Journal December 20 2009

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- [notes from my LIFE ORGANIZER]
Intention: to practice
Joyous Delight
2- Let go of: the idea
that my old teacher stuff
has to be cleared out
by the coming new year
3- Have to: walk my talk
live in joyous delight
4- Could do: something frivilous
and spontaneously giving
5- What gift do I give to the world
each day, whether I want to or not?
being joyful
having faith in the powers that be
being positive Pollyanna
6- what could I do to acknowledge
my gift?
what if I were the good fairy
or one of God's/good's angels
or a divine Source
of the Powers That Be
and all I ever did was serve by doing good
whenever, wherever and however I can
and I could go to sleep each nite
knowing i was "good enough"
7- What is my story about the value
of this gift?
Does this story make it easier
or harder for me to offer my gift?
i am willing open and able
to do the tasks @ hand
(for the most part with joyous delight)
and if i feel i can't
i can usually get into a space
with Source
and feel grace and gratitude
uplift me to Higher Ground
8- What do I wish to remember
about this gift as I go forward?
we only grow as fast as
we can grow
surely everything is unfolding
the way it's spozed to be
(messages from Stephen Gaskin
of THE FARM in Tennessee)
9- How do I wish to share this gift
in the near future?
practicing joyous delight
with steve's mother
when we go to Victoria, TX
for Christmas
10- I wholeheartedly praise myself for:
being me
a gypsy who follows her path with heart
dressing up in bright splashes
of color to brighten others' lives
and uplift their spirits
traipsing around empowering others
(/helping others to find their empowerment)
to live in hope
with passion
connected spiritually with the Divine
i am someone who continues to live
in awe and wonder
@ the natural beauty of the world
11- okay so it's near the year's end
and i'm gathering up a bucket
/basket of new and old things
to do in my morning meditation
during the new year 2010
so far i've collected
12- Danaan Parry's
THE ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS
13- Jennifer Louden's
THE LIFE ORGANIZER
A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO A MINDFUL YEAR
Tips, Stories & Prompts to Focus
Your Needs & Navigate Your Dreams
14- Cheryl Thiele's
THE SACRED JOURNEY
DAILY JOURNAL FOR YOUR SOUL 2010
15- oops! i just realized
i don't have the cards
that go with the book
and i may have some difficulty
obtaining them
(not to worry- i counted up
pennies, nickels and dimes
from our loose change savings
and came up with the needed $25.49)
16- Judy Reeves'
A WRITER'S BOOK OF DAYS
A SPIRITUAL COMPANION & LIVELY MUSE
FOR THE WRITING LIFE
17- Barbara R. Call's
THE CRAFTER'S DEVOTIONAL
365 DAYS OF TIPS, TRICKS
AND TECHNIQUES
FOR UNLOCKING YOUR
CREATIVE SPIRIT
18- d. price's
HOW TO MAKE A JOURNAL
OF YOUR LIFE
19- Tristine Rainer's
THE NEW DIARY
HOW TO USE A JOURNAL
FOR SELF-GUIDANCE
AND EXPANDED CREATIVITY
(an update of one of my oldtime faves)
20- Deena Metzger's
WRITING FOR YOUR LIFE
A GUIDE AND COMPANION
TO THE INNER WORLDS
21- Joyce Chapman's
JOURNALING FOR JOY
WRITING YOUR WAY TO
PERSONAL GROWTH AND FREEDOM
22- Patti Digh's
life is a verb
37 DAYS TO WAKE UP,
BE MINDFUL, AND
LIVE INTENTIONALLY
23- Seena B. Frost's
SOUL COLLAGE
AN INTUITIVE COLLAGE PROCESS
FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
24- Kelly Rae Roberts'
TAKING FLIGHT
INSPIRATION & TECHNIQUES
TO GIVE YOUR CREATIVE SPIRIT
WINGS
25- Linda Woods & Karen Dinino's
VISUAL CHRONICLES
THE NO-FEAR GUIDE TO CREATING
ART JOURNALS, CREATIVE MANIFESTOS
AND ALTERED BOOKS
26- Barbara Ganim and Susan Fox's
VISUAL JOURNALING
GOING DEEPER THAN WORDS
27- Can you see how
I've set my intention
to free and feed my creative spirit
in 2010?
28- You know how every year
I choose to add a spiritual focus
for the new year
(instead of vowing to take away
a bad habit)?
well this coming year 2010
I'm being led by spirit
to focus on:
*****************************
*I am using
my creative spirit
to celebrate
my indwelling living light
and
*I am radiant
with all of the good ju-ju
stuff I believe
*****************************
29- [from ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
I drew the Ace of Koshes (Staves)
from Buckland's ROMANI TAROT
its message for me:
I am strong
I am more than capable
of making a decision
that may make major changes
to my future life
Both traditional (nesting @ home)
and carefree (gypsy traveling)
lifestyles
are available
to me
30- I wrote all of the creative spirit
titles I've collected
to play with
in my morning meditations
during 2010
in my Gratitude and Ponderings Journal
and I feel juiced
for the coming year
31- today I will bring
the spirit of Aloneness
to my: day's doings
and being
32- feelings: [DAILY WORD]
When I experience joy
I fully understand
my reason for being
I am one with the Creator
It is a great gift
to witness a sunset
hold the hand of a frail loved one
behold the innocent face of
a newborn child
and then express
my heartfelt gratitude
for that moment
that person
that inspiration
33- I am called to find joy
to be joy
to wake up to joy
in every moment
34- Psalm 16:11
You show me the path of life
In your presence
there is fulness of joy
35- NOTE: When I live in gratitude
for the gifts of life
I live in grace
36- This evening we are trekking
over to Pensacola
to hear Michael DeMaria
play Siyotanka
@ Unity

