tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30118433985248106942024-02-22T00:34:35.979-08:00Lady Prism Living•♥• Can extract sunshine from a cloudy day!"Hello, Sun on my face! Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields..Watch now how I start the day in happiness, in kindness!" ~ Mary Oliver•ღ. ℒℴνℯ •ღ. ℒℴνℯ♥ Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-15743739298722181492021-09-21T21:45:00.004-07:002021-09-21T22:17:16.262-07:00 Health Goal: Building Stamina Age 53<p> One way I'm coping with this continuing pandemic pandemonium is by solo - cycling. ✌ Tall words, wow, <i>lols</i>! 😄...Ok, maybe not <i>entirely</i> all solo just yet (?) Mostly, I bike around with my husband, but I've had significant rides were I went at it alone - so proud! </p><p>--- I speak for myself when I tell you, city biking isn't easy ( as it looks). It's surely so <i>not</i> for the faint of heart. Hats off to cycling commuters who brave the perils of mad swerving cars and bike lane hogging vehicles! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XgQnMcoRqlU/YUmUlUFoPFI/AAAAAAABtL0/3ayK-h2yzuAshCKz8SZQvX5erx9w8a5wwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1232/PicsArt_09-18-11.06.19.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="848" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XgQnMcoRqlU/YUmUlUFoPFI/AAAAAAABtL0/3ayK-h2yzuAshCKz8SZQvX5erx9w8a5wwCLcBGAsYHQ/w275-h400/PicsArt_09-18-11.06.19.jpg" width="275" /></a></div>As for me, I just want to seriously be super strong enough and street '<i>smarter' </i>enough to intrinsically ease myself onto longer adventures <i>without</i> that constant worrying edge that I might swerve wrong or fall flat, which thankfully hasn't happened. <p></p><p>And while there's an adolescent like thrill in navigating busy streets, I have to realistically admit this cycling thing is proving to be a heady challenge in this choked up concrete jungle where we live. </p><p>--- From pictures and videos posted online, cycling in more rural settings appears challenging, but at the same pace, a great deal more leisurely relaxing with landscape rewards of the picturesque. </p><p>I must note one significant positive point about my area though; Street dogs in our hood ( make that - the increasing population of street dogs) don't mind cyclists. The <i>poochies</i> are super cool and so used to the general havoc, sounds, and chaos of our streets that they don't give riders a passing glance. That's <i>thug life </i>for all!</p><p></p>Going back to me, I was 20 when I last went cycling with my then boyfriend. We'd insanely circle around the PICC grounds in a rental clunker (come rain or shine without a care) and have a total blast! I thought I'd simply pick up from then and it would be the same super breezy experience at 53. Not quite. There's a clunker still, but it sure isn't the bike!😀<div><p></p><p>-- Of course, the boyfriend and I got hitched. It's been 33 years. </p><p>Life was life until the world went pandemic with lockdowns worming through sanity. Cycling is a breakthrough light that pierced this menacing circumstance.</p><p>But here's the thing -- 53 is a long ways back from my 20's. </p><p>H<i>onestly</i>, those decades...it's not like I used up my youth in the gym. I'd do walks and runs in the evenings, plus some yoga or cardio, but I won't pretend I was one for seriously exercising. When it comes to sports, unless it's swimming, which I'm pretty good at, any other activity made me feel awkward and ungraceful. At least, that's how I perceived it all those years. </p><p>So here I am at my age hell bent on defying my limitations!! Cycling isn't just easy free push and pedal, it turns out. I didn't realize there were specific skills for starting and stops, plus tough nerve for traffic, and super strength for inclines. I can haggle the first two, but uphill is tricky to conquer. I need a whole lot of strengthening up. I mean, I need clunkers and clunkers of energy! Here's the plan. </p><p><b>One month goal: September 23 to October 23, 2021--</b></p><p><b>Exercise 6 days a week. ( I've done it before can do it again - better! ) </b></p><p>1. Stretching yoga everyday</p><p>2. Conquer 5 kilometers on weekdays concentrating on uphill climbs nearby. </p><p>3. Walk 3 kilometers minimum 4x a week</p><p>4. 45 minutes stationary bike everyday for the next 2 weeks</p><p>5. Weekend bike 15 to 20 kilometers.</p><p>6. Strength building band exercise as well as lifting 4x a week for muscle</p><p>Diet: Less sugar, less fried, rice once a day, no meal after 6 pm, Drink protein </p><p>-- It's a plan. </p><p></p></div>Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-11945148151186430652021-09-15T07:13:00.003-07:002021-09-15T08:13:51.507-07:00No Burgers in the Mountains<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's not easy </b></span>being grateful nowadays. I remember a time when I would wake up full of life and bursting with instant gratitude! The last time I felt this way was...<i>um</i>.. honestly, 2 years ago. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yes, full of life and brimming with a tinge of " let's get going attitude"....I'm like that, or, <i>was </i>like that -- a bit bubbly, a bit rose rimmed, and I guess, quite dreamy elevated.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Not for a long while now. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Instead, I open my eyes to a fog of trepidation followed by bewildered wondering; -- So, what <i>inane crap will unfold in this world today, huh</i>? -- </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Just this morning, there was that stupid news that a "nuclear war" was averted last year. The mad media is all about insanity. The devilish salacious hunger and preoccupation with doom is almost ridiculous. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I told my husband it would be a good time to be a monk; "You, know, I can see me way up in the mountains with my prayer beads and silence," I sighed. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Nope. You won't last -- no burgers there. You love your burgers, he quipped. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Thing is, it's actually true. 😀</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">------------------------------------------------------------</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;">* Photo taken 2018: Central Park, The Quin Hotel, Manhattan, and Metropolitan Museum</span></div>
Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-15250578092864294962021-09-11T21:15:00.350-07:002021-09-12T01:47:48.001-07:00How To Stay Sane (In this Crazy World )<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Dv-jyHX12Bfs-ipSrsthkFaLAhxEQ-Kz950vjsrTe2CI_wAkNY8CvGNzqMjBUlUQDtApAe4e9Fm5Ot13LUR8fpLGoa8kk6w3msNZrsHWwut1eR-2VmO9qX71gGtgc4vXLVeqfAXK1mdc/s4466/IMG_20210317_122910_248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4466" data-original-width="3582" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Dv-jyHX12Bfs-ipSrsthkFaLAhxEQ-Kz950vjsrTe2CI_wAkNY8CvGNzqMjBUlUQDtApAe4e9Fm5Ot13LUR8fpLGoa8kk6w3msNZrsHWwut1eR-2VmO9qX71gGtgc4vXLVeqfAXK1mdc/w514-h640/IMG_20210317_122910_248.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">How to stay sane?!?</span> <span style="font-family: georgia;">Like, what I mean is, how can you maintain a certain modicum of <i>groundedness</i> when literally inundated by an unprecedented assault of mania, left and right? Don't tell me to shut-off the news, or lay off social media, or take to the current hermit lifestyle till this pandemic settles; not happening. </span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NPNgG5g_M0/YT19lV_JPmI/AAAAAAABs80/uvtIRS8_knkPv6toYLNkjrmyp9pdFqhIwCPcBGAsYHg/s3999/IMG_20210325_112954_822.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3999" data-original-width="3999" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NPNgG5g_M0/YT19lV_JPmI/AAAAAAABs80/uvtIRS8_knkPv6toYLNkjrmyp9pdFqhIwCPcBGAsYHg/w320-h320/IMG_20210325_112954_822.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Last night people up a floor were having a good time; waft of ciggie's, lots of laughs, some loud over excited convo about whatever, then more fake laughs. It almost felt like a normal Saturday evening if it weren't for the fact that our Covid numbers are insane, businesses are dying - <i>stock market</i> is dead, and the government is certifiably unhinged! -- </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Check out the numerous depression, anxiety and health groups online and you'd be shocked by the indescribable volume of people desperately seeking help. Only, there isn't any real - help. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's like a bug in your brain, everything that's happening, crawling...clawing...hatching eggs of doom and desperation as we go on trying to keep a straight face to the world. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Od_WDIDPYyc/YT18y5EPIVI/AAAAAAABs8o/gNQsHV64Tck-DqBHNpbMgxEBiMGfkg3gwCPcBGAsYHg/s932/IMG_20210511_113433_850.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="932" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Od_WDIDPYyc/YT18y5EPIVI/AAAAAAABs8o/gNQsHV64Tck-DqBHNpbMgxEBiMGfkg3gwCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_20210511_113433_850.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Advice on how to keep faith is everywhere, It might as well fall on deaf ears. Talk is cheap. What we need is to hack <i> resilience...</i>now<i>.</i> We need to muscle our brains so we don't do <i>stupid </i>out of anxiety, confusion, fear, and loneliness. Drugs and drama or drinks won't get you out of a pandemic funk. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is why I do <b><a href="https://prayersandencouragement.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-power-to-say-right-word.html" target="_blank">AFFIRMMATIONS</a></b>. I'm not a pro, but it gets me somewhere above all the crap. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm not religious either - but I take <i>spirituality</i> seriously as tea. I believe that you can genuinely rebuild your mind, as well as, softly relax its sore spots by instructing those grey cells what it needs to concentrate on. You ought to juice up the brains with the truth that power is within to stay strong! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today's affirmation prayer centers on how <b><a href="https://prayersandencouragement.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-power-to-say-right-word.html" target="_blank">"The Power to Say the Right Word"</a> </b>can lift your mind and soothe your tired soul. Whisper it to yourself. Feel how the ripple of syllables works wonders to restore your senses. Let it clarify your mind like only a fresh sweet river of thought can do. Try it.</div></div></div><div><br /></div>Be refreshed. Visit: <b><a href="https://prayersandencouragement.blogspot.com/2016/09/the-power-to-say-right-word.html" target="_blank">The Lady Prism's Sanctuary </a><br /></b><p></p>Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-80654349486172338162021-09-11T00:27:00.011-07:002021-09-11T00:30:26.325-07:00I'm Back ( Grateful for Sweet Memories )<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RC3FwFTxR7s/XH9H5DRoolI/AAAAAAABEdw/iwqlA60dVs0IUR51jXeA_tRyoKF7pLdhgCLcBGAs/s1600/20190304_230614.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RC3FwFTxR7s/XH9H5DRoolI/AAAAAAABEdw/iwqlA60dVs0IUR51jXeA_tRyoKF7pLdhgCLcBGAs/s400/20190304_230614.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;">Just like that</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>here</i> I am - once again! </span>👧 I'm back to writing my heart out, simply because I've missed it <i>ever</i> so dearly. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It's been years and so much has happened, none of which was ever recorded in this site. My bad. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I wish I <i>did</i> write everything: the good, the great, the silly, the teary, the struggles, the laughs, the sweet darling memories I've accumulated, including these pictures taken in Singapore circa 2018, which is pre - <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">friggin'</span></i> pneumonia, pre- pandemic, pre - succulent, pre - fresh new book hoarding fever, pre - online shopping madness, and pre - cycling everywhere craze! It was my 50th birthday family trip, and yes, I gratefully remember it well. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course</span> "vlogging" is all the rave today and maybe I'll get there soon - <i>maybe</i>. Then there's "Tweeting" which I never warmed too, but come to think of it, perhaps I was doing it all wrong. </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">...is that you have toothily- nibbled a chunky part of life enough to know the good stuff! </span>Yep, I have n<i>ibbled, munched and digested </i>year after year's sizzling<i> sizable </i>meaty portion of days.<i> </i>Some years I imbibed to the brim with gusto', others I puked to the gut. If you are my age, by now we both know life is all slightly piquant, a little bit pickly, maybe bitter a bite or two, bland sometimes, and all too sweet and spicy- a whole saucy cauldron of boiling umami! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No, this is not about food, - althou<i>gh I'd have to admit, the pic below was truly cathartic yumminess</i>...- but more of a tasteful conclusion that <b>older means....</b></span><br />
<b style="font-size: x-large;">you finally know what choiced - cuts are, the best portions of life to go for! </b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With this thought, I now dig in to the coming months of my very new delectable year. I hold the power to pepper and spice, slice and dice, broil, grill, saute my days! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">50 is zesty....it is delectable, mouthwatering, appetizing, tasty, flavorful, toothsome, palatable, succulent, luscious, scrumptious, delish, yummy, finger-licking, lip-smacking, melt-in-your-mouth, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">delightful. </span><span style="font-size: large;">exquisite, lovely, pleasurable and .....divine! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I look forward to days where I can be described as...</span><span style="font-size: large;">"A delicious vivaciousness stole over her."</span><br />
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This was taken April last year at the Jacuzzi Winery if I'm not mistaken ( or was it the other winery, actually). I believe lovely pictures are captured pieces of one's inner<i> heart heaven</i>. I say this because of the realizations the first couple of months of the year have dished me.<br />
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We are on our own journey in spite of all relational companions we have with us. This sounds like an archaic thought, common knowledge I suppose. However, when the raw spirit of a certain truth springs in you, there comes attached a nutty nugget that pushes you to grow.<br />
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And in there spouts the niggling question: how much growth have I accomplished? The question doesn't bid the term -<i> 'success'</i> - which is trite, subjective and relevant to materialistic perceptions and prejudices. It is inner growth, a genuine by -your- guiding strength assessment of how much of life I have shaped to the degree that I can stand on my own influence.<br />
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How many thoughts are my thoughts, not mere parroting of others. How much brawn is of my own, not merely siphoned from another (which reduces one to a social parasitic crutch). How much of my laughter, smile, joy and happiness stems from my own storage of juice of goodness, not funneled from bleached circumstances and organized events.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">It's going to be "art a day" no if's no buts!</span></b><br />
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2018 has a zesty come on for me with all the juiciness and overflowing feels of creativity. I've stomped the dust off my boots from all <i>eeks' </i>of the past; forward and inspired is my aura.<br />
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Let me thank you though, 2017!!You were such a sweetheart of a year, truly. Not that you didn't have a freak side...but so what? The entirety of your days was magnanimously love filled. Yes, and I feel the charm bomb flooding through the coming days and months! It is sweet and spice and every conceivable nice. And if there are sour days, well, heck'...I'll sit them down and talk them to behave. Life's short to be moping about or complaining, specially now that I'm a couple of months to half a century, eeeeks..that sounded archaic, hahaha! 😀<br />
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Anyways, I have got me the young feel vibes so I'll ride on that. It's health and fun and art and gratitude, and just pure love. Got no time for anything else. Ciao!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Oh, I do admire my vegan and vegetarian friends. The ones with years have proven the merits of their chosen lifestyle. They posses a certain calmness - a lightness - and are true founts of nutritious wisdom. I've become a more sensible, more aware eater because of them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was a rather stale afternoon, laced with stifling heat that prompts stodgy headaches when I stumbled on the archived picture above. Why ever do I take food photos, one would never know, except to reason that it provides a sort of offbeat delight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">That warm lovely tomato crepes with that creamy fresh asparagus topped on toast touches a bouquet of bucolic memory for me. I am raptured back to that sonorous breakfast morning, to that rich black coffee sip, to that person and our affable companionship, and to the whole of it delectably good and well. A pretty frame of a sumptuous life, you could say is - love and thrice felicity.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">and you will become genuine.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Let it be Present in your family</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">and your family will flourish.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Let it be present in your country</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">and your country will be an example </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">to all countries in the world.</span><br />
