Weekly Challenge Which do you prefer a full or empty parking lot?

Which do you prefer? A full or empty parking lot? If you drive, I'm sure you have experienced pulling into a parking lot or garage that is pretty full. You need to park for a meeting, shopping, an appointment or whatever the occasion but parking is a necessity, right? 

With a full lot, there are two stances you could take:

1) GREAT! I'm running late, I don't have time for this, my patience is running thin, look at "those people", they took up two spots!! You get the idea here.

2) OK, this could be fun...I could use the exercise, let me find a space far from where I need to be, I WILL find a spot and angels, please help me to find a parking space!!

An empty lot can lead to some questions such as:

Did I get the date wrong? Are they open? Where is everyone?

An empty spot can also lead to a sense of ease with little to no stressors, right?

In any case, you may be missing out on some of the fun that is in store for you in being (cohabitation~the angels note) with others.

 

 

This week, the angels ask which lot you prefer and why? Are you isolating from others or situations because it feels easier, more comfortable? Have you made a concerted effort to put yourself into the full lot and continue to see the good and fun a full lot can offer? The angels LOVE metaphors as you may notice!!

 

 

Consider going into the full parking lot and bring to light the perspective you have while there. This is not a physical exercise, more of a way to ask you to consider how you handle yourself in spaces that are comfortable and convenient verses those that take effort and in these situations what your natural response might be. In other words, we are being asked two things this week:

 

 

1) Put yourself into a situation(s) you are not comfortable with. What is your natural response and act as an observer. Is your perspective the entire truth?

2) Notice when you are in a place(es)/situation(s) of comfort and safety. What makes this comfortable for you? Is your perspective the entire truth?

 

 

In the words of the angels:

Cars drive to bring you from place to place. Use this device to be your messenger. See your situation from a new perspective where you can expand your teaching. We see you are wanting change but creating change also requires looking at things as they truly are. What does your mind tell you and is it in alliance with your heart? Do you see the good in any situation or is there fear associated of the unknown? Your hearts will is stronger than your mind if you allow comfort from this exercise and angel guidance to support your heart. We love you child. Be in the full lot. Explore this fully as you are ready.

Came across this song and LOVE IT! You gotta help me baby!

Weekly Challenge Asking for Help

Thanks for your patience during this past week. I realize there was a gap in communication regarding the weekly challenge however, the message was to "wait" and so I did...

As I am still contemplating why this was the case, I gather it is about making sure there are not too many items on the priority plate, which feeds right into the challenge for this week!

OK angels, I get it!!

This week's challenge is about asking for help. For some, this can be as natural as breathing but for many more, it can be quite a challenge to ask others to help out with a project, problem or support.

The angels say we do this as a way of control. Although it is a false sense of control, the angels say this is why we try to manage everything on our plates verses asking others to help out. Control is not the only factor however. There can also be a sense of failing or not being good enough if there is a need to reach out to others and ask for support or assistance. In a world where this is reinforced in many ways, it is easy to see why more of us tend to try and manage everything on our own with as little help or support as possible.

In the words of the angels:

"Please try to understand that your heart yearns for unity. With this, we ask for you to open your hearts and allow others to enter. Trusting others divine is part of the equation. We also want to assure you that part of the process of being is the allowance of vulnerability. Reaching out to others in the way of assistance requires a certain amount of your guard being lowered and while we understand this is of concern to you, we assure you there is goodness and love in this process. Your heart yearns for unity with others and the sharing of each other's compassion and strengths only compliments your already divine given attributes. Allow yourself to trust in others and their ability to help you in your time of need. This is in many cases a way of your personal and spiritual growth towards love. In this, your heart will see the gifts others have to offer you and the love beyond what you have allowed yourself to see or experience thus far in your lifetime.

We only wish for you to be closer to the knowing of love. We ask for you to try and make use of the gift of help that others are so willing to provide to you in love and light. Within this message, we also ask for you to call upon us, the one's you speak of as angels. We are there to help you in your challenges and gifts yet to be discovered. Ask for our help with your heart and mind and know we are always and ever present awaiting your call. We love you dear child and see the love that lives within you. Allow yourself to see this love and discover what it feels like to have others experience this love as it broadens in it's expansion in love."

