Love, gratitude and positive thinking

Most of us look at things that we long for, wait for events to happen to make us happy.  We are always waiting for something to happen or to get something which we feel will make us happy and bring meaning to our life.  How much further from the truth could we be.

As we wait for things to get better, that is the intention we set - waiting for things to get better - and that is the only reality we will experience.  We will only experience what we choose to and if we choose to wait for things to happen then that is the only experience we will have.

Life as we know it

It's been a while since I sat down and blogged.  I can think of a lot of different reasons as to why I didn't sit down and pen a few lines, the list goes on.  Looking within, I realise the reason I could not write was because there was so much turmoil within myself that it it was too emotional to actually write coherently.

The Path

The path is long and winding,
Stretching ahead of you with no end in sight.

You sometimes walk, sometimes run, and maybe even skip at times
Depending on what you experience on the path.

The power within

In times of trouble we always tend to turn to someone else to strength and support.  Of course this always helps, sharing our troubles always lessens the intensity of it.

Have you ever tried turning to yourself for strength? it may seem one of the toughest things to do when you are down, but you will be amazed by what you hold within yourself.  Clarity of thought, peace, calm and understanding are some of what you will surely find inside.  And above all else Love and strength to take each step forward to carry on.

And in time you will see how the strength and courage you funded from within takes you on your journey holding you in love always and in all ways.

I think difficulties arise so that you can truly know what you are made of and capable of.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Face the truth, face yourself

Be true to yourself - something we hear of from motivational and inspirational talks.  But do we really understand what this means or do we just accept it at face value?

I have been saying that I must be true to myself, do what is best for me while keeping everyone happy as well.  Sometimes it's all easier said than done, we can't please everyone all of the time!  It's only when we have an experience that puts us face to face with the issue that we understand its true meaning.  We cannot live by others experience of life, we must have our own experiences as we walk our path.

This is my understanding of being true to yourself:

Today is a good day

Good days, bad days, in between days,
Each day bring with it all kinds of experiences and emotions.

Do what is best for you

There are all kinds of people in the world, those who encourage you, wish the best for you and will always let you hold your power, those who wish to manipulate you, take your energies from you, want to control you all the time and those in between who while not really meaning to take your power and keep you in their control may end up doing it when circumstances arise.

The journey

Your journey is unique to you,
No one else can walk your path,
Tell you how to walk your path,
Or stop you from walking your path.

The journey is just as important

I am born,
Without knowledge, without limitations,
Innocent to the ways of the world.

A friend for life

Always by your side,
Never ahead or behind you,
Sharing the limelight with you,
Or in the shadows supporting you.

Angels with us

Angels, those wonderful beings we hear of,
They are mentioned in all religions, Messengers of God,
They are here to help all beings,
All we have to do is ask for their help.

The best things in life are free

To love someone,
Enjoying the sunshine,
Watching the starry sky,
Bonding with your pet,
Being happy with who you are,
Doing a random act of kindness,
Helping others when they are down and assisting them to get back on their feet,
Making a smile brighten another being's day,
Sitting quietly and observing nature,
Walking in nature,
Being still and listening to your angels,
Being in communion with the Divine through everything you do.

A true friend

The world has become one large city and we have friends from all over the world.  Social networking sites have taken the concept of friendship to a new level, there are people with thousands of friends on their friend list and there are those who have just a few friends.

The feminine - balance and harmony

It's Sunday morning, I've been up for more than two hours, and just got a chance to sit down now.  I even had my coffee standing up!!  Not wanting to go into detail and boring everyone; the morning chores, sending my husband off for his cricket having made a hot breakfast and a packed lunch, looking after our pets needs, I finally get to sit down for a little while.

Being happy is not a sin

To be happy is in your nature
It is a state of being and not doing.

We get falsely led to believe that we do not deserve to be happy,
Or maybe that it is not for us,
And when we do feel happy we start feeling guilty because of it.

Do away with and banish such thoughts for they are not true,
You are a being meant to be in a state of happiness, joy, contentment.

The temporary situations that lead us to experience the opposite of these emotions
Are only temporary as they should be
Helping us to realise what it is to be in a state of happiness.

Be in a state of happiness in whatever you experience
Even in pain and disruption be happy that you have the chance to understand, appreciate and know what the state of being happy is.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Because we are worthy

Who decides who is worthy and who is not?
Are some of us better or worse than another being?

