Picture of happy flowers - J Hirst
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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As June rolls in, I think happy thoughts of summer and barbque and drinks on the deck and enjoying the sun and the growing garden and the flowers. Yes, lots of little things make me happy.
Today, think of all the things that make you happy and work one happy thing into each of the days ahead. It is worth the effort.
Blessings,
Judy
The poster says: Stop thinking of what could go wrong and start thinking of what could go right!
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This poster was a really nice wakeup call for me! I was falling into a trap that existed around me, on a project, where everyone worried about what could go wrong. I thought about what I was thinking – that is when you realize how far out you can go with your thoughts!
I normally think happy thoughts. I am grateful for my sisters and our closeness so I often think about situations that made me laugh when we three sisters were together. I clicked into a knowing that I let that go… Why? I was being sucked into “grim”.
I am letting go of grim and going back to happy. I made a list of all the good things, and I have it visually pinned to the cork board in my office in my head. I look at it every day, sometimes twice a day, or when ever I need it. Things do go ‘right’!
Blessings,
Judy
The poster says: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
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As I watch people aging around me, I notice that the biggest difference between happy people and sad or angry people, is the amount of change that each individual allows in their own life.
What do I mean? The happy people are always going and growing. They learn new things. They participate in groups or volunteer. They go beyond what they can or what they have to do to look after themselves. Many of them are quite active physically in walking, biking, hiking, playing pickle ball or swimming. The physical activity allows them additional energy to do other things. When chatting with some of them, they all say that they will give up other things to continue to do the physical activity.
I think that there is a lot going on about aging that we do not understand and that we can possibly change. One of the things is going beyond the comfort zone. What do you think?
Blessings,
Judy
This meditation is a re-statement of the Buddhist “Loving Kindness Meditation”.
LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION
(Take a deep breath in)
(Speak this line on the out breath) May I be filled with loving kindness,
(Take a deep breath in)
(Speak this line on the out breath) May I be well!
(Take a deep breath in)
(Speak this line on the out breath) May I be peaceful and at ease
(Take a deep breath in)
(Speak this line on the out breath) May I be happy!
The next round replaces the word “I” with “you”.
The third round replaces the word “you” with “we”.
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Many blessings,
Judy
As we push 2025 out the door, we open the possibilities available to us in 2026!
We can do anything that we decide that we need to do and that we create a discipline to ensure that “thing” happens. I am not blowing smoke past your eyes and into your head.
I believe that each of us can choose what happens next. We have that power because we can think and create. We can picture and vision what we want to happen, and live it happening in our vision. We make it true!
I wish that each of you find:
-peace within yourself
-happiness where ever you are
-abundance that shows up silently and quickly as you need it
-faith that your life will work out.
Many blessings,
Judy
This post comes from my journal from about ten years ago. Sometimes, writing something in the past calls me to write it to others.
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The Tiger Lily always makes me think of my Grandmother who has been deceased for about fifteen years. She loved the color of the flower, its resilience to drought and to drowning, and she loved that it stands straight up, looking at the Sun. She would tell my brother and I, when we were five and six, that we should be like the Tiger Lily.
As I am processing big changes in my life, I decided that I would do some yard work. I realized that my flower beds were looking bedraggled, and decided to go to check out the offerings at the nursery. I felt like I was pulled over to the perennial section where there was a huge display of tiger lilies and other lilies. The orange, and yellow, and pink lilies called to a part of my soul, and I went home with six pots of lilies.
As I thought about my purchase, I realized that I felt happy and peaceful. I felt the presence of my Grandmother like a warm hug. Again, I could see Great Spirit’s hand in the way that I was guided out to the yard, and then to the nursery. I felt the healing presence of great love and compassion. I planted my lilies and I felt as though the world shifted for me.
Try planting a lily and see if it changes your feelings.
Blessings,
Judy
“Think thoughts that make you feel good, make choices that make you feel good, and take actions that make you feel good. Then surrender the outcome, trusting that Life will bring you what you need to grow and be happy.”
- from You Can Create An Exceptional Life by Louise Hay and Cheryl Richardson
The poster says: “Karma takes too long. I’d rather just beat the crap out of you now.”
