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Are We There Yet?

fb cover 2When 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

castle wallLast 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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Writing the story of your life…

Writing the story of your life…

If you were to write the story of your life .. what kind of book would it be?

Would it be full of happiness? Sorrow? Adventure? Romance? Mystical Experiences? Mayhem and Chaos? Hardship? Mystery? Miracles?

What would you highlight?

Where would it begin and what sort of ending would you hope for?

Would it have been a life of learning or teaching or a bit of both?

Would it be a life filled with happiness .. interrupted by moments of something other?

Would be a life time of hardship and sorrows with brief moments of happiness scattered about?

Would you highlight the best moments of your life or the worst?

Which chapters would you leave out and which ones would you speak about most?

Who would the heroes be?

Who would the villains be and who won the battles?

Were there any wars fought? How many did you win and how many were lost?

Was it even about winning or losing?

Was it a life lived or a life that passed you by?

What would the story of your life tell us?

Just a bit of something to think about …. 🙂

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Imagine that we are like books … most know us only by our cover … some know us a bit deeper and have read our inner flap … even fewer know our whole story.

Just as with a book.. you can’t get a full understanding of its contents just by it’s cover .. you gain a bit more knowledge once you read the inner flap of that book…but that will only be a short summary … certainly not the whole story…. to understand fully its contents you must read through the whole thing from beginning to end.

We all have many chapters within us …. some we have finished, some we have not yet finished, some we cut short, some we still have ahead of us to write.

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.

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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

What its Like to Soar

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I was given a precious gift by way of dream/vision one night not long ago …. settle into your seat and I’ll tell you about my journey into the night.

As I lay down my head for the night I was instantly transported into a dream/vision state of mind.

I saw myself painted white from head to toe with dark markings below my eyes and upon my lips … to me this was right away a sign that this was to be about new visions, a way of seeing things in a new perspective and with the markings on my lips .. this was to signify that I should speak about what it was I am seeing. So here I go…

I lay there upon a table painted and marked and from my body another image is being born… I see that I am giving birth to myself once again .. ever growing.. ever changing and transforming … I emerge from the shell that was me as the raven and then straight away I transform into the eagle.

This said to me that yes I am the raven .. but inside me I also carry the strength of the eagle… the experience that came after was nothing less than amazing…

As I transformed from one bird to another I felt the strength of the eagle.. the power was overwhelming and amazing … straight up I flew .. quickly into the sky above ….

Soaring higher than ever before… from this height I was able to look down and see the world … my world and the world around me from a new perspective. The shear power behind each flap of my wings was unimaginable.. I felt strength throughout my entire being like never before.. I felt so very strong and it was with great force that I flew. I drifted on the winds above and the view was amazing!

Normally in my life I feel very weak and vulnerable.. most often in a fragile state, easily hurt (emotionally), rarely noticed and very small in the world, insignificant in the world as a whole. In this vision I was given a whole other feeling… opposite of what I experience in my day to day living.

What I was able to take from this gift of vision:

Even tho I may feel small and fragile, I have inside me the strength to soar to higher ground.

I shall not forget the strength I felt as the eagle and how it was to soar so far above what I had ever imagined possible.. I shall keep with me the knowledge that I do have what it takes to make it there .. it just takes a bit of faith and flying full force into the direction of our dreams. A knowing that within me lies all the tools I need to be me at my greatest.

My message to everyone else….

We all hold the tools needed … we just have to know that they are there and then use them to get us where we are meant to be.

It doesn’t matter what or how we think others see us .. it is all about how we see ourselves that matters.

 

Many Blessings,
Waya

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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

One Step At A Time

IMG_4706Like 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

Are You Happy Now?

mockingbirdAre you Happy Now?

When asked this question, what comes to mind?

Are your first thoughts, those of well no.. I need to lose more weight, I want to get my teeth whitened, I need to make more money, I want to be loved more, I want more success, a bigger house, a newer car… etc.?

OR

Do your thoughts go toward all that you have in life and all the possibilities that await?

Happiness comes when YOU allow yourself to be so. Happiness doesn’t come from material things so having a bigger house, better job or whatever it is you “desire” in the material world won’t mean that you’ll be happy.

Take this time now to think about all the things that have made you laugh or smile.. I bet most of those things have nothing at all to do with material possessions… and more so on acts of kindness, friendship, family bonding, and basic human interaction. Maybe it was a child’s laughter, or finding your very first 4 leaf clover, or watching the sunset or rise…. Maybe it was a kiss or a look… Maybe it was the look on someone’s face when they had lost the plot… maybe it was your child’s first steps… whatever it was … I can almost guarantee it had nothing at all to do with something you “thought” you wanted or needed.. instead it was something that just came to you freely and without some supermarket price tag.

I’m not saying that life isn’t hard and that there are no tragedies …. I’m simply saying to take a moment and appreciate all the little things in life that bring you unexpected joy.. take a moment to appreciate those around you … tell those close to you that you love them and appreciate them. Hug a whole lot more and complain a whole lot less.