We are asked this week to think of one challenge, situation, project, etc. in which help from another or others would be of value. Once you have determined what your situation will be, decide who would be best in terms of asking for help and ask away! You may just be surprised at the response and the level of help you will receive. In this, the angels say there will be a need to let go of some of the control and fear carried within the situation but to try and work through this with their help.

Our values, Our perception, Our truth

This week's challenge is difficult in terms of seeing others perspective.  At times when we feel as though we are in the right, it can be challenging to see the other persons point of view.  Knowing their perspective is reality and their truth helps in terms of trying to understand where they may be coming from. 

I see this happening all around me where lines are drawn in the sand and people are unwilling to cross the line in fear of being wrong.  There is no right or wrong per sae but the truth lives somewhere in the middle, doesn't it?  If this is the case, being compassionate and understanding can do nothing but help.

Are you putting too much pressure on yourself with remaining on your side of the line in the sand?  Even if emotions are strong, there is always an opportunity to work on bridging the gap between perspectives and finding the truth that lives between.

In the video posted below, there is discussion on our values, our persception and our reality being our truth.  I hope you find it as thought provoking as I have.

Weekly Challenge Perception

Have you heard of the saying "perception is reality"? Well, this holds true in terms of thechallenge for the week. We are asked to look at our perception and that of others. Do you think your perception is "right" and someone else's "wrong", or is your perception "wrong" and theirs "right"? What if I were to say you are both "right"?

Take a look at the image above. What do you see? A young woman? An old woman? Something else? Well, whatever you see, you are right. You see, your perception is your reality, just as anothers perception is their reality. In the same space and time, what we know to be true in the moment is our truth.

Having said this, we are asked to challenge our perceptions to see beyond what we believe to be our reality and understand the perception others have. Weather you consider it right, wrong or indifferent, it is in fact their perception and thus holds truth. Become aware this week of what you perceive and notice what others perceive before responding. In this, you will be able to gather more information and understanding of how to bridge the gaps within the truth of each reality.

Here is another picture to illustrate perception. What image do you see when you first look at the image above? Did you first see faces or a vase? Did you notice anything else? Where were your eyes drawn? Whatever you see is your truth and is your perception to have. Understand however that another person looking at the same image may have a differing view than yours and is still "right" in their perceptions.

In the perception pyramid above, you can see what happens to us. At the foundation are our thoughts. Surrounding all of this are both internal and external influences. Some examples may be friends, family, loved ones, our upbringing, work, associations, etc. To note, these influences have an impacted on each level of the pyramid. From what we think, we say and then do. How we are perceived is the final outcome of the stages within the pyramid. As you can tell, it is a complex matter and to note that the filters we have, the influences surrounding us feed into our perceptions and that of others.

The angels ask for us to take a closer look at what we perceive to be real and what we hold others to within our reality. In some senses, we are asked to see beyond our reality and understand that there is more to each of us than what we believe to be true.

In the words of the angels:

"We ask for your truth to be uncovered. Not the one you allow others to see and what you yourself believe to be true but the real truth. The one that lives at the foundation within your heart. Your love is greater than that of your perceptions. Your reality and that of others is shattered due to the circumstances of your place and time. This is up to you to make the needed changes and bridge the gaps between your truths and combine this thought with heart centered love. With this, grow in your understanding and compassion for others. Their truth is also your truth. You may not see this as there are many influences in the here and now that complicate matters but it is for your best interest to break through the barriers that have been created within this reality. It is in fact not reality but non-realistic living in a way that love is not at the foundation of this truth. Ego truth can become convoluted within this source and makes it difficult to see one as truth in love. Try dear child to see yourself as one with love. In this, perception no longer exists but reality in love emerges. Come to us and ask for our help for this is a complex image for most to comprehend in your world however it is accomplished through desire and challenge that your commitment towards understanding will shine with love at the surface."

Challenge yourself this week to see beyond your perception and look deeper into the perception of others. All the while, work to bridge the gap between your realities to form one sense of being.

Today is your day to be in the here and now! Wake up to a new day!

