Prayer Request

Life is not fair   today i found out one of my co-workers is headed back to serve in iraq   he's a marine reservist and served on the front line when the war first started   he lived and returned home as did 4 other co-workers who served in iraq also   he's a young guy, married with one 3yr old daughter and his wife is expecting twins this october   he goes back to active duty the 16th of this month and leaves for iraq the first week of june  he'll be gone 8months to a year   i'm not catholic, but i bought him a St Christopher's pendant to carry him through   he is catholic  God is with our troops and they all need protection   i request we all say a prayer for him , his family and all our troops   i'm lighting a candle every night until he returns home   he will be in my prayers too...with this, i'll be looking at the daily news regarding iraq again until i know he's safe   i look now, but not daily   and sometimes i need a break from it too   anyways, i'll know soon exactly where he is in iraq and can look specifically for news regarding that particular area   May God bring all our soldiers home, preferably safe and sound....God bless!

Zabasearch.com

for those who'd like to know, the website i found my friend on is http://zabasearch.com   i've been very happy all day today since finding my friend   i'm still in shock a bit  she was my best bud back in the late 70s and early 80s until i left washington state traveling around the world a bit   i've always thought of her ever since losing contact and still missed her sorely   words cannot express my happiness  ...and yes, i think if you lost a friend as i did her, i'm pretty confident you can find your lost friends or family for that matter   ....i'm going to try and find some other friends and comrades i knew while i was stationed in the air force at fairchild afb, wa just outside of spokane, wa.   i wish all of you the best of luck in finding lost friends or family   i'm going to be emailing val daily for awhile until we get caught up and then some  back then we always talked about everything   we are both very happy with the reunion   and she's still with her 'wife' now for 27yrs now   yes they are gay but that doesn't matter to me   people are people are people....more soon   take care everyone

affirmation - On Spirit Within    I am never alone.  Infintie Spirit is with me and upholds me in every situation.  Spirit guides me through every experience and inspires me from within in everything I say and do.  I am loving and loved child of God.  Spirit working through me meets every need.  I am inspried, directed, protected, and uplifted by God within.

Thank U Donna in Texas!

THANK YOU DONNA!  for that zabasearch website!  The good that came out of it for me tonight was finding a lost friend:-)  I haven't talked to her in about 17yrs and i lost touch with her all together 15yrs ago.  I FOUND HER on this website!  I'M ECSTATIC!  her phone number was listed and we talked for an hour and half!   I CAN'T BELIEVE IT   I FOUND HER!!  i didn't think i'd ever see her or talk to her or know where she was or anything again.   This is AWESOME!!!!   ....no words can describe how i feel....thanks again!    tears of joy roll....

5 Gifts of Abundance

i went to the next church class tonight    i had no idea whether i'd be making it to another after tonight, but i went anyways   it is more teachings of what we need to practice in order to create abundance in our lives   this week topic: Gratitude   i have much to be thankful for but haven't been in gratitude lately   i'm hoping if i shift to this perspective, my life will be more peaceful for me   not sure   today i've been angry all day and just don't know why   anger and gratitude don't go together   so i'll ease into the warmth of my bed with my kids beside me and sleep on it    it rained this afternoon and is still doing so right now   it's a spring rain, only a bit cool yet smelling very refreshing as though life, earth, and our souls are given a new beginning   a cleanse of the old and onto the new  i love with the air smells sooo fresh with moisture almost like the mornin dew   thank you God for the rain today!  cleanse my soul so i know what you have in store for me around the corner   as the flowers blossom, may my soul and spirit do the same   life awaits me and i must immerse myself again   i know God will show me the how as i figure out the what......

may the sun shine on you brightly, may the wind caress your face, may all your days be full of love,  and may you know you are God's proudest joy! (c)karengoins

 

 

Change

Rev Jennie taught a service on change just a couple weeks ago   Tears flowed as i recognized her change as she shared her story   i've been going thru change or the need for it the past several months   as i'm cleaning my bedroom and taking up remenants left from the carpet, i realized change is happening now and must continue   my pace is slowing for me whether i desire for it to do so or not   i have a tough time having the energy for 40hrs of work a week let alone 60hrs which i need to put in    i know it can't just be work for me all the time, i need other things and people in my life   i do have that, yet now where is the balance   one change i recognize coming into my life is having a partner in my life   that's been tooo long and not the right relationships before    i realize today a relationship is needed or i must make other changes in order to take care of me and my kids   mostly, having another there for me besides my dogs will be a major adjustment for me    me and my damn independence    maybe it's not the independence but maybe the true core is not having anyone in my life to depend except for one relationship a very looong time ago   a couple decades matter of fact   my family was not (and still isn't) dependable before i graduated high school and left   the ones i do depend on right now are my therapist and psychriatrist   other than the one relationship decades ago, i've depended on myself   i'm just waking up to this fact    interesting    anyways, it's not that i haven't wanted to depend on someone at least a little, no one's been there is all    maybe one day in the future, sooner than later...anyways, these are the thoughts i contemplate at the moment   Change is here and more to arrive soon   this is a good thing for me   now that i recognize this, i can direct some of its course   not sure of all the answers , but soon some will arrive at my doorstep    Change is good!

