<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:22:58 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>choice</category><category>Feelings Emotions</category><category>evolve</category><category>election</category><category>New Year</category><category>vacation</category><category>hurricane</category><category>Animals</category><category>beach</category><category>polar bear</category><category>Dying</category><category>Being</category><category>2010</category><category>surrender</category><category>treasure</category><category>solutions</category><category>best advice</category><category>Good vs Bad</category><category>game</category><category>Judgement</category><category>intuition</category><category>Loss</category><category>decisions</category><category>evolution</category><category>Allowing</category><category>friendship</category><category>clues</category><category>Surfing Problems</category><category>Angels</category><category>choosing</category><category>Living</category><category>law of attraction</category><category>Love</category><category>blessing</category><category>Perceptions</category><category>out of control</category><category>GPS</category><category>Obama</category><category>manifestation</category><category>letting go</category><category>Death</category><category>President</category><category>Thoughts Belief God Mind Spirit</category><category>Soul</category><category>let go</category><category>knowing</category><category>jet pilot</category><title>Positively Kimber</title><description>Love Life!</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-5837448627768093136</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-13T13:34:45.094-06:00</atom:updated><title>Ripe for Change!</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;UPDATE: HELLO BLOGGER FRIENDS, I am WRITING BLOGS BUT UNABLE TO POST!!!! HAVING ALL KINDS OF OTHER Google &amp;nbsp;related issues. Will post as soon as I can get this resolved. Thanks for checking in!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;After a couple of years of monthly rhythmic blogging, I'm ready for change! When I first started this blog I had no clue it would reach so many people around the globe nor could I imagine having hundreds of subscribers! I was just bubbling with inspiration at the time a blog invitation appeared on my computer screen and I felt compelled to give it a try. But in all honesty ME choosing to write a blog was very unlikely.&amp;nbsp;I found it tedious to&amp;nbsp;even muster a few meaningful words onto a birthday card and limited most of my pen to paper efforts for practical matters such as note taking and 'to-do' lists. Anything else conjured spine trembling flashbacks of high school and college English composition papers filled with admonishing red marks that made all my best effort look like a crime scene. Luckily,inspiration provided a big gust of wind that carried my wings over all those perceived limitations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Every month I would write about something I learned personally but intentionally removed the intimate details to keep it short and simple and allow you the reader the option to contemplate these ideas and insights into your own life. While this writing perspective presented its own challenges an even bigger challengefor me was navigating through all the web technology and social media. Small things like embedding code for Facebook"share links" at the end of each post became pain staking. If your a subscriber you know there are two common themes that arise in my blog post, the paradoxical solutions of POWER &amp;amp; SURRENDER. So when things started to become tedious and difficult ,there was my cue to walk away and relax . Sure enough that is exactly when my blog prayers were answered.&amp;nbsp; I noticed THE BUTTON! And with one click E Blogger provided me with an upgrade that easily implemented everything I was trying to do (and more). I was laughing at how easy the solution came,&amp;nbsp;that is&amp;nbsp;until I noticed the upgrade wiped out two years of&amp;nbsp;history.&amp;nbsp; WHAT?!?!?! My jaw dropped in disbelief, I always enjoyed seeing which blogs struck a chord and loved seeing the number of times they had been shared and liked on Facebook. Oh well, my laughter resumed with a knowing that I asked for a fresh new start.... and I got it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;So after 2 years of steady blogging I'm ready to change pace and direction. Fresh new insights have come into focus in working with individuals and families in Hospice. A privileged view that makes clear what is REALLY TRULY IMPORTANT. And the paradox of embracing our immortality in order to live more fully. Until next time, sending you a blast of love and hope this message finds you....enjoying the ride! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gyzFM8QJBLM?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-5837448627768093136?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/11/ripe-for-change.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-1231332776726542102</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-13T11:11:45.575-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Living</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Dying</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Death</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Love</category><title>Love Me While I'm Alive</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;a style="CLEAR: left; FLOAT: left; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em; cssfloat: left" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2h5jIjHW6I/AAAAAAAAB9I/kw3CZ7H12hY/s1600/j0440327.jpg" imageanchor="1"&gt;&lt;img height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2h5jIjHW6I/AAAAAAAAB9I/kw3CZ7H12hY/s200/j0440327.jpg" width="133" border="0" ex="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;﻿ &lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;by &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Kimber&lt;/span&gt; Spruce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such an interesting thing when a loved one dies&lt;br /&gt;You feel your emotions -all the ones you've denied&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Old memories of hurt wash away in those tears&lt;br /&gt;So that goodness is all that remains through the years&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you are gone you can't be revived&lt;br /&gt;So my wish is for love WHILE I am HERE and ALIVE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fill my ears with kind words before they go deaf&lt;br /&gt;Make the best of this precious time we have left&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those quirks, I have many, the ones you won't miss&lt;br /&gt;Will comfort you most as you smile and reminisce&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So give me each gesture of love in this -NOW-&lt;br /&gt;While I'm able to return with a kiss on your brow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love me so well, while I'm here and alive&lt;br /&gt;No regrets on the day of my final ~ goodbye&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-1231332776726542102?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/09/love-me-while-im-alive.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2h5jIjHW6I/AAAAAAAAB9I/kw3CZ7H12hY/s72-c/j0440327.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-4838107736824417079</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-11T13:53:58.318-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Angels</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Soul</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Dying</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Death</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Loss</category><title>Souls Never Die</title><description>&lt;a href="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/southernwiseguy/peacefulwaters.gif"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u278/southernwiseguy/peacefulwaters.gif" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 393px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 600px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;I&amp;nbsp;recently started working in Hospice, caring for those dying from terminal illness. I was drawn to this service from personal experience and a true knowing that while our physical bodies do perish, &lt;strong&gt;who we really are&lt;/strong&gt; never dies. May more and more individuals discover the peace and understanding within this delicate, inevitable, and necessary transition. As you read this poem may your heart open and let&amp;nbsp;tears that need expression&amp;nbsp;flow out.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Peace and Blessings!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Gone from my Sight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;a poem by-Henry Van Dyke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud- just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.&lt;br /&gt;
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Then someone at my side says: " There, she is gone!"&lt;br /&gt;
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Gone where?&lt;br /&gt;
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Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull as she was when she left my side and she is able to bear the load of living freight to her destined port.&lt;br /&gt;
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Her diminished size is in ME, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There she is gone!" There are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!"&lt;br /&gt;
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And that is dying.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;Quotes:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;"For death begins with life's first breath. And life begins at touch of death” &lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;-John &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Oxenham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #00cccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"But to die is extremely simple. You breathe in...you breath out. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #00cccc;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #336666;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Sogyal&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;Rinpoche&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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"We are all angels, unaware"&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-4838107736824417079?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/08/loosing-loved-one.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-8991269791910173818</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-13T18:47:50.399-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>choosing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>choice</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>decisions</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>solutions</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>best advice</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Love</category><title>The Best Advice, EVER!</title><description>&lt;div align="left"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/TFuNiS2oOpI/AAAAAAAACFI/iLQyweCkaiY/s1600/_DSC4254.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502146990079228562" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/TFuNiS2oOpI/AAAAAAAACFI/iLQyweCkaiY/s200/_DSC4254.jpg" style="float: left; height: 133px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;photo courtesy of- &lt;a href="http://www.nicholaspippins.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nick Pippins &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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No matter how sticky, convoluted, uncomfortable, confusing, annoying, frustrating, or scary your problems may seem, this may be the best advice EVER!. Proven time and again as the perfect panacea to transform relationships and ultimate KEY to unlock ALL strife&amp;nbsp; in your life. At critical mass it has the potential to change the course of our history and would END ALL war, hunger, crime, and environmental destruction, period!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Now if your thinking,' holy cow batman', this sounds really powerful but there's got to be a catch'? Well your correct- there is ONE. But it doesn't require a payment plan, you don't have to email 10 friends in 10 seconds nor walk over hot coals. This is totally FREE and available to ANYONE and without obligation. You are the one who decides. In fact, that is exactly what's being offered to you.... a choice. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;To combine the abilities of your mind, heart, and soul in a way that can change the world (or at least get you through the holidays with your mother in law). To fully realize that in ANY situation or with ANY person&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;you ALWAYS have the option to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;C H O O S E &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; L O V E.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Which is inevitably and closely followed by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;the response:&amp;nbsp; Yeah right, easier said than done.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;To Love, or not to Love, that is the question?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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There's a common misunderstanding that we do not~ choose love. Love is viewed as something mysterious or random thing we have no control over. And I would explain this as a receiving a gift. Moments of grace we experience with partners, family, nature, babies&amp;amp;children, pets and through music &amp;amp; art.&lt;b&gt; Short beautiful glimpses that &lt;i&gt;Love&lt;/i&gt; provides for us to know what is possible and feel the power of what &lt;i&gt;Love offers. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;You might say, yeah i&lt;/i&gt;n my heart I know this is true but right when I'm ready to pick up that basket of rose pedals and start spreading the love, I run into [fill in the blank]!!!!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;What about "those people" that are HARD to love?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;There are always people that challenge us and we deem them as 'hard to love'. But keep in mind if those individuals (or different people around the same theme) keep showing up,&lt;u&gt; it's not random&lt;/u&gt; -&lt;u&gt;there's a reason!&lt;/u&gt; They too appear as our family members, spouse or lovers, co-workers, neighbors, ect.....it does matter. All that matters is you recognize who they really are.....&lt;u&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;u&gt; your personal teacher's&lt;/u&gt;! And many times they will not go away&amp;nbsp; until you learn. And in your lifetime you will be given &lt;u&gt;unlimited opportunities&lt;/u&gt; to choose love.&lt;/b&gt; If your saying " Oh God, this sounds so HARD, if not impossible!&amp;nbsp; I would invite you to try this next experiment:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Do this, visualize someone that you consider&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;VERY&amp;nbsp; LOVABLE&amp;nbsp; Notice the kind of thoughts your having and get in touch with your breathing. How does your heart feel? Now close your and stay with this for a minimum of 2-3min. and go deeper noticing what other subtle effects occur in your body.When you done open you eyes and thank that person for being a gift of love in your life.&lt;/div&gt;
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Now take a moment and then bring up someone completely opposite. That individual that is NOT so easy to love. Same routine, close your eyes and notice the 
kind of thoughts you have and how your body reacts. Notice changes in your breath and how your heart feels? Close your eyes now and stay with this for at least 2-3 min.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Did you cut your time short? Close by thanking that person for showing you the difference. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Now answer this question:&amp;nbsp; which one was HARDER? Did you notice how awful it feels not to love and the affect it has on YOU.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;~Love IS EASY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;NOT LOVING is HARD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;You have to uncover the falsehood that whatever measures you take to 
"protect" yourself by reacting, blaming, judging, closing your heart, 
returning negative &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;energy to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt; others, is hurting YOU the most. You are contributing to never ending vicious cycle. 
