Happy Holidays 2008

May your Holidays be filled with peace, love, joy, good health and the warmth of family & friends.

Photo of “The Lady with the Unicorn”.

O the Ivy O, she’s the Queen of old, and the Holly he is red. Hang ‘en high in the farm, and us won’t come to no harm Till the Christmas days be told. – Old Somerset Carol.

Holiday Madness

Have you found yourself caught up in all the frenzy and craziness of this season?

If you find yourself stressed out and frazzled, think about what’s really important during this time of the year, and remember that every thought, intention and action touches all of existence.

Stop whatever your doing and breathe!

Here are a few things to do that can assist one with their spiritual health and sense of well-being during the holidays.

• Bring fresh flowers into your home.
• Listen to music that elevates your spirits.
• Read spiritual literature or inspirational literature that inspires you.
• Seek out the company of people in whose presence you feel more elevated.
• Spend some time in nature.
• Take long walks in nature.
• Be here now … eyes open, present, and responsive.
• Be kind to yourself.

“One kind word can warm three winter months”.
Japanese proverb

Everyday Goddessing  is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that everything we need and are looking for is already inside  each of us. – Rose Arizmendi

Journaling

Journaling helps us to capture our thoughts and feelings on paper, showing us how we think, learn and create. It also allows us to get in touch with our deeper self and to explore the inner workings of our subconscious mind.

By recording our thoughts in a personal journal, we can go back and review those thoughts and feelings from a different perspective which allows us to see our progress over the months/years. Journaling also helps us to stay focused, and enables us to identify and resolve issues. It can also assist us in understanding who we are.

I’ve been journaling for years and have found that the hard cover sketch books work best for me. I usually embellish the outside cover with watercolors, acrylics, colored pencils, colorful rice papers, silk fabrics, ribbons, photos, feathers, sketches and magazine images. The journal book below features one of my favorite paintings “Proserpine” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

One of my Journals
“Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.” – Julia Cameron

Ode To November

“I walkout; I see something, some event that would otherwise have been utterly missed and lost; or something sees me, some enormous power brushes me with its clean wing, and I resound like a beaten bell.” – Annie Dillard

Monday

Beautiful fall leaves in our garden

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.”  ~Melody Beattie