Quote of The Day
March 14, 2008
Quote for the Day:
“The Hunt isn’t over until both your heart and your belly are full.”
Sun Bear, Walk in Balance
An empty heart is a terrible thing, as is an empty belly.
As you finish each and every day you may feel that your base needs are being satisfied, but that something is missing, something is not quite right in your life.
It could well be that your heart is feeling empty.
I am not speaking of an absence of love or human contact, or even depression. I am speaking of that feeling you get when you are unfulfilled, when each day seems much like the other and your soul feels like it is disconnected from your body.
How does one fill an empty heart?
Each individual must find his or her own sustenance when it comes to this.
Have you lived up to your goals and your dreams?
Have you truly tried to pursue them?
Or have you simply gotten by and lived the life that was handed to you, making the best of what you have.
Think about it.
Today.
Is your heart full or empty?
What can you do to begin your journey toward fullness of heart?
Every journey begins with one step.
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The Greatest Mistake of Women Through All Time
March 14, 2008
The Greatest Mistake of Women Through All Time
Ever wonder why ………
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Just a little tidbit of a thought that came to mind today………….
Forgive a Man his ways, and take responsibility for them.
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The biggest mistake of Women through all time.
My mother did it, your mother probably did it, I did it in my past as well.
Why do we do it?
Because we so want the Man in our life to “come true”.
The only way the Man we love will “come true”, is if we, as the women in their lives, stay true to ourselves and reject bad behaviour, not condone, overlook or accept it.
Think about it tonight while you may well be making an excuse for him as to why he hasn’t called, or why he doesn’t commit.
When we begin to fervently REJECT bad behaviour, the Men in our lives begin to “come true”.
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“On a Wing and a Prayer”
March 14, 2008
“On a Wing and a Prayer”
You’ve probably heard that phrase many times, and you probably realize that it means to maintain hope in a desperate situation.
Many times in my life I have had this energy about me and around me, and just as many times the situation has come to fruition to my satisfaction, although perhaps not in my preferred time frames.
Lately I’ve been having this energy surrounding me, but it seems to be subsiding now as God and the Powers of the Universe are bringing me Hope and Peace.
Here’s a bit of trivia for you.
Many people conjure up images of angels or some spiritual imagery when they hear this phrase, however, it may enlighten you to know that this phrase is one of the most Patriotic in the American Language.
Those of us who study the metaphysical, frequently learn trivia like this, and this is one of those little-known tidbits.
This phrase originated in an American World War Two patriotic song, with words by Harold Adamson and music by Jimmy McHugh. It is a song about a plane struggling home after a bombing raid:
Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer
What a show, what a fight
Boys, we really hit our target for tonight
How we sing as we limp through the air
Look below, there’s our field over there
Though there’s one motor gone
We can still carry on
Comin’ in on a wing and a prayer.
The song came out at the end of 1942 and instantly became a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic, so much so that the phrase almost immediately entered the language.
And that, my dear friends, is where the saying comes from, the faith of our brave veterans that they will be guided safely home.
Peace!Brigid Bishop
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On The Outside Looking In
March 13, 2008
On The Outside Looking In
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart…
Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”
Carl Jung
Frequently when under stress or in crisis a client will call and all of their questions will be focused on the object of their affections, concerns are projected outside, and the only “inner” focus is on how terrible they feel at present.
Of course, my position as an Advisor and Relationship Coach is to answer their questions as honestly and accurately as possible, and deliver even the negativity that may be energetically surrounding their situations as compassionately as possible.
The difficulty lies in trying to communicate to the client that they may very well need to remove their focus from the outside and switch it to the inside.
When in an emotional crisis, many are so focused on what may happen next or why their partner is behaving in a negative way, that it is very difficult to clearly deliver that message, and even when delivered kindly and gently, the client may not be able to hear what I am saying, dismissing the guidance that the cards are delivering to return to their focus questions of “Why did he?” and “When will he?”.
I am writing this Blog, (and many previous Blogs), as a gentle reminder or soft guidance to my clientele, that they may perhaps begin to change the focus of their concerns and questions from the outside to the inside.
Let me give you some examples to ponder, and please remember that this is not directed toward any client or clients in particular, it is based on being a Professional Tarot Reader for six years and providing over 20,000 readings in that time frame, so if you see yourself in here, you are one of many I am writing this for.
Example Outward Focus Question:
Why did he break up with me?
Example Inward Focus Questions:
What was it in my behaviors that caused him to behave like this toward me? Am I needy? Am I clinging? Am I too strong for him?
How are his current behaviors making me feel?
