Often times we look too long at closed doors…. to see the new one that has been opened for us.
Just Sayin…
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Feeling Disconnected?
Feeling Disconnected?
We often go through periods in our life where we feel completely disconnected to everything… even to ourselves.
The question is …. how to reconnect?
Life gets busy and we find ourselves buzzing here … buzzing there .. nonstop.. we are doing doing and doing all day long … we get overloaded with so much … we then start cutting strings without knowing that’s what’s going on… it’s needed so that we don’t blow a fuse or two… life begins to slow down a little and suddenly we realize this … we get that disconnected feeling but have no idea why it is now that we feel so disconnected. .
Not so simple.. depending where you are on your path and what’s going on in your life .. you might find that though you try many different things.. you just can’t seem to connect.
Sometimes it’s a matter of life telling us we need a break. We need some time to rest and recharge… take some time to do just that … get outside and take a walk… read that book you’ve been meaning to read… take long hot baths… whatever it is .. take some time to yourself … get that much needed rest and don’t worry so much about that connection.. it will soon be back and life will be back in that groove you are use to.
Take that time for yourself and oh yeah .. DON’T LET YOURSELF FEEL GUILTY for taking that much needed break!
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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All it Takes is Remembering
Today I want to take you back … back in time to the days when you felt you had the world in your hands and you just knew that someday all your dreams would come true.
You may have been 5 and just starting school.. ready to learn all that you could.
You may have been 9, in that in between age of being a kid and being a teenager.
You may have been 13 and just starting Junior High… or you may have been 16 with a license to go wild … .your freedom in the form of a little plastic card with your picture on it.
You may have been 18, graduating high school ready to leave home and branch out on your own.
You may have been 21 and now the world truly was in your hands … no rules holding you back!
You may have been 35 and finally coming into your knowing…
You may have been in your 40’s and well … the little things no longer mattered.
No matter what the age was when you felt like the world was yours … when you had high hopes, dreams and long-standing goals… go back now to that time… even if it was just for a moment … go back
Remember what that felt like…
Remember how mountains were merely anthills and rivers were never too wide.
Now remember those hopes and dreams… remember the goals you once had…
Remember your ambition and your readiness to take on whatever lies before you.
Remember?
Explore those thoughts today is all I ask…..
Many Blessings,
Raverntalker
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Fear of Reaching Out
Today I want to talk a moment about those feelings we get urging us to reach out to someone .. someone we don’t know.
You ever see someone out in public and immediately get this urge to go over and speak to them .. offering a hand .. advice .. encouragement or a hug?
This is what I’m talking about today .. I have two stories I’d like to share with you today.
Story No. 1:
The first happened a few years ago….
I was going to Tong Ren(energy healing) classes with a friend of mine and there was a woman there .. who had obvious sadness or depression in her life. I always carry crystals with me … and the first time I saw her .. this voice inside me said .. give her the crystal.. I fought back and fourth with that voice through the whole class. I told the voice.. I can’t do that .. I don’t know this lady and she doesn’t know me.. what will she think… be the voice insisted I give her the crystal.. the class ended and I didn’t give her the crystal.
The next class, there she is again and oh boy there is that voice again. All class I argued with the voice and struggled with what to do.. going over in my head how this would play out if I made the decision to hand the woman a crystal.
By the end of the class .. the voice was so overwhelming that I gave in.. took the crystal from my bag and turned to face the woman with my hand out … crystal in hand.. she looked at me and started crying .. not just a little tear .. I mean she was seriously crying .. she took the crystal and hugged me.. and then said .. Thank you for noticing and thank you for caring. WOW! I was speechless .. yes, me .. speechless. It felt good… and the voice had been right all along.
Story No. 2:
Ok this happened to me yesterday.. I was at the gym, riding the bike.. pushin and goin like crazy trying to get through the whole 30 minutes and reach my 8 mile mark. I notice a lady in the mirror behind me.. she is on the treadmill and quite a large lady .. I felt a great sadness and loneliness about her and I couldn’t help but keep checking on her. She is on that treadmill walking the whole time I am on my bike and my thoughts go out to her. I’m inspired by the fact that she is in there just like me fighting this battle to get fit. It’s her loneliness that keeps pulling my attention to her .. not her size. I wanted to get off my bike and ask her if she minded if I walk on the treadmill next to her .. I wanted to do this so maybe we could strike up a conversation and that maybe I could take away some of that lonely feeling she had. Again, I argue back and fourth with my own feelings… I don’t know this lady and she doesn’t know me. Maybe she just wants to work out and be left alone.. but that feeling I keep getting from her makes me want to help her.
