tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33143432593783738072024-02-18T17:51:16.477-08:00Sparkle MiningTobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-15134512393996024522013-04-16T10:56:00.002-07:002013-04-16T10:56:38.495-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever gotten so frustrated wishing annoying people would change so your relationship with them would get better? I have so totally been guilty of that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Instead of that, what I try doing now is the above quote on loving someone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's not always the easiest thing to do, but think of the times you have really messed up or hurt someone by just not thinking a situation through far enough, and how awesome it felt to be forgiven, or even if not totally forgiven, loved anyway is spite of the hurt you caused.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What also helps me is to remember that I will ALWAYS be disappointed if I expect my "Oranges" show up as "Apples". Oranges aren't apples and will NEVER show up that way, so I can avoid a lot of resentment and disappointment on my part by remembering that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a Truly Sparkly Day My Loves!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tobi and the pixies</span></div>
<br />Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-79143677321554949862013-04-13T09:10:00.005-07:002013-04-13T09:10:55.396-07:00God gives you nothing you cannot handle<img alt="" height="400" 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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The two wolves</b></span></div>
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A <span style="font-size: x-large;">Native American grandfather </span>was talking to his grandson <span style="font-size: x-large;">about how he
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart</span>. </span></div>
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wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The other wolf is the loving,
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<span style="font-size: large;">The grandson asked him, "Which wolf will win the
fight in your heart?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The grandfather answered: "The one I feed." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Which one will you feed? </span></div>
Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-28892245361717366792012-09-18T10:31:00.001-07:002013-06-06T20:37:02.246-07:00What Stories Are You Writing Today Darling?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> What stands between you and what you most desire? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> What stories have you written to explain why you cannot achieve your dreams yet?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Your answers might relate to a lack of money, time, support from family, or all of these. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Obstacles can seem so numerous, so obvious, and so tough to change.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can relate to obstacles in many ways. Typical responses are to explain them or resist them.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Both responses take a lot of time and energy. And both anchor you firmly in the past, keeping your focus on areas of your life that are not working.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">To immediately generate alternatives, remember a simple analogy...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Imagine that you’re driving down a scenic highway. Suddenly you come to a huge rock in the middle of the road.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">At this moment you have several options. <span style="font-size: x-large;">You could try to explain how the rock ended up there.</span> You could also go into resistance mode, complaining about the carelessness of highway construction or the lack of state funding for rock removal.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Or, you could <span style="font-size: x-large;">bypass all this negativity</span> and remove the obstacle from your life at once. Instead of explaining the rock or resisting it, <span style="font-size: x-large;">just drive around it.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When faced with obstacles, people often respond with questions based the stories they have created to interpret an event, such as:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- Why am I so alone? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- Why does this always happen to me?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">- Why am I such a failure?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, you always have another option. You can ask questions that help you drive around any obstacle in your life- <span style="font-size: x-large;">questions that help you write NEW stories- more positive and empowering stories.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Questions have uncanny power. Questions direct your attention— and along with it, how you think and how you feel. If you want to create different thoughts, feelings, and results into your life, then ask different questions.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Start now by skipping the <span style="font-size: x-large;">why</span> questions and begin asking <span style="font-size: x-large;">what </span>questions, such as:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> 1) What’s the lesson here?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">E</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">xperiences do not come prepackaged with empowering lessons. Everything hinges on how you interpret experiences, and your interpretations can change over the years. A single event can take you a step closer to emotional contraction or expansion. <span style="font-size: x-large;">It all depends on how you interpret that event...the story you attach to it.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Instead of resisting a challenge, just lean into it. Ask yourself: How can I interpret this event in a more powerful way? What’s a positive lesson that’s waiting here to be learned?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> 2) What’s my next action?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This question shines a spotlight on solutions. No matter what happens, you can choose what to say and do in response. Rather than manifesting resistance or explanation, you can choose your next action.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Add inspiration and intention to the mix, and you gain an unstoppable momentum.</span></span><br />
