By: Pamela Leavey On: February 28, 2012 at 4:10 pm
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)
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By: Pamela Leavey On: February 11, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Whitney Houston’s publicist Kristen Foster announced a short time ago that Whitney Houston has died. Houston, “reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown.” She was 48. At this time, the cause and location of her death are unknown.
I have to say this will probably always be my very favorite Whitney Houston song ~~ I Will Always Love You. The video below is from her performance at the 25th Arista Records Anniversary Show in 2000 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, which I attended:
Tragic… So much talent… Lost to the world of drugs. Rest in peace Whitney…
* Cross posted at The Democratic Daily with more…
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By: Pamela Leavey On: February 7, 2012 at 10:54 pm
I have alluded here from time to time that I have been on a path filled with struggles in recent weeks. It has been a time that many would call, the dark nights of the soul, referring to a time in one’s life when spiritual practice and discipline suddenly loses all it’s experiential value.
This particular journey through the dark nights of the soul started for me when I had what then seemed like a minor fall in my driveway, on the last full moon, January 8 ~ the Wolf Moon.
That fall however, coupled with other concurring trials and tribulations, has managed to turn my world upside down and leave my soul weary and wondering. Continue reading “The Dark Nights Of The Soul” »
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By: Pamela Leavey On: May 13, 2009 at 10:24 am
As a wholesale supplier of natural bath and body products to small retailers, I wasn’t at all surprised to read the news this morning that “Retail sales fell for a second straight month in April.”
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that retail sales fell 0.4 percent last month, much worse than the flat reading economists expected. The April weakness followed a 1.3 percent drop in March that was worse than first estimated.
Cottage industries like my own have taken a big hit in this recession. My clients are all lagging in sales, as am I. Which brings me to another piece of news… Continue reading “Retail Sales Fall in April… And I’m Moving Again” »
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