Hmmm!!!!

I was described as....SMART  MATURE AND  SASSY!!!

Beautiful

Thought For The Day

Don't try to understand everything, because sometimes it is not to be understood, but to be accepted.

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everyday 

PERSONAL GROWTH

Get Ecstatic!

Living what you love most.

Published: March 15, 2012

ECSTASY IS THE HUMAN reset button. It shakes you up, reboots your system, and opens your eyes to a whole new world of possibilities. Ecstasy introduces you to your deepest, most authentic self, while simultaneously offering freedom, intimacy, connection and spiritual awakening.

How can you live a more ecstatic life? Here are a few ways to get started:

Become lovers with your evolving self. In order to step forward, you need to be in a consistent, friendly relationship with your evolving self—theyou who is creating your future. Your evolving self exists in this present moment. Avoiding your evolving self will not save you from your future. It willprevent you from playing a role in the conscious creation of your future. Walking with awareness of the presence of your evolving self will help you recognize the next doors that will open for you.

Radically accept—everything. Radical acceptance is the practice of accepting things as they are with no expectation of change. When we accept things the way they are and are willing to be happy and satisfied with that, almost any situation can be turned into an experience that—if not ecstatic in itself—can lead to a place of peace and no regrets, both of which contribute to an ecstatic life. Radical acceptance provides the opportunity for finding infinitely more creative and ecstatic possibilities, and it paves the way for positive change.

Live what you love. This is hardly a new maxim, but it’s essential to an ecstatic life. Do as much of what you love as you possibly can. Do as little as you must of anything you don’t like. The more you commit to what you love, the easier it is to let the rest be handled by someone else who enjoys it more. Pay attention to your intuitive energy meter. Remember to ask yourself: Do I feel an energy gain or an energy drain in this situation, or around this person? Eliminate or minimize your exposure to anything or anyone that drains your energy. Embrace that which feeds you.

Whatever you’re doing—do it whole-heartedly. Do not hold back. Give yourself over completely. Be bigger than you think you are. Be more than you’ve ever been. Be too much.

Embrace and celebrate your inner teenager. What was your passion at age 13? Or age 16? How did you pursue that passion? What was your most compelling reason for pursuing this passion? How did you behave if people told you that your passion was wrong, silly, or a waste of time? Revisit your most ecstatic, stubborn, passionate, activist years. Take notes. See your inner teenager as a vital part of your authentic adult self.

On a related note, redefine aging. What if as we got older we became more passionate instead of less? What if life were more fun? What if age freed us from the fear of others’ judgments? What if we became more hopeful and less jaded? What might we accomplish—for ourselves and others—if we combined the wisdom of our years with the passion of our youth?

Go to the edge. Fall off. See what’s there. Start a love affair with your own fear. Imagine your fear as your best friend. Throw a fear party. Invite all your friends and all their fears. Dance with all your emotions.

Seize the moment—and stay in it. Slow down! Spend as much time in each present moment as you can. We often complain that we want more time in our lives. Why would the universe give us more time if we can’t appreciate the time we do have? Stretch each present moment to its fullest. See how much ecstasy you can savor in each moment of the day.

Barbara Carrellas is an author, sex/life coach, sex educator, university lecturer, workshop facilitator, motivational speaker and theater artist.

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Some of my favorite pins this week!!!

It's okay with me if everyone gets this bumper sticker!!!

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You know I love and support you
in your moment of insane courage!

Are you ready for the great part?!!!

I AM!!!

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        The Ohio River

I want to see the locks! Road Trip!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffygdsPz-v4

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One of my dearest friends grows a garden each year. He grows things like broccoli, tomatoes, yellow squash and strawberries. He loves the land, he loves the growing process.
He has even been known to plant a field of soy beans just for the wildlife on his land. He amazes and delights me! This year he is growing potatoes in 5 gallon buckets. Way cool!!!! I love his passion! 

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One of the guys I work with, who drives the same rout
to work as I do, asked "Angie, did you see that sunrise?"
Another guy on our team leaned over and said
"I took a picture as I was driving!"
So when I commented to a friend as I texted him the
picture I had taken, that we have the greatest
sunrises......Well we do!
The windshield was dirty and the photo is blurry.....But......
The sunrise was SPECTACULAR!

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My Tahoe has been out of commission for weeks now. 

And I can tell you.....I have been more than a 

little bit CRANKY about it. 

Please let me say right from the start,

I adore my mechanic! 

He is a very good friend, I trust him and I know

he is very good at what he does! 

But not having my vehicle is making me feel like

a grounded teenager!

That is probably the only reason that I can 

tell you that this ugly engine makes me 

SO SO HAPPY!

It is the loveliest thing ever!!!!!

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Cookie and I watched Bill Engvall on the laptop
 upside down on the couch. 

We laughed till I thought we would cry.
He has to be the funniest man ever!!!!

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Family dinner today. 

Perfect chicken enchiladas and great company!

We played Apples to Apples. 

We caught up on all the happenings. 

I love family dinners!

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http://www.freshthemovie.com/

I watched a documentary on Netflix called "Fresh". Awe inspiring and eye opening. I am aware that I am unaware and uneducated to so much around me, but this was truly an awakening moment. I had no idea about mass-production, government subsidies in farming, the natural cycle of farming, or the true spiritual/scientific fundamentals of farming. It was amazing. I was so very impressed and my interest is truly peaked!

 www.takepart.com/foodinc  

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Pneumonia
Inflammation of the lungs
in which the alveoli 
(air sacks)
become filled with liquid,
which renders them useless for breathing.
Caused by bacterial or viral infection.

PNEUMONIA SUCKS!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfEM6yEO268&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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My goal in this lifetime is to become 
spontaneous and free,
awakened, and compassionate 
so I can become the change 
I hope to see in this world.

– Joan Z. Borysenko

Imagination

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”  — Albert Einstein


“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a Green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all Ridicule and Deformity. . . . and some scarce see Nature at all. But to the eyes of the Man of Imagination, Nature is Imagination itself.”
 “What is now proved was once only imagin’d.” 
-- William Blake