The voice keeps on talking and I keep on arguing. I wanted to go up to her and say.. just in case no one has told you today.. I want to say I’m proud of you.. but that sounded weird to me and I was worried how it would come across and how she might take that. I just wanted to find a way to keep her encouraged and to take away some of the loneliness she had.
I finished my 30 minutes and my 8 miles and even though I so badly wanted to approach this lady .. I didn’t .. all the way home I kept thinking about her and was kicking myself for not doing something. I hope I see her again… I will try to strike a conversation and just offer to come work out with her if she wants a buddy to workout with.
Maybe she didn’t want or need the help.. but then again .. maybe she did .. and there I was doing nothing about it. After all whats the worst she could do .. tell me no and to tell me to piss off.
I regret letting my fears keep me from doing what I was instinctively guided to do.
I’d love to hear your stories, if this has happened to you .. or if you were on the other end and a stranger has come to you out of the blue to help.
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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Hitting the Wall
Most of us have been there at some point in our lives ..
No matter what it is we are facing …. somewhere down the line is that wall.
Sometimes it comes up and we are able to maneuver around it .. other times it’s merely a speed bump on our path.. and other times it is a solid wall that we hit full force.. straight on … and it stops us dead in our tracks.
The question of the day is: How do we get past that wall once it has stopped us in our tracks?
I won’t pretend it’s any easy feat … words are easy .. it’s easy to talk about what we can do and how we should feel about that wall and ideas of how we overcome that wall … but the act of actually doing it is a whole other story.
Depending on where we are in our life and what else is going on in our life and a list of many other factors play a part in how and if we make it past that wall.
The point of today’s post is to simply let you know you are not alone. So many of us have had to face that wall. Don’t beat yourself up if.. for now.. you can’t make it past that wall.
Take your time.. maybe it’s not meant for you to get past it .. maybe you need to do some reflecting on why that wall is there.. maybe this.. maybe that … just don’t beat yourself up over it.
Life is hard enough as it is… that wall doesn’t help .. obsessing over it make it even worse… just know that you are not alone when it comes to meeting that wall… many have been there and many will find themselves there at some point.
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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It’s Time
It’s Time….
There comes a point in your life when you have to let go of old ideas, behaviors and/or beliefs…
Throughout our lifetime many things will come and go as we need them… Be careful not to cling too tightly to any one thing in your life… when it’s purpose has come and gone we need to release it from our grasp so that something new can come in and help us in our growth and in our travels along this path.
I’m not saying give up everything you ever believed in … but more so ideas, beliefs or behaviors that are no longer suited for you at this moment .. this place on your journey.
It may just be allowing our ideas, behaviors and beliefs to transform…. The stubborn part of us may want to stick to what we have always done… but it is like this… if you get stuck in the mud and all you do is put your foot on the gas … spinning and spinning to get out … what happens is that you just get buried deeper in that mud pit .. there is a chance that it may finally work for you and the traction may find something to take hold of and push you out of the mud … but there is also a chance that it won’t … how long are you going to do the “Let’s wait and see” game?
So what I’m saying … is that it’s time to step back and take another look at where you are and what you are doing and what you are thinking at this time… there is a change that needs to be made in order for you to get out of that mud and move on. So what are you waiting for? You already know the change that needs to be made.. don’t fear the road ahead… listen to that inner knowing and march on!
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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Remember When….
Remember what it was like when you were little?
When there really was a man in the moon that listened to all your prayers and watched over you as you slept….
When you looked at frogs, bunnies, bugs and lizards as your friends who had their own home and families in the garden .. and how you just knew they understood every word you said even though you spoke different languages…
When a mound of dirt suddenly became the tallest mountain you would ever climb…. and how wonderful it felt when you reached the top!
When you would see a falling star and you closed your eyes as tight as can be and made a wish straight from your heart….
