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"Simplicity, gratitude, thrift, and green living."

Mesa, AZ, USA
female, age 68
single, 3 children
Speaks: english
Joined Jul 17, 2008

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Beltane Blessings to us all. The Pagan Sabbat and feast of Beltane, April 30 and all of the month of May.

BELTANE is the season of GROWING and I would like to share some Beltane thoughts.

Staying in the NOW, address all issues in your life (however you perceive them as either blessings or problems) with an overcoming LOVE.

When you do this, you will experience such a serene feeling of appreciation for everyone and everything now enriching your life.

Your love will grow expansively and it will sink the taproot for its nourishment into the fruitful depths of your awakening spirit.

Your heart and mind will grow as they respond to this spiritual stimulation.

YOU will grow. YOU will have more to give freely and unconditionally. YOU will be ready to receive with outrageous delight and gratitude.

BLOOM and GROW in the NOW. Start becoming and being the infinite joy and beauty you were born to express.

Bloom, Bloom, Bloom. We are as amazing as we dream, imagine and ALLOW ourselves to be.

So MOTE it be.

Here are 10 Fun Facts shared by my friend Jesco Carmichael.

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Hometown	Savannah, GA
Homepage	http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/~fereiss
Birthday	March 10, 1945
Languages	english
About Me	Every bit of time you spend worrying about the past or feeling anxious about the future is not just time wasted, it�s self-sabotage. Chronically thinking about what has been or might be keeps you in a self-created, fear-driven fantasy world that saps your energy. It�s important to acknowledge and feel your feelings when disappointment strikes. Yet when you realize that each moment comes with everything you need, gratitude can be a balancing force. Hold the space for it all. Love Yourself Unconditionally. The dissatisfaction you feel about people and situations is actually your own lack of self-love being mirrored back to you. Since you can only love and accept others as much as you do yourself, your judgments of them reflect the way you feel about you. When you learn to love yourself unconditionally, you see out through the eyes of compassion, and judging others no longer feels good. The whole world benefits. Turn Judgement into love and compassion. The habit of judging others comes from a lack of self-acceptance. What you don�t accept in yourself gets projected on to others and disliked �out there�. When you begin to awaken from the slumber of your unconscious conditioning, you realize that everyone is doing the best they can in any particular moment. This includes you. This awareness alone permits self-love and empathy to blossom. Once that happens, you view everyone differently. With more love and compassion. Drama is a distraction. Conscious awakening is the shift from identification with your ego to your authentic self. The essential self, prior to the development of conditioning, has distinct characteristics just as your ego does. Unity, love and compassion are qualities of your true self. Comparison, fear and judgment come from your ego. In a constant effort to stay in charge, your ego tells stories of the past and future that distract you from the truth and the beauty of the present moment. Don�t fall for it. Always assume the best. Your experience of life is a result of the way you interpret what happens. Your particular spin is created by your conditioning and belief system that formed before you were consciously aware. You can�t even be sure of all that�s driving you, so it�s unlikely that you understand why others behave as they do. Since so much of the world you see is your own projection, you might as well interpret it in a way that makes you feel good. Honesty is the Best Policy Just because you said you�d do something, doesn�t mean it�s always wise to follow through with it. Unless you have a chronic problem keeping your word, it�s okay to change your plans and trust that it�ll be in the best interest of all involved. If you communicate openly and earnestly, you�re likely to discover that the new arrangement is better for everyone. Listening to your feelings beats blindly sticking to plans out of a sense of obligation� Be true to you. Coaching Sessions No Matter What When you really want something, commit to it wholeheartedly. Decide to make it happen no matter what. Your commitment instructs life about how to best serve you. Keep your focus on your goal and what you need will begin to appear in the world around you. It�s a universal law: when you firmly decide to go for it, unforeseen forces conspire with you to make it happen. Understand that everything you encounter on your path simply allows you to make more informed decisions. Because you�re always doing the best you can� You can�t ever get it wrong. Your Incredible Body Research has shown that the physiological effects are the same whether you actually experience something or just think about it. Your mind is that powerful. This could be bad news if you�re in the habit of focusing on unpleasantness. Your body�s biochemistry & neurology react to those negative imaginings