Daily Reminder # 673

Brewers Blackbird

After two long, yucky August in May days, today was utterly perfect. Blue skies, a soft breeze, mild temperatures. And some birds even came to the back porch. Could I ask for more? Probably, but this was pretty good.  My niece's dog made it through his surgery and is doing very well.  The Counsel of Demonalians have quieted down to a large extent on the subject of Dr. Jim's kindness and my unworthiness. They have tried one or two subversive approaches, but I caught them so I have hope that I am going to weather the inner storm and learn a deeper, fuller level of receiving. 

There's a wee (well not so wee - but smaller than the others) young
woodchuck hanging out in the yard now. You can still kind of see the
baby-ness can't you? I wish he had come closer to the house.

I really WOULD like to win enough money to pay him, though, and to pay my debts and help my friends out. But in the meantime, while the Creative Forces of the Universe are working on that, I will try to accept, that whether I think I deserve it or not, Dr. Jim - who I admire more than almost anyone in the world - thinks I am worthy of his generosity. It's called a double bind or something like that. If I question my worthiness, I'm questioning his judgment and rejecting his gift and that's worse (close call) than being unworthy, though The Demonalian crowd would have it that thinking I'm worthy is further proof that I'm not. They are real stinkers, the Demonalians and they don't give up easily. 

Vanessa the Chased .
She is probably not chaste, but Scarface the Greedy
makes certain that she gets plenty of running time in.

This is a good life lesson for me.  It is perhaps no coincidence that a friend of mine - whose inner Demons may just be a match for my own - is in such stress that she has reached out for a shoulder to cry on, something very difficult for her to do. Her crisis is something I have been through to a lesser degree. Our accepting help and self-worth issues are very much the same, though, and I don't think it is a accident that we are talking a lot at this moment in time. There really IS something to trusting the rightness of even all the wrong things that happen in life. It's not always easy and I don't think accepting the rightness means you don't feel the grief and fear and anger and panic and whatever else. But it is a life preserver to cling to. The most grievous, painful times in my life, the most frightening situations, have always ultimately born rich fruit. The bush with the thorns also carries the rose. And so on. Anyway, That's my thoughts for the day. 

Female Brewers Blackbird

For the rest - more pictures and my gratitude list.

From the front window. Neighbors must have red berries.

Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an effort to develop my manifesting muscles, to embrace abundance and worthiness and to make friends with the Creative Forces of the Universe so that they will wish to inspire and assist in the manifestation of my needs and dreams.)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• Coffee and Int'l Delight
• lemon poppy muffins (yum)
• butter
• water
• Margaret
• the garbage man
• an exquisitely beautiful day
• angels
• miracles
• the telephone
• my computer
• the internet
• email
• indoor plumbing
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• Schwans
• fans
• my TV (getting used to almost life-sized people)
• the remote control
• the mute button
• batteries
• rechargeable batteries
• my camera
• my back yard
• the view from my front window
• visitors to my back porch who sit still long enough to be photographed
• Netflix
• the US mail
• music
• Pandora radio
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• the boom box by my bed
• my alarm clock
• that Emmet (Diana's dog) made it through surgery and is doing well
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• Dennis Puffett
• my friends
• that I can be of help sometimes
• my nieces, my nephew and their families
• that they are happy, healthy and successful  (and each awesomely talented)
• that they love me and that I love them
• Dr. Jim's generosity
• Sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• an inexpensive, safe way to hook in the dryer my friends gave me
• new curtains
• blinds for the front window
• a ceiling fan in the bedroom
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• a bed for the guest bedroom
• a new (Dutch) front door
• $5,000/week for life from PCH - or a million a year for life. Either is good
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• winning lottery numbers
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
• having the people I love celebrate my 65th birthday with me in July
• company/companionship
• one or more whistling vessel gathering
• Nintendo
• more paying reiki clients
• a paid off mortgage
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• a sun room on the back of the house
• more flowers/landscaping for the back yard
• seeing the red list turn to black
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• my chair/walker
• my cane
• that my legs still wobble me around with help
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D-3
• Coconut Oil
• my grabber
• paper towels
• my mattress
• cooler evening air
• my electric toothbrush
• my teeth
• Listerine
• breath
• a heart beat
• a reasonably functional brain
• beauty
• the colors of the rainbow
• my rock collection
• Words
• ideas
• poetry
• literature
• Jon Stewart
• Stephen Colbert
• Comedy Central
• PBS
• the Sci-Fi Channel
• CNN (sort of. probably more of a curse but...)
• resilience
• determination
• computer games
• food in my refrigerator/freezer
• SSD
• my neighbors
• Google
• YouTube
• chipmunks
• birds
• flowers (the wild roses are in bloom)
• all the things I'm forgetting
• hope
• possibilities
• kindness
• love
• laughter
• life

