Allow

My husband sent me this email today:
Faith is one of the keys to living a life filled with peace and joy.
Being connected spiritually will help you to have faith, which is
believing in that which is unseen.

The Bible states “ask and you will receive.” Abraham-Hicks teachings
point out a middle but very important step in this process:

1. Ask,
2. Allow, and
3. Receive.

Allow means: have a little patience in life for goodness sakes! If you
plant a seed and go digging it up, you are messing up the allowing
step. A seed needs to be nurtured and cared for before it’ll break
through the ground and start to grow. There is a gestation period for
all dreams. Some refer to this as the Law of Gestation, which is
saying allow things to come into being.

This is the key to faith. It really is having trust and patience that
the outcome you desire will come to pass. Faith gives you what you
need while you wait for the seeds of your dreams to break through.

So many times I ask... ask... ask... and get disappointed and sad because I don't see an immediate answer. I look around and notice how so many people have this or that (which I don't have) and I want it. I forget that these people very likely had to ask, work for it, allow, and later received it.
Lesson for Sofia - Life is not about immediate gratification, instant success, spontaneous results. 

Lessons I learn from my Baby

Today I was trying to get some things done (I'm always busy with little projects, goals, etc) and I noticed that my 7 month old baby boy - Lucas- wanted me hold him.
I picked him up and held him on my lap while recording a youtube video and he was the most perfect, adorable, easy going baby I could have asked for. After that I started thinking about some of the things that Lucas has taught me (and I must say, my 2 other children have taught me and keep teaching me many things as well):

1. be patient = Lucas is so patient with my imperfections as a mother. He is also so patient with his siblings who sometimes get too physical, or too loud around him. I've been told that I'm very patient, yet I know that there's plenty of room for improvement... I want to be particularly patient with others when their agenda is not the same as mine.
2. be forgiving = Lucas forgives me so easily. Sometimes he's hungry and I'm not as quick to feed him as he would probably like, so he starts crying : ( but the moment that I start feeding him he gives me a huge smile indicating that he forgives me and that he is...OK. I have had my feelings hurt, been disappointed and wronged by others and I definitely want to be quicker at forgiving and forgetting, and moving on.
3. be thankful = I can tell that Lucas is thankful and appreciates the time I spend with him, the meals I prepare for him, the tickles and kisses I give him. He likes to give me 'mouth open, slobbery kisses' as a thank you! I always remind my children to say: thank you... I have a thankful heart but I know I could be more 'vocal' about my gratitude with everyone around me.
4. be loving = this little boy shares his love with everyone he sees. He does it with no restraint, and with no assumptions of getting love back. Unconditional love is now a new goal for me.
5. be happy and positive = My mom told me once that teething is so painful that if we were to go through it as adults we would go insane (I wonder if we deliberately erase from our memory what we went through as babies to get teeth in our mouth?!). Lucas is always so happy despite teething, croup, runny noses, sitting with a poopy diaper, not being able to express himself, not being able to move from one spot to the other, etc (there seem to be so many reasons why Lucas could be grumpy or sad, YET I know that he CHOOSES to be happy). I can be better at making the decision to be happy - despite the circumstances around me. I know happiness is a choice, it's my choice.
6. be accepting and trusting = it seems to me that Lucas accepts life the way it is. He is relaxed, and even when things aren't going well (and he cries) Lucas just waits for things to get better, as if he knows and trusts in the ones around him, in life, and in God to make things right again. For me, trusting in God has everything to do with Faith. I will trust life more. I will trust that I am loved, I am safe and that sometimes life just has to run its course.

My dear Littlest Angel (Lucas) - I want to be more like you. Thank you for being in my life and for the lessons you teach me. You are so very loved.
Hugs,
your Mama

What If money didn't matter?.. - Alan Watts

Serenity

Quote: “Never too old, never too bad, never too late, never too sick to start from scratch once again.” -Bikram Choudhury.

Essential Oil - Serenity:
Blend Ingredients:
Lavender, Roman chamomile, Sandalwood, Sweet marjoram, Vanilla, Ylang ylang

This Blend Addresses:
-Anxiety
-Calming
-Induces restfulness
-Soothing
-Stress
-Tension headaches
---You can diffuse this oil for soothing and calming; it is especially effective if used before bedtime to induce a restful sleep. Apply topically with light massage to feet or temples for stress relief and to increase a sense of well-being. Apply topically to feet at bedtime to calm and aid in restful sleep. Also apply to the neck and lymph nodes if needed to reduce anxiety, if blood pressure is high, or if there is tension or stress.

Some might find direct application helpful for tension headaches. I love massaging some on my children’s feet in the evening when it’s time to quiet down.

Question for U:
. What things do you do to keep you sane despite all the craziness of life?

...if you mess up, i't s not your parents' fault...

