Pamela Leavey

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Spring Tulips in My 2021 Pandemic Garden

In early November 2020, I planted about 100 bulbs in my first year pandemic garden. My elbow has never been quite the same after all that digging, but it was well worth the nagging pain that comes and goes with over use. Having lived in my apartment since fall 2018, I had not gardened at all. But like many stuck at home from the COVID pandemic, I found myself longing to garden so that I could be outside and not around other people. Who knew back then that COVID would drag out so long. I didn’t.

I was delighted by the bulbs that sprouted up last spring, and spent a lot of time last spring and summer photographing the flowers in my garden. I did series of the same flowers from bud until they passed on. I did series of pollinators feeding on the flowers in my gardens. I whiled away the time, staying safe at home, with my gardens and my camera.

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Reflections: Switching Things Up

I’ve been working this week on switching things up a little. Change is always good, I believe. It gives us a chance to get rid of things that no longer work for us and start something new. Or it gets us back into an old habit that we dropped and needed to put back in our lives. Or maybe we start a new relationship or find a new job. Whatever the change is, when you set your mind to switching things up, stuff happens, because intent works. Coincidences happen for a reason. All that stuff, that reminds us that the Universe is working in our favor. Oh, that the Universe always worked in our favor. Wouldn’t that be grand. We should all be so lucky, but life and the Universe don’t work that way. So when it does, remember to be grateful for the changes that happen for the better. I like to think that when things go wrong, something better will come along. It usually works out that way, think about that a little…

There’s an old French Proverb, “Gratitude is the heart’s memory.” How beautifully true that sentiment is, for when we ware grateful, our heart soars. When we switch things up a little, our mind is soaring to new heights, heading in new directions. It is freeing. It is liberating. As we lift off from the ground on our new adventure, we feel the air around us changing. Our hearts are beating like the beating of wings, repetitively and reverberant. We fly on, grateful…

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Daily Affirmations: Everyday, I Have the Opportunity

Today, I am re-minded that a ray of sun can be like the gift of a thousand smiles. And the rain can feel like a thousand tears. Yet, both are the blessings of life. Everyday, I have the opportunity to see the gifts of life and nature before my eyes, and I am grateful. – Pamela Leavey

Eastport, Maine

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Poetry: Bird Highway

Bird Highway, by Pamela Leavey 

Bird highway 
with lots of 
fast food stops 
all around 
the house.
Cardinals
in pairs,
Sparrows
by the dozen.
Why lately
we’ve spotted
six Bluebirds
almost daily.
The Bluebirds 
are special.
They are
of course—
The Bluebird
of Happiness.
Look, look
at me,
said the bird
in the tree.
What if
you were 
like me
flying free.
Fill the suet,
stock the seed
we will all
be by to sing
our songs.
All different,
our colors. 
All vibrant
our feathers
as delicate
as a breeze.
If you build
a bird 
highway,
They will
make it
their regular
flyway.

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Daily Affirmations: I am Grounded and Confident

We’ve all had those people in our lives, the ones who don’t know us, or get who we are, who form opinions about us, and yet they judge us. We may not be able to change that person’s mind about us, but we can protect ourselves from the negative energy they send our way.

Today, I re-mind myself that I am grounded and confident in who I am. My heart knows who my true self is. Nothing that anyone says or feels about me, can take that away. – Pamela Leavey

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Daily Affirmations: I Have Enough

Prior to writing and publishing my own daily affirmations online since the late 1990’s, I found Julia Cameron’s affirmations from her book Blessings to be great inspiration. Here’s one of my favorites:

“When I count and encounter my blessings, I experience a sense

of fullness, safety, and satisfaction. I have enough. My heart is

bountiful. My life is dowried by rich companions and rewarding

experiences. As I experience the power and the goodness of the

universe, I experience my own power and goodness. I experience

flow, increased flow and expanded flow. Opening to receive this

flow, I become larger and more magnificent. I am part of a

grand and glorious design. A grand and glorious design is part of

me. I celebrate the grandeur of this fact with a humble heart.”  

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