ELEVEN

I found these all in a row within 2 minutes. YAY, ME!

Last post from the Land of Dial-up!!!

Brian & Brian from Wildblue are here installing my satellite internet. Hurray for the 21st century! Except, they've just informed me they left a widget in their other van. So they were going to go back and get it and come back today...but as Brian #1 pointed out, that's like...17 hours away. Up & down my road twice in the same day??? I don't think so. They're coming back tomorrow. I have promised them truffles on their return, and I just forced my tap water on them. It's the BEST, Jerry!

AND I'm getting TV tomorrow so I won't be pestering XM Radio Guy for a report on The Office & My Name Is Earl & Curb Your Enthusiasm. How lame is that? Here's my quote for the day:

Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Mystic Pet Spa & Grasshoppers

I spent the weekend with my chiro-sister Ruth at a Brimhall seminar with Dr. David Lee in Harrisburg, PA. Anyone who knows me knows that I am all Blah-blah-blah Brimhall, but I'm going to post about that later this week when I can upload photos. In the meantime, I've discovered a local gem and an AMAZING pet hotel: Mystic Pet Resort & Spa
I am SO happy to be able to leave my geezer-dogs someplace cheerful, warm, bright, sunny & so welcoming. Owners Gareth & Lena are AWESOME! Gareth is British and if he weren't looking after dogs, he'd be Eddie Izzard. Lena clipped Barkley's toenails for me in the car as I was leaving to come back to the wilderness. SUCH nice people and I am so lucky to have them here in LOO-ray, VA of all places!
And speaking of grasshoppers, even tho I wasn't...today's Grasshopper Note was v. inspired; all about the power of surrender. AND I'll leave you with my favourite quote:

Once you notice your programmed reaction, it's time to switch gears. So when you get mired in the mud and you have your moment of angst, that's the time to notice that the thought machine is about to spin out of control. Just this perception will bring you back into the moment. Switching into the moment is surrender.Surrender gives you the best chance to go from predicament to peace. And in this peaceful place, you receive higher quality information that transforms the process of seeking a solution. You go from scattered thought to no thought at all. Clarity comes from this unimpeachable silence.

Self-image Repatterning

I am fortunate to gab on the phone with John Morgan. A lot. And last night I got a live version of one of his CD's Improve Your Self Image. AWESOME. I feel balanced, centered, peaceful. THANKS, John.

Earlier in the day he had asked me if I'd heard of Alice Steadman, author of Who's the Matter with Me? I thought I had included an Alice quote in my last post about problems, but now I'll just put my favourite quotes from her:

An oyster takes an irritation and makes of it a pearl. How many pearls could we make in a week.

If you have come to an awareness that you are no longer satisfied with you as you are, your soul is “talking” to you. Listen to it.

Never run from a problem; either it will chase you or, like a cop who calls ahead of the speeder, you run into another just like it, although it has a different face and name.

If you do not like your world, change yourself to what you would wish and you will attract those things and people you wish.

P.S. I'm spending the weekend with my sister Ruthie, so prolly no posts til Mon. Have a FABULOUS weekend! :-) H.

Problems into Opportunities

When you resonate with being self-empowered, you will use every problem as a means for personal growth, which leads to a higher state of organization and well-being. ~Chloe Wordsworth

The secret to success is not to try to avoid or get rid of or shrink from your problems; the secret is to grow yourself so that you are bigger than any problem. ~T. Harv Eker

When God wants to give you a gift, he wraps it in a problem. ~Norman Vincent Peale

LIGHT

Give LIGHT and the darkness will disappear. ~Emerson

Be a Light unto yourself. ~The Buddha

Darkness is a closed heart. Open your heart and Light pours in--and OUT. :-) LOVE, H.

New Blog Policy

I'm taking a page from Margot Potter and I'm going to be more consistent with my posting. Like everyday consistent. Who said that??? Even if it's a quote-for-the-day. Because some days I'm not really doing anything I think would be screamingly blog-worthy. I walk my dogs and wash dishes to tango music and shmoooooze on the phone for John Morgan. Because some days are just lovely and ordinary. So here's your quote:

Consistency is far better than rare moments of greatness. ~Scott Ginsberg

Thanks, Nametag Guy! And I'll also take greatness. Why limit myself? ha ha

P.S. If you're reading this, Mum, your children would all like to know that you are having FUN in Scotland...so drop an email already! LOL from BNO (&2,3,4, & 6)