The way out of sadness

Sadness comes to all of us at sometime or the other
Ignoring it, wont make it go away.
Accepting it and making it your own does not help.

The only way to move out of sadness
Is to acknowledge the reason for the sadness
See if you can change the situation to convert it into a joyful one
And if you can't then accept the situation for what it is
And let go of the emotions that you are attaching with the situation
By saying this does not serve me anymore
And willingly walk the path out of sadness

Laugh as much as you can, it's a sure way to make you feel better
And there will always be something to laugh about.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Beauty - its what you feel that matters

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - such a well known phrase.  But what does it really mean?

I think the most common interpretation of this is when we refer to seeing beauty in another person, and sometimes we can't see why someone sees beauty in another and the only way the 3rd person can explain it is by saying this phrase.

Rest awhile and start again

Feeling tired and weary
The pressures and burdens of life weighing heavy on your shoulders
There is too much to do and you are being pulled in different directions.

Sit down with the angels,
Rest while you take comfort and regain your strength with the loving beings,
Unburden your worries and anxieties,
Share your problems and step back from the midst of all that you are facing.

Resting awhile before you get up and carry on
You will see that you are stronger than before
And you will be able to go much further,
The path is easier.

There is always help and a comforting shoulder to lean on,
You are never alone, you can never be,
The first step is to reach out to share and you will find the person you are looking for,
Waiting in the shadows, waiting patiently for you to step forward.

A problem shared is a problem halved,
And you will move on with greater strength.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Defeat - failure or temporary set back

How do you look at defeat?

Do you take it as a failure and give up or a temporary set back where you take time to recuperate and come back fighting?

We cannot succeed in everything we do, there will be times in our lives when we face defeat in something.  It is part of our life, it is how we react and come out of it that matters more than the actual event that defeated us.

If we say that we are giving up, that it is too difficult for us to try again, then we are accepting failure which is an end in itself.  We are accepting that we are not capable of something and this may be even before we have started on something.  It may be that when we hit the first stumbling block, we think that it's too much for us to handle.  The other extreme is that we keep trying again and again and still find that we do not succeed.  In this case are we being too stubborn and are not allowing ourselves to see that this may not be the path for us?

If we can keep ourselves open to looking at things in a different light, from a different perspective, we can then find a way out of the defeat by shifting our thought process to see things differently and we will be able to come back fighting to make a success or change direction so that we can go on the right path to success.

I believe the key is in being open to accepting that what we see as the right path may not necessarily be true.  The destination may be the same, but we may have to change directions to get there.  And by doing this we are not accepting defeat as a failure, but as a temporary set back from where we can keep going till we reach our final destination.

For if we never try, we will never know where we can reach.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Resolve old issues

It is always easier to push things under the carpet, bury it in denial, or just ignore it hoping the problem will go away.  It may do for a while, but it will always come back till it is resolved.

Be still, silent

Our mind is always active, we are always thinking; thoughts going up and down, left and right, buzzing away, never a dull moment for our mind!

Today is my day

It's a new day
It's a new dawn, a new beginning
It's the next step to the rest of my life.

You be the centre of peace

YOU be the centre of peace
Calm in the midst of turmoil
Strong as the winds howl around you
Peaceful as you are surrounded by chaos.

From this centre of peace
You are the force that can bring calmness to any situation
Filling the situation with Love
And changing negative to positive.

Rest assured that you are where you are meant to be
In a situation that is bringing to you what you need to experience
And in that knowledge move forward and change things for the better.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Expectations

We all have expectations in life - whatever it may be, from people, from situations - it is a part of our daily life.  We already have a preconceived notion or expectation when we do something of how it should work out, or how or what a person should do in return.

Keep moving, keep changing

Change is constant
Moving us in directions that we may have never imagined.

Nothing stays still,
There is motion in everything, change in everything.

We can resist change with all our strength,
But that does not mean that we can stop change.
This only means that we endure suffering because we can't accept change.

Change may be good or it may be bad,
But one certainty with change is that if it is bad one time, then it can only get better the next time.

Like riding a roller coaster with its ups and downs
We move up and down, feeling the excitement and thrill if we allow ourselves to.

Enjoying change is the only way to accept it,
And by accepting change we will be able to deal with it as we should,
Embracing it and making the best of it.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Love the only reality

Love, Love, Love
Love is all there is
We can keep hiding from this for as long as we do,
But it will not make it go away or be untrue.