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<br />Sparkly Hugs, Tobi and the Pixies!Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-55265101687149661442012-06-16T14:54:00.004-07:002012-06-20T17:22:02.088-07:00When did it become okay to be just okay?<div class="Free_Form" style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="style_2" style="line-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> I just found this post i had written a few years ago on my <span style="font-size: large;">makeup artist website</span>. I thought it would fit nicely into Sparkle Mining, so here it is... bear in mind it was written to makeup artists and artists in training, but i think it applies to us all!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_2" style="line-height: 28px;">It is REALLY LONG, but worth it I think.</span></span></div>
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<span class="style_2" style="line-height: 28px;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am adding some pink pictures for <a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/">Pink Saturday!</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="style_2" style="line-height: 28px;">Take the word "Okay" completely out of your vocabulary </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="style_2" style="line-height: 28px;">unless you are enthusiastically responding to someone's request!</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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did it become "okay" to just be ok? We think of the word Okay as being
positive, but if you take a long hard look at it, it really means "Bare
minimum". If you just finished a job, would you feel complimented if
the photographer described your work as "Okay"? </span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Would you feel </span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">great if
you overheard your man describing your </span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">relationship as "Okay"? </span> </span></div>
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fall down the stairs and someone runs up to ask you if you are "Okay" he
really means is it really serious- should I call an ambulance?" I
think you may be starting to get the picture.</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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why is it that we let ourselves do an "Okay" job when we don't think we
are being paid enough or that the job might give us something of value
in the future? Think about it dear ones.</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> We
are all aware of how broken our economy is right now. Politically,
everyone seems to have a group at which to point the finger of blame. </span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;">It dawned on me the other day that the state of our economy is the
fault of nobody but ourselves! </span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">We have become lazy, </span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">spoiled children
full of expectations and self </span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">importance but not wanting to put any
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span> We live in a society that has been blessed with the freedom
to create anything we desire. As both mom and dad are now in the
workplace, the need for conveniences to help us multi task resulted in a
lot of really wonderful things- like the IPhone with an "App" for
anything, the ability to rent newly released movies from your couch
instead of going to the video store, and someone who will cut your lawn
once a week so you can come home to a beautifully manicured yard without
having to force your kid to do it.</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">My
realization of all of this came simply from looking in my local
"Pennysaver" for a landscaper to do a spring cleanup aka "Rake all the
leaves in our big back yard that my husband has promised to do since
last November but never got around to doing."</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: large;">One ad in particular caught my eye: </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">"Bla Bla Bla Landscaping...We Show Up!"</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">"WHAT??? Are you kidding me?" I thought to myself. "No wonder this economy is where it is!"</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">Think about it- <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">when did it become ok to list </span></span><br />
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Showing Up"</span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> as a job skill and reason for me to hire </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">If
I hire this guy, should I be happy to pay him for just pulling up to my
curb? Can you imagine making a business card that says</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> "Tobi Britton
Makeup Artist... I Show Up!"</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">Or</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> "Take a class with Tobi- she will show up."</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">Are you laughing or crying yet?</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">The
last time I checked, "showing up" was the only way you could do a job. </span><br />
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">I
mean, it goes without saying that if you are not there, you can't work!
Thinking a bit more on this topic, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">I began to wonder when as a
society did we decide</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> it is ok that such little effort was alright? </span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> Just think- there will be plenty of people that will actually CALL this </span><br />
<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> misguided man because they probably had other landscapers not show up. </span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> I will bet anything that those landscapers that had a problem showing
up for jobs</span><br />
<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> will have<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><br />
<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: large;"> NO PROBLEM showing up on the unemployment line!</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Is
this really the message we want to send to our </span></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">kids as well as to
ourselves? </span> </span></div>
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know that landscaping has nothing to do with makeup, but the same type
of apathy and laziness shows up in our industry as well, and many of us
are guilty of it on some level or another! I have seen a lot of it in
aspiring makeup artists who expect to take a class and instantly become a
makeup artist without investing any time or work. I have called past
