The soft pastel days of life.

Today I feel like...soft pastells. I love the pale pink, green, lilac, blue, yellow, apricot...the soft tones of the color scale. Because sometimes we do need the soft, the less visible, the more quiet shades in our life. We don't always have to shout our existens in bright, strong, vibrant, loud colors ~ or voices ~ to be notices. Some days we need to stay in the background and watch. And today is one of those days for me. Today is a soft pastel colored day, a day when I prefer to notice without being noticed, and contemplate life without participate in the action.

Soft pastel days in life are the days when I gather energy and strength and concentrate on just being, instead of doing.They are the days when I make wishes and dream and meditate on the life I see myself create for myself, and my family. Soft pastel days are days for curling up on the sofa, and listen to soft music while I daydream, or flip through an old magazine (yes, I collect some favorites, like Victoria magazine) and sip Green Earl Grey tea. And when the evening comes and the sun sets behind the hills, I light candles and watch the flames flicker and dance ~ and feel energized and calm and grateful for just being.

These days don't come on any special time of the year, they can appear in the summer just as easily as in winter, or spring, or autumn. They arrive when we need them, when we have worked ourselves too hard to keep up with what we believe we have to achieve to be "good". And when we feel one of these days coming on, we need to listen and follow the guidance from our inner true self because she always knows best in this case. 

If you never allowed yourself one of these days, you really should try it. It's a lot better than driving yourself into a state of fatigue and depression because you think you have to do it all ~ at once! And you don't have to call it a soft pastel day either. You can call it anything you like that resonates with your true self and the way you need your lazy day to be. For me it feels like the faded soft pastel colors in the pictures above....and I just love them. 

Take care and I'll se you later...

Love you...

Everything coming up roses...

Roses are the flower we most often believe represent love, and their delicate beauty and lovely aroma do lead our minds to feelings that stem from our hearts. But today, I'll settle for the love of self. And that is a very good place to start. After all, how can we expect anyone else to love us if we don't love ourselves and treat ourselves with respect? 

Let's start with making a nice cup of tea and find a comfortable place to sit down and think about what we truly want. Don't forget a notebook and pen. We want to write this down. 
What do I really, really want in my life right now? 
What do I really, really love?
What do I really love about my life? And what have I attracted that I may not feel so hot about?

I have a feeling that this will take a big pot of tea. And maybe a piece of cake too. Why? Because I actually enjoy to have a piece of cake with my tea, especially when doing some hard reflection on myself and my needs and wants. And besides, what lady doesn't deserve to have something tasty in her life now and then?  I definitely am a strong believer of that truth.

Take care and I'll see you later...

Love you...

Hello April ~ Hello Spring!

It's spring in the air. Even when rain is falling outside like a soft mist, or maybe especially because of the rain, I can smell the fragrance of spring as I breath in deeply. I love the milder weather, the daylight that stays longer and longer, and the islands of soft colored spring flowers that pop up almost over night it seems. And most of all, I love that spring is the time for new beginnings, fresh starts, as Mother Nature show us the way when she bring nature back to life after the long winter rest. Much like a good old-fashioned spring cleaning bring our home into the new season looking its best, so does a mental and emotional spring cleaning bring us into this wonderful season feeling refreshed and ready to begin a new life. 

Beginning anew doesn't have to mean you pack up and move away to another part of the world, you know. That's how it's pictured in romantic novels. To begin anew with what we have is what spring is all about, to use what's already there and make something new, or improved, is what spring is all about. At least that is how Mother Nature communicate it to me. And so I am about to go ahead and make a fresh start, begin anew and create the life I am intended to live. That's a pretty wonderful goal, don't you agree? I think I'll do that right now...

Take care and I'll see you later...

Love you...