DIVINE SPIRITS AMONG US

Good morning everyone.  Hope you all had a good weekend  and are refreshed and ready to face the week.  I usually start my day reading the news and what has been going on in the world around us.  My favorite part of the news are the pet rescue stories because everything else is so awful.  I'm not even talking about what is going on in Washington D.C. but the horrific stories of crimes committed around our country.

You have to wonder what makes some people so cruel and what makes some people so open and forgiving.  Today's quote is, "Divine is the spirit that holds love for all humanity even when ours cannot comprehend acts of evil."  How much forgiveness do you hold within yourself?  What is your capacity for love?  These are questions not often asked.  I can say that I am not God and could hold absolutely no compassion for someone who for example, abuses children.  If you abide by the saying there is a reason for everything which I often do, I cannot ever imagine a reason why a child should be harmed.  

The other side of that coin is the belief that everyone deserves love no matter what it is they have done in their lives.  The movie Dead Man Walking is a perfect example of this.  Sean Penn's character rapes and murders two complete strangers for fun.   While in prison he is counseled by a nun who befriends him and grows to love him and is with him at the time of his execution.

The main point of the movie is to show the dehumanization of the death penalty but to also show the sheer indifference to human life from one human being to another.  As the switch was turned on to fill the murderer's body with poisonous fluids part of me was happy yet part of me was sad and disgusted watching a man being put to death.

Can I call myself divine? No.  I am not there and I am OK not being there but it is good to know that in this world the Divine do live among us.

Have a great Monday everyone! ~Love, Amy

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EMPOWERMENT COMES FROM DOING

Good morning everyone.  Let's get right to it!  Just yesterday I wrote about tomorrow coming and here we are with today's quote which segues into, "Empowerment comes from making things happen - not waiting around for them to."  Right?! How good do you feel when you can cross something off that never ending list.

What I am talking about is more than getting your grocery shopping done and cleaning the house.  Two chores that are not only a constant but one I personally am ecstatic about when they get done.  I of course am talking about what we do to shape our lives in the way we want to live.

I've said this many many times and I will say this again.  Start small.  If you try and do too much you are liable to throw your hands in the air in despair.  Don't do that.  But do make a move.  Anyone who knows me knows that technology is sooooo not my thing.  I am both afraid of it and don't understand it yet I need to make friends with it because not only has the world moved in that direction but people rely on technology to find things like, um, let's see....Reiki Practitioners!

I cannot tell you how excited I was when I learned how to link my website to my blog.  I knew it had to be done so I found the source that would help me and low and behold, I did it!  A small thing for some but awfully big for me.  Make a choice.  Sit around, complain and wait or pick yourself up and get to it.  

Have a wonderful Friday everyone! ~Love, Amy 



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TODAY IS HERE BUT LOOK OUT FOR TOMORROW

Good morning all.  Today is here.  It arrived last night at one second after midnight.  Even though many of us are just starting our day we always need to make the most of it because before you know it, night has fallen and it will be tomorrow.

Today's quote is "Tomorrow is sure to come - what will you do when it arrives."  Why do today what you can do tomorrow is not only a familiar, albeit sarcastic phrase but also one that resonates with many of us.  Um, yea, me too!  

It all depends upon how you handle pressure.  Some of us thrive on it and can only get things done under the gun, so to speak while others get so overwhelmed they can't do anything.  It can be hard to find the balance.

If you are one to put things off, I feel your pain!  I too have been a friend of avoidance.  There comes a time though when you need to cut loose from that friendship and move forward.  Nothing gets done unless you commit to action.  

Have a cup of tea, or coffee or a snack or whatever you need to get you motivated.  Make a list and put a plan in place.  Put post-its everywhere as reminders of the impending day....tomorrow!  If change is what you want, then you need to be the key participant for it.  The smallest thing you do is still something and will get you on your way!

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone! ~Love, Amy

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LET YOUR INTUITION BE YOUR GUIDE

Good morning everyone.  Do you have a routine to your morning?  Of course you do.  Get up, pee, coffee.  Sound about right?  The other hundred things you do I will never know unless you invite me over really early.  I also do many more things than the first three every day including walking Mia but before I venture out I look at my phone for the weather.  Why I bother I'm not really sure.  February, winter, 6:30 in the morning.  Yea it's gonna be cold out there. 

I don't really need to look at my phone for the weather for obvious reasons.  I already know what it will be like out there.  O know the answer to my own question.  "Amy will it be cold out?" "Yes Amy, it will."  We often have the answers to many of our unasked questions because they lie within ourselves.  Today's quote is, "Be guided by your intuition - the place within you that has all the answers you need."

How many times have you uttered, "I knew it," regarding a variety of situations and circumstances in your life?   You said it because you did know it.  Whatever that it was, you already knew and why?  Because you listened to your intuition.  You listened to that voice inside your head that is so often correct about the many things you questioned. 

Intuition is that feeling you get from your very core.  When you know the answer before you ask.  When my husband and I were ready to leave the city for the suburbs we looked at more houses than I was able to count.  He liked every one that we saw but I saw things differently.  I knew the moment I walked in the front door of someone's house whether or not I would be able to make it my home.  