Love is our essence,
Within and without,
In all creation,
It's what makes everything tick.

Love is everything and nothing at the same time,
Love holds everything within nourishing and giving life to all.

How joyful is it to look at Love in the face,
It's a mind blowing experience - literally blowing off the mind to stare straight at Love

Love is for all to experience, enjoy and live with
No one can be excluded from Love because it is part of who we are.

You are Love, I am Love, We are all Love
One and the same thing
All part of of the same.

Love is all there is.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

We are all equally worthy

When we think of Masters or Teachers or Gurus, they always seem to be someone who has already passed on, or in some rare cases they are here today and held in reverence by all those around.

Life is what you make of it

Life is what you make of it
It can be anything you choose it to be

You can have fun in everything you do
Experiencing life as it should be
For life is a joyful experience and will always be whatever the situation

How we decide to react to Life determines how we experience it.

My personal preference is to sing, play, dance, love through life because that feels much better than being unhappy, miserable and complaining about life all the time.

And having a positive outlook on life is much healthier as well!

Enjoy life for that is what it's meant to be.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Each step takes you to the next

One step is all that it takes.

The final goal, the dream, the place you want to get to is there in the distance and you know you have chosen to reach it.

Happiness is in the present

Happiness is a state of being
It's how we feel that puts us in this state of being.

We find so many reasons why we can't be happy in the present
Always telling ourselves that we will be happy when a particular thing happens
And when it does happen we are happy for a while
And then think of the next thing to happen that will make us happy.

Light and Dark

Light and Dark
One cannot exist without the other
One must experience both to know the other
Without one the other does not have any meaning.

When in the Dark, acknowledge it, accept it and know it for what it is
Remember when you are in Darkness that there is the opposite which is Light
And know that what you are experiencing in the present moment is as it should be
That only by experiencing the Darkness can you know the Light
Most of all know that the Darkness is temporary.

When in the Light, embrace it, accept it and soak in all that the Light has to offer
For when you come into the Light from the Darkness you can appreciate it and know it for what it is
A joyful coming home of all that is and everything being as it should be
You can stay in the Light and rejoice for as long as you choose
Filled with Love for that is what Light is
The experience strong because you have already experienced the opposite
For after the Darkness the Light is much brighter and you are able to appreciate if for all it is.

Till you choose to experience Darkness again so that you don't forget
Till the time you choose to come back to experience the Light again.

And so on it goes - Light and Darkness - both existing together.

Have a blessed day
In love and Light

The Power Within

Be aware
Live conciously
Know your power
Know yourself, who you really are.

Others can walk over you, hurt you or drain you of your positive energies
Only if you let them.

By living unconsciously we are allowing others to do all these things to us
And we wonder why we feel unhappy and sad.

Acknowledge yourself first
As a being of Love created from Love
You are a special being and you have as much right as the next person to experience Love
No one can take that away from you.

Stand up for yourself
Step into yourself
You are perfect just the way you are
Let no one say anything contradictory to that

You control how others treat you
You can only be ill treated if you allow it to happen.
You are in charge of your life, take the reigns and accept your power.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Let go, release and allow the new to come in

Let go, release and make space for better and brighter to come to you.

What does this really mean? How easy is it to let go of something that you hold on to dearly with the faith and hope that things will get better, everything is going to get sorted out, I just need to hold on for a little while longer?

Special You

A unique creation
One of a kind
There can be no one else like you

Every being on earth is here for a reason
We may not have awakened to the reason why we are here
Why we are at a certain place at a certain time when something life changing happens or not

Every minute, every day is for us to experience, feel and connect
And each one of us are on our own personal journey through this
And no one is more important than the other

You are special as is everyone else
And the path you walk is your truth as it is for everyone else

Live your truth
Acknowledge and respect other beings for being on their path
For when each being walks in truth and acknowledges the other for walking in truth
Love will flow through all

And Love is all there is within and without

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Laughter is really the best medicine

We have all experienced laughing till our sides hurt that we had to stop or literally laughing till we slipped off the chair.  If you haven't experienced this, then you have missed out on one of the biggest joys in life.

Laughter and crying are opposite sides of the same coin. We need both in our lives, there is a time for crying and there is a time for joy and laughter.  One cannot live without the other.