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Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-44739664798842114192017-10-25T03:11:00.001-07:002017-10-25T03:24:52.339-07:00Setting the Tone for the Next Three Months<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Perhaps I should start filling up that<i> travel and eats page</i> in the bar above, because here I am with a cup of sweet hot decaf coffee typing away, till later I presume. Those travel articles will have to wait for a moment. Right now I prefer inspiration to prod me towards action. I'm in my <br />
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rubber shoes you see, geared up good and quite willing to start my exercise regime.<br />
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Quite willing. I say, because, let's face it, I'd rather be doing something else than huff and puff. No, it isn't easy and I am my own worst enemy at times, but I have a goal, and am internalizing how powerful I would feel once I hit that glorious day I can say I am the <i>fittest</i> I have ever been!<br />
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Going for my core desired feelings in terms of wellness is important to me. I want to feel...<br />
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The whole three months, no matter the holidays, will be a pivotal succession of first phase goals achieved, is what I have in mind. I will not allow anything or anyone to distract me.<br />
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No world affair can sullen me, no political catastrophe can disturb me, no personal drama can sidetrack me, no obtrusive person or event can divert me. No. I am not available for any type of shenanigan that will not benefit my goal. This goes for all other parts of my life as well.<br />
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Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-17307289253744044032017-10-24T08:28:00.001-07:002017-10-24T08:28:53.886-07:00A Fresh Perspective <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Going through my mounds of travel photos, eats and coffee hangouts, smack dubbed me with the realization that I am possessed with a plethora of writing cues to dig from. I could have done hotel revs and fancy dining revs instead of just keeping it all neat tucked in my social media FB and Instagram account. </div>
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I could have talked about that lovely great time I had by the Park Royal Clark Quay Hotel pool just lounging on my own and taking in a drink...or that romantic candlelight dinner by the river where the Italian chef asked us if everything was to our liking ..or the beautiful evening boat ride that was short of the memorable moment in my life.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I could have talked about where to eat and where not to eat in Hong Kong,,or how windy it was in Las Vegas...Oh goodness, just a sample! <br /><br />Well, it's not too late. Tomorrow I'll start organizing my topics in relation to my health and beauty journey, my travels, my restaurant experiences, my recipes.... I have to say goodbye to the old style me....This year ushered in a lot of new adventures...new perspectives..the old seem to be fading..away...making room for all the fresh new things life comes a - bringing. </div>
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Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-13980716818232661872017-10-09T21:10:00.002-07:002017-10-24T20:00:50.652-07:00" Discovering The Sweet Potato Soul Lady " :D <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Right now, I'm sipping organic <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Traditional-Medicinals-Organic-Echinacea-Plus/dp/B0009F3PLC" target="_blank">Echinacea Tea</a></b> which I bought from my favorite organic store, <b><a href="https://www.healthyoptions.com.ph/" target="_blank">Healthy Options</a></b> but is available online as well. The brew is calming my senses and unclogging my sinuses. I'll lay off on the coffee and stick to caffeine free tea for the rest of the week. For good measure I'm mediating later. I don't have candles but calming music will ground me. </div>
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Regrettably, I slacked off from my workout which was gaining ground a week ago. At seven am today, before the husband left, he candidly reminded me of my routine and added I looked svelte the last time we went out last Friday.<i> </i>Flutter eyes me, haha!</div>
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It's only Tuesday and I sure can see what three days of junk food binging can do to my body. <b><a href="https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=mcdonald%27s+garlic+parmesan+spicy+chicken+burger&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiByqntqeXWAhVBrpQKHbvaCW4QsAQILw&biw=1242&bih=566#imgrc=Ff7Do6j5dPkLXM:" target="_blank">Mcdonald's </a></b>had that new <a href="https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=mcdonald%27s+garlic+parmesan+spicy+chicken+burger&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiByqntqeXWAhVBrpQKHbvaCW4QsAQILw&biw=1242&bih=566#imgrc=Ff7Do6j5dPkLXM:" target="_blank">garlic parmesan spicy chicken burger,</a> and on a whim, yesterday, I impulsively had to try it! <i>Can you believe that?!?</i></div>
