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Daily Affirmations: Breathe Out Our Troubles

February 18, 2020

Life can often make us feel overwhelmed. In today’s world, we’re worried not just about our own problems but also the troubles of the world. It’s tough navigating everything and feeling like we’re on top of it all every day. Sometimes, we need to sit back and take a deep breath and exhale. And then take another one and exhale. Breath in and release. It feels so good to breath out our troubles and release them to the Universe.

Beach at Sandy Point, Plum Island, Massachusetts

Today I affirm that I can not solve all of my problems or the problems of the world in this moment. I take a deep breath and exhale and repeat. I imagine the waves at the beach, coming in slowly and then drawing back and I allow myself to simply be in the moment. I re-mind myself, that there is only now, in this moment and I am powerless and at peace right now. And so it is, intent makes manifest.

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Poetry: Life Changes Who We Are

February 17, 2020

The Pink House, Plum Island, Massachusetts

Life Changes Who We Are 

The wind howled, 
It shook the house 
And tossed dead branches to the ground. 
What if I were the wind
I questioned—
Would I be a soft and gentle breeze
Or might I blow as wild as the furies,
Hot and cracking with the spark
That could light a brush fire
Without a care.
  
Maybe life is 
Just a confluence of conditions
That blows
Like the wind
Either wreaking havoc 
Or softly caressing
Our worn-down souls. 
  
Once, I might have been a fury—
Young and filled with eager energy
Now I am the gentle breeze
Caressing life with a touch like feather
The cool tickle across my skin.
We never remain the same for long
Life changes who we are.

 © March 2017

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Daily Affirmations: The Power to Pull Myself Up and Be Happy

When you’re stuck in a rut, it is often difficult to get yourself up and out of that rut. The rut maybe deep or it maybe shallow, but you’re stuck and you can’t see your way clear to find your way out of the rut. Remember back to a time when you were stuck in another rut. We’ve all been there. Ask yourself what you did to get out of the rut before. If you think back you will probably realize that you remembered something that made you happy when you did it. And so you climbed out of that rut and started doing that happy thing. Every day.

Today, I re-mind myself that I can get up out of that rut, and be happy. I search my memories and I re-mind myself of something that I like to do that makes me happy and I do it. It’s not something extravagant, it is something simple. For it is true that the simple things in life that make us happy. Today, I affirm that I hold the power to pull myself up and be happy. It is in the intent that that I set to be happy, that I create the space for happiness to grow. And so it it, intent makes manifest.

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Photo Essay: At the Water’s Edge

February 15, 2020

One early April day a couple of years ago, I was walking on the beach at the Sandy Point State Reservation located at the southern tip of Plum Island, Massachusetts. I’ve been going to the beach at Sandy Point since I was a young child. As I walked along the beach, I noticed a small boy standing at the water’s edge watching the shallow waves coming towards him. There’s something very special about watching children at play on the beach. If like me, you grew up near the beach, the vision of a young child at the water’s edge takes you back to your own childhood.

I remember standing at the water’s edge in that same way, looking at the water working its way towards me and then swirling around my feet. There’s a moment when we reach the water’s edge, no matter how old we are, that we stand pensively watching the water in a state of wonder. And then we look to one side or the other, and we start to move along the lapping waves, because we are curious why each wave disperses along the beach in a different way.

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Daily Affirmations: I Open the Channels to Greater Creativity and Productivity

February 13, 2020

Sometimes we find ourselves struggling to be creative and productive. It’s only normal, we all have times when our creativity wanes and our productivity winds down to a slow crawl. In those times, I find myself these days, stepping back and honoring the message that I need to take it slow. And perhaps I need to simply sit and ponder…

We all need to clear our minds and open the channels to creative energy on occasion. A break from our daily routines can provide us with a refreshed attitude, a more open mind and heart, and the impetus to be creative and productive once again.

Today, I affirm that taking the time to renew and reboot is a vital part of life and the process of creativity. I re-mind myself that there should be no guilt, no remorse in stepping back to clear my heart and mind. And so it is, when I take time for myself, I open the channels to greater creativity and productivity. In that, intent makes manifest.

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Daily Affirmations: When Intent Does Indeed Make Manifest

February 12, 2020

The power of intent can be very potent. We don’t always realize or recognize when intent shows up in our world. Maybe we are caught up in our busy lives, or we’re buried in worries and concerns. Things might seem so very black and white instead full of color.