students to give them an opportunity to observe a real shoot and the
first question is "How much will I get paid"! </span><br />
<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;"> You KNOW I never called
them again!</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">I
have seen fledgling makeup artists with a little experience under their
belt actually think to themselves while assisting an established makeup
artist </span><br />
<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">"This isn't so hard, I could do this easy, no problem- she's not
so great".</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">What
they fail to understand is that the reason the shoot runs so smoothly
and seems effortless, is that the established artist has paid his/her
dues by working on anything and everything they could get their hands on
and built up the experience to quickly know how to handle any
situation. </span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">So who's fault is this lazy way of thinking?</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">It
is ours- by trying to make it easy for our kids, we have made it harder
by not teaching them that anything worth having is worth working for. </span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">If you are "One of those kids now grown" then the best thing you can do for </span><br />
<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">yourself is to stop taking stuff for granted and </span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="style_5" style="line-height: 43px;">Instead if asking "What am I getting" ask "What can I do" "What can I contribute- what can I give?"</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">What that means you have to start viewing opportunities that
come your way as gifts to make you a better artist or person.</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">You
have to take a brutally honest look at where and how you have been
lazy, or expected something you didn't deserve because you didn't make
an honest effort to obtain it.</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">We
as a nation have to retrain ourselves to stop expecting someone to "fix
it " for us and start fixing things ourselves. That is how we can make
things right again.</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">So my dear artist, let's start to retrain ourselves. </span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">SET BIG GOALS for yourself, and learn to enjoy the work needed to obtain those goals. </span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">You
will soon find that in this economy, which by the way I believe is part
of a big plan, that it is no longer Okay to be just OK.</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">Let's stop looking for the easy way, the silver bullet.</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">BECOME the Silver Bullet~</span></span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>
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<span class="style_4" style="line-height: 22px;">Tobi Britton</span><span class="style_3" style="line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div>Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-76707326241039973892012-05-23T06:46:00.000-07:002012-05-26T12:48:58.827-07:00Something To sparkle about- It's Pink Saturday's 4th Birthday, andThis Cowgirl with Spirit is 73!! Seriously??<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">HELLO My sparkly Friends!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">OMG- Looky what I have found-</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Say hello to Mimi Kirk- </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My new Sparkle from the inside out inspiration Angel!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="lead-in">I just came across Mimi Kirk </span>yesterday while googling for something- I forgot what, but OMG wow is all I can say! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When I read that<span style="font-size: x-large;">
she was 73 years old, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I was completely in awe by how incredible she
looked. She was born in 1938!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I visited Mimi’s website</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the story of of her healthy lifestyle she embraces inspired me to revisit my experimenting with juicing raw food. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This was Mimi 4 years ago before raw food</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and after just four years of eating right! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> I have taken Mimi on as my personal role model( she doesn't know it yet)! Her care of her body and her diet has made it possible not
only for her <span style="font-size: x-large;">to look and feel like a much younger person, </span>and glowing health makes it easy to live life abundantly.
Here is what I found out about Mimi…</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mimi</b> prefers a<span style="font-size: x-large;"> raw, vegan diet </span>– she says it makes her feel so much better
after eating raw foods than cooked foods. She is also happy knowing that eating
vegan is compassionate towards animals. She became a vegetarian back in her 30's because of the cruelty aspect. I found this quote </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"My energy level is amazing and I
think I look better than I did when I was just a vegan and not eating
raw foods.</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I think one can still eat processed foods as a vegan, but
there is not much of a chance when eating raw that you will be consuming
processed foods. So I think, personally, it is a healthier choice all
around that I have embraced.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>When did she start eating this way?</b><br />
When Mimi turned 69, she became a raw vegan because as she says "my blood
pressure and cholesterol were up and I was starting to feel arthritic
pains in my joints." </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">LOOK at what 4 years eating raw will do!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to Mimi, after just six months, her body had healed and
everything was normal- all without taking
any prescriptions drugs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b></b><b>So what makes Mimi Sparkle?</b><br />
Mimi believe passion for life, love, friendships, looking forward to the
future, exercise, passion, compassion, laughter and knowing how to
manage stress all contribute to a long, healthy life.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Her philosophy?</b><br />
