"Change your attitude toward yourself, and believe in your connectedness to the higher energy of God, even in the direst of circumstances. Turn anything that seems problematic over to your Higher Self, trusting that the "problem" is not what it seems to be." -Dr. Wayne Dyer




Thursday, February 17, 2011

Yes...it is True...


BlueRed

Issy watching her new friends







BlueRed and Gary

RoundTail

Yes it is true Travis and I have welcomed new additions to our little family! We got FISH! I didn't think I could love fish, but I do! A lot, nothing like sitting and staring at them watching them swim. We have a Betta, 6 forms of tetras 3 of each kind, a snail, and a mollie.
BlueRed and Harold spend a lot of time together
The betta is a blue/red color, so Travis named him BlueRed. I named the mollie Harold. The first three tetras that look the same can be told apart by some features, one has a round tail the other two with pointed tails are different by one has a little dot and one has a big dot. So I ask Travis, now that we can tell them apart what should we name them, his response, "we just named them, we have RoundTail, Little Dot and Big Dot." And the names have really stuck. I names our snail, Gary (like from SpongeBob). And the other three fish that look a like are whatever I feel like calling them that day. So usually Zipper, Speedy and Stiper.  I love my fishies! We set up our tank and have to wait three weeks until we can put live plants in it. So one week down two more to go. Travis decorated the tank with some amazing stones he has gathered while on his field trips for Geology!


Smokey Quartz

Zipper and Striper




He recently went on a field trip to Tuscon and brought me back some amazing stones!!!

Fluorite






The three stones Travis brought back for me

Issy loves the stones too


Azurite


Tuesday, February 1, 2011

The Power of Meditation

"Spirituality and materialism coexist. It is the mind and attitude which decide which attracts more, and to what extent"
The past week has been dedicated to working on meditation. Things to keep in mind is to have a clean space to meditate in. A quiet and comfortable area where you feel safe. My meditation area is in my room. I have a prayer rug where I sit and listen to ocean waves and let my mind come to stillness and where I can just relax and become one with my Source.

"Meditating on an event that is going to happen, and visualizing it as you want it turn out, have the power to mould it according to your thought."


"When you have a problem, meditate on it and the answer will come, during the meditation or afterwards."
The above quote is what has been my meditation practice. Focusing on a problem or even pondering a question. It has been very enlightening and inspiring. With each day take at least 20 minutes to meditate and become grounded.

Peace and Love