Happy New Years, Friends

Hi,

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a great first day of the New Year. Below is a whimsical New Year's image that I had to place here for a smile.

Just as the little duckling is a symbol of new birth, may you have a New Year of new beginnings and new hope. May you always look ahead and not behind. If you look ahead you will see the wonders that are in store for you.

I send you love and a big hug.

God bless you in 2016 and always,
Rev. Donna

Tomorrow Is Thanksgiving!

Hi,

One day a year we, as a country, celebrate Thanksgiving. With all the festivities, food, football games, and parades, it's a blessing to pause in the bedlam and just be grateful.

Gratitude is the most powerful, God-given tool we have to reach out to heaven. Gratitude has changed lives, healed bodies, and mended the spirit within. It gives peace, dispels hate, and makes everything around us right in the world.

May you have a blessed Thanksgiving whether you have 20 friends and family members in your home, or whether you are alone. My prayers are with you, and your angels surround you. Be joyful!

Have a wonderful day counting your blessings just because you are you: A miracle in the universe.

God bless,
Rev. Donna

I love Emerson's sayings-Enjoy!

If the type is too small to read, just tap the image to make it larger,:)

I Am What I Am!

Need some encouragement? Listen to the "Goldfinger" lady, Gloria Gaynor, with this music and lyrics. Sing this a few times out loud and dance! Memorize it so you can do it often. Feel it in your bones, and know you are GREAT! Have a joyful day, Donna

Regret and Those Negative Phrases

Good Morning,

Do you ever say to yourself the following?
What if I hadn't done that? Why did I ....? I shouldn't have done... If only I hadn't done..., or, I wish had only... ? You know those plaguing questions that come up. 

Stop. For your health's sake, STOP. Because...
Every time you put yourself n the path of regret, you go backwards. You put yourself into a vortex that affects every cell of our body. It's contrary to the forward experience of LIFE. It doesn't bring JOY: That little, yet, ever so powerful word that brings health and well being to your soul. 

Think about these words from the Ptaah:

"Every action, every decision you have ever made has brought you to this place this now. Bless all that has happened in your life which has become discordant.

You have created it all that you may know who you really are.

Own it all.

You are not a victim, and neither is anyone else."

Now, what do you do? 

Bless yourself. Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Rejoice in life, and feel that joy till it reverberates to your very inner being. Have gratitude, and discover the wonders of the world around you and within you. There is only one you, and You Are Amazing!

Blessings & love, Donna

Thank You for Visiting

Hello,

It thrills my heart when I look at the statistics on my blog. I just want to thank you for visiting. It means so much to me to have people form Russia, Vietnam, Turkey, Poland, and other countries around the world, as well as, the USA, to stop by to read my posts.

Don't forget to join my list. If you have trouble signing up or do not receive the confirmation email, do please write me at revdonna @ gmail.com, and I will get back with you soon as possible.

Have a beautiful, blessed day,
Donna

Create Your Life

Spring is in the air and the birds are singing. It is wonderful to just be still and take in the sites and sounds of nature on a beautiful spring morning. I sit in my yard in the morning and listen carefully for new sounds. Listening to the birds relate to each in a chorus of conversations between each other is miraculous and magical.

There is such joy in observing nature. It is these moments that you can realize how grateful you are to just be. We get so caught up in the business of a hurried everyday life, that those moments can lead to complete serenity even though it may last but for a few minutes.

A few moments of silence in meditation allows to to know yourself and dominate your mentality in calmness. In these days of stress and emotional drain from the cares of our technological world, taking the time to know you is of utmost importance. Take the time to dream, to imagine yourself doing things that you long to do.

Don't dismiss this as foolish or time wasting, for what you dream, you will achieve. It is the secret of the universe...the law of attraction. Do this everyday. Be grateful for every moment, and miracles will happen unexpectedly. You think anyway, so dwell on beautiful thoughts--grateful thoughts---happy thoughts.

Only you, and you alone, have the power create your own happy, loving thoughts. Don't allow anyone to steal those from you. They are yours. Use your thoughts wisely to create your life: A beautiful, joy-filled life!

