I choose to have peace of my mind as my only goal. And So It Is!
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Your Biggest Victim: You, Sunday Service
I choose to have peace of my mind as my only goal. And So It Is!
Friday, July 8, 2016
Everything Changes
Recently my Mom made her transition to her new life. Although her death was not unexpected, it was still difficult. Your cards, prayers and messages made it possible for me to bear. One of my students and friends, wrote a line of truth, "96 is too young to die."
The truth is that life is eternal. She is still with us in spirit. She is free, but we are lonely. We miss her. But wouldn't it be strange if we didn't.
We have been reminiscing. Sharing our memories has helped me to accept what is while honoring the unique qualities of our mother.
The thing I would like to share in today's blog is how Mom was very strict about using proper language; we were not allowed to swear, curse or use any vulgar language. When I was preschool age, I saw a 4-letter word written on the sidewalk. The "f" word. I asked her how to pronounce it and what it meant. She said it was a word that some "bad boys" made up. That worked for me until I saw the same word scribbled in a distant city.I knew then that either those "bad boys" get around or it was a word she didn't want to explain to me.
My sister remembers getting her mouth washed out with soap for saying "sh*t." When we read the Christmas story, Jesus rode on a donkey, not an ass.
However, Mom loved stories. Both she and dad had read to us when we were children. While her eyesight was good she loved to read. Then she discovered the talking books. She went through dozens of them. She especially liked modern, romantic fiction by authors like Danielle Steele.
One day, my sister was taking Mom to a doctor's appointment. Mom was having trouble getting out of the car and said to Kathy, "I'm having trouble hauling my ass out of here!" Kathy was certain she had misheard! Kathy asked her what she had said. She repeated it and then said, "I guess I've been listening to too much Danielle Steele."
Everything changes. Maybe "hauling my ass" was exactly the right way to express herself that day.
The truth is that life is eternal. She is still with us in spirit. She is free, but we are lonely. We miss her. But wouldn't it be strange if we didn't.
We have been reminiscing. Sharing our memories has helped me to accept what is while honoring the unique qualities of our mother.
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| 1953? Clark family |
My sister remembers getting her mouth washed out with soap for saying "sh*t." When we read the Christmas story, Jesus rode on a donkey, not an ass.
However, Mom loved stories. Both she and dad had read to us when we were children. While her eyesight was good she loved to read. Then she discovered the talking books. She went through dozens of them. She especially liked modern, romantic fiction by authors like Danielle Steele.
One day, my sister was taking Mom to a doctor's appointment. Mom was having trouble getting out of the car and said to Kathy, "I'm having trouble hauling my ass out of here!" Kathy was certain she had misheard! Kathy asked her what she had said. She repeated it and then said, "I guess I've been listening to too much Danielle Steele."
Everything changes. Maybe "hauling my ass" was exactly the right way to express herself that day.
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| A Walker is a Good Support |
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Are YOU Choosing A Life of Freedom…Yet???!!!
"Decide what to be
and go be it" - The Avett Brothers
Seems like
yesterday that I was counting down the last days of 2015…feeling not so joyful
at the Christmas Season time, as usual, witnessing, firsthand, my process of
divorce ...and preparing for 2016, and
our changing times. Wow…and here we are
with 2016 half over…and YES…times are a chang’in…and then
some!!!
With this the
month of Freedom…of Independence (often as we come to Truly understand
Interdependence)…Let Freedom Ring…even if just for a moment or so.
Always remember… What YOU do and who YOU are.....MATTERS!
Early in the year, everyone talks about planning, changes, moving-forward, transformations, and some interesting and well-meant resolutions that may seldom come to fruition.
However, how about Freedom? Yes, freedom to be who you are without feeling the “need” to please anyone but yourself?...Yes…those “shoulds”. We know all those “shoulds” (cousin to “I’d better”, and “I have to”)…all too well!
I often ask my clients for “themes” to kick-start their New Year, or new quarter, or a new era in their lives. In fact, I ask mySelf that very same question! This particular year, I happened to take the theme from a picture of mySelf looking into the ocean’s horizon (which I tend to do quite often…and, yet, another post for another time) with my back turned to the camera.
I was immediately inspired by what that picture symbolized. It meant my turning my back to the past… and saying, “Hello and Welcome”…to the present…percursor to my future…to the Now of me!
In fact, I realized, quite clearly, that…
I want to make the rest of this year…my New Beginning… all about me… and I don’t need to make an effort to fulfill any of those shoulds. I will be the way that I want to be… the way that I want to feel… and only the people that are okay with that… and like it that way, can be a part of my life!!! Really!!!
I promptly realized that all of us looking for our own mental and internal freedom… and only those who understand it…or are on the path to finding it… or are already on their way….will allow others to be in and on our Life’s Journey… whether for a minute… a day …or for a lifetime. We are also exercising our freedom to choose in advance, who we want in our Life… how, when, where and why.
Our inner guidance system…Source, Spirit, GOD is telling us what’s best for us… and choosing Freedom to be who we are… and who we want to be NOW, as well as, in the future is amazingly refreshing, beautiful, and deeply profound.
By the way…My definition of Freedom is… “To get rid of beliefs…and anyone…anything in between… that hold us back and keep us stuck in a limiting external world… in prison”. Trust and Believe…Of this I Am certain! Say, "So long...and thanks for stopping by" (for I have learned the Life Lessons I was meant to, and I AM grateful to move forward in my Life Curriculum).
So…Ask YourSelf…What is “Freedom”… and what does it mean to YOU?!
Do you want it?... Do you long for it? …Do you already have it?... Will you make it part of your Life’s resolutions? Will you Choose Freedom to be who YOU are and who YOU want to be for the rest of your life?
Celebrate the fact of “Being”…..just who YOU are!
Once again…Always remember, what YOU do and who YOU are…..MATTERS!
Yes…for me…I no longer need to know exactly where I AM going. For me…All I need to Know is that I AM On My Way!
To Our Health, Wealth & Empowerment...and Freedom Together!
With Love & Blessings!
Rhonda
PS: Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation that you are making progress – IF YOU KNOW IT! No matter how large or small, please recognize it and be Grateful. Hey…It only takes a moment to pick up the penny… and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow of Positive Energy and Goodness.
"There is a mighty Power within you. There is that Spirit of Life, Light, and Love. The more you feast on these ideas and fast from old corrosive ones, the closer you experience the Life you desire." -Frank Richelieu, The Art of Being Yourself
Rhonda Maria Farrah, MA, DRWA
The Wellness Institute International
949.527.1574
Licensed Teacher
The Art of Feminine Presence™
Author of the Forthcoming Book
How To Forgive, Live & LOVE During The Process of Divorce...
A Journey In Healing & Transformation
Speak Up, The World Is Listening
Sunday, July 3, 2016
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