When bed sheets and blankets made the best secret club house ever!
What happened that you stop seeing the world like this?
It’s the same world ya know….
All you need to do to bring the magic back into your life .. is believe .. believe as you did back when .. with your whole heart and soul …
Really… that’s all it takes…
Remember yet?
Open your heart to love and you’ll begin to believe again ..
Just because you have grown taller doesn’t mean your adventures have come to an end …
Come on… take my hand .. I’ll walk with you for a while .. until your eyes are once again open and the magic is real and no longer just some words from a fairy tale…. come on.. what are you waiting for … let’s go!
“Your life is only as good as you allow it to be”
“Allow more”
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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Are We There Yet?
When it comes to that moment of Spiritual enlightenment … that moment we find ourselves atop the mountain … that place we have been searching for our whole lives … that place we believe to be at the end of our path … it’s not about that moment at the top … it’s about our journey getting there.
It’s how we walked the path on the way… how we carried ourselves… the lives we touched… and the changes we made in ourselves.
It’s not a race … and not a competition.. it’s not about being better than anyone else .. it’s about your own growth.
On the way to that mountain top… what did you learn?
How have you changed?
When you look out at the view and see the path you walked… what do you see? How do you feel?
Was it a good life?
Food for thought….
Many Blessings,
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Climbing the wall
Last night I had a dream…. many things went on in the dream but what stood out most for me was a moment about climbing a wall..
I was in this large brick building .. really huge… seemed vey open
Some guy came along and was showing off what he could do.. he jumped onto the wall and was scaling the wall with bare hands and feet .. I said to him … I can do that .. and began scaling the wall as well..
I thought to myself … of course he can go higher than me .. he’s much stronger than me…
I continued to climb for the sake of climbing …. as he just bounced all over the place showing off
Suddenly I realized I could as well climb just as high… but I didn’t … I kept that to myself and just let him show off
It was enough for me to know I could. I smiled to myself.
Once I came to the realization that I could do it .. I climbed down and landed my feet firmly on the ground… dusted off my hands and went about my business. With a smile of knowing inside me.
You see sometimes that’s all it takes… realizing that we can do something that we once thought we couldn’t.
Once you know you can.. you choose to do or not to do .. you don’t just not do it because you “think” it can’t be done…
The power of knowing is a great thing and can change your world completely.
Many Blessings,
Waya
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Fear of Failure
If this rose were to have a fear of failure … it would have never bloomed. We would have never seen it’s beauty.
My job is to help agents succeed in their business.. I am constantly looking for new ways in which they can grow and expand their business… that’s my day job….
In my personal life I try and use my own experiences in the same way .. hoping to help others heal, grow and find their own peace and happiness as I try and do the same for myself…
This morning Spirit gently whispered to me… it’s not because they don’t want to.. it’s because they are afraid.
Often I get “what I call” excuses … from this person and that about why they can’t do this or learn that … or whatever …
… and I get frustrated… You know the saying .. “You can lead a horse to water….”, well thats how I often feel when trying to help others whether it be in their professional or personal lives.
Personally I fail all the time… but for me it’s an adventure… certainly not a fear ..
I do my best .. dust myself off and try again … sometimes it never works out .. eventually I move on to another approach if thats the case .. and again I may fail … but if I don’t at least give it a try .. I’ll never know.
My message to everyone today is “it’s ok to fail” tomorrow is another day … all the great inventors failed many times before getting it right … the world won’t end .. and time won’t stop.
What’s not ok is not trying at all.
So what if it takes several tries or even a hundred … at least you gave it a go.
Believe in yourself and hug yourself for trying….
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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We All Fall Down
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We All Fall Down
In this life we live … mistakes will be made … we will fall.. we will get back up again and again… There will be highs, there will be lows, ups and downs and all arounds.
Don’t let your mistakes define you, let them be the building blocks of your growth.
Through the more trying times we will find our strengths, figure out what we don’t want and learn more and more about our truest self.
Take some time to look at what you have overcome. Smile… you survived and you will again.
You can fill your life with rainbows or flood it with the rain. Your life truly is what you make it to be. So what will you fill your life with today?
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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One Step At A Time
Like many my life has been far from easy and far from perfect, but it has been “my” life.
