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Sunday Morning Musing

It has been a busy, busy week. All of it good and I have actually been able to hold up. Home school went so well this week. I still feel that I am not doing enough.From what I read alot of home schooling parents feel that way. Krissy and I went on a field trip Friday to the http://www.marinersmuseum.org/. They had some cool stuff. It wasn't Krissy's kind of thing. She and I both enjoy places with animals. We love the Virgini Living Museum. We have been there several times and never get tired of it. At the Mainer's Museum my favorite thing would have to be the titanic display. We attended the class on hurricanes. Hurricanes is something we have been learning about in our science class. Over all it was a good day!! Yesterday we went up to see my brother. I don't really talk about him alot because people can be so judgmental. He is in prison and has been since he was 16 yo. I know most people feel they get what they deserve in prison, but I don't think I agree. Animals in animal shelters are treated better than people in prison. There still has to be some level of humanity for these people. They deal with the summer heat with no air condition and no air flow what so ever, the medical care..... the laws for animals are far more strict. They are feed grade D meat. Meat that the government does not allow us to eat. If there is a natural disaster of some sorts and the prison has to be evacuated...the guards are to kill all prisoners on the spot. I do so understand that there are some really bad people in there, but there are some not so bad ones to. All the above is straight up messed up!!! I will come down off my soap box for now.... just for now!

Dare to Risk

"To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, live, and love." -- Leo Buscaglia Daring to risk is an essential step to self empowerment. This is the key to breaking out of stuck thinking and behaviour. It is about breaking through the comfort zones and barriers. It is about experiencing new levels of mind and feelings. It is about experiencing more life. "A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." -- George Bernard Shaw "Only those who risk going too far can know how far they can go." -- Unknown source

Letting go of fixation

‎"Letting go of fixation is effectively a process of learning to be free, because every time we let go of something, we become free of it. Whatever we fixate upon limits us because fixation makes us dependent upon something other than ourselves. Each time we let go of something, we experience another level of freedom." - Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche

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Remembering to be Thankful

The power of gratitude. Being grateful for what you have seems to be hard sometimes. It's so easy to focus on what we want and what we don't have and how we don't have money to get all the new gadgets. Every month your entire pay check goes to do nothing but pay bills. Life has been tough on my end for a while now. I lose sight some times of all the blessings I do have. I would love to get our boat fixed, I would love an Ipad, a new lap top, new cloths etc. I do get very depressed some times for not having money to even run to the grocery store. But when I stop and really think about it, I have so much to be thankful for. I have so much. I have a wonderful house, in which takes all of our money to run. I have cable tv, high speed internet, which cost more in the woods, My ref. and cabinets are full of food. But most of all we have each other. We are here together. My oldest child moved from Richmond close to home. She is now only 15 mins. away. My youngest is back home and my middle child is in and out, but never to far away.
For the last four years Rex has been driving to Hampton to work. Three hour trip a day. I worried about him being tired and driving home in the evening. He has gotten a job at VDOT right here close to home. Now we'll save about $300.00 a month in gas alone.
I do have so much to be grateful for. The Goddess has blessed me in so many ways. Sometimes I just need to stop myself and count my blessings instead of wanting more.
A simple life is far more less stressful and has so much more meaning.

What are you grateful for?

Busy Monday

Blessed Lammas today!!!

I have been slacking. Not that my life is so exciting. Megan and I went and did our grocery shopping at Wal-Mart yesterday. She goes and helps because I get very tired very quick because of the FMS. Plus I usually have 20 to 30 dollars in coupons. It takes forever to check out when you have that many coupons. It is good when it is all over and you see how much you have saved.

I have completed my Flylady chores for the day and I am working on supper. We will be having stuffed green peppers, One of my favorite meals. Then Krissy and I have a Dr. Appointment at 1:45. Yeap....that's my Monday, Monday.

Blessing