Take today to appreciate the fact that if nothing else in this world you still have life … and if you still have life you have dreams, hope and possibilities.

True happiness comes not from outside joys but those that touch your heart and make you smile…. From the inside out!

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Life!

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Spirit whispers in my ear this morning and so I must share the message I have been given…

Life! Life .. it’s simple.. it’s complex… it’s up .. it’s down.. it’s here .. it’s now.. it’s this moment and the next.

I can’t begin to tell you what life is all about … ok well I could begin but it would never end…lol.. this blog would go on forever!!!

But what I can tell you is what it’s NOT about …

It’s not about the pain – it’s about growing, learning and repairing

It’s not about the torment – it’s about the healing

It’s not about the hurt – it’s about not hurting anymore …. or anyone

It’s not about the miles – it’s about every step along the way

It’s not about the size of the battle – it’s about holding true to yourself

It’s not about the tears shed – it’s about caring

It’s not about the struggle – it’s about the fight inside

It’s not about youth – it’s about the child within

It’s not about money – it’s about the treasure in YOU

It’s not about what you have – it’s about what you give

I could go on and on .. but I’ll stop here … I think you understand the whisper from here…

Life is about finding peace and happiness .. right here .. right now.. in this moment .. within yourself.

Enjoy it!

It’s a gift we have been given … E N J O Y I T!

It’s in your own hands … how will you handle it?

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

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

Left Behind From Our Journey

IMG_4172-22This morning the thought came to mind about our footprints … or more so the footprints we leave behind us as we journey through life.

Take some time now to look back at the footprints you have already left and think on how you would like to leave your future footprints.

This is not about correcting wrongs or even correcting past mistakes.. it’s about growing and becoming our own personal best.

It’s about being responsible in our actions and in all ways that we live.

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Returning of the Sun…

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Returning of the Sun…

The days, now getting longer as they grow
The sun sharing with us it’s warm and healing glow

It’s time to think about what we will harvest this year
Ready the seeds… the time is growing near

Preparation and work go hand in hand
If we want to see something come from our plan

A bit of work and a bit of time
Take care of the details and all will be fine

Nurture and trust what you sow
When it’s time to harvest, you’ll know

Take care in all that you do from here on out
Fertilize your dreams and let go of all doubt

Soon the work you’ve done will be seen by all
A great harvest you’ll reap as the raven sings it caw

So go now and make your plans
Get ready to work and don’t fear a little dirt on your hands!

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

What Life Makes Us

crow and mockingbirdWhat 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

Would You Come Back?

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At this time of year we will see many instances of reflection. The year in review, this year’s best, this year’s worst, etc etc etc.

Well I want to take this moment to reflect in another way.

A while back I had a conversation with someone who doesn’t believe in reincarnation and her argument was “why would you want to come back?”.

My argument was “Why wouldn’t you?”.

It doesn’t matter if you believe in reincarnation or not.. that’s not what this post is about .. what it IS about is finding reasons to live life all over again.

Some of my reasons for wanting to live life all over again:

Falling in love all over again
Giving birth to my children, holding them in my arms all over again
The excitement and wonder of Christmas
Jumping in that huge pile of leaves that took you all day to rake up
Giggles and laughter
Moments spent with friends
Talking all night on the phone
The first kiss
Making a difference in someone’s life for the better
Accomplishment
Feeling that first kick
Singing in the car, not caring who sees
Sunsets and sunrises
Summers first rain
Winters first snow
Snow angels
Sledding!
Snow days!
Trick or Treat
Sleepovers
Wondering how the Easter Bunny got into the house to hide your eggs
Swinging as high as you can swing
Spinning in circles til you fall down
Cuddles with the one you love
Kisses
Hugs
Baby’s first words, steps
A cuddle by the fire
Hot soup on a cold winter’s day
Bubble baths
Dreams
Birthday Cake!
Giving
Vacations
Recess!

This list goes on forever ………

Do you see? There is so much you would miss if not ever born.. why wouldn’t you want to do it over and over again?

No matter what you believe .. no matter how hard the road has been ..
there is reason to live!

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

My Invincible Summer

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“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

One Thousand Times

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One Thousand Times

One thousand times I’ve been born
One thousand times I’ve died

The years have passed by like a soft whisper in the wind
Days and nights gone without my knowing

One thousand paths I have walked
One thousand lessons I have learned

Tears I have cried for so many reasons
Smiles, laughter and love have helped me make it through the seasons

One thousand rights
One thousand wrongs

Blessings and curses bestowed upon me
Love, the miracle that always brings me back to why I’m ME

One thousand ways
One thousand times

One thousand pairs of eyes
One thousand ways to see

One thousand lips to be kissed
One thousand people, wondering if ever they were missed

One thousand ways to go
One thousand reasons to live again

One thousand times ……

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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.