as if they are real, wreaking havoc in the same way. But it could also be very good news because your body experiences positive effects when you focus on peace, love and, of course� Gratitude. Your body is an amazing vehicle equipped with its own healing system. Unlike your car, your body immediately begins to repair itself when harmed. It�s an ever-changing, electromagnetic, bio-chemical system that�s affected by the food you eat and the thoughts you think. Before considering other options, it makes sense to first enhance your immune system by developing healthy and positive habits. Eat consciously, focus on gratitude, forgive yourself and others and marvel at the results� No side effect The Present Your point of power is here, right now! The only thing that stands in the way of total fulfillment in this moment, is the story you formed out of your conditioning. That was fabricated out of small bits of reality you focused on, out of a gazillion possibilities. The future comes equipped with everything you need. If you are less than satisfied, drop your story. With curiosity, an open mind and willingness, take a deep look into this moment� At the amazing gift of life. It�s easier to drop judgments and grudges when you remember that everyone is here to live life their own way, not to satisfy your agendas. Relating to others without judgment not only makes for more harmonious relationships, it makes your everyday existence a whole lot more pleasurable. There�s nothing wrong with having preferences where others are concerned. Just don�t be too attached to things going your way. Approach the mystery of life with openness and wonder. Practice trusting that everything is just as it should be� Even when it doesn�t feel that way. Change Requires Daily Practice Changing habits requires persistence. The ultimate way to effect positive change in your life is through a daily practice. You can change your environment, job, mate or friends, but your experience of life will be the same until you change the way you think. Regularly forgiving yourself (and others), actively counting your blessings and understanding that others� behavior is never personal will transform resistance into acceptance, dissatisfaction into peace and judgment into compassion. A daily practice makes it happen. Self-Love and Acceptance To accurately gauge how you truly feel about yourself, notice how tolerant and compassionate you are of others. What disturbs you about them is often a quality you have, but don�t like. When you love and accept yourself, it flows outward and you�re able to see others with compassion. Next time something raises your critical judgment, pay attention to exactly what it is that�s annoying you. Look to see if you engage in similar behavior, then drop the judgment and� Love yourself and them anyway. The Time Is Now The only time there ever is, is NOW! In each moment of your life, your awareness is focused somewhere between an expansive vista and a microscopic view. What you call time is just a memory of what you focused on during earlier moments. Your unique sense of reality is a construct of the way you interpret what you see. You interpret according to your beliefs which themselves are based on the accumulation of all previous interpretations. All this prompts one essential question� Who do you choose to be in this moment? Heal Every Relationship Seeking to make all of your relationships healthy isn�t just a lofty ideal, it�s practical. It benefits your health and promotes peace of mind. Since every relationship you have lives in your own consciousness, maintaining those tainted with anger, jealousy or resentment is like carrying around a slow-release dose of poison that emits toxins into your being every time you think about them; sometimes even when you don�t. When you develop compassion and healthy boundaries in your relationships, you�re free and clean� It�s a great way to live. How Could You Ever Fail? You�re a work in progress and the only one who can determine whether or not you�ve failed at any endeavor. Will you only be satisfied when you achieve the precise results you envisioned before you began the project (when you had much less information)? Or, will you consider every minute of your effort a necessary and enhancing part of your life experience? The truth is, as long as you�re learning and becoming more self-aware� Failure is impossible. Don�t Assume You live in a self-constructed reality and look at life through the lens of your own experience. Since everyone else is also interpreting reality from their unique point of view, assuming you understand their motivation can mean trouble. When somebody pushes your emotional buttons, rather than assuming that they intended to offend or hurt you, sincerely ask them to clarify what they meant. Give them the benefit of the doubt. What you find will surprise and delight you. Alternatively, if you�re going to continue to guess their intentions� Assume the best. The Power of Honoring Your Word Following through on commitments and doing what you say you�ll do sends a message to others that your word is of value. When you consistently disregard the plans you�ve made and change your mind at will, it�s difficult for others to take what you say seriously. Worst of all, you can�t really trust