God bless,
Donna

The Words, "I Love You."

I have been so busy this past year building an on-line marketing business that I have missed  posting to my first on-line passion, this blog that I began in 2006.

It is so hard to imagine that all this time has passed. Life can get so busy. However, it is so important to reflect and slow down a bit to actually see what is happening around you.

At 62, I am starting a new endeavor which just goes to show that you are never too old to begin again and travel new paths as long as it is a Path with a Heart.

Life is so precious. Savor every moment. Don't let one day pass without telling those you love how much you really do love them. It is only they that don't speak those words who have regret if something unexpected should happen. A smile, a gentle touch, a kind word... those all mean so much to the human race and are all too often forgotten.

Take the time to take care of yourself, too. Become your own best friend. Love yourself and tell yourself often---I am special. I am great. I love you, "Your Name." Your individual cells need to hear that.

Now that may sound a bit peculiar. My husband has a wonderful little video on his web site, though, which I have posted it here which will explain in one minute. I hope you enjoy it for it shows that each of your cells has a consciousness that is built into them by the grand creator.

Your individual cells have feelings that react to joy and sadness which in turn affects you. So, be gentle and kind to yourself, just as you do to others for your own health, wellness, and happiness... in-other-words, to...

Live in Joy!

Have a great day, & I send you my love.

God bless,
Rev. Donna

Life Becomes What You Believe and Feel!

Dear Friends,

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --- William James

Rejoice in life. No matter what happens... REJOICE. For if you express & FEEL gratitude and joy, Life will change for you if you simply change your dominant thoughts and feelings. Get that joy and gratitude down deep into your very soul and into every cell. Did you know that your cells have feelings, too?

Every single cell expresses emotion.  So let go and let God right now.  Close your eyes and think of some moment in time that you were ecstatically happy. If that is difficult for you to do, and it could very well be that it is,  we are all given a very special gift. Do you know what that is? It's your imagination. So, imagine if you will, something or someplace that would give you great joy, and feel it with all your heart and every fiber of your being

Dwell on it for as long as it takes for you to feel it real. Now hold onto it as if your life depended on it for it really truly does. Hold that thought and feeling in your heart and soul and don't let go so that you can call on it at any moment of any day.  Do this not as work, but as a child expecting something grand that has been wished for as you did at Christmas time. It's time we all became as a child and let go of our  worrying, stressed-out adult ways.

Think about your "happy thought" as often as you can everyday, and do you know what, it will come to be. Why? Because The Law of Attraction has always been and always will be. That is just how it is.

I love this... Hope it will make you smile and LAUGH, too.

Express laughter everyday... It's healthy for you,

Rev. Donna

Steve Jobs and a Most Inspiring Speech

We have lost a fellow human who was an absolute creative genius. He was a not only a genius, but, also, an individual of unbelievable great wisdom. That is definitely emulated in this awesome speech. It is inspiring and heartfelt. I hope you enjoy...

"Live each day as if it is your last..." part of Steve Job's speech.
Donna

Be Like Alice... Kill the Jabberwock

As I was reading this famous Lewis Carrol poem, I had to post about it. We all have things that become the Bandersnatch or the Jabberwock in our lives. As Alice in Wonderland confronts these two beasts, she doesn't flee from them. She doesn't hide. She looks them square in the face even though, at first, the thought of doing so is terrifying.

There is such a lesson to be learned in this wonderful story. We can allow the Bandersnatch and the Jabberwock in our life to steal joy from us. Or, we can be like Alice and confront them. Tell whatever you are fearing that this is your life and nothing is going to take your joy, your success, your prosperity any longer away from you.

Turn to the Bandersnatch and claim your life back as Alice did. And, don't hesitate any longer: Pick up your sword and slay your Jabberwock so that you can Live in great Joy & Prosperity. You'll  be able to then shout, "O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"

Have a beautiful day,
Donna

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand:

Long time the manxome foe he sought—

So rested he by the Tumtum tree,

And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! and through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"

He chortled in his joy.

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.

