNJez-j2mFqIJNyF-uh8HVhAyi5o_pmlpPi2qFUkh33K7nmg3MPW4M2DoKhv6bleNWZQEL_Dw0SfZ0v5Ds/w532-h235/dawn+of+a+new+day.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="532" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>What Sets Upbeat People Apart?</b></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Face it--some days you wake up ready to enthusiastically dive into the day, while other days you wake feeling the need for a pep talk. </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Upbeat people are no different in that regard. They too experience the full gamut of emotions and difficult life experiences. And some days upbeat people need a pep talk too.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">What sets upbeat people apart is they have a low tolerance for sitting too long in the doldrums of life before they jump into actions steering them into a more positive frame of mind. </span></blockquote><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Upbeat people assess the difficult situations and their options, and then do what they must do to improve their chances for achieving the most positive outcomes. </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Upbeat people's thinking and acting habits put them in control of things that matter most to them. They trust they always have another action to take that empowers them and lifts their spirits.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbBXFEnG1GGsp1ocnUjq-8EPabS9lPMMUhqv0xqZrHkIu2y32RqrkbL72-4cZTHWMYR6tduAluyVfc1xQmUpuvF3Jjn56upwCSMg-rCHVpyjhZRnKIOWWHe1fnftePVR9TfVd8jZ6xNAs/s1600/Hopeful.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1091" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbBXFEnG1GGsp1ocnUjq-8EPabS9lPMMUhqv0xqZrHkIu2y32RqrkbL72-4cZTHWMYR6tduAluyVfc1xQmUpuvF3Jjn56upwCSMg-rCHVpyjhZRnKIOWWHe1fnftePVR9TfVd8jZ6xNAs/w464-h392/Hopeful.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Upbeat Realist</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">You might think upbeat people live in La La Land and see with rose-colored glasses. But upbeat people are just realists who struggle to find the best way to get through the tougher times in life faster. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">Upbeat people accept the realities of life and find a way to deal with them.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Before you're quick to to accept you're not an upbeat person, ask yourself if you'd like to live your life more upbeat than not. If you desire to be more upbeat most of the time, a small tweak in your behavior is all that's required.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMpyMdUuSf53esiwkiAOjgQmrNuNMWGrsJfPkhGJy2KlQBF86eDacqJHVU8eYwt8PoQT0Xs1y1bxU453qhm713uIqZ01jHM-mOPTlzpPe-TQnu2Pg_10h5rShl8arERCmzot12HVRmqmg/s1600/Life+Unfolding.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="859" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMpyMdUuSf53esiwkiAOjgQmrNuNMWGrsJfPkhGJy2KlQBF86eDacqJHVU8eYwt8PoQT0Xs1y1bxU453qhm713uIqZ01jHM-mOPTlzpPe-TQnu2Pg_10h5rShl8arERCmzot12HVRmqmg/w339-h517/Life+Unfolding.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="339" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Becoming the Upbeat Person You're Meant to Be</b></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What are the small tweaks you can make in your approach to life to become a more upbeat person?</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💓Turn your disappointment into a time for active discovery. <i>Take Action.</i></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙Take positive actions without concern for the outcome. <i>Don't think about it; just do it.</i></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💚Turn failure into learning experiences. </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💛During the tough times, do what you must do without dwelling on it. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Step into the water at high tide.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💜Find a way to endure what you cannot escape. <i>Develop a go-to mantra or affirmation to get you started when things go awry. </i></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><br /></i></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Decide on the most important course of action and begin. Once you begin, keep going.</i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfEceiYv70yRFscjCuZv9MERL8s61f__Nlo5WYYLAosRcL34bf9oQYNMfGqKPCFoeD9znRZoljSDaBtXEmapJa_2QGtEr3-WLNV1L_xrM6ym96l6ef6EYw4V-RbH9gu6HD9YXzL-C5ZLY/s1600/My+Future+is+bright%252C+joyous+and+secure+borderless.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1600" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfEceiYv70yRFscjCuZv9MERL8s61f__Nlo5WYYLAosRcL34bf9oQYNMfGqKPCFoeD9znRZoljSDaBtXEmapJa_2QGtEr3-WLNV1L_xrM6ym96l6ef6EYw4V-RbH9gu6HD9YXzL-C5ZLY/w533-h411/My+Future+is+bright%252C+joyous+and+secure+borderless.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="533" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Finding 'The Happy' in the Delicate Dance of Life Unfolding</b></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I've enjoyed an ongoing dialogue for years with my sister-in-law, Lee, about LIFE unfolding. She sends me a mantra, I send her a picture of LIFE unfolding with her mantra in it. She sends me a photo of peonies unfolding and more renditions of her mantra and I send her a new picture out of her peonies with new affirmations. </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">When you DO SOMETHING with a mantra or affirmation, you instill a positive frame of mind into a dynamic way of living making it easier to be upbeat faster.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Let your life surprise you. Try out one of Lee's unfolding affirmations below or create one of your own. Choose your upbeat and life affirming mantra, and then live it.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Life is unfolding in a relaxed and peaceful way.</i></span><br /><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LIfe is unfolding in the most humorous way.</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Life unfolds with great ease and calm.</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Life unfolds in the most delightful and centered way, with many happy surprises!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i></div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Everything is playing out in the most happy and delight-filled way</span></i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #0b5394;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, "sans-serif""><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Happiness has spread like peanut butter thick upon me, penetrating and soothing my rattled heart. </span></i></span></div></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-17893266130517912652024-03-06T13:55:00.000-08:002024-03-06T13:55:30.970-08:00Becoming More Upbeat <p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3421787954601715416" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCz527ph-ZvM6CucgDEMHcRQTaAwd8waZSbrPmqA2QmYgdQWi_51pjRcvXWUNJez-j2mFqIJNyF-uh8HVhAyi5o_pmlpPi2qFUkh33K7nmg3MPW4M2DoKhv6bleNWZQEL_Dw0SfZ0v5Ds/s1600/dawn+of+a+new+day.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1347" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCz527ph-ZvM6CucgDEMHcRQTaAwd8waZSbrPmqA2QmYgdQWi_51pjRcvXWUNJez-j2mFqIJNyF-uh8HVhAyi5o_pmlpPi2qFUkh33K7nmg3MPW4M2DoKhv6bleNWZQEL_Dw0SfZ0v5Ds/w532-h235/dawn+of+a+new+day.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="532" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>What Sets Upbeat People Apart?</b></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Face it--some days you wake up ready to enthusiastically dive into the day, while other days you wake feeling the need for a pep talk. </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Upbeat people are no different in that regard. They too experience the full gamut of emotions and difficult life experiences. And some days upbeat people need a pep talk too.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">What sets upbeat people apart is they have a low tolerance for sitting too long in the doldrums of life before they jump into actions steering them into a more positive frame of mind. </span></blockquote><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Upbeat people assess the difficult situations and their options, and then do what they must do to improve their chances for achieving the most positive outcomes. </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Upbeat people's thinking and acting habits put them in control of things that matter most to them. They trust they always have another action to take that empowers them and lifts their spirits.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbBXFEnG1GGsp1ocnUjq-8EPabS9lPMMUhqv0xqZrHkIu2y32RqrkbL72-4cZTHWMYR6tduAluyVfc1xQmUpuvF3Jjn56upwCSMg-rCHVpyjhZRnKIOWWHe1fnftePVR9TfVd8jZ6xNAs/s1600/Hopeful.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1091" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbBXFEnG1GGsp1ocnUjq-8EPabS9lPMMUhqv0xqZrHkIu2y32RqrkbL72-4cZTHWMYR6tduAluyVfc1xQmUpuvF3Jjn56upwCSMg-rCHVpyjhZRnKIOWWHe1fnftePVR9TfVd8jZ6xNAs/w464-h392/Hopeful.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Upbeat Realist</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">You might think upbeat people live in La La Land and see with rose-colored glasses. But upbeat people are just realists who struggle to find the best way to get through the tougher times in life faster. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">Upbeat people accept the realities of life and find a way to deal with them.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Before you're quick to to accept you're not an upbeat person, ask yourself if you'd like to live your life more upbeat than not. If you desire to be more upbeat most of the time, a small tweak in your behavior is all that's required.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMpyMdUuSf53esiwkiAOjgQmrNuNMWGrsJfPkhGJy2KlQBF86eDacqJHVU8eYwt8PoQT0Xs1y1bxU453qhm713uIqZ01jHM-mOPTlzpPe-TQnu2Pg_10h5rShl8arERCmzot12HVRmqmg/s1600/Life+Unfolding.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="859" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqMpyMdUuSf53esiwkiAOjgQmrNuNMWGrsJfPkhGJy2KlQBF86eDacqJHVU8eYwt8PoQT0Xs1y1bxU453qhm713uIqZ01jHM-mOPTlzpPe-TQnu2Pg_10h5rShl8arERCmzot12HVRmqmg/w339-h517/Life+Unfolding.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="339" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Becoming the Upbeat Person You're Meant to Be</b></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What are the small tweaks you can make in your approach to life to become a more upbeat person?</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💓Turn your disappointment into a time for active discovery. <i>Take Action.</i></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙Take positive actions without concern for the outcome. <i>Don't think about it; just do it.</i></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💚Turn failure into learning experiences. </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💛During the tough times, do what you must do without dwelling on it. </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Step into the water at high tide.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💜Find a way to endure what you cannot escape. <i>Develop a go-to mantra or affirmation to get you started when things go awry. </i></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><br /></i></span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Decide on the most important course of action and begin. Once you begin, keep going.</i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfEceiYv70yRFscjCuZv9MERL8s61f__Nlo5WYYLAosRcL34bf9oQYNMfGqKPCFoeD9znRZoljSDaBtXEmapJa_2QGtEr3-WLNV1L_xrM6ym96l6ef6EYw4V-RbH9gu6HD9YXzL-C5ZLY/s1600/My+Future+is+bright%252C+joyous+and+secure+borderless.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="1600" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfEceiYv70yRFscjCuZv9MERL8s61f__Nlo5WYYLAosRcL34bf9oQYNMfGqKPCFoeD9znRZoljSDaBtXEmapJa_2QGtEr3-WLNV1L_xrM6ym96l6ef6EYw4V-RbH9gu6HD9YXzL-C5ZLY/w533-h411/My+Future+is+bright%252C+joyous+and+secure+borderless.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="533" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Finding 'The Happy' in the Delicate Dance of Life Unfolding</b></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I've enjoyed an ongoing dialogue for years with my sister-in-law, Lee, about LIFE unfolding. She sends me a mantra, I send her a picture of LIFE unfolding with her mantra in it. She sends me a photo of peonies unfolding and more renditions of her mantra and I send her a new picture out of her peonies with new affirmations. </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">When you DO SOMETHING with a mantra or affirmation, you instill a positive frame of mind into a dynamic way of living making it easier to be upbeat faster.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Let your life surprise you. Try out one of Lee's unfolding affirmations below or create one of your own. Choose your upbeat and life affirming mantra, and then live it.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Life is unfolding in a relaxed and peaceful way.</i></span><br /><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LIfe is unfolding in the most humorous way.</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Life unfolds with great ease and calm.</span></span></i><br /><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></i><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Life unfolds in the most delightful and centered way, with many happy surprises!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i></div><span face="arial, sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Everything is playing out in the most happy and delight-filled way</span></i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, "sans-serif"" style="color: #0b5394;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, "sans-serif""><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Happiness has spread like peanut butter thick upon me, penetrating and soothing my rattled heart. </span></i></span></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-88222452220350875982024-03-04T12:49:00.000-08:002024-03-04T12:49:07.217-08:00Lightarted Living: Life is Magic<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2024/03/life-is-magic.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Life is Magic</a>: <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUfGHw4jd04XcYCoIgS6_uTke4EIUls3Mr7D7nKAoiXsCQwUul8Chl_tGmvbdJEr1-XTK5twoWn1GlDWYLQkr4QcFBICYwy8OJ2ZebAlK4DgamjO5f9kofR7M-vPAPBkzdtbu1umehhLo/s1600/The+Naked+Truth+brightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1154" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUfGHw4jd04XcYCoIgS6_uTke4EIUls3Mr7D7nKAoiXsCQwUul8Chl_tGmvbdJEr1-XTK5twoWn1GlDWYLQkr4QcFBICYwy8OJ2ZebAlK4DgamjO5f9kofR7M-vPAPBkzdtbu1umehhLo/s640/The+Naked+Truth+brightened.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Naked Truth~Life is Magic</span></b></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><br /></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I'll Whisper the Naked Truth to You!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💓</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Listen Up!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💙</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Life is Magic!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>💚</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Dive in Head First.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>💛</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Embrace it.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>💜</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Life is there for You!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">B</span><span style="color: red;">E </span><span style="color: cyan;">A</span><span style="color: orange;">L</span><span style="color: blue;">I</span><span style="color: magenta;">V</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">E</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oEVNzh5-s8uk84hkZh5pAMG1WEEiam6FufDEmuDPzPEV-AlZmeYzbMrXGDDkveGZw0QiXjoyU4C4eKPCEUSGDuyX90f5Z7a5cf3b87K3FAjIrmhwh_PeNOl0pkLgbMakiBnA21wEyjNA/s1600/Take+Heart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1197" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oEVNzh5-s8uk84hkZh5pAMG1WEEiam6FufDEmuDPzPEV-AlZmeYzbMrXGDDkveGZw0QiXjoyU4C4eKPCEUSGDuyX90f5Z7a5cf3b87K3FAjIrmhwh_PeNOl0pkLgbMakiBnA21wEyjNA/s640/Take+Heart.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Impart Wisdom into Your Heart</span></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">As you make your way in the world </span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Impart this wisdom into your heart~</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💓</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>BE OF GOOD CHEER!</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💙</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>TAKE HEART</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💚</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>TRUST YOURSELF</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💛</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>BE HAPPY</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💜</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>LISTEN TO YOURSELF</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>RENEW YOUR SPIRIT DAILY!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">B</span><span style="color: red;">E </span><span style="color: cyan;">A</span><span style="color: orange;">L</span><span style="color: blue;">I</span><span style="color: magenta;">V</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">E</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesha8d-iiK8ALKTMTZWnFuP69lsFiO2wFFWc0FMlW_GZRf5fxj2MwosZtXlvTExjZftbLZ7IRsXUvsD2cWfMFqamLWnp3L1BNj4pt3QQbABYgoXhvajmP8DFbXKvfehSNSbEDtLNLO4Q0/s1600/Love+in+Living+Color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesha8d-iiK8ALKTMTZWnFuP69lsFiO2wFFWc0FMlW_GZRf5fxj2MwosZtXlvTExjZftbLZ7IRsXUvsD2cWfMFqamLWnp3L1BNj4pt3QQbABYgoXhvajmP8DFbXKvfehSNSbEDtLNLO4Q0/s640/Love+in+Living+Color.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Be Life's Magic </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;">💓</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>LIVE AND LOVE OUT-LOUD! </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💚</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Use a Paint Brush on the World!</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💜</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.52px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Put a Paint Job on the World!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">B</span><span style="color: red;">E </span><span style="color: cyan;">A</span><span style="color: orange;">L</span><span style="color: blue;">I</span><span style="color: magenta;">V</span></span></b><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">E</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></b></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-64531318934362199412024-03-04T12:47:00.000-08:002024-03-04T12:47:13.113-08:00Life is Magic<p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4010557630680041421" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUfGHw4jd04XcYCoIgS6_uTke4EIUls3Mr7D7nKAoiXsCQwUul8Chl_tGmvbdJEr1-XTK5twoWn1GlDWYLQkr4QcFBICYwy8OJ2ZebAlK4DgamjO5f9kofR7M-vPAPBkzdtbu1umehhLo/s1600/The+Naked+Truth+brightened.