yourself. Making a commitment to honor your word, even when you don�t feel like it, is a good policy to live by. It builds character, empowers you and earns the respect of others. Integrity. Express Yourself When you feel appreciation for someone, take the time to reach out and tell them. It�s easy to let those instances pass and go unexpressed. The gift of your loving comments will brighten their day. The best part is that, whatever you express in words, expands. So the more you appreciate, the more you�ll see to appreciate. Verbalizing your gratitude will be a blessing� To both of you. Once you develop the regular practice of observing your thoughts, you�ll know without a doubt that the way you feel is inextricably connected to the way you think. When you criticize, worry, lament, or feel like a victim, you can�t possibly feel good. When you look for what�s right, think of creative improvements, give credit, compliment and appreciate others, people appear friendly and life seems full of possibility and it�s hard not to feel good. Same world, different approach. You can definitely benefit from pointers given by teachers, coaches and mentors. But you already have what it takes to get the highest return for your effort: control your thinking. Start by paying attention to how you feel. When you�re down or frustrated, notice what you�ve been thinking about. As you do this more and more, you�ll begin to realize that how you feel is nearly always the result of how you think. The first step is to observe your thoughts. Simplify Life is easier when your priorities are clear. When you honor yourself and live in alignment with what feels right to you, life begins to flow effortlessly. Take a moment to consider how much of your time is taken up with joyless activities. When you have the courage to stop doing whatever doesn�t feel right and start listening to what your heart tells you, your life transforms miraculously. Even when it�s scary, It�s worth it! Everyone�s Best Is Different Believing that anybody could have acted differently than they did is purely hypothetical. The truth is, if they could have done better, they would have. Each person responds to this moment uniquely, based on their interpretation of all that�s come before. Everyone is seeking satisfaction and fulfillment, just like you. Even if you can�t understand why they behave the way they do, one thing is certain�they�re doing their best. Just like you. Let It Flow When life isn�t showing up the way you think it should, step back to take a fresh look at the situation. Acknowledge the way you see it and realize it�s your interpretation that�s bugging you. It�s impossible to see the whole picture or know what�s going on in the big scheme of things. Just remember, even in the face of great suffering, adding your own malaise to the mix won�t make it better for others. Feel your feelings and then focus on compassion and love. No matter what�s happening� Your love will help. Handling Stress If you find yourself in a stressful situation, focus your attention within by noticing your physical sensations. Acknowledge what you feel (pulsing, pressure, heat, pain, etc�) without reaction or judgment. Take in a slow, deep breath of well-being and exhale all unwanted energy from your body and mind. Imagine a pure, white light above pouring love down through the crown of your head. Align yourself with this positive energy by saying, �I love you� to yourself. Remember� There�s little worth hurting yourself over. Do You Want to Feel Good? You don�t have to make overwhelming and drastic changes in your life to experience a marked improvement in the way you feel. You just have to get your behavior in alignment with your desires. If you feel like your body is a bit creaky, take action! Commit to making a modest, doable effort on a regular basis. Not only will your body feel better, you�ll experience the deep satisfaction that comes from being in alignment� With yourself. Compassion Is Key Your experience of life doesn�t depend nearly as much on your circumstances as it does on how you respond to them. When you accept that life gives you exactly what you need in every moment in order to expand your consciousness, each experience is an opportunity for growth. If a lesson is painful, try to resist focusing on how it�s wrong. Discover what it�s offering you. Where others are concerned, remember everyone is either coming from love or crying out for help. Maintain your boundaries and respond with compassion. For yourself and others. The Benefits of a Peaceful Mind Your mind is so powerful that you can create significant physiological changes in your body in response to your thoughts. It�s not your experiences in life, but rather your perception of them that cause anxiety and stress or relaxation and calm. Since most of your concerns and fears never actually come to pass, why not just drop them altogether? Develop the habit of watching your thoughts like a witness. When you�re engaged in fearful or worrisome ones, change your focus to something that�s perfect right now. Peaceful mind = happy body. Can�t Fail Attitude You create your experience of life in every moment through your interpretation of what�s happening. All experience is neutral until you assign meaning to it. No matter what happens to you, you