Cartwheeling through Life: May 2013

Still Praying, praising and cartwheeling...

Alexandra's newest

Book

Consistently aware

Delight in acknowledging the people who help everyday

"Enthusiastic admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge" ~ William Blake

Give due credit when credit is due
Inspired by Antoinette Dickson: "Praying, praising, cartwheeling..."

Joy

Kind words

Love Letter in the

Mail today. from My Mommy xo

Outstanding people set high standards for themselves

Pray, Praise, and Play the Pause

(found on YouTube in 12 Nouns With Absurdly Specific Definitions)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJTdPBHcvzs

Realizing my dreams are MY dreams

"...That's why I keep coming back to the mat."

Ultracrepidarianism: the act of talking constantly about subject of which you know little or nothing.

Very important...

Writing a kind note

Xylopolist: someone who sells wood

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Awareness

Brach

Emotional Freedom

Finding peace in your own awakened heart

Grasp your fresh start with both hands and all your heart" SBB xvii
Happy Anniversary, Kristen and Kyle

Just a few things at the store

Karmic clearing

Must

Not give up

Openness to the good the bad and the ugly

Pineapple milkshake for lunch and a

Quiet spot to...

Read

Shift to Silent Still awareness

Tara: Trance of

Unworthiness

Very frustrated

Waiting on a few calls back

anXious

Yes! I made it through this day... Thank you, God

Zafty: A person very easily imposed upon

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Bedewed: Cover or sprinkle with drops of water or other liquid.

Culms : refers to the above-ground or aerial stems of grasses and sedges

Discombobulated by life - again!

E-mail to catch up on

Fitzpatrick, Steve

Go another mile...

Hedges, Jean

Inspection, Thursday 8am

Julie Burke

Kelly Roberts

Money

Nan Miller

Order

Prime Lending

Qualm

Silly questions for Ron and Joan

Timelessness of Simple Truths

Understanding

written by Anita from...

Zen to Zany click on the link to see more.

Day 9 - Thank you St. Joseph, Thank you, God!

Opening Prayer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Thank you for coming to my aid and thank you for my loving friends with their endless support.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before you to honor you and your saints and ask for continued support throughout the process of letting go and moving on.

Amen.

This makes me happy :) MLS#: 1883049 Status: Contingent

St. Joseph, I thank you, I entrusted myself to your care and placed in your hands my requests and you have answered my prayers. In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith. Please help me to continue to do the will of God and make positive choices for my family. Help me follow the Spirit's guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 9 Bless all families, O Lord especially those in need. Remembering the life of your Son, we pray for the poor, for those who lack a good home, for those in exile.

Grant them a protector like Joseph, O God.

To conclude this novena, say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be

Allowing ourselves to feel the pleasure of...
Basking
Ceremonious joy

Delight

Emotional management is where financial management begins

Flying Yogini says...

Gaiety, energy, and Grace

Happily ever after, whatever that may mean

Illumination, Inspiration, and Inner equilibrium

Just

Keep breathing...

Like sand through a sieve p. 382

Magical, Mystical portrait - our personal Myth

Our Own

Pierced the heart of the reader

Quip

Remarkable capacity for love

Stardust ans Serenity

Use Your Wings...

Visceral reactions

Willing to Walk away from self-imprisonment p.372

eXhumed p.358

You are stardust sprinkled across a night sky forever in my dreams, but out of my reach."
— Teresa Medeiros

Zest for dashing through life at full tilt p. 350

Sunday, Sunday, So good to me... May 26, 2013

"Anticipation... the soul of enjoyment" ~ Elizabeth Gaskell

Blanket nest

Cartwheels in Celebration

Donuts & Cookies for breakfast

Finished reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Going to bed early

Hammock Hound

I've done my best

Joy

Keys found by Kind Allen who is working hard cleaning library carpets all weekend

Lots & Lots of Letting go

Memorial Day

Notice Nature Nurturing

"On a clear day, you might even be able to see tomorrow" p 331 of...

Peace and Plenty by Sarah BanBreathnach

Quiet Quality of Life

Reading and Resting

Sunday joy Spilling over...

Toast Marshmallows
Under Contract
Vibrant tug-of-war between love & longing...
Wants and needs... yearning
Yoga - finally!!
Zen to Zany

Day 8 - WE HAVE A CONTRACT!!!! Wahoooo!

Opening Prayer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Dear God, thank you for the many gifts you have given me, and those you have allowed me to receive from the lovely people you have sent my way. You have blessed my life in countless ways, but I do try to count them every day. Thank you.

I honor You and Your saints as I ask for help during this time of struggle.

May I have Faith to alleviate my fears, and Trust in Divine Order to allow my worries to dissipate. Pardon my sins and bless my family.

