Sunday, September 19, 2010

Autumn Equinox = September 22-23

What does autumn mean to you?
How do you make the transition from one season to the next?
Are you aware of the change of weather, the smells, the light?
Can you feel in your body, mind and spirit what nature is showing us?

As we shift from the summer to the fall, the light decreases every day.
As we move into the autumn, leaves change their color and fall to the ground.
As we allow ourselves to adjust to the ever-changing landscape of nature, we must let go.
Letting go of what was and moving with what is.

Balancing our daily schedules to include time for letting go and reflection.
It is essential that we forgive the past and live in the present with gratitude.
It is a gift to ourselves to appreciate who we are and how much we have learned.
It is a blessing to our world and those around us to honor the earth and its bounty.

Often we take the essentials of this life for granted and forget to be grateful.
We spend so much energy on achieving, defending, fixing and controlling that we may lose sight of enjoying.
We may find ourselves struggling and working to manage the complexity of everyday life.
We often neglect the very purpose for which we are here on this earth.

Take time today to take a drive into the countryside.
Walk in a park or forest or on the beach.
Honor the sun’s rise and setting by gazing from your window with enjoyment.
Plant a flower or a tree, touch the earth and feel the wind and sun on your face.

Every time we give a moment of respectful appreciation to the natural riches we have inherited, we offer our blessing of gratitude.
What we respect, we value and appreciate.
What we value and appreciate, we generate an increase and expansion.
Our worldly paradise deserves our positive attention.

Clean up trash and litter.
Recycle and only use what is needed.
Eliminate unnecessary spending and consumption.
Use wisely and well what you have and share the rest with those who have need.

To be good stewards of our earthly home is to do harm to nothing.
To be good stewards is to create only that which is beneficial to all.
To be good stewards of time, energy and resources is to give our very best to everyone.
To be good stewards is to trust, honor and respect our inner Goodness.

Bless us all everyone as One,
Betty Lue

Twelve Daily Steps To Optimistic Living1. Focus on my successes rather than on my failures.
2. Notice that which I have accomplished rather than that which I’ve left undone.
3. See and acknowledge my beauty rather than focusing on my imperfections.
4. Notice and acknowledge all the times I’ve followed the optimum conditions,rather than judging myself for the times I have not.
5. Acknowledge all my wins each and every day.
6. Create and maintain an environment that nurtures me.
7.  See problems as opportunities to learn from rather than as obstacles to avoid.
8.  Tell the whole truth on a moment to moment basis in order to maintain impeccable and loving relationships.
9. Be conscious every moment to put positive thoughts into my mind rather than negative, knowing all thoughts are creative.
10.  Appreciate my feelings as a means of understanding myself, thus directing and creating my reality.
11. Continue to forgive myself and others as a means of creating a state of Grace.
12. Fill my life with joy and ecstasy by practicing daily the art and skill of verbally expressing my gratitude for all that I have.