Bless My Computer

Someone dear sent me this poem and I had to share. It is quite cute and so appropriate for those of us who rely on our computers to communicate with friends and loved ones through email, blogs, and Facebook...


Dear Lord,


Every single evening 
As I'm lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer 
Keeps running through my head:


God bless all my family 
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm and safe from harm 
For they're so close to me.


And God, there is one more thing 
I wish that you could do;
Hope you don't mind me asking, 
Please bless my computer too.


Now I know that it's unusual 
To Bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second 
While I explain it to you, Lord.


You see, that little metal box 
Holds more than odds and ends;
Inside those small compartments 
Rest so many of my friends.


I know so much about them 
By the kindness that they give,
And this little scrap of metal 
Takes me in to where they live.


By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you.
We share in what life brings us 
And from that our friendships grew.


Please take an extra minute 
From your duties up above,
To bless those in my address book 
That's filled with so much love.


Wherever else this prayer may reach 
To each and every friend,
Bless each e-mail inbox 
And each person who hits 'send'.


When you update your Heavenly list 
On your own Great CD-ROM,
Bless everyone who says this prayer 
Sent up to GOD.Com... Amen


Have a blessed day,
Donna

The Man Who Does

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who think first of difficulties, and those who think first of the importance of accomplishment in spite of the difficulties.  If a thing ought to be done, the presence of difficulties in the way should spur one on to be even more so determined to conquer the obstacle and further the reason to bring the successful end to fruition.

The trait of instantly showing why a thing can't be done is keeping far too many hindered by their own thoughts than any other factor. Anyone can point out the difficulties; anyone can give numerous reasons why something can't be accomplished. It calls for will and courage to look beyond the obstacles and say, "I can!"


If you want to stay where you are in the procession of life, keep steadily staying behind and give obstacles first place in your life. However, if you want to count for something more, something more than just average, something extraordinary, let every obstacle be a fresh incentive to action. 


Kick every negative thought out of your way. I mean for you to do that with all intentional mental effort. If some obstacle comes up, kick it away. Lock it behind the biggest, heaviest door you can imagine and throw away the key. Bury the obstacle under the heaviest boulder. Imagine huge strong angels standing guard over it, never to let it surface again. Whatever you can imagine that will keep that thought at bay, do it. 


Then let it go, "Let God," knowing without doubt that it is not present to affect you. Proceed with all abandonment to accomplish what you have feared up until now to do, and never look back. The key at that point is never looking back... That's the hard part. Keep "your eye on the prize." Only look forward, and be the man/woman of faith who does!


To your success,
Donna

The Next 10 minutes...How will you spend it?

Hi, I am so glad to be back posting. I have been writing about health, and a lot of other subjects, and yet, this is what is important to me. Blogging about the wonders of the world, and how each person fits into the grand scheme of things so intricately and  perfectly.  We need to just stop for a moment and realize how magical and miraculous we are and how wonderful life is.

I have a clock pictured here. It is almost at the ten minute mark. When you think of how infentisimal a mere 10 minutes is, it is somewhat mind-boggling. And yet, every increment of 10 minutes can make such a difference in our life.

We think thoughts and say words that go our into the universe and they do determine our very existence. Ten minutes spent growling at your circumstance, a problem, or at others, means 10 minutes of your own vital force spent in making worse your condition of which you complain or are upset. Every thought spent in hatred, envy, jealousy, etc., comes back to us like a boomerang. It flies back and  hurts us-Not the other person from which the thoughts centered upon. It doesn't destroy anyone else's luck or good fortune as we perceive it. It hurts only the person from which the thought or feeling came-you.

Does that make any sense then to waste one precious minute or even a nano-second angry at another or envious of anything they have? NO! It is a waste of YOUR precious forces within and your time which is irreplaceable.  Nothing you do can get that back.

So what should we then do? Rise up at each moment, every minute, and consider the NOW a gift to be treasured, and held sacred and fill it only with gratitude and joy. Use your thoughts, words, and feelings as building blocks to build your future starting at this moment in time.

