Welcoming a New Day with Dance

With Beauty

Good Morning Monday

Good Morning Monday

The coffee is ready

the warmth is beautiful

and

It is delicous to be wakening at home.

Sometimes a day at home is so darn good

you just revel in it, as I did on Sunday.

We spent the day just in

"chill" fashion

differntly than most would think of

"chill"

as we took to the outside chores that were long

overdue.

HItting the outside long neglected tasks

and the yard that made the ole' homeplace

look as no one had been home for awhile

or busy beyond measure.

I have to tell you I cannot remember the last

time I was so very present

in tasks that usually are not so enjoyable!

I was just tickled

to fire up that leaf blower

and for the longest time

enjoyed myself

as I blew those dreadful "Oak Leaves and stuff"

from the walkway, the driveway and hidden from all

over into an organized path and into the street.

No one to speak to, no one to offer suggestions to,

but only to direct to the street for

Mr Street Sweeper to get rid of this morning!

Then to the yard to rid ourselves of the annoying

and ever present soon to be

"Oak farm that is destroying the yard and grasses"

While I enjoy an old Oak tree or two,

how I have come to not like Oak trees in Florida

and

find them a nuicance here

wishing against wishes that this one

would transplant itself to another place

preferably Colorado where I have seen pictures

of acres of flat lands that would enjoythe mighty Oak in its splendor!

And I can't help but wonder;

why is it

that my home

is the only home

with Oak crap

all over the yard and little bitty Oak babies

taking over the yard and flower beds

and the screen top of my lanai.

AND

of course

I still find my mind boggled that on a persons' own

property

you cannot take these trees down

without "permission" and without paying for

licenses, and without red tape

and such things...

So while the body aches from trying to do it all

in one day,

there is an immense sense of satisfaction

from doing so much in such a little amount of time

and

making things look so good

all though

the massive and irritating

big ole'

Oak is there laughing

and

saying

"there is more aggravation to come"~

It was great to be out of the "head"

and into the movement of

just being for awhile

and stretching

and seeing the efforts of action

without words for the day

while feeling the warmth

of the day

and

absorbing

Vitamin D

I have to tell you.

Fluidity of movement

and

the lovely immediate results of what had been done

visible!

Aaah

just fine indeed.

As we approach the end of another month,

the energy and the light are changing,

the light months are returning to us,

spring is around the corner.

A time of new beginnings.

What an exciting time for us all.

Some are preparing for big and newness is all around.

New Beginings are always exciting if not a bit

scary it seems.

There are those who are preparing for moves

in jobs; in moves to new areas,

time to close out old business, to leave old relationships,

old areas, to walk away from old things that have not served you well or old things that you have "outgrown"

it is a time of transition I hear from many.

STOMP

Perhaps that is really how the phrase

"spring cleaning" really first came about I wonder.

Cleaning out the old

to make room for the new?

I've been blessed to hear from many across the country since my return home from speaking, from meeting new people since the first of the year.

It has been an honor to meet so many.

Some have enjoyed the words they have heard; some have appreciated the reminders of things they knew already; others felt as though they have not heard anything they did not already know while others felt inspired by the words and yet others have wondered if I am free to engage in therapy from a distance.

Still others found points they wanted to challenge either there while the seminars were taking place

and they did so,

which opened the conversation

and I encouraged that,

then opened the floor

for others to respond to

allowing their peers to

give their responses

it was stimulating

engaging

and at times

it was

fiery as well!

One thing is certain

professionals in the caring professions for the most part are daggone good at what they do and most give all

to their patients and clients,

most sacrifice much

and their very own families often

should be the recipients of "awards"

as they often do with less

as those in the helping professsions

work long and hard

for those they are honored to work with.

I bet they too sometimes

welcome a day to

mow or blow leaves

seeing a

"beginning, middle and end"

to the task at hand!

One without human interraction or interruption

or crisis along the way.

Sometimes that is a great respite.

Blowing those leaves into the street

is rather mindless

and

you can take your time,

while it may make your back hurt after a bit,

it is a job of satisfaction when it is over

(unless the wind blows it back to you)

it is over!

No one asks for more

until the mighty Oak dumps on you that is!

But

then again

it is temporary, and it gets you out in the warmth, the sun, and for a moment, you can wear shorts and not really care what anyone thinks about you technique

and not have to answer to anyone but the blower!

Yes, life is filled with small and big surprises

and I find this morning to be a day of promises

a day

of knowing that many are facing small and big

challenges.

I also know

we are approaching a new month

a month of

change for many.

A time of

New Beginnings

new promise

and

it is so very important

that we give the right messages

to our

Brain

learning to give

consistent messages to that wonderful

brain of ours.