WISHING YOU KINDNESSES 

RECEIVED AND EMBRACED

Daily Reminder # 672

Spent some time at the back door this afternoon and don't have much to say. There's a really lovely Neale Donald Walsch "Message from God," that I kind of needed to hear so I hope it will speak to everyone else too. I'm still absorbing Dr. Jim's generosity to me. Hope you enjoy the chipmunks and the birds.  I'd appreciate it if you could send out some prayers for my friend Rosalie and for my niece's dog Emmet who is having surgery... and for my friend E and her cat Red.... and Dr. Jim's wife. 

Scarface the Greedy

One of the Vanessas... not sure which one

On this day of your life, dear friend, 

I believe God wants you to know...

...that your inner goodness is going to carry the day.

I know that you know what a good person you are.

Yes, we all make mistakes, but when everything is said

and done, you are a genuinely good person...and you

know it.

So here's what you should be told: God knows it, too.

Trust that your inner goodness will rule this moment... 

Love, Your Friend....

Vanessa 1 or 2

Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an embrace of the possible and an effort to endear myself to the Creative Forces of the Universe so that they will bestow upon me my fondest wishes... they have not totally ignored me, so I'm hoping that they are working their way up to the truckloads of money. Really want a pile of cash. Really, really do.)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• my little house
• coffee and Int'l Delight
• ceiling fans
• open windows
• granola bars
• water
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• my rock collection
• my computer
• the internet
• email
• the view from my front window
• my back yard
• birdseed
• chipmunks and birds
• plants and flowers
• rain
• my camera
• my newer TV from Nate and Dan
• the remote control
• the mute button
• an excellent clothes dryer 
• computer games
• my chair/walker
• my cane
• that my legs still wobble me around with help
• my grabber
• my microwave
• my kitchen
• Delaware Opportunities
• my bathroom
• indoor plumbing
• my electric toothbrush
• toothpaste
• Listerine
• my body
• breath
• my heart
• my brain
• sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• music
• Pandora Radio
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• YouTube
• Google (how did I function before Google?
• cheese
• watermelon
• peanut butter
• my friends
• my nieces, my nephew and their families
• that they are happy, healthy and successful
• a chat at the window with Shannon... She got a hair cut and purple tips on the ends of her hair. Looked surprisingly good (the purple tips)
• flowers
• chipmunks
• the smell of white sage
• lavender
• allspice
• Netflix
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• $5,000/week for life from PCH or a million a year or...
• winning lottery numbers
• a paid off mortgage
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• more flowers/landscaping in the back yard
• a party with those I love on my 65th birthday in July
• company/companionship
• more paying reiki clients
• a whistling vessel gathering or two or three
• a sun room on the back of the house
• a new (Dutch) front door
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• new curtains
• ceiling fan in the bedroom
• Nintendo
• an affordable way to hook the dryer up so I can USE it (Note to Creative Forces of the Universe.... it would be helpful if you could supply hook-up service too. Thank you.)
• blinds for the front window
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
• seeing the red list turn to black
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• Dennis Puffett
• Healing with the Masters
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• clean litter box and garbage out
• the garbage man
• mail
• Netflix
• my mattress
• sleep
• cooler air tonight
• the colors of the rainbow
• beauty
• poetry
• words
• inspiration
• ideas
• my reiki bears
• the Tapping for $50,0000 video
• resilience
• determination
• possibilities
• hope
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D-3
• coconut oil
• things I'm grateful for that are slipping my mind at the moment
• love
• laughter
• life

May You Truly Own Your Inner Goodness

and Not Let Other Voices Drown Out Your Song

Daily Reminder # 671

IT'S TOO HOT!