See what the next few months will bring to you if you stop for a second before you think, speak, and feel some negative reaction to something or someone. Remember, as I posted before, it's the feeling you put into your thoughts and words that makes a difference. So choose wisely. Feel joy as you think good thoughts, and let every word you say be for good. Make that your choice starting today for all your minutes to come. It may take awhile to get into the habit, however, it is so worth the effort to begin doing so for the sake of your happiness and your health. Anger and envy takes a toll on the body.

Love, joy, and peace bring vitality and well-being to body, soul, and spirit. In one of my previous posts, I wrote that "Cheerfulness is a Life-giver," so Live in joy!

Have a most blessed day,
Donna

Story of Seeds-Plant Wisely

Hope you enjoy...

A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.

Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different.

He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you.”

The young executives were shocked, but the boss continued. “I am going to give each one of you a SEED today – one very special SEED. I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have just given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO.”

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.

Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew.

Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing.

By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim still didn’t have anything growing and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by — still nothing in Jim’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn’t say anything to his colleagues, however, he just kept watering and fertilizing the soil – He so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection.

Jim told his wife that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach. It was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room.

When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful — in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, but a few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.

Jim just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great plants, trees and flowers you have grown,”said the CEO. “Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!”

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front.

Jim was terrified. He thought, “The CEO knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!”

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed – Jim told him the story.

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim.

He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, “Behold your next Chief Executive Officer! His name is Jim!”

Jim couldn’t believe it. He couldn’t even grow his seed?

“How could he be the new CEO?” the others said.

Then the CEO said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead – it was not possible for them to grow. All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!”

* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust.

* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends.

* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness.

* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment.

* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective.

* If you plant hard work, you will reap success .

* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation.

So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.

Looking forward to telling you more stories, poems, and expressing positive words t of encouragement for your life.

Take care, God bless...
Donna

Wishing You a Very Happy & Prosperous 2010

Hello Friend,

It is so hard to imagine that the New Year is just a few hours from now. So much has happened this year around the world; some good & some not so good. However, whatever has happened in your personal life, no matter where you are, you are still here. Isn't that wonderful? Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success: Feel that success. A whole, clear, glorious year lies before you.

In the year to come, you can regain any health or fortune lost and find renewed peace and happiness. So let the past go. Be thankful for where you are, and look forward to 2010 with great expectation and excitement!

Here is a lovely New Year poem for you. Hope you enjoy it.

New Year

As the old year sinks down to Time's ocean,
Stand ready to launch with the new,
And waste no regrets, no emotion,
As the masts and the spars past from view.

Weep not if some treasures go under
And sink in the rotten ship's hold,
That blithe, bonny barque sailing yonder
May bring you more wealth than the old.

For the world is forever improving,
All the past is not worth one today,
And whatever deserves our true loving
Is stronger than death and decay.

Old love, was it wasted devotion?
Old friends were they weak or untrue?
Well, let them sink in mid ocean
And gaily sail on to the new.

Throw overboard toil misdirected,
Throw overboard ill-advised hope,
With aims which, your soul has detected,
Have self as their center and scope.

Throw overboard useless regretting
For deeds which you cannot undo.
And learn the great art of forgetting
Old things that embitter the new.

Sing who will of dead years departed,
I shroud them and bid them adieu,
And the song that I sing, happy hearted,
Is a song of a glorious new!

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Wishing you & Yours a healthy, happy, peaceful, & prosperous New Year!

Rev. Donna & Family

Are You Ready to Take the Jump?

How many times have you wanted to do something different, but it was scary to make a change? Do you have dreams of going back to school, changing jobs, starting a business of your own, writing a book, moving to a new city that is beautiful and exciting that you have often thought of, or even taking a trip to some far away country; however, the thought of doing something different terrifies you so you stay right where you are and keep doing the same thing that you hate and lacks joy?

People stay doing what they have always done because of their comfort zone. It feels safe. Often the what ifs keep coming up in their heads. You know the little man called What If. He's the one that says what if this happened? Or, what if that happened if I did such and such? "I might Fail" is a common thought that occurs in the mind.