Opposite to love is fear and fear can be disguised as frustration, worry, guilt, anger, 
sadness, jealousy, insecurity, and unworthiness. These emotions act like dark clouds blocking the sun's light. So when you find yourself cold and lost, use &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;LOVE as your magnetic North.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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This is not about becoming perfect or holy, you are human. You will have moments where primal defenses and conditioned reflexes will rear up and the thought of adding ex-lax to your mean co-worker's chocolate cupcake will seem like a great idea. But when our human ways and personalities collide and keep creating&amp;nbsp; conflict and cycles of pain, is'nt it good to know you have options. Without LOVE you will focus on ALL the flaws of that hard to love individual and swear the only solution is for them to change. But the moment you CHOOSE LOVE- you invoke Divinity that will change YOUR heart and your consciousness will realize the only person in need of change is YOU. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;And any amount of kindness or compassion &lt;/i&gt;you share will impact those around you.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;The best advice ever is just two w&lt;/span&gt;ords: Choose Love. It can help remind you to stop, close your eyes, take a
 deep breath, place your hand over your heart and remind yourself&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;it is only that way because LOVE IS MISSING!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Life is 10% of what happens to me and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'lucida grande';"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;90% of how I react to it&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-8991269791910173818?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/07/best-adviceever.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/TFuNiS2oOpI/AAAAAAAACFI/iLQyweCkaiY/s72-c/_DSC4254.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-3995796730039180824</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-31T20:41:29.560-05:00</atom:updated><title>Heaven and Hell...</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/TCuHK6nrEeI/AAAAAAAACEI/lucyIz994xk/s1600/j0428622+(2).jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488629192485179874" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/TCuHK6nrEeI/AAAAAAAACEI/lucyIz994xk/s200/j0428622+(2).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;Short story parables have been used &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;throughout&lt;/span&gt; centuries to metaphorically offer simple answers to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;life's&lt;/span&gt; complex questions. Had to share a few of my favorites. ENJOY!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Heaven and Hell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There was once a samurai who wanted to know the difference between heaven and hell. He sought out a Great Master from whom he thought he could learn. He stood before the Master and asked him what was the difference between heaven and hell. The Master took the samurai’s sword and turning it to the flat of the blade, struck the samurai on the head. The samurai was surprised at this but chose to ignore it. He thought that the Master had failed to understand his question. He once again asked the Master to explain the difference between heaven and hell. Again the Master struck the samurai on the head. The samurai staggered back and puzzled over this. He approached with his question for a third time and, before he could utter a word, the Master struck him a third time. The samurai was now so enraged at the Master's behavior that his face turned to crimson and the veins on his neck stood out. This he grabbed the sword from the Master, raised it high over his head preparing to bring the sharp blade down on the Master’s head when the Master raised one finger causing the samurai to pause.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Master said, "That is hell"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The samurai was instantly so overcome by the courage of this gentle being who had dared to risk his own life to give &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;him&lt;/span&gt; such a teaching and answer his question - he fell to his knees and his eyes filled with grateful tears and compassion and he bowed before the Master.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Mater said, "That is heaven." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enlightenment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once there was a well known philosopher and scholar who devoted his life to the study of God. One random day through Grace he was spontaneously enlightened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He took every one of his books out into the yard, and burned them ALL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seeking God&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Spiritual Master was meditating by a river when a young man interrupted him. "Master, I wish to become your disciple," said the man. "Why?" replied the Master. The young man thought for a moment. "Because I think I want to find God."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The master jumped up, grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, plunged his head into the river. His head now underwater he started kicking and struggling to free himself, the master waited and then pulled his head up. The young man coughed up water and gasped to get his breath.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The master spoke. "Tell me, what did you want most of all when you were under water."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Air!" answered the man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Good," said the master. "Now go away and come back to me when you want God as much as you just wanted air." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-3995796730039180824?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/06/heaven-and-hell.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/TCuHK6nrEeI/AAAAAAAACEI/lucyIz994xk/s72-c/j0428622+(2).jpg' height='72' width='72'/></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-6355663423870831818</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-05-29T12:47:05.951-05:00</atom:updated><title>Lest We Forget..</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;The Seven Wonders of the World&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Junior high school students in Chicago were studying the Seven Wonders of the World. At the end of the lesson, the students were asked to list and rank what they considered as the Seven Wonders. Though there was some disagreement, the following received the most votes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Egypt's Great Pyramids&lt;br /&gt;2. The &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Taj&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Mahal&lt;/span&gt; in India&lt;br /&gt;3. The Grand Canyon in Arizona&lt;br /&gt;4. The Panama Canal&lt;br /&gt;5. The Empire State Building&lt;br /&gt;6. St. Peter's Basilica&lt;br /&gt;7. China's Great Wall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student, a quiet girl, hadn't turned in her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The quiet girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many." The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe we can help."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The girl hesitated, then read, "I think the Seven Wonders of the World are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. to touch...&lt;br /&gt;2. to taste...&lt;br /&gt;3. to see...&lt;br /&gt;4. to hear... (She hesitated a little, and then added...)&lt;br /&gt;5. to feel...&lt;br /&gt;6. to laugh...&lt;br /&gt;7. and to LOVE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The room was so quiet; you could have heard a pin drop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May this story serve as a gentle reminder to all of us that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;the things we overlook as simple and ordinary are often the most wonderful &lt;/span&gt;-&lt;/strong&gt; and we don't have to travel anywhere special to experience them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy your many wonders and this video.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object height="295" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MaYh-KN94Ko&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MaYh-KN94Ko&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-6355663423870831818?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/05/love-now-music-video-kute-blackson-life.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-4174265645650817198</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-27T18:44:08.917-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Surfing Problems</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Perceptions</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Good vs Bad</category><title>The Benefit of BAD</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S-D4wZOceLI/AAAAAAAACCU/EY0qRTmbRlc/s1600/_DSC2473s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467643457916663986" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S-D4wZOceLI/AAAAAAAACCU/EY0qRTmbRlc/s200/_DSC2473s.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 160px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; photo courtesy of- &lt;a href="http://www.nicholaspippins.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nick Pippins &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;"All that happens to you in life is simply God's wheel steering you home."&lt;/i&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;-Sri Sathya Sai Baba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span id="internal-source-marker_0.8286406823899597"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;"All that happens to you in life is simply God's wheel steering you home."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; -Sri Sathya Sai Baba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;We often label things like high gas prices, losing a job, getting a divorce, &amp;nbsp;having a car accident, being diagnosed with an illness, and the ever dreaded dying as etc... as "BAD". &amp;nbsp;There's a catch lyric from Del Amitri that goes: "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;I've had enough bad news....to last a lifetime&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;" that reminds me,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;no one is immune and every person alive has some kind of cross to bear, whether you see it or not. I was struck by the shock and awe on the face of a friend when I shared some of the more tragic the details of my personal life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;She couldn't reconcile her image of me as "happy and peaceful" with the "horrors" I had lived through. I explained to her all that BAD &amp;nbsp;is exactly why I am now GOOD! The irony being my worst nightmares brought with them profound blessings. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Countless experiences in my own life, that of friends, and working with clients I have time &amp;amp; again, seen heart ache &amp;amp; pain lead to change, beauty, resolution, and peace. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;When I looked really deep at ALL the proof that comes out of these  FULL CIRCLE experiences, I began to see bad in a new light. It's like seeing(&amp;amp; smelling) a disgusting pile of animal dung, but knowing that someone with a twisted sense of humor has hidden gold inside. You are being given an  opportunity to change and grow that most likely could lead to something better. Those high gas prices&amp;nbsp;will promote a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; new era of transportation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The job loss will lead to finding something new, maybe help you discover your passion. The divorce may cause you to stop searching for love outside of yourself. And the illness that threatens to rob your physical body will strengthen your mind &amp;amp; spirit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Of course hindsight is 20/20 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;You can When you look ahead of bad At this point I developed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;an often untapped super human power to see the good that is to come. Like being happy about high gas prices &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b id="internal-source-marker_0.8286406823899597"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; hindsight is 20/20, it is in our darkest hours that each and everyone of these FULL CIRCLE experiences become a flame of light&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;And in those times and places where there's no silver lining in sight, you can remain victimized and disillusioned or make a choice to trust. Trust that beyond the limits of your tiny human brain and ability to comprehend there is a 30,000 ft view of greater understanding that you may not be able to recognize until your soul leaves this body. