Luv and Anger

Did you know that anger is a normal, natural, and healthy emotion? That you can even benefit greatly from listening to your anger? I used to label anger as a bad emotion, that I should never share with anyone. Ever! Of course... it never worked out quite the way I wanted it to ;) It came out eventually on it's own, when I didn't feel like I could hold my tongue any longer. But by then... I would lash out, and say things I regretted.

You can learn how to use your anger to understand yourself better. You can even learn to luv yourself more by doing so. Others too ;) I know I developed more luv for myself by learning how to use my anger in more productive ways. It also helped others feel like I luved them more. So using anger productively was a real win-win in the luv department :) I problem solve better now, and look for solutions. You can too :)

Your anger can actually help you see almost anything as a learning experience. This is my favorite site for dealing productively with my anger. ( http://angriesout.com ) If you have ever said and/or done things you've regretted, out of anger, you might wanna check it out. She makes it all very simple and easy to understand :) All my luv goes out to you as we learn more and more ways to luv ourselves and others more :)

Happiness from Silly Songs :)

Imagine a wonderful time when you were a child, singing silly songs with friends. Maybe you were on a camping trip. How happy were you then? You can get those warm and fuzzy feelings all over again :) Yep, unless you are the Queen of England, you can at least belt out a good old silly song behind closed doors. And even she can sing them in her head ;)

Remember John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt? How about Michael Finnegan..... begin again ;) Who cares if your family and/or friends think you're one great big bowl full of crazy ;) That's half the fun of it :) You can even drive your teenager(s) as crazy as they drive you ;) Oh yes you can! Try "The Song That Never Ends" on for size. Heh heh. Coming to a teenager near you ;) Yes sir, it doesn't even have to be one of your own kids ;)

Try to get your friends and family to sing them with you, for extra good times :) My mother, bless her heart, knew she couldn't carry
a tune to save her life. But she didn't care! It made her happy. I myself sing off tune on purpose sometimes. You might wanna try it too. It's quite liberating :) Go ahead and "...sing like no one is listening." If I happen to be around when you do, I will definately join in on the fun :) I wish you peace, luv and lots and lots of happiness :)

Peace Luv :)

Having peace is a conscious choice every moment of every day. Choose peace because you deserve it! Balance and luv are the keys to making it work. So let’s get started on having more peace in our lives.

* Rubber ducky time. Plan a date with a rubber ducky… well… actually more like a nice candlelit bubble bath – it can be just the ticket to feeling more peaceful.

* Knead that dough. Your muscles that is. If you can’t afford a massage mat take turns giving a massage to and receiving a massage from a friend or family member. Just remember to go as easy as possible – even a simple back scratch can help.

* Green Acres is the place for me! Yes working in nature is very helpful in bringing you more peace. Even a stroll in nature can bring about peace.


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Love and Shyness

Someone wrote me recently about shyness and being shy. So I thought I would share this for all of us that are having trouble with or who have ever had trouble with shyness. I would hardly call myself shy these days. I’m usually the total opposite of shy now. But I used to be painfully shy. I had several friends in middle school and high school and I mostly got along with everyone. But if my best friend didn’t show up for school that day I would hide in the bathroom when I wasn’t in class. I didn’t feel worthy enough to be around others. When I was in high school I remember reading an article about friends and shyness that I will never forget. It helped change my life in the shyness department. It talked about how everyone has problems, and everyone can use a friend. How you can make their lives easier by being that friend. There are many things I have forgotten about the article, but I have found the gist of it has been proven over and over again to be true. You never know what people are going through. Sometimes the people that can seem to have it put together the most are the ones that need luv the most. If we realize that the person we are shy of could be going through something truly terrible, it becomes so much easier to put our own fears aside and reach out to them with luv.

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Luv Love

This is a story about luv, a different kind of love than you may be used to, and how it can help you lead the life of your dreams. A life filled to bursting with happiness, peace, and love. A magical place where everything and everyone is connected, like a wonderful gigantic jigsaw puzzle, and there are no misunderstandings between anyone. A magnificent place in time where all words are more like pictures and everyone understands all the meanings of those pictures perfectly. Like when we say a picture speaks a thousand words. Then imagine if you will that this jigsaw puzzle is cut in perfect square... but somehow along the way... the squares get all mixed up. They still fit together perfectly, but something isn’t quite right... the pictures don't match up from square to square. So that what people say and what they actually mean when they say things are completely different. Suddenly the words we use have such different meanings from person to person, that words like love mean one thing to one person and another to another person.