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1154" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQUfGHw4jd04XcYCoIgS6_uTke4EIUls3Mr7D7nKAoiXsCQwUul8Chl_tGmvbdJEr1-XTK5twoWn1GlDWYLQkr4QcFBICYwy8OJ2ZebAlK4DgamjO5f9kofR7M-vPAPBkzdtbu1umehhLo/s640/The+Naked+Truth+brightened.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Naked Truth~Life is Magic</span></b></h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><br /></h3><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I'll Whisper the Naked Truth to You!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💓</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Listen Up!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💙</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Life is Magic!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>💚</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Dive in Head First.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>💛</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Embrace it.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>💜</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Life is there for You!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">B</span><span style="color: red;">E </span><span style="color: cyan;">A</span><span style="color: orange;">L</span><span style="color: blue;">I</span><span style="color: magenta;">V</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">E</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Impart Wisdom into Your Heart</span></b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💜</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Put a Paint Job on the World!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">B</span><span style="color: red;">E </span><span style="color: cyan;">A</span><span style="color: orange;">L</span><span style="color: blue;">I</span><span style="color: magenta;">V</span></span></b><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">E</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></b></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-2669507607818682192024-02-29T12:30:00.000-08:002024-02-29T12:30:26.612-08:00Lightarted Living: Memories on the Trail<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2024/02/memories-on-trail.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Memories on the Trail</a>: <div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Memories on the Trail</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-532762892551831198" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bBmwKOuiPIZRn_iVT4dsu8mU-bFAVNAplvWiw2qer3oRM6R-3Bd9Q8mT29lb4w9QzYJqb5uHBk27u5G5W1p0cpv8a5YCAjFWGB9kkGQx0XdQQ6R80kMBeZmZM-7FcXy-Vjtdh_blyESAURhvx21Rua4CmfzUFyb20Z2Jq8PJaqqFlDHEbKtG9SEPdHEd/s3296/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail2.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bBmwKOuiPIZRn_iVT4dsu8mU-bFAVNAplvWiw2qer3oRM6R-3Bd9Q8mT29lb4w9QzYJqb5uHBk27u5G5W1p0cpv8a5YCAjFWGB9kkGQx0XdQQ6R80kMBeZmZM-7FcXy-Vjtdh_blyESAURhvx21Rua4CmfzUFyb20Z2Jq8PJaqqFlDHEbKtG9SEPdHEd/w494-h640/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail2.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Memories On The Trail<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk159742429"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When I die<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Scatter my ashes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alongside the trail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">so my spirit soul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">may join with the fairies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">frolicking and sprinkling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">an aura of goodness, lightness, and joy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">into the hearts of passer byes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2D0Xij9zpdezCcGTKyvgUDLhn97NRApmg3xr4sTUuRrsl3D4ZXSyUNtWLldjXiNI2aqIRm36-aOYJJ_TRELuyB2k54nfypl_N4QLrKTDqo-VgrcB3CTk5QVDYqeLIVcW2hyphenhyphenL6VdOgKumquWaRzrIE0TJUZpr5NVgJoPrb1EZr74aCZO8VcVUbBnuX80JK/s958/Riding%20the%20Bull.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="958" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2D0Xij9zpdezCcGTKyvgUDLhn97NRApmg3xr4sTUuRrsl3D4ZXSyUNtWLldjXiNI2aqIRm36-aOYJJ_TRELuyB2k54nfypl_N4QLrKTDqo-VgrcB3CTk5QVDYqeLIVcW2hyphenhyphenL6VdOgKumquWaRzrIE0TJUZpr5NVgJoPrb1EZr74aCZO8VcVUbBnuX80JK/w400-h296/Riding%20the%20Bull.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> In the miles and miles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’ve covered in almost a half a century of walking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">my Ashland trail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’ve enjoyed making friends and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">engaging in the simple ritual of saying 'hello'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBtaznL3YxkxVgmEBo8KmDlp4XzbZmwOB0WPyCZJOsnjQMhj7X1Bo4bi_pBB4g1Ezn41H925jA_5IzvMMsMgzfnEYRBxQu21NISCmkTgVgT4Y8gfirPCHXu8LYpsq_1dAW5DiTEbjZTqdIEzv_8D4N3S06vN1-1lUVw6FLYP7Lvg8UAYq7S2hjiYQiXB5/s1018/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail8.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1018" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBtaznL3YxkxVgmEBo8KmDlp4XzbZmwOB0WPyCZJOsnjQMhj7X1Bo4bi_pBB4g1Ezn41H925jA_5IzvMMsMgzfnEYRBxQu21NISCmkTgVgT4Y8gfirPCHXu8LYpsq_1dAW5DiTEbjZTqdIEzv_8D4N3S06vN1-1lUVw6FLYP7Lvg8UAYq7S2hjiYQiXB5/s320/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail8.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> “Hello”, “How are you?”,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">'What a cute dog!',</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Enjoy your walk and your day”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br /></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnm8X-UbkCHpxkFtkSkINQ_Acbq2uRfkNyHtfc6qTfo7dkx3exKRPNdkgMMWxe2YkU6-gfqLLnEks74C8zpQKto7ewk8Ab835xcUqbuLW3Pdys1d4Ees9QIoaaoxOanxhHIFk7rGAVZs0jkRri_OQRTfpnw6LoTMKfJWfaBUJG401jX-fhDLDA_StFvtEY/s1293/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail3.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; 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font-size: medium;">Or for those enjoying a quiet day</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a simple smile or nod and wave suffices</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">to acknowlege 'I see you', 'You matter'</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">'Peace be with you'.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcL_xSE-cP3cnGlBHJTF1UpstOOiu58AeNr8wEqoopupDdJDTHyzdoeyb9xq2ab7FPXSkCSbLHP-AZAVbJuU9WQcZW8qPf_pkn_qZsQPihdBbO2Z7j8R-fm7uu8TmIXmrt69ExvbbhDUI-x4unIdM5MJWPe5bKqhPcprGSF0MfRVwIxCIZYd2_kHG3VpW/s1220/buck%20teeth%20(2).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcL_xSE-cP3cnGlBHJTF1UpstOOiu58AeNr8wEqoopupDdJDTHyzdoeyb9xq2ab7FPXSkCSbLHP-AZAVbJuU9WQcZW8qPf_pkn_qZsQPihdBbO2Z7j8R-fm7uu8TmIXmrt69ExvbbhDUI-x4unIdM5MJWPe5bKqhPcprGSF0MfRVwIxCIZYd2_kHG3VpW/s320/buck%20teeth%20(2).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="243" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p>These simple niceties are the grease</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and glue welcoming us into each others lives</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">on the promenade,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">providing an uplift to our days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and solidifying a </span></span><span style="line-height: 15.18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">camaraderie among us</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnhGeXzs9gxkgscpwtj_3etQcjEHwg8aD28Gym3u3fyvdqKt0tPrKOi1cA_rgc3XsLV2J5QEqpb73guxn-dQO40phjS7lylI2rAT-D9avAI20M8rwGcgDVvbZyAtZaoo6kaWBM0P7qIGutkQfEBMmpdPVIUnXe-6dbdW71aRnzceUBrFH3_rbb6GlbEVE/s1213/Relaxing.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="896" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnhGeXzs9gxkgscpwtj_3etQcjEHwg8aD28Gym3u3fyvdqKt0tPrKOi1cA_rgc3XsLV2J5QEqpb73guxn-dQO40phjS7lylI2rAT-D9avAI20M8rwGcgDVvbZyAtZaoo6kaWBM0P7qIGutkQfEBMmpdPVIUnXe-6dbdW71aRnzceUBrFH3_rbb6GlbEVE/s320/Relaxing.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="236" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Through the years, the seasonal changes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Have always invoked warm memories<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">as I walk my beloved trail.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9KeMmIA7mtTGju82nBxy805fFeNphM1EV2QYoSSE2NlitUZz5McLEQJUdekTc3E-8_PWC9xYzMeWgBVJP0AVR-6lNU6KFgbvtdQxRPgptU9yjomQkOCikyHvmEVbOVAcfpAhXtSAwOC3AaYLfxK5zHi_OxiVPEc8wUH__Cl96_vyP1WdAFptiHdRjpy8/s715/swirling%20green.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="715" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9KeMmIA7mtTGju82nBxy805fFeNphM1EV2QYoSSE2NlitUZz5McLEQJUdekTc3E-8_PWC9xYzMeWgBVJP0AVR-6lNU6KFgbvtdQxRPgptU9yjomQkOCikyHvmEVbOVAcfpAhXtSAwOC3AaYLfxK5zHi_OxiVPEc8wUH__Cl96_vyP1WdAFptiHdRjpy8/s320/swirling%20green.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On sunny, but chilly days, the winds<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">blow in memories of childhood days:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSke3sFLPs-cQsoNW3Ma_yphSl5EFs-XEaH1-yegPtWasmZOvOZWiuMRAERhYMzn9ziORdCTud-vu5jXA-DXTi7tP2tSDMs3L5H3gGSFdH9hJLXvBUX93KDVbh3Imgb6855O98bwwRyE6aUcP6zEC7BiOUFULKa-fbtR-pvg0GQ6ush_6xeTTXZJgvmH2/s1684/Jupiter%20women%20boarder%20(3).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1684" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSke3sFLPs-cQsoNW3Ma_yphSl5EFs-XEaH1-yegPtWasmZOvOZWiuMRAERhYMzn9ziORdCTud-vu5jXA-DXTi7tP2tSDMs3L5H3gGSFdH9hJLXvBUX93KDVbh3Imgb6855O98bwwRyE6aUcP6zEC7BiOUFULKa-fbtR-pvg0GQ6ush_6xeTTXZJgvmH2/s320/Jupiter%20women%20boarder%20(3).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Memories of standing on a hill in Malibu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with my mother one singular windy day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">when I was a toddler<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> flying a kite </span><span style="font-family: arial;">as she held me</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and made me feel eternally warm and safe;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvpOW53Lw0coWyjJ3OWCnKzr2KRzUejByMIz-Tb5yuHa0l0RdczUIMf4afXNNY6AvSqscw4Q9rxglhx3Wb01LtrT4eZsHYQgrzrOBze-HbI_XOFvVgX9ZPNXZj2rofHMGxdeBi5cdDH9tcAP6WNsQ8stBvzqt9ymD-U2L9xEV5_cb4H2_oj6WpcAVh-wX/s952/Hat%20and%20Heart%20with%20sun.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvpOW53Lw0coWyjJ3OWCnKzr2KRzUejByMIz-Tb5yuHa0l0RdczUIMf4afXNNY6AvSqscw4Q9rxglhx3Wb01LtrT4eZsHYQgrzrOBze-HbI_XOFvVgX9ZPNXZj2rofHMGxdeBi5cdDH9tcAP6WNsQ8stBvzqt9ymD-U2L9xEV5_cb4H2_oj6WpcAVh-wX/s320/Hat%20and%20Heart%20with%20sun.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="261" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Memories of lazy childhood</span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Saturday afternoons in Los Altos Hills,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">resting after morning chores were done<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">basking in the warmth of the sun<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">sitting on the swing set in the backyard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">listening to the distant sound<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">of a lawn mower<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">or the far away drone of a plane.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As I invoke these memories </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">through engaging all my senses on the trail, </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am relaxed, warm and content.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am loved and feel the depth of belonging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All is right with the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVyGtNYPZYBx4zRsZXjaFJw095ixnQSewXnaa-jy46qUEJNng0OJzGq4yQQ02RnXVBY7SRsp6uo2R-8tGHKo2Ltba0fy0z8GWReyeohw7nF3cbEhPYYlJyfHWGPypW6xTfDrCH_jbL-oiZ1tL-znNgfyT3y7nkZo24Dsj8GT2v5hXc8SSPvcaDUoheB00/s1911/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail6.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="1911" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVyGtNYPZYBx4zRsZXjaFJw095ixnQSewXnaa-jy46qUEJNng0OJzGq4yQQ02RnXVBY7SRsp6uo2R-8tGHKo2Ltba0fy0z8GWReyeohw7nF3cbEhPYYlJyfHWGPypW6xTfDrCH_jbL-oiZ1tL-znNgfyT3y7nkZo24Dsj8GT2v5hXc8SSPvcaDUoheB00/s320/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail6.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So when I die<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">throw my ashes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">along the trail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">so I may join the fairies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">in blessing all who meander by</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with memories and good feelings of their own.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzb8dikUz4tXGNLHnQR0oXZqed1ZuDOMQhm3rdInIf-uoiO4CLsnYNkrL7SAAWZjvs9c2broJggnKZD1oDhekDTFEVcaf3ukcii_eugowU8b3DJ34iWoa2aEsuj8AQJAu1LTlTVEWL2njF0jpEsTa6fQUnya1E4XLYr5o3UyVT6W_h81LGHtz5X_Da0WSl/s1465/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail7.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzb8dikUz4tXGNLHnQR0oXZqed1ZuDOMQhm3rdInIf-uoiO4CLsnYNkrL7SAAWZjvs9c2broJggnKZD1oDhekDTFEVcaf3ukcii_eugowU8b3DJ34iWoa2aEsuj8AQJAu1LTlTVEWL2njF0jpEsTa6fQUnya1E4XLYr5o3UyVT6W_h81LGHtz5X_Da0WSl/w256-h320/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail7.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="256" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When I die<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">scatter my ashes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">alongside the trail<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">so that my spirit soul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">may gently swirl and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">exuberantly dance around<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the dogs and humans<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with tenderness and care,</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">eliciting a tail wag or smile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">when caught unaware.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-wp1jgfibHkykSNkKxZuOSE4klz5cQgnRiH1p1IHIxotyA-EAGTNnsKm6_9huJ2dfP9zfC44cyKVbm2_HmTBiO6JYgpc0CO_C9U3tA9Mei8SidxjupoDWi1aIKbRPF6KQrR_FOR6KVLvY00s8r4Y7R1rd-Am5_IENS57O4BDXCAW4o2zZMdLNfOz2-Kb/s3296/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-wp1jgfibHkykSNkKxZuOSE4klz5cQgnRiH1p1IHIxotyA-EAGTNnsKm6_9huJ2dfP9zfC44cyKVbm2_HmTBiO6JYgpc0CO_C9U3tA9Mei8SidxjupoDWi1aIKbRPF6KQrR_FOR6KVLvY00s8r4Y7R1rd-Am5_IENS57O4BDXCAW4o2zZMdLNfOz2-Kb/w494-h640/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="494" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Let me continue to give back<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What has been given to me—<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A sense of love, peace, joy and belonging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">along this personal promenade<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">so full of goodwill and happy memories.</span></p></div></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-5327628925518311982024-02-29T12:29:00.000-08:002024-02-29T12:29:12.196-08:00Memories on the Trail<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bBmwKOuiPIZRn_iVT4dsu8mU-bFAVNAplvWiw2qer3oRM6R-3Bd9Q8mT29lb4w9QzYJqb5uHBk27u5G5W1p0cpv8a5YCAjFWGB9kkGQx0XdQQ6R80kMBeZmZM-7FcXy-Vjtdh_blyESAURhvx21Rua4CmfzUFyb20Z2Jq8PJaqqFlDHEbKtG9SEPdHEd/s3296/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bBmwKOuiPIZRn_iVT4dsu8mU-bFAVNAplvWiw2qer3oRM6R-3Bd9Q8mT29lb4w9QzYJqb5uHBk27u5G5W1p0cpv8a5YCAjFWGB9kkGQx0XdQQ6R80kMBeZmZM-7FcXy-Vjtdh_blyESAURhvx21Rua4CmfzUFyb20Z2Jq8PJaqqFlDHEbKtG9SEPdHEd/w494-h640/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail2.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Memories On The Trail<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a name="_Hlk159742429"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When I die<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Scatter my ashes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alongside the trail<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">so my spirit soul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">may join with the fairies <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">frolicking and sprinkling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">an aura
of goodness, lightness, and joy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">into
the hearts of passer byes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2D0Xij9zpdezCcGTKyvgUDLhn97NRApmg3xr4sTUuRrsl3D4ZXSyUNtWLldjXiNI2aqIRm36-aOYJJ_TRELuyB2k54nfypl_N4QLrKTDqo-VgrcB3CTk5QVDYqeLIVcW2hyphenhyphenL6VdOgKumquWaRzrIE0TJUZpr5NVgJoPrb1EZr74aCZO8VcVUbBnuX80JK/s958/Riding%20the%20Bull.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="958" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2D0Xij9zpdezCcGTKyvgUDLhn97NRApmg3xr4sTUuRrsl3D4ZXSyUNtWLldjXiNI2aqIRm36-aOYJJ_TRELuyB2k54nfypl_N4QLrKTDqo-VgrcB3CTk5QVDYqeLIVcW2hyphenhyphenL6VdOgKumquWaRzrIE0TJUZpr5NVgJoPrb1EZr74aCZO8VcVUbBnuX80JK/w400-h296/Riding%20the%20Bull.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> In the miles and miles <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’ve
covered in almost a half a century of walking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">my Ashland trail<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I’ve enjoyed making friends and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">engaging in the simple ritual of saying 'hello'.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBtaznL3YxkxVgmEBo8KmDlp4XzbZmwOB0WPyCZJOsnjQMhj7X1Bo4bi_pBB4g1Ezn41H925jA_5IzvMMsMgzfnEYRBxQu21NISCmkTgVgT4Y8gfirPCHXu8LYpsq_1dAW5DiTEbjZTqdIEzv_8D4N3S06vN1-1lUVw6FLYP7Lvg8UAYq7S2hjiYQiXB5/s1018/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1018" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBtaznL3YxkxVgmEBo8KmDlp4XzbZmwOB0WPyCZJOsnjQMhj7X1Bo4bi_pBB4g1Ezn41H925jA_5IzvMMsMgzfnEYRBxQu21NISCmkTgVgT4Y8gfirPCHXu8LYpsq_1dAW5DiTEbjZTqdIEzv_8D4N3S06vN1-1lUVw6FLYP7Lvg8UAYq7S2hjiYQiXB5/s320/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> “Hello”, “How are you?”,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">'What a cute dog!',</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">“Enjoy your walk and your day”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><br /></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnm8X-UbkCHpxkFtkSkINQ_Acbq2uRfkNyHtfc6qTfo7dkx3exKRPNdkgMMWxe2YkU6-gfqLLnEks74C8zpQKto7ewk8Ab835xcUqbuLW3Pdys1d4Ees9QIoaaoxOanxhHIFk7rGAVZs0jkRri_OQRTfpnw6LoTMKfJWfaBUJG401jX-fhDLDA_StFvtEY/s1293/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnm8X-UbkCHpxkFtkSkINQ_Acbq2uRfkNyHtfc6qTfo7dkx3exKRPNdkgMMWxe2YkU6-gfqLLnEks74C8zpQKto7ewk8Ab835xcUqbuLW3Pdys1d4Ees9QIoaaoxOanxhHIFk7rGAVZs0jkRri_OQRTfpnw6LoTMKfJWfaBUJG401jX-fhDLDA_StFvtEY/s320/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail3.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Or for those enjoying a quiet day</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a simple smile or nod and