Bill Gates gave a Commencement speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Here are some of the things he mentioned:

 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! ( my thoughts: yeah, some friends will betray, some people will break your heart, others may lie to you, others may take advantage of your kindness/goodness, etc... doesn't mean you should stop being a friend, loving, being honest, kind and good)

 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. (it's important to learn about EARNING what you get)

 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. (as long as it's honest - work is work)

 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes; learn from them. (a blind friend told me this once, more than 20 years ago: learn learn learn, read read read, listen listen listen, and ask lots of questions)

 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. (I don't think my little ones think we're boring - but that may change when they enter the teenage years. However, Jay and I have talked numerous times about how one of the main reasons why we want to stay healthy is so we can keep up with our children and the different kind of activities they'll enjoy when they're older)

 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time. (it is important to find yourself though. Take time to find who you really are. I know that I am a daughter of a wonderful and kind God)

 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. (yeah, there's no reality in 'reality shows'! and you don't learn much, if anything, about real life watching tv)

 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. (I think this one is funny)

Give what you want to receive

Give What You Want to Receive

We all want things in life.
And I’d even venture to say that you are worthy of them.
Now you may not be attracting what you want...or at least as fast as you would like, right?
James Allen, author of legendary book, “As A Man Thinketh” has taught that “we attract what we are, not what we want.”
Read that again...we attract what we are, not what we want.
I read this to interpret that having what we want in life has everything to do with how we’re being, how we’re showing up, the mirror effect, or even perhaps the concept of karma at play.
All too often when we are in a “wanting” stage - we start to feel anxious, sometimes even desperate for that very thing to happen, to come to us. We turn from anticipation to anguish, which energetically we’re putting off the wrong vibe - make sense?
So in applying James Allen’s wisdom, to attract what we want, we must be what we want....and I believe the fastest way to get there is to give what we want to receive.
Let’s say we want more love & appreciation from our significant other, a parent, a friend - what if we proactively offered that love & appreciation...?
Or what if we’d like to feel more financially wealthy & abundant? Perhaps we take food to the local shelter, buy someone a bagel behind us in line, or write a gratitude list for the current comforts we have...?
In other words, we model abundance as if that is already our life.
Ivin Misner, BNI International Founder, calls it “Give to Gain.”
When we show up with value, we get valued.
See, what I’m really suggesting is that we proactively become the result, the energetic karmic match for what you’re wanting to experience in your life...love, income, sales, peace, etc.
So what will you do today?

• Compliment your spouse? Fix their favorite meal? Tuck a sweet note in their book?
• Buy someone a gift, rake the neighbors leaves, or donate to your local food bank?
• Send a referral to a friend? Endorse someone’s services you’re pleased with?
• Think kinder thoughts, forgive, allow others - especially YOURSELF - off the perfectionistic police path?

When we become in alignment with what we want, we naturally and with simple ease attract what we want because we are that which we are projecting ourselves.
You are worthy of your desires...go simply be the desire for someone else and watch the magic happen.
Love,
Sofia
 
To receive your own free ebook copy of “As a Man Thinketh” by James Allen you can go to www.asamanthinketh.net.

Question for U?
Do you know what you want out of life?





contents of this entry taken mostly from www.TheLighthousePrinciples.com 

Oils that help w/ feelings of insecutity

Which essential oils assist with 

feelings of insecurity and feeling unlovable?

Lovable: Having qualities that attract affection

Bergamot - teaches us to let go of self-judgment and move into a space
of self love and acceptance. By learning to love ourselves unconditionally, we gain the courage to share our genuine thoughts and feelings. Bergamot reassures us that we are lovable for who we really are.

 

Cassia- assists those of us who hold back or hide. It helps us see our value and potential. Cassia restores confidence and self assurance, allowing us to live from our authentic self. (a little side note on Cassia - It smells AMAZING and tastes oh so good!)

Lavender- Lavender addresses deep fears of being seen and heard. It calms the insecurities that cause us to block our self-expression. Lavender helps us see that it is through open and honest expression that we experience unconditional love and acceptance.


This is a link to Doterra's Living Magazine for Fall

Some of my favorite articles are on pg. 10 to 14 about how some oils can work as a brain booster, homework help, or for better behavior (it's a "back to school" section), I also enjoyed reading a successful story on loosing weight using slim & sassy on pg.6.

Question for U: What do you do to solve feelings of  'I'm not good enough'?
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Lessons from a Donkey! & Happy Thanksgiving

Enjoy Thanksgiving & make use of the oils  to renew you:
coriander to balance blood sugar,

on guard to build back up the immune system, if it's suppressed by sugar, overeating, lack of sleep :),

 cassia is both beautiful and powerful to diffuse as we enter this season! And it helps you feel love for self

Celebrate all the blessings you have in your life, the faces of your family and friends & all the amazing tools we've been given to help them!

Lessons from a Donkey

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One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for

hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from yourself.

We always have the choice to be victim or victor.
So next time it feels as if you are in that well with no chance of being freed, think of the little donkey that refused to accept that his circumstances were beyond his control; he didn’t give up and he didn’t give in, and you don’t have to either!

Question for U:
• How can you move from being a victim to being in charge of your own mind, choices or mindset?
• What small changes can you make this week to move yourself forward or take charge of your situation?

Pain - how can DoTerra help?

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•Everyone will experience PAIN.
•50 % of ER visits are PAIN related.
•More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic PAIN.
•PAIN costs $600 billion a year in medical treatments and lost productivity.

