Staying Open

This week at work has been very interesting.  I found out that for the next week I’m going to be temporarily in charge of the day care with another at work, while the other two supervisors are away.  I feel honoured that they would ask me to do  this.  Thinking of the rocky start I had, this is quite an improvement.

I am remembering a teaching from WarriorSage.  It’s talked about in many different ways.  It’s all about staying open and connected in all situations.  This can be when life is flowing great, or when life throws curve balls.  This time I’m remembering to stay open when given opportunities that are good.

It will be an interesting week next week.  But if I remember to breathe, and stay open things will go well.  I will stay open and send love out to those I work with, both child and adult.

I know I struggle with staying open when life throws me curve balls.  I do my best to stay grounded and keep breathing.

How do you stay open in the moment?

Impress yourself!

This evening after work I have a meeting with my Money Mastery group.  I took Money Mastery 6 months ago in BC with the company WarriorSage.  We meet every month on the 2nd Monday of the month.  We have homework stuff to do, for each meeting and other things.

This time coming we have to say ways on how we have impressed ourselves since our last meeting.  Now since I wasn’t able to go to our Oct. meeting I have lots going on.

However, I can just think about today and list things already that I’ve done this morning to impress myself.  And it is as simple as I got out of bed this morning.  I have had a healthy breakfast, and also packed healthy snacks to have inbetween my work and the Money Mastery meeting this evening.

Over this past week, I impressed myself by passing my exams for St. John Ambulance with amazing flying colours.  As well as on this past weekend, I cleaned my floor in my bedroom, as well as decluttered/cleaned my storage closet.  I ended up throwing away to the garbage 5 bags of stuff.  As well as 4 bags plus 2 boxes of stuff to the Diabetes Association in donation/give aways.  I am proud of myself for doing those things.  I impressed myself!

What have you done to impress yourself recently?

Dolphin Goddess

Today has been a very busy day.  I had exams to do at St. John Ambulance and passed them.

When I got home I decided to clean my bedroom.  I got the entire floor clean, even vacuumed!  While I was cleaning, I found $9!  I am a money master!

When I was finished, I played some great music and danced and celebrated being complete of cleaning my bedroom floor!  It was fun I celebrated dancing on my floor, sending love out to all that I love!

I also picked a Goddess Amulet that I have.  I picked the Dolphin Goddess.  I love dolphins!!   They are amazing!  I am connected to the ocean.  The dolphin Goddess is here to remind me to play and celebrate!  In Ancient Crete the Goddess Delphi was worshiped as Mother Earth, Mother of the Moon, and Sea Goddess.  In Crete the villages were alive and people celebrated life, happy things, and gratitude was everywhere.  Everything was abundant full of life, and happy.

So I celebrated by having a good hot shower.  I have been enjoying a good meal and good conversation with a friend.

What are you going to do to play?

Ignite Passion

I’ve become a part of the WarriorSage Village on line.  It is a place where others who have been doing the work with WarriorSage can connect with others of like mind.  There are many different sections of the website/on line gathering place.

There are forums, articles, a market place, a wish list space, and many other wonderful sections.

Today I clicked on the e-course section that has been assigned to me.  Today’s lesson is about how to ignite passion.  Satyen Raja (the president of WarriorSage) talked about how to do this.  For both the masculine and feminine sides of each of us.

The feminine should savour and slow down and take pleasure in things they are doing.  For me this morning, I was enjoying and savouring the quiet of the morning in my apartment, and really taking pleasure in the mocha-chino I was drinking.  And I now have wonderful music playing, I’ve danced a bit and enjoyed being alive this morning.

As for the masculine side of me, it was gently directed by Satyen to take action to do something, to be up to something.  I stayed committed to the WarriorSage Village by posting comments to forum’s and lessons from others.  I am also later going to be volunteering for St. John Ambulance here in Calgary for the “Haunted Hollywood” performed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.  Being of service to others here in the city of Calgary is something I love doing.

This is how I am going to ignite passion in my life today.  What are you going to do?

You’re a Superstar

Last night on my way home from yet another amazing Sizzle Girls dance class the song “You’re a Superstar” was on the radio.  I listened to the words of this song, and they really hit me.  A couple of the lines from the song are “Hold your head up high, for tonight and every night, you’re a super star.”

