Breathe to Heal - Ted Talk x Cape May - Max Strom

We seem to be right in the 
middle of his message from 5 years ago.

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I saw this video last December and knew  I 
needed to share it here with You. 

What he says is something we need to hear. 

Back in 2015 the pandemic would have been thought of as unbelievable yet the World continues to go through it.

I hope you'll take the next 18 minutes and watch - it may change the rest of your life and is something you can pass on to help others.

Very important and Easy!

Breathe out to start

Inhale for a count of 4

Hold for a count of 7

Exhale for a count of 8

Repeat 4 or 5 times

PS I always love gently moving the breath and this exercise is one we can do easily.

Also I'd like to just add in a personal note that I find the breath work on the side ribs helps me if I get one of those winter colds and cough a lot.

Have a wonderful week. 
Stay safe &
have fun practicing calm.

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Van Morrison - Have I Told You Lately

Still in the Valentine's MOOD 💗

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Do You still have perhaps the flowers, cookies, chocolates, cake or a glass of wine leftover ...

I've always loved this song and since it's our anniversary soon I like to let Valentines linger on as an excuse to treat ourselves.

Actually - we seem to find something for a little treat most nights. 

It's funny when you get together you don't think about 10, 25, 40, 50 years later - will we still be alive, like each other, will we feel & look old.

Where will we be living, how many kids and grandchildren do we have.

 Are they happy & healthy.

Where did we work, what were our hobbies. 

Did we have lots of good friends.

What are our memories ...

Life is full of puzzles, often mixed in with good & other times.  

Keep loving the people you love and let them know.

We all need to see, feel and hear that we matter.

Take Care!

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PS. A great Gift to give yourself and others is your beautiful Smile.

It's a special time that connects you to the present moment and is a Gift to both the Giver & Receiver. 😊

Bye for now.

Have Fun this week - 

You deserve to laugh and have lots of fun.

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So cute!

Every once in a while I run across a cute or a grab my heart video that I have to save to share with you. 

Since I am a softy and feel sad for the little ones, I wanted to share this Happy ending  one with You. 

Hope you enjoy it too.

Life has been hard around the World these last few years in too many ways for humans, the planet and the animals.

PS. I hope my weekly posts offer you a few moments to rest & breathe.

A few moments of space to pause and dream.

A few moments to give yourself Permission to Rest.

Take Care.

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I thought I'd share this one I did a couple of years ago on the different types of Wellness.  

Here it is. 

Who would have imagined how our lives have changed since then.

This post may even be more useful for us now to help with our Self Care 

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When you're Happy and you know it

clap your hands

clap clap 

(I needed one more)

Quack Quack.

How to Talk to Someone With Dementia

Dementia

We all dread the thought of us getting it.

How do we prepare to help others or ourselves.

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We also dread the thought of our spouse, a parent, friend or anyone getting it.

It's a worry in the back of our mind for years as we age.

I've heard that it can start to begin many years earlier.

This video is about communicating with Dementia and that is very important because it's hard to do as the family, visitors and caretakers.

In the video Diane Waugh gives us lots of things to do to help be part of their life now.

Very Interesting. 

And as always there are many techniques and different ways to do things so this is just one for information on that path. 

 

Most of us may know someone with or who had some degree of Dementia.

For me when I was young it was my grandmother, and as a senior I know 3 that are in care centers.

We also have a neighbor that continues to live at home and sometimes needs help getting home from his walk. 

I also find it harder now with so much to remember.

How to work the remote, get on the computer, the pass words for everything, then how do the new appliances work, the camera and on and on.

We don't get the written/printed service we used to for many things so all the frustrations tend to add up.

Then there's the frequent changes that may be better for some but frustrating to others and not work for them.

There was never so much to remember. 

In this video I liked how she found out how to communicate. 

I hope to learn more and adopt a few of her ways as it makes things a lot easier.

Take Care.

PS.  there're lots of resources available to help us.  

I think it's important to know the right questions to ask and the answers let us know we may be in the right place.

This has been a rough year.  It used to be that we knew someone with/had cancer, then came Alzheimer's and now it's covid. 

Please take care.

A great Word for us to learn about.

 

Sawubona

Hi, how are You today? 

A special word for us to hear about today.

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Sawubona 

This is an ancient south Africa Zulu greeting that's much more than just a Hi or Hello.

I first heard this word in a Ted talk I shared last year

and right away I wanted to know more.

Here's the link to it. 

Want to know more?

There're other videos and information you can google if interested. 

I wanted you to hear this word as perhaps it has a place in our life as we continue through this year 2021 and still feel the stress and loss of 2020.

PS - an oops happened a a couple weeks ago.  

I wanted to check this post out as it was up next and I hit something. 