The purpose of pain is to warn you of impending injury, or injury that has already occurred. There's 2 types of pain: acute pain (is a defense mechanism, we need it) and chronic pain (from too much inflammation in our bodies).

What are some of the problems of medicine? Are they masking symptoms or getting to the root of the problem?

“The biggest and fastest growing part of American’s drug problem is prescription drug abuse.”
–National Institute on Drug Abuse

“The number of overdose deaths from pain killers more than tripled from 1999 to 2006.”
–Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety

There is something we can do...

-The Life Long Vitality Pack is a specific set of nutritional supplements done by the doTERRA company described in this way, "Alpha CRS+™, xEO Mega®, and Microplex VMz which are a comprehensive dietary supplement program of essential nutrients and energy factors for lifelong vitality and wellness."

-THIS IS DOTERRA'S #1 PRODUCT! Taking the LLV has changed my life (read about it here). In fact, the company feels so strongly about this product that you can return the bottles empty in 30 days and they'll give you your money back if you are not satisfied (out of thousands of orders over the last 4 years less than 16-20 have been returned).

-More people have gotten off their over the counter medication by using this product than by using anything else! It feeds your body perfectly.
You can buy it at retail price or for even less than retail if you buy it through the Loyalty Rewards Program (because you'll get points to use for free product!) Contact Doterra's Customer Service (800-411-8151) and they'll help you set up your order.

-The LLV supplements does 3 main things for you:
1) it brings down the level of imflamation in your body - this in turn bri ngs down the chronic pain. There's 6 anti-inflamatories in LLV ( all natural, from plants).
2) it increases your energy because it feeds your body the right nutrients from vitamins and minerals (things that are very hard for our bodies to get with today's poor nutrition). As our body is fed perfectly our mood is naturally enhanced and there's less feelings of depression.
3) increases cellular rejuvenation (meaning healthier brain function, healthier skin, living with more vitality, less sickness).

I love you so much it hurts!

 É Isso Aí 
É isso aí
Como a gente achou que ia ser
A vida tão simples é boa
Quase sempre
É isso ai
Os passos vão pelas ruas
Ninguém reparou na lua
A vida sempre continua

E eu não sei para de te olhar
eu não sei parar de te olhar
Não vou parar de te olhar
Eu não me canso de olhar
Não sei parar
De te olhar

É isso ai
Há quem acredita em milagres
Há quem cometa maldade
Há quem não saiba dizer a verdade

É isso ai
Um vendedor de flores
Ensinar seus filhos a escolher seus amores

Eu não sei parar de te olhar
Não sei parar de te olhar
Não vou parar de te olhar
Eu não me canso de olhar
Não vou parar de te olhar

Meu Eu em Você

Eu sou o brilho dos seus olhos ao me olhar
Sou o teu sorriso ao ganhar um beijo meu
Eu sou o teu corpo inteiro a se arrepiar
Quando em meus braços você se acolheu
Eu sou o teu segreto mais oculto
Teu desejo mais profundo
Teu querer
Tua fome de prazer sem disfarçar
Sou tua fonte de alegria
Sou o teu sonhar
Eu sou a tua sombra
Eu sou teu guia
Sou teu luar em plena luz do dia
Eu sou a tua pele
Proteção
Sou teu calor
Eu sou teu cheiro a perfumar o nosso amor
Eu sou tua saudade reprimida
Sou o teu sangrar ao ver minha partida
Sou o teu peito a apelar, gritar de dor
Ao se ver ainda mais distante do meu amor
Eu sou teu ego
Tua alma
Sou teu céu
O teu inferno
A tua calma
Eu sou teu tudo
Sou teu nada
Sou apenas a tua amada
Eu sou teu mundo
Sou teu poder
Sou tua vida
Sou meu eu em você

Fico assim sem voce
Avião sem asa, fogueira sem brasa
Sou eu assim sem você
Futebol sem bola,
Piu-piu sem Frajola
Sou eu assim sem você

Por que é que tem que ser assim
Se o meu desejo não tem fim
Eu te quero a todo instante
Nem mil alto-falantes
Vão poder falar por mim

Amor sem beijinho
Buchecha sem Claudinho
Sou eu assim sem você
Circo sem palhaço
Namoro sem amasso
Sou eu assim sem você

Tô louca pra te ver chegar
Tô louca pra te ter nas mãos
Deitar no teu abraço
Retomar o pedaço
Que falta no meu coração

Eu não existo longe de você 
E a solidão é o meu pior castigo
Eu conto as horas
Pra poder te ver
Mas o relógio tá de mal comigo

Por quê? Por quê?

Neném sem chupeta
Romeu sem Julieta
Sou eu assim sem você
Carro sem estrada
Queijo sem goiabada
Sou eu assim sem você

Por que é que tem que ser assim
Se o meu desejo não tem fim
Eu te quero a todo instante
Nem mil alto-falantes
vão poder falar por mim

Eu não existo longe de você
E a solidão é o meu pior castigo
Eu conto as horas pra poder te ver
Mas o relógio tá de mal comigo (2x) 
 

I can't stop loving you