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;In the meantime know -BAD- for what it really is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;A STRONG FORCE that will cause change, move you in a different direction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;OPPORTUNITY- the start of something new, doorway to &amp;nbsp;a new adventure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;A BLESSING - an unwrapped gift, a seed that will grow and bear fruit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;POTENT ENERGY for change and transformation growth and development&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;INFORMATION- valuable feedback. A sign to help you make an important choice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;The duality/ paradox of good and bad applies to all things. A sad situation can lead to joy, a mean person &amp;nbsp;The person who is mean is When you know that confusion can be a trampoline to clarity, and sorrow and sadness can help you find joy, and fear &amp;nbsp;hatred can dissolve into Love fuel ssolve fear and hatred to love. Move confusion into clarity. Displace pain and suffering with peace. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Always always lighting candles in place of cursing the darkness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;WARNING &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;for the squeamish: at approximately 9 min and 38 seconds into the video you will see an ancient tribal ritual with some male nudity that could be uncomfortable to view, JUST SLIDE THE SCROLL BAR AHEAD to approximately 10:00 minutes to skip this small part.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;object height="364" width="445"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/I2T1zy8ov1I&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x402061&amp;amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;amp;border=1"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/I2T1zy8ov1I&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0&amp;color1=0x402061&amp;color2=0x9461ca&amp;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-3405382605389997522?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/03/music-that-unites.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-404846186197649696</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-09T09:38:07.400-05:00</atom:updated><title>Peace of My Mind</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S46ndg8NHlI/AAAAAAAAB_s/hyYAZgq4BJ0/s1600-h/_DSC0716eNICK.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444473125038005842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S46ndg8NHlI/AAAAAAAAB_s/hyYAZgq4BJ0/s200/_DSC0716eNICK.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;photo courtesy of- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nicholaspippins.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Nick Pippins&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;When thoughts slow~ awareness can&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;grow, and there I will find my silent mind" -&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Kimber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While I write &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;allot&lt;/span&gt; about the powerful benefits of positive &amp;amp; loving thoughts, there is an even greater treasure in having- NO THOUGHT.&lt;/strong&gt; It's like giving my head it's own vacation retreat in Maui. And my ticket to "get there" is bought with an intention to talk less and observe more. This voluntary silence can create the necessary space or gap whereby the neurological impulses to share information, tell a story, or give my point of view can pause, lose integrity, and dissolve into awareness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ALL the incessant thoughts spinning around in my head start to lose their momentum&lt;/strong&gt;. Slowing down steadily until released from the centripetal force of problem solving, concerns, knowledge, memories, personality and beliefs. I am still here, except the static ridged limited aspects of my mind start to open and connect with a dynamic, limitless, mysterious void of intelligence. In this space there is no need to understand anything, YET there is access to understanding beyond comprehension (any attempts to translate into words are simply inadequate).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there" -&lt;/em&gt; Albert Einstein&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My silent mind is tuned to my inner being, my surroundings, and others.&lt;/strong&gt; Observing the most &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;subtle&lt;/span&gt; nuances and expressions in my children.... doing the dishes and feeling the silky warm water flowing from the faucet over my hands... savoring the taste eating a crisp carrot from the garden...listening to a friend complain without the urge to intervene or fix anything....feeling the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;wondrous&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;rhythm&lt;/span&gt; and pace of life force that pulses through my body.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My mind is more flexible, fluid, quiet, clear and my heart open. There are no worries or fear, nothing to do or change, no judgments about myself or others, no labels of good or bad, nothing to defend, and no one to blame.....there is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ONLY PERFECTION, PEACE, and LOVE.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When there is NO THOUGHT....when we STOP TALKING AND THINKING , WE ARE ALIGNED WITH THE DIVINE PRESENCE.&lt;/strong&gt; Thoughts come and go, perceptions, ideologies, and beliefs change.....what is REAL, CONSTANT, UNCHANGING and ETERNAL...... is LOVE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This peace of mind could last seconds, minutes, hours, days.... no matter how long, &lt;strong&gt;any moment lived in this clarity and freedom is always beautiful and precious.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Realizing that from which all words turn back and thoughts can never reach, they know the bliss of the present moment and fear no more. -&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Taittiriya&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Upanishad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-404846186197649696?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/02/peace-of-my-mind.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S46ndg8NHlI/AAAAAAAAB_s/hyYAZgq4BJ0/s72-c/_DSC0716eNICK.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-2116112552825408386</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-14T21:57:28.185-05:00</atom:updated><title>The Pursuit of Happiness</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2jvmKg5ZXI/AAAAAAAAB9o/OaDFXbEtF20/s1600-h/NickPMexblnkt.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433856389358904690" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2jvmKg5ZXI/AAAAAAAAB9o/OaDFXbEtF20/s320/NickPMexblnkt.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#000000;"&gt;photo courtesy of- &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nicholaspippins.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;Nick Pippins &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During a recent private session with one of my clients I was presented the opportunity to explore a common theme (myth) many of us hold as a belief. It is best summed up in the statement:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'll finally be happy when __&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;_________&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somewhere in our conversation she said to me, " of course you’re happy.......your life is perfect." Well, good thing I was seated in my chair (with sturdy armrests) or I would have fell to the floor. My hand reflexively moved over my mouth in an effort to extinguish the laughter about to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;combust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in my belly. I cleared my throat and deliberately shared with her a few select tidbits about my life and watched as her facial expression change. She had this part confused somewhat horrified look on her face. Then she asked, "but I don't understand....how? How can you be so happy?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I replied... &lt;strong&gt;I stopped chasing Happiness !&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I briefly described my personal journey. How I began searching for happiness outside of myself: finding a partner, having children, getting an education, working hard, setting &amp;amp; achieving goals, eating healthy, physical prowess, acquiring money and things. &lt;strong&gt;But this "happy" was always fleeting and conditional&lt;/strong&gt;. So then I tried looking deeper, searching in religion and many spiritual teachings. I read countless self help books, took numerous courses, earned many certifications, and experienced wonderful retreats. I learned many prayers, processes, mantras, tools, rules, techniques, and modalities. &lt;strong&gt;My intense pursuit for true happiness seemed more authentic yet it was expensive &amp;amp; exhausting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I decided to take a break from it all. &lt;strong&gt;It was when I stopped searching, quit working on myself and became still, that God's Divine Grace found me. And happiness became the natural outflow of cooperating with this Grace. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The outward chase turned to an inward choice- to be happy. Focusing my awareness on ALL that was good with myself and the world. &lt;strong&gt;A simple choice that when made over and over and over again began to transform my thoughts, feelings, and perceptions. A steady intention I could feel and breathe, moment to moment, gathering momentum until being effortlessly swept up in causeless bliss.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2muX2jIbTI/AAAAAAAAB94/fDW-XHDniwM/s1600-h/energylogo2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434066150202305842" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2muX2jIbTI/AAAAAAAAB94/fDW-XHDniwM/s200/energylogo2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="blocked::http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2ctAKWCqEI/AAAAAAAAB84/trReVQCtr0Q/s1600-h/energylogo2.jpg" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2ctAKWCqEI/AAAAAAAAB84/trReVQCtr0Q/s1600-h/energylogo2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I learned that happiness is like a radiating field of energy, ever so light and alive. It is constant and inviting with a magnetic pull ) ) ))) just waiting for me (&lt;strong&gt;better ~&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;my state of mind&lt;/strong&gt;) to get within range. It doesn't care how I look, if my bank account is empty or full, my body weak or strong, whether I work hard to find it or spontaneously arrive. I e&lt;strong&gt;njoy it to the degree and length that I am able to lighten up and let go ~ and to the exact measure that I love, laugh, and appreciate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-2116112552825408386?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2010/01/pursuit-of-happiness.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S2jvmKg5ZXI/AAAAAAAAB9o/OaDFXbEtF20/s72-c/NickPMexblnkt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-5438541785876896302</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T12:29:11.813-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>2010</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Being</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Animals</category><title>The Power of BEING</title><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;BE ......&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422376560145836290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 220px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 161px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AmwKHlqQI/AAAAAAAAB54/8DfOKJRw3hs/s200/Eagle_by_suzaku_no_namida.