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Yourself - Loving

Not enough loving in your life? Love yourself before you can love others. Maybe you want just one loving special someone, or maybe you have a special someone, and you just want them to love you more. If you want more love from anyone though, you have to remind yourself of one very important thing. You are the most important thing in your world! Please remember that the airlines say that in the event of a crash, put your mask on first, so that you can then help your child or others around you. The same holds true in life and love, you have to love yourself first if you can ever hope to have love, peace, and happiness left over for others. When I was homeless I would sometimes feel very unloved - like the whole world was against me. To get away from that feeling I would read and study things that helped bring me back to a place where I could be loving and be loved again. After you get back to a better place mentally, then you can do nice things for yourself, to fully give yourself love so that you can give and receive love more easily. Even today I still surround myself with things to read, listen to, and watch that help bring me back to a place of love when I need it most. What can you do to give love to yourself?




There are lots of loving things you can do for yourself, and they don’t even have to take up much of your time. You can also do tons of fun and/or relaxing things that don’t cost anything. If you want people to love you more, including the romantic kind of love, you need to love yourself first. One of the many loving things you can do for yourself that doesn’t cost anything is going for a walk in nature or a park near you. You get to hear the really neat assorted birdcalls, maybe the rustling of the wind in the trees if there is a breeze. You can see so many different plants and trees if you just look around at the beauty of nature, not to mention all the cute animals you can see if you keep your eyes open. Some of the plants smell really good too, not just the ones with beautiful or unusual flowers either. I even pull off the flowers and leaves sometimes, some feel as smooth as melted butter, just so exquisite and nice. As an added bonus you can give others the flowers you pick from your walks with nature, even if you live in a big city like me, you can still find flowers that overlap onto the sidewalk and you can give them to others, thus loving yourself more :)




Walking also helps you love yourself physically; the fresh air in your lungs and the sun on your skin can brighten your whole day. Of course we all know how important the exercise is. Even a nice stroll helps. You can also do loving things for yourself that don’t cost much, like sometimes I feed the squirrels or even the ducks, birds, and geese in my local park. I buy a bag or two of peanuts at the dollar store and then feed the squirrels. Sometimes I buy the cheapest biggest loaves of bread I can get and go feed the ducks, geese and any other birds that happen to be around. You can even go to a beach or any nearby water to picnic, play, relax or whatever you like to do. Maybe go fishing off a pier, whatever floats your boat that YOU like to do.




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Garden Peace

Plant a peace garden today :)Did you know that some of the people that were in concentration camps actually planted their potato peelings in the ground, just in case they might still be around to harvest their serene bounty? They found ways to have peace now, not later, when they got out of the camp, but right now, living as unruffled as they could with the circumstances that life brought them. Plants and gardening can bring you a wonderful feeling of tranquility. Not to mention the fact that, of all the studies I’ve heard or read about on people who live the longest, most of them did gardening. I’m not talking about your average garden, but one where you plant the types of fruits and/or veggies YOU love to eat. You can easily plant and harvest a gorgeous garden, even if you are living in a small hotel or motel room. I actually have a stunning indoor window garden and am living in a small motel room right now. You can even start an amazing garden if you have a brown thumb instead of a green one, which is how I started ;) You can even do it if you are homeless; I have done that too. Most fruits and vegetables even have beautiful flowers for a short time during their growing season. So your garden plants can be both striking and fragrant. You can start living your life right now, with more peace, through gardening.


I didn’t start out thinking about gardening when I first became homeless. In fact, I was definitely a brown thumb when I first had plants, before I became homeless. With a little bit of studying though, I became better and better, and so can you :) The one homeless shelter where I was staying at had some landscaping, a kind of garden, and I saw that with a little bit of care it could become something really great. I asked if I could work on it, and soon it did become very attractive, people even complimented me on it all the time. The garden was not only beautiful and green, but lots of the plants had pretty flowers on them as well. I started cutting the flowers just before they turned brown, and giving them to people, which made their day and mine. Not only that but I found out so much about the landscaping, like they had plants like mint growing that smelled so good. Of course most of the flowers, and especially the roses, smelled divine. The petals felt so nice and soft in my hands, like satin or velvet. The snip sniping of the dead leaves and anything that was out of place was so satisfying. And later I realized I could shape the plants anyway I wanted to.

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