Thursday, February 25, 2021

WADING THROUGH THE MUD

Good morning everyone and happy Thursday.  Raise your hand if you're happy its Thursday.  It isn't that I want you or anyone, myself included to wish the day away but sometimes the closer we get to Friday the more tired we are.  Let's face it, we humans are a busy breed and sometimes all we want to do is sleep just one extra hour.  

Being tired is part of our human experience.  Curling up in our comfy quilt is far more preferable to getting out of bed at 5 a.m. but we do it because we have to.  What happens when depression and despair hits us.  They are also part of the human experience but one that makes the slightest movement almost impossible.

Today's quote is, "Despair is the muddy water you wade through until the heaviness begins to sink to the bottom making each step easier and easier enabling you to lift yourself completely out and be completely free."   Do not fear despair.  It is but another emotion that will fade as time goes on.  It is not an easy one nor am I making light of it.  I'm bringing your attention to the fact that it is but one of so many visceral emotions.  Despair leaves us feeling as though our stomachs and hearts can touch the floor.  When we are so low how on earth can we rise up?  

Know that these emotions that I write about I have experienced myself.   I am a healer but I am human. I have been joyful and miserable, exuberant and despondent.   Whichever emotion I feel I know that it will not last even if it feels like wading through muddy waters.  Keep wading.  Keep walking.  Lift those feet higher with every step and leave those muddy tracks behind you.

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone! ~Love, Amy



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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

USING THE WIDE ANGLE

Good morning everyone.  Happy Tuesday.  When we are walking we look straight ahead but vision is not only in front of you.  It is also sideways. If you are a mom that vision is also in back of you as we all know that moms have eyes back of their head!  I love that kids actually believe that.  Moms are lucky that way.  They have honed their vision so that they can see in all directions.  

Not everyone is a mom and not everyone chooses to see in all directions. When we don't we are limiting ourselves.  Today's quote is, "There is a lens we view the world from  - choose the one that doesn't just fit snuggly over your eye but the one that gives you the broadest view."

We all grow up with a very limited perspective because that perspective is passed down from our parents.  As children we believe what they believe but then we grow up and experience life for ourselves and discover a whole new world.  While we might cling to what we knew we begin to develop a perspective of our own.   

How wonderful it is to see up, down, sideways and backwards.  How beautiful it is to see the world in radiant color and not just in monochrome.  Broaden your view, widen your perspective and be open to a new way of viewing the world.  

Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone! ~Love, Amy


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Thursday, February 11, 2021

FADING FOOTPRINTS

Good morning everyone and happy Thursday.  On these cold, dark winter days who doesn't start daydreaming about the beach?  I do for one!  Seasons are great but just about this time of year I imagine what it would be like to dig my toes into the warm sand and how I love making my own footprints down by the shore and watching the ocean waves wash them away.

This can be a difficult time of year as some of us suffer from seasonal affective disorder due to light depravation and lack of sunshine.  Thank goodness Spring is not that far away and sadness will give way to joy as the days get longer and brighter.  Before you know it Spring turns to Summer and it will be time to renew those beach passes.

Today's quote is, "What is a footprint on the sand but a temporary mold like emotions that visit us only to leave soon after they arrive."   Emotions are fleeting just like those footprints.  They come and go.  Even when they linger much longer than we would like, emotions are temporary.  As much as we prefer joy to sadness, holding onto it is like trying to catch the wind.  

Clinical depression is not fleeting and needs to be addressed by professionals.  Bad moods however change from good to bad and back to good again, not always as fast as we would like, but change they do.  Daydreaming is a wonderful way to get out of your head.  Take a journey to a place you would rather be.  Its really not that hard.  According the science our minds wander 46.9% of every day.  Holy cow!  Half of our day is spent thinking about something other than what we are doing so why not wander somewhere fun?

Go to a beach or a lake.  Take a hike, ski down a mountain or watch butterflies.  Your mind can take you anywhere you want to go so let it take you to a place that puts a smile on your face!