Katy Perry-A ray of light

According to Wikipedia, born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a career in music. As Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel album in 2001, which due to the closing of her record label, was deemed unsuccessful. She later recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed the majority of a solo album from 2004–5; neither of which were released.

For a the rest of Katy's story, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy_Perry.

Today, Katy is a popular icon for many to hear and see.  If you listen to some of her lyrics, you can clearly hear her roots come through with passion and love.  Her light shines for all to know.  I came across this song "Who am I living for?" on YouTube and felt inspired to share a bit of her story and this song.  We all have our crosses to bear and her question to us all is 'who are you living for'?

Today is a new day, yesderday has already passed and tomorrow does not exist yet.  Live for today and be confident in who YOU are living for!

Gotta love Madea's advice! Right on the money!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF_10F7eYRE&feature=related

I can't post the video for some reason but click above to see the video on YouTube.

Weekly Challenge: Oh Say Can You See?

	Weekly Challenge- Oh Say Can You See? The words to the American Star Spangled Banner keeps playing over in my head. For a while, I wondered why....being an American, I wondered what this would have to do with a weekly challenge where my angel friends live all over the world. After further guidance, I now understand the message was not about the patriotism of being American but some of the words carried within the song. "Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light. What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming?" How do you interpret this? From the angel's perspective, these words are important for us to work on for this week's challenge. As each evening ends and a new day begins, we are asked to see each day as a new start. What we hail at the twilights last gleaming may be something in fact to leave as the new day arrives. Have you heard of the saying "what happens in the past should stay in the past"? Well, according to the angels, this is some of what is being asked of us. Not in terms of processing feelings of past experiences but allowing for the experiences to not become who we are today, with the understanding that every day is a new opportunity to start a new! As a side, I had to stop writing this week's newsletter to pick up my children from school. On the way home, my daughter Ella belted out "Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light"...NO exaggeration!! Just another way confirmation of this week's challenge from the angels!! In this week's challenge, we are asked to commit to leaving yesterday's challenges behind and see each day as a new beginning, an opportunity to start each day a new! Write down your worries or concerns each day at the end of the day and commit to leaving them behind. Start each day by saying: "Today is a new day, filled with hope, dreams and possibility! I commit to letting today be a new, fresh chapter full of opportunity for me and those around me!" In the words of the angels: "Why are your experiences held onto so tightly? They do identify who you are in growth and perspective however, can weigh your spirit down if allowed. Growth through experiences is expected and with this, we ask for you to work through your feelings of past experiences to give right to the present. Living in the now of the moment can help you to persevere in a place and time where focusing on the love in your heart is more of a given verses a forced portion of life. We do not say this to provide your heart with hurt but rather for you to see that your past is your past and living there does not provide closure or rise to the love within. This particularly applies to past experiences that you relate to as "bad" or "not acceptable". From this, ask yourself 'why do I hold onto things I had no control over to begin with'. You may know this in spirit but in mind struggle to let it be. Remember, control is a form of oppression and does not allow your heart to rule. There is a need for your heart and your head to work together in conjunction but more often than not, the head has more say. We ask for you to focus on the dawn's early light, letting go of what needs to remain in the twilights last gleam of the sky." Challenge yourself this week and I ask you...Oh Say Can You See?

Daily Affirmation 3/31/11

Created By AlongThoseLines

"My potential is unlimited and recognised."

http://www.vitalaffirmations.com/pool/affirmation_card_181.htm?apc=1

Affirmation for the day

"I am a capable person and I can handle anything that comes my way."

Today's affirmation: I see my parents as tiny children who need love

I have compassion for my parents' childhoods.  I now know that I chose them because they were perfect for what I had to learn.  I forgive them and set them free and I set myself free.