But laughter is definitely the much better side, the energy and the feeling of it brings you to a natural high on positive energy and love.  There is a funny side to everything in life and if you can see that, life is always going to be a much better experience.

You will find laughter around you all the time, just waiting for you to see it, acknowledge it and share in it.  Even your thoughts can bring you smiles and laughter, there is just a thin line changing a smile into laughter.

And the best part is that laughter is contagious, it can spread joy and love around you very quickly.

Always find time to laugh, do something spontaneous and funny today to make you laugh like you haven't in a long time and feel the difference in yourself.

Laugh today and everyday and you will begin to see the difference in your life.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

It's what you choose

As we go through life we get so many circumstances thrown at us and sometimes we feel so overwhelmed that we are ready to give up and let the situation control us and get the better of us.  This always seems the easier way out, just giving up because it becomes difficult.

Beyond your limitations

You are what you are
You are what you make yourself to be.

If you define yourself in a certain set of parameters and never step out
Then that is what you will experience.

The vibes you give out

Every thought counts,
Thought becomes word
Word becomes action
Action becomes deed.

Everything is a vibration that ripples out from us,
Outwards touching and affecting every other energy that is around us
All beings are touched including beings that we consider inanimate - they too are living at their own vibrational energy.

The vibration sent out by our deed touches everyone else
As do vibrations from those around us that touches us.

And the vibrations that we give out by our thought, word and deed determines what we attract back to us.
If we give out vibes that are negative because that is what we are thinking and doing,
Then that is what we will get in return.

It all comes back to us and our thought
What we think we become
And that is what we attract to us.

Be the change that you want to attract in your life
And that is what you will get.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the today you dreamt about yesterday.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow are all aspects of the time and space concept of the plane that we live in.  In the Divine realm it is all the same, there is no separate time or space.  Everything is always as it is  and the Divine is All That Is.

So God is in our yesterday, today and tomorrow always and in all ways.  Why spend our time regretting what we did, wishing we could change the things from the past or looking at tomorrow and worrying about what is going to happen and how we are going to deal with all the things that need to be done.

There is no point regretting the past, because you can't go back and change it, accept things as they are; learn from the experience and then keep on with your life in confidence that what you experienced was what you had to, to make you the person you are today.  And don't waste your time fretting and worrying about tomorrow; just know that God is already there taking care of everything that needs to be taken care of.

Enjoy today for what it is, a beautiful time to be in the present moment; to be grateful for all that you had and have in your life; to be thankful for being where you are and the experiences that you have; for appreciating everyone and everything around you; to see the beauty all around; to see opportunities where others may not and act on them to make a success; to live life consciously in the present moment.

For if you live well in the present, you will be able to look back at your yesterdays with happiness and look forward to your tomorrows with anticipation and excitement for what is to come.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

The light of love, faith and hope

You feel the darkness all around you
You stumble along in life not seeing where you are going
Not in control of what is happening because you are blind in the dark
Unhappy with the darkness all around you
Wishing for some light in your life.

That wish starts to happen
A ray of light pierces through the darkness
Bringing in Love, Faith and Hope
As you embrace the light, it starts to get brighter
Bringing in more and more light
Dispelling the darkness around you.

As you keep going towards the light, embracing and accepting all that it has to offer
The darkness keeps diminishing as it cannot survive in the light
The Light of Love, Faith and Hope shining brightly as you allow it to fill your life.

All it takes is one ray of light
And your willingness to allow the light into your life
Your acceptance that the light is within you and will shine as brightly as you choose.

The Light is your Soul, the God spark within you
Waiting for you to acknowledge and embrace it
And allow yourself to be filled with light.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light
Shoshannah Qwel-Susz

Honesty and integrity

Honesty, truth and integrity - how do we value this, are we truthful in all we do, or are there times when we tell ourselves that this little lie will not matter, it will not harm anyone?

You are possible

You are possible
Every aspect of you
Every thought that you have
Every action that you do

You are unlimited
You are capable
You are perfect
You are a creation of Love

Never accept less that what you deserve
You have every right to feel Love, happiness, joy

Always know that you are perfect just the way you are
Possible just the way you are

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Life goes on

You are happy
You are sad
You are in love
You are alone

You feel the world is a wonderful place and you have everything you could ever wish for
You are facing difficulties that you could not imagine you would ever have to go through
You have your faith that all things will work out and it will all be well

You go through life experiencing all kinds of situations and emotions
Months, years, decades, it goes on and on

You are caught up in all the euphoria that life brings you
And sometimes all you want to do is just sit back and let everything get the better of you

One thing is certain as you go through it all
You will get through this day and the next day will come
And you will look back at all the todays that you dreamt about yesterday

And through it all life goes on, it always does
It will never stop, not even when you have passed on
For from death comes new life
In a new form
And Life will go on

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

A miracle

What is a miracle?