wave suffices</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">to acknowlege 'I see you', 'You matter'</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">'Peace be with you'.</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcL_xSE-cP3cnGlBHJTF1UpstOOiu58AeNr8wEqoopupDdJDTHyzdoeyb9xq2ab7FPXSkCSbLHP-AZAVbJuU9WQcZW8qPf_pkn_qZsQPihdBbO2Z7j8R-fm7uu8TmIXmrt69ExvbbhDUI-x4unIdM5MJWPe5bKqhPcprGSF0MfRVwIxCIZYd2_kHG3VpW/s1220/buck%20teeth%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpcL_xSE-cP3cnGlBHJTF1UpstOOiu58AeNr8wEqoopupDdJDTHyzdoeyb9xq2ab7FPXSkCSbLHP-AZAVbJuU9WQcZW8qPf_pkn_qZsQPihdBbO2Z7j8R-fm7uu8TmIXmrt69ExvbbhDUI-x4unIdM5MJWPe5bKqhPcprGSF0MfRVwIxCIZYd2_kHG3VpW/s320/buck%20teeth%20(2).jpg" width="243" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>These
simple niceties are the grease</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">and glue welcoming us into each others lives</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">on the promenade,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">providing an uplift
to our days</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and solidifying a </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">camaraderie among us</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnhGeXzs9gxkgscpwtj_3etQcjEHwg8aD28Gym3u3fyvdqKt0tPrKOi1cA_rgc3XsLV2J5QEqpb73guxn-dQO40phjS7lylI2rAT-D9avAI20M8rwGcgDVvbZyAtZaoo6kaWBM0P7qIGutkQfEBMmpdPVIUnXe-6dbdW71aRnzceUBrFH3_rbb6GlbEVE/s1213/Relaxing.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="896" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnhGeXzs9gxkgscpwtj_3etQcjEHwg8aD28Gym3u3fyvdqKt0tPrKOi1cA_rgc3XsLV2J5QEqpb73guxn-dQO40phjS7lylI2rAT-D9avAI20M8rwGcgDVvbZyAtZaoo6kaWBM0P7qIGutkQfEBMmpdPVIUnXe-6dbdW71aRnzceUBrFH3_rbb6GlbEVE/s320/Relaxing.jpg" width="236" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Through
the years, the seasonal changes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Have
always invoked warm memories<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">as
I walk my beloved trail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9KeMmIA7mtTGju82nBxy805fFeNphM1EV2QYoSSE2NlitUZz5McLEQJUdekTc3E-8_PWC9xYzMeWgBVJP0AVR-6lNU6KFgbvtdQxRPgptU9yjomQkOCikyHvmEVbOVAcfpAhXtSAwOC3AaYLfxK5zHi_OxiVPEc8wUH__Cl96_vyP1WdAFptiHdRjpy8/s715/swirling%20green.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="715" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht9KeMmIA7mtTGju82nBxy805fFeNphM1EV2QYoSSE2NlitUZz5McLEQJUdekTc3E-8_PWC9xYzMeWgBVJP0AVR-6lNU6KFgbvtdQxRPgptU9yjomQkOCikyHvmEVbOVAcfpAhXtSAwOC3AaYLfxK5zHi_OxiVPEc8wUH__Cl96_vyP1WdAFptiHdRjpy8/s320/swirling%20green.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">On sunny,
but chilly days, the winds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">blow in memories of childhood days:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSke3sFLPs-cQsoNW3Ma_yphSl5EFs-XEaH1-yegPtWasmZOvOZWiuMRAERhYMzn9ziORdCTud-vu5jXA-DXTi7tP2tSDMs3L5H3gGSFdH9hJLXvBUX93KDVbh3Imgb6855O98bwwRyE6aUcP6zEC7BiOUFULKa-fbtR-pvg0GQ6ush_6xeTTXZJgvmH2/s1684/Jupiter%20women%20boarder%20(3).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1684" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQSke3sFLPs-cQsoNW3Ma_yphSl5EFs-XEaH1-yegPtWasmZOvOZWiuMRAERhYMzn9ziORdCTud-vu5jXA-DXTi7tP2tSDMs3L5H3gGSFdH9hJLXvBUX93KDVbh3Imgb6855O98bwwRyE6aUcP6zEC7BiOUFULKa-fbtR-pvg0GQ6ush_6xeTTXZJgvmH2/s320/Jupiter%20women%20boarder%20(3).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Memories
of standing on a hill in Malibu <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with my mother one
singular windy day <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">when
I was a toddler <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> flying a kite </span><span style="font-family: arial;">as she held me</span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and made me feel eternally warm and safe;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvpOW53Lw0coWyjJ3OWCnKzr2KRzUejByMIz-Tb5yuHa0l0RdczUIMf4afXNNY6AvSqscw4Q9rxglhx3Wb01LtrT4eZsHYQgrzrOBze-HbI_XOFvVgX9ZPNXZj2rofHMGxdeBi5cdDH9tcAP6WNsQ8stBvzqt9ymD-U2L9xEV5_cb4H2_oj6WpcAVh-wX/s952/Hat%20and%20Heart%20with%20sun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvpOW53Lw0coWyjJ3OWCnKzr2KRzUejByMIz-Tb5yuHa0l0RdczUIMf4afXNNY6AvSqscw4Q9rxglhx3Wb01LtrT4eZsHYQgrzrOBze-HbI_XOFvVgX9ZPNXZj2rofHMGxdeBi5cdDH9tcAP6WNsQ8stBvzqt9ymD-U2L9xEV5_cb4H2_oj6WpcAVh-wX/s320/Hat%20and%20Heart%20with%20sun.jpg" width="261" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Memories
of lazy childhood</span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Saturday
afternoons in Los Altos Hills,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">resting after
morning chores were done <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">basking in the warmth of the sun <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">sitting on the swing set in the backyard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">listening
to the distant sound <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">of
a lawn mower<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">or the far away drone of a plane.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As I invoke these memories </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">through engaging all my senses on the trail, </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am relaxed, warm and content.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I am loved and feel the depth of belonging.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All
is right with the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVyGtNYPZYBx4zRsZXjaFJw095ixnQSewXnaa-jy46qUEJNng0OJzGq4yQQ02RnXVBY7SRsp6uo2R-8tGHKo2Ltba0fy0z8GWReyeohw7nF3cbEhPYYlJyfHWGPypW6xTfDrCH_jbL-oiZ1tL-znNgfyT3y7nkZo24Dsj8GT2v5hXc8SSPvcaDUoheB00/s1911/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail6.jpg" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="1911" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVyGtNYPZYBx4zRsZXjaFJw095ixnQSewXnaa-jy46qUEJNng0OJzGq4yQQ02RnXVBY7SRsp6uo2R-8tGHKo2Ltba0fy0z8GWReyeohw7nF3cbEhPYYlJyfHWGPypW6xTfDrCH_jbL-oiZ1tL-znNgfyT3y7nkZo24Dsj8GT2v5hXc8SSPvcaDUoheB00/s320/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail6.jpg" width="320" /></a></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So
when I die<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">throw
my ashes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">along
the trail<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">so I
may join the fairies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">in blessing
all who meander by</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with memories and good feelings of their own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzb8dikUz4tXGNLHnQR0oXZqed1ZuDOMQhm3rdInIf-uoiO4CLsnYNkrL7SAAWZjvs9c2broJggnKZD1oDhekDTFEVcaf3ukcii_eugowU8b3DJ34iWoa2aEsuj8AQJAu1LTlTVEWL2njF0jpEsTa6fQUnya1E4XLYr5o3UyVT6W_h81LGHtz5X_Da0WSl/s1465/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzb8dikUz4tXGNLHnQR0oXZqed1ZuDOMQhm3rdInIf-uoiO4CLsnYNkrL7SAAWZjvs9c2broJggnKZD1oDhekDTFEVcaf3ukcii_eugowU8b3DJ34iWoa2aEsuj8AQJAu1LTlTVEWL2njF0jpEsTa6fQUnya1E4XLYr5o3UyVT6W_h81LGHtz5X_Da0WSl/w256-h320/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail7.jpg" width="256" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When
I die<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">scatter
my ashes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">alongside
the trail<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">so that
my spirit soul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">may
gently swirl and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">exuberantly
dance around <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the dogs and humans <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with
tenderness and care,</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">eliciting
a tail wag or smile <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">when
caught unaware.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-wp1jgfibHkykSNkKxZuOSE4klz5cQgnRiH1p1IHIxotyA-EAGTNnsKm6_9huJ2dfP9zfC44cyKVbm2_HmTBiO6JYgpc0CO_C9U3tA9Mei8SidxjupoDWi1aIKbRPF6KQrR_FOR6KVLvY00s8r4Y7R1rd-Am5_IENS57O4BDXCAW4o2zZMdLNfOz2-Kb/s3296/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-wp1jgfibHkykSNkKxZuOSE4klz5cQgnRiH1p1IHIxotyA-EAGTNnsKm6_9huJ2dfP9zfC44cyKVbm2_HmTBiO6JYgpc0CO_C9U3tA9Mei8SidxjupoDWi1aIKbRPF6KQrR_FOR6KVLvY00s8r4Y7R1rd-Am5_IENS57O4BDXCAW4o2zZMdLNfOz2-Kb/w494-h640/Scatter%20my%20Ashes%20on%20the%20Trail.jpg" width="494" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Let me continue to give back<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What has been given to me—<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A sense of love, peace, joy and belonging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">along this personal promenade<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">so full of goodwill and happy memories.</span></p></div></div><p><br /></p>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-77175022015551679742024-01-19T10:58:00.000-08:002024-01-19T10:58:12.802-08:00Lightarted Living: Everything in Life is an Omen<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2024/01/everything-in-life-is-omen.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Everything in Life is an Omen</a>: <div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Everything in Life is an Omen</h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3442729294825426622" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3063082186831126798" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4eGFT3dufxj_apbJKP13mcTCBOuGs5aNL2ZH_06nAq6aexxI2yPH1uR-bFOBUXP4ggKDFD8IjcgGA41v7kxEOSibv1bBU4_dlvuLERUGxvXpkgaoYmszCJrgriNWHp2U0Gkao3pjEWk/s1600/Blue+skies+following+me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="849" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4eGFT3dufxj_apbJKP13mcTCBOuGs5aNL2ZH_06nAq6aexxI2yPH1uR-bFOBUXP4ggKDFD8IjcgGA41v7kxEOSibv1bBU4_dlvuLERUGxvXpkgaoYmszCJrgriNWHp2U0Gkao3pjEWk/s400/Blue+skies+following+me.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">'Never saw the sun shining so bright</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Never saw things going so right'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>Irving Berlin</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Life is an Interpretive Dance and Everything is an Omen</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Life is an interpretive dance, and every day we get to choose our dance steps depending on our interpretation. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What do you see when you look out of your eyes? Good things? Bad things? Blue Skies? Grey Skies?</i></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In 'The Alchemist', Paulo Coelho says, 'Everything in life is an omen.' What does that mean for you and me?</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As we step into each day, we are already primed to see or hear based on our internal filter. Do you expect a good day or bad day? Are you braced for battle or expecting to find love? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When that cup of coffee spills first thing in the morning or you come out to a dead car battery or flat tire--what does that say to you about how the rest of the day is going to go? Like the rest of us, you have your own omens that set you up to predict what to expect next.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">While the word 'omen' often has ominous overtones, it is simply a thing or event <i>believed to foretell</i> a good or bad event or circumstance in the future. It is our own belief or interpretation of how the world works that creates the sense of something foretelling the future. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It's all a matter of perspective--i.e. how we choose to interpret what we experience or what meaning we give to the 'signs' around us. This is true for animals too.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvedaay34Dl8lpHjmRTxgP83yhZCTW7QJV_uU-wHYv_CmtghO_lTHpkkgiTlS7IubfdJ5G9zMtdMl-USZz0KI9bx4m8e0qCqFvQZ3K4FBAELYKd7v8RlGUPdgpU9U7xNx5Xo5Lex-KYE/s1600/Bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvedaay34Dl8lpHjmRTxgP83yhZCTW7QJV_uU-wHYv_CmtghO_lTHpkkgiTlS7IubfdJ5G9zMtdMl-USZz0KI9bx4m8e0qCqFvQZ3K4FBAELYKd7v8RlGUPdgpU9U7xNx5Xo5Lex-KYE/s1600/Bird.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">For example:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💓 I put bird food out for the birds and the squirrel sees it as a good omen.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💓 I pick up the dog leash and the dog sees it as a good omen.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosd5_CXLltw887QT_Zt-mtc9jMlXQ2YhHfy_KgZfHIV8kbKIAtR_-MpEfDVaz6zn0itAWG8hQOzy7AbIAq5tZHN6wmjf3MC255zlWkiFmBd1qfeOsNUcWSm8wmZqpj4DvaOr71vx4IBA/s1600/All+things+good+or+bad+work+in+my+favor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="509" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosd5_CXLltw887QT_Zt-mtc9jMlXQ2YhHfy_KgZfHIV8kbKIAtR_-MpEfDVaz6zn0itAWG8hQOzy7AbIAq5tZHN6wmjf3MC255zlWkiFmBd1qfeOsNUcWSm8wmZqpj4DvaOr71vx4IBA/s200/All+things+good+or+bad+work+in+my+favor.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="195" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b>All of Life Works in My Favor</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have a tendency to look for bad omens instead of good, consider injecting a question to balance your thought process before you fly down the dark road of interpretation. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When seemingly bad omens occur, consider how your 'seemingly bad event' could actually be something good that works in your future favor. How could this be a good omen portending good things coming your way?</i></span></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEQhSFoRVOn_3HBjR_N34rmzTzLMYcbxM21WbSekDWweDIvZT-_kMnizRjqIA_FHDrCG0rHVJSmtO6f3TelrAwVArwqv2ZFnQK7kups5GVxOkQDn3lgEBafHJzeEXrus6kCEt_lOJmvg/s1600/I+hold+a+space+for+good%252C+true+thoughts+to+appear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="489" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEQhSFoRVOn_3HBjR_N34rmzTzLMYcbxM21WbSekDWweDIvZT-_kMnizRjqIA_FHDrCG0rHVJSmtO6f3TelrAwVArwqv2ZFnQK7kups5GVxOkQDn3lgEBafHJzeEXrus6kCEt_lOJmvg/s200/I+hold+a+space+for+good%252C+true+thoughts+to+appear.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">By simply considering this alternative line of reasoning you can create an opening for</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> a different perspective--one rich with possibilities instead of fear and foreboding.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In my early years of transitioning from college to career I chose to reinvent the breakdown of my car into a positive omen portending future financial gain. How'd that happen?</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The first time I had car trouble I was struggling financially and the fear set in with the big bill I faced. But I decided that a car--which is a vehicle that gets you from here to there in life--knows when you are about to make more money. Silly, but it worked.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After I let go of seeing my car breakdown as a bad omen filling me with fear and foreboding, I experienced a financial gain--and from that day forward whenever a car broke down and demanded it's due--like paying the ugly old troll under the bridge--I had a positive expectation about financial gain coming my way.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you would probably like to argue with me that YOU don't indulge in this silly, magical type of thinking. But we all do--whether we call it looking for signs or omens or we simply call it analytical thinking to hypothesize probable outcomes. We're all looking for a way to predict a future we have some control over. And we all want a positive future.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So why not be a bit silly and look for ways to put a positive spin on your interpretation of omens? To this day, whenever someone tells me they're having car trouble I say, 'Good! Your car always knows when you are about to make more money!' It makes me smile every time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Like the Old Sufi Tale below illustrates, everything in life may be an omen--but good thing, bad thing, who knows? Try to find your good fortune in all.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoXHFgpKJPf1xAQ0Xnv9HWn9LlXJY3PfMuakEuYK3k4fvl__Yl3XuwoySyLmeMOqEm_MPuCrl4Q2mJ6W9E3e0BMtGmkCihAUUY7w4AWt3Mo0qE0MLNqslLkoaxke7gA_E0a1P3q9v5_k/s1600/build+a+nest+in+eye+of+storm--please%252C+please.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #2288bb; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoXHFgpKJPf1xAQ0Xnv9HWn9LlXJY3PfMuakEuYK3k4fvl__Yl3XuwoySyLmeMOqEm_MPuCrl4Q2mJ6W9E3e0BMtGmkCihAUUY7w4AWt3Mo0qE0MLNqslLkoaxke7gA_E0a1P3q9v5_k/s400/build+a+nest+in+eye+of+storm--please%252C+please.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="106" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Good Thing, Bad Thing, Who Knows?</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A man and his son </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">repeatedly experience alternating </span></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bad luck and good fortune. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">His neighbors gathered around him to sympathize over</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> the bad luck and congratulate him on his good fortune. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But no matter his experience--seemingly good or bad-- </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the man always maintains his composure and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">says:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“Good thing, bad thing, who knows?”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Old Sufi Tale </b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 9.75pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOmcDOdvASEtEB9Pym0lvkdnVHk86W0wvlMiDqzOD7VTaUmrbUPhoGsEWKen-2y2O1lvbW9CO8ntceHjqhOhh4xrIolLkZMForcIgzekfgl7HW60bdLkzd3feWlQoWuhB-wrpW6xKBNs/s1600/All+is+well+life+is+good+trust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #2288bb; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="249" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOmcDOdvASEtEB9Pym0lvkdnVHk86W0wvlMiDqzOD7VTaUmrbUPhoGsEWKen-2y2O1lvbW9CO8ntceHjqhOhh4xrIolLkZMForcIgzekfgl7HW60bdLkzd3feWlQoWuhB-wrpW6xKBNs/s400/All+is+well+life+is+good+trust.