can view it as an opportunity to develop greater compassion and self-acceptance. Equipped with this attitude, nothing can stop you. Everything is for your growth. Knowledge Versus Wisdom Knowledge is based on information and facts; wisdom, on understanding and insight. Knowledge is gathered; wisdom results from the synthesis of knowledge and experience. Knowledge can help you acquire wealth; wisdom is wealth. Knowledge can be forgotten; wisdom endures. Knowledge enables you to make changes in the world. Wisdom changes you. Knowledge is silver� Wisdom is gold. Merci The Mark of True Creativity A sharp and innovative mind is one that derives something useful from every situation in life. But positive thinking sometimes gets a bad rap for being superficial. Critics label optimists as simple-minded and Pollyanna. If people don�t sufficiently recognize how bad things really are, they�re fooling themselves. This cynical perspective fails to recognize this: Your reality boils down to how you feel, how you feel depends on how you think and interpret events. A well-developed ability to find something useful in every experience means you�re a creative genius� At the art of life. The World�s In You Two people can experience the same situation and have dramatically different reactions. One person might believe challenges are opportunities to learn; another may only fear failure. One avoids conversations with strangers while the other enjoys the opportunity to connect. What�s the difference? The attitude within. Life really isn�t so much about what you do� As how you do it. How You See Your Cup Matters Don�t dismiss an optimistic outlook as simplistic or naive. Seeing the cup as half full improves how you feel. A positive frame of mind energizes, while a negative one consumes vitality. When it comes to your attitude toward life, you have complete free will. Since everything inherently contains both good and bad (depending on your viewpoint,) you have the choice to choose whatever view benefits you. What can you gain by taking control of your attitude? You get to experience the upside of life! Attitudes Are Contagious Attitudes spread quickly. If you�ve ever walked into a room with a heavy atmosphere, you know that energy is contagious. When you find yourself in a bit of a negative space, remember that your vibration not only affects you, it spreads to everyone in the vicinity�and even beyond. The first step out of an unwanted funk is to recognize you�re in it. Next, focus your attention on your physical sensations. When you observe them without judgment, they rise and pass away� Along with the funky mood. You are a creative artist. Every one of your thoughts, feelings and actions is a brush stroke on the canvas of your life. Like any artist, you know that it�s sometimes useful to take a step back, survey your work and make some changes. It�s not unusual to find that you need to add a little more energy in one place and perhaps simplify matters elsewhere. You understand that your life-long art piece improves and evolves only when you decide to apply the right kind of input. Kindness, tolerance and gratitude are among those that� Create true masterpieces. The external circumstances of your life are never responsible for how you feel. It�s your internal narrative that creates your experience. You are always free to choose how to feel. To realize the empowering effect of this truth first-hand, try this: a) Be honest about how your judgments make you feel; b) Ask your inner presence to show you how what�s happening is a gift for you (even if it�s only for expanded awareness) and; c) Open your heart and mind to� Adapt your behavior and evolve your life. Aside from a few basic necessities, your level of happiness depends on your interpretation of the world. The perennial questions like, �How can I achieve this?� or �How can I get more love?� concern themselves with the transition from where you are right now to another place and time where your think things will be better. But this approach has a flaw in it: it fails to recognize the fundamental truth that your ability to love life is only possible in one place and one time: Here and now. If you think of happiness as your primary life purpose, then you�ll probably want to make deposits into that column� of your life. You�re entirely free to invest in whatever kind of energy balance you want to create. If you want to feel superior � criticize. If you want to disdain � judge. If you want to feel connected and loving � appreciate. If you want to be happy � look for what�s right. You might not even be aware of your thought patterns, but they are what create your experience of life. Make the right kind of deposits. If what quantum physicists say is true, everything in the entire world is connected. This means that even when you can�t rationally understand why or how your actions have a far reaching effect, they do. Every positive action you take has consequences, whether you�re aware of them or not. It also means that you can�t discreetly do negative things and hope that no one finds out what you�ve been up to because, visible or not� Everything registers on the cosmic abacus. For an instant emotional uplift, embrace the idea that you are fine this very moment, just as you are. You don�t need to loose weight, make