OK everyone... I guess the "cool" people are probably out doing "cool" things on a Friday night but I have a fully booked weekend so I am staying in this Friday evening and after MAAAANNNY years of planning parties and partying, partying and more partying I am good (and lucky I am not dead really). Anyhoo, I digress ... I am starting something new and I am so excited! OK, so some people know that I love to post daily quotes to my facebook page and I am still going to do that because I know people love them and I find the whole process to be a great habit for myself too... BUT last night I learned a new amazing journaling tidbit about how to create my own quotes (and / or poems) and I am so excited to share this little exercise with you (this is also a great tool for workshop facilitators, super fun). Now usually the idea is to choose "words" from a pile but if you don't happen to have a box full of pre-made words (which is another project) then you can do this little exercise by choosing words in a book, or a few books / magazines. Write the words out as you choose them, then form into a quote or a poem. This can now be written in your journal, or made into quotes for around the house, vision board, picture frame and / or to post on your social networks. I have gone ahead and randomly chosen some words from different books in my office and I really loved all of the words, sat with them, arranged them into sentences and a poem and this is what I came up with so far! I have written these into a journal workbook that I have been creating in. This was waaaay too much fun and I will practise this often! I would LOVE to read some of your quotes / poems too! Please post them in my comment area below. Here they are: "Listen first, then walk on your ever-changing and infinite path of harmony." "A winner knows how to 'just be' in the quantum heart of nothing." Living Grand I thought these quotes might be fun to add to a photo too and look what I found! http://quote4fun.com/create/ and look what I made in just a few minutes...
I used to think Valentine's day was a joke but to be totally transparent I don't even really know where this pseudo holiday came from! There are many holidays and "days" that happen that I really don't know much about and it's probably because I wasn't raised with any type of religion. I was influenced by other's and their religion but my Dad, who raised me mostly, and my Mom never went to church or quoted the Bible.
My parents, including my Step-Mom, always did something fun for me for Valentine's day so I always looked forward to this special day as a child, then somewhere along the way I guess I grew out of it, or it wasn't cool or I dunno.... but now I love it again! So instead of going to do some research and pretend I even have a clue that I know what this day is about (and maybe one day I will) I decided that I would declare what Valentine's Day means to me and hope that someone will find it amusing. LOL - so here it goes...
I would LOVE to hear about what Valentine's Day means to you... Friends who knew me, back in my very early 20's - when I was an annoying, evangelistic vegan, would tell you that to hear that I had a hotdog craving recently would be very surprising to them. I haven't been a vegan for about 7 years now but for about a solid 4 years I would not touch anything that was even near meat. You may be asking, well why did I quit being a vegan? Well that is another blog post completely. What I can say now is that I do recommend it as detoxification diet but one has to be very careful if they decide to make this a lifelong decision, which I would support granted they have worked with a health professional to learn about their body's specific needs AND have aligned their beliefs. OK, now back to the hotdog... Well, this all happened when I was doing what I call my "cleanse days" about 2 years ago, when all of a sudden I had this overwhelming craving for a hotdog. It actually stopped me in my tracks and I started to laugh. Now don't get me wrong, I have been known to eat a buffalo or organic smokey every meow and then, but this craving was different somehow. So I did what I recommend to my clients when they are on their "cleanse days" and that is:
OK! SOOOO! What did the hotdog craving represent for me? The craving took me back to a birthday party when I was 9, and it was one of the best birthdays that I could remember as a child... I had all of my friends there, we were having so much fun and we played for hours, playing with all of my new toys and I was in my glory. When I thought of this memory and how it related to my life in the present, I realized I hadn't been out much (in my new town), nor did I have any real friends yet. This craving and memory really inspired me to find out more of what was going on in my community, start showing up in my life again - like a re-birthday party for myself, and start building new and authentic relationships. This was a big step and now I have been making new friends and having a lot more fun, as well as having more parties and inviting new friends to join me... all thanks to a hotdog craving! What are your cravings trying to tell you? Love Tammra |
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Hi I'm TammraI live in beautiful British Columbia, Canada and I am uber passionate about holistic well-being, music, art and being playful. Want to know more about me- read my story here. |