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I looked disastrously creeps last month and remember the moment I couldn't believe how hormonal dried and pimply my skin had developed. The doc said it would take about four weeks regular application of dermatologist prescribed magic serums for my condition to improve. True enough, it did! I have never had skin as good as I do now!</div>
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Which got me thinking that if I would apply the same four week method to about anything I want to do, <i>heck,</i> I believe I'd get there! There being the point of whatever it is I <b>want to achieve. </b></div>
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Reminds me of <b><a href="http://www.daniellelaporte.com/" target="_blank">Danielle Laporte</a></b> and her "desire goals" approach. Like how do you want to feel at the end of the day, the week, the month, the year? Then wrap your effort around your core desired feelings. I'll get to that in a private journal later. </div>
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On the subject of food, there's a Youtube lady I find wonderful! I found her channel yesterday while searching for healthy prep meals. She goes by the name <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmUfoOfNW04K9U7moSDDcw" target="_blank"><b>SWEET POTATO SOUL</b></a>!<i> How lovely is that, haha!</i></div>
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When I say amazing, I mean she is totally amazing! <b>Sweet potato</b> may be so much younger than I am but I just connect with her vibe! Here's a sample video from her channel. </div>
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She makes me want to become vegan! Realistically, I don't think I can give up a few slices of meat and fish, but she inspires me to rewire my brain and retrain my taste buds. Everything she cooks looks delicious! Plus, I adore her cute cozy no fuss kitchen with its well stocked herb collection. As I take note of one meal after the other, I realize how much I truly want my lifestyle and food choices to diversify.</div>
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Really, I treasure the phenomenal people the divine heavens reveal to me, whether online, through a book, or in my walking life. Every soul I meet addresses an answer, a help, a lesson that prods and pushes me towards the attainment of my life goals and the revelation of my higher self. </div>
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<span><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: #ffe599; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: medium;">“</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: #ffe599; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: #ffe599; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. </span></div></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #ffe599;">Your life is too short and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit </span></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">Everyone is in perilous danger because sickness and violence has morphed into a bizarre form of entertainment. Bloody deterioration assaults our <i>every</i> day and the stigma notches by degree - per hour. <i>L</i>ike the <i>"Mad Piper"</i> of lore, a collective voice of evil lures us all into a pool brimming with contaminants of pessimism. </div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Fight back by treating your mind with the respect it deserves. Take no heed for anything that could draw cynicism, including dispirited talk and the drivel of mindless activities. Be wary of witless company. Better to befriend your soul - the succor of Nirvana, than to parcel illumination away by entertaining habitual bunglers.</div>
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Core goals for the week: <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f1/1.5/16/1f396.png" />vitality, energy and clarity sunrise after sunrise.<br />
Core desired feelings: fierce, intense, potent, vivid, formidable and spirited. <br />
What I will NOT do: Read or listen to the news. Nothing inspiring there. Slack off. Take no you cant have that or do that or be that for an answer. <br />
What I will do: "CONQUER" <img src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f17/1.5/16/1f3c6.png" /><br />
Archetype: <b><a href="https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/goddesses/athena/" target="_blank">Athena</a></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">All </span></i></b>these thinkings at two minutes to one in the morning! Always, always something on my mind. I am adrift in thought, considering the merits of the<i> present,</i> the <i>future</i> and what may be. I sit here, in the midst of breaking dawn sipping my lavender tea mulling my questions. What sort one may ask; big questions, small questions, grand questions, minuscule ones - it doesn't matter what kind, as long as they are <br />
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The questions hold the key to clarity. If one asks the right questions, the correct answers come begging. If the mind throws out whines and caprices, like a weathered bent antennae, fizzled messages assail the cerebral.<br />
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Being a step in years from one young, naive and wondering, there is conscientious method to my themed queries. A mind behavior, precise and particular. Should I choose one path from the other? Should I consider one goal from the rest? Should I just go for it all?<br />