 

my kids

i swear that my kids have esp now    realizing had the blues this morn after the first entry of the day, i had gone out for a chocolate fix: chocolate milk, chocalete eclair, chocolated frosted donut    while devouring the donuts and milk i found a couple yards sales  got a shirt for a buck and 5 books at 50c a piece  one included moby dick which i have yet to read   laterz in between school...anyhow , i come home and wlak in the door   i have NOT mentioned to my kids about their walk  nor have i gone to the top of the frig for the leash which they know is up there   anyways, they start carrying on like we're headed for a walk   i'm asking myself how do they know?  it's gotta be ESP!   so  i got the water and off we went   we had a great time!  of course, i know they enjoyed it far more than i did, but that's debatable   i treasure these moments with them while they are soooo enjoying themselves just running free and no leashes   it's upon the plateau down the road behind the petroglyphs   the petroglyphs being the writins on the rocks left by the ancient ones  anyways my 2 youngest were so funny today   they were worn out within 20mins   they had been running up and down beside me anyways when they saw a rabbitt   hard fast left and they were off and i'm going O NO!   so the chase was on  them the rabbit and me them   fortunately the rabbit escaped and they lost the trail rather quickly   then it was a rest in the shade for a few moments  and charlie is sooo beautiful to watch   he is nothing but lean and nice and all muscle   you see every muscle move as he runs like the grace of a lion chasing its meal for the day   charlie is just a beautiful pitt   handsome little guy, ok not so little    he wore hisself out so quick he was walkin beside me as though i had taught him to heal   sometime soon thereafter he got a second wind and was off chasing rabbits and birds again   fortunately he didn't bring any home with him although he did find a partial rabbit and wanted to keep it   reminded me of when i lived in the mtns and my dogs then brought all kinds of nature home with them   thank goodness charlie dropped this rabbit and left it in the wild  these are the treasures i cherish more than anything materialistical   you just can't buy them    and charlie rode in the back of the truck on the way home and did very well   i used to have a truck with a shell   my current one doesn't have one and today was the first time i let charlie ride back there   he was tied down a bit which at least hinted he couldn't jump out and take off somewhere   he really is a great kid despite marking his territory in the house and doing his houdini act over my fence    today my kids nurtured me and my blues   before the chocalate fix, i laid down with them in our queen size bed and snuggled up with them   this is the best nourishment for me when i'm blue   i can cuddle with them anytime, anyplace whenever i feel the need or not    thank God for creating our best friends!:-)!    in the meantime, i'm working on some pics of them to post in here....take care....God bless!            they are out like a light, dreaming sweet dreams:-)

Cloudy day

listening to some old fashion church music on BIG I 107.9    it's on every sunday morn and i haven't heard this song in a very loooong time    although a religious science person now, i still enjoy some good old fashion church music   it's still in my spirit since childhood and some of the messages still ring true   even at our church we'll sing some of those songs on occasion   one thing Rev Patrick had asked us in our foundations class was not to denounce other churches or religions, for if not for them we wouldn't be where we are today   i agree whole heartedly and had already decided that years ago when i first explored metaphysics   there is good in all religions and beliefs and we are all headed to the same place, Oneness with God  here and now and the hereafter, Heaven!...........anyways, this note was to get me rolling on some positive thinking today and move my mind from the forementioned paper (person in paper really)    i remembered i had forgotten to tell you i got my new dishes the other day   they arrived rather quickly   ordered from the National Wildlife Federation, they are wolves!   on each and every item   and i didn't get those tea cups but rather true coffee mugs :-)   i'm soooo happy!   i have wolves as the theme to my living room and soon will be adding a touch of other wildlife too   it is a set of 4 and will order another set in the future to replace the remainder of the odd pieces of dishes i have    anyways,  life is pretty good!   and yesterday i went to get a big mac and came home to re-discover the growth my cacti have been doing this year    i planted them last year, near the fall i believe, and they are sprouting immensely   my front yard is xeriscaped with rocks and i wanted to get a desert look out there   rock xeriscaping is the norm down here   a combo of too much soon on the grass and just not wanting to do yard work   mine was already in place when i bought this house 4 1/2yrs ago   i got my cacti free from a customer who had done their front yard   i asked where did you get the cacti and they replied from dad's ranch  so Theresa did some clippings for me   there are some benefits from having your own postal route besides great customers   anyhow,  i'm sitting here chillin as i like to do sunday morns with a cup of my starbucks coffee  if i get motivated, i'm taking my dogs for their 'walk'   they run, i walk   it's been awhile and they need it   i have tons to do today-ugh!   need to do my portion of the team paper for class, do homework for my church class, clean house, clean yard, and do laundry as a minimum today   not enough time in a day   i do really want to take the kids for their run   it's cloudy out right now and i'm sure rather cool    i'll chill for a little while longer and then get started with my day    first i'll start off with the affirmation of the day, needing it for myself

On Spiritual Inspiration    I know that Universal Intelligence is ever available to me.  I surrender to new possibilities and open to the "still small voice within" for my inspiration.  Spirit knows all, and I am one with the all-knowing Spirit that resides within me.  I truly am spiritually inspired.