more money, dress better, move elsewhere or be more fit in order to be okay. Stop striving for a moment, allow yourself the pleasure of liking yourself, as is, and feel the weight lift from your shoulders. There are a lot of messages out there telling you that you need to be different from who you are right now in order to feel better. Don�t believe them. You�re not the problem, The messages are. Identifying yourself as an activist who protects the less fortunate can make you feel noble and maybe even righteous. But take a moment to reflect to make sure you�re not using these unfortunate circumstances to strengthen your own ego. Are you actually doing something positive about it � or just adding more negative energy to the situation? If you really want to help, shift from feeling outrage to imagining solutions that bring about a healing. Everything begins with a thought. Choose yours wisely. You�ve heard that �letting go� is an effective method to help you get centered and find peace of mind. But what exactly does that mean? It means dropping thoughts of dissatisfaction, anger, jealousy, fear or insecurity. Sometimes that may seem like a very tall order. Tall but simple. Just don�t make anything or anybody wrong. If you want to take it one step further: Look for whats right in this moment. Just as easy. Beliefs bring meaning and purpose. Your beliefs determine what you see and the way you see it. In fact, you�re living in your own belief-created reality. This is as true for you as it is for everybody else on the planet. That explains why one person can be outraged by events that another finds perfectly acceptable. When you become consciously aware of how your beliefs affect your life, you�re empowered to drop the ones that make you suffer and keep the ones� That serve you well. Before you attempt to change the world, your friends, family or your mate, ask yourself if you�re sure you know what�s best. Since you�re seeing the world through the filter of your beliefs, you may not even be accurate. If you�re moved to do something, it�s probably coming from an authentic place. But, if you�re getting a sense of identity out of being a change agent, everyone might be better off if you work on yourself first. The world looks different when you�re seeing� Through a clearer lens. Humans are constantly searching for new limits. How much can a body endure, how far into space can man venture or how small can a computer chip be? It�s natural and healthy to try to new discover new frontiers and reach for new heights of life experience. Unpleasant and difficult ones can strengthen, deepen and give you a new appreciation of life from a different perspective. Sometimes those simply teach you to be grateful for the times when everything is just going �okay�. The practice of gratitude tempers you� Even without the fire. The vibration you radiate not only affects the way you feel about life, but the way other people feel about you. The good news is that you�re the only one who can create the quality of this vibration. If you want to improve your relationships, your mood, and your sense of wonder, you must first take steps to alter your vibration. Judgement, blame and complaining lower it. Appreciation, forgiveness and acceptance raise it. For a quick and easy uptick in your vibration: Focus on gratitude! Withholding self-approval to motivate yourself to take action is an erroneous habit that�s hard to break, even after you�ve accomplished your goal. The truth is, accomplishment is not what makes you happy. It�s just that you�ve trained yourself to feel good when certain conditions are met. Cut to the chase and feel good first and your goals will naturally be more easy to accomplish. Make a daily practice of saying �I love you� to yourself. It�s a winning habit. Being a master at life means being happy. Like mastering anything, there�s only one way to get there: practice. Life presents you with an infinite number of ways that hold the promise of making you happy, but you really don�t need any of them. You can take the direct route simply by feeling grateful as often as possible. It�s easy to do: Just keep your focus on what�s right. f you�re not in some way employing strategies to gain approval from others, you probably feel good enough about yourself to just be. Feeling deeply satisfied simply because you exist is somewhat of a lost art amidst the constant barrage of messages that sell you on complicated ways to be fulfilled and attract love (buy this, do that, go there�). One of the most direct ways to contentment, is to practice feeling grateful� As often as possible. Merci Taking care of the everyday details of life is more than enough to keep you busy. But just staying busy isn�t the purpose of life. The real reason you want the job, money, relationships and family, adventure, excitement, new experiences or anything else, boils down to one thing: you want to be happy. Keep that in mind next time you�re going through extreme contortions to achieve an objective. Try being happy right now, just as you are� It�s the biggest short cut there is. Merci You are capable of far more than you realize. To experience the limitless person you are beneath your conditioning, try looking at everything without judgment. Stepping outside your subjective notion