What do I want?... you ask...

I Want...

To love...to give it and to get it unconditionally. To be looked at like new... everyday.

To inspire passion in people who see me...the real me...today...just for who I am...today...Beautiful inside and out!

Time to do what EVER I long to do...

To lay on a beach and listen to the ebb and flow of the tide as it tries to hypnotize with it's whisper of sweet lies in my ear. The sun to warm my skin transforming the melanin it holds to a caramelized butter that threatens to melt into nothingness.
I want a long awaited trade wind carrying millions of microscopic salty droplets in it's embrace to tickle the fine hairs on the tops of my forearms...the back of my neck...and cool my sticky sweetness...

Wait...Hold up...that's not all...

I want to love my work...get up everyday in anticipation of what the day will bring. To create what has never before been created before... to expound on love and on life and know that they are one in the same. To navigate my inner Universe only to find that at the end of it there really is no end to it.

I want you to know that I am a beautiful contradiction working through my own process. I want to be happy. I want to be sad...To laugh out loud uncontrollably. To cry hard salty tears until I am cleansed once more.

A Time of Reflection

Spring is not the only time of renewal. And right now it is just as important to do a seasonal clearing out of your mind body and spirit as it is of your living spaces...in fact even more so. There is definitely a correlation between both. As I believe...your living space is an outward expression of your inner self.

This time of year has always been a time of quiet introspection for me. Not only does it signify the end of the sultry warmth of Summer months and herald in the crispness of Autumn and Winter it is the coming of my birth into this realm...December...my birth month...the end of the year and a look at what lay ahead.
I am always a little more quiet in these final days of the year and at times tend to be a bit melancholy as I naturally am drawn back to events of my young adulthood...to scenes of my son and daughter as children gleefully ripping colorful wrappings from the myriad of packages awaiting them under the biggest tree my husband could find in the lot. Festive dinners with my siblings...the jokes the laughter and merriment. And farther still to childhood memories of joy filled holidays spent with my family. We didn't have much but they are probably some of my richest memories.

But the older(wiser)I got the more I realized that I could never go back to what was. I can only visit those events in my mind and in my heart but I don't live there anymore. Good memories, just like the bad ones are meant to be left behind. We are not present to receive what this moment has to offer us if we are held captive in the past.

And so my challenge is to go back over this waning year, mindful not to linger too long and reflect on the lessons I have been taught. And just as I do when clearing out my living space I decide...What is it that I would like to carry along into this coming year...what is best left behind? Those things that bring me joy, that comfort me in a positive way I will bring along...those things that do not enrich my life in a healthy positive way are best let go of so that I have room to receive whatever the Universe has to offer me...right now.

And so these days I choose to move ahead. I am thankful for what was...I can smile at the brief memory of it but I embrace this moment and I am grateful for whatever is to come.

All Is Well.

The Passing Storm...the chance to fill your space positively.

It's been stormy and rainy here for two days now...I love it! When the weather is like this it is the perfect time to snuggle in and enjoy all the comforts of home. There's nothing quite like the feeling of a thick soft throw over my feet a nice mug of something warm in my hands and the sound of thunder off in the distance. I light my candles and relax.
I inhale...breathing deeply I drink in the sound of the rain as it washes over the atmosphere like the loving hands of a mother bathing her child.
This new trade wind brings with it positive energy from places far beyond my little piece of heaven...our liquid hopes and prayers united...an exhale of long held breath. We are cleansed. The Universe blesses us once again. Another chance to to fill this new space with hope...positively. I am at home.

Priceless Interior Redesigns...

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" You aren't who you were ten even five years ago..your space should reflect the person that you are now. It should be the outside reflection of what is inside you. It should be conducive to your over positive growth and well being...a harmonious blend of your entire being."

So what now?...

I have been for the past year doing a lot of writing which caused me at times a lot of laughter, thinking, soul searching and a lot of crying.
Writing about oneself and ones journey through life is no easy task...at least not for me. But it has been very empowering and enlightening and I cherish the lessons that I have learned from the experience. And really that's what it's all about...Life Lessons...how we learn or fail to learn form them as well as the consequences that come from decisions we make based on our lessons.