“Love.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So my sparkly friends- the beauty of Mimi for me is that she is not linked to any new diet product or exercise machine- <span style="font-size: x-large;">she is living proof that what we put in our bodies as fuel determines how our "engines" will run.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can't put french fry oil in your car and expect high performance... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Your engine will seize and you will be left with a pile of junk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about you, but want I to look and feel like Mimi when I am 73!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You don't have to go cold turkey and join an ashram-</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Start by simply adding 1 or 2 fresh veggie/fruit juices like my fave- Organic Apple, celery and Ginger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you don't have a juicer yet- try them at your local healthfood store and see if you like them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I started this morning with a juice and plan to greet each day that way- and begin to add raw recipes a little at a time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We will see about full on Raw Food later... lol </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want to try Mimi's recipes </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">this is her book</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I ordered it yesterday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mimi also wrote</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Cowgirl Spirit</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Solid women, Strong friendships and </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Stories from the frontier </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">HOW</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">can you not LOVE this gal??? </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a link to it on the sidebar!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Since it is Pink Saturday's Birthday this weekend,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Enjoy My Sweeties!!!</span><br />
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</div>Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-9065065305955727702012-05-17T09:03:00.001-07:002012-05-19T13:59:44.115-07:00Sparkling Secret-Paradigm Shift: There is Always Enough Love<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> The World is So Breathtakingly Beautiful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>So awesomely delightful</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We feel our greatest</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">JOY</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">when we are</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> filled with <span style="font-size: x-large;">Love</span> and Awe,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">humble</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and in a </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">State of grace.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But <span style="font-size: x-large;">how often</span> do we <span style="font-size: x-large;">go thru life's motions</span>, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">certain we are on top of everything- </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that <span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>we</i> have everything figured out</span>? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Then without warning <span style="font-size: x-large;">something happens</span> and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">we have a flash of insight that <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">knocks us to our knees</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and back to that </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">blessed state</span> of </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">humble</span>, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a bit <span style="font-size: x-large;">less</span> of a </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">"know it all".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a story about one of those times. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> I dare you</span> not to have your heart open... even a smidge!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">If you want to know what </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">God is Like
...watch a child. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were the only family with children in the restaurant. </span></div>
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I sat Erik in a
high chair and noticed everyone was quietly eating and talking. <span style="font-size: x-large;">
Suddenly, Erik squealed with glee and said, "Hi there."</span> He pounded his
fat baby hands on the highchair tray.<span style="font-size: large;"> His eyes were wide with excitement
and his mouth was bared in a toothless grin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He wriggled and giggled
with glee.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk_mlG1-QKJnaVuqL2alU9ooRAmd_WcfkQ5wTFapEUjVfJmkHo7MnVx7N3ZXe0OnPlg0IC6JrFN_kjlrTK5sP9gaqNyS7K8HHXPTKVmLKxkox1H-f9Z9CcepOJ6P3VHoULxRiZBRa7dn2/s1600/h-armstrong-roberts-baby-sitting-in-high-chair-laughing-hands-raised-in-air.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidk_mlG1-QKJnaVuqL2alU9ooRAmd_WcfkQ5wTFapEUjVfJmkHo7MnVx7N3ZXe0OnPlg0IC6JrFN_kjlrTK5sP9gaqNyS7K8HHXPTKVmLKxkox1H-f9Z9CcepOJ6P3VHoULxRiZBRa7dn2/s320/h-armstrong-roberts-baby-sitting-in-high-chair-laughing-hands-raised-in-air.jpg" width="239" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I looked around and saw the source of his merriment. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
It was a <span style="font-size: large;">man with a
tattered rag of a coat, dirty, greasy and worn.</span> His pants were baggy
with a zipper at half-mast and his toes poked out of would-be shoes. His
shirt was dirty and his hair was uncombed and unwashed. His whiskers
were too short to be called a beard and his nose was so varicose it
looked like a road map. We were too far from him to smell, </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">but I was
sure he smelled. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
His hands waved and flapped on loose wrists.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBI7D1bVx6-ceKyJNUaetuRQl5IV_hKV8Q-4-WMrI4f2q0Gfq0L8IQ-bcttiN0aiuJOLOMe4VytaioeM3FbxtCBpq9nAx1Cf5j2yeLXRKdTt1ppCSU4sLx-HdeuKtcY04aR68LOT_6ftL/s1600/5277724533605991_8USkuyQm_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBI7D1bVx6-ceKyJNUaetuRQl5IV_hKV8Q-4-WMrI4f2q0Gfq0L8IQ-bcttiN0aiuJOLOMe4VytaioeM3FbxtCBpq9nAx1Cf5j2yeLXRKdTt1ppCSU4sLx-HdeuKtcY04aR68LOT_6ftL/s320/5277724533605991_8USkuyQm_b.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Hi there,
baby; hi there, big boy. I see ya, buster,"</span> the man said to Erik.