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BE OPEN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Open your mind and you will see from a greater perspective&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422376880921975378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 249px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AnC1GlGlI/AAAAAAAAB6A/KbpLh4Dg_Yk/s200/j0403181.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BE GRATEFUL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Practice the art of appreciation and just watch what unfolds &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422379090182195250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 157px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0ApDbPQyDI/AAAAAAAAB6I/QqeaBRXCCdU/s200/j0423100.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BE WISE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Your greatest power in this life is CHOICE&lt;br /&gt;Be 100% responsible for the results&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422380378426551506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AqOaUprNI/AAAAAAAAB6Y/1mzeVwvFae8/s200/j0441086.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BE IN AWE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Put aside what you think you know...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Mysteries of the universe are revealed to those who wonder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422381681964918226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 161px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AraSYapdI/AAAAAAAAB6g/Q-10yoNDwR4/s200/cat_pray.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BELIEVE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Faith and hope bring comfort&lt;br /&gt;But when you TRUST completely....&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422382040967708066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 159px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0ArvLxWfaI/AAAAAAAAB6o/U9DZedmOaT4/s200/relax-cat-main_Full.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;... YOU CAN RELAX AND ENJOY !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422382714633445858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AsWZXx4eI/AAAAAAAAB6w/11usmbviJ5c/s200/j0441084.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LET BE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Learn the benefit of loving people -just as they are-&lt;br /&gt;over the detriment of judging or trying to change them &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422383165794757170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AswqFBKjI/AAAAAAAAB64/1NRA63z_Jz4/s200/j0432950.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BE STILL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Give ALL your thoughts a rest..&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Meet yourself, the world, and God in beautiful silence&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422573220616507266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 205px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0DZnTdkj4I/AAAAAAAAB74/J_quoa-jGPo/s200/j0406743.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BE POSITIVE&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Get an instant makeover!&lt;br /&gt;Focus on everything that is going right &amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;Dwell on the good in every person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422384099541916962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AtnAjsHSI/AAAAAAAAB7A/jeJKlmFh6kA/s200/j0427749.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;BE KIND&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Cause every time you respond with Love &amp;amp; Compassion&lt;br /&gt;~It just feels so darn good~ &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422385709710472850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AvEu5ydpI/AAAAAAAAB7Q/z8JDZPln5OM/s200/puffed+cat.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BE YOU&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Never compare yourself to anyone ~&lt;br /&gt;You are here for a reason&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Live your unique journey&lt;/strong&gt; !&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;HAVE AN AMAZING &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-5438541785876896302?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/12/power-of-being.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/S0AmwKHlqQI/AAAAAAAAB54/8DfOKJRw3hs/s72-c/Eagle_by_suzaku_no_namida.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-3245116943869727124</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T12:29:40.459-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>out of control</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>let go</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>surrender</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>jet pilot</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>letting go</category><title>A Time to LET GO !</title><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SusW1zPKDZI/AAAAAAAABiA/qHVRuwsC-GI/s1600-h/j0401980.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398433691876330898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SusW1zPKDZI/AAAAAAAABiA/qHVRuwsC-GI/s320/j0401980.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you do when life feels overwhelming? In the moment you feel lost, lonely, helpless or &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;frightened&lt;/span&gt;, there is one perfect response that could change your life!&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For an elite tea&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SunogoFSpGI/AAAAAAAABhg/VTb578YmJvo/s1600-h/j0422424.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;m of highly trained test pilots this response was the difference between life or death&lt;/strong&gt;. As the Air Force developed more sophisticated jet aircraft ordinary laws of aerodynamics were being tested. Pilots were flying at mach speeds and higher altitude and one by one they were being killed when their aircraft entered into what it termed a “flat spin”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unintentionally the aircraft would stall and skid sideways like a cereal bowl spinning across on slippery counter top before tumbling down end over end plummeting to the ground.&lt;strong&gt; Pilots trying to recover the plane would apply correction after correction to get the aircraft stabilized. The more furiously they manipulated the controls the wilder the ride became&lt;/strong&gt;. Ground control could hear them screaming helplessly and asking questions like "what do I do next" before plunging to their death.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This combination of extreme disorientation inside an unmanageable aircraft proved fatal UNTIL one day when a pilot named Chuck Yeager  found the solution. His plane was violently out of control and he temporarily blacked out in the cockpit. When he awakened (seven miles later) he was able to steady and fly the plane to a safe landing. &lt;strong&gt;He inadvertently&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;discovered &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SusgrCOBJPI/AAAAAAAABiY/FL-gRMknDkI/s1600-h/j0438701.jpg"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398444502035801330" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SusgrCOBJPI/AAAAAAAABiY/FL-gRMknDkI/s200/j0438701.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;e only life saving response was to “take your hands off the controls”. It countered all training and survival instincts, but it worked.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The same principle can be applied to your life when things seem to spin out of control&lt;/strong&gt;. When your unhappy with your job, when your means of income is lost, when your relationship is unstable or failing, when your body is damaged or malfunctioning, when your feel like a fraud or failure, when you are betrayed... whatever the situation there is ONE PERFECT RESPONSE - take your hands off the controls! &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Susf40-s7VI/AAAAAAAABiI/ZchTjxCb3-I/s1600-h/j0438701.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's time to LET GO !&lt;/strong&gt; Stop trying to manage, run away, manipulate, deny, bargain, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;strategize&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, alter, or fix any of it. STOP EVERYTHING and and BE STILL. Do nothing except sit and allow yourself to feel whatever it is that you really DO NOT want to feel. Are you afraid, insecure, lonely, angry, overwhelmed, or tired? Extend your arms out palms face up and feel the how heavy this burden weighs in your life. Hold this position and &lt;strong&gt;continue to feel ALL OF IT until your unwilling to bear it for another second- let alone a lifetime. Then lift your arms up to the sky and hand it over. Let something much bigger and more powerful than you take care of this.&lt;/strong&gt; Let the limited structures of your small self surrender to the LARGE incomprehensible wisdom of our Creator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Afterwards, it may feel as if a ton of bricks were lifted from your shoulders or maybe as though you are floating on a cloud. You may cry tears of relief or be tickled with joy..... best of all you have just experienced the incredible &lt;strong&gt;power of SURRENDER! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-3245116943869727124?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/10/time-to-let-go.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SusW1zPKDZI/AAAAAAAABiA/qHVRuwsC-GI/s72-c/j0401980.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-3373033006011352233</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T12:30:21.362-06:00</atom:updated><title>LOVE.. Rain on ME</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfiSTUnySGI/AAAAAAAAAdM/WyTtgKC04TY/s1600-h/Do+Rain.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330171019643734114" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfiSTUnySGI/AAAAAAAAAdM/WyTtgKC04TY/s320/Do+Rain.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfiQ4OyL9KI/AAAAAAAAAdE/FX7Z556X7fc/s1600-h/Do+Rain.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;The Divine ~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;steadily pours down&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Waiting patiently for me~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;to drop my umbrella&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;And be drenched in LOVE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Kimber &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-3373033006011352233?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2008/12/love-peace-and-abundance.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfiSTUnySGI/AAAAAAAAAdM/WyTtgKC04TY/s72-c/Do+Rain.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-7394149202927514004</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-04-14T13:40:42.051-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>evolve</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>evolution</category><title>Divine Eyes</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Shd71P78V_I/AAAAAAAABFs/j9MVVaNwRQo/s1600-h/j0430600.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338872038012246002" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Shd71P78V_I/AAAAAAAABFs/j9MVVaNwRQo/s200/j0430600.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;When I am aligned with my higher self, it changes how I see EVERYTHING. Having a view of the world through the lens of Divine Eyes&lt;/strong&gt; is like being able to peer beneath the surface of life's stormy seas to witness the grandeur and calm of its hidden underworld. At ground level my small self would be the lost hiker doing its best to survive and navigate the rough conditions and terrain of the grand canyon while my &lt;em&gt;higher self&lt;/em&gt; stays perched high above the landscape, resting &amp;amp; enjoying the magnificent view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grace can thrust you to a new perspective and enable you to see things from a broader vantage point&lt;/strong&gt;. Problems can dissolve into equanimity. Things that tip the scales of justice are restored to balance. A realm of neutrality that cannot judge the outer appearance of life's tribulations for it can see the GREATER MOVEMENT of its UNDERLYING EVOLUTION.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/ShgyRxGIiiI/AAAAAAAABF0/0Q__VMD77fQ/s1600-h/j0437392.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339072639065950754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 107px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/ShgyRxGIiiI/AAAAAAAABF0/0Q__VMD77fQ/s200/j0437392.