St. Joseph, just and true, with a father's care you raised the child Jesus, and with a husband's love, you shared your life with Mary, his mother.

I entrust myself to your care and place in your hands the sale of our house to someone desiring a new home that has been lovingly prepared for them these many years. We did our very best, and now it is time to move on to our next adventure and a simplified peace-filled life. Amen.

In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith. In the quiet of my days, and in the choices I must make, please help me follow Spirit's gentle guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 8 Give shelter, O God, to those who need it, and bring together families divided. Give us enough to eat, and decent work to earn our bread. Care for us, O God. Amen.

ps. I love, love, LOVE that I actually was writing prayer and blog post WHILE the showing was going on yesterday. yippee!!!!

http://www.wowzone.com/godmemo.htm

Today's ABCs are from that 20 minute Memorandum from God which is the final chapter of a fabulous book: The Greatest Miracle in the World.

Another mile - as in "Go another mile"

Be yourself! as in "Show your rarity to the world and they will shower you with gold."

Count your blessings - This is the first LAW you must obey in order to perform the greatest

miracle in the world, the return of your humanity from living death.

Do all things with love ... love for yourself, love for all others and love for me.

Eyes Enable to to Enjoy the magic of a leaf, a snowflake, a pond, an eagle, a child, a cloud, a star, a rose, a rainbow ... and the look of love.

Fear not as you enter your new life. Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks.

God Memorandum, to you, from God

Heart that pulses Hour after Hour, day and night, thirty-six million beats each year.

Imagine.... you have the power to Imagine...

Joy

King's ransom

Love

Mandino

Never, until the end of time, will there be another such as you.

Proclaim your rarity

Quickly you found me

Rarest thing in the world

Synchronized to do your bidding

Take Counsel, I hear your cry...

Uniqueness

Vibrate to the wind in the trees

Wipe away your tears

eXchange all the gold in his vault for the blessings you have treated so lightly

You are the rarest thing in the world! and then , just before going to sleep, I read:

Zombically p. 277 The Fault in Our Stars

Prayer to St. Joseph - Day 7 - May 25, 2013

Opening Prayer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Dear God, Thank you for sending Kim and Steve Allen to our home last night. (#92)
It was a joy to open our hearts and our home to them and share what we feel and know about this house.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before you to honor you and your saints and ask for help in my many needs. I know you have a Divine plan for our lives and I pray I am aligned with Your Will for us. Today and everyday, show me in no uncertain terms what You would have be do - or not do, to follow your guidance.

Hear the prayers of my heart, St. Joseph, just and true, with a father's care you raised the child Jesus, and with a husband's love, you shared your life with Mary, his mother. I entrust myself to your care and place in your hands the sale of this house at 201 Sarabande Drive, Cary and ask that bring peace to our hearts on this matter. (Showing # 93 11:15am - 12:15pm today).

In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith. In the quiet of my days, and in the hard choices I must make, help me follow the Spirit's guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 7 God, our Father, give your fatherly spirit to those who are fathers now. Like Joseph, give them hearts of devoted love for their wives and children and strength for forgiveness and patience. Amen.

I am also listening to the final chapter of The Greatest Miracle in the World by Og Mandion. It is called The God Memorandum and it comes with instructions for 100 days. I began on Monday, May 20th and if I counted correctly, I will have successfully completed that goal on August 27th.

Praying to St. Joseph Day 6 and May 24, 2013 ABCs

Opening Prayer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Come to our aid, Dear God, please help. Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before you to honor you and your saints and ask for help in my many needs. I am so very grateful for all of the gifts you have bestowed upon us and the answered prayers that are truly countless. Thank you.

St. Joseph, just and true, with a father's care you raised the child Jesus, and with a husband's love, you shared your life with Mary, his mother. I entrust myself to your care and place in your hands this request of mine that you show the new owners to their new home so that Elizabeth and I can move toward our new adventure very very soon. Thank you, and Amen. In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith. In the quiet of my days, and in the hard choices I must make, help me follow the Spirit's guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 6 God of our heavenly home, bless our home on earth. Let the spirit of Mary and Joseph rest at our table, shape our words and actions, and bring blessing to our souls. Amen

An Imperial Affliction

By Peter Van Houten

Cannula p.46

Dysmorphia p. 44 chronic mental illness in which you can't stop thinking about a flaw in your appearance

Eviscerated p. 175

Filosoofers p. 157

Gaggle of kids p. 87

Hamartia - fatal flaw p. 20

iepen p. 161

Just totally correct p. 49 Joy

Kissing p. 93

Loathe p. 88 Lacivious details p. 95

Misnomered p. 84

Oncologists p. 92

Patience, grasshopper p. 36

Question p. 93

Representations of a thing are inherently abstract p. 178

Sobriquet p. 64

Toroida p. 30

Underoxygenated p. 34 Ubiquitous p. 156

Valdimir & Estragon p. 88

Wait p. 88

eXistenially fraught p. 31

Yearning p. 176

Zeal p. 33

May 23, 2013

Prayer to St. Joseph, Day 5

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Dear God, please come to our aid and lift the burdens of our souls.
Help me release the past and move forward

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before you to honor you and the saints and ask for help. Hear the prayers of our hearts and answer them. Amen.

