MY EARTH-FRIENDLY CLEANING PRODUCTS

Last week some of the children in my daughter's class was asked to bring cleaners to school to clean their desks, in preparation for the exams.  (My daughter wasn't one of them!)  Of course, all kinds of harmful cleaning products were used.  My daughter who is 14 said she had such a headache and couldn't breathe properly from all the cleaners used.  She told me how lucky she feels to live in a home where we only use environmentally friendly products.

EVER FEEL UNBALANCED AND UNGROUNDED?

Yes, I am a very positive person, but I am human!  Last week, I was feeling very unbalanced and ungrounded.  I called upon a dear friend and expressed my feelings to her.  She told me to get down on my hands and knees and imagine my hands, knees and feet being firmly planted like roots into the earth.  She told me to ask "Mother Earth" to support me. 

I have been doing this for the past week and it is really helping.

DON'T LET THE RECESSION GET YOU DOWN

We all find ourselves surrounded at times by people talking about the recession and how bad the economy is...it is in situations like these that we must pick ourselves up and focus on all the good and blessings in our lives.  This energy will help to raise the good vibrations across our planet.

HOW CUTE IS THIS SAYING?

I am not keen on the use of antibiotics and would only use them on myself and my children in extreme cases.  My 5 year old son clearly knows this and the other day he said to his grandfather "my friend is always sick and he is always on antibiogrophies".  This is just the cutest thing I have heard in ages..

INSPIRATION FROM A PRAYING MANTIS

Last night I experienced the most magical feeling - I was drawn towards my Himalayan Salt Lamp (this is a lamp made out of salt and it gets rid of negative energies such as the rays from TV's, cell phones, radios etc.)  It is the most beautiful pink/peach colour.  I have mine resting on a plate.  Sitting on the plate under the lamp, was the most exquisite praying mantis in prayer position.  I am not religious, but felt compelled to also put my hands into prayer position and just be still for a while.  It felt so peaceful. 

I truly believe we can learn a lot from the insects and animals around us.

INSPIRATION FOR FEAR AND OVERCOMING IT

How many of us feel afraid often!?  But, once you overcome your fears, you feel such a sense of achievement and I know I then feel like I can conquer anything... A couple of weeks ago, my 5 year old learnt to keep himself afloat in the pool with a floating device.  He felt so proud of himself.  I was going on a business trip last week and got a gut feeling that it was time to set him free of his floating device and teach him to swim without it.  I took him into the water (with him clutching to my neck, he was petrified).  I took his arms off me and threw him into the water - and he swam!  Doggy paddle of course, but he was soooooooo proud of himself and I could just feel his sense of achievement and that he had overcome his fear - now I can't keep him out of the water! 

DON'T ALLOW FEAR TO HOLD YOU BACK!

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS, 2011

For years, I have not set any New Years Resolutions, simply because I set myself unrealistic resolutions which I cannot keep.  For 2011 I decided to write down a list of realistic goals that I would like to achieve.  I put them onto my computer for each day of the year.  Next to each one, I put a yes and no and it is inspiring me to stick to it so far..............  the year has a long way to go!  But, somehow by recording it, I feel like I will stick to these goals.  Hope you all have a blessed 2011.