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="93" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Look for the Blue Skies in Your Future</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Blue Skies<br />Smiling at me<br />Nothing but blue skies<br />Do I see<br /><br />Bluebirds<br />Singing a song<br />Nothing but bluebirds<br />All day long<br /><br />Never saw the sun shining so bright<br />Never saw things going so right<br />Blue days<br />All of them gone<br />Nothing but blue skies<br />From now on</i><br /><br /><b>Irving Berlin</b></span><br /><br /></span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEo53UutejNZ7JwsWA-XVu6946kvoFZ2_Rz7alNLvLpUc8HV7Knc5vKWS1yh1NWyRfCJD_gVtrZO6SCXlOY9RQM1xswvwxsPpmXJjlPvtsTjgwGm9O2cyW1LSwmElUpEJkrvdM_iuZr4/s1600/I+experience+love+wherever+I+go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="667" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEo53UutejNZ7JwsWA-XVu6946kvoFZ2_Rz7alNLvLpUc8HV7Knc5vKWS1yh1NWyRfCJD_gVtrZO6SCXlOY9RQM1xswvwxsPpmXJjlPvtsTjgwGm9O2cyW1LSwmElUpEJkrvdM_iuZr4/s200/I+experience+love+wherever+I+go.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'She smiled, and that was certainly an omen--the omen he had been awaiting, without even knowing he was, for all his life.' </i> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist</b></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /></div></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-34427292948254266222024-01-19T10:56:00.000-08:002024-01-19T10:56:53.872-08:00Everything in Life is an Omen<p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3063082186831126798" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4eGFT3dufxj_apbJKP13mcTCBOuGs5aNL2ZH_06nAq6aexxI2yPH1uR-bFOBUXP4ggKDFD8IjcgGA41v7kxEOSibv1bBU4_dlvuLERUGxvXpkgaoYmszCJrgriNWHp2U0Gkao3pjEWk/s1600/Blue+skies+following+me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="849" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4eGFT3dufxj_apbJKP13mcTCBOuGs5aNL2ZH_06nAq6aexxI2yPH1uR-bFOBUXP4ggKDFD8IjcgGA41v7kxEOSibv1bBU4_dlvuLERUGxvXpkgaoYmszCJrgriNWHp2U0Gkao3pjEWk/s400/Blue+skies+following+me.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">'Never saw the sun shining so bright</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Never saw things going so right'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>Irving Berlin</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Life is an Interpretive Dance and Everything is an Omen</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Life is an interpretive dance, and every day we get to choose our dance steps depending on our interpretation. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>What do you see when you look out of your eyes? Good things? Bad things? Blue Skies? Grey Skies?</i></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In 'The Alchemist', Paulo Coelho says, 'Everything in life is an omen.' What does that mean for you and me?</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As we step into each day, we are already primed to see or hear based on our internal filter. Do you expect a good day or bad day? Are you braced for battle or expecting to find love? </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">When that cup of coffee spills first thing in the morning or you come out to a dead car battery or flat tire--what does that say to you about how the rest of the day is going to go? Like the rest of us, you have your own omens that set you up to predict what to expect next.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">While the word 'omen' often has ominous overtones, it is simply a thing or event <i>believed to foretell</i> a good or bad event or circumstance in the future. It is our own belief or interpretation of how the world works that creates the sense of something foretelling the future. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">It's all a matter of perspective--i.e. how we choose to interpret what we experience or what meaning we give to the 'signs' around us. This is true for animals too.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvedaay34Dl8lpHjmRTxgP83yhZCTW7QJV_uU-wHYv_CmtghO_lTHpkkgiTlS7IubfdJ5G9zMtdMl-USZz0KI9bx4m8e0qCqFvQZ3K4FBAELYKd7v8RlGUPdgpU9U7xNx5Xo5Lex-KYE/s1600/Bird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvedaay34Dl8lpHjmRTxgP83yhZCTW7QJV_uU-wHYv_CmtghO_lTHpkkgiTlS7IubfdJ5G9zMtdMl-USZz0KI9bx4m8e0qCqFvQZ3K4FBAELYKd7v8RlGUPdgpU9U7xNx5Xo5Lex-KYE/s1600/Bird.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">For example:</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💓 I put bird food out for the birds and the squirrel sees it as a good omen.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">💓 I pick up the dog leash and the dog sees it as a good omen.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosd5_CXLltw887QT_Zt-mtc9jMlXQ2YhHfy_KgZfHIV8kbKIAtR_-MpEfDVaz6zn0itAWG8hQOzy7AbIAq5tZHN6wmjf3MC255zlWkiFmBd1qfeOsNUcWSm8wmZqpj4DvaOr71vx4IBA/s1600/All+things+good+or+bad+work+in+my+favor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="509" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgosd5_CXLltw887QT_Zt-mtc9jMlXQ2YhHfy_KgZfHIV8kbKIAtR_-MpEfDVaz6zn0itAWG8hQOzy7AbIAq5tZHN6wmjf3MC255zlWkiFmBd1qfeOsNUcWSm8wmZqpj4DvaOr71vx4IBA/s200/All+things+good+or+bad+work+in+my+favor.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="195" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b>All of Life Works in My Favor</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have a tendency to look for bad omens instead of good, consider injecting a question to balance your thought process before you fly down the dark road of interpretation. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>When seemingly bad omens occur, consider how your 'seemingly bad event' could actually be something good that works in your future favor. How could this be a good omen portending good things coming your way?</i></span></blockquote><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEQhSFoRVOn_3HBjR_N34rmzTzLMYcbxM21WbSekDWweDIvZT-_kMnizRjqIA_FHDrCG0rHVJSmtO6f3TelrAwVArwqv2ZFnQK7kups5GVxOkQDn3lgEBafHJzeEXrus6kCEt_lOJmvg/s1600/I+hold+a+space+for+good%252C+true+thoughts+to+appear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="489" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEQhSFoRVOn_3HBjR_N34rmzTzLMYcbxM21WbSekDWweDIvZT-_kMnizRjqIA_FHDrCG0rHVJSmtO6f3TelrAwVArwqv2ZFnQK7kups5GVxOkQDn3lgEBafHJzeEXrus6kCEt_lOJmvg/s200/I+hold+a+space+for+good%252C+true+thoughts+to+appear.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="180" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">By simply considering this alternative line of reasoning you can create an opening for</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> a different perspective--one rich with possibilities instead of fear and foreboding.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In my early years of transitioning from college to career I chose to reinvent the breakdown of my car into a positive omen portending future financial gain. How'd that happen?</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The first time I had car trouble I was struggling financially and the fear set in with the big bill I faced. But I decided that a car--which is a vehicle that gets you from here to there in life--knows when you are about to make more money. Silly, but it worked.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">After I let go of seeing my car breakdown as a bad omen filling me with fear and foreboding, I experienced a financial gain--and from that day forward whenever a car broke down and demanded it's due--like paying the ugly old troll under the bridge--I had a positive expectation about financial gain coming my way.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you would probably like to argue with me that YOU don't indulge in this silly, magical type of thinking. But we all do--whether we call it looking for signs or omens or we simply call it analytical thinking to hypothesize probable outcomes. We're all looking for a way to predict a future we have some control over. And we all want a positive future.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So why not be a bit silly and look for ways to put a positive spin on your interpretation of omens? To this day, whenever someone tells me they're having car trouble I say, 'Good! Your car always knows when you are about to make more money!' It makes me smile every time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Like the Old Sufi Tale below illustrates, everything in life may be an omen--but good thing, bad thing, who knows? Try to find your good fortune in all.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoXHFgpKJPf1xAQ0Xnv9HWn9LlXJY3PfMuakEuYK3k4fvl__Yl3XuwoySyLmeMOqEm_MPuCrl4Q2mJ6W9E3e0BMtGmkCihAUUY7w4AWt3Mo0qE0MLNqslLkoaxke7gA_E0a1P3q9v5_k/s1600/build+a+nest+in+eye+of+storm--please%252C+please.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #2288bb; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="297" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoXHFgpKJPf1xAQ0Xnv9HWn9LlXJY3PfMuakEuYK3k4fvl__Yl3XuwoySyLmeMOqEm_MPuCrl4Q2mJ6W9E3e0BMtGmkCihAUUY7w4AWt3Mo0qE0MLNqslLkoaxke7gA_E0a1P3q9v5_k/s400/build+a+nest+in+eye+of+storm--please%252C+please.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="106" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Good Thing, Bad Thing, Who Knows?</b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">A man and his son </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">repeatedly experience alternating </span></span><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">bad luck and good fortune. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">His neighbors gathered around him to sympathize over</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> the bad luck and congratulate him on his good fortune. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">But no matter his experience--seemingly good or bad-- </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">the man always maintains his composure and </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">says:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“Good thing, bad thing, who knows?”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Old Sufi Tale </b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 9.75pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOmcDOdvASEtEB9Pym0lvkdnVHk86W0wvlMiDqzOD7VTaUmrbUPhoGsEWKen-2y2O1lvbW9CO8ntceHjqhOhh4xrIolLkZMForcIgzekfgl7HW60bdLkzd3feWlQoWuhB-wrpW6xKBNs/s1600/All+is+well+life+is+good+trust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #2288bb; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="249" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOmcDOdvASEtEB9Pym0lvkdnVHk86W0wvlMiDqzOD7VTaUmrbUPhoGsEWKen-2y2O1lvbW9CO8ntceHjqhOhh4xrIolLkZMForcIgzekfgl7HW60bdLkzd3feWlQoWuhB-wrpW6xKBNs/s400/All+is+well+life+is+good+trust.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="93" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Look for the Blue Skies in Your Future</b><br /><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Blue Skies<br />Smiling at me<br />Nothing but blue skies<br />Do I see<br /><br />Bluebirds<br />Singing a song<br />Nothing but bluebirds<br />All day long<br /><br />Never saw the sun shining so bright<br />Never saw things going so right<br />Blue days<br />All of them gone<br />Nothing but blue skies<br />From now on</i><br /><br /><b>Irving Berlin</b></span><br /><br /></span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEo53UutejNZ7JwsWA-XVu6946kvoFZ2_Rz7alNLvLpUc8HV7Knc5vKWS1yh1NWyRfCJD_gVtrZO6SCXlOY9RQM1xswvwxsPpmXJjlPvtsTjgwGm9O2cyW1LSwmElUpEJkrvdM_iuZr4/s1600/I+experience+love+wherever+I+go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="667" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNEo53UutejNZ7JwsWA-XVu6946kvoFZ2_Rz7alNLvLpUc8HV7Knc5vKWS1yh1NWyRfCJD_gVtrZO6SCXlOY9RQM1xswvwxsPpmXJjlPvtsTjgwGm9O2cyW1LSwmElUpEJkrvdM_iuZr4/s200/I+experience+love+wherever+I+go.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="196" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>'She smiled, and that was certainly an omen--the omen he had been awaiting, without even knowing he was, for all his life.' </i> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist</b></span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;" /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-62387729470942228892024-01-17T10:09:00.000-08:002024-01-17T10:09:49.756-08:00Lightarted Living: Honey, I'm Home! Welcoming Good Things Back into Y...<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2024/01/honey-im-home-welcoming-good-things.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Honey, I'm Home! Welcoming Good Things Back into Y...</a>: <div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Honey, I'm Home! Welcoming Good Things Back into Your Life</h3><div class="post-header" style="font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4134085109737166295" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4939880150534052044" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSHER4USLPfLRDtxjuU4jFk3aR9aUBOionAeV7iICAEC2mos137kIIrapZQTjvtbY_ocsc04IvPSqe9yaZ2YPhPf_1V4uqHAURNKdow8u2j1ZQu7CS0mDYhMdAsyBmEZzrPMl60TTNte0/s1600/Happy+Endings.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="725" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSHER4USLPfLRDtxjuU4jFk3aR9aUBOionAeV7iICAEC2mos137kIIrapZQTjvtbY_ocsc04IvPSqe9yaZ2YPhPf_1V4uqHAURNKdow8u2j1ZQu7CS0mDYhMdAsyBmEZzrPMl60TTNte0/s320/Happy+Endings.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Happy Endings!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Don't you love happy endings? </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I do--especially when I'm on the receiving end. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJfT75A3gABcdieKRXQkaNOSopBXbjhpq-Ko6nJoEBiplYnXX7P8y37tjceH2JlG1caNWuwoHhDFBxqbFkZvjElrZGd2ufBqgPZR0rpNY-KMYgSIc1Z1b3pJX58m1F29WmXephcZJjhyphenhyphen8/s1600/Arrow+after+healing+July2017+%25282%2529.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="911" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJfT75A3gABcdieKRXQkaNOSopBXbjhpq-Ko6nJoEBiplYnXX7P8y37tjceH2JlG1caNWuwoHhDFBxqbFkZvjElrZGd2ufBqgPZR0rpNY-KMYgSIc1Z1b3pJX58m1F29WmXephcZJjhyphenhyphen8/s320/Arrow+after+healing+July2017+%25282%2529.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dreams are like Dogs--</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">They come when they're called</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>What Are You Grieving?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Where </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">in your life </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">have you been grieving? </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">💓Have you lost a loved one, job, or relationship? </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">💙Has your ego been bruised? </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">💚Are you recovering from an illness, fire, hurricane, flood or earthquake? </span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What dreams have you lost? What are you doing to show up in life and get back what you've lost?</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It isn't always easy to cope or move on when you're grieving or hurting over what you've lost. But life demands we find a way to step back in, and get busy living, loving and contributing--no matter how large or small our losses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.18px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">"Toss your dashed hopes not into a trash bin but into a drawer where you are likely to rummage some bright morning." </span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">Robert Brault</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3X8CoM9I0NjDxrLTzqYehyphenhyphen4Rc0EPKXDWoyat2h_erS3NxG9vCFoa-Pld9UvuaSlKG3av7miW0qBAD0XC13OKjED1gFA7Pz7wx-_g8NZhW4k98v5bvpOJ0wX90Dbl9Nj2lNDxMX-2DRSk/s1600/You+Found+Me+%25282%2529.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3X8CoM9I0NjDxrLTzqYehyphenhyphen4Rc0EPKXDWoyat2h_erS3NxG9vCFoa-Pld9UvuaSlKG3av7miW0qBAD0XC13OKjED1gFA7Pz7wx-_g8NZhW4k98v5bvpOJ0wX90Dbl9Nj2lNDxMX-2DRSk/s320/You+Found+Me+%25282%2529.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Leave the Door Open Just a Crack</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dream~Always Leave an Opening for a Ray of Hope to Shine Through</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The loss of my almost 14-year old dog, Arrow, in 2017 was small compared to what so many others had endured that year. But like anyone dealing with the loss of something they love, I found myself lying low while 'licking my wounds under the porch'. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Although I was willing to entertain the thought of a new dog coming into my life, </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I really wasn't planning on getting another one for a year after losing my furry shadow. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">But you know what happens while you're laying plans...LIFE happens anyway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYE9kQ35O204h84uWVitARLVzAcg5UZ-V-7eoZn4eATaXyJ_KIM1JSWq50ODMOkldBb5RHC0jB3WKmh67-PVcmtRvvxWtAjGEZKUd6kP0hhWJx0QYhE3Coj7BJet-cRrp8395RnDL_Z4WR/s320/Hannah+1-2018+%25283%2529.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>And Along Came Hannah</b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">After Arrow died, I showed up at the Shelter weekly to look at the available dogs. This was my way of showing up to tell the Universe I was open but not necessarily ready for a new dog coming into my life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I saw lots of very nice dogs, but none pulled on my heartstrings to bring them home. Then a friend volunteering at the Shelter told me I should check out Hannah. I visited the next day. She was lovely. And already adopted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Although Hannah had already been adopted by someone else when I met her, somehow she still came to me with perfect timing. When I saw her I told her she was just what I was looking for in a dog, but I was glad she found a good home. I told her if it didn't work for her in her new home she should come back to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I told my friends at the Shelter gentle Hannah was just the type of dog I was looking for. And wouldn't you know--a week later, I got the call--Hannah was returned and available for me to bring home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sometimes it may feel as if we'll never get past the grief, hurt or loss. But when we leave a small opening for a ray of hope to enter our hearts--and we keep showing up--</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">we recover and thrive once again</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>And if we imagine what we want, our dreams have a way of coming true with perfect timing. </i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSnz0PPQx_QxedKVg1Elb1Z9chvLUyibvzgTnn87VKHl2LvtYrfT2kCLlH6OAgx2QbAwhvJIzH0Lyfsrfp_qmYUgls5fwM4JlB6vA6czjqE_HoWRGFyhOhK7g_4Hzg3-5tZ-66kj10WCu/s1600/I+called--you+came+girl.