Daily Affirmations: To Be Empowered

Posted by Pamela Leavey on March 14, 2012

To Be Empowered – I am willing to release any procrastination, doubt or other negative patterns and thought forms that hold me back, block me or prohibit me from creating positive experiences in my life every day.  ~ Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Dory in the Merrimack River at Lowell’s Boat Shore ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2011)

Daily Affirmations: Beauty

Posted by Pamela Leavey on March 9, 2012

Today I remind myself that there is beauty in everything I see. The old red barn slated to be torn down… beautiful. The spring flowers, bursting their way through winter’s muted palette… beautiful. Take the time to stop, look and listen. Love and life and all around me. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Red Barn Doors on Point SHore in Amesbury, MA ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

Food For Thought: Patience

Posted by Pamela Leavey on March 8, 2012

Awesome words of wisdom from His Holiness…

The practice of patience protects us from losing our composure. In doing that it enables us to exercise discernment, even in the heat of difficult situations. It gives us inner space. And within that space we gain a degree of self-control, which allows us to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner rather than being driven by our anger and irritation. ~~ His Holiness The Dalai Lama

(Photo: White Crocus on Point Shore in Amesbury, MA ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

Daily Affirmations: Go With The Flow

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Today, I re-mind myself of the need to be in the moment and go with the flow. Nothing past can change the moment I am in, here and now. Two deep breathes, clear the mind… Imagine sitting on a deck chair and watching the river flow… Inner peace is a choice and it is achieved by being present, in the moment and going, moving with the flow of life. ~ Pamela J. Leavey

(Photo: Watching The River ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2011 ~ Merrimack River at Point Shore, Amesbury, MA)

Food For Thought: Find Joy

Posted by Pamela Leavey on February 28, 2012

A short time after publishing my earlier post today, Live With Sorrow, I looked out of my desk window to check on my little yellow crocus that have been blooming sporadically for over a week now and found they had some companions… Some lovely white crocus had also bloomed.

As I hobbled down my driveway, camera in hand, I was filled with joy knowing that more of the crocus I had planted last fall were poking their pretty little petals out in the sun.

It’s true that the smallest and simplest things can fill our hearts with joy. For me flowers have always been a great source of joy. I spent 20 years working as a floral designer and although the long hours during the holiday seasons were rough, the work itself was always filled with joy. It never ceased to amaze me during those 20 years, that I could look at a bunch of white daises, or red roses, or pink carnations and find that one perfect flower that made me say, “wow.”

Joy is all around us… Even in times of deep sorrow, we must open our eyes to see, open our ears to hear and let it the joy flow into us every day.

(Photo: Crocus On The River ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)

My Evening Sky

Posted by Pamela Leavey on February 7, 2012

Through the web of the bare branches of the trees and the electrical wires, this sky was such a gift to watch outside of my desk windows a few nights ago…

I am always grateful for the ever-changing canvas that is the sky.

(Photo: My Evening Sky at Point Shore ~~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012)