UBC Jan 1 GBE2 - Wish - Happy New Year

It's nearly 5.30 pm on Jan 1 2013 so time to post the first post of 2013 and for January's Ultimate Blogging Challenge.

Also posting to GBE2's topic - Wish

Do you make new year resolutions? Do you set an intention for your wishes at the start of each year?

When I was younger, I made a list each year of things I wanted to do and achieve, places I wanted to go. I rarely did or achieved everything or visited each place. Sometimes that was okay and sometimes I felt like I had failed in some way.

At the start of 2012 I decided this was going to be my year - the year I meet my soulmate, the year I finally move into my life's work, the year when I achieve great heights in fitness - this was going to be the most awesome year ever, all my wishes were going to come true.

And so 2012 came and went. No, I didn't meet my soulmate, I did not move into my life's work and I did not achieve great height in fitness. So actually none of my wishes came true.

That should make me immensely sad. But instead of achieving all that I planned to do,  I had the most amazing experience of my life - a moment when I truly connected with Spirit - heart as wide as the world (read my post on that here). That was a moment of bliss, when the Lord sent his love down to me at a time when I totally surrendered to Him.

So this year I will make no resolution and set no intentional wishes, I will simply go with the flow, I will hope that I will have many moments of bliss with Him, I will enjoy life as much as I can.

One of my mantras for 2013 will be:

"Everything comes to you in the right moment, be patient" 

from the Mankind Project

But I will make a wish for all of you.

I wish you all an awesome and safe 2013, filled with good health, prosperity and abundance, kindness, peace, happiness and love.

Warm Regards

Blog Hop - I am grateful for ...

Daphne Steinberg is the host for this week's prompt for The Thursday Writer's Post blog hop.

I came across this poem that sums up what I am grateful for very nicely 

For each new morning with its light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

For everything Thy goodness sends.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am also grateful for my wonderful family - for the love and support they give me.


Warm Regards

Blog Hop - Christmas Blessings

Corinne (Everyday Gyaan) is the host of this week's prompt for the The Writer's Post blog hop.

What does Christmas mean to me?

In a nutshell, it is the time when I am thankful for the blessings I have received and a time when I can pass on those blessings to others. 

The giving of gifts is my way of expressing my thanks to my near and dear ones. The ability to give and the joy on their faces are both His blessings for which I am immensely thankful.

Each year my Christmas is spent with my family at home and each year we invite a friend over - someone who has no one to spend Christmas with - a way of sharing our joy with others.

Each year I buy a Christmas ornament for our tree - one each for my children - this is my Christmas tradition. It reminds me of each wonderful year I have spent with them.

And each year there are 2 ornaments that must be hung on the tree - my children's Christmas tradition. 

This year's ornaments:

And these that must be on the tree:

Have a Blessed Christmas. Peace, Joy and Love to all of you.

Warm Regards