Many of us love finding, and sharing great recipes.
This is especially true for those that contain extremely nourishing ingredients, and offer such delicious results, when the directions are followed as instructed.
Therefore, I’m passing along the delightful treat above for savoring today, and all through the year!
Enjoy!
When I was a little girl, there was a word of the day section listed in our local newspaper. As a way of learning something new each day, my dad would quiz me about a given word, and make sure I understood its meaning. At the time, given my age, I would have rather spent all my time playing outside with the neighbor kids. However, I made sure to find the daily word before he would ask me about it because I wanted, and needed to be prepared.
Ironically, there is an uplifting publication called, “The Daily Word” which I read each day too which is filled with wonderful thoughts to meditate on, and expands awareness.
Who knows if those early days of word testing didn’t ignite my love of writing or the reason I love the game of scrabble or enjoy learning today? We often hear that ‘knowledge is power,’ and expanding my vocabulary has been a wonderful advantage to me during my schooling years, and to this day.
The memory of that word game is a reminder to keep on learning in all areas of life, and not just recycle the same information.
What positive memories or practices did you get introduced to early in life that has shaped who you are today?
Action Step:
Keep the door open to your mind, and fill it with something fresh and new.
Just a reminder that this Tuesday September 9th, begins my 4 week Series on how to Create a Joyous Relationship at A Mindfulness Life Center, in Scottsdale Arizona.
There is still time to register for this event.
Hope to see you there!
Blessings,
Cathie
Recently, we took a few days away from our schedules, and went to the beach. During that time we weren’t rushing around or making tons of plans. We took one day at a time, and just relaxed. During those days of relaxation, it really brought awareness to all the rushing around we normally do in our regular routine.
The question that continues to come up these days is “What’s the rush?”
This has become an especially significant question as I contemplate a conversation we had with someone we met on vacation. She shared her experience of rushing around all her life in order to get to her retirement years, so she and her husband could finally relax.
Unfortunately, her husband passed away before they reached retirement, and now she is a widow which wasn’t part of her plans. She is now in the longed for time in her life but misses her husband terribly. Had she known it was going to be this way, she would have savored her days with him more during their time together, and not tried to rush her life along to the next stage.
It was a sobering conversation, and good reminder to not rush through our days but to relish them. It is great to have future goals, and plans but equally important to enjoy the trip along the way, with the people we value most.
Acton Step:
If you find yourself rushing around, and pining for a future time in your life, take a deep breath, and embrace this moment.
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