Remember wine takes time to become all it can be.  There is a moment when it reaches that fine state of perfection.  There is that moment when you reach that place where you can feel yourself flowing and in alignment with your life.  There are many such moments when you are engrossed in doing something you love to do.  Time stands still, or it flows right by.  You are not paying attention, because you are in the moment with whatever is present in you.  The Master paints his mural. The musician is lost in her music. The mother cradles her new child.  Life was meant to be like those moments, strung together endlessly creating your own special song.  Take time to notice them now more often. Seek them out and live in them longer and longer.  Your life will become the tapestry you always dreamed about. It is possible. It was meant to be. Sing your own song of joy.

Banana Tree in a friend’s yard in Florida

Let the light which you are shine brightly this season.  Give the gift of your love.  Not because you should, or you need to.  Give for the sake of giving, as if this were the most precious and special gift you could share with everyone.  Just send little packages of love wherever you go.  If you are driving, walking, shopping, paying bills, cleaning house. Send your love to everything and everyone around you for a change.  Just look at someone and say “I love you.” silently, and mean it.  Just for the fun of it.  It is free and yet magic can happen!  Silently bestow this gift and sometimes you will see the smile, or sparkle.  Your house might look brighter when everything is blessed with a little love!  You might feel brighter yourself.  Animals do this naturally.  Perhaps you can begin a new habit and transform your life and everyone and everything around you! It is just a thought!  Just a new game to play today!

Rooster

Sparkling snow melts away into a river of life, nourishing plants, renewing life, evaporating into clouds and down into snow again and again.  Love is like that river.  It melts into things, nourishes them, renews life.  It seems to go away sometimes and then return again and again.  In reality it is always present in every moment.  The door to love is always open, always flowing, infinite and endless.  Open yourself to receive Its’ Grace and endlessly share that with others.  For the gift of love is priceless and when given, always blesses the giver in return.  I bless each of you this time of year as the short days grow longer and the light becomes brighter around you, and in your heart.  May you shine ever brighter every day and help create a new world in which to live this coming year. One filled to overflowing with the Love of the Universe, including your own.

Julie ~ Quaker Parakeet in spirit

Life is always a series of steps, one after another. In reality, you are never sure what tomorrow will bring.  You never know exactly what is going to happen, who you will meet, who will call, what life has to offer you.  Perhaps snow will fall where it never has been seen before.  A flood might occur where there was a drought.  You often dance through life and the unknown, without ever giving it a second thought.  You merely trust that tomorrow will take care of itself.  The only challenge comes when you make plans, or have a dream, goals, visions for the future.  Then you begin to worry and imagine the worst, or challenges you do not want to encounter, and problems which really do not exist. 

I come here today to remind you to consider your dreams and plans as if, they too were just tomorrow and yet another day.  Trust things will turn out perfect and life will give you more gifts than you could imagine.  Each day, each dream, each life is lived one step at a time. The trick is to enjoy each step along the way.  Savor the ride and celebrate each moment, because each one is a gift.  Get so involved in the moment, you seem to forget about what lies ahead and before you know it, there you are, safe and sound and delighted by the magic of it all.

Butterflies