This is one meaning I got from a dictionary:
"An extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to a divine agency".

How, where and when do miracles happen.  Some of us can list a number of miracles that have happened in our lives, while some of us will not be able to remember any or will say that they are still waiting for a miracle to happen to them.

Why is it that for some of us miracles happen all the time and for others it does not?

I believe it is all about what and how we perceive a miracle.  We can take each moment of each day as a miracle - being thankful for every step we make, all the blessings that we have, all the situations that we experience (whatever it may be), and then we see miracles everywhere.  It can be a small thing as getting a parking space in a very crowded place, a welcome discount you got for something when you were short on finances or it can be something big that impacts our life in a positive way when we least expected it to.  And on the other side of the coin, we can keep waiting for a miracle to happen, telling everyone that you have never experienced a miracle - and that is exactly what you will experience - the waiting for a miracle to happen.

I take each moment in my life a miracle - I am so happy and grateful to be here writing this, for everything that I have experienced so far, for it has given me the awareness to be able to sit here and write.  I have experienced so many miracles, a lot of which I did not think of as a miracle when it happened.  I only realised the miracle when I looked back at the event.  I kept waiting for miracles to happen and missed out on experiencing them when they actually happened.  So now I have changed my perspective and attitude to miracles - I acknowledge that my life is full of miracles and that is exactly what I am experiencing now.

Miracles are there for everyone to experience, it does not matter who or where you are.  Just open your heart and your eyes to experiencing them and you will.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

A little Love goes a long way

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Love is available in abundance
It does not cost anything to share it with another
It is there for each and every being to feel and be one with It.

Every being that has not felt Love longs for it
It does not matter what their age is, where they are from or even how economically well off or not they are.

It's so easy to share Love
It's so simple to share Love
All it takes is kindness and compassion towards another being.

And the beauty of sharing Love is
That all beings benefit and experience the joy and happiness of Love.

When you act with Love, you make another being happy and loved
And at the same time, you too feel Love within you.

It's a win win situation for all involved.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

You are complete

What are you searching for?

We are always searching for something: the perfect partner, love, a better job, a better life without difficulties and pressures, the list is endless.  We all go through life trying to fill the void that we feel within us, looking outside ourselves to fill what we feel is missing.

It's all small stuff

You can make a problem or issue
As big as you want it to be
Or as insignificant as you wish it to be.

You control how you see the issues that come up in life
Your thoughts dictate how you react towards it.

If you treat is as small and something that you get over easily
Then that is what it will be.

We all initially get caught up in any negative issue that comes up
Thereby giving it power to take over us
If we are aware, we can immediately know that this is what is happening
And nip our negative reaction in the bud before we let the situation get the better of us.

By being conscious and aware at all times
We have the power over our reactions and how we deal with issues.

And more importantly, if we can be positive and calm in the midst of everything
This is the energy that we vibrate and this is what the Universe will send back to us.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Your true self

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Be true to yourself
You are the centre of who you are
And what you are within is what you show without
If you are not happy with who you are or suppressing who you are to please others
It will only reflect your unhappiness without
You may be able to conceal for a while
But there will be a time when you cannot anymore

You will have to face yourself
You cannot ignore your true self forever

Face yourself, know yourself
Love yourself
And that is what you will reflect out to everyone all the time

And if there are those who are unhappy with who you are
Then they are not meant to be in your life
Release them with love and move towards those who love you for who you truly are.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Let go, forgive and heal

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There is no need to hold on to all that has hurt you,
It does not help you in anyway.

Letting go of all does not mean that you forget,
You are just letting go of the hold the past events have on you,
It only means that you don't let the past hold you down.

Whatever has happened is what it is,
You can't change it.

You can only change how you feel about whatever has happened.

By letting go of past hurts, by forgiving others,
By forgiving yourself,
You are healing yourself and lifting yourself into higher energies of Love.

Release and let the Love flow in, cleansing and healing you,
You will feel all the better for it.

In Love and Light