by Sandie on January 13, 2011
I own so much stuff that it’s beginning to own me. I am my stuff’s servant. I dust it, move it around, take it with me when I move. I have electrical apliances and gadgets I never use. I have a slow cooker to cook slowly, a microwave to cook fast, an oven to do the roasts and scores of pans to pan-fry. I also have drawers full of graters, openers, peelers, tea strainers, boxes and boxes and boxes of crystals and also boxes full of tupperware products.
I have stuff that I hold on to for my daughter might need it and stuff that I can’t throw away because it triggers a memory. Then there’s the stuff that might be useful someday – plastic shower caps, sewing kit sets, buttons, small containers good for overnight toiletries …..
I have so much stuff that I forget what I have and when I need it I forget where I put it. I have stuff to store my stuff. If I keep on accumulating more stuff I may have to move out from my room so that I can stuff the room with more stuff.
It’s time to spring clean and get rid of all my stuff. For a start I gave away some tupperware products last week during a buddhist event. I hope to eventually rid myself of all unnecessary clutter both mentally and physically.
by Sandie on January 11, 2011
Fifteen years ago I was studying hard to get my Ph.D (Permanent Head Damage) and fifteen years down that road I have long retired. And last year I was pleasantly surprised at the Immigration when I went to renew my passport. I did not have to queue up to get a number. I had an accolade to my name – Senior Citizen.
I now have so much time – to read the newspaper from end to end and not skim through it; going for holidays without thinking how many days I will be away; stay up late at night without having to worry about waking up early tomorrow morning; enrol in courses totally unrelated to professional development; read mags that are not educational; learning how to bake cakes (this evening I baked my first loaf of bread), spend countless hours on the computer, enjoying the company of my 3 year old grandson and most importantly I am doing what I am best at – DOING NOTHING.
C’est la vie!!!! As the french says it.
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by Sandie on January 5, 2011
Dr Mikao Usui
Just for Today, do not worry
Just for Today, do not anger
Honour your parents, teachers and elders
Earn your living honestly
Show gratitude to Everything
Just for Today, do not worry
When you look at the positive you will find that situations are not necessarily what they had appeared to be before. This is really a matter of looking at the glass half-full or half-empty. When you learn to take a positive attitude there will be less of the negative for you to see.
Just for Today, do not anger
To say we will not be angry is difficult, for there are some things in life that we cant help but get angry about. However, how we handle that anger is what is important. Anger is an ‘umbrella’ emotion, usually covering up feelings of hurt, frustration and/or resentment. A major step in our spiritual growth path is learning to develop skills to uncover and deal with the emotions that are hidden behind this label. When we can deal appropriately with the anger, our lives become more joyful and happier.
Honour your parents, teachers and elders and every living being
Reiki is an energy of the heart.
Belief without love will make you fanatical
Duty without love will make you ill-humoured
Power without love will make you violent
Justice without love will make you severe
A life without love will make you ill
Earn your living honestly
Doing your work honestly, whether for yourself or another, is crucial. You can sometimes fool people with dishonesty but you cannot fool yourself. You are the one who must look at yourself in the mirror each morning. Doing your work honestly, and in a larger sense of living your life honestly, knowing that your ethics are clean, brings you peace of mind you can find no other way. The daily decisions to live ethically may be difficult but the serenity that results transforms lives
Show Gratitude to Everything
Learning to give thanks to everything in life, the challenges as well as the joys, can make a difference to your life. There are so many things in life that we take for granted so often, without realising how important they are. Even more alarming is the way we take people around us for granted. The closer a person is to us, the ruder we can be, and more the liberties we take with him or her. Most children take their parents for granted only to realise their loss when the parents are gone.
Gratitude is a Great Attitude
by Sandie on January 4, 2011
There comes a point in your life when we realise
Who matters
Who never did
Who won’t anymore
Who always will.
So don’t worry about people
From your past
There’s a reason why they didn’t make it to
Your future
This little message holds so much truth and meaning. Like I used to tell my friends
People come into your life
For a reason
For a season
For a lifetime
Many will always be your friend and will leave footprints in your heart but some leave mud along your path.
Let’s move on. It is the footprints that matters.
by Sandie on January 3, 2011
It’s easy to picture in your mind a kookaburra laughing. Not only do you see it in your mind, but you can almost hear it too. When I first heard it whilst doing my Reiki Mastership Course in Gembrook (Melbourne), I cant help but respond by grinning from ear to ear. Now as I remember it in my mind, I cant help but feel my spirit rise.
The kookaburra challenges the belief that life is suffering. It challenges us to free ourselves from suffering. It inspires us to celebrate every success in our lives, no matter how small they may seem, to take delight in what life brings us, to feel the magic and beauty of this world and to rejoice in the feeling of simply being alive.
Their frequent fits of laughter, bubbling over with hilarity are truly uplifting. Laughter dissolves fear, soothes away tension and gets us breathing again. It changes the energy around us, creating a positive atmosphere. Enjoy the kookaburra spirited laughter as it rises in your heart. And then match it with your own ….. Be a kookaburra for today … tomorrow ….