St. Joseph, just and true, with a father's care you raised the child Jesus, and with a husband's love, you shared your life with Mary, his mother.

I entrust myself to your care and place in your hands this request of mine that the couple who are coming BACK to see the house at 1pm today can not HELP but buy it. AMEN.

In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith. In the quiet of my days, and in all of the choices I must make, help me follow the Spirit's guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 5 O God, who loves children, be kind to Elizabeth today. Give her eyes of faith for seeing far, a loving heart for welcoming life, and a place always at your side.

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory Be to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen xo

May 22, 2013 A tribute to Zach Sobiech and my prayers to St. Joseph - Day 4

Opening Prayer - seems to resonate when read aloud.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Come to my aid, O God. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before you to honor you and your saints and ask for help because I know that when I have asked, I have received, when I seek, I find and when I knock, doors have opened.

Please pardon my sins and grant my requests. Amen.

St. Joseph, just and true, with a father's care you raised the child Jesus,
and with a husband's love, you shared your life with Mary, his mother.

I entrust myself to your care and place in your hands this request of mine:
If it is your will, please let lead "the" home buyer to 201 Sarabande Drive.
Thy will be done. Amen.

In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith.

In the quiet of my days, and in the hard choices I must make, help me follow the Spirit's guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 4 God of families, bless my family. Keep us safe from harm, and let peace be in our hearts.

Amen

Beautiful

Donate to the research fund set up on his behalf.

Fantastic

Grace

Happy

I am currently reading The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Just try and make people happy

Kinda like sitting in the dark

Live Life to the fullest

Now what?

Out of denial

Pass it on...

Quality of Life

Richer

"The kid who went down fighting and didn't really lose."

Upworthy

Wondtacular

YouTube

Zach Sobiech

Prayers to St. Joseph - Day 3 - May 21, 2013

Opening Prayer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Come to my aid, O God. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before you to honor you in your saints and ask their help in my many needs.

You promised those who ask, would receive, those who seek, would find, those who knock, would have doors opened to them.

Hear the prayers of your church, grant my requests, and pardon my sins. Amen.

St. Joseph, just and true, with a father's care you raised the child Jesus,

and with a husband's love, you shared your life with Mary, his mother.

I entrust myself to your care and place in your hands this request of mine:

Please lead the buyer suited for the house on 201 Sarabande Drive to their new home. Amen. and Thank you

In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith.In the quiet of my days, and in the hard choices I must make, help me follow the Spirit's guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 3 O God, ever faithful, you remember us always and in time reveal your blessings.

Help me trust in you, as St. Joseph faithfully trusted, and never let me lose faith in the wonderful gifts you promise me.

To conclude this novena, say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be

Today we had showings #86, 87, 88, and 89....

86 was supposed to be 11am-12:00 so I left work at 10:15 to go home and get Misty and make sure the house was in order. Elizabeth has left her room in perfect "show shape" - before 7am this morning mind you! God Bless her! As a reward, I decided to do what she had requested and take car of our car, which we feel we are in more than the house, and get it a really good wash, vacuum and even something they called "air blown" which means all that crap from the crevices. So, I get home, take off Misty's harness and leash and it is 12:05 so I figure, cool back to work well before 1pm, not too bad. And then I get a call from the scheduling service letting me know the agent is running late and would NOW like to reschedule the showing for 12:15-1:15! So rude!

But what am I to do?? So, I get Misty and I head back out and this time I go to Lowe's to look at paint and carpet just in case none of the people who look at the house today are "the" buyers. Ok, so back to work just in time for 2pm. Next showing 5pm. A little while later, that one cancels.

Ok, I can deal with that. I'll get Elizabeth and Misty and we'll head out to Target and find what Elizabeth needs fro the Anime' convention that is this weekend. We got some of what we needed and then went to Meredith - her choice - so she could sit at her - I mean my - desk and do her homework. 6pm #88, I can only hope they went and looked and are thinking about it. 6:45-7:45, I decided to go trim roses with Misty while Elizabeth does her home work. Came back in about 7:30. No sooner did I say to Elizabeth, "okay, we can go home now." (figuring that by the time we get there, they'll be gone) when my cell phone rings and it's the scheduling service. Yep! "Showing agent is running late, can they reschedule for 7:30-8:30?" Elizabeth hears me say "I have a child to get settled for school tomorrow" and says, "Mom! I'm 17!! So I tell them to go ahead. I go across the street for Elizabeth favorite dinner (Burger King chicken nuggets) and when I come back, is she doing her homework? Of course not. Am I frustrated? You betcha!

