Monthly Archives: July 2014

I just read those words on an email that I receive from the ‘Universe’ daily message.  I loved it!  Perfect words for me to hear today.  I love the sound and the thought behind it…peace and blue jeans…hanging outside under blue skies wearing favorite clothing and feeling so happy.

Recently I’ve encountered a lot of judgments flying my way…kind of like flies to an ointment or moths to a lightbulb, a huge lightbulb with tons and tons of moths traveling destination zing on the target…which they found.

And instead of welcoming them like greeting a loved one that you haven’t seen in a long time; I felt instead like I was being attacked from the aliens wanting to get me from all angles and just wanted to run and take cover in whatever hiding place I could find.

I have been accused many times by the people I love of being overly sensitive….who me?  not me….:)  I do admit that my skin is kind of ticklish and could use some toughening up and maybe that’s why I get all of this attention…the universal way of taking care of the lessons I need to learn in the school of life….I must be failing the test because I find myself in this same situation or classroom all the time.

I’d like to say that I just let it roll and have fun with the accusations and judgments that come my way…kind of like how I love to see the thunderheads building up into huge thunderstorms…so powerful and beautiful.  I enjoy them.  The  mean words and attitudes that are hurled my way….not so much.  (No I’m not dramatic… to be covered at a later date)

I wonder if there is a way to change my perception so that it is fun for me.  Then I would not ever need to hide, run away, or feel the need to wrap myself in a big plastic balloon to keep out all the naysayers, critics, and fellow human beings who are being who they are and not aware of the sensitivity of the person standing in front of them smiling but cringing, screaming and crying on the inside.

On the other hand I see how in our country people are so sensitive to other peoples thoughts and words that now most of us are afraid to speak our minds for fear of either being blasted in the newspapers, loose our jobs, or locked up.  And I think whatever happened to free speech?

See this is what I’m saying…I don’t want people to stop being who they are…or thinking or saying what they feel…but I would like to not see it as bad for me anymore when what they are saying isn’t necessarily what I want to hear…

So here’s to freedom of speech and I hope that you like my new head gear….ear muffs that tune out for me all the yuck so all I hear is the good stuff or wait minute here’s another idea…  I can decide to see that its all good………all I need to do is drop my judgement of the judgments.

yea good luck with this one……ha!  see me in life 10000000000000001…..

peace and blue jeans…………….K

I am proud to be an American.  I love the idea that I am free and that I live in a country where I can choose…  I know there are parts in the world that this is still not true.  So I am grateful to live in a country where I have this right.

I am a woman, wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, artist, author, writer, crafter, and anything that my heart, mind or soul wants to be or create….because I am free to do so.

I am grateful for the people that came before me, my ancestors who came here looking for religious freedom and a better way of life.  And I am also grateful for the original stewards of our land, the Native Americans.  I hope that I make them proud with my choices today.

Our country is beautiful.  I love the beaches, mountains, rivers, oceans, cities and country side; all that our country has to offer.  And the place my family calls home, our little piece of heaven on earth.

I don’t particularly care for a lot of the politics that go on in our government; but I do love that the heart and soul of our country is in the desire for freedom, helping and protecting others less fortunate, and God.  I know that there are others who would disagree with me on the last part, and maybe even with the first two (see one of the good things about being an American, is that we can disagree and still have our heads attached :).  There is so much creative energy in our part of the world to grow, heal and rise to new and greater levels; that I can’t separate at least in my mind the idea of a higher force guiding and loving us to do so.

This is one of the few holidays that all of us can participate in, uniting us as one big family….and who knows maybe even some ‘happy’ thrown in for good measure…at least one can hope.

So today as I bake gluten free cupcakes in preparation for tomorrow’s festivities I am wishing each of you and yours a very happy birthday to our home, United States of America!  ….