I’ve been working on my self esteem and confidence.   Growing up as a youngster I was teased/bullied by my peers from grades 4 to 8, on a daily basis.  I was called many names that I do not wish to repeat.   My self esteem and confidence was shot to hell.   My self worth was very low as well, I didn’t believe in myself.  I would come home after school and cry.

Doing the work with WarriorSage has really helped me to in these areas.  As well as the dancing with the Burlesquercise classes.  I can now hold my head up high and feel good about myself.  Remembering to breathe and stay grounded in my body is important.

When I am in my power, I’m being alive, I feel free, strong yet relaxed as well.  I am a superstar.  I have done many things that are awesome.  I am alive today and that is an awesome feeling!

Yes each day is a new day with new experiences and tasks to complete.  However, if I hold my head up high, and reach for the sky.  I know I will get through the day, and celebrate my accomplishments each day!

You can find the youtube video for “you’re a superstar” by clicking here.  I encourage you to listen to the words.

Or if you wish to read the words find them below!

Love Inc.!
You’re A Superstar!

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Reach for the sky and hold your head up high,
For tonight and every night, you’re a superstar.
And don’t you be afraid,
Think of all the friends you’ve made,
Like any other night you’ve got your name in lights,
You’re a superstar.

In a world that gives everything,
Don’t you know that it don’t mean a thing at all, at all for a superstar.
You gotta find a rainbow,
Tell the world what everyone else knows,
Don’t let them tell you again about life,
Cause you know You’re a superstar.

So reach for the sky and hold your head up high,
For tonight and every night you’re a superstar.
And don’t you be afraid,
Think of all the friends you’ve made,
Like any other night you’ve got your name in lights,
You’re a superstar.

Everything you are today, Is what you want to be.
So don’t be someone else when you be the best so easily.
If you try, and believe, my baby you’ll succeed,
And your eyes will make you see,
You’re a superstar.

So reach for the sky and hold your head up high,
For tonight and every night you’re a superstar.
So don’t you be afraid,
Think of all the friends you’ve made,
Like any other night you’ve got your name in lights,
You’re a superstar.

Little things

What are the little things in life you are over looking to be grateful for?  I know for me sometimes I forget the simple things in life.  For one being alive on this earth is such a small thing, but also a huge thing all at the same time.  Thinking about it, if I wasn’t here on this earth, many things wouldn’t be happening, or have happened or are going to happen while I am alive.  Each one of us is important on this earth for a reason.

Celebrate being alive!  This morning I awoke with the song “Alive” in my head by Dirty Vegas.  The song talks about being alive and being happy to be alive.  This song is played a lot at the Sex, Passion, and Enlightenment course, that is offered by WarriorSage.  For during this course, participants get to celebrate being alive.  To be with another, or to be single, it doesn’t matter, what does matter is that we are alive on this earth.

I am going to remember that today, to celebrate being alive, to breathe and when things get crazy, to stop and just give thanks that I am alive today.  Because many things wouldn’t be happening if I wasn’t alive on this earth.

I want to encourage you to take time to stop and think of the little things in life and celebrate them.  Even something as simple as being alive on this earth today, right now!

self date night

Last night I decided to take myself out on a date.  I’ve not done this in a very long time.  Before going out I had spent the day in my p.j.’s doing stuff on the computer.  I had a meeting with my coach at 6pm, and decided that while in the shower that I deserve a night out.  I had been given a couple of gift certificates for a resterant and the movies.  So I got dressed up in a nice shirt/pair of jeans.  I put on make up and a nice necklace and went to see my coach.

I’ve started to work with a wonderful Goddess Sister who is studying to be a life coach.  I agreed to be one of her clients while she practiced her craft.  Last night she had me do a practice where I saw myself 10 years in the future.  I had to look at her and really see what she looked like.  I saw myself standing looking powerful, strong, yet still being the flowy Goddess that she also is.  I asked myself “How did I get there?”  My older self smiled and looked at me she said “To believe in myself and not to give up on dreams.”

When I came back from seeing her to sit with my coach we worked on what I said to myself.  To believe in myself and to not give up on my dreams.

So after the session, I went out to Montana’s for supper, had a wonderful meal with dessert!  I have left overs for lunch/supper today.  Then I went to the movies!  I saw the movie Amelia.  It was a good movie.  It was about the famous woman pilot (flyer as she wanted to be called) Amelia Ernheart.  She didn’t let go of her dreams and kept going forward with them even when others around her said it was silly of her to want to fly around the world.

