Good morning. Happy Sunday.
Today I would like to focus on gratitude, which we should do often throughout our lives and throughout our days.
Let us give thanks for shelter and food, no matter where we are. When we have a warm place to sleep and enough food to fill our bellies, it is a good day.
Let us find appreciation for clean water to drink, because it is so important that we not take for granted our access to and our ability to have clean drinking water.
Let us find thanks in our very souls for the good people that come into our lives and bless us with their presence for how ever long they stay. Human interactions and relationships are remarkable things, always changing, sometimes unpredictable, but with so much potential to teach us about each other and about ourselves. Everyone is a mirror of who we are, reflecting our good and our bad back at us.
Be grateful for this Blessed planet we call home, our Sacred and Divine Mother Earth, who gives us abundance in the form of life and sustenance every single day. She keeps us grounded and reminds us of our connection to all things natural and the Web of Life, of which we are an intricate part.
Be thankful for the air we breath and grateful if it is clean. Take a few deep breaths of this precious air and remember that this too is threatened by our very way of life. This air carries oxygen into our very core and feeds our cells so that we may continue to enjoy our lives. Perhaps take a moment to think about how we might reduce our carbon foot prints and bring more clean air to our Earth and to the only home we will ever know.
Enjoy and appreciate the creatures and plants around you, be they tame or wild, for they share in this thing we call life on this planet Earth we call home. They are our allies, our friends and our brothers and sisters. Be thankful they are there to share your time and space.
Be ever grateful that you have this opportunity to live and express yourself in this time, that you as a spirit have chosen to inhabit this place and this human body. It is a miracle that we simply live. Enjoy yourself and give and receive love wherever you can. Share of your heart and open your soul so that you might connect with other spirits as they too experience themselves in human form.
I am thankful to be here. I am grateful for friends and family, past and present. I am very appreciative of my home and the wonderful food that we take from our Mother Nature so that we might continue to live and experience this life in this time and space. I am grateful to people who have helped and supported me over the years and I appreciate every single person on this planet simply for the spirit they are inside their human body. I am so lucky to be alive now. I will enjoy every moment of it, good or bad and cherish the time I have to be here in the company of Nature, the animals, the plants, the rocks, the mountains, the rivers and the big sky, and the wonderful people I continue to meet every single day.
Thank you.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
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Sunday, October 12, 2014
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Appreciating the season 8.10.14
Good morning. Happy Sunday!
I think this is my favorite time of the year. No, I know it is.
August is the time when summer begins to fade into fall. The air gets just a little bit crisper, especially at night, but the days are still warm, and sometimes even hot. The flowers are all in full bloom, and Fall is beginning to show its colors too. The world outside (at least in North America) is a kaleidoscope of colors, kind of like a grand finale to the growing season.
Now is the time of harvest, as our gardens are beginning to bear fruit. There is no greater joy and sense of accomplishment than going out to pick ripe vegies from our own garden. It was an act of faith, the planting, the watering, the weeding, and now the results are in. Whether the garden was a huge success or just a few plants really took off, the harvest is still a happy moment as we bask in gratitude for the abundance before us. This is food we grew! With our own hands! And we will enjoy eating every single bite of that hard earned bounty.
Ah, yes, August. The month fades quickly into shorter days and cooler nights. The farm animals rest easier as they get some relief from the heat of summer. People rush to get their last days of vacation in before they are confronted with the new school season and the chaos of the coming year before them. Children play a little harder, not wanting to give up their summer freedom, but still secretly look forward to new clothes, new school supplies and the new friends they might meet as they begin another year of school.
I appreciate the changing of the seasons. I adore Indian Summers and drag my intellectual heels as Fall progresses into the cold winter days. The end of August is my joyful season to savor the things I love about the warm weather. I take the time to smell the flowers and imprint the images and colors of a lush garden upon my mind. These are the images that will carry me through the winter days and keep me looking forward to the next year and the coming Spring.
What a beautiful time we get to experience! Enjoy the warmth, the color, the fresh air and the moments. Be grateful for the opportunities that present themselves and enjoy the abundance as the harvest comes in.
Love a little, laugh a little, and live a lot!
Tonight there is a full moon, presenting itself for our appreciation. Bask in the moonlight as you relish the summer days, and enjoy the summer nights. Bring joy to one another and feel the connection to All That Is.
Love to all.
~ Rev. Kerry
I think this is my favorite time of the year. No, I know it is.
August is the time when summer begins to fade into fall. The air gets just a little bit crisper, especially at night, but the days are still warm, and sometimes even hot. The flowers are all in full bloom, and Fall is beginning to show its colors too. The world outside (at least in North America) is a kaleidoscope of colors, kind of like a grand finale to the growing season.
