Being happy is….

In my succulent patch again

                               From My Garden

                           I find that

          Being happy is not owning things.

                    It is having inner peace,

                           a spiritual glow,

                    a reaching out to others,

                            love of self,

          appreciation of the good things in life,

                         having dreams.

Make a positive choice

Another view of the newly mulched mulberry tree garden.

   From My Garden

I get a choice in life.

I can look on the bright side or the dark side of

my experiences. I choose to to look at the light.

“Let there be light”. 

“Look on the bright side”.

A beautiful sunny day

A stunning dawning of a new

and beautiful day taken from

our verandah.

 Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

 I have 100% of the rest of my life to live. What an exciting thought that is. I still have time to fullfil lots more of my dreams and aspirations.

 I have decided to release “old ” out of my vocabulary and turn “ageing” into living longer. Positive move!

 I think the key to creativity is knowing that my own thinking creates my experiences and the even the smallest experience can be an absolute “delight” if  I allow my attitude to be  positive.

 Today began as a stunning and beautiful day.  A miracle occurred… I was up very early, for me, to greet this inspiring scene. Yesterday we had a pea soup fog which didn’t allow us to see even the house across the way. The fog stayed with us till 9.30am…. and the sun came out to greet the day at 10.25am. How exhilerating it was to see the sun arrive at such an early time today. My body was rearing to be on the move.

This morning I have been  for my weekly  visit  to the gym. I seem to be improving. This is the best day I have had. I had a couple of puffs of my ventolin puffer and it seemed to improve my breathing. So that was a great thing to know. I work out everyday at home but it is great to spend time with others who are all aspiring to do the same thing…. get fit and lose weight. I am getting there. This week I have seesawed up and down in the 87kg zone. My aspiration is to get below that by this time next week. Considering I started off at 97.9kg it is a big improvement. Thank you to all the people who have encouraged me. I couldn’t have done without you. 

 Last night we watched ” Miss Fiisher’s Murder Mysteries.”  It was the last of the series. I am going to miss Phrynny. At least it was a bit different from other series.  I loved her eccentricity and her gorgeous clothes and the era the series is set in. Hope it comes back again.

 Yesterday, for me, was such a good day. I am progressing well with my scrapbooking project . It is just about finished. My knitting project is not progressing quite so well. I’m up to my fifth pull out and  begin again. Never mind, it’s a test of patience. I’ve never had a lot of that. I’m still praying for improvement in that area.

What  I was grateful for today  The sun came out and lifted spirits. My scrapbooking progressed well. I was healthy and alive to greet another day. That’s a lot to be grateful for.

 God in my life. Being loved and cared about, prosperity of spirit, feeling happy, having positive thoughts. Continuing to read my little white book which will finish at Pentecost. I will miss that too. And of course my daily prayers.

Find happiness within yourself and let it grow. And as it grows and increases……… pass it on. And may you find yourself wrapped in God’s unconditional love on this sunny and inspiring day. C.

Inner Creativity

Ivy growing on the fence

             From My Garden

I have  creative power within and use my

  creative talents to express myself often.

 

 

 

Enjoying days

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

I am neither too little nor am I too much

I do not have to prove myself to anyone.

I am perfect in the eyes of God!

It has been quite a few days since I have blogged. I have spent a few days completing a couple of projects that I have been working on for a while or intended to complete for a long time.

 Now the first one began in September 2010 when we spent a week in Mackay with our son and his wife. We travelled there by train.  Whilst we were there we went op- shopping and second- hand shopping and we found the most beautiful standard lamp base. We couldn’t bring it home on the train so our family very kindly babysat it till we could get it home.

Well…. it came home at Easter 2011 when our family came to visit. I went and bought a white lampshade for it. That’s the way it stayed until last week when I worked diligently for 2 whole days and got it FINISHED! Hooray! It only took 19 months to get it to completion- and it looks great.

 

 

 

 

The finished project

My other project was a scarf, but an unusual one. It consisted of 35 knitted chains and joined together to form a double circle to wear round my neck.

 

It looks like this- only it’s purple and bone

I didn’t spend much time in my garden except to pick some basil for a salad, and roses and chrysanthemums to put in vases in the house.

Yesterday was a work day, and apart from going to work and doing a bit of housework, I did nothing too exciting. But it was still a great day. The sun was shining and the weather was frosty. We have our fire going to keep us toasty warm at night.

Today I made a chocolate caramel slice to take for our Coffee shoppe at the Art and Craft Exhibition that  begins tomorrow night with an opening night of wine and celebration at the local Cultural Centre. Then the Coffee Shoppe and Art Shoppe will be part of the next 2 days of the exhibition. I have volunteered to prepare and serve the food.for opening night.It’s pretty easy stuff. We only have wine and cheese, dips and crackers and finger food.

So, there you have the story of how my last 4 days were spent. I guess one needs to spend time expressing creativity and have some relaxation.

Having a positive attitude helps me to leave the burden of difficulties behind and enlarges prosperity of spirit.

 

Let joy be in your heart  and go with you as you go, and let it grow within. And…. pass it on. C 

Back to Being Positive Again

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

I now accept, and very much appreciate,

the abundant life I have been given.

Another day of feeling positive. I think it must be the good nights sleep I had last night. I think that is the answer, for me, anyway.

The storm on its way

We have just experienced a really lovely storm. It didn’t last for long, but while it rained it was giving my garden a replenishing drink. Digger wasn’t very happy. He just doesn’t like those storms. There’s lots of noises he doesn’t like- the weedeater, the lawn mower, the blower, the vaccum cleaner. He will attack the motors and bark at them, but he hides away from the storm.

This morning we went off to the dump the offload a trailer load of grass clippings and prunings, and we came back with a trailer load of mulch. The mulch is free if we load it ourselves. We came home and offloaded that into the back garden. Wow! It really looks nice. This is probably the sixth load we have brought back. Still have loads of garden areas to go. It is so satifying to have a job well done.

The finished mulching job

Last night I watched “Celebrity Apprentice” Never watched that before. It just happened to be on while I was knitting. I actually enjoyed it.

The good things from today:

Getting the mulch and spreading it; weighing myself- I now weigh 88kg; the great lunch I made –pasta, pesto,ham and tomato salad. So Yum!  That’s part of my diet I follow to lose weight. The food is so beautiful, and I am never hungry. I am now more enthusiastic and motivated.

What I am grateful for today:

The rain, feeling positive, cool weather, being energetic.

God in my life:

The storm, lovely food, a nice garden, my liile white book and praying.

Today I wish you peace, happiness, a positive attitude, lots of happiness and an abundance of love in your life. All these things are a sign of prosperity of spirit. C