Joy is in the air

Treasures In The Garden

Being positive, peaceful and productive.......

You're worried about how you are going

to feel at the end of your life?

What about right now?

Live.

Right this minute.

That's where the joy is!

                                                           - Abigail Thomas

.......can open opportunities in the most unlikely places!

 

My word for today is "Opportunity!"

 

A positive pathaway

 

Treasures In The Garden

 

Being positive and happy.......

 

I choose the happiness way of life.

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I will take the positive pathway.

.......is my choice, leading me too to a full and productive way of living.

 

My word for today is "Happiness!" 

Send a message of inspiration

Treasures In The garden

 

Starting today.......

How I live out my life
Is the encouraging message I send out to the world
 I will make sure that the message that I send  out 
 Is a message of inspiration.......

....... I will be positive, peaceful and productive and inspirational.

 

Start each day anew

Treasures In The Garden

 

Making each day a cause for celebration.......

 

Celebrate each new morning-
Give thanks for each new day!

.......will lead to a positive start to the journey through each and every brand new day!

 

Positive.... Peaceful..... Productive. 
 Make each day, the first day, of the rest of your life! 

 
 

 

 

Who will be the winner?

 

Treasures In The Garden

 

What winning means....... when it is applied at home within family life.......

 

If we equate success in business with rewards of riches, power and fame,
 What rewards do we receive for the investment 
of generosity, services, and humility,
turning the other cheek,
loving each other unconditionally,
loving ourselves?
Is our reward "prosperity of spirit"?

Beautiful things take place in our lives
 when we distance ourselves from all that is negative......., 

 

.......and only build on being positive, productive and peaceful.

From little things big things grow!

 

 

 

 

 

Tale of Multiplication

Treasures In The Garden 

Love.....................

can be likened to the biblical tale

"the five loaves and two fishes"...

Love doesn't start to multiply

until it is given away.

Positive,productive and peaceful



One of the bonuses of living where it is cold.



From My Garden

I must not let failure defeat me.
I must get up and begin again.

Today is the first day of the rest of my lifel
I have 100% of the rest of my life to ive.





This week has been a week of failures for me - not drastic ones thank goodness -but failures to get up and be motivated. I have had a bout of the flu and while my health has been improving day by day with the help of medication, my cough hangs on and pulls me down.

So yesterday I decided to do a couple of extra things that were different from what I've been doing everyday.  I spent time pruning my roses, fertilising and watering them - a job well done. But the job didn't get finished because I ran out of fertiliser and had to wait till today to be able to purchase some more. But I made the start, and it's such a beautiful morning this morning, that I know when I come in from church I will have the motivation to finish the job.

But the best thing I did yesterday was to attend our Community Art Group meeting. Only 6 of us attended but they are such a delightful group and so motivated, I came away feeling quite happy and with a few plans to put in place to keep me busy over the next month. Thank you to my Art Group friends who really lifted my spirits when I most needed it.

I remember when I was young, my Mum used to quote "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try again" ( I think it may have been part of an old poem ) . So here I am back today blogging again, being positive, productive and peaceful, after a week of feeling sorry for myself. There seems to be something into the mindset of 'keep on keeping on'

Sunday, HERE I COME!

Be inspired:
Take a stand for yourself in a big way or even a small way - starting today........... and when you do and you succeed, PASS IT ON. C

Praying for peace for the world



With love from my garden



        From My Garden

There has always been a longing within myself
 that is only satified when I am embraced and
 wrapped in the love of my Creator.





Each day when I make my daily prayer
I ask that each of my friends and all of my family
be wrapped in the loving embrace of God.
I ask him to wrap each person in the world in his love,
to make the world a better place for all of us to live in,
help the leaders of the world to make to right decisions
for the benefit of all of us,
and let their be world peace.

Please join me in my daily prayer.
Maybe if all our prayers are joined
together we can make a difference
for the suffering peoples of the world. Thank you. C 

Another Sunny Sunday

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

I am a
radiant being,
enjoying life to the fullest.

Wow! I had the very best sleep last night. How I managed that I do not know. But I feel absolutely refreshed and wonderful. 

Had to dash off to church. My foster daughter had to be picked up on the way. So needed to leave a little earlier than usual. Today as well as being the 4th Sunday after Easter it is also the Sunday of the Good Shepherd, and the 5th Sunday of the month. Today we sang the gorgeous psalm "The Lord is My Shepherd", which always brings tears to my eyes. We had a very big congregation which is so wonderful for our little church. Today Danielle rang the bell for the consecration. That hasn't happened in a very long time. It makes it so much more holy when the bell is rung. Since we no longer have altar servers the bell ringing has not been happening. It was a lovely change.