My husband and I exchanged looks, "What do we do?" </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Erik continued to
laugh and answer,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacFM8K7Su6TbWZMbNC7FeqtkNeASnRr5P4ca6vrxWMsC6UgHIqzzNaF1Ge6uHmcc5uOsKCr_-lZXzzzNmosqYQF7Xlvv77cXY_3cQs_mSzd80jJ_p7bZSJfGXB5ua8jfLSIR6V5qoKE24/s1600/images-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacFM8K7Su6TbWZMbNC7FeqtkNeASnRr5P4ca6vrxWMsC6UgHIqzzNaF1Ge6uHmcc5uOsKCr_-lZXzzzNmosqYQF7Xlvv77cXY_3cQs_mSzd80jJ_p7bZSJfGXB5ua8jfLSIR6V5qoKE24/s1600/images-6.jpg" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"> "Hi, hi there."</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBVgF95p4YOkl-MgTWWMt0WyLvF3SLZ0PHev_WJM4PHmtdIHULdzM_VrtFg1cRrbkQY3VaT-h1NiYR8k4ufwOInQ7ew3A3HmNOYVamSZYcntfjeT6OlCQYvqz3Kw4R6MqRWbgJ2ufkYcm/s1600/images-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Everyone in the restaurant noticed and
looked at us and then at the man. The old geezer was creating a
nuisance with my beautiful baby.
Our meal came and the man began shouting from across the room, </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNlzI__7ygoysgfgSvMCP4pSPyJ7GZgOeAYVJCPcKv66Mo8pBA-QSboRIoDU43qfdGPOhoZFm8zeMUhCiGDe7Zs41_9VwAIz5p_-l2LTArgj07R7Dmk-OQOfUBhm6P5wBXkkKtduXrqNW/s1600/images-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNlzI__7ygoysgfgSvMCP4pSPyJ7GZgOeAYVJCPcKv66Mo8pBA-QSboRIoDU43qfdGPOhoZFm8zeMUhCiGDe7Zs41_9VwAIz5p_-l2LTArgj07R7Dmk-OQOfUBhm6P5wBXkkKtduXrqNW/s320/images-2.jpg" width="212" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">"Do ya
know patty cake? Do you know peek-a-boo?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"> Hey, look, he knows
peek-a-boo." </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3nIWAGdpwOWSXcvbX-8bYiX25efSt18hamJc5zh5DWM4A6_LBe_2lFC4JOUov6AEHuPwHU_jknP7c7cZiTIPXK_wAhPr90G3Fqvn65_NwIr-hW9w7tzYq2t_6cgz5MumtqPNbIXkiF7n/s1600/images-3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3nIWAGdpwOWSXcvbX-8bYiX25efSt18hamJc5zh5DWM4A6_LBe_2lFC4JOUov6AEHuPwHU_jknP7c7cZiTIPXK_wAhPr90G3Fqvn65_NwIr-hW9w7tzYq2t_6cgz5MumtqPNbIXkiF7n/s1600/images-3.jpg" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Nobody thought the old man was cute.</span> He was obviously
drunk. <span style="font-size: large;">My husband and I were embarrassed.</span> We ate in silence,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"> all except
for Erik, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBVgF95p4YOkl-MgTWWMt0WyLvF3SLZ0PHev_WJM4PHmtdIHULdzM_VrtFg1cRrbkQY3VaT-h1NiYR8k4ufwOInQ7ew3A3HmNOYVamSZYcntfjeT6OlCQYvqz3Kw4R6MqRWbgJ2ufkYcm/s1600/images-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtBVgF95p4YOkl-MgTWWMt0WyLvF3SLZ0PHev_WJM4PHmtdIHULdzM_VrtFg1cRrbkQY3VaT-h1NiYR8k4ufwOInQ7ew3A3HmNOYVamSZYcntfjeT6OlCQYvqz3Kw4R6MqRWbgJ2ufkYcm/s1600/images-1.jpg" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiacFM8K7Su6TbWZMbNC7FeqtkNeASnRr5P4ca6vrxWMsC6UgHIqzzNaF1Ge6uHmcc5uOsKCr_-lZXzzzNmosqYQF7Xlvv77cXY_3cQs_mSzd80jJ_p7bZSJfGXB5ua8jfLSIR6V5qoKE24/s1600/images-6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxGrDrSx7N8cyoRTMhTxk0_ebFb3RSNp_mtD1zDqxxaFz3FM8B0U3yWujWLGBTUwyPjZ3vcCIEogPAi1kNTjdfJA-yNqwghbqkPw0m-OaFpu_zEHuYtDdOjeU4xVRMt6wdwZ4hOewOdAG9/s1600/images-4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">who was running through his repertoire for the admiring
skid-row bum, who in turn, reciprocated with his cute comments. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0fIGVnum4g3evcgrH0wnJbhcSpMwnUONAtTLzKFpKfqZuiqXTYe9RsnKp7XShK_pqJahSVkc4i6fMHdQJmGVZcEzJf_Nkn2cIb_vmdQRVO3tIeHRVtiih5i7IFdOMky0VGMjvoC2m06B/s1600/280700989245063084_hGUe5ARh_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0fIGVnum4g3evcgrH0wnJbhcSpMwnUONAtTLzKFpKfqZuiqXTYe9RsnKp7XShK_pqJahSVkc4i6fMHdQJmGVZcEzJf_Nkn2cIb_vmdQRVO3tIeHRVtiih5i7IFdOMky0VGMjvoC2m06B/s1600/280700989245063084_hGUe5ARh_b.jpg" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
We finally got through the meal and headed for the door. My husband went
to pay the check and told me to meet him in the parking lot. <span style="font-size: x-large;">The old
man sat poised between me and the door.</span> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
"Lord, just let me out of here
before he speaks to me or Erik," I prayed. As I drew closer to the man, I
turned my back trying to sidestep him and avoid any air he might be
breathing. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">As I did, Erik leaned over my arm, reaching with both arms in
a baby's "pick-me-up" position. </span>Before I could stop him,Erik had
propelled himself from my arms to the man's. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Suddenly a very old smelly