I don't know what but the whole thing disappeared. 

All that was left on the preview was the sharing links on at the bottom of the page.

It reminded me of years ago at work we sometimes had the power go out and lost what we had been working on the last hour or more.

The remake never seemed to be as good, as I feel this one isn't, but I don't know what I said before, it's gone.  

Please take Care and have a good week ahead. 

Let's share this word with those special friends 

who will want to know more about it. 

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It doesn't have to be Perfect

what looks good

what's art 

beauty 

and ... 

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Those seconds in time
capture so much.

Story Time.

The last several years I've taken lots of pictures and although I didn't know much about what I was doing, most seem to turn out pretty good for a point & shoot person. 

I still don't know what
I'm doing and that's OK.

As time went on I tried adding words from my books to some of them and seeing it all come together is Fun and very rewarding for me - My Art.

So now when taking pictures I think more about the colors, positioning or whatever it is.

If I added words where would they go, would it look good here or there ...

Decisions we learn as we go along.

What's wonderful for me is when people at the various shows I go to ask if I'm a professional photographer. 

One time a lady took about an hour or more and went through all my photo's and commented on them, also saying her Mom was a Professional Photographer and what I was doing was really good,

She told me not to take  lessons(??)

Another thing that's wonderful for me is the noticing of life nature, gardens, water & the sky.



The awareness of the moment fills me
with contentment and gratitude.


Each one seems to become a gift from the season or location which mostly now are from our yard, garden neighborhood and province. 

I don't need or even want them to be perfect, just to be natural and beautiful as they are on their own that day. 

I've loved travelling and living in various places and enjoyed each for their differences and gifts in the landscape, birds, flowers, crops, people, opportunities and of course the Food.

It's all taught me to appreciate and enjoy wherever Home is at the time and to notice all that it offers. 

Home is, 

where the Heart is

& beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

The photo's have also become another way

to send Gifts to You.

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What's your Art about?

Take care and Have a great week.

PS. In the past I'd sometimes send my Grandchildren a photo message when I sent a card to them.

I forgot one time - and that seemed more important to my granddaughter than the Birthday cheque.  You just never know ... 💚

Amazing Music by the Birds on a Wire

birds on a wire

seeing a common sight in a different way 

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we see this all the time - birds

resting, taking a break, watching, 

waiting for something to happen.

They would never have imagined This Story.

A normal everyday sighting that
one day was looked at differently.

Wonderful 

What do You see that

others may not notice?

Help encourage yourself or others to imagine,

dream and be inspired to see things differently.

Wonderful things are happening
all the time.

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The Weight | Featuring Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr| Playing For Cha...

Welcome Back!

Happy New Year.

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Hope you had a wonderful start

 to this NEW YEAR 2021. 

I saw this video and thought it would be nice to start the New Year off with a song that's sung from places around the World.

Our Earth our World has been through so much this last year and the song video lets us know we are connected in so many ways and we can help each other, even if it's for a Song.

See you next week.

Please Take Care.

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PS. Did You make a New Years wish?

It seems they are becoming more personal 

and meaningful these last couple of years.

Our Winter visitors.

 Trumpeter Swans - beautiful.

What are the Things You need Most?

another year almost gone 

but it will never be forgotten.

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Last week I said I'd pass on a few reminders for some of life's pleasures and for that we're going to the guided Relaxation titled  I Give Thanks  in my  book  Simply, One Breath At a Time

Dona's photo message

I shared some of this previously in a post dated May 10, 2016 that still continues to travel the world.

These last couple of years have been especially difficult and 2020 was full of much heartbreak and loss.

I hope these simple everyday reminders will help us to keep moving forward.

We sometimes forget the simple things in life, our surroundings, our necessities, earths beauty, the human touch ... they are always there but can go unnoticed. 

I invite you to join me in expressing gratitude for some of life's pleasure's ... at the end rest with a gentle breath and think about which ones hold a special meaning for you today and others you can add.

For the wonders of earth  ...                    I give thanks 

For each drink of water ...                       I give thanks

For the warmth of the sun ...                    I give thanks

For the beauty of nature ...                       I give thanks

For each gift of a breath ...                      I give thanks

For the kindness in a smile ...                  I give thanks

For the chance to laugh ...                       I give thanks

For the grace to dance ...                         I give thanks

For the notes in music ...                          I give thanks

For the love in my life ...                          I give thanks

For this present moment ...                      I give thanks

For all this and much more ...                  I give thanks

Excerpt from
Simply, One Breath

At a Time © 2008

This list isn't asking for much.

It's just noticing some of the everyday things we all need.

And, each of us will have others to add like family, friends, pets & more?

And at times in our lives we do need to say
Thanks for many of these.

Perhaps that's the reason people around
the World keep connecting to it.

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