We went to morning tea after church. There was a big roll up there too - 2 tables of people- which is very good indeed. Savoury muffins, and scones, jam and cream, were the yummy fare this morning, provided by different women in our church each week after 9.30am. Mass. (I was good. I only had a cup of coffee). A nice chance for like minded people to get together. This morning they held a birthday celebration for Michael's 80th birthday.

 This afternoon I took in shorts and undies. Since so much weight has been lost, pants don't stay up. Did another page of my son's scrapbook I am doing for his birthday. I need to hurry to get it done by the end of May. I won't have any more time after that. Each page takes a very long time to do, from choosing photos, having them printed up, decorating the page in the theme of that page. I really like doing scrapbooking. But the job is always fraught with memories and tears of happy times past. But that is all  part of doing such a project. And... I even got some time in the garden. I started to weed my cactus garden. I should have taken my secateurs with me to cut away some of the jungle- well, next time, maybe. 

I watched a replay of "New Tricks" while I sewed.

What was good today?
The sunshine, the morning tea with nice people, good conversation, gardening, scrapbooking

What I was grateful for today:
A good night's sleep. Danielle ringing the bell at church reviving an old tradition.

God in my life.
Going to church, being with like minded people, singing, prayer and my 'little white book'

And so to end another positive, productive day. Peace to all and to all a good night. C

Positive Day

And hello, on this great Tuesday!
Once again, today is the first day of the rest of my life!

And I am being positive and productive in today's journey through my life.

I let go of all negativity that rests in my body and mind.

Well what a productive day.
I did more than I planned to do. That is so great.

The sky is still overcast. We still haven't had any rain other than a few spots here and there. But I know God is going to send some soon. He's not going to let my garden keep looking so drak.

We mowed a lawn. It's quite a big lawn and we have to look after the garden too. But when it is finished the yard just looks so good. And I did my favourite part of gardening....pruning. That improves a garden so much. Came home feeling elated. So.... I did the ride on mowing in our yard. But no, I didn't stop there! I pruned the jasmine tree and got 2 barrow loads of branches  from there. Was I finished yet... oh no! I pruned all my cactus pot plants and geraniums and repotted aother plant. And then I had to finish because I received a reward of a beautiful, yummy pear and kiwi fruit SMOOTHIE!
Then after all that grubby work, I had a shower, washed my hair, scrubbed my nails and felt thoroughly wonderful! And just for good measure I did a workout on my abs pro machine and some weights for my arms and some toe touching, and then I came to do my blog.

And 2 good things that happened this morning...... well 3 really! Received the itinerary for our day tour of London and our day tour of Paris. And.... I booked tickets to see "Lion King" in London on June 9th. and lucky last, I weighed in at 88.3kg., the lightest I have been in 10years. Whowee!

And the only planned thing in amongst all that was mow the first lawn.

I think that was pretty good day, don't you?

I wish eveybody in the world peace and happiness and a day full of love. C

Back home

Since we,ve been back home there has been very little sunshine. I need sunshine to brighten up my day and my outlook. It will brighten if we get some rain. Rain to water my garden is always a positive outcome.

My heart is open. I speak with loving words.

Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

 We have made a bag for our first aid  items for when we travel.  I am trying to have things as light as possible. We have to take medication and vitamins, and all the bits and pieces for our camera and computer, as well as our clothes. I am a heavy packer with clothes and shoes. It's hard to be sensible with packing when things will be so different from being at home and if I need something it won't look like what I would get at home- may not even be called the same thing. That happens here in other states in Australia, So I can imagine what it will be like in a foreign country. That's the kind of stuff that makes me homrsick and  we will be gone for such a long time.

 I am excited about seeing new places, especially Holland where our beautiful daughter- in law was born, making our grand children part dutch as well as Australian. On our side of the family our grand children are 6th generation Australian and on their Mother's side they are first generation. What a rich heritage they have. Mine is very rich too thanks to my cousin's research. How grateful I am to my cousin's efforts to give us this wonderful proud knowledge.

The fog has gone and the sun has come out. What a difference the light has given to the day.

 husband's work shorts wrote lots of letters, letters, posted my letters, started a chain scarf I found instructions for in the new BHG magazine { I can use up some of my wool leftover from other knitting projects), watched" Marley and Me", a movie starring Jennifer Aniston, which  I enjoyed. So now I feel I had a positive day with all those projects completed.

 So on to having the rest of my day continue in a positive vein. Hoping that everybody else has a positive and peaceful, loved filled day too. C