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="281" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSnz0PPQx_QxedKVg1Elb1Z9chvLUyibvzgTnn87VKHl2LvtYrfT2kCLlH6OAgx2QbAwhvJIzH0Lyfsrfp_qmYUgls5fwM4JlB6vA6czjqE_HoWRGFyhOhK7g_4Hzg3-5tZ-66kj10WCu/s320/I+called--you+came+girl.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="180" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Nothing But Blue Skies Do I See</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Dreams are like dogs--they come when they're called.</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Sit. Stay Open.</b></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💓You don't have to be ready to take on a new life, new love, new job or new dog for good things to find their way back into your life. </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙You don't have to be done grieving the loss of what or who has passed out of your life </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">for good things to find their way back into your life</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">. </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💛You just need good friends looking out for you--and a heart that is open to good things showing up.</span> </blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;">💓 </div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Then leave the door to your life open just a crack </i></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>for good things to come your way and stay.</i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidEv9PjXb0uPbFSP0fQ6_yJa5U01_BXASStCweU0Qpx3CSrw1eoesmZwrxyzQqBe4j3KsOjK13CYa7LZituSNj6U3k26C0GPKaFM_8IwgbIgV4cCzYZBRb3N3EA5lD_6vCUWJTZk1Pe_9/s1600/Look+what+followed+me+home.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidEv9PjXb0uPbFSP0fQ6_yJa5U01_BXASStCweU0Qpx3CSrw1eoesmZwrxyzQqBe4j3KsOjK13CYa7LZituSNj6U3k26C0GPKaFM_8IwgbIgV4cCzYZBRb3N3EA5lD_6vCUWJTZk1Pe_9/s320/Look+what+followed+me+home.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="193" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dreams Are Like Dogs~</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>They'll Follow You Home</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Set Positive Expectations for your Future</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are always listening and looking for something to follow us home. What is it for you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💓What are you always listening and looking for? </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙What dreams or visions for your future do you have your heart set on? </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💛What do you want to invite into your home and life?</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Death, loss, and change are the more difficult, yet ordinary, parts of life we must contend with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>We must accept these realities of life, yet keep our eyes focused on a positive future--imagining those things we want to attract into our lives that makes life worth living--then keep showing up until our dreams become reality.</i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHo21egjG_8lKkgY2R1aEp5gKb4KgvGyBhV77BLt2qerXHLI9AHz1XHIuctVlwor35276JHB4Chmesox43iutxnaqrdtORHT1DtruQlN4C6d3Cn4kINE95Xxb6g4svQaxUI2bqchNTy2SZ/s320/Home+at+Last.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Bring Your Dreams Home</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙What's your happy ending? </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💛What do you want to welcome home? </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙When you call them, they'll come. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Let the Universe know you are open and waiting--then wait for ordinary everyday magic to happen. Let the Happy Endings begin...</span></i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdBHjerxyzRX4GPU58dNaRaViEp89P7XOzDBk5Pl-tTUwOFB45Bhq8U_xmaFKrRwleywM1kiqFrummN7QEQW2Lh0TmycjrTYTkRDj-hY-VpI205j30M8ds1nN6BEcxpFHcDjcTDQFbfpa/s1600/001+%25283%2529.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="1459" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdBHjerxyzRX4GPU58dNaRaViEp89P7XOzDBk5Pl-tTUwOFB45Bhq8U_xmaFKrRwleywM1kiqFrummN7QEQW2Lh0TmycjrTYTkRDj-hY-VpI205j30M8ds1nN6BEcxpFHcDjcTDQFbfpa/s640/001+%25283%2529.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2BP91cm1R2hD7TS_SQcb6kSWBUmkYE_G8Gh3LX7UT-M_85SJjYFERdEiiu8ZWw2aOLMblumFxPMGaOL5AGmgqptJ5gVcy02cE1q0bMjlmpjfjeDIISBVvdX8191W6fpZbNILUDkK5N67HkE-ltJylvCzJasDZ8FwbCrhsnBrMkxeZUJGFroarKjTzeKu/s2094/Hannah%20the%20Human%20Whisperer%20and%20great%20communicator%20(3).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="2094" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2BP91cm1R2hD7TS_SQcb6kSWBUmkYE_G8Gh3LX7UT-M_85SJjYFERdEiiu8ZWw2aOLMblumFxPMGaOL5AGmgqptJ5gVcy02cE1q0bMjlmpjfjeDIISBVvdX8191W6fpZbNILUDkK5N67HkE-ltJylvCzJasDZ8FwbCrhsnBrMkxeZUJGFroarKjTzeKu/w640-h478/Hannah%20the%20Human%20Whisperer%20and%20great%20communicator%20(3).jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-41340851097371662952024-01-17T10:08:00.000-08:002024-01-17T10:08:11.845-08:00Honey, I'm Home! Welcoming Good Things Back into Your Life<p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4939880150534052044" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSHER4USLPfLRDtxjuU4jFk3aR9aUBOionAeV7iICAEC2mos137kIIrapZQTjvtbY_ocsc04IvPSqe9yaZ2YPhPf_1V4uqHAURNKdow8u2j1ZQu7CS0mDYhMdAsyBmEZzrPMl60TTNte0/s1600/Happy+Endings.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="725" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSHER4USLPfLRDtxjuU4jFk3aR9aUBOionAeV7iICAEC2mos137kIIrapZQTjvtbY_ocsc04IvPSqe9yaZ2YPhPf_1V4uqHAURNKdow8u2j1ZQu7CS0mDYhMdAsyBmEZzrPMl60TTNte0/s320/Happy+Endings.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Happy Endings!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Don't you love happy endings? </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I do--especially when I'm on the receiving end. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJfT75A3gABcdieKRXQkaNOSopBXbjhpq-Ko6nJoEBiplYnXX7P8y37tjceH2JlG1caNWuwoHhDFBxqbFkZvjElrZGd2ufBqgPZR0rpNY-KMYgSIc1Z1b3pJX58m1F29WmXephcZJjhyphenhyphen8/s1600/Arrow+after+healing+July2017+%25282%2529.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="911" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJfT75A3gABcdieKRXQkaNOSopBXbjhpq-Ko6nJoEBiplYnXX7P8y37tjceH2JlG1caNWuwoHhDFBxqbFkZvjElrZGd2ufBqgPZR0rpNY-KMYgSIc1Z1b3pJX58m1F29WmXephcZJjhyphenhyphen8/s320/Arrow+after+healing+July2017+%25282%2529.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dreams are like Dogs--</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">They come when they're called</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>What Are You Grieving?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Where </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">in your life </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">have you been grieving? </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">💓Have you lost a loved one, job, or relationship? </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">💙Has your ego been bruised? </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">💚Are you recovering from an illness, fire, hurricane, flood or earthquake? </span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What dreams have you lost? What are you doing to show up in life and get back what you've lost?</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It isn't always easy to cope or move on when you're grieving or hurting over what you've lost. But life demands we find a way to step back in, and get busy living, loving and contributing--no matter how large or small our losses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.18px;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">"Toss your dashed hopes not into a trash bin but into a drawer where you are likely to rummage some bright morning." </span></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;">Robert Brault</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3X8CoM9I0NjDxrLTzqYehyphenhyphen4Rc0EPKXDWoyat2h_erS3NxG9vCFoa-Pld9UvuaSlKG3av7miW0qBAD0XC13OKjED1gFA7Pz7wx-_g8NZhW4k98v5bvpOJ0wX90Dbl9Nj2lNDxMX-2DRSk/s1600/You+Found+Me+%25282%2529.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="361" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3X8CoM9I0NjDxrLTzqYehyphenhyphen4Rc0EPKXDWoyat2h_erS3NxG9vCFoa-Pld9UvuaSlKG3av7miW0qBAD0XC13OKjED1gFA7Pz7wx-_g8NZhW4k98v5bvpOJ0wX90Dbl9Nj2lNDxMX-2DRSk/s320/You+Found+Me+%25282%2529.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Leave the Door Open Just a Crack</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dream~Always Leave an Opening for a Ray of Hope to Shine Through</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The loss of my almost 14-year old dog, Arrow, in 2017 was small compared to what so many others had endured that year. But like anyone dealing with the loss of something they love, I found myself lying low while 'licking my wounds under the porch'. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Although I was willing to entertain the thought of a new dog coming into my life, </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I really wasn't planning on getting another one for a year after losing my furry shadow. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">But you know what happens while you're laying plans...LIFE happens anyway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYE9kQ35O204h84uWVitARLVzAcg5UZ-V-7eoZn4eATaXyJ_KIM1JSWq50ODMOkldBb5RHC0jB3WKmh67-PVcmtRvvxWtAjGEZKUd6kP0hhWJx0QYhE3Coj7BJet-cRrp8395RnDL_Z4WR/s320/Hannah+1-2018+%25283%2529.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>And Along Came Hannah</b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">After Arrow died, I showed up at the Shelter weekly to look at the available dogs. This was my way of showing up to tell the Universe I was open but not necessarily ready for a new dog coming into my life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I saw lots of very nice dogs, but none pulled on my heartstrings to bring them home. Then a friend volunteering at the Shelter told me I should check out Hannah. I visited the next day. She was lovely. And already adopted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Although Hannah had already been adopted by someone else when I met her, somehow she still came to me with perfect timing. When I saw her I told her she was just what I was looking for in a dog, but I was glad she found a good home. I told her if it didn't work for her in her new home she should come back to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I told my friends at the Shelter gentle Hannah was just the type of dog I was looking for. And wouldn't you know--a week later, I got the call--Hannah was returned and available for me to bring home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sometimes it may feel as if we'll never get past the grief, hurt or loss. But when we leave a small opening for a ray of hope to enter our hearts--and we keep showing up--</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">we recover and thrive once again</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>And if we imagine what we want, our dreams have a way of coming true with perfect timing. </i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSnz0PPQx_QxedKVg1Elb1Z9chvLUyibvzgTnn87VKHl2LvtYrfT2kCLlH6OAgx2QbAwhvJIzH0Lyfsrfp_qmYUgls5fwM4JlB6vA6czjqE_HoWRGFyhOhK7g_4Hzg3-5tZ-66kj10WCu/s1600/I+called--you+came+girl.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="281" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSnz0PPQx_QxedKVg1Elb1Z9chvLUyibvzgTnn87VKHl2LvtYrfT2kCLlH6OAgx2QbAwhvJIzH0Lyfsrfp_qmYUgls5fwM4JlB6vA6czjqE_HoWRGFyhOhK7g_4Hzg3-5tZ-66kj10WCu/s320/I+called--you+came+girl.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="180" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Nothing But Blue Skies Do I See</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>Dreams are like dogs--they come when they're called.</i></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Sit. Stay Open.</b></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💓You don't have to be ready to take on a new life, new love, new job or new dog for good things to find their way back into your life. </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙You don't have to be done grieving the loss of what or who has passed out of your life </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">for good things to find their way back into your life</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">. </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💛You just need good friends looking out for you--and a heart that is open to good things showing up.</span> </blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;">💓 </div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>Then leave the door to your life open just a crack </i></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>for good things to come your way and stay.</i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidEv9PjXb0uPbFSP0fQ6_yJa5U01_BXASStCweU0Qpx3CSrw1eoesmZwrxyzQqBe4j3KsOjK13CYa7LZituSNj6U3k26C0GPKaFM_8IwgbIgV4cCzYZBRb3N3EA5lD_6vCUWJTZk1Pe_9/s1600/Look+what+followed+me+home.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="457" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidEv9PjXb0uPbFSP0fQ6_yJa5U01_BXASStCweU0Qpx3CSrw1eoesmZwrxyzQqBe4j3KsOjK13CYa7LZituSNj6U3k26C0GPKaFM_8IwgbIgV4cCzYZBRb3N3EA5lD_6vCUWJTZk1Pe_9/s320/Look+what+followed+me+home.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="193" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Dreams Are Like Dogs~</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>They'll Follow You Home</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Set Positive Expectations for your Future</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We are always listening and looking for something to follow us home. What is it for you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💓What are you always listening and looking for? </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙What dreams or visions for your future do you have your heart set on? </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💛What do you want to invite into your home and life?</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Death, loss, and change are the more difficult, yet ordinary, parts of life we must contend with. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #0b5394;"><i>We must accept these realities of life, yet keep our eyes focused on a positive future--imagining those things we want to attract into our lives that makes life worth living--then keep showing up until our dreams become reality.</i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHo21egjG_8lKkgY2R1aEp5gKb4KgvGyBhV77BLt2qerXHLI9AHz1XHIuctVlwor35276JHB4Chmesox43iutxnaqrdtORHT1DtruQlN4C6d3Cn4kINE95Xxb6g4svQaxUI2bqchNTy2SZ/s320/Home+at+Last.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px;" /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Bring Your Dreams Home</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙What's your happy ending? </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💛What do you want to welcome home? </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">💙When you call them, they'll come. </span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Let the Universe know you are open and waiting--then wait for ordinary everyday magic to happen. Let the Happy Endings begin...</span></i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdBHjerxyzRX4GPU58dNaRaViEp89P7XOzDBk5Pl-tTUwOFB45Bhq8U_xmaFKrRwleywM1kiqFrummN7QEQW2Lh0TmycjrTYTkRDj-hY-VpI205j30M8ds1nN6BEcxpFHcDjcTDQFbfpa/s1600/001+%25283%2529.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="1459" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtdBHjerxyzRX4GPU58dNaRaViEp89P7XOzDBk5Pl-tTUwOFB45Bhq8U_xmaFKrRwleywM1kiqFrummN7QEQW2Lh0TmycjrTYTkRDj-hY-VpI205j30M8ds1nN6BEcxpFHcDjcTDQFbfpa/s640/001+%25283%2529.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; 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clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-40046798259785316032024-01-16T09:52:00.000-08:002024-01-16T09:52:01.135-08:00Lightarted Living: Life on Jupiter<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2024/01/life-on-jupiter.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Life on Jupiter</a>: <div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Life on Jupiter</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3947486079580259436" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23UigJPz_p1uwzNsWMIlEA4kDgMfZxas9-8us19C5uZf5nqPvwkODAuV5mDja6-HUs6w5JY3A17g1zAcVOq_e-s3nCcGFhV725vg9n0-ofgWYpQQgehyphenhyphen66BWmk33wOrZbsLaJnzRa2BUuLjirwRl6eP-eolLJLkntNSAYK2VSXMat6XnZ9vOvkHsWD1ei/s3296/Is%20there%20Life%20on%20Jupiter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23UigJPz_p1uwzNsWMIlEA4kDgMfZxas9-8us19C5uZf5nqPvwkODAuV5mDja6-HUs6w5JY3A17g1zAcVOq_e-s3nCcGFhV725vg9n0-ofgWYpQQgehyphenhyphen66BWmk33wOrZbsLaJnzRa2BUuLjirwRl6eP-eolLJLkntNSAYK2VSXMat6XnZ9vOvkHsWD1ei/w494-h640/Is%20there%20Life%20on%20Jupiter2.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Life on Jupiter</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Is there life on Jupiter?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I think there must be...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Look within for fine company.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I think this must be where our spirits go</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">while waiting to return</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">to us mortals below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2U9Vyhy9TqmgiwMPd9q6f3kf4Jx5B4clqZ4X6R4ysR9KFU79P88blJa0Pf8JJ6vWHWagDrE0VnbCfUIqvJmBSN5R22kheZLs98FP-Bh_QA3h3CnkSGuiO-ikPGh645OMBECCnhbE58_P8aiS6S3h9KHsWgttrWC9MXo8-kJNoOe0Y_N0a7aAZ_iOm6Ag/s1577/Jupiter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2U9Vyhy9TqmgiwMPd9q6f3kf4Jx5B4clqZ4X6R4ysR9KFU79P88blJa0Pf8JJ6vWHWagDrE0VnbCfUIqvJmBSN5R22kheZLs98FP-Bh_QA3h3CnkSGuiO-ikPGh645OMBECCnhbE58_P8aiS6S3h9KHsWgttrWC9MXo8-kJNoOe0Y_N0a7aAZ_iOm6Ag/s320/Jupiter.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="171" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jupiter photo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Hubble Space </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Telescope</span></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-39474860795802594362024-01-16T09:49:00.000-08:002024-01-16T09:49:51.201-08:00Life on Jupiter<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23UigJPz_p1uwzNsWMIlEA4kDgMfZxas9-8us19C5uZf5nqPvwkODAuV5mDja6-HUs6w5JY3A17g1zAcVOq_e-s3nCcGFhV725vg9n0-ofgWYpQQgehyphenhyphen66BWmk33wOrZbsLaJnzRa2BUuLjirwRl6eP-eolLJLkntNSAYK2VSXMat6XnZ9vOvkHsWD1ei/s3296/Is%20there%20Life%20on%20Jupiter2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23UigJPz_p1uwzNsWMIlEA4kDgMfZxas9-8us19C5uZf5nqPvwkODAuV5mDja6-HUs6w5JY3A17g1zAcVOq_e-s3nCcGFhV725vg9n0-ofgWYpQQgehyphenhyphen66BWmk33wOrZbsLaJnzRa2BUuLjirwRl6eP-eolLJLkntNSAYK2VSXMat6XnZ9vOvkHsWD1ei/w494-h640/Is%20there%20Life%20on%20Jupiter2.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Life on Jupiter</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Is there life on Jupiter?