Energy – what would you do to have more of it? May 22, 2009

Spring is finally here in full force.  We’ve got cloudy and rainy days, yes, but everything is green again and the lilacs are out!  A sure sign mother nature’s arms are open and ready to embrace summer too….ah a most promising time of year….

For Canadians, surviving the long, cold, dark winter is a triumph worth celebrating on a patio the first sign of spring.  I know I slowed down this winter.  More indoor activities, long sleeps, early to bed and later to rise type days and lots of creamy hot homemade soups! 

This spring I discovered Cell Food. 

Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor, and you should not act on my advice alone, but if it feels right for you to look into and seek your doctor’s advice, then by all means pursue it! 

It’s actually a series of sychronicities that brought me to owning a bottle of Cell Food and testing it out with some water one day in early May, but within 6 hours I noticed a SIGNIFICANT difference in my mood, energy level and mental capacity.  For all of you who work in an office setting, I’m sure you’re very familiar with the 3pm ‘wall’ that one hits and ponders yet another hit of caffeine to make it through the day.  I didn’t hit the ‘wall’ on day 1 and haven’t hit it since!  In fact, even my need for a second morning coffee waned.  So did my emotional appetite – you know the one – ‘I’m bored.  What’s to eat?  I don’t feel like working yet, maybe I’ll go get something.  Boy oh boy someone in the office is eating something that smells good.  Maybe I’ll go get me some!’

In fact, I’ve almost had to re-train myself to learn what my new tired is! 

I had no idea how my energy level was affecting my life, my choices, my thoughts, my actions, my perception and my reality!  It’s amazing what having the energy to take on your dreams will do for boosting those dreams!

I’m not saying that this Cell Food stuff is for everyone.  But it’s worth asking yourself, what is your Cell Food?  What rejuvenates you and helps you make the choices you want to make and take the actions you want to take?  What renews your spirit and energy and inspires you to go forward confidently in the direction of your dreams?  What actions can you take today that will help you sleep better, feel more alert, and be more excited about your life?  What’s holding you back from taking these actions or pursuing these life-giving activities?  Are you sitting in the backseat of the car of life, or are you driving with the wind in your hair and the radio blaring?

Whatever your choices and actions are today, I hope they inspire you to new levels of personal connection to the Divine.

Blessings,

Pamela

Grieving… November 7, 2007

Life has been busy for a while – sometimes work gets in the way!    However, I am grateful to the universe for gently reminding me on a regular basis that there is more to life than my job.  Today I received some sad news that friends of my sister had a little girl who just passed away from leukemia.  She was only 4 years old, and she spent the last 15 months of those precious four years battling cancer.

Sometimes life does not seem fair.  Sometimes we cannot seem to find a rhyme or reason for why the universe works the way it does.   Sometimes we are thrown a curve, or we watch loved ones go through horrific events and it rouses anger, a sense of helplessness, and sadness.  The way we deal with these emotions is through the grieving process.

So what is the grieving process?  I would lean towards saying it is expressing whatever emotion you can to the fullest extent you can.  Crying spontaneously, admitting that the situation is next to unbearable, talking about it and sharing freely with loved ones how you feel.  Journalling your innermost thoughts and the fears it may raise in you about your own situation.  Whatever grieving means to you.  A good friend of mine once suggested that while I could not be present at my grandfather’s funeral since I was overseas at the time, that I create some time for a ritual.  A time of meditation about memories of my grandfather and perhaps lighting a candle and writing him a goodbye letter and then burning it as a symbol of me saying goodbye in my own way.  I did not take her good advice to the extent that I could have and always felt an open loop about the death of my grandfather until I did one day create the symbol and say goodbye.  It relieved me tonnes to be able to truly make peace with it.

Symbols or talismans are a wonderful way in which to give material life to your emotions, pour yourself in to them, and therefore get them out of your system.  I’m not suggesting they don’t belong, I’m merely suggesting that it is entirely therapeutic to give your full attention to them, and let them move through you instead of holding on to them and letting them paralyze you.

Consider it an opportunity to practice ho’oponopono and ground yourself.  Thank you.  I’m sorry.  I forgive you.  I love you.   And so it is.

While it is difficult to imagine, feelings of anger and sadness wished to be given the same attention and care as feelings of jubilation and celebration, because to them, they are all feelings and all feelings are energy and all energy has a primitive need to be in motion.  So let your energy be in motion today – be it that of grief or stress, or gratitude and love.  Express yourself today.  Create your own symbol for Wednesday being over, or kiss your pillow before falling asleep in gratitude that you have a bed to sleep in and a roof over your head.

Wherever you are, and whatever you are expressing, I am sending you a hug through the coconut wireless.