Selected from www.vitalaffirmations.com

http://www.vitalaffirmations.com/pool/affirmation_card_255.htm?apc=1

Weekly Challenge extracted from the weekly newsletter

Weekly Challenge March 27, 2011 - April 2, 2011

Change is here dear friend! If you have not joined yet, consider becoming an active participant and challenge yourself to say "YES"! Engage yourself in making the changes you wish to become! Say "YES" to you! You deserve to be your own creator of change and lay the path towards personal success. We all have our own paths and destinies in this lifetime however, pushing yourself to grow as you move along your path will lead you closer to the divine love within. Join us in the weekly challenges and say "YES" to YOU! Weekly Challenge- Turn discouragement into HOPE This week's challenge came through loud and clear! In a world where there is so much change, it is easy to become discouraged. Feeling like you don't have any control over things that are impacting your life or the lives of others can lead to these feelings naturally. The angels ask us to turn our discouragement into HOPE, to believe and have faith that there is a reason for all things that happen to you, to all of us. During these times, it can become very easy to feel like nothing is going your way and that you have little control over the changes you wish could happen. Believe there is a reason for your place and time and know the angels are with you along your journey. Having said that, the angels know it can become more difficult for us to see their perspective on life. They have asked for daily inspirations/affirmations to come into play during this challenge. If you have a way to commit to positive affirmations daily, GREAT! Please commit to reading a positive affirmation several times a day and contemplate on how this applies to your life in order to see things from a different perspective. If you do not have access to receiving positive affirmations, I will be posting one daily on my blog. In the words of the angels: "Your thoughts are your being. We ask for you to consider beyond your logical thinking into your heart where the words of positive love exist always. We see your sorrow, fears and worries and only wish for you to know there is more at play in your life than you give rise to at this point in time. Be positive and know love exists. What is not in your control was never yours to control in the first place. This may not feel good for you to hear but it is truth none the less. With faith in our words, the flow of your life will come easier in terms of seeing the love that exists in all things. Know we are with you always, in all ways and we see you for the love you truly are. Give this challenge thought and put the words given this week into action. Feel them in your heart and know that truth exists in this place. We see all of the turmoil that change has for you but know that change happens for you to grow and flourish more and more in your truth, in your love. We ask for you to try and have faith in this place of love as there is so much more in store for you. Just wait dear child, wait with patience and know new doors are about to open for you to go through and experience love in a deeper and more positional way." When we are able to see things from a different perspective, we can become inspired and help to inspire others around us. Challenge yourself this week and turn discouragement into HOPE! Today's affirmation: "I rejoice in the love I encounter every day!" From: www.vitalaffirmations.com Beautiful like GOD There is something so sweet, so innocent about children. It's difficult to put a handle on but it is there all the while. Beautiful like GOD. Something that I think we take advantage of until we see it fading away. When children age, their innocence can be removed by what we consider as the "harshness" of what we interpret as "reality". Bring joy and beauty like that of children into your world...remember who you are, Beautiful one like GOD. It is still there, just under the surface waiting for you to remember. Waiting to blossom like that of the sweet flower in the morning dew.

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Contemplating this week has brought up the need to lighten up!!

Decisions

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“Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.”

Keri Russell

Weekly Challenge - Quiet Contemplation

What is the intention of quiet contemplation?  To think, to consider, to explore yourself and how you interact with the world around you.  Like the process of self-discovery, quiet contemplation is just that…an internal, intrinsic approach to being.

Contemplate about what was and what could be.  Be in this space of reflection and peace.  In some senses, my lateness in this week’s challenge is the need for us to contemplate and explore the quietness within.  In continuing throughout this week, see yourself as a calm body of water with no ripples or movement.  As the definition of contemplation notes, contemplating is thoughtful observation or study and is also noted as an intention or expectation of something to come (for example a contemplating a career change or any change you are looking to explore).

In the Stages of Change Model, first developed by Prochaska and D’Clementi, contemplation is the beginning process towards change.  In order for any of us to make real changes in our lives or behaviors, no matter what type of change, contemplation is an absolute component.

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Chart extracted from the web-site: 

http://www.internet-of-the-mind.com/stages_of_change.html

This site also has great detail on "The Recovery Wheel" model as noted above.

