Cat’s Morning Bits for January 15, 2019
Good Morning Beautiful Souls, grab a cup of your favorite morning brew and start things off with “Today’s Inspirations”. I hope you find something here that will make you feel good or help you on your path today.
Blessings, Cat
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We make a living by what we get,
but we make a life by what we give.
-Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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Spiritual Unite: 5 Reasons Why Skeptics Should Believe In Astrology
It happens quite often: you tentatively check out your daily horoscope, hoping to read some exciting news about your love prospects, and bigger financial opportunities.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/5-reasons-why-skeptics-should-believe-in-astrology/
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MBG: Prep For This Weekend’s Rare Supermoon With This Eclipse Explainer
Dragging your feet? Avoiding the inevitable? Resistance and procrastination are natural; we tend to avoid what’s painful and stay in our comfort zones. Solar and lunar eclipses are dramatic turning points. They provide the cosmic kick in the pants to push us off the fence and into action.
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-solar-and-lunar-eclipses
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Tetrakyts: What Is Karma? – Everything You Need to Know
Throughout history, one question has preoccupied scholars of every religion and become central to the philosophies of said religions, and…
https://www.thetetraktys.com/2019/what-is-karma-everything-you-need-to-know%ef%bb%bf/
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Elephant Journal: The Good & the Bad will Happen: How Mindfulness can help us decide what Matters
Shortly after returning to work following the birth of my eldest son, I awoke to the sound of rain.
I could hear it pattering against the windowpanes and splashing on the roof of the girls’ dormitory where I lived and worked as a school counselor. My mood soured immediately. Returning to work meant leaving my three-month-old son in the campus day care center—a painfully ambivalent experience to begin with
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2019/01/rain-is-just-rain-a-lesson-in-mindfulness/
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MNN: 5 strangely cat-like traits of gray foxes
Gray foxes seem in many ways like the unsung bridge between the cat and dog world. They’re a canid species, related to foxes, coyotes and wolves. But they have some unusually cat-like features that help them get by in a tough, wild world.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/strangely-cat-like-trait-of-gray-foxes
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EarthSky News: Sirius, future South Pole Star
Tonight, as darkness falls, use Orion’s Belt to star-hop to Sirius, a future South Pole Star. Sirius is in the constellation Canis Major, the Greater Dog. It’s sometimes called the Dog Star. It’s easy to see, since it’s the brightest star in the night sky. You’ll always know you’ve found Sirius if you notice that the three stars in Orion’s Belt point to it
https://earthsky.org/tonight/sirius-future-south-pole-star
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Patheos-Pagan: The Sacred Pause of Winter
The past four years or so have been busy. I’d like to tell you they have been productive-busy years but in truth, they have been exhausting. By the end of last year, I’d had enough. Bone-weary and depressed, I knew I couldn’t sustain my busy-ness. I breathed deeply and welcomed the spirit of winter.
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/awaywiththewitch/2019/01/the-sacred-pause-of-winter/
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Inner Journey:
BELIEVE YOU ARE A CREATOR
“Every moment of your life is infinitely creative and the universe is endlessly bountiful. Just put forth a clear enough request, and everything your heart desires must come to you.”
— Shakti Gawain
We hold the power to create whatever we desire. Our ability to manifest the changes we desire depends on the depth and passion of our beliefs and on the focus of our attention.
With this understanding, we, as individuals and as society, can design a whole new future for ourselves. Our challenge is to break free of society’s world view, to truly empower our imaginations to create brand new realities. It brings a whole new meaning to ‘vision.’
What do you passionately desire for your own life? For the planet?
“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The non-existent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.”
— Nikos Kazantzakis
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
Oh yes, yes indeed. Today you are going to be enveloped by the magic. It will be in the air you breathe, the sounds you hear, and the sights you see. Play off the moments in-between the moments, look to the unseen, and give thanks.
Feel it, enjoy it, but most important, use it!
It’s already begun,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Spicy Beef and Bean Sprout Soup
This week’s soup is a delicious combination of Asian flavors. Using bean sprouts instead of noodles makes this soup low carb and friendly to most diets. Feel free to add chopped mint or basil to balance the spicy sriracha or chili paste.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Week-2-Spicy-Beef-and-Bean-Sprout-Soup.html
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Magical Correspondences for Tuesday
Intentions: Courage, Destination, Physical Strength, Revenge, Military Honors, Surgery and the Breaking of Negative Spells, Matrimony, War, Enemies, Prison, Vitality and Assertiveness
Incense: Dragon’s Blood, Patchouli, Lignum Aloes, Plantain
Perfumes: Hellebore, Carnation, Patchouli
Planet: Mars
Sign: Aries and Scorpio
Angel: Samuel
Colors: Red and Orange
Herbs/Plants:Red Rose, Cock’s Comb, Pine, Daisy, Thyme and Pepper
Stones: Carnelian, Bloodstone, Ruby, Garnet and Pink Tourmaline
Oil: (Mars) Basil, Coriander, Ginger
Goddesses: Aset [Isis], Soorejnaree, Pingalla, Anna, Aine, Danu, Yngona, Bellona, Aida Wedo, Sun Woman
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Daily Wisdom
January 15, 2019
Moments
“Let me tell thee, time is a very precious gift of God, so precious that it’s only given to us moment by moment.”
-Amelia Barr
Have you ever watched a television game show? In most of the games, there is an element of time involved. You’re up against the clock. You have 2 minutes to race through a grocery story, or 30 seconds to come up with the right answer. If you happen to be the person playing that game, you realize just how precious each one of those moments are! You focus your attention, and use the time wisely to win the game. Well, we’re lucky that life is not a game show! We have all the time we need to learn and grow and accomplish what we need to in this life. And we can start anytime, so why not start now? The prizes are all around us, just waiting to be won.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: The Complete Guide to the 7 Chakras
The entire universe is made of energy, and your body is no exception. Long before modern technology and science came along, ancient cultures studied the energy that lives inside each living being. There are seven energies that move inside of us, called the seven chakras.
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About Cat’s Morning Bits: These daily post are reblogged from various email newsletters that I receive each day.
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