My Starfish Online

Getting What You Really Want

 

Everyday I receive a personalised message from "The Universe" and this one arrived today.  I really liked it and thought I would share it.

 

 

The only way to get what you really want, is to know what you really want.

And the only way to know what you really want, is to know yourself.

And the only way to know yourself, is to be yourself.

And the only way to be yourself, is to listen to your heart.

 

I really love receiving these as they arrive first thing in the morning and give me a lift before I start work.  If you would like to receive them too you can sign-up at www.tut.com

 

 

More Hugs Please

How true is this from Virginina Satir?

 

We need four hugs a day for survival

We need eight hugs a day for maintenance

We need twelve hugs a day for growth

 

                            Hug someone you love today.

Picture source:  www.teas2dine4.com/4sayingsnquotes.html

Living in the Moment

Happy New Year, albeit somewhat belated.  I hope 2007 is proving to be everything you want it to be. 

This morning I was sitting here thinking how much I am looking forward to spring and the promise it brings of the summer ahead.  During this musing I received the following story from a friend, which made me stop and think about what I was doing.

Nurture Your Thoughts

This poem by Mike Dooley was sent to me by a friend and I liked the idea of nuturing our thoughts, as it is so easy to let them wither and die under the pressure of our everyday lives.

BRAND NEW THOUGHT

When you think a brand new thought
Something comes alive
And when you think this brand new thought
It will strive, and strive, and strive
To find it's place
In Time and Space
To reach the light of day
So think your new thought all the time
To help it find it's way!

I hope you enjoyed it too.

Great Relaxation CD

I have a client who is pretty stressed out at the moment and is feeling overwhelmed by all pressures in her life.  An associate recommendeed this CD to me.  So I ordered it to see what it was like.

It is created by Beryl Whiting who is a yoga and meditation instructor and she describes the CD as follows:

"It consists of my voice, accompanied by beautiful background music, guiding you into a place of deep relaxation.  If you are someone who finds it difficult to relax and let go of thinking and worrying, then I really believe this will help you.  If you are aware of tension in your body, eg,  your shoulders or neck, then listening to this CD will help you to effect deep relaxation in your body"

The only problem with this is that I listened to the CD and found it so useful in helping me to relax after a stressful day that I can't give it away.  So I am about to order another one for my client.  I highly recommend it.

Order Beryl's relaxation CD here

In praise of older women...

"Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family."

Francesca Annis

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Day of Peace 21 September

Help create humanity's first day of peace on the United Nations International Day of Peace on 21 September.  I will be as it is something that is really close to my heart.

For more information on this please click below.

BetterWorldCalendar.com/peaceday.htm

Now We Are Over 50

This poem by Lauren Mellor inspired me some time ago.  It certainly captures how I feel some days and is one of the reasons I launched My Starfish Online.  I hope you enjoy it too.

What is an 'older woman'?

 By Claire Raikes

When I was 11, I felt a bit sorry for the girls in the sixth form. As far as I was concerned, they were 'proper, grown-up women' and didn't really belong in a school. Funny how our perception of 'age' changes as we grow older.

At the end of the eighties/early nineties, it was considered 'ill-advised' for the thinking man to marry before he was 30. Not ready to settle down yet or something.  And  everyone knew that, male or female, at 30 you had to stop wearing fashionable clothes and having fun, and get serious! I met my first husband at the age of 21. Life for me was all 15%+ interest rates, civilised dinner parties and putting his career first. I had my first mid life crisis at the age of 26 - and I'm so glad I did, because I got to start all over again!