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Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-19500761493837469612017-09-21T22:23:00.002-07:002017-09-22T00:19:11.241-07:00Finding Romance Every Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The swaying fact</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">that I'm a hopeless romantic used to embarrass me - gravely. Oh, believe me, I was once told I blabber in <b style="background-color: #ffe599;"><a href="http://rosellequinpoetry.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">poetry</a></b> instead of stomping to the point. Or that, I was too far up there, <i>floaty</i> - my aspirations Seussian and levitated as a gather of disoriented ghosts. I was unacceptably too <i>vainglorious</i> in pursuit of fluff and vanity - pomposity most likely with ambitions much too grand for me. Better walk on earth, come down and soil your step - <i>who are you to dawdle in luxuries of thought? </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Often I would murmur the same ruthlessness - that I'm nothing but little pieces of wreckage. This mini mental flagellation was the harshest impediment to my true being. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Then I grew up, and wised up! To date, I have gloriously dismissed illiterate opinions affronted me. I continue to walk, <i>no</i>, make that - <i>sashay</i>- my way with feet always an inch above ground without abandoning my mind to the materialistic sways and manic caricatures of conceited society. Consumerism is anti-thesis to purity and profane to my taste. My soul prefers the <i>ethereal. </i>A life of elegant subtlety with hints of ephemera impressed in candid creative living. I wear laughter. :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">is my <i>spirit</i> friend and the flowing of moments became as a</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n orchid infusing fragrance that overcame my essence. I realized soon enough that I am who I was created to be - <i>someone</i> who sees stardust in specks of floating dust,<i> someone</i> who favors frills and lace and silver linings in the face of commonplace, <i>someone</i> assuredly plain and figuratively nobody enough who can rouse romantic living! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To complement my being, </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">time</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">offered</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">kindred souls: they who see baubles and filaments of inconspicuous luster in the crevices of mornings, afternoons and evenings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ah, these wonderful beings... they see the splendor of existence, they evoke it, live it and bewitch it as </span>well.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They liberate charisma and cast potent spells into a moment, a person, an environment, a circumstance. They are the brave energy waifs of the world, warriors of ambitions, planters of visions, and Merlin's of execution who evoke inspiration. From them I cull knowledge on how to find a unique manner of being, a way of every day romantic living that is deliberate, focused and effective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The first of them is my<b> husband</b> who endlessly reminds me of my power. A lesser man wouldn't do. Anais Nin said it for me: </span><br />
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<b style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gilbert" target="_blank">Elizabeth Gilber</a>t</b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> awes me with the tidal changes in her life. The woman adroitly surfs emotional waves and steers through her swirling life current with its ripple of changes that would render faint on me. She sees it all as - brave art. A creative big magic maneuvering of sensations and actions that evokes a kind of adaptable attainable wisdom that renders meaning to everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sexuality expert, <b><a href="https://www.estherperel.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Esther Perel</a></b> unearths relational complexities and grants decisive clarity to the most hidden agendas of long term relationships. Her practice bestows the best insights to questions on sexuality encouraging her personal patients and mesmerized worldwide audience to reconsider their current phase with the goal of becoming a more revived, fulfilled and relevantly happier individual, spouse, partner and couple. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To cap it, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Rania_of_Jordan" target="_blank">Queen Rania of Jordan</a></b> is the only queen of a kingdom I would emulate. She is indeed, queen of her life, pursuing leadership in a manner I can't compare with anyone. The Jordanian queen is a fresh breeze on this earth, championing the cause of refugees, working for education, as well as, all manner of causes that benefits her country and inspires the world. I must say, there</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is nothing more romantic than a life lived this way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are others I want to mention but this will do for now. Finding romance every day is no sissy task. To deliberately create beauty and find beauty is what gives meaning to our lives. It is what we were created for. To accept less and expect less and apathetically live less than the goal of making the best in spite of the world's seeming darkness is to give up on life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The United Nations heard a seething speech on how certain rogue nations are likely lined up for<i> </i>err<i>...roasting</i>. No sweet feels there. Sometimes ballistic words need to be launched to target a meaning. Remember humanity, there is no rising from the dead in the event of a nuclear war, right? Who will carry the conscience? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Despite despots and despair the world breathes through people with an emphatic spirit of ascension. The brave ones that do battle with body, mind and soul. They dare look within their darkness to carve out a way for light. Their transformation is so luminous, they evolve from mere breathing beings to somnolence of light. To meet them is to change, and I have met some of them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Exactly, I cannot tell. One thing I know, they are not to be found in fancy restaurants, or in noisy bars, or in podiums of preachiness. They simply wander into your life when you are quiet and ready. And there lies the secret. That in the midst of this world's chaos, you must invite the pure part of the mind to be your guide. You must allow it to walk you through distractions and forebodings until you have carved out your own pool of light. </span><br />