Why do I allow him to make me feel this way?
How can I take control over my emotions and take “my power” back?
Example Outward Focus Question:
When will he call?
Example Inward Focus Question:
What can I do during this break to improve myself?
What was my contribution to this problem? What was his?
Why do I want him to call?
Why can’t I let go and move on?
Example Outward Focus Question:
Will he come back to me?
Example Inward Focus Questions:
Do I really want him back?
What is it about him that makes me love him?
Do I love him or his potential?
Do I love him, or my projection of him?
What is it about him that makes me feel negative?
Example Outward Focus Question:
How does he feel about me right now?
Example Inward Focus Question:
How do I truly feel about him?
Example Outward Focus Question:
What will make him come back to me?
Example Inward Focus Question:
Do I really want him back?
Sometimes when our relationships hit crisis points or breakup it is more upsetting to us because the rhythm of our lives has changed and we now have a new path before us. We outwardly focus on the absent partner not because we truly love them, but because we were comfortable in our routines, and the disruption to those routines is very ominous.
If you have to move out you don’t know where you are going to live just yet, if you have had a long-term relationship your circle of friends may very well change, you suddenly find you have weekends with nothing to do except focus on your loss when you could be making plans to do things you always wanted to do but never got around to.
I listen daily to people talk about their exes and ask outwardly focused questions about them as exemplified above, and there are occasions when the client combines the outward with the inward and realizes that they truly are in love with their estranged partner and they do the work required to heal their relationship, and sometimes that work entails a lengthy separation and a life on a totally separate path for awhile, but these are the clients who do go inward as well as outward.
What is difficult is to hear clients focus outward and feel their desperation at regaining their lost love, but then also listen to them quantify all of the faults of their estranged partner, which prompts me to ask, are you sure that you want them back? How do you really feel about him? By doing so, I try to steer them inward, but few follow the map.
In my Blog, “Careful What You Wish For, You Just Might Get It” I share with you some insights into a frequent occurrence post-reconciliation within my client base, if you are in the midst of a breakup right now you may also wish to read and consider that particular Keen Blog as well.
“Happiness, not in another place, but this place…
Not for another hour, but this hour.”
Walt Whitman
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Conflict and Calm
March 12, 2008
Conflict and Calm
Think about the most difficult and trying times you have had in your life. Think about the obstacles you have overcome, the battles you have won and the growth you have experienced…
In each and every instance you have become stronger, and should those same challenges once again loom ahead of you, well, since you’ve handled it before, you really may not be challenged by them again.
You may be going through a difficult time right now, but you may also be failing to recognize that you have made it through difficulties before. Remember how you felt when you overcame your obstacles, rose to your challenges, conquered your fears…
You will make it through this difficult period as well.
When times are tough, consider this quote by Carl Jung:
The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed.
It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
Love is FREQUENTLY having to say I’m Sorry!
March 11, 2008
Love is FREQUENTLY having to say I’m Sorry!
Yesterday I spoke of Forgiveness. Today we will speak of regret and sorrow.
Take some time today and think of something you have done to wrong someone, friend, stranger, coworker, lover, husband, wife, whomever you may have hurt. Think of how your actions have made this individual feel. Now feel their pain.
If the person is still with the living, APOLOGIZE TO THEM TODAY!!! If the person in question is no longer accessible to you through death or separation, say your own little act of contrition directly to their spirit, they will hear you.
You will feel better and perhaps you can help them along the path to FORGIVENESS, so that they can begin to heal.
Don’t worry about how your apology is received. It could very well be rejected. Just know that you are giving them an opportunity to heal.
Today I wish you the grace and humility to apologize to someone you have hurt.
I Coined This Phrase for Myself………
March 11, 2008
I Coined This Phrase for Myself………
Whenever life knocks me down I remember one of my own quotes….
I’d Rather be a HAS-BEEN……..
Than a NEVER-WAS!
Motivates me every time………. Go for it!!!!
Quote of the Day, by Tom Jones!
March 11, 2008
Quote of the Day, by Tom Jones!
No, not the sexy, hip-swinging singer from the 70’s, but this one:
The Air Force Commendation Medal was established by Secretary of the Air Force James H. Douglas, Jr. and promulgated in Air Force General Orders Number 16 of March 28, 1958. The Air Force Commendation Medal was designed and sculpted by Thomas Hudson Jones (1892-1969) of the Army’s Institute of Heraldry.
You may wonder why I chose to mention him, well, it’s because Mr. Thomas Hudson Jones coined this phrase:
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Thomas Jones (1892 - 1969)
Funny, but SOOOO TRUE!!!
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