of right & wrong and good & bad opens up unforeseen creative possibilities. If you could expand beyond your limited belief system in order to broaden your experience and enhance your enjoyment of life more, would you do it? Crazy not to. When you feel bad because something has (or hasn�t) happened, try this little experiment: trust that it�s for the best. No matter what it is, have the humility to realize that you cant actually know what the alternatives are or if they�re better or worse. Once you let go of the notion that you know what�s best, it�s easier to see how the situation serves you. When you develop that habit, you establish a very different relationship with your life that can be summarized in one, delightful word: Flow. When you let the minutia of everyday life get to you, you�ve probably lost site of the big picture. Remember that every experience is transitory, no matter how uncomfortable. Viewing your difficulties from the context of your entire life immediately improves your state of mind. In stressful situations, try to keep your equilibrium by looking for the lessons and understanding how they expand you. Be a student of life and� Take difficulty in stride. The way you feel about yourself determines the kind of relationships you have with others. They are merely external reflections of what�s going on inside you. When you love and respect yourself, it�s mirrored in everyone you meet. Trying to change others can be exasperating and ineffective. However, when you evolve yourself, everything changes. All that�s not in alignment with a healthy and happy you, effortlessly falls away and leaves a welcoming space� For all that is. If you want to be fulfilled, find all that�s joyful about your life right now and focus your attention on that. Often. This elevates your mood and raises the frequency of your vibration. Not only do you feel better instantly, you attract what�s in alignment with that higher level. Fulfillment effortlessly draws more fulfillment. A simple axiom to live by� Like attracts like Don�t give up on your dreams no matter how improbable they seem. It�s impossible to know what will transpire between where you�re at now and where you want to be. Your current perspective is limited. As you travel along the path to fulfillment, you will continuously collect more information to give you direction. There�s one important thing to remember: However big you�re thinking� It�s not big enough. Sometimes the desire to achieve a future objective interferes with enjoying the process of getting there. You don�t need to give up your goals to get around that dilemma. You just need to learn the skill of finding something enjoyable in everything you do. When that happens� The labor is the fruit. When you desire something, formulate a clear mental image of it, so life knows what to deliver. Clarity about what you want is the key to making it happen. Think big, don�t hold back and keep your mind focused on the feeling it will bring. Then, open to receiving it� However it shows up. Not acknowledging your own mortality can give you an unrealistic sense of limitless time. That could be a good thing unless it makes you put off indefinitely the important business of being happy. To avoid that, figure out what you want in your life, give it your best effort and don�t concern yourself with what others think. Make the most out of this amazing gift. Don�t wait, Do it now! Authenticity Is Freedom Suppressing your authentic desires in order to maintain a particular self-image is not a recipe for happiness. Spending the maximum amount of time doing what you love is. When you feel good, you treat others well, you perceive opportunities that might not otherwise be apparent and you�re a joy to be around. It may be hard to believe that you get so much benefit from doing what you like, but it�s true. Doing what makes you happy� Creates a better world. Most of your judgments about others represent aspects of yourself that you don�t accept. Rather than owning these characteristics, you project them onto others and dislike them out there. Next time you notice a judgment come up about someone, don�t miss the opportunity for greater self-awareness. See if you can find the same quality in yourself� Then heal it there. The single most consistent and profound transformation shared by those who�ve returned from the edge of death is a renewed intention to live life to the fullest and value every moment. Learn from the experience of others. Life is precious� Cherish it. Have you ever walked by a complete stranger whose spontaneous smile instantly made your day? Have you ever noticed how it lightens your mood when someone lets you go first? It�s amazing how a bit of kindness can create such good will. Considering the impact these little gestures have, it�s no exaggeration to say that you have the power to change the world� One generous act at a time Your perspective is not objective. It�s the result of your (mostly unconscious) interpretation of your experience. While there�s a multitude of other ways to view the very same set of circumstances, most people assume their version is the truth. If you love your life, groove on. If there are parts you feel chronically dissatisfied with, keep in mind that it�s your version of what you see that makes you feel the