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I think there must be...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Look within for fine company.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I think this must be where our spirits go</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">while waiting to return</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">to us mortals below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2U9Vyhy9TqmgiwMPd9q6f3kf4Jx5B4clqZ4X6R4ysR9KFU79P88blJa0Pf8JJ6vWHWagDrE0VnbCfUIqvJmBSN5R22kheZLs98FP-Bh_QA3h3CnkSGuiO-ikPGh645OMBECCnhbE58_P8aiS6S3h9KHsWgttrWC9MXo8-kJNoOe0Y_N0a7aAZ_iOm6Ag/s1577/Jupiter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1577" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2U9Vyhy9TqmgiwMPd9q6f3kf4Jx5B4clqZ4X6R4ysR9KFU79P88blJa0Pf8JJ6vWHWagDrE0VnbCfUIqvJmBSN5R22kheZLs98FP-Bh_QA3h3CnkSGuiO-ikPGh645OMBECCnhbE58_P8aiS6S3h9KHsWgttrWC9MXo8-kJNoOe0Y_N0a7aAZ_iOm6Ag/s320/Jupiter.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jupiter photo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Hubble Space </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Telescope</span></div><p></p>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-30485617028121224002023-12-31T13:16:00.000-08:002023-12-31T13:16:42.845-08:00Lightarted Living: Are You Screwing Yourself? How to Stop<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2023/12/are-you-screwing-yourself-how-to-stop.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Are You Screwing Yourself? How to Stop</a>: <div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Are You Screwing Yourself? How to Stop</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5897197790194468172" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hffAq80RbaxNnlmS3bC2JpbHxpscpuRtC7MbRO1-jG8uQI1AvdOSOBGTJt4ub1Jv5cr9MxtXyu0HAzWG5kofXANjb6QmJGlb8vTM3hcBdqXdkkYBvoj_2Zr5gAzx692MYeeY6EI2lwSzW0x5DHt0ToC9RDDnAtzxwnDH3kUkfqOArtgygcBX2CfRUJsK/s320/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hffAq80RbaxNnlmS3bC2JpbHxpscpuRtC7MbRO1-jG8uQI1AvdOSOBGTJt4ub1Jv5cr9MxtXyu0HAzWG5kofXANjb6QmJGlb8vTM3hcBdqXdkkYBvoj_2Zr5gAzx692MYeeY6EI2lwSzW0x5DHt0ToC9RDDnAtzxwnDH3kUkfqOArtgygcBX2CfRUJsK/s1600/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(5).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="307" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Do You feel Screwed or Free?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">We all live on a continuum that puts us on a healthy or unhealthy path in life. Depending on where we are on that continuum, we work out of different parts of our brain that either serves up a sense of freedom or rigidity in our lives.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If you want to experience a sense of freedom and fluidity in life, train yourself to spend more time in the part of your brain that gives you the freedom to choose your best path and less time in the part that makes you feel screwed. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">By training yourself to be calm and centered in response to situations that push you off-center or that rile you up, you’ll spend more of your day in the part of your brain where you have the freedom to think and act consciously and deliberately.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsEJBJv0d50YxB65OSy8E3r-wk8uWzAKZgEr0oed6K0p_8dJQ1kNZ2jjzbgcmePjeeik6qfzjjzBtMtRvqt1YG80OtEZ2THzQhq_3wwsVoHTeamGKd66wAzRB_ZyDcjS0JA0eAHjd9lLftnuTaeJ6SFyu4ppXwUCVOYMp2ZwSBUP4lwD3hC4lHMq3GJm-/s320/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="320" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsEJBJv0d50YxB65OSy8E3r-wk8uWzAKZgEr0oed6K0p_8dJQ1kNZ2jjzbgcmePjeeik6qfzjjzBtMtRvqt1YG80OtEZ2THzQhq_3wwsVoHTeamGKd66wAzRB_ZyDcjS0JA0eAHjd9lLftnuTaeJ6SFyu4ppXwUCVOYMp2ZwSBUP4lwD3hC4lHMq3GJm-/s1600/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(6).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Freedom is just another word for living out of Your Cerebral Cortex</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">When we spiral up to our best fully-functioning selves, we work out of our cerebral cortex where we're free to act consciously and deliberately. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">It is from this place in your brain you have the most control over your life and the greatest ability to make choices that serve you best.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Learning to calm yourself in response to stressful experiences is the key to spending more time in this part of the brain.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSN6hf18GXS6b8pGdteVniSxqSEMnxLW1MERj8-iM8AXM2bGkaAoRMNq9o6QlORblW6Nu46CEsPX1jp1qSef8xjWgrUbNig7qnUUU6OqFJRdm8ptFhA0pdpU4aA-RpE8qFeFYQt0On9wcR7W4T06yL3OV8DkSjTeyZNOqt0ohyphenhyphenC2FrcjgNs9BuQ42L2Zkt/s802/Life%20is%20Short%20and%20there%20will%20always%20be%20dirty%20dishes%20so%20let's%20dance%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSN6hf18GXS6b8pGdteVniSxqSEMnxLW1MERj8-iM8AXM2bGkaAoRMNq9o6QlORblW6Nu46CEsPX1jp1qSef8xjWgrUbNig7qnUUU6OqFJRdm8ptFhA0pdpU4aA-RpE8qFeFYQt0On9wcR7W4T06yL3OV8DkSjTeyZNOqt0ohyphenhyphenC2FrcjgNs9BuQ42L2Zkt/s320/Life%20is%20Short%20and%20there%20will%20always%20be%20dirty%20dishes%20so%20let's%20dance%20(3).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="275" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">We're Screwed!</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Feeling 'Screwed' is just another word for living out of your Reptilian Brain</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">When we descend into the depths of our unhealthiest and rigidly-functioning selves we plunge into our reptilian brains where we lock ourselves into obsessive and harmful ways of thinking and acting that are difficult to overcome. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">You screw yourself when you habitually lock yourself into operating out of your rigidly controlled and fixated primitive reptilian brain. Why? At this level of our brain, we lose the freedom to think and act independently. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The reptilian brain serves an essential function when we find ourselves in emergency situations where we need to react quickly--especially when we feel threatened. It is our streetwise 'fight or flight' brain that gives us that shot of adrenaline and heightens our readiness and alertness to take action. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_vN0M_-QWlZyhy6RmZeiKTSOF5ypTOvfBIiemU-R8Y7QUaOEhoS9NB9MqgMAi54Q3rJhS5fmbIAZ_GgdbFPHpUwOVI3ISdNPICnEn_-lCoXNKOGBfY2cp7k-U3E3elX7XS1FwdZZcd6kXH8_E4nf5ZdOSr_RQXtOjWs_rYI9g7qFfvarimpu4asldPy8/s320/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_vN0M_-QWlZyhy6RmZeiKTSOF5ypTOvfBIiemU-R8Y7QUaOEhoS9NB9MqgMAi54Q3rJhS5fmbIAZ_GgdbFPHpUwOVI3ISdNPICnEn_-lCoXNKOGBfY2cp7k-U3E3elX7XS1FwdZZcd6kXH8_E4nf5ZdOSr_RQXtOjWs_rYI9g7qFfvarimpu4asldPy8/s1600/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(3).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Freedom to Think and Act Independently</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Everyone needs to work out of their reptilian brain many times a day. The reptilian brain is very useful when we use it for those momentary shots of adrenaline and quick reactions. But we screw ourselves when we habitually live and work out of it instead of just visiting it when needed. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The key to visiting your reptilian brain rather than living in it is to practice calming yourself after getting riled up, and to reduce the amount of stimuli creating fear and threat in your life. The sooner you return to a place of calm, the sooner you recover your freedom to act with choice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo728M5gETGgnVQN8Pifm_L_MZ4MuX4CpJDQAl9Sgc0dHS4hDZFd0VT2WSeW-XOmaC7oQ_eE3Tq_fvrysWMq9GPus-DJouHFRjlcq6j9sbrgJ2tP0PBaWN9E-XMIeAOxNgu5SFUegEDCE7cLDNZF8Cs-Wq4NwsZTAdCC9AcJgZSUQwqbf0sQhxhBQu0pcX/s417/Life%20is%20Short%20and%20there%20will%20always%20be%20dirty%20dishes%20so%20let's%20dance%20(12).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo728M5gETGgnVQN8Pifm_L_MZ4MuX4CpJDQAl9Sgc0dHS4hDZFd0VT2WSeW-XOmaC7oQ_eE3Tq_fvrysWMq9GPus-DJouHFRjlcq6j9sbrgJ2tP0PBaWN9E-XMIeAOxNgu5SFUegEDCE7cLDNZF8Cs-Wq4NwsZTAdCC9AcJgZSUQwqbf0sQhxhBQu0pcX/s320/Life%20is%20Short%20and%20there%20will%20always%20be%20dirty%20dishes%20so%20let's%20dance%20(12).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="227" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Feeling the Squeeze</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Is your Reptilian Brain Putting the Squeeze on You? </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">If your reptilian brain is putting the squeeze on you, making you feel screwed, here's how to put a stop to it: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Practice calming yourself each and every time you get riled up.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The goal is to regularly practice resetting your energy and mindset by redirecting your attention. Wherever your attention goes your energy follows. If your attention goes to calming yourself, your energy will follow.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEB8yHbakzssb_xccQnEv5mzpgZlTkF1toO0a5d0JKzOmHxwAczj-znp3aJREay_5gC_GCWetR5zlFgpJRQuB99mX7oLZGn0fe7DabyDbzOXL7vsoNOacZ00hhsCuFIvJQ18CDt41hqNDgFQ2epxsyVb6-5VxqAe9AltAjMnHkXwoBgTKU1LynP_BhbO2n/s640/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="640" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEB8yHbakzssb_xccQnEv5mzpgZlTkF1toO0a5d0JKzOmHxwAczj-znp3aJREay_5gC_GCWetR5zlFgpJRQuB99mX7oLZGn0fe7DabyDbzOXL7vsoNOacZ00hhsCuFIvJQ18CDt41hqNDgFQ2epxsyVb6-5VxqAe9AltAjMnHkXwoBgTKU1LynP_BhbO2n/w527-h411/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="527" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">"Try to be a sheet of paper with nothing on it. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Be a spot of ground where nothing is growing,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">where something might be planted,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">a seed, possibly, from the absolute. "</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Rumi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Always start with a set of slow and relaxed inhales and exhales. Visualize breathing 'uplift into your heart and breathing out 'calmness into your gut'. Let your attention rest on this image.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Next, put your attention towards looking for one calming activity to engage in. This doesn't have to take a lot of time, and it doesn't have to be the perfect activity. Just do something.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The more you practice calming and centering yourself after getting hyped up, the greater the sense of freedom you'll gain. And the more you redirect your attention towards activities that make you feel good and away from fear-producing activities, the more your life will feel within your control.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Stop screwing yourself. Train yourself to return to a calm frame of mind in response to stressful situations.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-4QGtaKoPb1mXMqjUhuUsC-ESoUK0X7rzOrUMgd6zz8yTWTlVYEY6nkhIvZdZnLyvc8U5GAxWM_x_eqBWwCq87Ekdd-431SFAqD9vIvhabxggVZSVtfmL_uCw3urB9_DV5rk5qyCIXOKFHFDdUHZUTGtKp7gSBe8klzQqI77C2gNmEuH4MEknF0vjD_R/s320/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(10).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="320" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-4QGtaKoPb1mXMqjUhuUsC-ESoUK0X7rzOrUMgd6zz8yTWTlVYEY6nkhIvZdZnLyvc8U5GAxWM_x_eqBWwCq87Ekdd-431SFAqD9vIvhabxggVZSVtfmL_uCw3urB9_DV5rk5qyCIXOKFHFDdUHZUTGtKp7gSBe8klzQqI77C2gNmEuH4MEknF0vjD_R/s1600/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(10).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I love helping others tap into their more robust and resilient natures, particularly when working through self-doubt, life and career transitions, relationships, and self-confidence issues. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I encourage you to take a nonjudgmental and growth-oriented path towards becoming the best person you’re meant to be—while encouraging you to appreciate the richness of who you already are. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We're all in this awesome life together. When you lift yourself up, you lift up everyone around you. Join me in my quest to make it a better life for all by starting with yourself.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-58971977901944681722023-12-31T13:15:00.000-08:002023-12-31T13:15:19.486-08:00Are You Screwing Yourself? How to Stop<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hffAq80RbaxNnlmS3bC2JpbHxpscpuRtC7MbRO1-jG8uQI1AvdOSOBGTJt4ub1Jv5cr9MxtXyu0HAzWG5kofXANjb6QmJGlb8vTM3hcBdqXdkkYBvoj_2Zr5gAzx692MYeeY6EI2lwSzW0x5DHt0ToC9RDDnAtzxwnDH3kUkfqOArtgygcBX2CfRUJsK/s320/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="307" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4hffAq80RbaxNnlmS3bC2JpbHxpscpuRtC7MbRO1-jG8uQI1AvdOSOBGTJt4ub1Jv5cr9MxtXyu0HAzWG5kofXANjb6QmJGlb8vTM3hcBdqXdkkYBvoj_2Zr5gAzx692MYeeY6EI2lwSzW0x5DHt0ToC9RDDnAtzxwnDH3kUkfqOArtgygcBX2CfRUJsK/s1600/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(5).jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Do You feel Screwed or
Free?</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">We all live on a continuum that puts
us on a healthy or unhealthy path in life. Depending on where we are on that continuum,
we work out of different parts of our brain that either serves up a sense of
freedom or rigidity in our lives.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If you want to experience a sense of
freedom and fluidity in life, train yourself to spend more time in the
part of your brain that gives you the freedom to choose your best path and less
time in the part that makes you feel screwed. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">By training yourself to be calm and
centered in response to situations that push you off-center or that rile you up,
you’ll spend more of your day in the part of your brain where you have the
freedom to think and act consciously and deliberately.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsEJBJv0d50YxB65OSy8E3r-wk8uWzAKZgEr0oed6K0p_8dJQ1kNZ2jjzbgcmePjeeik6qfzjjzBtMtRvqt1YG80OtEZ2THzQhq_3wwsVoHTeamGKd66wAzRB_ZyDcjS0JA0eAHjd9lLftnuTaeJ6SFyu4ppXwUCVOYMp2ZwSBUP4lwD3hC4lHMq3GJm-/s320/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="320" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsEJBJv0d50YxB65OSy8E3r-wk8uWzAKZgEr0oed6K0p_8dJQ1kNZ2jjzbgcmePjeeik6qfzjjzBtMtRvqt1YG80OtEZ2THzQhq_3wwsVoHTeamGKd66wAzRB_ZyDcjS0JA0eAHjd9lLftnuTaeJ6SFyu4ppXwUCVOYMp2ZwSBUP4lwD3hC4lHMq3GJm-/s1600/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(6).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Freedom is
just another word for living out of Your Cerebral Cortex</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">When we spiral up to our best
fully-functioning selves, we work out of our cerebral cortex where we're free
to act consciously and deliberately. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">It is from this place in your brain
you have the most control over your life and the greatest ability to make
choices that serve you best.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Learning to calm yourself in response
to stressful experiences is the key to spending more time in this part of the
brain.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSN6hf18GXS6b8pGdteVniSxqSEMnxLW1MERj8-iM8AXM2bGkaAoRMNq9o6QlORblW6Nu46CEsPX1jp1qSef8xjWgrUbNig7qnUUU6OqFJRdm8ptFhA0pdpU4aA-RpE8qFeFYQt0On9wcR7W4T06yL3OV8DkSjTeyZNOqt0ohyphenhyphenC2FrcjgNs9BuQ42L2Zkt/s802/Life%20is%20Short%20and%20there%20will%20always%20be%20dirty%20dishes%20so%20let's%20dance%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSN6hf18GXS6b8pGdteVniSxqSEMnxLW1MERj8-iM8AXM2bGkaAoRMNq9o6QlORblW6Nu46CEsPX1jp1qSef8xjWgrUbNig7qnUUU6OqFJRdm8ptFhA0pdpU4aA-RpE8qFeFYQt0On9wcR7W4T06yL3OV8DkSjTeyZNOqt0ohyphenhyphenC2FrcjgNs9BuQ42L2Zkt/s320/Life%20is%20Short%20and%20there%20will%20always%20be%20dirty%20dishes%20so%20let's%20dance%20(3).jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">We're Screwed!</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Feeling 'Screwed' is
just another word for living out of your Reptilian Brain</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">When we descend into the depths
of our unhealthiest and rigidly-functioning selves we plunge into our reptilian
brains where we lock ourselves into obsessive and harmful ways of thinking
and acting that are difficult to overcome. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">You
screw yourself when you habitually lock yourself into operating out of your
rigidly controlled and fixated primitive reptilian brain. Why? At this level of
our brain, we lose the freedom to think and act independently. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The
reptilian brain serves an essential function when we find ourselves in
emergency situations where we need to react quickly--especially when we feel
threatened. It is our streetwise 'fight or flight' brain that gives us that
shot of adrenaline and heightens our readiness and alertness to take
action. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_vN0M_-QWlZyhy6RmZeiKTSOF5ypTOvfBIiemU-R8Y7QUaOEhoS9NB9MqgMAi54Q3rJhS5fmbIAZ_GgdbFPHpUwOVI3ISdNPICnEn_-lCoXNKOGBfY2cp7k-U3E3elX7XS1FwdZZcd6kXH8_E4nf5ZdOSr_RQXtOjWs_rYI9g7qFfvarimpu4asldPy8/s320/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="256" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB_vN0M_-QWlZyhy6RmZeiKTSOF5ypTOvfBIiemU-R8Y7QUaOEhoS9NB9MqgMAi54Q3rJhS5fmbIAZ_GgdbFPHpUwOVI3ISdNPICnEn_-lCoXNKOGBfY2cp7k-U3E3elX7XS1FwdZZcd6kXH8_E4nf5ZdOSr_RQXtOjWs_rYI9g7qFfvarimpu4asldPy8/s1600/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(3).jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The Freedom to Think and Act Independently</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Everyone
needs to work out of their reptilian brain many times a day. The reptilian
brain is very useful when we use it for those momentary shots of adrenaline and
quick reactions. But we screw ourselves when we habitually live and work out of
it instead of just visiting it when needed. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The
key to visiting your reptilian brain rather than living in it is to practice
calming yourself after getting riled up, and to reduce the amount of stimuli creating fear and threat in your life. The sooner you return to a place of
calm, the sooner you recover your freedom to act with choice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo728M5gETGgnVQN8Pifm_L_MZ4MuX4CpJDQAl9Sgc0dHS4hDZFd0VT2WSeW-XOmaC7oQ_eE3Tq_fvrysWMq9GPus-DJouHFRjlcq6j9sbrgJ2tP0PBaWN9E-XMIeAOxNgu5SFUegEDCE7cLDNZF8Cs-Wq4NwsZTAdCC9AcJgZSUQwqbf0sQhxhBQu0pcX/s417/Life%20is%20Short%20and%20there%20will%20always%20be%20dirty%20dishes%20so%20let's%20dance%20(12).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo728M5gETGgnVQN8Pifm_L_MZ4MuX4CpJDQAl9Sgc0dHS4hDZFd0VT2WSeW-XOmaC7oQ_eE3Tq_fvrysWMq9GPus-DJouHFRjlcq6j9sbrgJ2tP0PBaWN9E-XMIeAOxNgu5SFUegEDCE7cLDNZF8Cs-Wq4NwsZTAdCC9AcJgZSUQwqbf0sQhxhBQu0pcX/s320/Life%20is%20Short%20and%20there%20will%20always%20be%20dirty%20dishes%20so%20let's%20dance%20(12).jpg" width="227" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Feeling the Squeeze</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Is your Reptilian Brain
