On My Walk Today

Amazing what you hear when you listen…

Today is a beautiful day with deep blue skies and a nice spring breeze… so when lunch hour came around I left my desk and went for a walk. I’d like to take a moment to share with you what I heard on my walk today.

The trees speak gently and whisper this message: No matter the force of the wind, stand your ground with roots planted deep and allow the wind to pass through you … you’ll be amazed to find yourself still standing.

The yellow butterfly came to dance with me as I made my rounds. So joyfully it danced back and fourth around my path as I made my way. The sunlight bouncing off it’s yellow wings gave it a brilliant luminescent hue. Yellow – the color associated with the sun – giving us the gift of revitalization, strength, endurance and mental clarity. The butterfly – reminding us to dance and to fill our hearts with joy. A reminder not to take life so seriously.

Suddenly a silver dragonfly came buzzing past me and then danced upon the honeysuckle along the path. The dragonfly – the essence of the winds of change, the messages of wisdom and enlightenment; and the communication from the elemental world. Dragonfly medicine beckons you to seek out the parts of your habits which need changing. Call on Dragonfly to guide you through the mists of illusion to the pathway of transformation. Silver gives us the gift of emotional stability, removes or neutralizes negativity, aids in intuition, dreams, psychic abilities and psychic workings.


And last but certainly not least – The dandelion – it’s seedlings drifted all over the park .. it looked as though they drifted on the breeze with purpose and knew where they were going. The dandelion has many medicinal purposes and reminds us that not only do we need to take of our spiritual but also our physical bodies.

Well, I’d say that was a very insightful walk today It’s always fun learning something new and to be outside with all Creators gift … it can’t get much better than that!

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Wisdom from the walking trail

It’s all about frame of mind…

Whatever you do …. if you decide before you do it that you hate it or will hate it then it’s probably not going to be an enjoyable experience for you. (This isn’t always true.. but mostly true.. there are always those exceptions

If you set your mind to be open to the task.. then who knows.. you may end up liking it or at the least .. not minding it so much.

I started out in my most recent “battle of the bulge” thinking that adding a workout to my already busy day was just going to be that much more work for me… it made just getting to the gym a real chore… talking myself into going and not giving up all the way home up until I actually stepped foot into the gym and then from there I would have to talk myself into staying on the bike while I was there just to get through the whole workout.

Then suddenly a funny thing happened somewhere between getting there.. being there and finishing my workout…. My thoughts went from dread to I now look forward to my workouts! How can that be??????

Well I wasn’t going to give up on the workouts .. it is my mission this time around to win this battle… and so I might as well try my best to find a way to like what I’m doing. So I did! I found something in the gym that I absolutely love .. that would be the swimming and the sauna .. hee hee LOVE IT! I save that for last .. I go in do my rounds with the weights .. do my 30 minutes of cardio and then my reward is there waiting every time.. time to swim .. which is also a great workout so there’s an extra benefit to me.. and then after swimming as many laps as I can handle .. off to the sauna I go.. there is my meditation time.. time to just sit and relax and sweat off a bit more weight at the same time.

So now it’s so much easier to get through my workouts .. so much easier to get to the gym .. and all in all I feel better.. I don’t have that looming dread hanging over me at the end of my day.

As soon as my thoughts changed from negative to positive .. everything clicked and my world became a whole lot brighter. This was something I needed to do regardless of how I thought about it so I might as well turn it into something enjoyable.

I’m lucky that my thoughts changed so quickly .. just 5 weeks into my battle.. if only they had changed years ago maybe I wouldn’t have such a large battle.. but that’s in the past and for now I’m concentrating on each day as it comes.

Message of the day:

When you have a task before you and you’re feeling that dread … look around and see if there is a way to see the positive and embrace that part of it.. even if it’s something small.. a little bit of positivity goes a long way!

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Staying on Course!

Today I want to talk a little bit about some things I've been going through myself.

I have recently joined a gym and have been workingout each week in hopes to shed some weight and get fit.