From the words of the angels:

“Children of the light, your wish to change is evident and much needed in a world filled with what seems to many of you as loss.  Your loss is but a need for you to change in the state of the world.  Your needed changes in your thoughts and actions are evident and although you know this as truth, fear of change creates an unbalance in your minds and leads many of you to remain in a stuck feeling.  We ask for you to take the time in quiet contemplation and look at those things you wish to change.  As well, we ask for you to remember the goodness that exists in your life.  Often child, you look at what is not working and forget to reflect upon what is good and in love.  Action is needed and we ask for you to explore your space and time and commit towards change in your world, in your life.  With your changes will create a ripple effect and others will be impacted in a positive light.  With one change comes many.  Think of the quiet body of water that you are tempted to create waves, like a child who just wishes to play by throwing rocks into the water, just because.  Your contemplative stage will lead to your desire to take the next step towards needed changes.  Stay the course as we tell you changes in your life are coming.  Go through this process of contemplation and begin to see that change is possible.”

Quiet contemplation can seem easy but it will take commitment for you to go through this process.  Take time this week to reflect in prayer and meditation towards your truth.  Commit to this week’s challenge of quiet contemplation and work towards the changes you would like to see in your world.

An important message from an angel friend!

I received the message below from an angel friend yesterday.  She is quite gifted and has a lovely spirit and presence about her.  Please read her email below and continue to pray as this is the message the angels are intending for us to hear at this time.  Let us all pray together at this time for peace and love, healing and calm.

Hello to all my earth angel friends,

The angels have asked me to send out a CALL for prayers. They have told me that there will be a VERY powerful full moon on Saturday March 19 that has the ability to cause a great tsunami. This powerful moon only comes about once every 18 years. I have been asked to please ask all healers to send healing energy to the oceans as you ask them to hold back.  Start joining me in prayer to hopefully avoid this. 

I am not one to spread doom and gloom I am sending out a plea from the angels. 

If you could take just five minutes at 11 am and 11pm to join in a prayer with the angels it would be so helpful they have said to tell you.

God bless all of you.  I am sending you Love and Light!    

Carrie

14165 Fenton Road, Suite 102-B, Fenton, MI 48430 USA

For more information on Carrie (AKA The Angel Lady) visit:  http://yourangelchannel.com/

Do you really know Mother Theresa?

Mother Theresa

A woman of prayer and love.  An icon for all of us to look to and admire for her selfless acts of love and kindness to others.  I might not believe in all she stood for under the Catholic faith but I have to say she is someone I truly admire...now more than ever.

In this week's challenge, we are asked to pray.  As I prayed this morning, I was reminded of the writing found on Mother Theresa's wall, which is as follows:

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.  

   Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.  

   Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. 

   Succeed   anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. 

   Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. 

   Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. 

   Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. 

   Do good anyway. 

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. 

   Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. 

   It was never between you and them anyway.

Words to take to heart and I pray we all find peace from them.  When looking for this lovely letter, I came across something I did not expect and had missed during the time of it's prevalence.  In 2007, there were several stories about the life of Mother Theresa.  Not the Mother Theresa you may have heard of but one that the media portrayed as a woman we should question. 

Apparently, during the process of the Catholic church petitioning for the canonization of Mother Theresa, letters intended in confidence to a priest and friend at the time from Mother Theresa had surfaced.  In these letters, Mother Theresa pours out her heart regarding her own confusion of faith in GOD.  Quoted from TIME in partnership with CNN WORLD from an article called Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith by David Van Biema Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007:

"That absence seems to have started at almost precisely the time she began tending the poor and dying in Calcutta, and — except for a five-week break in 1959 — never abated. Although perpetually cheery in public, the Teresa of the letters lived in a state of deep and abiding spiritual pain. In more than 40 communications, many of which have never before been published, she bemoans the "dryness," "darkness," "loneliness" and "torture" she is undergoing. She compares the experience to hell and at one point says it has driven her to doubt the existence of heaven and even of God. She is acutely aware of the discrepancy between her inner state and her public demeanor. "The smile," she writes, is "a mask" or "a cloak that covers everything." Similarly, she wonders whether she is engaged in verbal deception. "I spoke as if my very heart was in love with God — tender, personal love," she remarks to an adviser. "

For the full article go to: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1655415,00.html#ixzz1GlWfHznt

Although the media tried to portray this woman as faithless and undeserving of sainthood, I believe it shows she is as human as the rest of us but lived her life for service regardless of her internal struggles.  Who of us can say we do not doubt GOD (whomever that may be to you) or our faith during times when we see destruction, war, poverty and chaos?  Why is that such a bad thing?  What if it is part of our process in growing closer to our creator, to question everything, including creation?  We are but "children", aren't we?  Her outer smile and inner turmoil are but one of the ways we are all taught as a society to act and be.   This woman has done more for mankind than most can commit to.  Although she questioned her faith in GOD and love, she still devoted her life to serving others.  Her messages of love are truth and the foundation we should all strive to live by.