Now is the time of harvest, as our gardens are beginning to bear fruit. There is no greater joy and sense of accomplishment than going out to pick ripe vegies from our own garden. It was an act of faith, the planting, the watering, the weeding, and now the results are in. Whether the garden was a huge success or just a few plants really took off, the harvest is still a happy moment as we bask in gratitude for the abundance before us. This is food we grew! With our own hands! And we will enjoy eating every single bite of that hard earned bounty.
Ah, yes, August. The month fades quickly into shorter days and cooler nights. The farm animals rest easier as they get some relief from the heat of summer. People rush to get their last days of vacation in before they are confronted with the new school season and the chaos of the coming year before them. Children play a little harder, not wanting to give up their summer freedom, but still secretly look forward to new clothes, new school supplies and the new friends they might meet as they begin another year of school.
I appreciate the changing of the seasons. I adore Indian Summers and drag my intellectual heels as Fall progresses into the cold winter days. The end of August is my joyful season to savor the things I love about the warm weather. I take the time to smell the flowers and imprint the images and colors of a lush garden upon my mind. These are the images that will carry me through the winter days and keep me looking forward to the next year and the coming Spring.
What a beautiful time we get to experience! Enjoy the warmth, the color, the fresh air and the moments. Be grateful for the opportunities that present themselves and enjoy the abundance as the harvest comes in.
Love a little, laugh a little, and live a lot!
Tonight there is a full moon, presenting itself for our appreciation. Bask in the moonlight as you relish the summer days, and enjoy the summer nights. Bring joy to one another and feel the connection to All That Is.
Love to all.
~ Rev. Kerry
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Appreciation and gratitude (7.20.14)
Good afternoon. Happy Sunday.
It's been a long and trying week. Today let's just practice appreciation and gratitude, shall we?
Sometimes it's difficult to really appreciate what you have, especially when the Universe is throwing some major tests at you. What can you do? Sit back, relax a little bit, disconnect from ego and enjoy being the witness. Not really as easy as it sounds, is it?
Gratitude puts us in another frame of mind. When we stop and become grateful for what is going right, for the things we do have, for the goals we have reached and the wonderful people in our lives, it puts our ego in an awkward position and kind of leaves it speechless in a way. Gratitude allows the storms to calm and when we begin to see the things we appreciate about ourselves and our lives, we begin to notice even more things. It's like a snowball of good feelings, getting bigger and bigger and pushing out that little self that always seems to demand more.
Today, notice the little things that bring you joy. And really appreciate them. You know you created that ...that joy, that thing bringing a smile to your face. When you notice and appreciate, you say thank you to yourself and to the Universe for being such great co-creators! Good job!
Gratitude allows us to suspend our negativity and see all of the wonderful things coming forth. By focusing on the positive, of course more positive will follow.
Appreciation. I appreciate the clean air I breath, the wonderful views of the mountains I experience every single day, the food in our cabinets, the good health of my family and friends, the dreams I still have....
I am grateful for this life, this time, this space to just be. I am grateful to experience all that I do in this human form. I am grateful for learning opportunities that allow me to grow and expand into something bigger than my ego....
What are you grateful for? What can you appreciate today?
Enjoy life. Share love. Remember, what you focus on expands, so make it good.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
It's been a long and trying week. Today let's just practice appreciation and gratitude, shall we?
Sometimes it's difficult to really appreciate what you have, especially when the Universe is throwing some major tests at you. What can you do? Sit back, relax a little bit, disconnect from ego and enjoy being the witness. Not really as easy as it sounds, is it?
Gratitude puts us in another frame of mind. When we stop and become grateful for what is going right, for the things we do have, for the goals we have reached and the wonderful people in our lives, it puts our ego in an awkward position and kind of leaves it speechless in a way. Gratitude allows the storms to calm and when we begin to see the things we appreciate about ourselves and our lives, we begin to notice even more things. It's like a snowball of good feelings, getting bigger and bigger and pushing out that little self that always seems to demand more.
Today, notice the little things that bring you joy. And really appreciate them. You know you created that ...that joy, that thing bringing a smile to your face. When you notice and appreciate, you say thank you to yourself and to the Universe for being such great co-creators! Good job!
Gratitude allows us to suspend our negativity and see all of the wonderful things coming forth. By focusing on the positive, of course more positive will follow.
Appreciation. I appreciate the clean air I breath, the wonderful views of the mountains I experience every single day, the food in our cabinets, the good health of my family and friends, the dreams I still have....
I am grateful for this life, this time, this space to just be. I am grateful to experience all that I do in this human form. I am grateful for learning opportunities that allow me to grow and expand into something bigger than my ego....
What are you grateful for? What can you appreciate today?
Enjoy life. Share love. Remember, what you focus on expands, so make it good.
Love to all.
~Rev. Kerry
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