The following saying that I love reminds me of the the third Indiana Jones movie where Indiana had to step out into a dark nothingness to save his father's life. Once he stepped out, however, he discovered a solid path below his feet that allowed him to get what he needed. He had the courage to believe and just did it. It is a great movie and a great scene.

Become all that you dream of becoming. Make sure that what you do on your life's journey is joy-filled. Here's the little saying for you.

The jump is so frightening,
Between where I am and where I want to be,

Because of all I may become,
I will close my eyes and leap!

Have a beautiful day, and may you have safe traveling during the holiday month,
Rev. Donna

Are You an Optimist?

Did you know that if you are an optimist looking at a situation you are right. And, if you are a pessimist observing the same situation you are right. You are just looking at the circumstances from a different perspective. However, that perspective can be either detrimental to your health or not.

"Thoughts are things". They are as real as the chair or sofa you are sitting on. That is because the thoughts that spin around in your head affect the trillions of cells in your body. All your cells individually have a consciousness which affect all your other cells. Don't quite believe me? Consider this.

Have you at one time gotten quite angry and as a result have gotten sick. Has your blood pressure gone up? Or, while you were eating, did someone say something hurtful and afterward you became sick to your stomach? Or, perhaps you had an argument with your child or spouse, and you got a terrible headache. All these physical symptoms were a direct result of the thoughts you had which affected your emotions which affected your body! It all started with your thoughts and your reaction to what was said or done to you.

You are either heading in a happy, healthy direction within or you are heading in a destructive direction within. You can't do both at the same time. We'll discuss more of this in coming posts.

But, for now try the 24 hour mental diet. Some say 30 days. But let's start out with a smaller increment of time at first. If you are a true pessimist, and don't feel bad if you are; 90% or more of the people on the planet think negative thoughts most of the time. And. it is no wonder with the radio, TV, newspaper, and other people, mostly negative, input most expose themselves to all day long.

For the next 24 hours, think on happy, joyful-filled thoughts. If you have a negative thought sneak into mind-or, neggies as I call them-turn the switch to a happy thought immediately and see how much better you feel physically. If you only start out with 4 to 6 hours, that will be a beginning. Do it tomorrow to begin with. No matter what is happening around you, turn your happy thoughts on for a specific time. FEEL happy. If you have to, put some joyous music on and dance around your house. Sing and laugh out loud. Bring out the child within again. It is the feeling that is the key that WILL turn your life around.

Till next time...

Live life in abundance!
Rev. Donna

Live in Joy!

Hope you are having a blessed day. I am going to get back to the basic thought of this blog; and that is Living in JOY.

When things have got you down, do you know what you have to do? Just be glad. Sounds strange? No, it's the only thing you can do. Put a smile on your face and a song in your heart, and just be glad. If you live in joy, live in the now, and live in the excitement of knowing you are right where you should be, you'll begin to totally trust God knowing that no matter what, you're in His hands.

You're always in His hands. Don't try to fix things. Just live in a joy-filled state and have peace knowing that "all is well." You are loved; you are God's child; you are eternal. So, live in JOY!!!

Live life abundantly,
Donna

How Are We Like Horton the Elephant? Read On...

Our health is so important to our well-being. But, did you know that our emotions and feelings are connected to our health? Every cell communicates with one another. I liken it to the Dr. Seuss story, Horton Hears a Who.

Horton the elephant took responsibility to save this "world" that existed on the fluff of a weed. That is how we are in a way. We have our thoughts. They are powerful. More powerful than we often realize. And, our thoughts are responsible for the welfare of the trillions of cells within us.

There are outside influences, of course, such as the chemicals in the environment and the foods we eat that can influence our health. We have to be wise and avoid harmful, non-nutritive foods and substances for our body's sake. However, we can contribute health and wellness or we can contribute sickness to our own bodies by what we think and feel, too. Our emotions play a vital part in our own well-being.

Take responsibility for the world within you. Choose to have happy thoughts, and thus happier cells. Dwell on thoughts of peace and prosperity. Guard your thoughts so as not to slip back in the past, or harbor regret. Enjoy every moment of every day and embrace life. You'll see better health if you enter each day with a cheerful heart.

In love & joy,
Donna