2009

brings me so much gratitude!

I was hoping to post this blog on the 31st but because 2009 was such a significant year for me I found it difficult to articulate.

But here it is...

While I have learned to live in the present and try to practise it, I do enjoy the end of the year to reflect on what I've learned and where I have moved forward.

2009 had many lessons. Many large and some small, but all significant...

Being grateful is a big one... learning about the mind-body connection is huge, living in the present is a wonderful one,

realizing the insignificance of physical things and zero attachment to outcome is incredible, and choosing to live a more inspired life has changed my life! Learning to forgive... other people and myself has released a lot crap from my life,

learning that my past does not define me and that my thoughts and beliefs create my present and my future has been monumental...

Learning more about my capacity for love and creating my reality have brought on many wonderful experiences!

The journey in 2009 has brought some peace to my life... peace that I had been searching for, for many years,

and that journey is mine to choose...

2009 was absolutely divine!

Thank you!

Our Early Morning Walks

bring me gratitude.

We are blessed to live near Toronto's harbourfront.  We take walks down whenever we can.  As you know my husband is now an early riser, as I have become as well.  

This wasn't always the case... working in restaurants your whole schedule shifts, with late wake ups and very late nights.  

Thank goodness we no longer work late nights.  Waking up early affords us more time.  More time to do whatever needs to be done and more time to spend together. 

Nick and I spend as much time together as we can... not because we are needy or clingy or "I can't spend another minute without you!"... We genuinely enjoy each other's company.

He is such a good person with a huge heart... and he is soooo funny!  We crack up all the time!  He thinks I'm funny!...  But I digress.

Our morning walks brings us back to the simplicity and perfection of life.  The ducks, swans, fish jumping out of the water to catch flies (VERY exciting for us), seagulls, blackbirds, the calm lake, the big sky... 

It's all so... perfect!

Throw some lovin' in there and there you have the perfect way to start the day.

Try to have a bad day after a morning like this... it's just not possible!

Enjoy your day!

Clouds in the Sky

bring me gratitude.

I read recently that during meditation

the mind is like the sky.

Cloud covered and confused one moment,

clear and crisp at the next.

It was a great analogy that helped me move forward with the challenge of thoughts occuring during meditation. 

While thoughts during meditation can be at times frustrating, the clouds in the sky are simply beautiful! Thank you!