With much admiration for Mother Theresa, I leave you with her words on a clean heart.  I hope that in her prayers she found the connection with GOD and was able to come to peace with her life and faith.

Guide us with your grace

Weekly Challenge 3/13/11 - 3/19/11 Just Pray

Sunday is typically when I connect with the angels about the upcoming week's challenge.  Yesterday was a bit more of an unusually busy day.  I began to worry I would not get to the weekly challenge and the angels answered "it's ok, let it go...it's part of this week's challenge".  Although I was not completely comfortable with the idea, I let it go.

This is the first opportunity I have had to truly connect with the angels as it has been busy with sick children and work.  As I began to connect, I heard "just pray".  I asked for clarity and again heard "just pray".  At this, I understand it is our challenge this week to simply pray.  Pray for clarity, reason, forgiveness, hope, needed healing for ourselves and others, for the world at large.  Pray for understanding and commitment, logic and truth.  For the ability to determine the best course of action and for the ways to approach this action.  Ask in prayer for healing of this planet during this great time of change.  For the hopes and dreams to continue to come to light and for the true knowledge of how to interpret their intentions.  Seek guidance from the love of GOD and that of the angels, GOD's eternal helpers.  Look for reasoning behind the here and now.  Ask for the ability to know why the sun rises and falls and the intention of the cycles of the planet, seasons and all of life.  In the words of the angels:

"Now more than ever is the time to pray.  Your heart yearns for answers in truth and love.  With the changes occurring in your place and time, it is easy to cause confusion and misunderstanding of the truth in love.  Pray for love to surface and answers to be provided.  In this time of much change, we ask for you to try and gain patience that the truth will come to terms with reality and when this occurs, you will understand the logic and truth.  With prayer comes peace.  With prayer comes love.  Your prayers are for yourselves but it is often the time when we find acts of self-less, ego-less wonder occur.  You often pray for others during your heart connection with GOD and ask for the love of the lord to provide healing and love.  When this occurs, love exists in your heart.  You not only heal yourself but work to heal the likes of many without even knowing you are participating in the process.  Just pray dear child.  Reflect into your prayers as if there is nothing else on earth to do.  We ask you to pray at this time as there is much healing needed for the likes of many.  You can see this where devastation hits and will continue to surface in the weeks and months ahead.  Just pray we ask, simply pray and be in love."

With this, I believe this week's challenge comes at a time of confusion of what tomorrow might bring and what yesterday represents.  While this might not make complete sense to you, the angels often speak to me in metaphors and at this, tomorrow and yesterday fall into place perfectly.  Instead of the anxiety of what might be and the worry of what already passed, we are asked to just pray for today, for the here and now in the moment of being.

I pray that you find peace and love in this week's challenge.  Peace to you all.

Surfing the web

FREE Angel Card Reading!!
http://www.voiceoftheangels.com/flash/angeltaro.swf?getcards=http://www.voiceoftheangels.com/products_pics/cards/
Thank you Dyan Garris of Voice of the Angels.com  http://www.voiceoftheangels.com/ for this wonderful free angel card reading!  I just tried it and I could relate to the messages and were based in love and light.  Very loving and inspiring messages!

When scanning the internet today, I came across this quote as well...it feels right on the money.  Thank you Helen Keller!

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”

Helen Keller quotes (American Author and Educator who was blind and deaf. 1880-1968)

So many inspiring people, I love it!

Little did I know...

Little did I know others would be reaching out to me this week in the way the angels have asked for us to reach out and touch someone.  What I've discovered in the process is that re-connecting can also bring up old feelings or new one's that are ready to surface.  In this, reaching out can actually be a painful process but in the end, the truth heals and brings us closer together if we allow it.

