Notes from the Universe

A while back I found Mike Dooley and his website.  So I signed up to get "Notes from the Universe".  They're just fun little things that come into the email once a day.  For example, here is today's message:

Erin, wasn't it clever of me to think you up? I mean, come on...  Never has there walked the face of the earth someone who thinks with your degree of insight. Who loves with your degree of care. Or who feels with your degree of hope. And never has there been such a need for someone with gifts like yours, because at this very moment there are people only you can reach and differences only you can make.  Your #1 fan,     The Universe

What an inspiring message to have!  Not all fit me for the day it comes, but sometimes when I'm feeling down, the message seems to really be for me.

What would it be like if we continually "talked" to ourselves this way?  Wouldn't we then have more confidence in what we do?  Don't get me wrong, it's nice to hear compliments from others, but we have to have some self-worth to be able to accept.  So let's try and start working on that every day.

Along with doing your gratitudes,  you should also give  yourself a compliment every morning and evening.  If  you start liking yourself and stuff you do, it soon becomes love and then the right people will come into your life - because  you've made yourself be more confident and loving to yourself.  If you can do it to yourself (often the hardest thing to do) you then also can do it for others.

So .. what is something you can compliment yourself on?  Me, I really like the way I treat my kids.

Thoughts

First off, I'd like to thank any and all that have been praying or sending healing for my back.  It is greatly appreciated.

I had my appointment yesterday to get an injection to help with the pain.  They got more information out of the hospital than I did about my back.  Apparently I have arthritis in my back at the L5/S1 area and it's making the space for the nerve smaller - hence "pinching" it.

The doctor at the appointment was really nice.  We talked about what was working what wasn't and then he "prescribed" a new pain pill, a TENS unit (electrode therapy), and a back brace.  Then I went into the procedure room to have the epidural done.  First lying on my stomach was very uncomfortable.  The doctor was running just a tad late, so I had to lie there for awhile.  I wish I could describe the pain to people.  Just say it hurt and was bringing me to tears.

He finally came in.  They had this "machine" over me so he could get a good picture of where things were and how it looked.  Now the needle in the back is never pleasant, but pushing the medicine is what hurt me.  From my lower back/but down my leg to the ankle.  Intense pain at first, but then finally less pain.  That made it all worth it.  Finally I was done.  My leg felt weak, but I wasn't in the pain I had been earlier.  Could I still feel some, yes, but not like it has been for the past 2 weeks.

Now, you know it's bad when the doctor tells you that it was really inflamed and then orders you another type of medicine that is to dull the nerves.

Last night, the numbing wore off, but luckily the pain med is doing better than the other one I was on.  I didn't get the restful sleep that I had hoped for, but better than I did the other night.  The only problem I'm having now is that I drove the truck which has manual transmission (clutch/stick) and my back definitely didn't like that.  Plus on top of that, I'm extremely sleepy.  I am assuming it's a side effect of the nerve medicine.  Should make for an interesting day at work!

So I did a tarot card draw today -- you can see the results here:  http://www.healingsbyharmonize.com/1/post/2013/08/card-for-today.html

If  you're a person who has "gifts" and want to learn and practice them, please feel free to stop by www.divinepathways.com   We would love to have you participate in our forum and feel safe to learn about your gifts.

May your day be blessed today!

When life overtakes blogging...

I swear these past couple of weeks have been extremely busy.  My day job is in the busiest time of the year and I've got so much going on it's hard to keep up.  Especially when my sciatic nerve is going nuts and I'm not sleeping.  Makes for interesting days to be sure.

But, I've managed to do my classes, finally get one of the few CBTs I need to upload to our learning area (after failed attempts), and working on helping out on phones as well as the other trainer's materials.

Then there's home.  Marriage is work.  Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.  My husband stays home and "watches" the kids.  Problem is, things are falling through the cracks and I think because of this back trouble I've been having, I finally have had it.  So, there will be some serious conversation going on soon. 

I'd like to think I'm rather easy going.  I understand what it's like to try and take care of 3 kids and be the one at home, but certain necessary things need to get done.  We're beyond that point for him, and so as much as I don't want to be the harpy - it's coming out because it's affecting the kids.

I'd like to write about how much more I've expanded or something new spiritually to share with you, but I've just been too busy.  I have sent out healings and blessings to anyone and everyone who's asked.  I'm still trying to work on my book, so far that hasn't happened.  But I'm hoping for some writing time this week.

I finally also got an appointment tomorrow to hopefully get the nerve pain gone.  I've had back problems since I was 16, but this by far has been the worst I've dealt with.  And personally I feel 5 months is long enough to be dealing with it.  It's affecting me at a personal level with the lack of sleep I'm getting.  That affects my job, my home, my kids.  So it's definitely time.  So here's to hoping what they're doing is going to work!

I can't tell you what it's going to feel like actually being able to lay in bed and have no pain.  Either for relaxing or for sleeping.  Its funny how it's the little things that we end up missing when we can't do it.

So, I will keep you posted on how this week is going -especially tomorrow.  And more than likely if I end up not feeling the pain anymore look for my title on this blog called "Woohoo!"

Turbulent week?

