Relaxing Reminders

I am thankful for reminders that it is ok to kick back, roll over and relax for a few minutes. Be loose.

A Penny Saved

It is true a penny saved is a penny earned. Do you toss pennies? Do you pay any attention to your pennies?It was amazing how many pennies I found scattered around my home this last weekend. There were pennies in drawers and pennies in pockets and pennies in purses and pennies in the wash.

My pennies added up. I started thinking about a newspaper story I read years ago about a man that had saved pennies for years. He had one million pennies.

If we all paid attention to our pennies and saved them and then gave them away to charity it would make a difference.

Just as one person can make a difference, so can your pennies.

Listen To Your Heart

According to the Awe Manac this is evaluate your life day. The subliminal message is "listen to your heart." The note to myself says: How many times does my intuition have to prove it was right before I start listening to it?

I have a pretty good life. But then there are the days when I feel my life is not in sync with my heart. I was the wife and the mother and the volunteer but now that I am left with the wife what is the rest of me about?

Did I volunteer in areas because it made me feel better about myself. Did I volunteer because I needed validation? Did I volunteer to ignore some situations at home?

I loved being a mother. Is there a void in my life now because I need to reaquaint myself with me? Is there a void because I am missing having a passion in my life? My children were my passion and now they have their lives and their passions.

My heart tells me to follow my passion. My pocketbook tells me to stay at my job. My intuition tells me that I am not following my true purpose. Is my intuition right? Should I be listening? If I did would I become the person I was meant to be?

So many questions. No answers yet. Perhaps it is because I didn't face my fear in my previous post. Do I need to face my fears and will I then be able to follow my intuition? Is this all about trusting me?

Maybe the answers will come tomorrow when I listen to my heart.

My Hero

I'm inventing a new hero today. That is the Aha Phrodesiac of the day in Awe Manac. I don't have too many heroes in my life. What is a heroe? It is certainly not a sports star. I would probably pick Mother Theresa as my hero. But she is well known.

I know there are many heroes that I encounter every day but because they are silent heroes their deeds are not broadcast. Thank you silent heroes. You know who you are or you probably don't because you don't see yourself as a hero.

My new hero today would be "Razatazzle". Razatazzle dresses in bright colors and old clothes from thrift shops. Razatazzle has long locks colored bright pink. And when Razatazzle is in hero mode she glows.

Razatazzle rescues people from homelessness. Razatazzle may appear strange and weird. She belts out songs on the street and makes people laugh and smile. She is looked at as being a little daft and possibly mentally off balance.

That is what Razatazzle does so she can be unnoticed as a hero. You see Razatazzle seeks out those that do not have a home and she wisks them to a huge pink house on a country farm. She has many pink houses. She wisks the homeless families to these houses and she feeds them on the food she raises. She makes them laugh and helps them feel better about themselves. She nourishes them so they can once more become a productive member of society.

But they must tell no one when they leave for a new start in life with a job and a place to live. They must tell no one how they were wisked off the street and made to feel like life was worth living again. That is Razaltazzles secret. She does it in secret. To the world she is a wacky woman that no one on the streets take seriously.

People judge her pink houses and her garb and her silliness but they know not the lives she saves in those houses. People judge her as being strange and weird but Razzatazzle is a hero in the lives of the people she helps.

Razzletazzle's motto. I will razzle you with my tazzle. And she does.

Day of Courage

I am in love with Jill Bodonsky's Book " The Awe Manac". It gives you day by day permission to be silly but in that silliness there is a bit of truth. Today October 11 is a day of courage.

Soul Vitamin of the Day tells me I gain strength and confidence by every experience when I stop and look fear in the face.

She knows me well. She knows that I am a fearful person. I try and overcome but it sneaks up inside of me and presents itself like a demon waiting to pounce.
Jill has a journal juju every day. I am going to take the time to journal everyday with Jill's journal juju.

Today I need to write a list of the tiniest steps of courage I could take in the next day, month or year. I am to visualize and feel 5 percent more courage in my body during moments of daydreaming.

My fear to conquer today is driving in the dark. It must be an old lady thing. I never had problems driving in the dark when I was younger. The dark held moments of romance and quietness and peace. So I have been invited to go out into the night tonight and drive a distance. I shall conquer my fear. Be here tomorrow, same time, same place to see if I succeeded.

Until tomorrow. Life shinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anais Nin as printed in Awe Manac October 11.

Pet Peeve Week

It is National Pet Peeve Week. What are your pet peeves? I have to say one of my pet peeves is having to go to work but oh well, I guess that is normal. I think my biggest pet peeve is those plastic cartons that hold all electronics. You can't get into them, you can't get things out of them and they are very good for cutting your fingers. In this technology age there must be something they can do about that. Maybe they want us to get frustrated and if we can't get it open we would give it up and keep buying something new to replace it.

Silly thought isn't it. Well that is what a fluffy blonde thinks even if her hair is almost gray.

Max needs a home.

This is Max. Max is so lovable. It is hard when you can't keep a pet anymore. Pets give you unconditional love. They drool with excitement when they see you. They accept your handouts and warm your feet at night. Pets make you smile when you least feel like smiling. Max is an Airedale. He is housetrained, aways energetic and upbeat. His owner can't keep him anymore. Do you have room in your heart and in your home for Max?