Cat’s Morning Bits for August 24, 2018
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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Bright, bright, restless bright, through the sun-
burnt meads,
Wavers the butterfly ;
Ever across its path a pilot invisible leads
A sylphid fleet of the thistle’s light and feathery
seeds,
And August passeth by.
-Edith Matilda Thomas (1854-1925)
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KarmaTube: Smuggling Hope
What would you think if you heard of two people smuggling 500 pieces of children’s artwork into the Guggenheim, one of the most famous art museums in the world? Would it sound ridiculous? Beautiful? Funny? Like a waste of time? Well, in this fun video, you’ll get to see this happen thanks to Brad and Kristi Montague of the Montague Workshop, a project dedicated to doing things for kids—including smuggling artwork. And though Brad and Kristi succeed, their endeavor bears a surprise message about hope, one that startlingly reminds us that things don’t necessarily have to be the way we think they are.
http://www.karmatube.org/videos.php?id=7642
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Spiritual Unite: Empaths And Relationships: 5 Things To Consider Loving An Empath
Empath’s are people who have personality types that are very unique. The empaths sensory levels are on a constant high alert. They are very sensitive to the vibrations of energy levels around them and are also incredibly intuitive with a high sense of self-awareness.
https://www.spiritualunite.com/articles/empaths-and-relationships-loving-an-empath/
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MBG: How To Create A Sacred Morning, Afternoon, & Bedtime Routine
Falling into a routine doesn’t necessarily sound like the most exciting thing to happen to your life. By definition, the very word “routine” implies the opposite of special, and often, it’s something to break free from, especially when it involves less-than-beneficial habits (gluing ourselves to the couch or blankly scrolling through our phones at bedtime—we’ve all been there!).
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/how-to-create-sacred-routines-throughout-the-day
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Elephant Journal: How each Equinox & Solstice teaches us to Honor Ourselves.
Growing up, I had the privilege of experiencing a childhood where I had the opportunity to connect with and develop a love of nature.
Because of this, I’ve always appreciated Earth and all that she gives us. Being from Northern Ontario, I have experienced not only the extremes of each season, but also the beauty.
https://www.elephantjournal.com/2018/08/how-each-equinox-solstice-teach-us-to-honor-ourselves/
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MNN: Rest easy, lazy bones: Evolution is on your side
Be as the mollusk — and embrace ‘survival of the sluggish.’
You may not have to get off the couch after all.
In fact, from an evolutionary standpoint, laziness may actually do you good — at least, if you have certain mollusk-like habits.
In a new study of bivalves and gastropods, University of Kansas researchers have found chronic lethargy to be an underrated survival strategy.
https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/survival-laziest-mollusk-study
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EarthSky News: How to catch Mercury before sunrise
Want to see Mercury? If you do spot it before dawn in the coming two weeks, you’ll be joining an exclusive club. It’s said that only a small fraction of Earth’s population ever knowingly sees our solar system’s innermost planet.
http://earthsky.org/tonight/how-to-catch-mercury-before-sunrise
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Patheos-Pagan: Which Pagan Path Should I Follow? | John Beckett
I wrote a book called The Path of Paganism. The irony is that once you get past the beginner stage, you realize there are many Pagan paths, not just one. Like a lot of people, I started out with Wicca – that didn’t work for me. Eventually I found Druidry, and through Druidry I found the ancestral, devotional, ecstatic, oracular, magical, public, Pagan polytheism I practice today.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2018/08/which-pagan-path-should-i-follow.html
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Inner Journey:
CELEBRATE DIFFERENCES
“Souls don’t have races or sexes or religions. They are beyond artificial divisions.”
— Brian Weiss
Intolerance of differences always exists in people who don’t know who they are, people who don’t have a strong sense of their own authentic self, the soul within.
Intolerance is rooted in fear.
The basis for having a strong sense of self-esteem is to replace our unconscious idea of basic unworthiness with a conscious knowing of our fundamental inherent goodness. As Matthew Fox argues in Original Blessing, the notion of ‘original sin’ must be replacedwith the truth of ‘original blessing.’
Being in touch with our essential goodness, we can see the essential goodness in others as well.
“Beliefs separate. Loving thoughts unite.”
— Paul Ferrini
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
The light is getting brighter.
The path is getting clearer.
And you are getting closer.
That’s all I’m saying,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Zucchini Refrigerator Pickles
If you like pickles and have lots of zucchini, you will appreciate this recipe. Please note that this is not for long-term storage, as you are not canning it. I substituted dill weed for the dill seed.
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Zucchini-Refrigerator-Pickles-2.html
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Magical Correspondences for Friday
Intentions: Love, Pleasure, Affairs of the Heart, Romance, Marriage, Sexual Matters, Physical Beauty, Friendship and Partnerships, Strangers, Peace, Healing, Beauty, gentleness and Women’s Issues.
Incense: Strawberry, Sandalwood, Rose, Saffron, Verbena and Vanilla
Planet: Venus
Sign: Libra and Taurus
Angel: Ariel
Colors: Green, Pink, Aqua
Herbs/Plants: Pink Rose, Ivy, Birch, Heather, Clematis, Sage, Violet and Water Lilly
Stones: Rose Quartz, Moonstone, Pink Tourmaline, Peridot, Emerald and Jade
Oil: (Venus) Cardamom, Palmrosa, Rose, Yarrow, Apple Blossom, Musk, Ambergris
Goddesses: Astarte, Aphrodite, Erzulie, Aida Wedo, Eve, Venus, Freya, Diana, Aset [Isis], The Witch Of Gaeta, Chalchiuhtlique
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Daily Wisdom
August 24, 2018
Patience
“Steady, patient, persevering thinking, will generally surmount every obstacle in the search after truth.”
-Nathaniel Emmons (1745-1840)
Aren’t we all together in this search for Truth? Our quest for spiritual growth is impressive! And that’s what will get us there – the way that we surmount those obstacles and continue on. We know that we must be patient with our journey, and patient with ourselves. We know that there is no “instant” answer, but that answers unfold before us with wisdom and grace. We know that our patience is rewarded continually as we grow and experience more of who we really are.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Beliefnet: 5 Tips to Find Your Confidence
Confidence is an assurance that we can make it. It is the uncanny ability to crush the inner fear and draw power when you are on empty. The definition of “confidence is a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities.” Oftentimes when we do have the determination to move forward and step out in faith, we do fail. Experiencing the ebbs and flows of life is part of the human experience. To be honest, finding confidence is not easy.
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/inspiration/galleries/5-tips-to-find-your-confidence.aspx#LaHtOi80B6FDVD4e.99
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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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