The only house out of all the ones we looked at already had two bidders ahead of us.  The realtor assured me that we needed to keep going.  I assured her that this would not only be our house but our home.  One month later she called and said, "you got your house," to which I replied, "I already knew."

Never underestimate your intuition for it is both wise and knowing!

Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone! ~Love, AmyTo learn more about what I do, visit my website, https://amykaufman.co
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THE SKY'S THE LIMIT

Good morning. It's Tuesday.  I had such a busy weekend doing things I wanted to do and things I needed to do.  What a feeling of accomplishment.  It is sometimes hard to get motivated on those cold cold days but then there are those days where you are unstoppable.  No chore is too tedious or difficult to keep you from having fun too.

Today's quote is, "Who says you can have but one great achievement - there are no limits to you and what you can do."  I believe that.  Do you?  Do you believe that you were put on this earth to accomplish one thing and one thing only?  If you do then change your belief right now!

When we think of what we've achieved the list is longer than we realize.  We could go way back or to last week.  We put so little value on what we think is the mundane for example making dinner.  Last week I made this amazing Japanese fried chicken dish.  Was it earth shattering?  No it wasn't but I was excited to have made something new for my family.

Last year I took one hundred of my quotes and photographs and created a book.  Why is that less important than my Japanese chicken?  They both brought joy to me and to others.  Will I cook more dinners and try new recipes?  Absolutely.  Will I write another book?  I just might do that.

Never belittle anything you do that holds meaning and importance to you and the ones you love.  If you are a mom with little kids and you got them to bed without the usual night time drama then pat yourself on the back for what an accomplishment that is! I remember those days oh so well.

Tap into talents you never knew existed.  I know you have them as I am confident we all do.  Your greatest achievement is yet to come and there are no limits to how many you can have!

Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone! ~Love, Amy


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

LET YOUR HAPPINESS COME FIRST

Good morning all!  Happy Monday.  I have really perfected my overnight oats.  My recent addition is papaya and more almond milk making my oatmeal super creamy and delicious.  So yummy on a cold winter day.  When you go out for a meal is the other person's choice consistently better than yours? 

That would happen to me all the time.  My husband always ordered the better breakfast, dinner or lunch and I would be most unhappy.  More than once I would return my dish to get what he was eating and my entire mood would change as well as our dining experience.  Who wants to look at a miserable face! 

What a good husband I have to put me before himself to make sure I was happy.  When you love and care about someone you want them to be happy even if it means waiting to eat your food while a new order is placed.  I love good food and going to great places whether they are known for their avocado toast or their fresh fish.  This may sound a little extreme but a bad meal puts me in a bad mood. 

What would happen if everything put me in a bad mood.  I'm not so sure that my loving husband would continue to be as supportive and why should he be?  It's draining to constantly be responsible for the happiness of someone else.  There would come a time when his happiness would have to be front and center.  Today's quote is, "There is no one's misery that should come before your happiness."  

Support is one thing but being an enabler is another.  In my life there have been people who were just plain miserable no matter what.  The ones who could never see the sun behind the clouds.  As a friend we try and be supportive but when it deprives you of your own vitality it is time to sever that relationship.  I do believe those folks were in my life to teach me a lesson on boundaries. 

I am a good friend and a supportive friend. I am someone you can turn to and trust but I want that reciprocated and if it is not then I need to move on as we all should.  Your happiness is just as important as someone else.  A one sided relationship can never work unless you fancy yourself to be a punching bag.

It all comes back to deserving and knowing that you are entitled to what we all want; to be happy!


Have a wonderful Monday everyone! ~Love, Amy

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A WATERFALL OF GRATITUDE AND LOVE

Good morning everyone.  Holy cow!  Not only is it Friday but it is February the month of love.  Welcome to both.  Valentine's Day, one of my favorite holidays is this month.  As commercial as it has become I still love the brilliant red color used to wrap up chocolate hearts and small boxes of jewelry.  I even wrap my wrought iron banister in a garland of red every year and put hearts on my glass door.  I bet you didn't know how corny I really am!

I don't care!  It makes me happy.  Every day should be your very own Valentine's Day filled with love and hearts.  Today's quote is, "When we choose to see the good in our surroundings gratitude spills from our hearts like a waterfall."  A true statement for sure.  When you are in a place you love and one that makes you happy, you feel it all over.

I love my home.  I feel good the minute I step inside the front door, (even if I don't have plastic hearts clinging to the glass!)  I am thankful that I have such a beautiful place to call home and thankful that I have the most loving dog who greets me like she hasn't seen me in a million years every single time.  Am I thankful?  You bet I am. 

I've taken it a step further by thanking the Universe every single day for the abundance in my life  and for what is coming my way.  When there is so much good around you it is only right to show gratitude and appreciation.  Will we have bad days and tough times?  Always!  But when you can turn your focus to the good that is already there and to all you have the Universe will not only hear you but send you more!

Have a wonderful Friday 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 amy@amykaufman.co