Putting the Squeeze on You? </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">If your reptilian brain is putting the
squeeze on you, making you feel screwed, here's how to put a stop to it: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Practice calming yourself each and every time you get riled up.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The goal is to regularly practice
resetting your energy and mindset by redirecting your attention. Wherever your
attention goes your energy follows. If your attention goes to calming yourself,
your energy will follow.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEB8yHbakzssb_xccQnEv5mzpgZlTkF1toO0a5d0JKzOmHxwAczj-znp3aJREay_5gC_GCWetR5zlFgpJRQuB99mX7oLZGn0fe7DabyDbzOXL7vsoNOacZ00hhsCuFIvJQ18CDt41hqNDgFQ2epxsyVb6-5VxqAe9AltAjMnHkXwoBgTKU1LynP_BhbO2n/s640/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="640" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEB8yHbakzssb_xccQnEv5mzpgZlTkF1toO0a5d0JKzOmHxwAczj-znp3aJREay_5gC_GCWetR5zlFgpJRQuB99mX7oLZGn0fe7DabyDbzOXL7vsoNOacZ00hhsCuFIvJQ18CDt41hqNDgFQ2epxsyVb6-5VxqAe9AltAjMnHkXwoBgTKU1LynP_BhbO2n/w527-h411/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted.jpg" width="527" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">"Try to be a sheet of paper with nothing on it. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Be a spot of ground where nothing is growing,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">where something might be planted,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">a seed, possibly, from the absolute. "</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Rumi</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Always start with a set of slow and
relaxed inhales and exhales. Visualize breathing 'uplift into your heart and
breathing out 'calmness into your gut'. Let your attention rest on this image.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Next, put your attention towards
looking for one calming activity to engage in. This doesn't have to take a lot
of time, and it doesn't have to be the perfect activity. Just do something.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">The more you practice calming and
centering yourself after getting hyped up, the greater the sense of freedom
you'll gain. And the more you redirect your attention towards activities that make you feel good and away from fear-producing activities, the more your life will feel within your control.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Stop screwing yourself. Train yourself
to return to a calm frame of mind in response to stressful situations.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-4QGtaKoPb1mXMqjUhuUsC-ESoUK0X7rzOrUMgd6zz8yTWTlVYEY6nkhIvZdZnLyvc8U5GAxWM_x_eqBWwCq87Ekdd-431SFAqD9vIvhabxggVZSVtfmL_uCw3urB9_DV5rk5qyCIXOKFHFDdUHZUTGtKp7gSBe8klzQqI77C2gNmEuH4MEknF0vjD_R/s320/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(10).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="320" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-4QGtaKoPb1mXMqjUhuUsC-ESoUK0X7rzOrUMgd6zz8yTWTlVYEY6nkhIvZdZnLyvc8U5GAxWM_x_eqBWwCq87Ekdd-431SFAqD9vIvhabxggVZSVtfmL_uCw3urB9_DV5rk5qyCIXOKFHFDdUHZUTGtKp7gSBe8klzQqI77C2gNmEuH4MEknF0vjD_R/s1600/Try%20to%20be%20a%20sheet%20of%20paper%20with%20nothing%20on%20it%20where%20something%20might%20be%20planted%20(10).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love helping others
tap into their more robust and resilient natures, particularly when working
through self-doubt, life and career transitions, relationships, and
self-confidence issues. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I encourage you to take a nonjudgmental and growth-oriented path
towards becoming the best person you’re meant to be—while encouraging you to appreciate
the richness of who you already are. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We're all in this awesome life together. When you lift
yourself up, you lift up everyone around you. Join me in my quest to make it a
better life for all by starting with yourself.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-86115602652783013112023-12-28T10:40:00.000-08:002023-12-28T10:40:01.439-08:00Lightarted Living: A Life Well Lived<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-life-well-lived.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: A Life Well Lived</a>: <div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">A Life Well Lived</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8036471724436803756" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R7M4qdoUrS3Qj4nncL2mHVbFMij8gOru26K1iWukzu0KJYTlNFPkwZk-Mx-rqJbp23fjznRsjw3abkIzKKTzNKygVw6jNiz5WmAdyDVZc9pDttKlbxMUwL2vllaOVJYrg9lYGC5b3ezfZ7tEyAHh5VXc56lqCVluaCg5oQi4tpFBhyphenhyphen7JvQgNc7KOZVYG/s3296/A%20Life%20Well%20Lived--The%20Soul%20of%20the%20Old%20Rusted%20Farm%20Tractor2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="3296" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R7M4qdoUrS3Qj4nncL2mHVbFMij8gOru26K1iWukzu0KJYTlNFPkwZk-Mx-rqJbp23fjznRsjw3abkIzKKTzNKygVw6jNiz5WmAdyDVZc9pDttKlbxMUwL2vllaOVJYrg9lYGC5b3ezfZ7tEyAHh5VXc56lqCVluaCg5oQi4tpFBhyphenhyphen7JvQgNc7KOZVYG/w519-h401/A%20Life%20Well%20Lived--The%20Soul%20of%20the%20Old%20Rusted%20Farm%20Tractor2.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="519" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Just an Old Rusted Farm Tractor</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The old rusted farm tractor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with its soul etched into its bones</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">from ages of hard work called to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Such majestic beauty engraved upon its sturdy frame;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">telling its story to all who care to see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now, set aside for the long rest,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">it graces the landscape </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and creaks and moans no more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is the story </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">of a life well lived.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4wm_V1AXkF5WE0d3kw-LjVwA861V8FknVwXGe59-jJan9FK_Ja_n-QH6Cmgc15Je4aoeblMYEeMOHQIvJ-xLV2CNTxYxlN04eTZ_KKIXL0u_eavad2dLAdiHPzC1mK4YitcRARfpDqXV2CBtI0k_xiubQzq9OSmZkiFayjXUjc59bmH299atOqL_Xasr/s640/Lee%20Tractor%20at%20farm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4wm_V1AXkF5WE0d3kw-LjVwA861V8FknVwXGe59-jJan9FK_Ja_n-QH6Cmgc15Je4aoeblMYEeMOHQIvJ-xLV2CNTxYxlN04eTZ_KKIXL0u_eavad2dLAdiHPzC1mK4YitcRARfpDqXV2CBtI0k_xiubQzq9OSmZkiFayjXUjc59bmH299atOqL_Xasr/w528-h396/Lee%20Tractor%20at%20farm.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="528" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Original Photo by Lee Bryant</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-80364717244368037562023-12-28T10:38:00.000-08:002023-12-28T10:38:34.105-08:00A Life Well Lived<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R7M4qdoUrS3Qj4nncL2mHVbFMij8gOru26K1iWukzu0KJYTlNFPkwZk-Mx-rqJbp23fjznRsjw3abkIzKKTzNKygVw6jNiz5WmAdyDVZc9pDttKlbxMUwL2vllaOVJYrg9lYGC5b3ezfZ7tEyAHh5VXc56lqCVluaCg5oQi4tpFBhyphenhyphen7JvQgNc7KOZVYG/s3296/A%20Life%20Well%20Lived--The%20Soul%20of%20the%20Old%20Rusted%20Farm%20Tractor2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="3296" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R7M4qdoUrS3Qj4nncL2mHVbFMij8gOru26K1iWukzu0KJYTlNFPkwZk-Mx-rqJbp23fjznRsjw3abkIzKKTzNKygVw6jNiz5WmAdyDVZc9pDttKlbxMUwL2vllaOVJYrg9lYGC5b3ezfZ7tEyAHh5VXc56lqCVluaCg5oQi4tpFBhyphenhyphen7JvQgNc7KOZVYG/w519-h401/A%20Life%20Well%20Lived--The%20Soul%20of%20the%20Old%20Rusted%20Farm%20Tractor2.jpg" width="519" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Just an Old Rusted Farm Tractor</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The old rusted farm tractor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with its soul etched into its bones</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">from ages of hard work called to me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Such majestic beauty engraved upon its sturdy frame;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">telling its story to all who care to see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now, set aside for the long rest,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">it graces the landscape </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and creaks and moans no more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is the story </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">of a life well lived.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4wm_V1AXkF5WE0d3kw-LjVwA861V8FknVwXGe59-jJan9FK_Ja_n-QH6Cmgc15Je4aoeblMYEeMOHQIvJ-xLV2CNTxYxlN04eTZ_KKIXL0u_eavad2dLAdiHPzC1mK4YitcRARfpDqXV2CBtI0k_xiubQzq9OSmZkiFayjXUjc59bmH299atOqL_Xasr/s640/Lee%20Tractor%20at%20farm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4wm_V1AXkF5WE0d3kw-LjVwA861V8FknVwXGe59-jJan9FK_Ja_n-QH6Cmgc15Je4aoeblMYEeMOHQIvJ-xLV2CNTxYxlN04eTZ_KKIXL0u_eavad2dLAdiHPzC1mK4YitcRARfpDqXV2CBtI0k_xiubQzq9OSmZkiFayjXUjc59bmH299atOqL_Xasr/w528-h396/Lee%20Tractor%20at%20farm.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Original Photo by Lee Bryant</span></div><br /><p></p>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-31490990126105273592023-12-27T11:46:00.000-08:002023-12-27T11:46:06.933-08:00Lightarted Living: Unity of Spirit<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2023/12/unity-of-spirit.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Unity of Spirit</a>: <div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Unity of Spirit</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3415883300827674775" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvRKSz1sMfCiDm9IA7meu2wom5Fyh5ZsiZLNkDOgsyDPimn3a2OhtLq1g7x_fvsDYirqlwW6UTnLx1LJ4o_9tDPOh3d7JaONdlJUFIGyLmDOir2v8SW1-E3zWoyVx5yVmGDNEsgfTJYIwCf17Tto5jY_2kEsZlpwx4qv4IYOi3b-DJL7uvg7jOIIPsIt5/s2544/Unity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="2544" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvRKSz1sMfCiDm9IA7meu2wom5Fyh5ZsiZLNkDOgsyDPimn3a2OhtLq1g7x_fvsDYirqlwW6UTnLx1LJ4o_9tDPOh3d7JaONdlJUFIGyLmDOir2v8SW1-E3zWoyVx5yVmGDNEsgfTJYIwCf17Tto5jY_2kEsZlpwx4qv4IYOi3b-DJL7uvg7jOIIPsIt5/w488-h488/Unity.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What Should I Look For?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I looked into the picture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and I asked </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"What do I see?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tell me dear spirits, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">what will this year be?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What is the theme of 2024?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What will be key?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The spirits came back to me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and answered so simply.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Let your light shine bright and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">let it be UNITY.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9_iAC4qQRl8Zl5tsq6LNs-dF6O-LNbHMnjkVcJuzfs-rEVpkp_-exwq4pputP0A9nbXkI2eyUFmTmXiVn4Puu7WVnIYPjCYDAJrk759q2_XIwYUddgoAUYCW_raAIYaLYfAltkooRPKeLbpSTJE8T4TiMtdWOFMKyafjJTwDAr6d6g4BTdo7E5nx8AIu/s990/Unity4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="990" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9_iAC4qQRl8Zl5tsq6LNs-dF6O-LNbHMnjkVcJuzfs-rEVpkp_-exwq4pputP0A9nbXkI2eyUFmTmXiVn4Puu7WVnIYPjCYDAJrk759q2_XIwYUddgoAUYCW_raAIYaLYfAltkooRPKeLbpSTJE8T4TiMtdWOFMKyafjJTwDAr6d6g4BTdo7E5nx8AIu/s320/Unity4.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let all your actions</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">work towards this goal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Within your small circle of friends,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">bring people into your loving fold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Choose to create harmony</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with friends and family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Don't worry about what you can't affect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Take one small step at a time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Don't get discouraged.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Find a way to bring those around you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a little peace of mind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jmfgfdvOeAwsAS4hTeiOdGenrbSSn4ma16QseZ6dnnUpGcyw-dzGOniAgO8eEsNE_8Jx3LzAV6VbqKgtyICn0qJLQhnM1nyq15rsvz2vsPuHCDqdFFuQM4HHewdhnglKL1lCO0oLQrlyafFzqx3FUB6UuisyCfXjSXXV-CrAdaecvKxv4eOzAKOlfBtf/s346/Unity2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jmfgfdvOeAwsAS4hTeiOdGenrbSSn4ma16QseZ6dnnUpGcyw-dzGOniAgO8eEsNE_8Jx3LzAV6VbqKgtyICn0qJLQhnM1nyq15rsvz2vsPuHCDqdFFuQM4HHewdhnglKL1lCO0oLQrlyafFzqx3FUB6UuisyCfXjSXXV-CrAdaecvKxv4eOzAKOlfBtf/w144-h200/Unity2.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="144" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lead with love.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Be generous with praise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Find forgiveness in your heart,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and send love to those whose beliefs and yours </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">are very far apart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Unity and harmony begins with the love</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">of one generous soul.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why not be that person </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">who shines a light so bright</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">it helps to heal the world of sorrows</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with your shining light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBo-5GXdeYzkkrh6VgqDoDk8YxsY6zc-Jb1ZWoWqS3KYlTIKyDVWXTRtEgVDpBqHPirxSVpxwZ2B0VemtoeMr-zDrM4vRVI7-pP6MQiApaW3-d9_rvxvjekGWMB0SfCestsf2AcgZ4BXMdWucuS8FDGL8U4-MdMPubRzgdN_9nV7WC3BYnALvuG-TzfdK/s1355/Unit5y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="1147" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBo-5GXdeYzkkrh6VgqDoDk8YxsY6zc-Jb1ZWoWqS3KYlTIKyDVWXTRtEgVDpBqHPirxSVpxwZ2B0VemtoeMr-zDrM4vRVI7-pP6MQiApaW3-d9_rvxvjekGWMB0SfCestsf2AcgZ4BXMdWucuS8FDGL8U4-MdMPubRzgdN_9nV7WC3BYnALvuG-TzfdK/s320/Unit5y.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="271" /></a></div></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-34158833008276747752023-12-27T11:44:00.000-08:002023-12-27T11:44:44.329-08:00Unity of Spirit<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvRKSz1sMfCiDm9IA7meu2wom5Fyh5ZsiZLNkDOgsyDPimn3a2OhtLq1g7x_fvsDYirqlwW6UTnLx1LJ4o_9tDPOh3d7JaONdlJUFIGyLmDOir2v8SW1-E3zWoyVx5yVmGDNEsgfTJYIwCf17Tto5jY_2kEsZlpwx4qv4IYOi3b-DJL7uvg7jOIIPsIt5/s2544/Unity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="2544" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhvRKSz1sMfCiDm9IA7meu2wom5Fyh5ZsiZLNkDOgsyDPimn3a2OhtLq1g7x_fvsDYirqlwW6UTnLx1LJ4o_9tDPOh3d7JaONdlJUFIGyLmDOir2v8SW1-E3zWoyVx5yVmGDNEsgfTJYIwCf17Tto5jY_2kEsZlpwx4qv4IYOi3b-DJL7uvg7jOIIPsIt5/w488-h488/Unity.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>What Should I Look For?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I looked into the picture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and I asked </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"What do I see?"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tell me dear spirits, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">what will this year be?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What is the theme of 2024?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What will be key?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The spirits came back to me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and answered so simply.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Let your light shine bright and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">let it be UNITY.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9_iAC4qQRl8Zl5tsq6LNs-dF6O-LNbHMnjkVcJuzfs-rEVpkp_-exwq4pputP0A9nbXkI2eyUFmTmXiVn4Puu7WVnIYPjCYDAJrk759q2_XIwYUddgoAUYCW_raAIYaLYfAltkooRPKeLbpSTJE8T4TiMtdWOFMKyafjJTwDAr6d6g4BTdo7E5nx8AIu/s990/Unity4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="990" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv9_iAC4qQRl8Zl5tsq6LNs-dF6O-LNbHMnjkVcJuzfs-rEVpkp_-exwq4pputP0A9nbXkI2eyUFmTmXiVn4Puu7WVnIYPjCYDAJrk759q2_XIwYUddgoAUYCW_raAIYaLYfAltkooRPKeLbpSTJE8T4TiMtdWOFMKyafjJTwDAr6d6g4BTdo7E5nx8AIu/s320/Unity4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Let all your actions</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">work towards this goal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Within your small circle of friends,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">bring people into your loving fold.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Choose to create harmony</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with friends and family.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Don't worry about what you can't affect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Take one small step at a time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Don't get discouraged.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Find a way to bring those around you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a little peace of mind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jmfgfdvOeAwsAS4hTeiOdGenrbSSn4ma16QseZ6dnnUpGcyw-dzGOniAgO8eEsNE_8Jx3LzAV6VbqKgtyICn0qJLQhnM1nyq15rsvz2vsPuHCDqdFFuQM4HHewdhnglKL1lCO0oLQrlyafFzqx3FUB6UuisyCfXjSXXV-CrAdaecvKxv4eOzAKOlfBtf/s346/Unity2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6jmfgfdvOeAwsAS4hTeiOdGenrbSSn4ma16QseZ6dnnUpGcyw-dzGOniAgO8eEsNE_8Jx3LzAV6VbqKgtyICn0qJLQhnM1nyq15rsvz2vsPuHCDqdFFuQM4HHewdhnglKL1lCO0oLQrlyafFzqx3FUB6UuisyCfXjSXXV-CrAdaecvKxv4eOzAKOlfBtf/w144-h200/Unity2.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lead with love.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Be generous with praise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Find forgiveness in your heart,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and send love to those whose beliefs and yours </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">are very far apart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Unity and harmony begins with the love</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">of one generous soul.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why not be that person </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">who shines a light so bright</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">it helps to heal the world of sorrows</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with your shining light.