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Imagine the concern a pregnancy would generate if the world had no prior experience or knowledge about it&lt;/strong&gt;. Gradually a healthy young woman's flat stomach would balloon out. The signs and symptoms of this unknown "tumor" would cause concern and worry for her health. Well meaning individuals might attempt cures and remedies for this unknown and potentially ill fated problem. Of course centuries in and millions of pregnancies later we know this is not a problem at all~&lt;em&gt;but a miracle&lt;/em&gt;. Present day we are capable of producing 'test tube' babies, performing fetal surgery and other marvelous feats of science and technology. Yet as&lt;strong&gt; our modern day learning might appear very advanced, when compared with the all knowing Supreme Intelligence of our Creator, we too may be in the early fetal stages of our own growth and development within this great cosmic womb.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same incomprehensible power that started the evolution of our earth (and all life on it),  is equally supporting the evolution of our consciousness (eternal non -physical conciousness becoming aware of itself in physical form). The culmination of countless planetary revolutions leads to each individual and every event (the good and the bad) as a contribution to our collective growth &amp;amp; awareness. As generations add more layers of experience we come closer to knowing that ~ All IS WELL and seeing with our &lt;strong&gt;Divine Eyes the perfect orchestration of this magnificent miracle we call LIFE.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-7394149202927514004?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/05/divine-eyes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Shd71P78V_I/AAAAAAAABFs/j9MVVaNwRQo/s72-c/j0430600.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-1418439993042250324</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T12:32:09.850-06:00</atom:updated><title>IMAGINE THE DAY...</title><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SxFrmfVU2gI/AAAAAAAAB24/Cm2zR7GnqYM/s1600/BIRD_RELEASE.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409222936438823426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 185px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SxFrmfVU2gI/AAAAAAAAB24/Cm2zR7GnqYM/s200/BIRD_RELEASE.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When your able to draw a door of opportunity onto EVERY wall of challenge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When your laughter sheds all the weight of seriousness and worry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-When you know the benefit of loving people just as they are- over the detriment of judging them or trying to change them&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-When you feel so happy and whole that NO-thing or NO -one could ruin your day because you finally stop taking things so personally&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When you stop complaining about everything that is wrong with: your body, your partner, your job, your neighbor, the world.... AND INSTEAD YOU RANT AND RAVE ABOUT THE LARGER MAJORITY THAT'S GOING RIGHT!!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When you cry so deeply and thoroughly the bond to every wound is released and you're wrapped in a blanket of permanent peace &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;IMAGINE THE DAY......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When you can no longer point the finger of blame because YOU do not hold others RESPONSIBLE for your own happiness &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When YOUR smile and presence is healing to everyone around you :) &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When you recognize ALL the &lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;q&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;ways people act out from fear and pain and you respond with kindness and compassion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When you surrender trying to control   e  v   e  r   y   t  h  i  n   g - and trust The Intelligence that creates miracles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-When The Divine sparks a brilliant flame within and you feel the ineffable warmth of unconditional LOVE and WORTHINESS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-1418439993042250324?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/11/imagine-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SxFrmfVU2gI/AAAAAAAAB24/Cm2zR7GnqYM/s72-c/BIRD_RELEASE.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-4400770004265216135</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T12:48:52.864-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Allowing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Love</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Judgement</category><title>The Pain of Judgment~ The Gift of Allowing</title><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SYDz3QsFlpI/AAAAAAAAAMk/71VQGc4xNG0/s1600-h/j0438386.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296501292485940882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SYDz3QsFlpI/AAAAAAAAAMk/71VQGc4xNG0/s200/j0438386.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was up late last night folding laundry watching a TV rerun of Sex in the City. In the midst of watching the love &amp;amp; friendship between four VERY different &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;female&lt;/span&gt; characters, I suddenly realized why this show was so wildly popular. In the mix of award winning writers, actors and producers, was a secret ingredient: NON JUDGEMENT. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This show was reflecting back what we most yearn for in all our human relationships- to be loved and accepted.&lt;/strong&gt; I used to search for this in many areas outside myself. It was hard work and took lots of energy trying to get "it". I have come learn and experience just the opposite, for "it" rests within and when allowed~ flows ~with~ ease.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who you really are.... your True Self.... Infinite Self....Large Self....at the very core is I*n*t*e*l*l*i*g*e*n*t L*o*v*e. And through Grace this Love overflows with laughter, joy, peace, and well being.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That is why when you judge someone OR feel judged by another you feel the discomfort. The quality &amp;amp; amount of pain is equal to the degree that you separate from your true nature. &lt;/strong&gt;You may not feel what a crude remark or negative comment does inside your body (especially if that's common for you) but contrast it against a feeling of healthy adoration you may have for another and the difference is remarkable and significant. All judgement is a protective coping mechanism used by the &lt;em&gt;small self&lt;/em&gt;. The &lt;em&gt;small self&lt;/em&gt; takes most EVERYTHING personal and it operates from a baseline of fear, protection, and insecurity. Whenever something shows up in your life that is messy, confusing, complex, or difficult and brings up some form of negative emotion, it's a clear sign you're in small self territory. It is our small self that not only judges but will even work hard trying NOT to judge. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your HIGHER- SELF cannot judge for it is present to the pain others feel and would never want to add to it, only love them and let them be.&lt;/strong&gt; It knows the perfection of all things, even when the evidence is contrary. For at some point the small self's inherent suffering can create a matching desire to arise and will awaken us to remember what we have forgotten. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-4400770004265216135?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-dare-you-judge-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SYDz3QsFlpI/AAAAAAAAAMk/71VQGc4xNG0/s72-c/j0438386.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-8050908243264609128</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T12:56:03.222-06:00</atom:updated><title>This Is Your Brain.... on GOD</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Ss9ZNQth2tI/AAAAAAAABgQ/bIrTD-2l5_s/s1600-h/robert-donaghey.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390625363344874194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 333px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 397px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Ss9ZNQth2tI/AAAAAAAABgQ/bIrTD-2l5_s/s400/robert-donaghey.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"Mind's are like parachutes; they only function when open." &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Thomas Dewar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"The greatest advance man could make is to remove the belief he is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; separate from God."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your Brain on GOD....&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;-Speaks kind words to help others feel better&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;-Is COMPLETELY FREE of insecure, doubtful, judgmental, fearful thoughts&lt;br /&gt;-Listenes to intuition and trusts it as God's inner voice.&lt;br /&gt;-Has no interest in knowing other peoples business&lt;br /&gt;-Does not take anything personally therefore has nothing to defend&lt;br /&gt;-Can allow others to be just as they are without needing to fix or change them&lt;br /&gt;-Trusts that no matter how tragic or bad things seem to be,&lt;br /&gt;an unseen greater good is always at work&lt;br /&gt;-Overflows with radiant clear joy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your Brain on GOD....&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Will feel inspired to do something out of your normal comfort zone&lt;br /&gt;-Replaces working hard for a living with following your bliss&lt;br /&gt;-Has access to intelligence and knowing that supersedes any IQ&lt;br /&gt;-Is at complete peace with ALL that it DOES NOT KNOW&lt;br /&gt;-Fills your heart with compassion and understanding&lt;br /&gt;-Has no problems to dwell upon, only opportunities to discover&lt;br /&gt;-Does not rely on spiritual practices, rituals, mantras, books, or religion &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your Brain on GOD.... &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-Will not compete, it knows the greater value of serving and collaborating&lt;br /&gt;-Can access states of consciousness beyond verbal description&lt;br /&gt;-Receives answers to questions that are clear-easy-simple&lt;br /&gt;-Gives freely to others and expects nothing in return&lt;br /&gt;-Knows its true nature as love, joy, peace&lt;br /&gt;-Is in complete awe and appreciation of nature and all of creation&lt;br /&gt;-Is the instrument to receive powerful life altering guidance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any Questions ? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-8050908243264609128?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-is-your-brain-on-god.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Ss9ZNQth2tI/AAAAAAAABgQ/bIrTD-2l5_s/s72-c/robert-donaghey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-8530126600738506818</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 21:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T12:57:44.422-06:00</atom:updated><title>Want to Make the World a Better Place?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SkOj2-7woUI/AAAAAAAABHM/_ip75hvAE7M/s1600-h/j0433127.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351300947248193858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SkOj2-7woUI/AAAAAAAABHM/_ip75hvAE7M/s200/j0433127.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000000;"&gt;“What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage.” ~ Bruce Barton&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All of us contribute in different ways a unique expression that makes this world a better place.&lt;/strong&gt; You could be a musician, the head of a charitable organization, a volunteer, someone helping a neighbor in need, a store clerk that makes her customers smile, a loving parent, or even one who prays for peace. In common we all just want to feel better and when we see things in this world that we perceive needs change our reaction is to take the necessary action that will bring &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;improvement&lt;/span&gt; or resolution. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But what if ALL our inspired actions could be &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;magnified&lt;/span&gt; so that our effect on the world is more powerful?