Taking steps
Anyone
can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his
work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently,
lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really
means. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
As those recovering from anything say we should take one day at a
time. Not this isn't to say that we shouldn't make long range goals,
plan for our future, put aside for a rainy day, but it is to say be
willing to detour from the set path when a bump is in the road.
Recently here in Tn, we had some bad tornadoes, storms. Along the way
to my home, some big trees were in the road blocking the way. Thank the
gods for GPS as it showed us another way around the trees to the same
goal,the same path. The next day, the city had cleaned the trees up
putting us back on the road the easy, the safe, the sure way. Today is
the only day we have to live our lives toward our dreams, toward our
goals. Today is the day we must concentrate on how we want this day to
be, this day to flow, to go. Yesterday is done. We can learn from
yesterday, but not hold it against ourselves or the others around us.
Tomorrow isn't here yet. we can prepare for it,plan for it, set today
as the goal for tomorrow. Yet today we can start brand new, thinking
positive thoughts, send negative energy off to yesterday. My old
mentor used to say if we have to chase the "devil", the negative away
every 5 minutes, then do so. Each moment of today is precious. We can
bear what this moment is giving us, feeling every bit of our feelings,
then choose which feelings we want to keep, which we want to give to the
universe to deal with, to keep for us. We can choose to "speak softly,
and carry a big stick" (Big Stick ideology,
Big Stick diplomacy, or
Big Stick policy is a form of
hegemony and was the
slogan describing
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s
corollary to the
Monroe Doctrine.
Sept 2, 1901. The term originated from the African proverb "Speak
softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." then be happy. This
means we can choose to treat everything quietly but be firm, be empathic
about our goals, without chaos about it. Today is a good day. Put on a
smile, give a laugh, and be ready for spirit to move.
herb magick: This is the time of year when we can grow our own in most
place. Planting basil in our garden helps keep aphids other plant
eating bugs from bothering the garden. When most people don't know
about herb magick of basil, is that it is a good money drawing herb.
Eat things with basil in it, Put a smidgen of basil in our candles as
we do our morning rituals, prayers, affirmations. Don't put too much
too fast as it may flare up catching on something else other than the
candle.
I am here my usual hours today. I do so look forward to sharing with
each of you.. I'm focusing on
sending each person lots of love , light and the fairies to dance
around us. Love ya bunches, me, Bob, bets, T