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBo-5GXdeYzkkrh6VgqDoDk8YxsY6zc-Jb1ZWoWqS3KYlTIKyDVWXTRtEgVDpBqHPirxSVpxwZ2B0VemtoeMr-zDrM4vRVI7-pP6MQiApaW3-d9_rvxvjekGWMB0SfCestsf2AcgZ4BXMdWucuS8FDGL8U4-MdMPubRzgdN_9nV7WC3BYnALvuG-TzfdK/s1355/Unit5y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="1147" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBo-5GXdeYzkkrh6VgqDoDk8YxsY6zc-Jb1ZWoWqS3KYlTIKyDVWXTRtEgVDpBqHPirxSVpxwZ2B0VemtoeMr-zDrM4vRVI7-pP6MQiApaW3-d9_rvxvjekGWMB0SfCestsf2AcgZ4BXMdWucuS8FDGL8U4-MdMPubRzgdN_9nV7WC3BYnALvuG-TzfdK/s320/Unit5y.jpg" width="271" /></a></div></div><p></p>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-53496150182392727872023-12-24T13:34:00.000-08:002023-12-24T13:46:14.983-08:00Lightarted Living: At Christmas Our Hearts Grow Tender with Childhood...<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2023/12/at-christmas-our-hearts-grow-tender.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: At Christmas Our Hearts Grow Tender with Childhood</a>... Memories<div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">At Christmas Our Hearts Grow Tender with Childhood Memories</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6823832161312938732" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeyfovGadjWvDitU-Sw0bEbfNB0RDCT5kXwmQc3ukmx5H7NKDs3XYoSiX3qrD5SUUEDDE9dekBbrVQ6EqFgS2B1k98EImDBcidq52pTCWk_tS1fqGs0PhyphenhyphenobNJtvkb3NJyqvfFT8a-4fRpf9LI1Wbua4VF5CWbcrsCA-tiaSyveSyd9QJox7rZvPK7BWN/s2193/Christmas--Our%20Hearts%20Grow%20Tender%20with%20Childhood%20Memories%20Lee-Royce%20Tree.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2193" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeyfovGadjWvDitU-Sw0bEbfNB0RDCT5kXwmQc3ukmx5H7NKDs3XYoSiX3qrD5SUUEDDE9dekBbrVQ6EqFgS2B1k98EImDBcidq52pTCWk_tS1fqGs0PhyphenhyphenobNJtvkb3NJyqvfFT8a-4fRpf9LI1Wbua4VF5CWbcrsCA-tiaSyveSyd9QJox7rZvPK7BWN/w496-h640/Christmas--Our%20Hearts%20Grow%20Tender%20with%20Childhood%20Memories%20Lee-Royce%20Tree.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>CHRISTMAS MEMORIES</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Our hearts grow tender </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with childhood memories</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and love of kindred,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and we are better throughout the year</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">for having in spirit become</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a child again at Christmas."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Laura Ingalls Wilder</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4vFhrtL764smv9xs0IUxkPwVix3rrjKGl6L8zdIU8QR7UIvL59iexnuPZC_nXWT6wmfW0kQAqvTSmy8ogjkdjk6N7mpgqKuzU9OQSiBL4O-anL_fJUHpMOhqAAuIEgEweGyEDdfffECYVL_oacmXa6KCcnrXKQ-yX0nGUvy39ryGvHFY0Cv_tc1Ut65J/s1261/Christmas--Our%20Hearts%20Grow%20Tender%20with%20Childhood%20Memories%20Lee-Royce%20Tree2%20(2).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="1261" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4vFhrtL764smv9xs0IUxkPwVix3rrjKGl6L8zdIU8QR7UIvL59iexnuPZC_nXWT6wmfW0kQAqvTSmy8ogjkdjk6N7mpgqKuzU9OQSiBL4O-anL_fJUHpMOhqAAuIEgEweGyEDdfffECYVL_oacmXa6KCcnrXKQ-yX0nGUvy39ryGvHFY0Cv_tc1Ut65J/w400-h185/Christmas--Our%20Hearts%20Grow%20Tender%20with%20Childhood%20Memories%20Lee-Royce%20Tree2%20(2).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>MAY YOUR HEART GROW TENDER</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the season of love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">may your heart grow tender</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with childhood memories and love of kindred.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSrs4PrvEUh2KXpZGwABi48cN1ntCjw1PgajpAlljkvnjKmdOq6mPbfu0WVGWNJm3uxV29ofAxdmwK2J6X6Q-PXPCBoEPXYpGGaeB-omyW8HZLj_o2Y5yCxPBe2im5GEukAqq_xiacCMfMEqb7JvhMpHdBsmvNA9ovmvY4RnB4XiZZuWxydByhlpWTWJu/s3296/The%20Spirits%20of%20Christmas%20Come%20out%20to%20fill%20our%20hearts%20with%20good%20will%202.jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSrs4PrvEUh2KXpZGwABi48cN1ntCjw1PgajpAlljkvnjKmdOq6mPbfu0WVGWNJm3uxV29ofAxdmwK2J6X6Q-PXPCBoEPXYpGGaeB-omyW8HZLj_o2Y5yCxPBe2im5GEukAqq_xiacCMfMEqb7JvhMpHdBsmvNA9ovmvY4RnB4XiZZuWxydByhlpWTWJu/w494-h640/The%20Spirits%20of%20Christmas%20Come%20out%20to%20fill%20our%20hearts%20with%20good%20will%202.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="494" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>THE SPIRITS OF CHRISTMAS</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The spirits of Christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">come out to fill our hearts</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with goodwill the whole year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Love thy neighbor as yourself.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Spread good cheer throughout the year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">SHINE.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7Vc71NivE_hwgfTCeUaofjdG6iMPewBNlfBHMvCUKb5F_fQUMGJnHZdd1Jt4mC-fVy5CTPbefaM2u7WQuOzKncvw_k8lfYeYqQpAJikKBeJWkdNMbIgAJCKlH4Hrhfb5BNS6UKjAcGwBFGJeSU3yeXp75J30DPPjHixFy4tL5y6V0PmP_fLVNy5NU6Je/s2204/Have%20yourself%20a%20merry%20little%20christmas%20(2).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2204" data-original-width="1654" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7Vc71NivE_hwgfTCeUaofjdG6iMPewBNlfBHMvCUKb5F_fQUMGJnHZdd1Jt4mC-fVy5CTPbefaM2u7WQuOzKncvw_k8lfYeYqQpAJikKBeJWkdNMbIgAJCKlH4Hrhfb5BNS6UKjAcGwBFGJeSU3yeXp75J30DPPjHixFy4tL5y6V0PmP_fLVNy5NU6Je/w480-h640/Have%20yourself%20a%20merry%20little%20christmas%20(2).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>ALL HEARTS COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Have yourself a merry little christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May your heart be gay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May the sweetness of life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">fatten your soul</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and fill your heart with kindness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTRlXP-I_0RuAoGfIZ0lWMVE0h9SRTSJKuyOQssHI2Ug6D8uM4fN_xrMcre7C3wuhFZgywZjKxkMU1TjBhw8AcoEY_8kpkhUkmvNWiC545D_hDcOEZGjbhd8_9g1csl5nSBucNIvXL5WeEcNEJPIjDqKxWxyygNrnCFrblcrciFbC8MNzltG0-AZDvNGj/s740/Have%20yourself%20a%20merry%20little%20christmas%20(3).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="561" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTRlXP-I_0RuAoGfIZ0lWMVE0h9SRTSJKuyOQssHI2Ug6D8uM4fN_xrMcre7C3wuhFZgywZjKxkMU1TjBhw8AcoEY_8kpkhUkmvNWiC545D_hDcOEZGjbhd8_9g1csl5nSBucNIvXL5WeEcNEJPIjDqKxWxyygNrnCFrblcrciFbC8MNzltG0-AZDvNGj/s320/Have%20yourself%20a%20merry%20little%20christmas%20(3).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="243" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These houses are photos of painted sugar cookies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">that I then scribbled over to have art imitating art!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdbou3XXyekKF7WzSc3pMQJ3Qhew9WDJlV48T3DM8HPJ_4JOxleiGPvHXsM_anEGTSAfq3OfRwUQo3DRCjaF1hFg09CNIHSo6oUXMP5e4hyphenhyphenbyp4FX7688IjjF0r0BUppwtBPxLv5jiUF-JEfHwC_XKlFClPX0Ll3atvsV-1_hqxEiNxZ9w5OFofCvPDf8/s1053/smaller%20at%20top%20(2).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; 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font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wishing you a sweet holiday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrbSQ0PbwtDtfWRRqNPB2iohhk2CIj3e7CONGLo_EALyc5baSDZ6wqS3lAEwIO-hbaH1buYx37Diux9buujNvszOyqMeHFrM03Sxu5S2WlBKCjpPCOnP7ANcoQnsWodMeCmhAEJ2MWVWUJiV3UCwrKp-ZQY-XdhvDFWMLnKHQcKsIcYfz8SLsYwMGQ4vu/s1133/cat%20and%20Rabbit%20(2).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrbSQ0PbwtDtfWRRqNPB2iohhk2CIj3e7CONGLo_EALyc5baSDZ6wqS3lAEwIO-hbaH1buYx37Diux9buujNvszOyqMeHFrM03Sxu5S2WlBKCjpPCOnP7ANcoQnsWodMeCmhAEJ2MWVWUJiV3UCwrKp-ZQY-XdhvDFWMLnKHQcKsIcYfz8SLsYwMGQ4vu/s320/cat%20and%20Rabbit%20(2).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="258" /></a></div><div><br /></div></span></div></div></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-68238321613129387322023-12-24T13:30:00.000-08:002023-12-24T13:45:27.405-08:00At Christmas Our Hearts Grow Tender with Childhood Memories<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeyfovGadjWvDitU-Sw0bEbfNB0RDCT5kXwmQc3ukmx5H7NKDs3XYoSiX3qrD5SUUEDDE9dekBbrVQ6EqFgS2B1k98EImDBcidq52pTCWk_tS1fqGs0PhyphenhyphenobNJtvkb3NJyqvfFT8a-4fRpf9LI1Wbua4VF5CWbcrsCA-tiaSyveSyd9QJox7rZvPK7BWN/s2193/Christmas--Our%20Hearts%20Grow%20Tender%20with%20Childhood%20Memories%20Lee-Royce%20Tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2193" data-original-width="1700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDeyfovGadjWvDitU-Sw0bEbfNB0RDCT5kXwmQc3ukmx5H7NKDs3XYoSiX3qrD5SUUEDDE9dekBbrVQ6EqFgS2B1k98EImDBcidq52pTCWk_tS1fqGs0PhyphenhyphenobNJtvkb3NJyqvfFT8a-4fRpf9LI1Wbua4VF5CWbcrsCA-tiaSyveSyd9QJox7rZvPK7BWN/w496-h640/Christmas--Our%20Hearts%20Grow%20Tender%20with%20Childhood%20Memories%20Lee-Royce%20Tree.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>CHRISTMAS MEMORIES</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Our hearts grow tender </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with childhood memories</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and love of kindred,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and we are better throughout the year</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">for having in spirit become</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a child again at Christmas."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Laura Ingalls Wilder</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4vFhrtL764smv9xs0IUxkPwVix3rrjKGl6L8zdIU8QR7UIvL59iexnuPZC_nXWT6wmfW0kQAqvTSmy8ogjkdjk6N7mpgqKuzU9OQSiBL4O-anL_fJUHpMOhqAAuIEgEweGyEDdfffECYVL_oacmXa6KCcnrXKQ-yX0nGUvy39ryGvHFY0Cv_tc1Ut65J/s1261/Christmas--Our%20Hearts%20Grow%20Tender%20with%20Childhood%20Memories%20Lee-Royce%20Tree2%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="1261" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4vFhrtL764smv9xs0IUxkPwVix3rrjKGl6L8zdIU8QR7UIvL59iexnuPZC_nXWT6wmfW0kQAqvTSmy8ogjkdjk6N7mpgqKuzU9OQSiBL4O-anL_fJUHpMOhqAAuIEgEweGyEDdfffECYVL_oacmXa6KCcnrXKQ-yX0nGUvy39ryGvHFY0Cv_tc1Ut65J/w400-h185/Christmas--Our%20Hearts%20Grow%20Tender%20with%20Childhood%20Memories%20Lee-Royce%20Tree2%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>MAY YOUR HEART GROW TENDER</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the season of love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">may your heart grow tender</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with childhood memories and love of kindred.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSrs4PrvEUh2KXpZGwABi48cN1ntCjw1PgajpAlljkvnjKmdOq6mPbfu0WVGWNJm3uxV29ofAxdmwK2J6X6Q-PXPCBoEPXYpGGaeB-omyW8HZLj_o2Y5yCxPBe2im5GEukAqq_xiacCMfMEqb7JvhMpHdBsmvNA9ovmvY4RnB4XiZZuWxydByhlpWTWJu/s3296/The%20Spirits%20of%20Christmas%20Come%20out%20to%20fill%20our%20hearts%20with%20good%20will%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3296" data-original-width="2544" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSrs4PrvEUh2KXpZGwABi48cN1ntCjw1PgajpAlljkvnjKmdOq6mPbfu0WVGWNJm3uxV29ofAxdmwK2J6X6Q-PXPCBoEPXYpGGaeB-omyW8HZLj_o2Y5yCxPBe2im5GEukAqq_xiacCMfMEqb7JvhMpHdBsmvNA9ovmvY4RnB4XiZZuWxydByhlpWTWJu/w494-h640/The%20Spirits%20of%20Christmas%20Come%20out%20to%20fill%20our%20hearts%20with%20good%20will%202.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>THE SPIRITS OF CHRISTMAS</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The spirits of Christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">come out to fill our hearts</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">with goodwill the whole year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Love thy neighbor as yourself.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Spread good cheer throughout the year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">SHINE.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7Vc71NivE_hwgfTCeUaofjdG6iMPewBNlfBHMvCUKb5F_fQUMGJnHZdd1Jt4mC-fVy5CTPbefaM2u7WQuOzKncvw_k8lfYeYqQpAJikKBeJWkdNMbIgAJCKlH4Hrhfb5BNS6UKjAcGwBFGJeSU3yeXp75J30DPPjHixFy4tL5y6V0PmP_fLVNy5NU6Je/s2204/Have%20yourself%20a%20merry%20little%20christmas%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2204" data-original-width="1654" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7Vc71NivE_hwgfTCeUaofjdG6iMPewBNlfBHMvCUKb5F_fQUMGJnHZdd1Jt4mC-fVy5CTPbefaM2u7WQuOzKncvw_k8lfYeYqQpAJikKBeJWkdNMbIgAJCKlH4Hrhfb5BNS6UKjAcGwBFGJeSU3yeXp75J30DPPjHixFy4tL5y6V0PmP_fLVNy5NU6Je/w480-h640/Have%20yourself%20a%20merry%20little%20christmas%20(2).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>ALL HEARTS COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Have yourself a merry little christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May your heart be gay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May the sweetness of life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">fatten your soul</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and fill your heart with kindness.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These houses are photos of painted sugar cookies</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">that I then scribbled over to have art imitating art!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdbou3XXyekKF7WzSc3pMQJ3Qhew9WDJlV48T3DM8HPJ_4JOxleiGPvHXsM_anEGTSAfq3OfRwUQo3DRCjaF1hFg09CNIHSo6oUXMP5e4hyphenhyphenbyp4FX7688IjjF0r0BUppwtBPxLv5jiUF-JEfHwC_XKlFClPX0Ll3atvsV-1_hqxEiNxZ9w5OFofCvPDf8/s1053/smaller%20at%20top%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="896" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcdbou3XXyekKF7WzSc3pMQJ3Qhew9WDJlV48T3DM8HPJ_4JOxleiGPvHXsM_anEGTSAfq3OfRwUQo3DRCjaF1hFg09CNIHSo6oUXMP5e4hyphenhyphenbyp4FX7688IjjF0r0BUppwtBPxLv5jiUF-JEfHwC_XKlFClPX0Ll3atvsV-1_hqxEiNxZ9w5OFofCvPDf8/w544-h640/smaller%20at%20top%20(2).jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>"PAINTED" SUGAR COOKIES</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Wishing you a sweet holiday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrbSQ0PbwtDtfWRRqNPB2iohhk2CIj3e7CONGLo_EALyc5baSDZ6wqS3lAEwIO-hbaH1buYx37Diux9buujNvszOyqMeHFrM03Sxu5S2WlBKCjpPCOnP7ANcoQnsWodMeCmhAEJ2MWVWUJiV3UCwrKp-ZQY-XdhvDFWMLnKHQcKsIcYfz8SLsYwMGQ4vu/s1133/cat%20and%20Rabbit%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="912" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrbSQ0PbwtDtfWRRqNPB2iohhk2CIj3e7CONGLo_EALyc5baSDZ6wqS3lAEwIO-hbaH1buYx37Diux9buujNvszOyqMeHFrM03Sxu5S2WlBKCjpPCOnP7ANcoQnsWodMeCmhAEJ2MWVWUJiV3UCwrKp-ZQY-XdhvDFWMLnKHQcKsIcYfz8SLsYwMGQ4vu/s320/cat%20and%20Rabbit%20(2).jpg" width="258" /></a></div></span></div></div></div><br /><p></p>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510918263466841379.post-60513131641810644502023-12-21T09:46:00.000-08:002023-12-21T09:46:50.287-08:00Lightarted Living: Khalil Gibran: In the Sweetness of Friendship let ...<a href="https://lightartedliving.blogspot.com/2023/12/khalil-gibran-in-sweetness-of.html?spref=bl">Lightarted Living: Khalil Gibran: In the Sweetness of Friendship let ...</a>: <div><br /></div><div><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">Khalil Gibran: In the Sweetness of Friendship let there be Laughter</h3><div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 10.8px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8547128624259872724" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 520.04px;"><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGZ_yuDiQgITEqlZdxdP-vBcMlD0cqmEgpfqfm0u9L7Sx6AHJFd_InhPenlqxV3ZVfYUERTTKOFB49iB4wrsfZvDVL0ODj86-5ALFAS-0U85_xfFdVP1kWvlDbailJIx2Rsty2V6SJ5hmg8yzcXCF79PGxzIM4LhhDIcuI2nOyLcFOEPhFCmlc9w5O0jF/s2200/In%20the%20Sweetness%20of%20Friendship%20(2).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1700" data-original-width="2200" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGZ_yuDiQgITEqlZdxdP-vBcMlD0cqmEgpfqfm0u9L7Sx6AHJFd_InhPenlqxV3ZVfYUERTTKOFB49iB4wrsfZvDVL0ODj86-5ALFAS-0U85_xfFdVP1kWvlDbailJIx2Rsty2V6SJ5hmg8yzcXCF79PGxzIM4LhhDIcuI2nOyLcFOEPhFCmlc9w5O0jF/w521-h403/In%20the%20Sweetness%20of%20Friendship%20(2).jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="521" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Khalil Gibran~Wisdom for the Ages</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In my youth I read Khalil Gibran;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now, in my golden years, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I contemplate Khalil Gibran--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">one thoughtful musing at a time;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">letting my mind slowly absorb </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the simplicity of his words;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">letting the feelings </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">seep into the depth of my heart </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and the loving thoughts </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">reside in my soul.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">💕</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter"--</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">could there be a better thought to hold?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">💕</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Friendship is many things,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">but shared laughter is the ultimate</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">life-giving experience.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">💕</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Strive to find the sweet spots</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">in your relationships. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">💕</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Find ways to share laughter and pleasures</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">despite the challenges and difficulties</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">you experience along the way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn7AGdRpPhKJszqqmaJie6_CENm4j_cbp693n9K3ovbOVepX7FOczjKd72dHAiELvbeD55tmgy0GBKG8bJDY3M3QCApcodBPVr6Z5d7UN5e-5QYMj_efUbX0KWheB4Q5mFwtm_ma2kYgbdDX71cmsL3ktskJNY2HACBrp6n2MNPHKVRn7mp7hY5KZ3z6K6/s286/Lotus%20Blossom%20Loosen%20the%20Knots%20(9).jpg" style="color: #2288bb; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"In the sweetness of friendship</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">let there be laughter</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and the sharing of pleasures,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">for in the dew of the little things</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the heart finds its morning</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and is refreshed."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Khalil Gibran</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">💕</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">May your heart always find its morning and be refreshed.</span></div></div></div>Susan J Meyerott, M.S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.com0