Why is it that rain in the spring and summer is sooooo invigorating AND rain in the winter just sucks every energy fiber right from ones body.

The boys are to have their first real ski lesson this weekend — I was going to get on skis with them. First time since I was twelve that I will be on down hill skis … and it is raining so much I wonder if there will be any snow left — but then that is me projecting into the future once again.

There are so many things I can be doing now! I had a client this morning. I spent a lot of time on the phone today with others for appointments and etc .. so my calendar seems to be filling up nicely. Cian is over his sickness — or at least seems to be since he was quite well enough to go to school this morning and I have some time to be just me… which, honestly does not happen that often. So, why worry about tomorrow. Why worry about what will come and just deal with what you have right at this present time.

I started a new routine a couple of weeks ago — that in themes in conversations with others has come up twice in the last 12 hours. I will take that as a sign that it is time to share. We are reminded every day to be grateful for what we have right now. In November many people spend the entire month remembering to be thankful for at least one thing each and every day. When we are thankful for what we have — we will get more of that same thing. When we are grumpy about it, it is the same as telling the Universe that is not really what you wanted at all. For example .. and this is a crazy simple one … if I were to dwell on the fact that it is rainy and dreary — and I am going to draw into myself all the rainy and dreariness the day can handle. I actually though that it was days like today that Dean and I would make the most of the need to be indoors. We would do a small project together — practice with the camera, get a thick blanket and cuddle up, play music that we may have not taken the time to hear in a long time, put together marble run roller coasters with the kids .. etc. Sometimes it was just a good day for a family nap; and that was good too. Grateful for the time together instead of whining that it was a winter rainy day.

Before I go to bed each night now I take the time to say everything that I am grateful for — a special thank you to Divine for all that I do have, even if some deem that it is only a little. For if you are grateful, you will always receive more. I have a list of people, comforts, feelings, gifts (both spiritual and physical), and items that without which I would be very sad indeed. I be sure to thank for the money and health that we do have — for we always have enough. Things always work out.

In the morning I take time to ask for special blessings on special people including myself, for my house and for my thankful list in the way of Divine Love and Light and Protection.

So many times I hear people say that they don’t have time to pray, or meditate, or have quiet. So many times I hear people say that they are so busy with life, and home and work and/or school, and family that there is very little time … uh, be thankful for the time you have for all those other things and include that you are thankful for the time to pray. You can do the thankful prayer as you are lying in bed at night. I have written down what I would like to convey in terms of Divine Love and protection for friends/family and household beside my bed so I see it and remember to do that even before my feet hit the floor in the morning. Be thankful for the time. Those that do not have the time, then, really they do not really want it.

Sometimes it is a reality check on what it really important. If we do not keep ourselves aligned with Spirit and Universe and our true selves then eventually, even if not now, we will start to fall apart.

In a lot of ways I felt more in tune in the last months of Dean’s illness than what I sometimes feel now. Now, it is so easy to just keep myself so over busy with all the responsibilities and house, and work, and clients and children and the quest for a more fit bod to race a 5K in May. Don’t be afraid of the quiet. Allow the thoughts to flow over like a waterfall until all you hear is the peaceful roar of the  background noise .. allowing Spirit to calm, enlighten, uplift and energize. Sometimes I find people get so frustrated because that say they cannot still their thoughts. Don’t try — they are apart of you. The challenge is to not dwell and worry — let them pass, allow trust that everything is where it needs to be if you are doing what you need to be doing with YOU. Reminding myself every day to do as I am teaching. Remembering with out being connected — without grasping that spark of Divine Inspiration in each of us, without being grateful and loving there will be little peace and nothing learned.

Thanking the Rainy Winter Day