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;When Mother Teresa received the Noble Peace Prize she was asked "What can we do to promote world peace?" Her answer was simple: &lt;strong&gt;"Go home and love your family."&lt;/strong&gt; Very profound! To me this means, clean up your intimate relationships FIRST!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I would take this a step further to say: &lt;strong&gt;GO HOME AND LOVE YOURSELF!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Before the world or family, we have to nurture the most intimate relationship of all, the one INSIDE OURSELVES.&lt;/strong&gt; Then however we choose to move about in this world will be touched by our Grace with a profound effect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In other words, changing the outside world is an INSIDE JOB!&lt;/strong&gt; I believe that IF ALL the enormous energy expended towards trying to change things outside of ourselves were &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;INSTANTLY&lt;/span&gt; REDIRECTED to our inner selves, most of the worlds problems, causes, and organizations would cease to exist. Hatred (to self and others), greed, poverty, behavioral disorders....the list goes on and on of things that would suddenly disappear if a mass of individuals connected to their LARGE (GOD) SELF! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;`&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;In reality this is happening but on a more gradual and EXPONENTIAL time line! More and more individuals are discovering their own inner light. The light that shines rays of peace, love, compassion, inner wisdom, and joy. &lt;strong&gt;And that is exactly how the world is becoming a better place......from the inside out....person by person...you and me. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;"What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful."-&lt;/em&gt;Mother Teresa-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-8530126600738506818?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-make-world-better-place.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SkOj2-7woUI/AAAAAAAABHM/_ip75hvAE7M/s72-c/j0433127.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-9184474145981890902</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T13:13:41.467-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>treasure</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>clues</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>GPS</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>game</category><title>Are You Getting Life's Clues?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SnMyEtz0waI/AAAAAAAABbs/-MhoYpQR9WI/s1600-h/j0439564.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364686637726220706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SnMyEtz0waI/AAAAAAAABbs/-MhoYpQR9WI/s200/j0439564.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whether you're paying attention or not, life is always delivering clues for you to find happiness.&lt;/strong&gt; This world is a playing field where your soul comes to plays an interesting game of evolution. Some play a game of hide and seek in order to for their small self to discover the treasure of the magnificent &lt;em&gt;Large Self . &lt;/em&gt;Why would you play this game? Probably for the same reason humans through the centuries have invented all kinds of games.... for the skill, discovery, enjoyment, and thrill .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you imagine the story of Wizard of Oz &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; Dorothy's escapade along the yellow brick road?&lt;/strong&gt; She had to journey full circle and experience many wild adventures before she truly knew in her heart "there's no place like home". You could read a thousand of pages describing in detail how LOVING, MAGNIFICENT, BRILLIANT, POWERFUL, MARVELOUS, and CREATIVE SOUL YOU REALLY ARE..... BUT until you realize this for yourself, it is all unproven 'here say' that sounds too good to be true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ready or not when your born on this earth, GAME IS ON!&lt;/strong&gt; The playing field is expansive and uneven. Every person has a different starting point and clues are specifically tailored to your unique adventure. Everyone moves along at different rates and stages where age has no bearing. Where ever you are along this path is absolutely perfect. One level or path is no better than another because THIS GAME IS NOT A COMPETITION, IT'S YOUR PERSONAL J O U R N E Y.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Game rules?&lt;/strong&gt; There are many many -&lt;em&gt;let me emphasize&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MANY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; interpretations, both written and verbal, trying to explain"how to play the game".&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;There are even clashes between those who declare having&lt;em&gt;"The Official Game Rules" &lt;/em&gt;for you to follow&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt; You may find one of these a perfect fit or you may find flaws. Just remember while rules can help they can also hinder. They can provide needed structure and support, BUT also create barriers from dogma, complexity or ridgidty which smothers creative, fun, and spontaneous play. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is a quickening in your journey once you learn to recognize the clues&lt;/strong&gt;. Surprisingly most clues are blatantly in your face obvious yet commonly overlooked and misunderstood. It's that thing your complaining about and shows up in your experience as unwanted and brings up negative emotions. That &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;unfulfilling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; job is beckoning you to discover and follow your bliss. That person who is angry and controlling is actually leading you toward your freedom and power. These clues are like raised pavement markers on the highway that shake things up and redirect you to get back on course. &lt;strong&gt;Negative emotions like sadness, helplessness, irritability, frustration do not feel good for a reason- they are trying to get your attention by eliciting an uncomfortable/painful stimulus for you to respond.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All emotions are signals sent from your INTERNAL GPS&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;system&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;G&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;od&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;P&lt;/strong&gt;resent in &lt;strong&gt;S&lt;/strong&gt;elf) . Your Divine guidance system is "built in" to assist you with reliable navigation. Starting at birth you naturally connected and listened to it. But if you are like most, slowly the outside world trained you away from it. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;"It's late at night an elevator door opens, and there's a guy inside, and he makes you afraid. Many women will stand there and and think, 'Oh, I don't want to be the kind of person who lets the door close in his face. That wouldn't be nice.' And she will get into a steel soundproof chamber with someone she's afraid of, and there's no other living creature in nature that would even consider it."&lt;/em&gt; -states Gavin Becker author of The Gift of Fear. Of course in cases of danger your GPS will heighten it's alert signals, but the same feedback is always available to you ALL DAY every day. Best you connect by tuning in and paying attention so you can receive this very valuable information. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Your greatest power is choice- 'free will' when it is connected to your GPS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; When you are operating from intellect and reasoning alone problem solving can be challenging. These limitations are most apparent when "big decisions" erupt in life and your lost in uncertainty. Often the mind will spin like a mouse on a wheel justifying, judging, rationalizing. You might seek outside counsel in friends and loved one's for solutions. But when you attune to Divine guidance choices become easier and questions get answered form within. The more you practice the more you will let go and learn to trust and value your inner guidance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Then don't be surprised if you find yourself gliding along your path  having fun when you stumble, head on,  into the treasure you forgot you were looking for in the first place.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-9184474145981890902?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/07/are-you-getting-lifes-clues.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SnMyEtz0waI/AAAAAAAABbs/-MhoYpQR9WI/s72-c/j0439564.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-8085419255303283212</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-30T18:02:28.354-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>friendship</category><title>TRUE FRIEND</title><description>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfAUTcAYD7I/AAAAAAAAAWc/1lilXoU3vGQ/s1600-h/j0439297.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327780683347136434" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfAUTcAYD7I/AAAAAAAAAWc/1lilXoU3vGQ/s200/j0439297.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 149px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I admit I was completely stunned followed closely by feelings of insult and anger. After all I had always relied on a trusted friend to lend an ear when I needed to vent. Be it small pesky irritations or really big issues, it seemed having someone to just listen or share their point of view brought some form of comfort. So there I was on the phone with a friend poised and ready to dish out the latest gruesome details on my monster problem till unexpectedly I was bluntly and kindly REFUSED! A surge of emotions rushed in my body and fueled my brain to ask: Is this person really my friend? &lt;b&gt;I just needed someone to listen. ....ISN'T THAT WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
I reflected back to find pleasure in the memory of friends that DID LISTEN. But the comfort was temporary as &lt;b&gt;I was suddenly horrified to witness the countless conversations with multiple individuals&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;through the years related to this ONE topic. So much time and energy---- and yet bottom line----NOTHING HAD CHANGED&lt;/b&gt;---- My mind conjured the image of a teapot letting off steam and how my venting was nothing more than a safety valve but NEVER really solved anything. Seeing this was motivation, cause after all I didn't want to be like a dog spinning around chasing it's own tail. I wanted to move beyond this self limiting non productive cycle and find solutions. Below are some examples of how I harnessed all that steam into productive solutions:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;TAKE OF THE GLOVES&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt; When feeling attacked or judged there's hair trigger reflex to defend and/or take a retaliatory swing back. I've engaged in many a battle out of this primal reflex not realizing a more powerful alternative. There is no fight if you take off the gloves, and more powerful than any blow you could ever land is the&amp;nbsp; dumbfounded confused look on your opponent when you step out of the ring.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;SELF SOOTH&lt;/b&gt;E No more acting out like a kid who just got a "boo boo", I had to find ways to overcome the urge to seek consolation from others. Instead of immediately picking up the phone to flap my jaws about some 
issue or problem to someone else, I tried keeping it to myself. There's a great value in learning to self soothe and find a truer comfort that can only come from within.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;FIND THE SOURCE - &lt;/b&gt;The stories we tell are full of superficial details that cover up our FEELINGS! Once I discovered the CORE feeling hiding behind my story, I would &lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;DROP THE STORY and FEEL the FEELING! (this is huge!!!!) &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt;ANGER, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;DISAPPOINTMENT&lt;/span&gt;, POWERLESSNESS, WORRY, FRUSTRATION, BLAME…whatever it was, I would feel it, &lt;b&gt;ALL OF IT&lt;/b&gt; and then it would pass. Unexpressed /suppressed emotions can accumulate and store in the body. Just saying that your frustrated is not enough, &lt;b&gt;you have to let it out!&lt;/b&gt; Yell, scream, sob, CRY ...do whatever it takes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;REFOCUS&lt;/b&gt; When finished moving any stuck or accumulated emotions I could turn my attention away from the proverbial "black dot" to the 