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Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-75568807386758791982017-09-07T02:12:00.000-07:002017-09-07T02:19:00.106-07:00All the Kerfuffles in the World! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Kerfuffle </span></b>is the word!<br />
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<b>Imagine</b> to come across such startling vocable utterance to describe my self-abnegating commiseration for e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-ng! Pack the whole world and its utter lack of symbiotic compatibility, add my country's bedlam of miserable actuality, then throw in me and my capricious lack of everything. </div>
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I'm simply locked in a present state of inglorious perception. Everything seems to be such a depletion the past couple of weeks; the air, the vibe, the news, situations, relations, ugh! 😓It seems as if a type of chimerical bacterial gas of negativity was manically sprayed from the ether odiously intoxicating everyone.<br />
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Then again, I'm most likely turning my face on the wrong side of the present, the dank doom face of life. Maybe tomorrow, it will be lighter<br />
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Maybe tomorrow it will sunnier.<br />
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Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-86975518484922413672017-01-26T14:23:00.000-08:002017-01-26T14:34:39.403-08:00Dreaming of Teacups Sweet Living<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Thinking about having my own glorious flower garden tea shabby chic space where all my artsy doodles and designs will be showcased ( plus magical potions and fragrant concoctions) truly sets my day for refinement! True, there are things to resolve, which is why vibrational frequency in tune to graceful energy must always be summoned. I think of the vibe as <i>angel </i>feels - and I am much obliged when they flutter and perch on both my shoulders.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">I was in the little <i>marmy'</i> loo</span></b>' in FullyBooked yesterday when a polished darling lady flashes a smile and proclaims that <i>I, moi'</i>,,,<i>the</i><i> foggy feely greeny cloaked me</i>...look - fantastic, haha!<br />
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Took me by surprise and a quick two second' to fitly respond! It was dear loveliness to be appreciated by another woman, and I warmed to her attention dolling fruity <i>shy</i> thanks, lavishly wishing her a pleasurable rest of the day! The lady beside her was beams as well, and we all three basked ourselves in a<span style="color: #274e13;"> true activated <b><i>magic moment</i></b></span> of strangers connecting in a bubbly fizz of toasty merry female bonhomie geniality! Exquisite champagne soul experience.<br />
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I want to be as gutsy gallant as <i>she</i> is, shun self-consciousness dotting people with natural encouragement. Not that I needed attention, but coming from a cave of <i>agh' </i>hacking wheezy feelies' and touched by the <i class="">morbs</i>, it sure was sunny shine to be eye loved by a human angel. 😍<br />
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Spent dinner evening with a<i> dear dear friend </i>and her beau - and my hearty' is floodlighted with cheer wishes for spells of long lasting love days. I bless bestow these folksies' with tenderness and life filled togetherness. Happiness multiplies when I see my soul hearts settled. All joy.<br />
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Me' thinks I'll take out the pretty pink candles and make a ritual of <i>speak-casting</i> goodness towards everyone I meet! Makes me feel breezy comet sparkly alive just thinking of doing so.<br />
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I want my surrounds, my aura to be pulsating glitters laced with silvery charity, and golden providence upped from a heart vitalized by the Source of Life. Speaking of which, this morning I was struck blessed to spend sufficient moment with the Divine Spirit of Life. In doing, I likely found my word for the year<br />
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Meditations centered on the <b>Book of Luke</b> telling of Angel Gabriel's visitation with a Holy pronouncement of Good News for Mother Mary. The message was personally, one - for -the - books, I'd say,<i> lols</i>! Like I was being word lifted to accept upon my spirit the same cheer, with a certainty that it's all good and there's no need to be afraid, <i>whatsoever.</i> The power of the Highest, overshadows.<br />
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In Facebook, I usually share a garland of <b>Three Thoughts</b> to up my day. As I look to my morning devotion, I'm inspired to surmise the following divine feminine thoughts:<br />
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🎄If you live from a humble heart of innocence you need not dread, dismay, despair of anything. God is your practical guide - wisely advising what to do. With life values in place, you will always have the upper hand! #enlightenedmind #clearconscience #straightpath<br />