First of all after working a 10 hour day with an added 1 hour or more commute each way ... it's a struggle just to get myself to the gym instead of going home and relaxing.... but I've been pretty good at getting there anyway.

Yesterday I went straight from work to the gym .. got myself on a bike and started peddling ... 5 minutes goes by and I am ready to stop and go home.. I find myself talking my way through it .. saying to myself.. I think I can make it to 15 minutes then I'll stop for today and go home... 12 minutes comes around and I am definately ready to call it quits at 15 minutes... so then 15 minutes comes around and I think to myself.. ok 5 more minutes .. 20 minutes isn't so bad .. so I am ok with quitting at 20 minutes .. 20 minutes comes around and I'm thinking oh how I want to quit but then I'm thinking I've got this far .. only 10 minutes left.. I CAN DO THIS! I CAN DO THIS!

That next 10 minutes I'm just feeling determined to finish it out and make it to the 30 minute mark.. I'm sore, tired and really ready to stop but I keep going .. I grab hold of that bike and finish the 30 minutes.

Whew! I did it! I made it all the way even though 5 minutes into it I was ready to give up and go home. Now proud that I made it through and that I didn't quit but also exhausted! hahahahaha but a good exhausted :-)

My message today is .. stay on the bike! You'll feel so much better about your decisions and you'll be that much closer to your goal.

No goal was ever met by giving up.

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Do You Really KNow?

Today Spirit guides me to post this question to you…

Do you really know who you are today?

I know may sound odd… and I have gone back and fourth with Spirit today about posting this .. but I am urged that I should so ok.. here I am posting the question.

Do you really know who you are today?

In general you may have a gist of who YOU are … but how about today? How about now?

Are you feeling your life and your views shift?

Are you who you always thought you would be or are you someone different?

Are you the same person every day or do you find that some days you feel all together someone else?

Do you have a sure footing of who you are?

Beyond your beliefs … beyond your morals and standards of living .. do you feel like you know who you are?

Personally … I use to question myself all the time… so I can understand this line of questioning.

I use to wonder my purpose in this world.. but now I just live day to day with the faith that I am doing as I was designed to do and that my purpose will find a way of manifesting.

Trying too hard to FIND your purpose can distract you from actually realizing your purpose.. you see we were all born designed with our own individual purpose .. all we really have to do is live our lives and that purpose will be met.

I know .. I know.. but you want to KNOW what that purpose is and why, and who , and what, and where and when ..and … and…

At the end of the day .. does it matter that we know our own purpose or does it matter more that we feel full at the of our journey.

The question at the end will be “Were you happy?” “Did you have a good time? “ “Did you enjoy this life?”.…. not a grading system of check marks on tasks completed.

Food for thought :-)

Many Blessings,
Raventalker

Which Way Are You Headed?

I started out with no clue what to post for today's wisdom ... and then a thought hit me... WHAM!


So here we go!


Which way are you headed?


Are you walking toward your dreams.. or are you just sitting on the side of the road waiting for your dreams to come hopping along?


I don't need to tell you that sitting on the side of the road waiting for things to happen isn't the way to get to your destination... because you already know this... but maybe what you didn't realize is that you were sitting on the side of the road.... maybe you thought you were moving toward your dreams...


Step back and take a good look at the path you are on and what you are doing as you walk forward ...


Do your actions show progress toward your dreams?

Are you moving too fast? too slow? jumping around? dodging the obvious? walking in fear?

Can you do more?

Can you step it up a notch?

Are you giving it your all?

Are you doing your best or could you really do a little bit more?


Life will never be our idea of "perfect" there will always be things missing or out of order from how we perceive that they "should" be ... but at the end of the day .. if you have given it your best ... and know that without doubt that you have done all that you can do ... YOU WILL FIND HAPPINESS. Having part of a dream is far better than having nothing at all.


Walk in the direction of your dreams ... Believe in yourself ... And be the best that YOU can be.. whatever that best is ..


Many Blessings,
Raventalker

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,
Raventalker