I saw this poster, and thought,
“That is the problem we have today, everyone would rather fight than try to work things out. I think that it is a product of impatience, and ego, and training. We have learned through history that the one with the bigger stick seems to win. So, that is what we focus on – winning. Winning is really a form of losing when the solution only solves the problem for one person or group. If you win, you have failed, as a leader, because not everyone is happy. While I agree that there are some folks that you will probably never satisfy, the majority are happy and look for solutions to what keeps them from doing their job, or from living their life in peace and with ease.”
Perhaps I am wrong in my thoughts. Perhaps this poster has it right. Perhaps we should defend ourselves, and do what is in our power to prevail over others with our own thoughts and values.
What are your thoughts?
Blessings,
Judy
The wonderful message that came through this morning is “spend time each day by yourself. If you can, find time to meditate. It will make you happy. It will dim all that happens around you. Each thing that happens around you is about your reality, and the reality that other people create. It is not real because they – and you – have made it up. The tree does not need to create multiple realities. Be like the tree, or other plants. Be your self.”
The message brought tears to my eyes. One has heard this type of message all our lives. How do we do this? How do we live outside the influence of others? I posed this question. My Angels dived in with laughter and love.
“Let go of guilt. Guilt is a form of manipulation. People – parents, siblings, friends, guilt you when they want to control your behaviour. Guilt is a form of control. You let go of your power when you feel guilt. To let go of guilt, go to your Spirit, and to your Soul, and to your heart, and look at what makes you happy. If it makes you happy NOT to do something, then be happy! If it makes others unhappy, then it is their problem, and not yours.”
This is good advice, and I will begin the practice today. Will you?
Blessings,
Judy
| We are constantly encouraged to reject what is unpleasant, disappointing or difficult. 'What's all this suffering? Let's be happy! Have fun!' But our suffering is not our enemy. It is only through a relationship with my pain, my sadness, that I can truly know and touch the opposite—my pleasure, my joy, and my happiness. - Claude AnShin Thomas, “Conceptions of Happiness” |
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Blessings,
Judy
Not only are dogs man’s best friend, some dogs have special skills. A Border Collie is a born leader. And yet with all of its skills, it does not try to take over the world. He simply tries to do his best at each job each day, and to keep all those around him happy. Don’t we wish all leaders would do the same? The Border Collie, Magic, gives us these simple lessons.
Blessings,
Judy
The poster says: Sometimes all it takes is a SMILE to make everything better!
-by Lendl Ian Servillon
How can one smile such sweet smiles,
When one is so saddened by sorrows for miles,
How can I smile the same smiles,
When life brings me nothing but tears,
I wondered for so long,
What reason you had to smile that long,
To keep smiling though troubles come,
And still remain sweet and silently overcome,
It's such a mystery to me,
Your smiles from heaven with glee,
I adore and yet envy thee,
But I'd rather you smile those at me,
I feel happy when I see you smile,
Even if I'm sad and lonely,
Your smiles bring me somewhere,
I don't even know where,
But it was you,
You gave me the reason to smile,
To smile with no reason,
To smile for a smile,
I guess life is just like that,
We need not a reason to smile,
For a smile is the reason itself,
To rejoice and open-heartedly give thanks,
I learned to smile because of you,
Because your smiles bring me joy when blue,
It proves how well and powerful,
A simple sweet smile can become so beautiful,
Smile for the sake of a smile,
Smile for the sake of happiness,
Smile for the sake of life,
Smile because of hope left in life,
Smile my friends,
Smile for me my Love,
Smile those same sweet smiles,
Smile so the world can be a peaceful dove...
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Dear friends,
Smiling is the best medicine.
Blessings,
Judy
The poster reads:
Surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones that don’t. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of life, getting back up is living.
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Sometimes life just seems like chapters. Some good, some bad, but all come together to create the story of our lives. – Unknown
Today, find something to laugh at.
Today, find time to share a laugh.
Then, find someone to enjoy a laugh with.
Find a way to flow with life.
It is good for your heart.
