I have been away from work for a month, when I walked in here on Wednesday morning the wild cats at work all came to welcome me, I had a warmer welcome from the cats than my colleagues.

They come into the office and sit om my chair and peep over the desk at me. They are the most darling things out. They follow me around and when I sit outside they also want to see what it is I am eating or drinking.

its really tough been back here the hostility and the exclusion of everything is very unusual. I don't get greeted I light my candle on my little altar here in my office and my boss wants to freak out that is mainly when he talks to me.

Such fun!!!

when i was younger my gran taught me what my path should be. whan i came of age in went into the path my heart guided me to. the one thing i remember my gran hammering in my head is that none may chose thy path but thy self. but today i see youngsters been forced in a path they do not want, and no one can help them. when is justice ever going to return to the land? we all must protect the young and show the truth in order to better our future.

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” - Elisabeth Kubler Ross

Honour the sacred

How well do you honour your own space? How much reverence do you hold for where you live, where you meditate or worship, where you work, where you eat, the planet?

So often we forget that the sacredness of any place is more about how we relate to it than about the space itself. We have the ability to bring a sense of sacredness to anywhere we are, at any time.

Connect with spirit

How consciously do you connect with spirit in your own life?

We often get so busy that we do not take the time to connect with spirit in a deliberate and meaningful way in our daily lives. We also sometimes get too caught up in the external aspects of our spirituality - thinking we have to go to a specific service or gathering, practice a particular form of prayer or meditation or do something else externally in order to tap into our spiritual connection. While any of these practices can help us access spirit, none of them are necessary.

We can connect with the Divine at any time, in any place and for any reason.

Remember our interconnectedness

How consciously interconnected do you feel toward other people, all other living creatures and our planet in your daily life?

It is so easy for us to get caught up in the illusion of separateness - we think, talk and are reminded of all the ways we are different from one another. However, most of us have had an experience in our lives where we have felt a sense of interconnectedness, not just with people we know and love, but with all of life. In those moments, we have seen and touched the depth of our spiritual nature. When we consciously tap into this, we remember that, at the deepest level, we are all one.

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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GROWTH

To say I am done growing is not something that anyone will admit to. We all know that we are constantly growing, but how many times do we get complacent in our growth or fail to recognise the opportunities that we encounter daily? I know I can get by on what I have learned up to this point in my life, but I also know that even if I stop having the desire to grow, I will realise sooner than later there is something missing…

The reason is simple: Growth is the conscious pursuit of personal effectiveness and excellence, and who amongst us is really prepared to give that up, for surely the only thing that concerns our existence on earth, is the self-discovery of our own spirit, and this is a journey no-one should miss.

"The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be... because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!" - Mary Anne Radmacher

MAGIC

If the magic in your life is not what it should be, do not blame it on your wand. Magical tools are merely there to help you focus your thoughts and set the mood for magical activities. But it is ultimately the power that resides within you that will determine your success.

Think of magic as the energy which drives the universe. It flows through all things. We all have the ability to direct its flow through our lives. However, it is essential that both our thoughts and feelings reflect what we want, however, more often than not the reason for failure is that few of us really know what we want … and even fewer of us know what we need.

BALANCE

Without bad there is no good, and the further we move toward or away from either the sooner we find that we can only go into the other direction. So, to find balance, do not move toward or away, but be still.

“There are two sides to every story, the truth is usually a little of both.”

TOTALLY RANDOM :)

Some may call spirituality an exercise in insanity. But isn’t insanity a personal journey through spiritual chaos.