We need to find that place within ourselves to let go and forgive past mistakes.. so that we are able to move forward. Dwelling over the past does not change the past or make any easier to let go.

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.

This life right here … right now.. is all that we have .. so we must live right here .. right now..

Allow yourself to experience every part of this life.. the good and the bad.. the calm and the chaos… the laughter and the tears ..

Remember your daily blessings and walk your path with love and honor..

And…. Don’t forget to be YOU.

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Hearing the Call….

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Hearing The Call

To some the call is loud and clear and to some not so loud and not so clear …

There are those of you who know who you are and what guides you … and then
there are those unsure..

To find your helpers, your guides.. sit quietly and begin to listen .. step away from yourself and look at the world around you. Look behind you at the foot prints you have left in the dirt .. what other foot prints or tracks do you see?
And don’t worry if you see more than 1 or 2 other sets … for we are all ever changing .. often we have more than just one totem guide or helper.. sometimes you may have a mix of guides and helpers and sometimes only 1 or 2

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

What makes you happy?

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Are you happy? What makes you happy?

What makes you smile?

What makes your heart skip a beat?What is it that makes you glow from the inside out?

What makes you giggle from within?

Personally I’m not complicated.. its all the small things in life that make me happy…

My husbands touch, a breeze, the moon, fireflies, my daughters excitment over life, good friends, a job well done, completed projects, good food, a nice cold drink on a hot day, a warm cup of tea, sleeping in, staying up all night, cuddles, the dog, soft things, flowers, birds, seeing the deer in the field, willow trees, butterflies, kisses, hugs, sunsets, sunrises, dreams, visions, the warm spot in the bed, the cold side of the pillow, nature, fluffy clouds… the list could go on forever!!! Just thought I’d give you a bit of food for thought today …

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

When in Doubt

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When one is in doubt of what their next move is along their path .. ask… and then open yourself up to hear the answers that are being given…

All you have to do is ask.. and the answers will come.. but you must quiet your mind.. quiet your worries, quiet your fears, quiet your stress, quiet all that occupies the mind.. like a whisper upon the wind you will hear the answer spoken … but you must be open to whatever message comes … Spirit will not guide you wrong … and this you must trust …

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Wishful Thinking

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Spirit whispers in my ear to send out a message today for all to be aware of wishful thinking .

I’m not speaking about the kind of “I wish I could win the lotto” kind of thinking.

I’m speaking about a way of thinking that turns things and situations into what you wish them to be … not what they are.

This happens often and most of us do this at some point in our lives … What Spirit asks is that you become aware of it.

Often, we see signs, it could be a word or phrase or even our lucky number or possibly even a certain animal that reminds us of something or someone particular.  Wishful thinking is when you push what you want onto that sign and make it be about what you want to happen instead of what the sign is really meant to be about.

We can want for something so badly that everything we see turns into a sign about that particular thing.  Later down the road when things don’t turn out as you thought or hoped for, you might say something like “but the signs….”

Well yes you were given signs …. But because of your “want” of something else you did not see what those signs were really for .. instead you made them out to be about what you wished them to be.

Spirit asks that you become more aware of doing this … he loves us all and wishes not for us to be left guessing at that point down the road.

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

The Dance of Life

Much has been said about life and music..

From all over you have heard words and phrases… comparing the two

Life is a dance …

One dances to the beat of his own drum…

Music is the poetry of the air…

If music be the food of love; play on…

So lets take that popular phrase “Life is a dance”

and if it is to be a dance … how do you place your feet?

What is the nature of your dance?

Do you stomp loud and boisterous through this life

or do you step gently and glide as if upon the wings of wind

Do you dance slow or fast ?

Do you swing across the floor of this life or hop ?

What is your dance?

What is the musical foundation of your dance?

It does not matter your style of dance so much as it matters the music within your soul.. and how you treat it.

Is it ignored or honored?

It’s your dance … your music .. your life

Live it well and dance with honor and love

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Be YOU

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No matter what …. no matter where you are .. or who you are with … BE YOU.

Why change according to where you are or who you are with?

Is there any satisfaction or happiness … If you cannot be YOU ..

It is one thing not to show all your cards to those who would not appreciate your hand .. but you can still be yourself …

Find that happy medium wher you can be yourself without telling all your secrets .. all your life stories ..

Many Blessings,

Raventalker

Every Day

Everyday we have choices …

We can choose to be happy .. to be sad.. to be angry.. withdrawn… open.. loving.. selfish… bitter… caring … and the list goes on.

We can choose to stand for what we believe in or we can let others take the lead.

We can take charge of our own lives or let life take charge of us.

We can give in, let go, hold on, or fight.

Each day we have a choice and we can make that day what we wish it to be if we choose so.

The choice is yours.

What choices have you made today and what will your choices for tomorrow be?

Many Blessings,
Raventalker