man and a very young baby consummated their love relationship. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGOlLjK7gjXPaa8hLwzTaJzpDZlRBo2qRv050WF7iE9xyyT8bFP4xbAI2TPaDpR_RK-DkwkB31gBTSubKmL7XIsLgYH0J3ZRNGyiTTtBIFYdtX_WJR9I1FTYEj5XIjvBMBOk27sC8IV9W/s1600/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGOlLjK7gjXPaa8hLwzTaJzpDZlRBo2qRv050WF7iE9xyyT8bFP4xbAI2TPaDpR_RK-DkwkB31gBTSubKmL7XIsLgYH0J3ZRNGyiTTtBIFYdtX_WJR9I1FTYEj5XIjvBMBOk27sC8IV9W/s400/images.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Erik in
an act of total trust, love, and submission laid his tiny head upon the
man's ragged shoulder.
</span>The man's eyes closed, and I saw tears hover beneath his lashes. His
aged hands full of grime, pain, and hard labor-gently, so gently,
cradled my baby's bottom and stroked his back. No two beings have ever
loved so deeply for so short a time. I stood awestruck. The old man
rocked and cradled Erik in his arms for a moment, and then </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">his eyes
opened and set squarely on mine. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">He said in a firm commanding voice,</span> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> "You take care of this baby."</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5UxUTiaKHxUHsSd16IhRXNgu22W5nDjxb0wldG_jYUn3vsyFha7rFe1O-vVhlYDIqqjQBfL9p3uRj9dQl-sSJ80kE93ojPqvgMZZOjid0HhJntKtLtb_Lwccpog5Va1VzYEptz0iq4JI/s1600/89227636337419303_fA2MPOSN_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5UxUTiaKHxUHsSd16IhRXNgu22W5nDjxb0wldG_jYUn3vsyFha7rFe1O-vVhlYDIqqjQBfL9p3uRj9dQl-sSJ80kE93ojPqvgMZZOjid0HhJntKtLtb_Lwccpog5Va1VzYEptz0iq4JI/s320/89227636337419303_fA2MPOSN_b.jpg" width="320" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Somehow I managed, "I will," from a throat
that contained a stone. He pried Erik from his chest-unwillingly,
longingly, as though he were in pain. I received my baby, and the man
said, <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">"God bless you, ma'am, you've given me my Christmas gift." </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-5UxUTiaKHxUHsSd16IhRXNgu22W5nDjxb0wldG_jYUn3vsyFha7rFe1O-vVhlYDIqqjQBfL9p3uRj9dQl-sSJ80kE93ojPqvgMZZOjid0HhJntKtLtb_Lwccpog5Va1VzYEptz0iq4JI/s1600/89227636337419303_fA2MPOSN_b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
With Erik in my arms, I ran for the car. My husband was wondering why I
was crying and holding Erik so tightly, and why I was saying, "My God,
my God, forgive me." I had just witnessed Christ's love shown through
the innocence of a tiny child who saw no sin, who made no judgment; a
child who saw a soul, and a mother who saw a suit of clothes. I was a
Christian who was blind, holding a child who was not. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">I felt it was God
asking </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Are you willing to share your son for a moment?" </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
After all... didn't he share His?</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
The ragged old man, unwittingly, had reminded me, </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> "To enter the Kingdom of God, we must become as little children." </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0krgvbtoCHj-Y6paEKj7sRgjyQ4YFQRavREyzyXlpi237YmAtQdZZyScSVayVWAReXhzUGesjuCbY2DG4RdhdmhDuwZeDEYSbTMUW2a5jwzeqhQfXN6ZYDKyug26klA4INTbanxfLaPoG/s1600/80079699594495585_QLyeMg1Z_f.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0krgvbtoCHj-Y6paEKj7sRgjyQ4YFQRavREyzyXlpi237YmAtQdZZyScSVayVWAReXhzUGesjuCbY2DG4RdhdmhDuwZeDEYSbTMUW2a5jwzeqhQfXN6ZYDKyug26klA4INTbanxfLaPoG/s400/80079699594495585_QLyeMg1Z_f.jpg" width="260" /></a> </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Today- instead of avoiding love, howzabout we</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Look For It??</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Share YOUR Sparkle</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Share your LOVE </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's amazing how little it costs! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Grow a sparkle Garden today! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Have a Sparkly Day My Friends!</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Linking with<br />
<a href="http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/">White Wednesday </a><br />
<a href="http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/">Nifty Thrifty Tuesday</a><br />
<a href="http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/">Time Travel Thursday </a><br />
<a href="http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/">Pink Saturday </a><br />
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<br />