It's insufferably warm here, especially for MAY and it has been a rough day all around. Good rough, but rough.  I found out that my good, kind, wise therapist has been treating me for free since it turns out that Medicare doesn't cover therapy done by phone. I am awed by his generosity. Of coruse the voices in my head are all having a lot of opinions and most of them are highly critical of me.  It's odd that I was talking with a friend of mine just a couple of days ago about how receiving is a form of giving... it completes the circle and that is a gift to the giver.  Now here I am tested to live up to my own words of wisdom. Hate it when that happens.   Anyway.... beyond my profound gratitude to Dr. Jim, I'm not sure I have it in me this evening to make a long list. Was too hot to sit at the back door too, so I don't have photos.  Well, I do have some photos I was going to share but I want to do that when I'm in a better frame of mind, so I think I will find us a short video and just say that I am SO grateful for  Dr. Jim and my sister's children and their families and my friends and my home and today especially for ceiling fans and electricity and water and so many extraordinary blessing that the Universe bestows on me. Not that I don't want more. I'd really love that truck load of money so I could help my friends and give a back payment to Dr. Jim (so much for receiving).  But for the moment, I'm grateful too for YouTube and it's capacity to fill in for me when I am running on empty.

I Wish You Peace

and at Least as Much Kindness

as My Live Has Been Blessed By

Daily Reminder # 670

I'm going to just post one long video today.  The President's speech at the Vietnam War Memorial. I was in college during the Vietnam years. I had friends who served and were never the same. I'm not a warrior type patriot. I think wars are a stupid waste of life. Once in a while they are unavoidable, but not very often. I was moved by this speech and the ceremony that went with it.  I don't like the military, but I am awed by people brave enough to risk their lives - even if I don't completely agree with their choices.  I am awed by the courage of so many who go on without legs or arms, burdened with guilt and profound trauma.  Not my road, maybe, and a life I can't imagine. I think wars are ignoble, but I think people can behave in profoundly noble ways in even the most vile situations. 

Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an embrace of the possible and an effort to endear myself to the Creative Forces of the Universe so that they will bestow upon me my fondest wishes.)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• my little house
• coffee and Int'l Delight
• open windows
• granola bars
• water
• my computer
• the internet
• email
• the view from my front window
• my back yard
• my camera
• my generous friends Nate and Dan
• a clothes dryer
• a newer TV
• the remote control
• the mute button
• computer games
• my chair/walker
• my cane
• that my legs still wobble me around with help
• my grabber
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• my rock collection
• the telephone
• fans and ceiling fans
• a wet rag on the back of my neck
• my microwave
• my kitchen
• my bathroom
• indoor plumbing
• my electric toothbrush
• toothpaste
• Listerine
• breath
• my heart
• my brain
• my body
• sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• music
• Pandora Radio
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• YouTube
• Google 
• strawberry/mango smoothies
• peanut butter
• melba toast
• my friends
• my nieces, my nephew and their families
• that they are happy, healthy and successful
• the smell of white sage
• lavender
• allspice
• Netflix
• my mattress
• the boom box by my bed
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• $5,000/week for life from PCH or a million a year or...
• winning lottery numbers
• a paid off mortgage
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• more flowers/landscaping in the back yard
• a party with those I love on my 65th birthday in July
• company/companionship
• more paying reiki clients
• a whistling vessel gathering or two or three
• a sun room on the back of the house
• a new (Dutch) front door
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• new curtains
• finding a safe, affordable way to hook the dryer up
• Nintendo
• blinds for the front window
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
• seeing the red list turn to black
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• Dennis Puffett
• Healing with the Masters
• President Obama
• coconut oil
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D-3
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• the colors of the rainbow
• beauty
• poetry
• words
• inspiration
• ideas
• my reiki bears
• the Tapping for $50,0000 video
• resilience
• determination
• possibilities
• hope
• love
• laughter
• life

May the Day Come 

When There Are No Dead Soldiers for Us to Mourn

Daily Reminder # 669

Just gratitude and Angel Joy this evening, I think.  Too lazy to do anything else. 

Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an embrace of the possible and an effort to endear myself to the Creative Forces of the Universe so that they will bestow upon me my fondest wishes.)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• my little house
• coffee and Int'l Delight
• open windows
• granola bars
• water
• my computer
• the internet
• email
• the view from my front window
• my back yard
• my camera
• my generous friends Nate and Dan
• a clothes dryer
• a newer TV
• the remote control
• the mute button
• computer games
• my chair/walker
• my cane
• that my legs still wobble me around with help
• my grabber
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• my rock collection
• the telephone
• fans and ceiling fans
• a wet rag on the back of my neck
• my microwave
• my kitchen
• my bathroom
• indoor plumbing
• my electric toothbrush
• toothpaste
• Listerine
• breath
• my heart
• my brain
• my body
• sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• music
• Pandora Radio
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• YouTube
• Google 
• macaroni and cheese
• peanut butter
• my friends
• my nieces, my nephew and their families
• that they are happy, healthy and successful
• the smell of white sage
• lavender
• allspice
• Netflix
• my mattress
• the boom box by my bed
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• $5,000/week for life from PCH or a million a year or...
• winning lottery numbers
• a paid off mortgage
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• more flowers/landscaping in the back yard
• a party with those I love on my 65th birthday in July
• company/companionship
• more paying reiki clients
• a whistling vessel gathering or two or three
• a sun room on the back of the house
• a new (Dutch) front door
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• new curtains
• finding a safe, affordable way to hook the dryer up
• Nintendo
• blinds for the front window
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
• seeing the red list turn to black
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• Dennis Puffett
• Healing with the Masters
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• the colors of the rainbow
• beauty
• poetry
• words
• inspiration
• ideas
• my reiki bears
• things I'm forgetting (out of practice)
• the Tapping for $50,0000 video
• resilience
• determination
• possibilities
• hope
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D-3
• coconut oil
• love
• laughter
• life

WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL DAY!

Daily Reminder # 668

Well, I don't know if it's right to continue the numbers after a week-long daily reminder break, but I'm going to do it that way anyway because I don't feel like starting over and it will be the 668th daily reminder, so.... anyway.  Today's Neale Donald Walsh was especially inspiring, I thought.

Vanessa, the demure and genteel

On this day of your life, dear friend, 

I believe God wants you to know...

...that your thoughts create your reality. 

Your mind is more powerful than you know.

Are you worried about something right now? Are you

feeling unsure about something these days? God invites

you to change your thinking. Miracles seldom occur in

the lives of those who do not consider them possible. 

There could be a miracle waiting for you this minute.

Please make room for it in your thinking. Thanks.

Love, Your Friend....

Scarface, the greedy seed vacuum. His scar is healing
though. It has turned into a little heart. Alas, he's still
greedy and chases Vanessa away at every chance.

Some things I'm grateful for today: (Items in red are pre-gratitude, an embrace of the possible and an effort to endear myself to the Creative Forces of the Universe so that they will bestow upon me my fondest wishes.  They have recently provided me with my long wished-for clothes dryer. They forgot to work out the installation part, but still the dryer is a major step in the right direction. It came with a 42" projection TV. Can my truckload of money be far behind?)

• Angel and Tara Grace
• my little house
• coffee and Int'l Delight
• ceiling fans
• open windows
• granola bars
• water
• electricity
• my Tibetan salt lamps
• my rock collection
• my computer
• the internet
• email
• the view from my front window
• my back yard
• my camera
• my generous friends Nate and Dan
• a newer TV
• the remote control
• the mute button
• an excellent clothes dryer 
• computer games
• my chair/walker
• my cane
• that my legs still wobble me around with help
• my grabber
• my microwave
• my kitchen
• Delaware Opportunities
• my bathroom
• indoor plumbing
• my electric toothbrush
• toothpaste
• Listerine
• my body
• breath
• my heart
• my brain
• sight
• taste
• touch
• smell
• hearing
• music
• Pandora Radio
• my awesome Bose speakers
• the joy of listening
• the joy of singing
• YouTube
• Google (how did I function before Google?
• cheese
• watermelon
• peanut butter
• my friends
• my nieces, my nephew and their families
• that they are happy, healthy and successful
• flowers
• chipmunks
• the smell of white sage
• lavender
• allspice
• Netflix
• a truckload of money (big bills)
• $5,000/week for life from PCH or a million a year or...
• winning lottery numbers
• a paid off mortgage
• zero balance on my credit cards
• lower interest rates
• more flowers/landscaping in the back yard
• a party with those I love on my 65th birthday in July
• company/companionship
• more paying reiki clients
• a whistling vessel gathering or two or three
• a sun room on the back of the house
• a new (Dutch) front door
• freshly painted living and bedroom walls
• new curtains
• Nintendo
• blinds for the front window
• a reading and healing with Nancy DuTertre
• seeing the red list turn to black
• reiki
• angels
• miracles
• Dennis Puffett
• Healing with the Masters
• the ability to read and write
• the ability to type
• my mattress
• sleep
• the colors of the rainbow
• beauty
• poetry
• words
• inspiration
• ideas
• Wordzzles (especially completed wordzzles)
• my reiki bears
• things I'm forgetting (out of practice)
• the Tapping for $50,0000 video
• resilience
• determination
• possibilities
• hope
• Sam-e
• Omega-3
• IP-6
• Vitamin D-3
• coconut oil
• love
• laughter
• life

WISHING YOU A MAGNIFICENT DAY!