It was a good reminder for me again about believing in myself and dreams.  To stay focused on what I want to do, or go and keep doing small things to work towards it.

What’s your dream???

Who and What am I?

Thinking  back to when I read Eat Pray, Love there were many parts in the book where the author was in some sort of mediation.  The one that came to my mind today was when the author is meditating on “Who am I/What am I?”  With those two statements I am taken to a course offered by WarriorSage called the Illumination Intensive.  This is a five day workshop where the participant dives head first into those two questions.  For the entire event the participant takes one question like Who am I, and meditates on this question with another in a dyad form.  Dyad means partner, the participant asks their partner their question and waits for the answer, then they switch.

I’ve only done one Illumination Intensive, and it was a pretty intense course.  We were very well taken care of at the event were given wonderful meals the entire time, and even given time for rest and exercise.

I can remember getting there on the first day and being excited from work where we had just had awards ceremony for the students on their monthly accomplishments.  One of the staff from the event said now its’ time to celebrate you.  I didn’t exactly understand it at that moment, but at the end of the seminar it made sense!  On the last night, we had a celebration, it was fun.  When I was there, the question I worked on was “Who am I?”  I giggle now when I think of that question.  I worked on that question for 4 days, I had what was called a direct experience, I came to the truth of who I am.  I am a divine Goddess who shines her light and love out to the world, I move like the ocean for I am part of the ocean, as she is apart of me.  When I say those words I feel at home, I feel  grounded and centered.  To remember who I am deep at my core is an important thing.

I want to encourage you to find out who you are, who you really are at your core.

Lady Bugs….and other bugs

This has been a very busy week. I have been doing lots of things that have given me challenges to over come. And I’m proud to say that I’ve done them. Like completing things for the WarriorSage Village Community this weekend.    A task that was a lot of tedious work, but I got it done.

Yesterday I did have bit of a down time and I kept seeing a lady bug on my screen door of my balcony. I was wondering what the symbolism behind the lady bug was. This is what I found.

Lady bugs are seen as good luck, the number of spots on it represents the number of weeks/days/months/years till the wish comes true. Another symbolism of the lady bug is that they are seen as helpers because of their link to gardens and eating other bugs. Finally the lady bug is seen as a gift from the love Goddesses because of her ruby red colour. So being lucky in love as well.

Interesting I thought, I love to help others. And I am open to receiving love. And I do like having luck in my life.

It will be interesting to watch where this goes.

I also this past week had a meeting with a friend who is working on becoming a coach. So I went and had a session with her. We talked about lots of things, being in a cycle like a caterpillar came up. Being in a cocoon and emerging as a butterfly. With what’s going on with me, I feel like being in a cocoon at times, working on myself and then emerging as the beautiful powerful butterfly/goddess that I know I am.

I like butterfly’s they are very beautiful but also strong too. Some kinds of butterfly’s actually fly across the country to hibernate in a warm part of the country.

I will continue to contemplate lady bugs, butterfly’s and caterpillars!

What kinds of animals do you see yourself as at times?

Patience longer…

Yesterday on my way to work, I was really practicing the art of the quote “patience longer”.  Here in Calgary, we got hit with a winter storm of sorts.  Nothing to huge, but still crazy enough, to cause delays in getting anywhere in the city in the morning.

The practice of “patience longer” came from a fellow WarriorSage Goddess Sister of mine.  She was explaining this to us at our Groovy Goddess Sleep Over back in Sept.  It means to me that we have to have more patience in what we are waiting for, or what we are doing at that moment.

Yesterday going into work was a real practice of “patience longer”.  The drive normally takes me 30min.  Yesterday it took me 2.5hrs to drive into work!

I made the most of it, I sang along to the radio, heard some great music, a new song that I really like by Carrie Underwood.  I took my time driving, and had to remember to breathe.  I could feel myself getting “crunchy” and angry that I wasn’t moving very fast at all.

But then I remembered the practice of “patience longer”.  And I started to send love out to everyone, let lots of space inbetween others and myself.  I did bump up against the curb at one point trying to turn onto one of the roads, but there was no harm done, and I was okay.

So today, it looks like it’ll be another good day to practice “patience longer” as I drive into work!  I encourage you to do the same!  Practice “patience longer”!