Our brain loves consistency, so we must be

consistent in those messages

we must practice practice practice.

"I am grateful, I am thankful, I am doing my best"

We must remember:

"Whether you think you can,

or

Think you can't you will be right"

So friends

give yourself and your brain

so beautiful flowers

and

magnificent flowers

and thoughts to sustain

you

today!

Plant yourself firmly on

the ground

and thoughts and messages

that will begin your day

with an

attitude

to start this day

with love, kindness

and

HOPE

for the day

you

DESIRE

to make it what YOU want it to be.

You have the power to make it what you want

it to be.

Make it outstanding for yourself.

It is your choice.

Cuz Angie up there in Southwest Va

is healing each day from that serious abdominal surgery, and contnues to STOMP

with an attitude of gratitude

and so glad surgery is behind her.

Olivia in MD is walking on those little feet

now that her surgery and her

blessingswy with Kelly 2wolves

helped her to stand, and Nana was there

to encourage and love her through those first days along with the Mama

and those spirits who stood by her.

EE in Colorado is improving day by day

and has fought back from that horrible and rampant illness.

AND

warriors on this page are

STOMPING

everyday

with the help and knowledge that they are

NOT alone

and that we here

are always with them.

This week we surround

LIzzie and her family up in Manassas VA

as they are under great times of stress there

we are with you dear ones,

we are standing strong with you there.

STOMP

Kelly 2Wolves and Jinxy out in South Dakota have been so busy caring for all and sending prayers for all of us

that she is fighting a nasty cold

and still digging out from under the snows

she has been a bit under the weather,

so

Sissy,

we are with you darling

"arm in arm"

sending prayers your way

rest, restore and heal

knowing we are sending you

healing on the winds.

For those who serve

in Uniform

walk across the street if you have to,

take a minute

and

"thank them"

for their service

for protecting you and your families

for putting it on the line.

Tampa continues to mourn our losses

and we are still in shock

of those we have lost.

Life is like

Spiders Web

whatever is done to one is done to all

the web is fragile

and each thing affects all others in and on the web, and felt by the Universal Oneness

of the great connections.

You see my friends,

we may have been born into a family,

been born into circumstance

have lived through hell at one time or another

even perhaps been diagnosed and witnessed and gone through hell in life

perhas even gone through trauma.

BUT

it is what we have done, what we have worked through, resolved that matters.

It is what YOU have mastered

what you have done with those beliefs

that determine

"who you are"

as

"who you are and where you've been

is not who are where you are now"

you are different now

those old labels and conditions

may not be who you are now.

You may in fact not be able to call yourself those things any longer!

One who has resolved their trauma

is no longer "traumatized"

one who is no longer "abused"

is no longer a "victim of abuse"

they are a "survivor"

so it goes.

It is now

time to "leg go" of old labels

to adopt and embrace

who you are

to

STAND UP

and embrace

new belief systems

to give your brain consistent messages

and make your new beginning

the

new YOU

now and forever more.

STOMP

Welcome to your

new LIFE

Congratulate yourelf

on work that has bee done

and know

YOU ARE A SURVIVOR

WHO HAS CHOSE TO EMBRACE THE LIGHT

AND

TO FIGHT

FOR YOU and HAS HEALED

from within.

Dance

enjoy your life.

Be gentle with yourself today

Be good to you,

and

kind to those you meet.

Kindess costs nothing

but gives so much

through a smile

a touch

through buying the person behind you at the drive-through a

coke

or a coffee

just because you can do it

and then

glancing in the rear view at the reaction

will set the pace of the day

all day long!

If you make time for work

you must make time

for

PLAY

and

for YOU

LIsten to music in the car dear ones,

after all

you already know traffic is jammed up

you are after all

sitting in traffic!

HOW much more do you really need to

know about that?

Dance

Laugh

Enjoy

Breathe

Think of good things

and give that time in your talk, in your head

at least give it more time than you give

the negative time or things that you hear

and join in conversations about!

and

of course remember this:

YOU CAN NEVR EVER EVER

have enough

laugher

sunsets

real friends

sunrises

new experiences

ah ha moments

fun times

music

comedy

health

cookies

vacations

touch

wonderment

joy

chocolate (fat free or sugar free)

water

OR

pie

or

SUGAR

The fire is burning, the embers are hot, the sage is fired up ... thoughts on the winds to all who gather here, and even those who somehow have missed this page!

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Walk In Beauty

DRSES

author of

Healing Heartaches, Stories of Loss and Life

International Speaker

http://www.drsherryeshowalter.com/

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Kelly 2Wolves (sissy)

http://www.twowolvescreations.com/

and

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