quick update

Well it has been a whirlwind of people and experiences thus far; of which I will go into more detail at another time as I am still processing what has occured so far, my time with Lau has been quite emotionally charged - which is in many ways to be expected, and has also raised a lot of my own stuff regarding my mother............ tomorrow is Lau's graduation and on Sat we will be heading back to the sunshine and warmth, here as been typically Scottish sunshine and showers with not a lot of warmth, wish I had brought my thermals LOL

I finally had a tattoo, gulp, I found a lovely one of the healing Goddess chose blue/green hues, I'll get a pic of it once back in Spain, I don't know how my daughter endures having such large tattoos, guess we all have our own pain threshhold, personally I think giving birth is less painful :)

I hope all my American friends had a wonderful 4th of July - Linda I am so sorry I missed your birthday last weekend, hope it was filled with much love laughter hugs and happiness.

How many times have we had a “bad” experience which, eventually, revealed
itself as a life-changing event that directed us into a better, more expanded
life? Even the experience of death, which can be devastating to the survivors,
is a beautiful return HOME to the one who has transitioned to the other side. If
we can view difficult experiences through the observation of our Soul/SELF, we
can perceive the Unconditional Love in EVERY person, place, situation or thing,
even in the midst of fear, pain and sorrow. Since Unconditional Love is imbued
in every experience, we can choose to perceive it by looking through the fear to
find the love. When we choose to perceive love, we choose to live love.

Finding Your Joy-Be Happy Every Single Day

Our lives are rich with potential sources of happiness, but sometimes we become victims of negative thinking because we believe that focusing on all that has gone wrong will provide us with the motivation we need to face the challenges of survival. When we choose to focus on what makes us happy, however, a shift occurs in the fabric of our existence. Finding something to be happy about every single day can help this shift take place. The vantage points from which we view the world are brought into balance, and we can see that being alive truly is a gift to be savored. There is always something we can be happy about—it is simply up to us to identify it.On one day, we may find happiness in a momentous, life-changing event such as a marriage or the birth of a child. On another day, the happiness we experience may be a product of our appreciation of a particularly well-brewed cup of a tea or the way the sun shines on a leaf. If we discover that we literally cannot call to mind a single joyful element of existence, we should examine the cause of the blockage standing between us and experiencing happiness. Keeping a happiness journal is a wonderful way to catalog the happiness unfolding all around us so that joy has myriad opportunities to manifest itself in our lives. Writing about the emotions we experience while contemplating joy may give us insight into the factors compelling us to resist it.Happiness may not always come easily into your life. You have likely been conditioned to believe that the proper response to unmet expectations is one of sadness, anger, guilt, or fear. To make joy a fixture in your existence, you must first accept that it is within your power to choose happiness over unhappiness every single day. Then, each time you discover some new source of happiness, the notion that the world is a happy place will find its way more deeply into your heart. On this day, find one thing to be happy about and let it fill your heart