The Jamshids!! August 21, 2007

Oh my day is complete now – I received some photos from a friend who was in Kabul, Afghanistan and she was kind enough to deliver a present to my dear Uncle Jamshid and family!  This is a photo of my friend, Uncle Jamshid and Bilal!  Those of you who read my stories of my adventures in Kabul will remember the dear Jamshid family…they are alive and well and we keep in touch…although I wish I could do more than send them words of encouragement…this only strengthens my desire to go back…

May we all feel the pull of our callings and find a way to follow them…

Blessings to the Jamshids! 

Elgin’s Crop August 9, 2007

I was moved by the passion and light when I received an email invitation recently, from someone I do not know personally, for an event being held here in my new hometown.

How amazing that this woman has turned what must have felt like a devastatingly painful event in her life into something so positive, so loving and so sharing. I am inspired by her light. Read her story in the attached .pdf (Elgin’s Crop) to find out more about Embrace of Hope.

It has certainly moved me to find more ways to not only see my dark experiences as potential for great light, but to also use my passions/skills/talents for events of giving, sharing, and living in the light.

Light to all,

Pamela

Zencast 99 August 1, 2007

Today’s podcast of the day goes to “The Secret Garden” – provided by www.zencast.org and Meditainment. Allow yourself this 15 minutes of bliss…

You can also download through iTunes, or directly from the site above as an .mp3

Fire Flies, baby ducks, and such… July 20, 2007

Yesterday I had the esteemed privilege of carrying my three year old nephew David on a walk through a campground when nightfall had just set in. I was overcome by all the fireflies in the trees and bushes and we walked slowly and whispered for some reason about how beautiful the fireflies were and how many there were. I listened to little David’s whisper as he repeated exactly what I had said, and then realized that I had whispered it too! “Look at all the fireflies! Aren’t they beautiful?” I love fireflies – I cannot explain it, but I think it an amazing power to ‘light up’ and if there was a super power I could choose, it wouldn’t be to fly, or shoot fire, it would most likely be to illuminate! Radiate! Be the beacon in the night – shed light on the darkness. We did a 360 with David being held closely to my heart and breathed in the beauty that we were surrounded by these magnificent beings! It was a treasured moment to be sure.

Then this morning, in the pouring rain that has barely stopped for two days, as I was about to pull out of my driveway to run some errands, I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a mother duck and her four little babies waddling by! I had to stop and smile – first of all thanking God that I DID LOOK before I put the foot to the gas pedal, and secondly that at the very moment I was able to see such an adorable little sight of these 5 creatures waddling and the oh-so-cute little ducklings just following their momma with complete faith on a stroll through the rain.

I find great joy in these moments….and I share them with you in hopes that they remind you of the joyful moments you have in your day too.

Peace,

Pamela

Laughter really is the best medecine… June 25, 2007

There are many serious yet inspiring stories, of people healing themselves of cancers and other deadly diseases by watching comedies and laughing and using positive intent of self-healing throughout their days. Tonnes of research and world-wide movements into laughter yoga, breathing techniques and through it all no one can deny – breathe is one of the most powerful parts of our existence. Some of us may take it for granted that we breathe – until an unpleasant smell comes into our awareness….but think about this – you can go without water for days, without food for days, but you require breath within seconds (minutes for well-trained peeps who hold it under water!)…

Take some time out to think about your breath today…is it shallow? Does it quicken when you feel a certain emotion? What do you feel after you deepen it? How does it feel to contract you rib cage or to feel your lower belly rising with the power of air, and pushing that air back out again?

We have a general tendency when we get older to breathe lighter and more up in our chest and with a shallow timing. And so goes our laughter as we age. We laugh quickly and sometimes quietly to not disturb any sort of perceived peace around us. Not so when we are young. If you are not around young people right now, then watch the video below to jog your memory:

Above all, remember what it was like to laugh fully – deep in your belly complete laugh our loud laughter. Abandon all notions of what others will think, or how you sound, or anything in and in the moment laugh! Wholeheartedly. There is great therapy in laughter…can anyone in the moment they are laughing feel anything other than joy? I mean truly – doesn’t it all seem to melt away, and isn’t there a sense of restored peace, even if only for a few seconds, after a good laugh?

I encourage you all to laugh and breathe like babies, and to find the laughter in your daily routine.

Light and Laughter to you all!

Pamela

Claim Your Power June 25, 2007

I have watched this video over 25 times now and I just have to put it at the top of my page again, because I feel the power of intent behind it and REALLY want to make sure that anyone who would not otherwise scroll down and read through the posts to find this one will have the opportunity to see it…

May you connect with your dreams in peace and love today….

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Grab some kleenex and hold on for the ride – this story is absolutely amazing. It will take your breath away when you become aware of any assumptions you may have made before the end of the video and you will cry out for joy that someone has re-claimed their power, despite all odds, but also with all odds.

When you know what your gift/dream is, sooner or later it will find you a way to realize it, and hopefully you are willing to step up to the microphone when that happens….there could be no better feeling in the world than to live and act in harmony with your purpose. God Bless you Paul for showing us a piece of beauty…

Paul Potts – Britain’s Got Talent