Owls and Orchids

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“Gratitude means to recognize the good in your life, be thankful for whatever you have, some people may not even have one of those things you consider precious to you (love, family, friends etc). Each day give thanks for the gift of life.You are blessed”   ― Pablo

It’s not often that everything you wanted to get done in a day works out perfectly. At least it’s been a while since I’ve had that pleasure, and when the day involves a round of visits to doctors, specialists and having blood work done, you don’t really expect to have a brilliant day. It’s more like a ho hum day, let’s get this thing done. Yet my day was filled with gratitude as it went from woeful to wonderful.

However, my day could have been far different. As I said it began in it’s usual woeful manner. At the moment of wakening the pain hits and it’s a tortuous shuffle to the bathroom, the light hurting my eyes and sending white hot shafts of pain lancing into my brain. Yes, woeful seems pretty accurate, but thankfully it didn’t stay that way. It’s been a wonderful day even though it was filled with all of the above and I have been filled with gratitude as a result. Gratitude as I went from woeful to wonderful – excellent!  I haven’t received the results I had hoped for from the doctor, but we have a plan of attack to find answers to riddles which are annoying both of us. Now, that’s quite funny. The doctor is as irritated with the peculiar results as I am!

image from http://www.apotheken-umschau.de    The goop goes in the holes. Cosmonaut style!

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” — Buddha

For all that, there have been some good results come in. Despite my entry into the annals of Sputnik history whilst having my EEG, the results were good, that is they were NEGATIVE. I do have a brain – whoopee, and it is working very well. Yippee and Whoopee! Headaches may come and go, with migraines attached but the grey matter is still pulsing along just fine, thank you very much. In fact, I’m firing on all neurons and that is really wonderful news. Since I had been concerned about it earlier I was truly grateful that the tests came back so positively. Gratitude, I had moved from my woeful state to a wonderful state and it was incredible.

I mentioned my new program “Life Change.” I’ve been working away with it for a month and part of it has lots of Affirmations, Gratitude, changing Attitude and self-development and more.  I’m sure you get the picture. I’ve really been working on myself and how I approach the Lyme disease issue and the other issues attached to it, and not just health but everything. I wouldn’t be me without having a few odd anomalies to go with it so it’s been a worry for a wee while. Knowing I’m getting a handle on it and my work is paying off with good results has been such a major boost today that – I’m bursting with gratitude.

image from http://www.flickr.com     Like a field of blood, poppies for Remembrance

“We all have an inner voice, our personal whisper from the universe. All we have to do is listen — feel and sense it with an open heart. Sometimes it whispers of intuition or precognition. Other times, it whispers an awareness, a remembrance from another plane. Dare to listen. Dare to hear with your heart.”    ― C.J. Heck,

After a long chat with my doctor the prospect of two sets of blood work wasn’t in the least worrying, despite knowing that they usually have trouble finding my veins. Yes that’s right, even my veins go into hiding when the needles come out. It’s quite funny really; at least it has become funny today. Even though I needed two sets doing because no-one can get the results to make sense. We are using both pathology places to get a reference point to hopefully work from, but even that wasn’t depressing. Then, both phlebotomists were able to find a vein and get the blood without any difficulty at all – and no bruising, the first time in months. It’s a wonderful highlight to remember.

Later we went to see a wonderful friend who also happens to be a great jeweler. I’ve known him for many years and it’s always a delight to see him, yet I’ve been an absentee friend for a while because by the time the doctors’ rounds have been completed, I’ve felt too tired and dispirited to want to see anyone. All I wanted to do was get back home and rest. Today, I was still feeling weary but I really wanted to say hello. As I said, he’s an absolute gem and before we left he slipped a little gift to me. I was so surprised. I realised how lucky I was to have such a kind hearted person as a friend. I haven’t seen him in far too long but his beautiful gesture really touched me. Once again I felt so grateful that the Universe was sending so many signs to me today.

image from electricliterature.com     My Spirit view

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”   ― G.K. Chesterton

It’s often very difficult, if not impossible at times to see how much we are looked after and loved by Spirit when everything seems to be going awry or downhill. It’s hard to be grateful even for the little things at times and then suddenly along comes a string of beautiful things, big things. As I was being chauffeured around I kept seeing signs from Spirit that I’ve been asking for.  (My initials on a car registration plate, triple 8’s everywhere, my birthday being on the 8^th, the car we’d like to buy next, in the colour we like and with triple 8’s in the number plate). There were so many things, and then my daughter rang and she was much better, she’s been ill for a couple of weeks.

A beautiful stop at our favourite coffee shop for dinner on the way home, which was delicious and we drove home through light showers. We need the rain and it was not too heavy for driving so it turned out really well. Then when we reached home a large cactus which, because it flowers at night, I’ve missed many times over the past months, had one beautiful flower open. Yes, photographed and I’ll post it tomorrow. I just couldn’t wait to share the wonderful news from my day.

Chicken Risotto       Gratitude food

Mushroom Linguini       Gratitude food

“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”    –Marcel Proust

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Thank you all for your support, I know it has been a huge factor in helping me to start my new Life Change and all the positive things I’ve seen today. It makes tomorrow exciting to see what more the Universe will bring. I feel positive and so very loved and cared for by everyone and the Universe. I am immensely grateful that I can see these changes and that I can share them.

Photo day tomorrow, so many things to share.

Blessings to everyone.

Susan x

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© Susan Jamieson 2013