It is now 8:27pm. It is MY bedtime and I am NEAR my desk. Elizabeth is AT my desk on her laptop, supposedly doing her English homework now. DO I interrupt her so I can go home and go to bed, or do I keep typing, hoping it will inspire her to do the same???

Prayers to St. Joseph, Day 2, May 20, 2013

Opening Prayer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Come to my aid, O God. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before you to honor you in your saints and ask their help in my many needs.

You promised those who ask, would receive, those who seek, would find, those who knock, would have doors opened to them.

Hear the prayers of your church, grant my requests, and pardon my sins. Amen.

St. Joseph, just and true, with a father's care you raised the child Jesus, and with a husband's love, you shared your life with Mary, his mother.

I entrust myself to your care and place in your hands this request of mine for a buyer for this house at 201 Sarabande Drive.

In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith.

In the quiet of my days, and in the hard choices I must make, help me follow the Spirit's guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 2 - May 20: O God, you love your people and bless the ordinary lives we quietly live. As you blessed St. Joseph, bless what I do, however hidden and simple it may be, and let all I do be done with love.

To conclude this novena, say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be to the Father, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Prayers to St. Joseph - Day 1

Opening Prayer

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Come to my aid, O God. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all good gifts, I come before you to honor you in your saints and ask their help in my many needs.

You promised those who ask, would receive, those who seek, would find, those who knock, would have doors opened to them.

Hear the prayers of your church, grant my requests, and pardon my sins. Amen.

St. Joseph, just and true, with a father's care you raised the child Jesus, and with a husband's love, you shared your life with Mary, his mother.

I entrust myself to your care and place in your hands this request of mine:
the quick and easy sale of our home to a family who wants and needs it. Thank you.

In quiet Nazareth, long ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to your heart and you followed God's will with wonderful faith.

In the quiet of my days, and in the hard choices I must make, help me follow the Spirit's guidance and believe when I cannot see.

Day 1 - May 19: Oh God, guide of those who listen and helper of those who hear your voice, speak to me, as you did to St. Joseph, and help me accomplish the things you give me to do .

To conclude this novena, say one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be to the Father, as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Saturday reading results...

Alexandra's Attitude of Appreciation

Brighter the sunshine the deeper the shadow p. 9

Centered in the Culmination of all past moments p. 16

Delve into this moment

Equilibrium

Freedom and Flexibility

Grace of inner peace and contentment p. 7

Humble Harmonious whole p. 7

Invisible Inner scale p.12

Judicious Juxtaposition of Junk and precious mementos p. 8

Knowing

Levelheaded p. 12

Mindfulness and Meaning in the Moment p. 15

nemo (management)

oikos (house) - these two from Peace and Plenty by Sarah BanBreatnach

Paradoxical p. 9

Quiet

Restful

Solitude

Treasure the uneventful quiet day p. 14

Undulating bubble p. 12
Visceral p. 9
"Walk the dog in nature's beauty" p. 15
eXpand our horizons p.19
Yin and Yang p. 13
Zen calm p. 14

Gotta love a book that gives me my entire blog in less than 20 pages :) Thank you, Mommy and thank you Alexandra

Friday, May 17th

Allow Abundance

Beyond tired

Choose to see the good stuff

Artist: Su Gallagher Eagan "Watercolors and Batiks"

Einstein - "Out of clutter, find simplicity"

Frittering Frets

Green, John - The Fault in the Stars

Home vs. House

"In every ending there is a new beginning." p. 572 Shadow of Night

Just finished reading Shadow of Night. so good!

Kristen Lessig posted today's "T"

Let go with Love

Much to do - Meditate first

Need to take care of us

"Omni fine initium novum" p. 572 Shadow of Night

Play and Put first things first

Quench your thirst
Read
Stretch

Xpress gratitude

Yellow House posted the "D" :)

Zoom north - I wish I could, Sue, for so many, many reasons

Thursday, May 16th

Abstemious: Not self-indulgent, esp. when eating and drinking

Chinaberry tree at the Arboretum

Dear

Elizabeth

Fettered magic

Getting? a bit frustrated?

"Hoist by my own petard again" p. 546 Shadow of Night

Ken voice and nearness to Mom always helps

Life in the Alphabet by Eibatova Karina ( Eika )

Missing yoga, again :(

Next week?

Ouroboros Shadow of Night p. 541

Often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself

Perhaps?

Quirked

Rankled

Volvelle p.441 a medieval instrument consisting of a series of concentric rotating disks, used to compute the phases of the moon and its position in relation to that of the sun.