I often find myself asking that 2 word phrase “Why Me?”
When those times come around, that’s usually when we are feeling our weakest .. wondering if we can go any further .. wondering if we have what it takes to outlast the storm.
I can look back at when I found myself saying that dreaded phrase and I can see one common denominator. I let fear take the wheel on my path and well I always ended up over in the ditch, off my path, upside down, hanging on by the seat of my pants wondering how the heck did this happen… how did I get here.
As I hung there upside down, suspended in the air, I would think to myself… now how do I get out of this mess? CAN I get out of this mess?
And then the light would come on as I was guided to get myself out 1 step at a time.
1st I had to let go of what was holding me there. Knowing, that when I let go I would fall and land on my head and it would hurt. It wouldn’t kill me, but it sure would hurt.
Then I had to start walking forward. I had to get myself back on the path where I belonged.
Sometimes that walk back to my path was hard. Sometimes uphill, sometimes down and sometimes a bit of both.
Either way it was a walk in the right direction. The direction of growth, healing and progress.
Sometimes it was a short walk and sometimes it took a while to get to where I needed to be. Either way, I got there.
So hold on to your inner strength when you find yourself in that place… off your path asking that silly little phrase “Why Me?”
One step at a time will get you back to where you need to be.
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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Uses of cinnamon
Uses of cinnamon
Healing Power and Curative Properties
Cinnamon leaves are used in the form of powder or decoction. They are stimulant and useful in relieving flatulence and in increasing secretion and discharge of urine. Cinnamon prevents nervous tension, improves complexion and memory. A pinch of cinnamon powder mixed with honey does the trick if taken regularly every night for these purposes.
Common Cold
Cinnamon is an effective remedy for common cold. Coarsely powdered and boiled in a glass of water with a pinch of pepper powder and honey, it can be beneficially used as medicine in cases of influenza, sore throat, and malaria. Its regular use during the rainy season prevents attacks of influenza. Cinnamon oil, mixed with honey, gives relief from cold.
Digestive Disorders
Cinnamon checks nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. It stimulates digestion. A tablespoon of cinnamon water, prepared as for cold and taken half an hour after meals, relieves flatulence and indigestion.
Bad breath
Cinnamon serves as a good mouth freshener.
Headache
Headache produced by exposure to cold air is readily cured by applying a paste of finely powdered cinnamon mixed in water on the temples and forehead.
Acne
Paste of cinnamon powder prepared with a few drops of fresh lime juice can be applied over pimples and blackheads with beneficial results.
Other Diseases
Cinnamon is highly beneficial in the treatment of several other ailments, including spasmodic afflictions, asthma, paralysis, excessive menstruation, uterus disorders and gonorrhea. It is sometimes used as a prophylactic agent, to control German measles.
Other Uses
Natural Birth-Control: Cinnamon can be used for natural birth-control. It has the remarkable effect of checking the early release of ova after child-birth. A piece of cinnamon taken every night for a month after child-birth delays menstruation for more than 15 to 20 months thus preventing early conception. It indirectly helps the secretion of breast milk. Prolonged breast feeding checks the restarting of menstruation after child-birth, according to studies.
Dried cinnamon leaves and inner bark are used for flavoring cakes and sweets and in curry powder. They are also used in incense, dentifrices and perfumes. Cinnamon bark oil is used for flavoring confectionery and liqueurs. It is also used in pharmaceutical and dental preparations. Cinnamon leaf oil is used in perfumes and flavorings as also in the synthesis of vanilla.
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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Daily Wisdom by Raventalker 1-24-2011
What? Shocked?
Why are you so shocked about how your life is going??? After all … YOU are the one writing the book!
There is nothing we can do about the chapters we have already lived except to accept them as they were and move forward. How boring would life be if it were always perfect and there were no hills… no battles… no surprises or bends in the road.
It is not what comes your way that matters most .. it’s how you handle it… how you get through it .. and how you move forward.
Don’t dwell on past mistakes.. allow them to be lessons learned and move forward with better knowledge of what to do next time.
Find a moment right here .. right now to be happy … wrap yourself in that feeling and don’t be afraid of it .. sure it may only last a moment … but you felt it .. you knew what it was .. and you were open to the experience … it will be back! Just don’t be afraid.. Allow it to come and go and you will find yourself wrapped in its light more often than not.