Blessings,
Judy
I have this vivid memory of sitting with a Tiger, on some rocks, overlooking a small lake. I am sure that I was in dream time, sometime in the last several nights. I know that I was not frightened, and the feeling was like I was with an old friend. We sat and talked.
Tiger was explaining to me that I needed to go out more and practice blending in to the rest of the people or into the environment around me. He said that I should look less happy, and more sad. He suggested that I walk with my head down, and that I not meet people’s eyes. He said that I should slouch along, and not walk upright.
Tiger says that the best way to camouflage is to imitate what is around you. And, even if you are strong and fearless, drawing attention to yourself is often fool hardy. Tiger’s advice, “always keep something in reserve”.
I am not sure why this advice was important for me to have. It does, however, seem glued to the front of my mind. I think that over the next several days, the reason for this teaching will be explained. At least Tiger made the information stick in my mind.
Many blessings,
Judy
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YOU START DYING SLOWLY!
You start dying slowly ;
if you do not travel,
if you do not read,
If you do not listen to the sounds of life,
If you do not appreciate yourself.
You start dying slowly :
When you kill your self-esteem,
When you do not let others help you.
You start dying slowly ;
If you become a slave of your habits,
Walking everyday on the same paths…
If you do not change your routine,
If you do not wear different colours
Or you do not speak to those you don’t know.
You start dying slowly :
If you avoid to feel passion
And their turbulent emotions;
Those which make your eyes glisten
And your heart beat fast.
You start dying slowly :
If you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain
If you do not go after a dream
If you do not allow yourself
At least once in your lifetime
To run away from sensible advice
Don't let yourself die slowly
Do not forget to be happy!
~ Pablo Neruda♡
Chilean poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971
Easter always makes me think of bunnies.. and spring…and it makes me happy. In our area in Calgary, we only see Rabbit from time to time because we also have Bobcat.
Thinking about bunnies and rabbits makes me think about the “magic” of Rabbit. No, I don’t think of Easter eggs. I do think of how powerful Rabbit is in the spiritual world.
When Rabbit hops in and out of your daily life, and leaps about in your dreams, then you know that something “big” is happening!
Rabbit has often been a symbol of fertility, abundance, and beginnings. Now, Rabbit is showing up all over the place in urban areas, and being seen by people that would not normally notice her. They talk about Rabbit nibbling on their grass in the back alleys, about Rabbit and her friends jumping around and not seemingly that afraid of cats and dogs. Mostly, they talk about how excited they feel to see Rabbit.
Rabbit, like her mythological counterpart, The Easter Bunny, is bringing that sense of joy and wonderment. She makes people feel excited and helps them back off the “fear” factor that many feel right now. She is helping us grow at a soul level by “leaps and bounds”.
Happy Easter!
Judy
GOOD BYE, 2023!
I hope that you get to party with family or with friends. I hope that you celebrate all the good things that happened this year. I hope that you bless the things that did not go according to plan and set them behind you.
I think that we celebrate the ending of each year because we believe the next year will be so much better! We all hope to find new ways of doing things, lots of abundance, lots of love from new relationships and from existing friends and family.
I wish you a happy New Year’s Eve!
Blessings,
Judy
Winter solstice is a time to reflect on what you love to do, and find a way to make it happen. When we are happy, our light – that spark of irrepressible energy that makes us all unique – shines brightly. Solstice is about being inward focused and concentrating on expanding the self.
We all want success and well being. Winter is the time to reflect on making it happen, and then offering up these energies at Solstice, to Creator, to make everything happen.
Here is a wonderful prayer/song for you to use today and all days when you need strength.
Mother Earth
I offer to you this song
For I am earth
and to the Earth, I belong
Mother Earth
help me grow as you need me to
Mother Earth
show me what I am here to do
Cause I am growing, I am changing
on this darkest day
I am growing, I am changing
in my darkest place
I am growing, I am changing
on this darkest day
I am growing, I am changing
in my darkest place
Blessed Be!
From - http://www.wicca-spirituality.com/yule-prayer.html
A Yule Prayer Song
-- by special Wicca Spirituality correspondent, Colombe
Many blessings,
Judy