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone! ~Love, Amy


To learn more about what I do, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co

To schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co/private sessions or email me at amy@amykaufman.co

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

DREAMS NOT FEARS

Good morning everyone.  Happy Tuesday.  I spend a lot of time telling you that anything is possible and to dream big!  What happens when the size of your fears outweigh those of your dreams?  I'll tell you.  You live in fear, doubt and a constant state of hopelessness.  Why would anyone move there?

Today's quote is, "Let your dreams be bigger than your fears."  In dreams you can do and be anything you want and if you send those vibrations out into the Universe you can create any dream.  Many of us received the message long ago that said "you can't have...." and another message that served to both squash and belittle a desire, "don't be ridiculous."

And so, to avoid embarrassment we kept those dreams and desires to ourselves instead of sharing them with those who should have been supporting us the most.  I will admit it is difficult to release all those negative things you have been told since childhood but that's why I'm here.  

I am here to help you cut those cords on an antiquated belief system.  I am here to tell you that there is no dream that is too big to make into a reality.  I can support you but you need to do the work.  You need to decide which reality you prefer and I think you already know!  


Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone! ~Love, Amy

  

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

STOP FOR JUST A MOMENT

Good morning everyone.  Happy Thursday.  Many people pride themselves on how disciplined they are when it comes to diet and exercise refraining from certain foods and never missing a workout.  Do those folks really feel good never eating an apple cider donut in the fall and sprinting past a garden never stopping to smell those roses?  I can't answer for anyone but I will say that if you eat a donut once in a while and walk rather than run you won't blow up to enormous proportions.

It is wonderful to be disciplined but is being disciplined really that or is it habit.  Our tendency towards the same extends to what we eat, how we dress, the kinds of books we read, the leisure activities we participate in and just about anything you can think of including the way we react to certain people and certain situations.  

There are those who push our buttons yet we respond in a way that leaves one party extremely satisfied  while we are utterly frustrated and so our buttons get pushed over and over again because our response is the one we are used to as well.  

WAIT!!!  You don't have to do that anymore.  Today's quote is, "Being in pause allows you to evaluate, reevaluate, contemplate and think about old ways that were habits in desperate need of change."  Habits can be broken especially if they no longer serve you.  Try a new breakfast, wear different colors, enough with the self-help books.  If your reactions never change, those books aren't doing much good anyway.  

Lastly when those buttons get pushed and they will, stop, evaluate, reevaluate and contemplate your brand new reaction for this is nothing more than a habit in desperate need of change!!

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone! ~Love, Amy



To learn more about what I do, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co

To schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, visit my website:https://amykaufman.co/private sessions OR email me at amy@amykaufman.co

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

ROSES OR THORNS

Good morning everyone and happy Tuesday.  When snow blankets the ground it is difficult to imagine Spring but time goes so quickly before you know it we will be welcoming the Equinox.  As we await the arrival of Spring and the sights and sounds it brings, those with a green thumb begin to think about what types of flowers they will be planting.  

Of course what will grow will depend upon the soil, the conditions in one's yard and of course the seeds you plant.  Hmmm.  Does that sound familiar to you?  It should because that is exactly what we do during New Moon Wishes.  We think of what it is we would like to see manifest in our lives by writing with intention so just like the seeds for sunflowers, peonies and tulips, we plant seeds that will manifest into our dreams.

Today's quote is, "The flowers that grow depend on the seeds that you plant."  Obviously this goes for more than just flowers!  You do understand that your thoughts create your reality.  You cannot simply write a monthly list of all the fabulous things you wish to happen in your life while your day to day thoughts are of lack and hopelessness.  Like a math equation, you are cancelling everything out.  

Plant seeds of joy, hope, happiness and success so that that is what will grow in your world.  Take these thoughts and nurture them with love and watch them grow so that you get to live the life you want and the life you deserve!  

Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone! ~Love, Amy


To learn more about what I do, visit my website:https://amykaufman/co

To schedule an in-person or remote Reiki session with me, visit my website:https://amykaufman./co/private sessions OR email me at amy@amykaufman.co