....give thanks!

"He who thanks but with the lips, thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving comes from the heart."

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here, but that doesn't mean that I can't spend some time today paying a little more attention to some of the many, many things that I am truly thankful for.

I am truly thankful for............ my special gifts
I am truly thankful for............ my happy disposition
I am truly thankful for............ my forgiving heart
I am truly thankful for............ my loving manner
I am truly thankful for............ my caring soul
I am truly thankful for............ my helpful hands
I am truly thankful for............ my inquisitive mind
I am truly thankful for............. my ready smile
I am truly thankful for............. my joyful laugh
I am truly thankful for............. my wise words
I am truly thankful for............. my creative streak
I am truly thankful for............. my patient demeanour
I am truly thankful for............. my easy-going nature

........but most of all....I am truly, truly grateful for the family, friends, authors, lyricists, lovers, intellectuals, strangers and angels who have touched my life and made me the person I am today......and because of that.....my life is full of the most incredible friends.....like you!

Thank you
Kathi

.....hoofbeats in heaven!

Somewhere...somewhere in time's own space
There must be some sweet pastured place
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow
Some Paradise where horses go.
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again.

Stanley Harrison

Today my precious horses went to heaven. My heart is aching, but it had to be done....I knew it had to be done and I thank my sister-in-law with all my heart for having the strength to be there with them at the time.

I will embrace my precious memories and I know that I will ultimately, find peace in truly knowing that my horses live on as long as I carry them in my heart.

No matter what our individual idea of heaven may be, I know that my horses' spirit will never die. Every time I listen to my heart - there it will be - that sound that keeps my horses close and can bring peace to my soul - that glorious sound of hoofbeats in heaven!!

Kathi

....aaaah my angels!

“When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts.”

I had an amazing day today! I spent some special time with an old friend....it was the anniversary of her husband's death and she lit a candle and we sat quietly and chatted over tea. Our conversation flowed along and ever so gently turned to heavenly things...before I knew it, she fetched her 'Angel' cards and decided to do a reading for me.

Some of the themes that clearly emerged were love and passion, soulmates, learning and teaching, financial freedom and miracles about to occur. Such wonderful, positive blessings from my angels....a clear path showing direction, so much good to look forward to.

Thank you my angels....

.....the butterfly effect!

...it has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world. This idea that as a result of something somewhat small and meaningless, chaos ensues, is not new. The ripple effect of someone's senseless action has been amazing to watch. The lives that have been changed, hurt, thrown off course and dramatically affected forever are numerous. I wonder if she would ever have done what she did if she had known the consequences......but she did! I am sad, so sad for my family especially and if I can be so selfish as to say this...I am sad for me, because my life has changed along with theirs too.
I hope soon to see the 'yes in this mess' but I so wish that that butterfly had never flapped its wings!

Kathi

.....love?

......yes, that's so true. Scientific research has proved what we always suspected about the amazing, misunderstood, euphoric effects of love.

Here is an extract from Paulo Coelho's blog:

"In the year 2000, researchers Andreas Bartels and Semir Zeki, of University College in London, located the areas of the brain activated by romantic love by using a series of students who claimed to be madly in love. In the first place, they concluded that the zones affected by the sentiment are far smaller than they had imagined, and are the same as those activated by stimuli of euphoria, such as in using cocaine, for example. Which led the authors to conclude that love is similar to the manifestation of physical dependence provoked by drugs.
Also using the same system of scanning the brain, scientist Helen Fisher, of Rutgers University, concludes that three characteristics of love (sex, romanticism and mutual dependence) stimulate different areas of the cortex, and further conclude that we can be in love with one person, want to make love to another, and live with a third."

So I am in love with love...

Kathi

.....you should be here!

Kathi

.....music is what feelings sound like!

...aaah yes indeed, music IS what feelings sound like!

I was given the honour.....yes it was an honour, to choose three songs for a memorial service for a loved one next week. I had to listen through someone else's ears to find just the right three songs that would express exactly how my friend was feeling about the tragic loss of his wife.

The task was accepted by me because I knew that he did not have the time, energy or emotional strength to face this challenge....and I was so glad that I could help in this small way.

I spent hours and hours on the internet searching, listening, relistening and listening again to the tunes and words to make sure that none of them were offensive or derogatory in any way and that the songs spoke the message he wished to share.

After compiling a list of 10 songs, I then had to buy, download and search music stores for clear originals.....what a mission!

Last night I presented the songs to him to listen to and choose. So he disappeared into his private space....just him and the music.

A good while later he emerged to inform me that he no longer wanted three songs......I held my breath thinking that I had failed in my mission. No, he was going to change the service to accomodate them all!

"You see," he said, "every one of those songs you chose, exactly expressed my feelings!"

"Where words fail, music speaks" ~ Rest in peace!

Kathi