It's funny, I never expected each week to be challenging and rewarding yet I find every single week learning and growing in myself and with the support of the angels.  I have said before that the angels know me better than myself and are truly my friends and additional partners in this life.  With this, I find at times I try and push them away and want to be "normal" and not listen to their guidance or loving messages.  But what I find is they are always waiting there patiently and in love for me to get over myself and move forward.

Although we are only in our 3rd month of the new year, there have been new and challenging adventures for sure!  What will this year bring us?  Full of growth and abundance most definitely....if we allow it and try not to fight the current that is stronger than us, the one that works to help us learn and understand love in a deeper and more meaningful way.

With this, I wish you love and a wonderful night.

Becoming closer, Drifting apart



Poppy's Love Cards



Poppy's Love Cards

 With your enhanced understanding of connecting with others, we ask you...does your current circumstances bring you closer to others or provide space which leads to drifting apart?

Combine your mind and heart and look inwards to discover this truth.  There is so much for you to understand but you are all connected in spirit.  With this, you never truly drift apart however, in your physical form it happens quite often. 

You do not intend for it to happen sometimes and others feels right based on timing and circumstances.  We ask you to look within and discover this truth.  Are you drifting apart from those in love for reasons that make sense?  Reaching out to others who may not be as close as you'd like will provide a way of knowing that you should be together or remain distant.  Closure is important and relevant in any case for those who will not come closer to your heart.

Remember, love is all around you in all ways, always.  Bringing love in and becoming closer enhances this feeling.  Providing closure can also provide this feeling as you will allow yourself and others impacted to heal and move forward with love and hope.  Look within your heart and take note of yout true feelings.  Discover your truth and move towards it!

Love to you always,
Angel Androphial

Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand - Diana Ross

This song has been in my head all day! Boy, how appropriate to this week's challenge. Reach out and touch somebody's hand make this world a better place if you can!

Weekly Challenge 3/6/11 - 3/12/11 "Reach out and touch someone"

How easy is it to get caught up in our everyday lives?  So busy at times we forget to stay connected with the one's we love in ways that feel right.  Our busy lifestyle can lead to missed opportunities of being connected from a heart centered approach.  

From friends to family, colleagues and community affiliations, our  heart centered connections can be missed with the day to day expectations we have in our lives.  Although we never intend to loose sight of our heart centered connections, our lives have a way of leaving most of us feeling as though there is just not enough time in the day.

Do you remember the old saying "reach out and touch someone"?  This week, the angels challenge us to make time for connections from a hearted centered approach, by reaching out and touching someone.

Touch someone with your words and actions...

Re-connect with someone dear to your heart where time has come between you.

Send a "just because" card or email to someone special.

Call to say "I've been thinking about you". 

Find opportunities to say "you do a great job".

Be honest with those you love.  Let them know how much they mean to you.

Create moments to say "I Love You".

Show affection with hugs and kisses in ways outside of your norm with those you care about.

Do something for your community group as a sign of your love.

Ask for help (this works in a powerful way in connecting with others).

Connect, connect, connect!

As I write this, I think of my daily interactions.  My husband, children and I have created our own way of recognizing each other.  "I Love You" is a common phrase in our home and we all give lots of hugs and kisses.  We do the same with our extended family but I have to say that it is not with the same intensity as our immediate family.  This is not on purpose but more so in being caught up in the day to day activities of life. 

None of us intentionally neglect those we love or those who hold importance in our lives but it can happen naturally in the way we have created our family and social norms.  The angels ask for us to make this week's challenge a priority and reach out to our heart centered connections and touch someone with our love!

Challenge yourself to say "yes" reach out and touch someone!

Assurance within reflection

Sometimes you just need some amount of seeing yourself as what you desire and the rest can fall into place with others encouragement! There is something to reflecting and getting assurance bounced back as a result!  Try it!  Have confidence in what you see inside and reflect it to others around you....you might be surprised as the reassurance you receive!!

Battle between the mind and soul

I have to admit, I have had difficulty this week particularly with the challenge of reflection.  Those angels have a funny way of bringing things to light at the right time and in the right way...even if it does not feel good!

