Bloomin' Ego

Wow it seems my ego blooms several times a year! The only thing that seems to get mine in check is a good humility call.

Just wondering...does any of this grow in your garden?

~Complaining and reactivity are favorite mind patterns through which the ego strengthens itself. For many people, a large part of their mental-emotional activity consists of complaining and reacting against this or that. By doing this, you make others or a situation "WRONG" and yourself "RIGHT". Through being "right" you feel SUPERIOR, you strengthen your sense of self. In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego.~ Eckhart Tolle

Wow what a Bloomin' Mind Trap...

Red Wrong

Some may say that I am quite forth coming with my personal life; that I blog or blabber about things that make most people uncomfortable. I think I am actually READ WRONG quite often and have been since I was a teen. The truth is I have been very private and quiet about my inner most feelings and happenings in my life.

I AM drawn to a deep conversation or talking to someone about their life and their challenges. I am happiest when I am close to others and feel as though I have purpose and can impart those same feelings of purpose, worth and happiness in others. For others to feel totally loved and accepted in my presence is important to me. I know what it feels like to be in a place where you are not accepted, and it hurts!

If I had a dime for every time my mom says, "The bible says...", we tease her but we also love her beautiful spirit. The bible does say, do unto others as you would have done unto you.

It's so simple, but it does require some AWARENESS, it certainly doesn't come natural. At least it doesn't for me.

I took a color code test and it say I'm a Red, I think it's wrong!:) If you've never taken one of these tests I strongly recommend it.

Peachy

Do you have any resentments? I am working through some long time resentments; resentments that I've had that have been placated or buried for so long I hardly knew they existed, or if i did I was frightened to let them be known. As they come to the surface, at times, my heart literally feels as if it is going to burst in two. I then try to go to a safe place, become very still from within, accept all that is, have faith in a better tomorrow, and let things BE.

This is a discipline I have learned the last few years. Sometimes I am better at it than others. This means of healing and self nurturing is something I value very much.

There are a couple of favorite books I keep handy and will ponder certain quotes from--these two I particularly like...

Know your limits, not so that you can honor them, but so that you can SMASH them to pieces and reach for magnificence. Cherie Carter-Scott

There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Life may not always be PEACHY, but think of ALL the great things you can make with peaches!

Simply Purple

My friends I have found that the best journey is going inside yourself. The roads are generally quite smooth except for the rocks that we throw in front of the path...certainly not all, but many...

If we have faith our tears and the love from friends and family will be enough.

Beautiful things can emerge through the cracks if we let them.

No Green?

There is a lot of talk about bankruptcy, foreclosures and the economy going on. I can hear it on the news now as I write this. Has this humbled us as a country? Has this changed us as people at all?

I for one could not answer that as to what the impact has been on the public. I guess I could check the stats on spousal abuse, child abuse, divorce rates, rape, all the awful moral things we don't like to know or talk about but seem to increase during times of duress. It's not the impersonal statistics that I am interested in. They don't tell the real stories. I'm wondering if it hurts you in the pocket book does it hurt you in your relationships? if so, how? If you could put a camera on yourself for a day, three days, maybe a week, what would YOU LEARN about YOU???

We are all quick to defend ourselves, but what good does that do? There really is no need! These are tough times. Tough times for many. If the economy happens to have not affected you, it certainly has affected someone you love. This IS the time we need each other most, yet tempers are short, judgments are strong, defenses are high and relationships are battered, bruised and scarred.

Do the cupboards have to get bare from war? Do we have to be forced to live together by government? How tough does it have to get to realize that we need each other? These things have happened in history, do we need a repeat to get it? Harsh?? How tough does it have to get to realize we need each other?????????? As families, neighbors, communities and as a country. I am still amazed at how awful we can be to the ones deep down we love the most. There can be a fine line between love and hate. When emotions run high all common sense runs low.

Love is ALWAYS the answer!!!!!! And you can't BUY LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!