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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What Life Makes Us
What Life Makes Us
Life can certainly have something to do with who we each are.. how we interact with others, how we handle situations, how we treat others, how we view ourselves as well as the rest of the world.. but in the end we all have the choice to be what we make of ourselves.
It is always our choice at the beginning and end of each day how we choose to be.
We can treat ourselves and others with bitterness, hate, anger and dislike because of somewhere in your life you have been mistreated, abused or angered.. or we can treat ourselves and others with love and compassion.
Think about it.. from my point of view it seems pretty simple.. Acting in a negative way only creates more negativity … for instance: There has been a mistake on a bill you owe and you call up customer service to work it out.. if you are angered from the beginning and allow that anger to come across to the person trying to help you on the other end.. what good will that do? Does it make that person want to help you any more just because you are angry? Will you get the issue resolved any faster? And how far will that person on the other end of the line go to help correct the issue.. since you have been nothing but bitter and nasty towards them? And the same goes in the other direction.. you are the customer service rep and you’ve had a bad day or life for that matter and so you greet each customer with anger and nastiness … does it make you feel better? Does it help in any way to be that way or treat others in that way?
Being kind to others really isn’t that hard … and being kind to yourself may be what is needed to start you on that road.
We can live our lives using excuses of why and how we are who we have become ………. or we can choose to take responsibility for our own actions and be what we made of ourselves instead of what “life” may have made us.
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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My Invincible Summer
My Invincible Summer
“In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.” — Albert Camus
The above quote I find to be so true.
No life goes without some sort of bad weather… some sort of tragedy… some sort of sorrow …. Some sort of struggle.
We have all been there at some point in our lives.. some only a time or two and some many times over and over again it seems.
As I sit here now and think back to some of my darkest moments, I can surely see the struggle, the sadness/anger/despair/weakness/fear….. but also I can see the fight inside me to make it through.
Oh yes so often I had moments where I just wanted to give up and maybe I did for a brief second here and there, but always I knew that was not the way I was going to go down and the fight within me to get beyond this dark point in my life was far stronger, in fact, looking back now, I can see how the darker my moments the stronger my fight.
There is a fire inside all of us. When negativity comes into our lives our fires begin to burn out and die. It is only when we make the choice to rid ourselves of that negativity that our fires begin to roar again.
It is up to us to keep our fires roaring … it is in the choices we make and what we allow into our lives.
The fire never truly dies. You may at times find that your fire has gone to burning embers, but all the while you have what it takes inside you to bring those embers back to that roaring fire that lights your way, fills your life with warmth and gives you the energy to keep you moving forward on your path.
Those dark times in our lives remind us that we do have what it takes to change our worlds. You are all sitting here today reading this because you have made it through some sort of dark period in your own life.
When times get hard remember that inside you is that invincible summer determined to blossom new life.
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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Learning about Self
Tonight I will speak about learning …..
Not just learning about the many variety of things in life but learning about self…..
Stepping back to watch … to clearly see yourself and how you behave and how you react to the situation in life.
How many times do we speak when we should have stayed quiet ?
How many times have we taken a leap when we should have stood still?
How many times did we think we saw something that just wasn’t there?
Oh there are so many ways that we learn about self… these are just a few ..
The key is to learn how to find that place in yourself where you can stop.. stand still for a moment and really look .. really see clearly .. so that we may not make that leap if it is not needed.. so that we may be able to keep our words quiet until they need to be heard .. and so that we may see things as they are and not how we think they are .. how fear would like us to see them or how we wish they were…
How do we do this? you may ask…. well……………….
Take a moment in your day to reflect on what you’ve done just that day … maybe earlier that morning .. or just minutes ago..
Reflect on your thoughts as you overheard a conversation and why you felt the way you did about the conversation or for that matter how you felt overhearing it instead of hearing it directly…
Reflect on how you answered the phone or drove your car …
Reflect on your own actions and feelings and not worry so much about those of others …
This is how we learn about ourselves.. finding out why we do or feel the things we do
Now that I’ve given you some food for thought … have a good night and sweet dreams
Many Blessings,
Raventalker
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