Earlier in the week, I received a call that I had hoped would have a different outcome.  I had wanted to hear "yes" but received a loudly echoing "no, thank you".  My ego took over and I entered into a funk.  One that allowed my mind to take over and I could hear the voices in my head that we all strive to move away from...I'm not good enough, worthy, etc.  Instead of resisting, I allowed my feelings to surface and temporarily feel sorry for myself.  In some ways, I find this helpful instead of covering up my true feelings as it allows the process of healing to happen sooner than later.

I think that's why I have not blogged regularly this week, using more video's than anything because I have been trying to work through my mind, my ego.  It's funny, I knew a while ago that the answer was going to be "no, thank you" but I resisted and did not want to believe this.  I can see this is all ego based living but the truth is, none of us want to hear "no" when it has to do with our worth, or what we consider our worth.

Yesterday, I heard from the angels "when you allow one door to close, another will open".  Last night when my husband was reading emails he turned to me and said "when you allow one door to close, another will open".  I looked at him in surprise and asked for him to repeat what he had just said.  He was reading an email I had received and that was the title.  I have to say, it is helpful to have the angels around during times like this in order to get over myself much quicker than I used to.

Even though I have to admit that I am still fighting my ego, I have allowed myself to look towards new goals today.  It is rather exciting and feels right...in my soul.  My soul has been telling me all along that it was time to let go of certain ways of thinking or wanting to be but my mind has had a stronger influence.  Messages have been provided to me for some time but I have chosen not to listen to the entire truth, my soul's truth which always has the answers needed to move forward in the direction of my highest good.

I trust in closing this door that a new one will open.  One that is in my highest good and will bring me closer to my soul's purpose.

Do you see the reflection of your firework?

Christina Aguilera - Reflection (Mulan)

Weekly Challenge 2/27/11 - 3/5/11 Reflection

There has been an emerging presence of reflection this past week that has come into direct focus as our challenge for this week.  One of subtlety yet blindly obvious.  What do you see when you look in the mirror or water?  Is it a clear and solid imagery or is there blurred vision about who you are?  When you take a deeper look introspectively, what do you see?  Do you have clarity or confusion?

This week, we are asked to look at the matters of reflection and introspection.  Interestingly, physics describes reflection as the return of light, heat, sound, etc., after striking a surface or something so reflected as heat or especially light.  We have been challenged to observe others and ourselves and take inventory of  in past challenges.  While this challenge may seem similar, it is distinct and differs in it's own right.

"What you see is not always what you get."  Have you heard of this saying before?  When we reflect, we may not be getting everything because we do not allow for ourselves to see everything. 

Each day this week, we are asked to do the following exercise of self-discovery.

Look in the mirror each day.  Really look at you and all of the wonder and beauty and grace that makes you special.  Try to remember the physics description of the returning of light, heat, sound, etc. after striking a surface when doing this activity.  It is not just what you see on the surface.  It goes deeper than this and asks for us to look introspectively into the acts, behaviors, experiences, etc. that make us who we are.  In this, take note of your goodness and grace.  Try to see the joy living within.  Acknowledge the beauty you have within and throughout your being.

If you do not have a mirror or the time to do the activity in this way, take the time to sit quietly for 5 minutes to do the activity when you can fit it into your schedule each day.  Can you find time to do this in your car or before getting out of bed?  Find a way to work it into your daily schedule in order to reflect upon all of the wonder and beauty that is you.

Take a few minutes to make notes of anything that sticks out for you.  For example, if you have a difficult time with this reflection activity on a particular day, make note of that.  Was there a specific reason?  Make note of that as well. 

At the end of the week, you will be able to reflect back on your daily challenge by seeing any reoccurring themes that stand out for you.  Maybe you are able to see all of the love that lives within but struggle with how to apply this love to the world.  Or, could you see how amazing you are with children but note a lack of patience?  Whatever the themes that emerge for you during this week's challenge, the angels say this will lead to more self-discovery in the weeks ahead.  They note we will be moving into a time over the next month or so of giving back to ourselves and others in our world who see things within us we cannot see in ourselves.

Reflect....when you look in the mirror, what do you see?  When you reflect upon who you are, how do you react?