broader white page making more space for me to recognize and appreciate the MANY MORE
 things that were good. Converting negativity into USEFUL INFORMATION, by saying "thank you for showing me what it is that I DON'T WANT” now Ian very clear about what &lt;u&gt;I DO WANT&lt;/u&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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Alas, my dear friend started me on a journey of discovery. I saw how this "Big Issue" was created precisely for my growth. That situations that make us feel helpless, frustrated, or out of control - are really big (misunderstood) invitations for us to assert and claim our power. &lt;b&gt;I learned that friendship can move beyond the familiar rut of reciprocal complaining &amp;amp; commiserating about “everything that's wrong” to a deeper core of helping to find solutions and make things right. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-8085419255303283212?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/04/friendship-redefined.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfAUTcAYD7I/AAAAAAAAAWc/1lilXoU3vGQ/s72-c/j0439297.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-7995775322353955630</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-13T18:29:59.721-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>blessing</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>polar bear</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>New Year</category><title>A New Years Blessing</title><description>A NEW YEAR IS ABOUT TO BEGIN.....ARE YOU READY?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Sfm5lK9tt8I/AAAAAAAAAdk/8rdE3RA65VE/s1600-h/polarwakeup.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330495682219194306" style="WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 76px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Sfm5lK9tt8I/AAAAAAAAAdk/8rdE3RA65VE/s200/polarwakeup.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HERE IS A BLESSING FOR YOU&lt;br /&gt;MAY YOU…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RELAX~ and LET GO&lt;br /&gt;allow THE DIVINE to do the Heavy Lifting&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Sfm5774lIPI/AAAAAAAAAds/1bYAeKmb9Ns/s1600-h/polar+bear+dream.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330496073308119282" style="WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Sfm5774lIPI/AAAAAAAAAds/1bYAeKmb9Ns/s200/polar+bear+dream.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF &amp;amp; GET&lt;br /&gt;MORE REST&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnNVIM8RGI/AAAAAAAAAd0/UIU4YC1I8pw/s1600-h/polar-bear+relaxed.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330517396832404578" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnNVIM8RGI/AAAAAAAAAd0/UIU4YC1I8pw/s200/polar-bear+relaxed.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;EXPERIENCE&lt;br /&gt;VIBRANT HEALTH&lt;br /&gt;(yoga anyone!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnPpq5WBVI/AAAAAAAAAd8/YLEJPe07wt0/s1600-h/polar+bear+yoga.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330519948766086482" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnPpq5WBVI/AAAAAAAAAd8/YLEJPe07wt0/s200/polar+bear+yoga.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MAY YOU FIND THE FLOW OF JOY LAUGHTER &amp;amp; GRATITUDE IN DANCE OF LIFE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnURcsrYUI/AAAAAAAAAeE/zBpM9055TnA/s1600-h/polar_bear_dance.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330525030196142402" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 186px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnURcsrYUI/AAAAAAAAAeE/zBpM9055TnA/s200/polar_bear_dance.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;KNOW &amp;amp; TRUST YOUR&lt;br /&gt;INNER GUIDANCE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnVMVzapOI/AAAAAAAAAeM/i7SAPxKgLLQ/s1600-h/ploar+bear+glacier.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330526041957639394" style="WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnVMVzapOI/AAAAAAAAAeM/i7SAPxKgLLQ/s200/ploar+bear+glacier.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FOCUS ON THE GOOD IN EVERY PERSON YOU MEET&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnV3kN9wbI/AAAAAAAAAeU/MQj6SoOUefg/s1600-h/polar+bear+wink.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330526784561463730" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnV3kN9wbI/AAAAAAAAAeU/MQj6SoOUefg/s200/polar+bear+wink.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BUT MOST OF ALL&lt;br /&gt;I WISH YOU...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnXXhze1NI/AAAAAAAAAec/ggCyXV1vcCc/s1600-h/Bear_Hug-16+x12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330528433180955858" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnXXhze1NI/AAAAAAAAAec/ggCyXV1vcCc/s200/Bear_Hug-16+x12.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE TENDER- GENTLE-&lt;br /&gt;POWERFUL -UNLIMITED&lt;br /&gt;BLISS OF …. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~ DIVINE LOVE ~ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnYBkiRyLI/AAAAAAAAAek/2ydKLprDiD8/s1600-h/PolarBear+divine+love.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330529155468609714" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SfnYBkiRyLI/AAAAAAAAAek/2ydKLprDiD8/s200/PolarBear+divine+love.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-7995775322353955630?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/01/2009-is-about-to-begin.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/Sfm5lK9tt8I/AAAAAAAAAdk/8rdE3RA65VE/s72-c/polarwakeup.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-4362276691843418438</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-04T14:52:20.195-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Feelings Emotions</category><title>Diary of an Emotion</title><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SqK00aHtUSI/AAAAAAAABdE/Lb5MqTTU-Oc/s1600-h/j0427604.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378059717491642658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SqK00aHtUSI/AAAAAAAABdE/Lb5MqTTU-Oc/s200/j0427604.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here I am waiting in this fertile void. I am empty without expression yet full of potential. In time I will be sucked into the experience of some living being through the vacuum of their powerful thought and transform into an emotion. I never know where I am going and each trip is unique. I do know from past experience if an individual feels good, like the emotion of happy, I move quickly. I am silky smooth, light, and tingly. Once the mind creates me, I rapidly disperse out to the body with a current of information where I am &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;referred&lt;/span&gt; to as "a feeling".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;There's an emotional pyramid /\ that holds a variety of feelings. If you had to group ALL emotions into just three categories; the base__ of the pyramid would harbor emotions like fear, guilt, depression, shame. Suspended in the middle -- would be anger, worry, stress, frustration. And floating at the top ^ is appreciation, knowing, joy, and love. It makes no difference to me which I become- &lt;strong&gt;I am just the information of emotion&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;my journey depends solely on the actions of the particular individual who created me.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I become those lower denser emotions people can sense the effect I have in &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt; body thus refer to me as BAD or negative. But instead of feeling me FULLY and COMPLETELY they may try to deny or refuse me. This resistance can create blockages that trap me in the body and produce a type of "emotional constipation". Like food, I am NOT meant to stay in the body but to pass through. This natural and essential process is best understood by children. Babies and young kids ALLOW ALL &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt; feelings to be felt and expressed. But gradually they get taught things like "&lt;em&gt;suck it up&lt;/em&gt;" or give into the constant appeals of "&lt;em&gt;please&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;don't cry&lt;/em&gt;" or threatening demands to "stop crying this instant...or else!" Over time this unnatural conditioning acts like a cultural anesthetic and teaches them NOT TO FEEL and I become trapped. As a result this forces me to become more creative and intensify my efforts to get my message across. Quite literally I can become a real pain in the neck or anything else that will get peoples attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TRULY, I MEAN NO HARM and any extraneous pain is self inflicted! &lt;strong&gt;If you only understood how to use me the way I was intended-&lt;/strong&gt; your quality of life would &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;improve&lt;/span&gt; significantly. I am an important part of your emotional guidance system and I operate similar to the GPS system in your car. I am calibrated with Divine perfection and ALWAYS accurate. When you veer off course from who you really are (loving, kind, happy, optimistic, light hearted) I am the warning signal that will notify your headed in the wrong direction so that you can make a correction. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here I go, I am getting closer. I can feel the pull from the vortex of a some one's mind reverberating with intense thoughts....)))) ) )"&lt;em&gt;Damn he's such an ass@*!&lt;/em&gt;", "&lt;em&gt;Mean people suck &lt;/em&gt;", "&lt;em&gt;How dare he point the finger at me.... he ought to take a good look in the mirror at himself ...&lt;/em&gt;....."&lt;br /&gt;¸.·´ .·´¨¨))&lt;br /&gt;((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:-~·´..***''~~`` -:¦:- &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;oooO&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;O&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.. I am morphing and filling up with a heavy dark energy that is throbbing. This individuals thoughts created anger, resentment, and blame therefore I must become the exact feeling to represent her thinking. .....&lt;br /&gt;¸.·´ .·´¨¨))&lt;br /&gt;((¸¸.·´ .·´ -:¦:- &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;OOOooo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ....I am starting to move~·´..***''~~`` -:¦:- YES! This person knows. SHE IS FEELING ME! She doesn't like feeling this.....she's so mad she could spit... she's blaring out a few &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;explicit&lt;/span&gt; words .....now a roaring scream that escalates in pitch and collapses into a deep surrendering sob. &lt;strong&gt;As she cries the resistance breaks apart and the pressure is released. And somewhere in the space of this relief she knows why I am here. I remind her she has STRAYED FROM HER TRUE SELF. I reminder her of how hard and painful it feels not to love. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;My mission complete I can now exit through her waterfall of tears ....&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Wheeeee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;!!!!! I may or may not return..... &lt;strong&gt;it will all depend on how she thinks&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#330099;"&gt;*NOW SCROLL UP AND FIND THE MUSIC &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;PLAYLIST&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (in a purple box) LISTEN TO THE SONG "PORCELIN" WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-4362276691843418438?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2009/07/diary-of-emotion.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SqK00aHtUSI/AAAAAAAABdE/Lb5MqTTU-Oc/s72-c/j0427604.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-6394861423941914726</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-07-13T18:33:44.626-05:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>President</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>intuition</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Obama</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>election</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>knowing</category><title>Knowing Obama</title><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SVa7inYWUHI/AAAAAAAAAFw/MUdo8cOtpb0/s1600-h/obama.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284617416126910578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SVa7inYWUHI/AAAAAAAAAFw/MUdo8cOtpb0/s200/obama.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't recite the exact date as it was probably three years ago, but I clearly remember that moment when I first saw him and what I felt. &lt;strong&gt;My internal gong had been struck and I "just knew".