Cat’s Morning Bits for February 16, 2018
Good Morning! 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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The Sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
almanac.com
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Beliefnet: Practical Memory Tips For A Younger Brain
Scientists can now detect these memory lapses even in young and middle-aged brains. But there’s no reason to give up hope. We all have considerable control over our own brain aging and the memory…
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Mind Body Green
The Scientifically Proven way To Unlock The Transformational Power of Setbacks
When tragedy strikes, surrendering to your sadness and staying in bed all day sometimes seem like the only option.But it’s possible to have an entirely different reaction to a serious setback: You can actually come back from something hurtful or tragic stronger and with a better perspective on life.
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A Bountiful Moment:
Our quest is not for material satisfaction but for internal peace, love and understanding.
Daily Thought
Are you constantly looking for outside satisfaction to support who you are or what you aspire to be? The outside materials you desire are only a sign that inside you are yearning for more self-love, and understanding. You are whole and good just by being. You do not need the additional garb of other things to make you perfect. You are the perfect example of perfection without anything added. Your understanding of this is what brings boundless opportunities and an end to searching for satisfaction.
Daily Practice
Look at what you yearn to acquire today. Is it more material things, food, money, or the need to have someone constantly remind you that you are loved? These desires are a window into your internal lack of faith in yourself. They are a way for you to avoid your struggling need to acquire the knowledge and understanding of who you believe you are and what you are projecting into the world. Fight the urge to satisfy yourself today with outside support and look inside to develop the internal support and strength you need.
Have a Great Day and Believe in Yourself!
Dr. Juliann (my child therapist.com)
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EarthSky News: This weekend Young moon and Venus
This weekend is a wonderful time to start looking for Venus after sunset. Seeing Venus is a challenge now, but the moon will point the way.
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Mother Nature Network: These underwater creatures will mesmerize you
From whales to nudibranches, these 2018 Underwater Photographer of the Year winners will make you want to scuba dive.
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Inner Journey
THE KEY TO THE FUTURE
“The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination.”
— John Schaar
We’ve been taught to look forward to our future. Somehow, we believe, things will be better then. But the future is not available to be lived – we can only live NOW. So what are we doing to live best right now? What are we doing now that will bear fruit when we reach some future now?
“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.”
— Roger Babson
higherawareness.com
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A Note from the Universe
Do you know why dogs are so quick to wag their tails and cats are so quick to purr? Even the ones that have been lonely, abused, and betrayed?
Because, as is true of all animals, they were instilled with the distant awareness that no matter what the world shows them, they’re still deeply loved and needed, that their presence alone has made a difference, and that in just the shake of a leg, seemingly without reason or rhyme, everything can FANTASTICALLY change for the better.
As is true of all people, except sometimes they tend to forget.
Purrfectly,
The Universe
tut.com
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Today’s Recipe: Homemade Vegetable Bouillon
Fresh vegetables sometimes get soft or soggy before we use them, right? Spinach always does and bell peppers often do. Even celery gets limp after a while, particularly for those of us who buy it by the bunch. What to do so as not to waste hard-earned money? Freeze those veggies. Chop them up to save time later, remove cores (but not necessarily seeds) from peppers, cut off any small discoloured bits, put them in a bag and stick ’em in the freezer. Tough stems of broccoli and asparagus, even the cores of cauliflower and cabbage. Chop and freeze. Leftover veg after dinner? Not enough for another serving? Bag and freeze. Even a bit of leftover cooked rice needn’t be thrown away. Bag and freeze.
thriftyfun.com
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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, Chalchiuhtlicue
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Daily Wisdom
February 16, 2018
Home
Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.”
-John Howard Payne (1791-1852)
Even after the most marvelous vacation – we usually return and say “it’s so good to be home!” There’s something about the comfort and familiarity about our own personal space that keeps us coming back. Remember Dorothy clicking her heels together in The Wizard of Oz? It doesn’t have to be anything grand or spectacular. Just having our own little defined area makes us feel a part of something bigger. I love what Jimmy and Rosalind Carter have started with Habitat for Humanity. By helping to build homes for families that need them, they’re giving so much more than financial assistance. They’re giving a sense of pride and permanence that is invaluable.
-Lissa Coffey
coffeytalk.com
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Mind Body Green: Feng Shui For Your Living Room: The Top Do’s & Don’ts
The living room is the main gathering place of the home, and it should therefore emit a calm, harmonious energy. Feng shui design principles can help us achieve this kind of serenity.
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