I don't know if everyone felt the same, but it sure has felt like a turbulent week to me.  Ups and downs.. gos and stops.  Signs to say to take action, but when you do, you get stopped up from completing it.

So, I know a person who is working on this major project and one of the workers got hurt.  So I asked them to ask the person if I would be able to try and heal them.  I did finally get word they would let me.  So I worked on it.  Now, apparently a beam of some sort fell on this person's left leg/ankle area.  That's all I knew.  And I knew it because when I concentrated on the area, I actually got a physical representation of it on my own leg.  Yes, you heard me correctly, I had an outline in light red on my leg.  So like with anything, I took a look.  I felt a lot of blood in the area from the swelling and such, so I cleared that out.  I then looked and it felt like 2 fractures (I was told later that was correct) and so I set the intent to heal the bones that were fractured.  I then "wrapped" it up to help with the healing process.

The person contacted me later to tell me all that had transpired.  Apparently the man was supposed to go in for surgery to help set the bones yesterday and when they went to take the xrays -- apparently they were already fixed.  That's amazing even to me.  It's showing me my healing abilities are expanding again.

Yet, for some reason, I am unable to help myself.  Which is very frustrating.  I have been dealing with a pinched nerve (sciatic no less) for going on 4 months now.  The past month I've been going to a chiropractor to help.  Well this week, it's gotten progressively worse.  I'm not sleeping very well and it's very sore.  Sore to the point of certain movement brings me to tears.  Now with my abilities, I can see the issue - somehow the nerve is twisted.  I can't get it to untwist however and so I'm left with pain.  Pain that I can't lie down and get sleep.  The only reason I think this week I got any sleep is because I finally got sick.  Of course, I was able to get over it fairly quickly.  But now I'm really dragging, because work is hectic and I have a long commute every day which compounds the nerve issue.

So, if you have prayers out there.  I could really use some :)  Also, the earth could really use some love as well.  So pick stuff up.  Hug a tree.  Just send love for having a place to live.  All will work.

Card for you today for this week...

This card selection is from Doreen Virtue's Angel Deck.

WOW.  What a card to be drawing :)

What ever you've been working toward, keep it up.  The universe is saying it's going to be successful and abundant for you.

But it's also cautioning not to stop what you're doing, but continue with it and keep the outlook toward the final thing  you want.  Keeping your eye on the prize so to speak.  This is a sign that it will come true.  Have to continue with your steps and all steps in the scheme of things is movement forward, even if they turn out to be wrong ones -- it's movement.  That movement will open other doors of opportunity for you.

I'm also being told that you should daydream more.  Having those visions of what you want will help manifest as well.  Don't worry about how you're going to get there, just be in the moment that you have what you want.  All will be well.

So let me know how this all works for you! :)

Blessings

I took this picture last year.  But I figured since I was talking about finding blessings, I'd put this picture up.  I took it with my phone and I couldn't see what exactly I was taking and so here's this picture.  I kind of like it.  The sun covered in the clouds makes me think of the blessing "balls" I send out to people.  Blessing balls is just love and blessing energy sent to those that I feel may need it from time to time.

So I thought since it looked like a blessing ball to me, I would post it here and imbue the blessing into this picture.  I feel everyone should have a blessing and if  you take the time to come here and read my posts and now look at this picture I have blessed, hopefully that energy will go to you as well if you're willing for it to.

So you might have heard the term Reiki infused pictures -- well this is my blessing one.  May it bring you peace, love, joy, blessings and hopefully all good stuff to you.  You'll have to let me know how it works for you :)

Finding Blessings

Every day can be considered a hard day.  There are a lot of stresses in life and little things over time that become bigger and bigger until it just seems one tips you over to having "that kind of day".

You all know what I'm talking about.  Everything is going wrong.  You bang your elbow.. spill coffee.. run into traffic.. get the pattern?

Finding blessings, any blessing, in the day can change that energy around.

First off, when rushing around or getting angry, take a moment and breathe.  Deep calming breaths.  At least 3 of them.  Then think of something that truly makes you grateful for being alive.  Maybe that coffee that spilled on you.  Remember the aroma of the freshly brewed cup.  That first sip of warmth as it spreads throughout your body.

Or maybe it's watching a beautiful sunrise, while drinking the coffee.  Watching the world come to light while the world is still sleeping.

It doesn't have to take much to look for blessings.  Heck, every morning I wake up and say "Hey I'm breathing!  Thank you God for allowing me to have another day!"  Even the mornings when I'm feeling my age or sick.  Still means I'm alive :)

Some of my blessings is that I have a roof over my head, food for myself and my kids, a car that works, a job to go to in order to pay the bills.  I also like looking at nature.  Sometimes a beautiful flower can remind me that you don't need "things" to make it special.  My children give me "weeds" as flowers all the time.  I make sure to put them in water -because they thought it pretty and wanted me to have it.  Little things like that bring your spirit back to a giving place and feeling better place.

If you're still having a hard time, find that piece of music that never fails to put you in that good mood.  Or maybe it's a clip from a movie -- you tube is great for watching those.  It doesn't have to take long to get out of that negative vibration and back into the positive one.

So how is your day going?  What blessing have you found today?