Your thoughts become your words

"Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny." Gandhi

Thinking of our dear little community in Lennox Head

Here's the view from our deck at Lennox Head where we lived and have been longing to return to - we're thinking of you all after the Tornado...

Who'd have thought it possible that this lovely view could have turned so scary.

Hope it won't be too long until we are all gazing over the view together, with sandcastles being built on the beach, wave boards flying along the edge of the water and music drifting from the pub.

Instinct to Heal

Every so often I come across a site that has some wonderful healing techniques for depression... Here is a link to Instinct To Heal.org

Here is a snippet from the book by Dr David Servan-Schreiber...

Celeste's story of how she has used Dr David's technique... "When I’m stressed, I just go into my heart and talk to the little fairy inside. She tells me that everything is going to be fine and sometimes she even tells me what I should say or what I ought to do." I smiled as I listened to her. Wouldn’t we all like to have a little fairy always at our side ?

I would!!

Enchanted Bedroom Art from Better Homes and Gardens

Enchanted Bedroom found at Better Homes and Gardens...

I opened Better Homes and Gardens email today and they have some lovely ideas, this is just one of them... For all you arty mum's and dads or hubby's... what a lovely fantasy room. Not only that but you can recycle your old dresser into something fabulous. 

Hey and if you are short on work and good at this ---> market yourself!!

Leonard Cohen... Dance me to the end of love...

How lucky are we Australia?  Leonard Cohen is here in November 2010...

Declare peace on cupcakes!!

"Make Cupcakes Not War"

Fairy Cupcakes by Kareen
Icing colouring - a spoonful of Beetroot Juice - flavouring - a dash or two of rosewater.

I received an email today from Weight Watchers asking me to Declare Peace on Cupcakes. I think that this could even become a world wide Peace movement.  So today along with Weight Watchers and my old cup cake loving self I say...

PEACE on you delightful little CUPCAKES

Does this mean that May 29 is now officially Cup Cake Peace Day? 

I'll eat to that! 

Join with me cupcake lovers and have thine kitchens runneth over with cupcakes (but remember to give one or two to your neighbour too). 

While we are on the subject of cupcakes... have a look at these gorgeous cupcake pillows... I know a little girl who would love one of these...

Cupcake Pillow Image found on Photobucket Click Here 

Prayer of Journeying - a Blessing

May your soul calm, console and renew you.
May the light of your soul guide you.
May the light of your soul bless the work you do
with the secret love and warmth of your heart.
May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul.
May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those who work with you and to those who see and receive your work.
May your work never weary you.
May it release within you wellsprings of refreshment, inspiration and excitement.
May you be present in what you do.
May you never become lost in the bland absences.
May the day never burden.
May dawn find you awake and alert, approaching your new day with dreams, possibilities and promises.
May evening find you gracious and fulfilled.
May you go into the night blessed, sheltered and protected.

This Blessing is from Brother Francis at Worth Abby If you would like to watch Brother Francis giving the blessing you can see it below in number 16 one of 18 videos now on uTube from 'The Monastery' BBC... The Blessing is about half way through this video, but do yourself a favour, and watch the series all the way through at some point.


If you like this then you may like to read 'Finding Sanctuary' by Abbot Christopher Jamison. "In The Monastery, the Abbot guided five modern men (and three million viewers) into a new approach to life and this book now offers the reader a similar opportunity. No matter how hard you work, being too busy is not inevitable. Silence and contemplation are not just for monks and nuns, they are natural parts of life. Yet to keep hold of this truth in the rush of modern living you need the support of other people and sensible advice from wise guides. By learning to listen in new ways, people’s lives can change and the abbot offers some monastic steps that help this transition to a more spiritual life". Finding Sanctuary - Click Here.