it's in the 80s today! perfect day to grow some thangs!!!
so, after taking the pups on a morning walk, i decided to start an herb garden. the thought wasn't as fleeting as i'm making it seem, i've done some research on which herbs i'd like to start with and the proper care for each. :) this morning was all about buying the starter plants, soil and pots.
i decided to start with rosemary, lavender and sweet basil. while at the store, i started to get really excited about this project because there are so many plants i want to include in my herb garden, but i'm excited about these three as i know the process of watching them grow and smelling them, will be amazing!
this is a love project, and all mine. and i needed that.
i like to think of myself as a plant, rather a flower that needs proper nourishment to grow and shine. though i don't limit my happiness based on circumstance, i have found pleasure in myself and i know that happiness is a choice. so, today, i am choosing to spread a lil love towards something that i can watch blossom and eventually use in my cooking, sharing with others and more!.
i think i'm most excited about this journey and how i can share it....
i needed something that i could fully invest myself into. many times, we do just that with our lovers, families and friends. but, i like the idea of giving my love to a plant -- whom like me, needs sunlight, water and nourishment to grow. perhaps this will be an attempt to give myself that same tender love and care, too ;))
and i say that because i haven't been too good to myself in thought and action. i'd like to change that. so, like everything, it will be a process, but this herb garden will be my starting point!
i picked up an old journal yesterday and found some words i had written, to be really inspiring. perhaps they will be the same for you :))
happy saturday!
"...today will be the most perfect day for my light to shine. my peace is so fulfilling, my love so abundant and i observe transformation. i exist today, perfectly. i am alive!."
xo, me.
good morning Universal beings!
another day of being grateful -- for listening -- for seeing -- for living.
it's amazing how logically, we know all of these things. we open ourselves up to it on a daily basis with our prayers and meditation practices. but are we truly living these words? are we truly living without doubt, worry and fear?
are we trusting God -- with a knowing that all our needs will be met?
it's really important to practice the work that we may read about and chant to. we have to live our truth and accept all that we end up seeing, hearing and reading that may be a direct reflection of ourselves. that is the work. acceptance.
we can't have fear when pulled in a certain direction. we must go and trust that it is for us, perfectly.
when i reflect on my life and how much i thought i needed -- and prided myself -- on controlling the outcome for everything, i become sad when i realize how i stood in the way of the Universe providing me with all that i needed that i took ownership of providing myself.
i didn't have faith and even though i was speaking such, i wasn't living that truth.
now, i am willing to accept all the goodness in my life, because i know that the Universe will always provide!
i believe that and i am open to what the Universe provides. So far, I've had a pretty amazing 2014. It's been incredible and I KNOW that more is to come!
i am choosing to have faith
i am choosing to be open to all the good that is to come in my life
magic.
xo, me.
good morning Universal beings!
it's going to be a beautiful day -- full of love, light, peace and joy. do you believe that?
the way you start your day, sets the pace for the unfolding. i've noticed that the more i indulge myself in what truly matters; loving and being loved. i come across the most beautiful spirits. connection is inevitable and unless you choose to live in a cave, you will always find yourself connected or connecting to someone whether planned or random.
that experience alone is what i welcome. you just never know who you will meet and what you will learn from them. i read once that we should see ourselves in each other -- sometimes that's something i welcome, however, it can also be uncomfortable.
truth is, well truth. and sometimes that truth hurts and we don't want to see it, and definitely not in ourselves.
but, i have intended upon pushing through those barriers when felt. when i discover that i harbor tendencies that i don't like, it's up to me to change it. it's always up to us to change the things we don't like -- while being patient with ourselves and accepting our truth.
we are like fertile ground -- producing seeds that will eventually blossom into buds, then flowers and brighten the world. we are here to change the world. we are equipped with the power that surrounds us and that same power lives within us! isn't that refreshing!? there is no reason to hide behind our fears of our truth. the more we accept ourselves and change what can be altered -- we become more and more ready to change the world.
Rev. Beckwith states that our function to change the world includes changing the agreements and conversations that lend themselves to consistent mediocrity. something we all participate in. i know i am guilty! so in other words, we change our minds, our speech, our movements and we pass it along to other hearts and spirits with the hope that they will too change themselves and pass it along.
the world, our global energy is so beautiful and it includes all of us. one mind, many bodies!
it is up to us.
intention for today -- dare to accept who we are, where we are. and love ourselves, anyway. :))
magical!
xo,me.