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🎄Holy Devotion and artful prayer cure all sorts of diseases of the heart. One has the look of health. Breathing is easy not gut labored. The tongue is effortlessly word satin smooth, untangled from knots of senseless chesty negativity. Spiritual life valves are healthy; worthless bickerings, acidic disputes, tiffs, and foul fuss have no rancid ego space to regurgitate from. Remember, no argument will matter when one is stiff dead in the grave, <i>haha! </i>Pointless. #glowingaura #preservedpeace<br />
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🎄Holy Devotion and artful prayers make for a charmed day! There is childlike adventure and wonder wrapped in the minutes. The smallest steps have profound meaning. When stressed, the gaps within air give available kindness as needed. Our actions are moderated towards compassion and politeness, sheltering us from being unexpectedly rude, in turn giving us inner calm and the confidence of appropriate <i>self - love</i> with a peace that benefits others. #positivevibes #upliftothers<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffe599;">strike the skin<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 15px; text-indent: 15px;">, </span>a delight to stand upright, knowing the bones are moving easily under flesh. </b>~ <span style="color: #7f6000;">Doris Lessing</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">Imaginative living my </span><i class="" style="color: #7f6000;">agh</i><span style="color: #7f6000;">, haha! I wasn't imagining to be </span><i style="color: #7f6000;">down - knocked - out </i><span style="color: #7f6000;">with the peskiest of coughs for a full long week!</span><i style="color: #7f6000;"> Gad</i><span style="color: #7f6000;">, it was wretchedly awful! Hard to believe I started the year with marathon sinus challenges, and Oh</span><i style="color: #7f6000;">o' gad goodness</i><span style="color: #7f6000;"> forbids I end it with a celebratory bout of sneezy headache fuzzies!👩 </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #7f6000;">One thing learned is to more than dearly take proactive steps in ensuring vitality; <i>change of diet, more sweat. more fresh air</i>, more. more, m-o-r-e of everything in life that's fresh, succulent, tempered with what's </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #7f6000;">simple and common sense right. 🎕<br /><br />2017 is at my doorstep, grinning winsomely, offering luminous perspective for a new inner world of exaltation. <i>Well, why not? </i> Resolutions aren't my thing but plotting and creating sure are! More than ever, the call of living from inner bliss can't be ignored. I hear its clamorous invitation - insisting I stand upright and arise to a mesmerizing existence, allowing the bones of days to move - with - the - flesh, as the heat of a minute strikes skin and delight becomes life. </span></div>
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I might have gone a bit 5th grade on this one, <i>haha!</i>, and yes, that's a scar near my wrist. Interesting story that scar - dates back to when my eldest was months old. I had to fix milk at 2 am, <i>groggy</i>. and the glass bottle dropped inflicting a deep nasty gash on that part of my upper wrist. But hey, this isn't about bleeds or wounds I'm journaling' here. It's all about my latest quirky online fun finds!<br />
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My fab online shopping, for the second time ever, was a success, <i>haha!</i> Pleased as an owl I was when I opened my parcels and found my lovely artsy vintagey wants smiling back at me! It was a <i><b>welcome to</b></i> <i><b>mama</b></i> moment, <i>lols!</i> I luuuuv' everything here - even if it may seem a great dot ..<i>.dotty' </i>to others, hehe!! When I saw that watch, <i>ah, </i>pure fun you'd think I've unboxed a Rolex, lols!<br />
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Lady Prism Livinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03704836171877287392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3011843398524810694.post-41628486682418105302016-10-20T03:13:00.001-07:002016-10-20T03:13:47.549-07:00Sweet Cherrie'...Live From Your Imagination <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>At last, haha! </i>Been preoccupied with this and that and been here and there so it took a moment of a while for me to have my beloved poupee' take centerstage. This is <b>Sweet Cherrie' -- </b>my darling creation. She was crafted with a dollop of sugary temperament and a love for blooms. She manages a flower boutique and is presently engaged to arrange wreathes and stashes of rosie potpourri for a party of ladies who lunch. Sweet Cherrie' has 2 besties' - both to be introduced in the coming days.</blockquote>
Nothing could be more fun than giving birth to your imagination. I'm hoping to craft around 333 dolls. I'm in the planning and working it out stage. Last month I even attended a doll making class. Life's a buzz and things get in the way...but I feel I won't be complete until what I have in mind turns into reality. <br />
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Life was a jet of luv' the weekend past - the way it should be! What could be more fab than having the audacity to wear summer's sunshine, <i>lols!</i> :D This greeny, orangey, vibey dress is the ultimate - juicy retro! Goodness, this was lots of fun wearing - you can just feel the energy <i>bamboodazzled </i>with marshmallow moments!! </div>
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Greatness, what a lofty word, but <b><span style="color: #351c75;"><a href="http://www.lesbrown.com/" target="_blank">Les Brown,</a></span></b> bless him, is my current life inspiration. What a providential moment to reacquaint with his philosophy. I used to listen to Les years ago and rediscovered the groove when my youngest son played the motivator's YouTube glibs'. They all came back, fired and muscled and brawny and full of high octane mind power blessings. I have several favorite quotes but the core of his talks would center on this most important lesson - the rule of taking responsibility for your life. </div>
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