This year was one of tremendous growth as well. At times it seemed I was only standing still...living in a place where I really don't speak the language I could not find a job. But I had to surrender to the Universe! I had to realize that I was not standing still at all...I was changing...growing inside. I was expanding as I should.
Now I could either have whined and cried about not having a job and not having any friends blah blah blah...or I could take the opportunity to learn even more about myself than I had in my previous year of solitude.

I had to realize that am blessed! Most people don't get the opportunity to have long periods in their lives where they can sit in quiet contemplation of life the Universe and all the mysteries it holds. Or to really focus on what exactly it is that they want and plot out a course without any outside distractions. Had I been saddled with having a 9-5 to go to for five or more days out of my week or dividing my time between many friends I would not have had this opportunity.

So what now?...
Well for now I am patiently waiting the arrival of all that I have been preparing for. I have put my prayers, my dreams and my wishes out into the Universe. Everyday I ask for the clarity to see them coming...the wisdom to recognize them for what they are...the guidance to help me stay on my right path...the strength to accept any challenge as another opportunity for positive expansion and with humility and gratitude know that I am worthy of every good thing life has to offer.
Peace.
All Is Well.

It's Up To Me...

Wow! It's been a while since I've posted anything...been working on a project that required my full attention. It has been challenging but it is a labor of love and will someday share it with the world.
But right now I would like to leave you with something I stumbled upon the other day while reading a very fascinating book, which I'll go into in another post. The book is by Bob Proctor entitled: You Were Born Rich. He included, among other very thought provoking words of wisdom, this poem. I love it's simplicity and also it's wisdom.
Peace.



IT'S UP TO ME

I get discouraged now and then
When there are clouds of gray
Until I think about the things
That happened yesterday

I do not mean the day before
Or those of months ago
But all the yesterdays in which
I had the chance to grow

I think of opportunities
That I allowed to die
And those I took advantage of
Before they passed me by.

And I remember that the past
Presented quite a plight
But somehow I endured it and
The future seemed all right.

And I remind myself that I
am capable and free
And my success and happiness
ARE REALLY UP TO ME.

(James J. Metcalfe)

HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY!!!

HAPPY INAUGURATION DAY!

Please remember to take some time today to be quiet. Sit in quiet meditation or say a prayer for the incoming president ask that he be guided always by his highest power, that he makes all his decisions based in love and compassion and for the good of all. That he is surrounded by those whom have only the highest good for all concerned and that he continue to be blessed with good health in heart, mind, body and soul.

Have a wonderful day!!
Peace and much love...

Carol Andrea Price-Cook

Making yourself more beautiful with the beauty of nature.

Everyday we are bombarded with advertisements on television, newspapers, magazines and the internet asking us to part with our hard earned money to purchase their "beauty products". They make promises of instant beauty, stopping the aging process and attracting the opposite sex to name a few, all if we throw down mucho dinaro for their new miracle in a jar.
But do you ever stop to think about all the chemicals that go into making these products?
A lot of us spend a lot time trying to make and keep ourselves healthy. We quit smoking, exercise and watch what we put inside our bodies but then we turn around and slather chemicals all over our skin.
Why spent a fortune on things that in the long run may have adverse effects on your health when there are so many things right in your kitchen that you can use.
Things like oatmeal and honey for a nice scrub or detoxifying and mask. Egg whites can tighten the pores and even the lactic acids in yogurt can be used to exfoliate and leave the skin smooth and soft.
Even if you aren't so inclined to make your own homemade natural concoctions there are companies out there that make product using natural ingredients. I myself have been using one in particular. The company is called Hannahmade Soaps. you can check it out at, www.hannahmadesoaps.blogspot.com
They have a wonderful selection of soaps made from all natural products like goats milk and cocoa butter...yummy!
I have been using her soaps and I love them and I don't worry if I'm ingesting a bunch of chemicals through my skin.

I know, I know... this sounds like yet another shameless advertisement trying to once again get you to fork over your money but I have nothing to gain in mentioning this product.
I like what I like and I also like to share knowledge about things that I think are conducive for ones positive wellbeing.

So try making yourself more beautiful with the beauty of nature. And really, when you think about it using things from nature means you are using thing that are already a part of you anyway. Enjoy you!
Peace