way you do. If you want to feel different about life, consider other ways of� Interpreting what you see. Scientists on the cutting edge of their respective fields are constantly revising their understanding of reality as new information becomes available. If what they believe is, in truth, tentative, then perhaps what you think you know is more debatable too. The best attitude to have regarding �facts� may be to keep an open mind, not let apparent crises depress you and, above all� Maintain humility. Becoming stronger, smarter, richer, cooler or more powerful, won�t make you feel differently than you do now. Nothing anyone can give you or do for you will do the trick either. That�s good news because those all take a lot of effort or depend on others. There is something that will do the trick and requires only you. It�s free, simple, effortless and fun�It�s called love� Self-love. When you truly love yourself, you give from the overflow and you dont feel drained. You never look for others to take care of your needs so you�re rarely disappointed. You understand that everyone is here to enjoy life in their own way. The more you love yourself, the more Above quotations are from Gratitude Twenty Four Seven dot com. I love the Universe and the Universe loves me. Devout Pagan, Eternal Optimist, Activist, Educator, Grandmother. Crone, Artistic by nature, Mystic, Living constantly in respect for Mother Earth in all Her beautiful complexity and infinite mystery, Vigilant about my family's carbon foot print! Sun in Pisces, Moon in Aquarius, Scorpio Rising. Mercury in Aquarius, Venus in Aries, Mars in Aquarius, etc, etc. Moon Conjunction Mars,0 degrees of Arc, Neptune in the 12th house, born at the Dark of the Moon like only .00003 of the population.
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Pets	Traveling light right now
Activist Aspirations	Rabid
Political Leaning	Very Liberal
Religions	Ancient Esoteric, Mysticism/Earth Religions
Eating Habits	Abundant water, Raw as much as possible, Working on vegetarian
Wild Fact About Me	I used to be a Catholic nun, I used to be in the SDS during the Viet Nam War. I used to drive a Mustang Mach 1 with a 351 Cleveland Engine
My Philosophy	I value myself by living with integrity. I live in fervent love for Our Mother Earth.
What Gives Me Hope	People with commitment who are willing to work to achieve change, Every Moon Rise, The Circle of Life, The Wheel of the Seasons, Communications Technology which will eventually lead to a true direct democracy.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	I have no interest in being a politician but I would be a devoted assistant to Senator Bernie Sanders if I were asked.
What/who changed my life and why	My maternal grandmother because she was generous, loving, and an authentic leader. The book, "When God Was a Woman" because it brought me to Paganism, Dedicated people I have met on Care 2.
What Bugs Me	Rudeness in all its forms, LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Complainers and whiners, Forwarded emails, Chain E-Mails
Passions	Green living, Intentional living, gratitude, Spiritual growth and Spiritual guidance, making a difference, Saving honey bees, I was a beekeeper, environment, Sacred Wells, MY GRANDCHILDREN!!!!, KNOWLEDGE/WISDOM, Diversity- differences their beauties
Inspirations	a gentle breeze, The United States Founding Fathers, the beauty of nature, Kindness in the face of hate, thunderstorms, forgiveness
What Scares Me	Everything. and nothing, mostly notihing
Favorites
Role Models	Edward Abbey, Bobby Sands, James Connelly, Grace O'Malley, Evangeline Adams, Joan of Arc, John Muir, Grant Lewi
Quotation	�People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. Mother Teresa
Interests	Ecology and Sustainability, Astronomy, Astrology, Moon Rise, Sun Rise, Mind/Body/Spirit, haunted places/houses, museums, Spirituality/Philosophy, Mythology / Folklore
Books	When God Was A Woman, The Golden Bough (Frazer), Virgil's Bucolic on Bees, Art history books, Grimm's Fairy Tales, Aesop, The Elder Edda Viking Saga, Current events: historical fact based, ancient cultures
Music	Southern rock...you can't get any better, Celtic folk, War Protest Songs, The Moody Blues, Charlie Daniels Band, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Blue Oyster Cult, Phip Ochs, The Doors, Jethro Tull, wiccan/pagan, bagpipes
Movies	documentaries, Dr. Strangelove..., Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, AVATAR !!!!!!!!!!, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, The Crucible, Braveheart, The Bear, Thelma and Louise, The Crow, The Birds, Dead Man Walking, The Green Mile
TV Shows	Democracy Now!, "Too Cute" on Animal Planet, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, Nova(PBS), history channel
Favorite Foods	New weekly vegetarian recipe, Chocolate!!!!!, Korean foods, Punjabi Cuisine, American "Southern" cuisine
Favorite Places	On a train, The Outer Planets, my bed, In front of my computer, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Swimming pools (not public ones), Near my children
Can't Live Without	friends and family, all pollinators, kindred spirits, spiritual growth, Quiet time to reflect and think, freedom, Constitutional rights, water, shelter
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