&lt;/strong&gt; I stumbled upon him during some channel surfing when my rapid scanning came to a halt on a young African American man speaking from a small &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;podium&lt;/span&gt; on &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;CSPAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. I usually don't choose to watch or pay much attention to politics but somehow my happy remote finger froze as if paralyzed and I remember asking my children to quiet down in order to "hone in" on the presence projected through the vibrational air waves. My daughter asked "who is that mama", I replied: I &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;don't&lt;/span&gt; know honey, but HE IS GOING TO BE OUR PRESIDENT! This sprang out with absolute certitude from a source within. A few seconds later my husband phoned and needing to tap into his political s&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;avvy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; I urgently asked him: Do you know this guy &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;"&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Berik&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Oh &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;bama&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;? Then my politically naive mouth prophetically declared &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;Obama's&lt;/span&gt; will be next in the oval office. Since my gut instincts have proven credibility in my marriage my husband didn't question me so much as he corrected my southern style pronounciation of Obama's name that made it sound like the state of Alabama. Then he proceeded to tell me the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"&gt;odds&lt;/span&gt; against a young freshman senator to win the next &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"&gt;Presidential&lt;/span&gt; election. Long after he explained all the political rationale , my feeling- that clear crisp knowing was unchanged. Even as I fast &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"&gt;forward&lt;/span&gt; from that moment to now, I have remained firmly anchored in that knowing and mostly unaffected by all the political chaos, antics, and rhetoric. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was in the grocery line few days ago and out of the blue the cashier asked if I had watched the debate. I replied, no and told her what I tell everyone, Obama is our next President, he will win election. She instantly lit up and breathed a big sigh, then asked if I was a psychic. I denied being psychic but admitted my internal gong had a good track record and the last time it struck this loud &amp;amp; clear was when I first met my husband (15yrs ago). I couldn't help but notice how the muscles in her face relaxed as this good thought brought her relief. Equally I observed how short lived it was as her mind quickly picked up the next thought and her expression hardened as she flipped to "informing" me of an article she read about the electronic voting systems being rigged and the vices of republican power. I patiently waited for her fear to blow off some steam, then somewhere within a pause of all her worry I made eye contact and said:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you REALLY want Obama to win the&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;most important thing you can do is avoid ALL negativity&lt;/strong&gt;. Even better, find a state of hopefulness and be there. Even greater would be to focus your &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;attention&lt;/span&gt; on already seeing/knowing him as our PRESIDENT, then on election day go forth and cast your vote to seal the deal and KNOW IT IS DONE. Then&lt;strong&gt; the greatness in you that is no different from the greatness in him will join forces, and that is powerful!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-6394861423941914726?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2008/10/knowing-obama.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SVa7inYWUHI/AAAAAAAAAFw/MUdo8cOtpb0/s72-c/obama.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-1794905781074144715</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:52:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-03-04T13:22:55.257-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>law of attraction</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>beach</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vacation</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>surrender</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>manifestation</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hurricane</category><title>In the EYE of the STORM !</title><description>Growing up on an island surrounded by water I have a very strong connection to the ocean. Last summer we went to Maui and St. Thomas but this summer aside from a nice camping trip by the lake, no sight nor sound of the roaring tumbling salt water that brings forth my restoration. I searched online and booked a cute little beach side condo along the Gulf of Mexico and eagerly began making preparations while drooling with anticipation cause my beach fix was just days away. So I'm in my driveway when one of my neighbors waves hello, we exchange some neighborly updates and she says " Oh your leaving when...you know there is a huge hurricane making its way to the Gulf don't you?" Now I don't &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;spook&lt;/span&gt; easily but tell a girl who craving for some hot sand between her toes that high winds and torrent&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/STymDMlffQI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/YN6gBPDiCU4/s1600-h/j0414115.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277275437219675394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/STymDMlffQI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/YN6gBPDiCU4/s200/j0414115.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;ial&lt;/span&gt; rains will ruin her beach parade and well.....SHOOT! My mind immediately jumped to the NON- REFUNDABLE payment where come hurricane hell or high water- this vacation condominium was paid in full. As fast as my mind took the bait and streaked down paths of fear I reeled it back in. I don't live in fear anymore, I now prefer being in the eye of the hurricane- beautiful, serene, &amp;amp; clear. Outside the eye perimeter you get blown and battered and fear is always the portal to get sucked out and smacked by the winds of chaos. Knowing this I decided to focus on more hopeful possibilities. It could disorganize after crossing land in Mexico or maybe change direction altogether, I thought. The next day meteorligical storm predictions targeted a big bulls eye on my bank account and I was ready to kiss thousands goodbye and shift towards blessing and prayers for those truly in need. In one last act of desperation I considered invoking my magic powers and blow the hurricane away with the force of my breath directed onto the swirling image display on the satellite radar screen. Tomorrow's HEADLINE: &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;Kimber&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; saves the Gulf Coast from devastation! (chuckle). With the inevitable force of mother nature approaching, I went and sat in my bedroom floor closed my eyes and surrendered everything in my mind to The Divine. Ever so slowly, like an ice cube dropped on the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;sun baked&lt;/span&gt; sand, everything melted and there was only peace. I knew in that very moment, ALL WAS WELL. That moment was all that mattered.... no resistance, no fear, only breathing in and breathing out with gratitude. While in this state of gratefulness to live in an age where warning technology saves so many lives, I sent blessings to those already affected and about to be affected by this storm. Afterward I moved on to visualized the way I wanted our family vacation to look: a beautiful clear day, a pulsing breeze flowing across my face and from the cascade and crash of blue green ocean waves.....the sound and smells of thick salty air... .my children playing in the sand... yes I could almost see, smell and touch the details of my beach vacation. Without a glitch from a single negative or distracting thought, I took one last sigh of breath and with a smile of gratitude said, "so be it". The next morning I received a voice mail from the condo rental agency, " we are so sorry to inform you that we received sudden notice the entire building of the condo you rented is being closed down for inspection, we can move you to another location or issue you a full refund. P&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;lease&lt;/span&gt; let us know ASAP and we regret any inconvenience".&lt;br /&gt;Call it "let go &amp;amp; let God", utilizing the principles of law of attraction, or brush it off as random good fortune. I know that ease, clarity, &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;relief&lt;/span&gt;, and so much more exist in this proverbial eye of the storm and it is from this place one can rest in peace and has the ability to manifest the hearts desire!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php" type="button_count" name="fb_share"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-1794905781074144715?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2008/09/in-eye-of-storm.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/STymDMlffQI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/YN6gBPDiCU4/s72-c/j0414115.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607116793139550264.post-3330457234687896970</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-09T22:59:46.464-06:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Thoughts Belief God Mind Spirit</category><title>Dont believe everything you think!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SYNSEH_IpBI/AAAAAAAAAMs/BF5Q2TCvdh4/s1600-h/don%27t+believe.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297167817534645266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SYNSEH_IpBI/AAAAAAAAAMs/BF5Q2TCvdh4/s200/don%27t+believe.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was in my late twenties I came across the quote: "&lt;strong&gt;As you believe... so you will be" &lt;/strong&gt;I read this and gave momentary consideration, enough to skim the surface of what I now know is a very powerful and true statement. By this time, a quarter of my life had been exposed to many forms of fear based conditioning from family &amp;amp; society. I was unaware of how this collective brainwash fed into my internal process of thoughts, perceptions, beliefs and to what extent it was regurgitated into my life experience.&lt;br /&gt;It had always been easy for me to notice and question the beliefs of others, but to question my own... well that was getting too personal. Afterall what I beleive is what makes me who I am. What happens if that becomes undone? I found out when what I call a "life sunami" shattered my world. It is in life's most uncertain times, when we "dont know" or stop trying to figure it out that a greater knowing can evolve. Shock and disorentation can separate us from our place of certainty, defense, and judging to that of openess, curiosity and willingness. I felt how the more attatched/identified I was with a belief, the more it served to close &amp;amp; constrict creating a wall of defense. The more I released the tight mind grip about how things are or should be, I opened to discover a deeper TRUTH. A place with so much freedom there is nothing to defend and nothing to know. My mind was open clear and flexible and moved like a movie lens that panning away from fixed object to reveal a spectacular panorama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When we worship what we believe, our beliefs become our religion. When we are so full and attached to our thoughts, there's no room for GOD.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what happens when we question our thoughts and step back from our stances of right and wrong. WHO ARE WE WITHOUT THESE COLLECTED -REPEATED- LIMITED -&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;BELIEFS&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The answer....... A whole lot closer to GOD !&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Copyright Positivley Kimber Blog 2009 at thedivineblessing.blogspot.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8607116793139550264-3330457234687896970?l=thedivineblessing.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://thedivineblessing.blogspot.com/2008/09/dont-believe-everything-you-think.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Kimber)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hn_DNNnfvDQ/SYNSEH_IpBI/AAAAAAAAAMs/BF5Q2TCvdh4/s72-c/don%27t+believe.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>