Morning rituals...

Rituals are important to us to keep a balance in life. My morning ritual is simple and includes coffee, my journal, and pens. Since several years I start my day by the kitchen table, writing down my thoughts and ideas, dreams and wishes, plans for the day ~ or for the future ~ in my journal while having my morning coffee. It gives me time to wake up and creates a kind of inner balance in my thoughts, and emotions, and help me start the day off right. I admit that it may not be everybody's way to start the day in a good fashion, but it works for me and I am grateful for the peaceful start of my day.

Mostly, as I say above, I start my day by the kitchen table, but during warm days I like to sit in the morning sun on the balcony and listen to the early morning concert performed by all different kind of birds. It is a pleasure, and a nice way to relax in the here and now before the day start. I know that not everyone have the time to spend on relaxing in the morning, I have been a single mom with all that goes with it, and it can be difficult to find time for oneself when life is on warp speed. But I also know it is necessay to take some time to focus on what makes one happy ~ to be able to continue to take care of others. And now that I don't work, this is my everyday luxury that keeps me happy and sane.  lol So I stick with my habit of writing and daydreaming with pen in hand. And I am grateful for the inner peace it gives me. 

Diary...

I haven't always kept a diary. It's only for the last 10 - 15 years of the almost 60 first years of my life that I have felt the joy in writing down my thoughts and dreams, ideas and...some of my experiences, in a journal. But by now it has become part of a morning ritual that is necessary to make my day feel right. And it is a habit that I recommend to all who wish to try it.

When putting my thoughts on paper, they can be released out into the Universe ~ and they no longer have to occupy space in my brain. It works for me. I also see my dreams and wishes before my eyes in a much clearer and more real way than if I only go around and think about them. That works, too...for me. 

Morning magic

I love sunrises... and sunsets. But especially the sunrise as it is, for me, symbolic with hope of a new beginning. Every morning a new day begins, and as we start our day ~ we start again with clean slates...ready for a new beginning.

Things that make me happy

This is how I wish I would spend my weekend, or some of it at least, in front of a fire with a good book. I need to rest my mind and gather energy, and there really is no better way to do this (for me) than to get lost in a favorite book. But unfortunately for me, modern apartments rarely have a fireplace, and I did plan to continue to sort through all that old stuff that somehow have invaded my home...so I guess I have to save my reading for bed at night. Now, there isn't anyone who force me to do this clean up but me, but I have had this feeling for quite some time now, that it is time to move from thinking about it to doing it, so... Anyway, I know I will feel so much happier when it is done. But I will make sure to make time for rest and relaxation too, of course.

 

I'm grateful for the beauty around us these days. Gratitude is an important part of life as it opens us up for changes for the better. It isn't just make-believe that life becomes more joyful when we start to be grateful for the little things in life. When I feel grateful for the things I already have, and what already works for me, I become more positive and happier, and I start to feel better about myself and life... and that is what makes the difference. So, I've started to consiously notice the things that makes me happy and that I'm grateful for every day.

 

Other things that makes me happy...

 

 Old-fashioned romantic rooms...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roses. lace and Pearls...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas Kinkade paintings....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soft piano Music and a fire...

  

 

 

Candles...

 

 

 

Early silent morning hours before the world outside wakes up...just me and my morning coffee and my journal....  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To curl up on the sofa and listen to the rain outside...knowing I don't have to go out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now I wish you all a Wonderful Weekend...

 

 

Autumn blessings...

As nights get longer and darker, we light candles to create a warm and cozy feeling. I love get up in the morning, make coffee and light candles ~ and then sit and contemplate the day, write in my journal, or just daydream for a while before the day really begins. I feel good in moth body and soul when I can start my day at my own pace, which is slowly. There are so many things to be grateful for in life, and this is one of those things.

 

Isn't it strange how we often miss the little things when we count our blessings? We seem to take so many things for granted, and never think to be grateful for what we have. I try to find time to list things I'm grateful for, every day, and very often it is the small, simple things that make it on the list. My health, my home, my children (even though they are now grownups), that we have food to eat every day, the quiet moment early in the morning before the world outside wakes up, to sit in solitude and contemplate my day while sipping my morning coffee, to write in my journal daily... You see, this is really not any grand things, but they make it on my list of things I'm grateful for. To be grateful for the little things that we have can make a big difference in creating big things in our life. It is like little children and Santa Claus ~ you have to believe to see him. Believing is seeing, when we want to manifest our dreams too. Believe, be grateful...and then be able to recieve.

 

 

 

And as I probably won't be able to write until next month....

 

 

 

I wish you all a wonderful day...and weekend.

 

 

Autumn season

So have autumn finally found its way to us to stay it seems. At least for this year. Colder weather is coming they said in the weather forecast this morning, strong winds and rain are on its way to visit us. But as September is on its last week, it is only natural that the temperature drops, in fact it is the way it should be this time of the year.

 

The weekend was slow, and peaceful, and relaxing...just as it should be in a village far from the big towns and cities. Mostly I like this peaceful and quiet life, but now and then I long for a little bit more of activity and life. I'm not the bar kind of lady, more of a café kind, and there are only one café and it closes early, so... But for now it is good enough. There are other things that make it a nice hideaway right now, like it is walking distance everywhere you need to go. 

 

It seems like I do a lot of complaining today, and I guess we all have days like that, don't we? Maybe the weekend was a little too quiet after all... But for now that is okay. It gives us a chance to gather energy to make Changes...

Sudden change in weather...

 

 

Today autumn really hit us with a temperature drop that made the walk a bit more chilly than it's been the past week, despite wool sweather and heavier shoes. But the crisp air feels clear and refreshing, and it is the middle of September, after all, so one shouldn't complain I suppose. And I do love to live with the change of seasons, not fight it. So I'll be spending the weekend bringing out the warmer clothes and put away the summer clothes ~ for this time.  And I'm looking forward to it, believe it or not. This over night weather change calls for a cozy weekend indoors. So changing seasons in my closet, lots of hot tea, a stack of magazines, and maybe a movie or two....looks like a plan to me.

 

Take care everybody and have a wonderful weekend!