Spring renewal

As we move into April, moving out of the depths of winter I am enjoying the west coast sunshine (read rain) and I am looking forward with joy to Spring with its stunning colors, wildly serrated edges, oceans of emotion, mountains of possibilities, worlds of talent, and complex energies.


Spring is renewal and hopefully brings us joy and happiness as we look toward the future. What brings joy into your life? Are you aware of what makes you happy? 'To help you become aware of what makes you happy and to bring you into balance, try the following: 
How?

• Take 90 seconds to think about all the things that bring you happiness. Think of all the people, situations, circumstances, and everything else that you feel grateful for in this moment.
• Let that feeling go from your head into your heart so that you are really feeling it inside your body.
• Define the feeling? Is it freedom, success, love?
• In your minds eye, expand this feeling. Imagine a small wave moving toward you and as sthe wave moves toward you see it increasing in size, imagine the wave is the energy in your body and as  the wave flows over you, engulfs you, enjoy the increasing the amount of energy in your body.
• Spend a time in this space everyday.

Stop and smell the roses

I try to walk every day, some days  I don't. Today I did and as I was walking along the Fraser River, just below my house, I came to a little park Every day on my walk I pass this park and I notice the beach, the benches, and the log booms, but today I noticed a wonderful fragrance as I walked up to the park. I noticed two wild rose bushes one red, one white with early roses blooming. The breeze was blowing off the river from the Northwest and so as I approached from the Southwest, the smell captured my attention. The smell of the roses were mixed with the scent of the cedar and the smell was quite intoxicating. I sat down on the bench and allowed my imagination to roll along and I thought of a couple of songs the first was the Log Drivers Waltz by Kate and Anna Mcgarrigle and the second was stop and smell the roses by Mac Davis.

I was able to sit and enjoy the west coast sun, the breeze and the roses and think how lucky I am to be alive and healthy. What have you said thanks for today?

I said thanks for the unique opportunity that I had to be reminded to stop and smell the roses. I also said thanks for my health, my friends and the people in my life who are special to me, and who may be going through numbing times, and  am thankful that I can be there when needed to be as supportive as I can.