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Spring is in the Air!

21 Apr 2011 17 Comments

by Sue Dreamwalker in Health and wellness, Inner Chatter, Mind Body & Spirit Tags: Easter, joy, laughter, Light, Spring, Universe

Spring is truly in the Air… yesterday I went for a short walk and breathed in the wonderful Sun shining day.. Its by noticing the small things in life that can fill our day with delight, as we experience the wonder of living.. Like seeing the new born lambs sprawled out sunbathing next to their Mothers and watching their antics as they jumped and leaped up and down, just for the shear joy of it..

It got me thinking to when was the last time we jumped up and down lol..and woke up excited at the prospects of a new day.. And I got thinking of when my children were small and how they would bounce up and down on their beds and would race around their day full of laughter and joy.. And I was reminded of a saying here of ‘Embracing the Child within’. Many of us have lost that child within feeling, as we have got caught within this materialistic world of keeping up with the Jones and Worry over paying Bills, and making ends meet..

But I think once we take that time out to look around and see the beauty in all things, a new kind of Joy fills our spirits.. One that says “isn’t it good to be alive”… For we see all too often those who are so less fortunate than ourselves around our world and yet we still moan about our lot. And I often think there but for the grace of God go I… For we could all find ourselves one day much less well off than we are today..

So Yesterday I took every small detail in, from the wild flowers to blossoms on the trees the butterflies too were in abundance… I saw many Orange Tips and Speckled Wood Butterflies, and the bird song seemed to echo vibrantly all the more through my woodland walk.

If we bring just a few moments of awareness into our lives just for a few moments each day, we will truly begin to see how very blessed we are..

I wondered later as I went into a Town full of people who never seemed to smile, and who looked as if all the weight of the world was upon their shoulders if they ever really ‘Look’ and see those wonderful joys of spring and nature.

Taking in the small Joys of the day helps us to expand that feeling of being connected with the world.. If we allow the Joys of Spring in our steps we will find that in these small delights of just looking into a flower, watching Nature will bring us to a deeper level of appreciation for everything the Universe has given us in our lives. And they are truly Miraculous ..

HAPPY EASTER TO YOU ALL!…

Finding our Balance..

18 Apr 2011 25 Comments

by Sue Dreamwalker in Crystals, Health and wellness, Inner Chatter, Mind Body & Spirit, Travel Tags: Depression., Earth Mother, Lathkill Dale, laughter, life, Little Grandmother, love, meditation

When was it that you felt your natural state of being as vibrant, and happy to be alive?

Recently I had to take myself off for a very long walk, to draw upon Mother Nature to put that Zing back into my step..

I still had a few Crystals which I had cleansed at theLittle Grandmother gathering in Wales last month that I wanted to give back to Mother Earth, and I found myself upon the wonderful river bank in Lathkill Dale in the National Derbyshire Peak District. And I sent a prayer to our Mother Earth, giving her thanks for all her wonderful bounties and sent her some healing thoughts.. I threw the crystal in the river near to a weir, and watched it plop and settle upon the clear gravel bed and it glistened in the sunlight under the fast flowing water… And I felt like I too had been healed and cleansed as the water washed over it..

I was amazed at how glum I had been feeling and run down and worn out. This does not mean that we are lazy or unfit for the tasks in our lives; it means that we need to recharge our batteries from time to time, and find a way of keeping them charged. I needed to recharge the way I was thinking, I recently left my last employment of almost7yrs, I now find myself in limbo awaiting my new employment start date for several weeks now and I couldn’t help but feel sad for those I had left behind. And I hadn’t realised just how down I had been feeling..

While Vitamins and extra rest can be very helpful in restoring our physical bodies, if we delve deeper, we may discover that there is an underlying cause for our exhaustion.
Whenever you are feeling run down, take an honest look at how you have been thinking, feeling and acting. You will likely find a belief, behaviour pattern or even a relationship that is out of alignment with who you really are.

Perhaps you believe you have to be perfect at everything or you have been bending over backwards to get people to like you or serving other peoples needs. Maybe you are dealing with mild depression or simply have too much on your plate right now. There may also be people or situations in your life which are draining your energy. Once you get clear on the root cause, you can weed it out and better direct your flow of energy in the future.

That is what I needed to do.. Weed out my thoughts, so as I sat upon the river bank I said thank you for all those precious gifts we all at times take so much for granted.. and I looked into my feelings and why I had had felt so down.

I usually try to be a very positive person, but it is so easy to fall into that negative trap and let it crowd in and clutter your thoughts with obstacles.. Instead I have turned them around to embrace the Changes before me.. For Change is so often what we resist, because we are unsure of the future which brings its own fear factor… But if we don’t allow the Changes to flow, we become static and stale, and we do not grow and progress.

Life is about experience.. And at last my head is in gear… Maybe it’s the Sun of the Spring Days we now are in, that we breath in the Air our Mother Earth gives for Free…But I’m reminded how she gives us every breath.. in her Breath-taking World of beauty..And how very much we need her.. And we need to honour and respect Nature and all living creatures..

We have lost our way in so many things here in this materialistic world where many put possessions and profit before people..We have for the most part Forgotten who we are and have long forgotten how to embrace the Joy of Living..
So for any of you who might notice that the reasons you feel run down have less to do with how much you are doing and more to do with the fact of what is in your heart, you may try doing something else entirely. Even if it’s just taking yourself out into nature for a while..

Why not try and listen to what your heart really wants. It may take meditation, or just a moment of silent thought, tuning in to gain the clarity you need, but it is well worth the effort. When you know what you truly want to do, and honour that in all situations, you will find that getting run down is a thing of the past, when we truly look at Life in a new perspective and allow our energy to balance once again.

Thank you to Teira who gifted me the wonderful image posted here in our WLS days… if you click upon it.. It has a suprise in store.. 🙂

Laugh and the world Laughs with you.. Cry and you Cry alone!.

11 Feb 2011 11 Comments

by Sue Dreamwalker in Inner Chatter, Poems Tags: Dark, enlighten, happiness, Health, Inner thoughts, joy, laughter, Light, mind, smile, Spirit

Yesterday I sat watching people for quite along time, everyone was caught up within their own thoughts, their own problems. And I caught a refection of my own face in a door, and my own face mirrored much the same.. And then I heard a little voice inside my head..

Last night I wrote a poem, reflecting my day,

Shine your Light Girl!

Sitting on my seat, I watch them by the door

Gloomy faces set in stone, eyes held to the floor

I melt into the background of a sea of discontent

Of thoughts they cannot hear, as their energy is spent

A cloud that settled just above my head

Pressed its weight, until I remembered what you said

‘Shine your Light Girl, Light a beacon in the Dark.

And don’t worry if some days all you give is but a spark’

‘Remember a spark lights the biggest of all fires

And I know Girl, of your inner most desires’