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A note to myself, on how Gratitude has been the best Attitude.

I am so grateful for this moment, for today, for my life. Every day is magical, and every day a wonderful lesson. The biggest lesson I have learned is the gain and the comfort of gratitude. Practicing gratefulness has given me such beautiful results, and has opened my heart to cope so much better.  My latest practice has been to be grateful for my challenges.

 

When faced with a challenge, I pray and say I am grateful, as I know I do not face this alone, and the assistance of God, Angels and my guides are with me. I pray to be alert to the answers as they are given to me so I can take the appropriate action. I humbly testify , I am so grateful to see that my faith never fails me.

 

During challenging times, I thank for this challenge as I know it is part of my karma, to face it and dissolve it. I surrender to it, and by being grateful, it is such a wonderful way to see it as growth, and not punishment.

 

I am grateful that through this practice, I have been able to love myself, my inner child, and continue to see the goodness in all relationships. I am so grateful that I am aware of this gift, which has been a part of me since I was a young girl. I am so grateful that I did try to rebel, and I am so grateful to have experienced to go against myself is something that does not work.

 

I am grateful that now I can feel anger, but not stay angry. I can see deceit, but not be deceitful. I can see unfairness, but not been dragged down to do same.  I am so grateful for the Love in my heart. I am so grateful that I have been given the courage to accept it who I am, soft, loving, accepting, and through all this to see when I am being manipulated, or played, but not get involved in the game. I am grateful I have not allowed negative comments to change me into a sour and bitter woman.

 

Most of all, I have experienced that being grateful for the difficult times is a great healer.  For example when I am faced with a manipulative situation, I say to myself, thank you Lord, for showing me this situation, thank you for helping me not to allow myself to be dragged into this drama, and thank you for showing me how to deal with and learn from it. Thank you for teaching me detachment and surrendering to what is in the most loving way. This is how I deal with all my challenges that appear to me. If I feel challenged and the emotion is there, but it is not clear, once again, I will be grateful, and ask that I am guided to deal with what I need to learn. I am grateful that all the answers always appear.

 

I am so grateful that right now, and for the past week, I have had to deal with earache, and blocked ears.  I know that at this moment I am hearing things that I really do not want to. I know that a lot of this is not loving and harmonious. I know what it is about. I know that through all this noise there is lots of Love, and this Love once again will bring healing not only to my physical ears but also to the relationships that seek it so much.

 

I am and remain grateful.

 

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We always have the freedom of choice, let fear of the unknown not hold us back

THE BLACK DOOR OR THE FIRING SQUAD  There's a Middle Eastern story of a spy who had been captured and sentenced to death by a general of the Persian army. The general had fallen upon a strange and rather bizarre custom. He permitted the condemned person to make a choice. He could either face the firing squad or pass through the black door.  As the moment of execution drew near, the general ordered the spy to be brought before him for a short, final interview, the primary purpose of which was to receive the answer of the doomed man to the question: "Which shall it be - the firing squad or the black door?"  This was not an easy question, and the prisoner hesitated, but soon he made it known that he much preferred the firing squad. Not long thereafter, a volley of shots in the courtyard announced the grim sentence had been fulfilled. The general, staring at his boots, turned to his aide and said, "You see how it is with men; they will always prefer the known way to the unknown. It is characteristic of people to be afraid of the undefined. And yet I gave him his choice."  "What lies behind the black door?" asked the aide. "Freedom," replied the general, "and I've known only a few men brave enough to take it."  Like so many stories out of the Middle East, this one carries a pretty hefty message. The first is, of course, that we will often choose the familiar, even if it's undesirable, over the unknown, which might be a wonderful opportunity. And second, that few people are brave enough to choose freedom.  I'm not saying we should reject the familiar - not by any means. But we should question the familiar. Just because it's familiar doesn't make it good, best, or the best thing to do.  When you heard the story about the black door, you probably said to yourself, "I would have chosen the black door. I would have had nothing to lose; the firing squad was certain death." And most people would say the same thing. But actually faced with the choice, would you? How many doors to freedom have we passed up during our lives because we tend to cling so fiercely to the familiar?  How many times have events come about that we worried and stewed about, even thought calamitous at the time, and that later proved to be blessings in disguise? Each of them was a black door through which we passed to greater freedom. But at the time, we would have chosen to keep things as they were if we had been given the chance.  At any rate, it's one of those stories that makes for interesting discussion at the dinner table, or with friends. Tell the story of the black door, and see what sort of reaction you get. It's good to remember, if we can, that it is often those things we worry about and most fear that turn out to be blessings in disguise.

A short story by Paul J. Meyer

Kastelorizo / The land and it's music

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Wake up (choir action song: Bergvliet Primary Kindergarten Choir 1997)

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This is the first song I loved and learned when I first arrived in South Africa and went to school at I.H Harris Primary
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Wake up! Wake up! It's a lovely day .
Oh! Please get up and come and play.
... The birds are singing in the trees,
And you can hear the buzzing bees

Wake up! Wake up! It's a lovely day.
Oh ! Please get up and come and play,
It's much too late to lie in bed,
So hurry you sleepy head

Wash and dress and come on out,
Everyone is up and about.
The cows, and the geese, and the ducks and the sheep,
The tiniest chicken is cheeping, "cheep --cheep"

Wake up! Wake up! It's a lovely day.
Oh ! Please get up and come and play,
A bird, a bee, a butterfly
I'll show you all the things I spy
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!

LYRICS (by C. Fletcher

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When the past calls, let it go to voicemail, believe me, it has nothing new to say.
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100% in agreement.
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♥ oh.... my...my... unconditional Love, not in words, but in Action, a must see.... ♥

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