Journal December 19 2009 Saturday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- woke up and wrote Claudia
a letter on spare
scrapbook pages from
our cruise
2- read some more
in Paula D'Arcy's
SACRED THRESHOLD
3- [in ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS
from Unity's
SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE SOUL]
today I will bring the spirit of
Focused Awareness to my:
sense of wonder, beauty
and magnificence within myself
4- feelings: I relax into joy
and peace. I often enter
my sanctuary of bon secour.
I touch my inner fountain of
calmness there and bring it
into everything I do.
[DAILY WORD]
I am on
a divine journey
of peace and joy
5- well I finally waded my way
thru all of October's e-mail
messages. Just have
November's messages
and half of December's
to weed thru. It took
me all day with time out
to watch a Hallmark
Christmas movie: THE 3 GIFTS
with Steve

Journal December 18 2009 Friday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- i wake up
and feel my life
dripping like honey
oozing over the edges
of my cup
2- make stacks of Christmas
cards that have come in
some to take to mama
some to keep for us
envelopes with addresses
so i can send Christmas cards
some for mama
some for us
3- i'm off to gather
pralines from Clara Punta Kitchen
for Mamacita and Grandad
Nall's book of days
we had autographed
@ Page and Palette
4- go to knitting
5- eat lunch @ Andrees
6- come back to get Steve
run errands
visit mama
eat @ The Pillars
7- stumbled on to
Paula D'Arcy
autographing books @ P and P
got 2:
SACRED THRESHOLD
CROSSING THE INNER BARRIER
TO A DEEPER LOVE
and another one
8- worked til after 2 a.m.
on weeding thru
the e-mails that are unread
in my inbox in astronomical #

Journal December 17 2009 Thursday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- [from ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
today I will bring
the spirit of Purificaqtion
to my day's dance
2- [from DAILY WORD]
feelings: i am blessed
beyond measure
Christmas lights
stars in the night sky
the day's light from the sun
family friends and food
nourishment for my body and soul
the comfort and joy of home
bon secour/safe harbor
tasks @ hand to do for others
3- went to yoga @ the Y
4- went visiting
Linda and baby Ashton
Tyler Alex and Matthew
Wanda Kim and baby Kailee
Anne to take her LIFE ORGANIZER
dropped LIFE ORGANIZER
for Anna LENZ
off @ Foley Library
5- home to eat Gloria's delicious
spaghetti
and watched NCIS
The Mentalist
and The Good Wife

Journal December 16 2009 Wednesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- finally wrote my intentions
for this week
in my LIFE ORGANIZER
2- had a fantabulous Mastermind
with Dennis
3- did my regular morning
meditation process
this afternoon
(something I didn't find
time to do @ all
during cruise)
4- drew 7 of koros (cups)
card from Romani Tarot Deck
5- [wrote in my
ESSENE BOOK OF DAYS]
today: I will bring the spirit
of Inner Glow to my:
day's journey of catching up
6- feelings: [from Daily Word]
within every challenge
there is an opportunity
and within every difficulty
there is a gift
Guided by the glow of
my own divine nature
I know that all is well
7- [from Upper Room]
God the creator
of all that is good
is gracing me with the
beauty of nature
8- the sun is shining
and even tho i am
spending the day in my pajamas
it feels good to have sunlight
streaming in the windows
9- maybe i can get caught up
on blogging
10- and wade thru
some more of
the almost 2000
e-mail messages
(some that date
back to October 17)

Journal December 15 2990 Tuesday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- breezed off the ship
with nary a wait in line
2- visited Mama
took her diapers
read to her
from Carolyn Haines'
Bones book
3- got home
drove in driveway
just as Sylvia arrived
Rachel already here
4- went to Pensacola
with Rachel, Sylvia and Gloria
for intuitive reading
from Will
visited Mystic Cottage and Evermans
ate @ Melting Pot
watched Wayne Dyer's movie
THE SHIFT til 3 a.m.

Journal December 14 2009 Monday

Gratitude And Ponderings
1- fog wouldn't let us in
to the dock
so we got an extra day
and nite
aboard the cruise ship
Carnival Fantasy
2- watched 2 movies
JULIE AND JULIA
THE PROPOSAL