Heart Warmth in the Winter

The earlier sunsets, the cold. It is a perfect time to light a fire or turn up the heat. Part of warming up our homes is the spirit of celebration, the welcoming in of visitors and guests. During the quiet times between social events or concerts, there's energetic pulls from memories of past joys related to the seasonal events.

Since Thanksgiving landed so close to the beginning of December this year, we are still basking in the good feelings of that holiday as we begin this month.

Personal connections often come to the fore at this time because of this, and it is not the same on other holidays. Are there people we would like to see that we have not seen in a while? Do we feel like celebrating all the good in our lives with our friends, especially since some of them are having a hard time? We lift their spirits and ours at the same time.

The feelings and emotions we have around Thanksgiving, Christmas, Yule, Hannukah, Winter Solstice, Kwanza or other festivities are much more powerful than feelings about other holidays.

All of this creates warmth during this cold month. The feelings of connection remind us of what we love about the people in our life. This is a way we draw up energy. It gives us that glow that brightens our aura. Our fire within.

Every time we come into the house out of this bitter cold, we are grateful to be enveloped in warm air as soon as we step inside. Seasonal parties are like that. The warmth of friendship lights up our spirits.

Images that show stark winter scenes where we see the skeletons of the trees, rather than their foliage, covered by snow and ice inspires desires for warmth. Instinctual response.

Sometimes the fire we are gathered around are in fire pits or fireplaces. It is always the energy between us that is the fire.

 

Gratitude in Work & Life

 

Gratitude is not always obvious because we do not always recognize it right away. Recently, for example, I was kicking myself for making a mistake, but the mistake turned out to be beneficial. So now I am grateful for something I was upset about upon first look. Spirit moved me in this situation.

Has that ever happened to you?

When I wake up in the morning, my first expression is to my spirit guides. This is what I say:

"Thank you for giving me this day. With your help, I will make the best use of it.

Do you have any new ideas for me today? Is there anything you want me to know?

And thank you for keeping me healthy and strong."

This sets the tone for the day. I expect good things to happen, even the unexpected people and events that may come up.

Gratitude can change our relationships with people.

A long time ago, for example, I was working on the sales team for a publishing company. At first, I saw the best salesperson as my competitor. Then he taught me some of his techniques and I got better and we both did well. I was grateful for this teacher, and the energy at work changed.

Among many clients, I have heard stories about how they were sad and distressed because they lost a job, but a short time later they were even happier because they got a better job. So maybe instead of cursing the person who fired us, we should thank them. Gratitude.

The same thing often happens in relationships. One is a near miss, with some great moments, but the whole thing didn't work. Then the next relationship is what you want. Sometimes we need to experience what we don't want to get clarity on what we do want. Grateful for the experiences that prepared us for the best fit.

By consciously acknowledging the positives in our lives, we cultivate a mindset that not only elevates our mood but also strengthens our resilience in the face of challenges.

This simple yet powerful shift in perspective encourages us to appreciate the present moment, fostering a deeper connection with ourselves and those around us.

As we integrate gratitude into our daily routine, we feel more at peace, even while dealing with turmoil, solving problems, doing what we need to do.

Picture this. Your aura expands hugely when you are projecting feelings of love, joy, happiness. You exude confidence. When you are projecting fear and doubt, your aura shrinks.

Expressing gratitude opens the way to creation. If you are looking to build your business, draw people to you with that big aura.

Thank you for connecting with me. I appreciate all of you.

Ghosts make great Halloween decorations and whimsical costumes. How many of us dressed up in a sheet to go trick or treating?

Yet, the origin of the word from the old English word gast, meaning breath, spirit or soul. A German word which may have also been a root meant guest. Another root word contributed to the origins of a word that meant excitement or terror or an old Norse word meaning rage.

The origin of the spelling with the h in it originated in 15th century England when a printer who used Flemish typesetters who used the term gheest, a Germanic spelling.

Originally it did not mean haunting, but many years of literature and stories fashioned that sort of aura about it with a big wave of popularity spewing from the seances and spiritual movements of the Victorian era.

When we consider these roots, there is another aspect that is part of our consciousness at this time of year, when we have just celebrated Halloween, Samhain and Day of the Dead.

Jack-O-Lanterns were originally carved and and scary costumes put on to scare away evil spirits during the darkening nights leading into the cold winter.

But the Day of the Dead altars were created to honor the memories of the spirits who recently departed, to wish them well on their journey.

When we work with our spirit guides to help us gain guidance and insight in our desires and efforts to make the best of our efforts in life, we are indeed connecting with the spirits of non-physical characters who once were very real, inhabiting bodies like ours.

In this way, we can interpret a positive meaning from someone ghosting us, as our spirit guides enter our space to help us and protect us. How many times did you have an accident, but not get injured seriously? The ghost of one of our protectors inserted themselves in there.

The idea of being able to communicate psychically with these influencers is seen in a different light after such an encounter.

Interestingly, technology offers us practical explanations for all this. Here the ghost in the machine takes on a few new twists.

For example, we accept the fact that invisible waves of energy can connect our phone calls through the air, though walls and over great distances. So if our phone calls can penetrate physical barriers to bring us messages, why not messages from the spirits of people who are no longer in physical bodies?

Spider webs are like the world wide web. Somehow, when we type and send a message to someone who lives somewhere else in the world, somehow that message finds its way through the whole world and goes exactly to the at person. Spider webs connect things that are not usually connected, and their lighter than air fabric catches their lunch for them.

So if we can send messages to another person in this world, who is nowhere near us, with no physical connection to them, why is it difficult to believe that spirits of ancestors and relatives who we knew and loved in this lifetime cannot continue to communicate with us even after they are no longer living in their bodies?

Kind of funny how in modern uses of the word, we now say that someone ghosted us if they just go away with no further messages.

Obviously, sometimes we want to leave situations that are not serving us well. Ghosting is leaving without notice, rather than giving someone the courtesy of a farewell message. And sometimes ghosts come to serve us with no formal advance or farewell message.

Certainly, we prefer some ghosts over others.

From present to absent, we all have ghosts.

Sometimes we get ghosted and sometimes we are the ghost.