Note: I was sent this story as one of those emails I almost didn't read. Don't know who wrote it- if you do let me know!!! </div>Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-83596227358444151092012-05-11T12:46:00.001-07:002012-05-11T16:03:24.483-07:00Our First Pink Saturday Giveaway!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Pink Saturday my Sparkly Friends!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Welcome to my new blog- Sparkle Mining! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's for when you might be feeling blue, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> or in need of some inspiration, </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">or would like an idea of something you can do or read </span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-large;">that may help you feel better.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For me,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">PREZZIES</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(presents) </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">always</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">make me feel better-</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">so that's why I am having a </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">BIG GIVEAWAY!!</span><br />
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</div>Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-52116065191689543782012-05-11T10:11:00.003-07:002012-05-11T10:11:55.558-07:00About Fear...Thought for the day<div style="text-align: center;">
<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="qo">“</span>Our
deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. </span></blockquote>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyond measure. </span></div>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It is our light, not our darkness that
most frightens us. </span></div>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, fabulous? </span></div>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
<div class="t1" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Actually, who are you <i>not</i> to be? You are a
child of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Your playing small does not serve the world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> There is
nothing enlightened about </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">shrinking </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so that other people won't feel
insecure around you. </span></div>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We are all meant to shine, as children do. </span></div>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We were
born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.</span></div>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's not just
in some of us; it's in everyone. </span></div>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And as we let our own light shine, we
unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. </span></div>
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<blockquote cite="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060927488/skdesigns/" title="Quote from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles. By Marianne Williamson. Pg. 190-191.">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">As we are
liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates
others.<span class="qc">” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="qc">Nelson Mandela</span></span></div>Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-53198233993707863252012-05-10T13:25:00.003-07:002012-05-15T16:31:55.719-07:00The new Share Your Sparkle Party!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Have you ever <span style="font-size: large;">broken a small branch</span><br />
off of a bush in early spring<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">thinking it was dead,</span><br />
only to find that<span style="font-size: large;"> inside it was green</span>-<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Living Green?</span></div>
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Well<span style="font-size: large;"> sometimes I feel a lot like a twig.</span></div>
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Sometimes life and it's challenges<br />
make my leaves shed and take away my sparkle so I feel lifeless.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I KNOW that I am alive</span>,</div>
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but the trouble is- </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't feel very alive.</span></div>
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Instead, I just hide in my daily routines </div>
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and "suck it up"</div>
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and go thru the motions.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Sparkly Friends</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">is a very sad state to be in.</span></div>
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But you know what?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We can DO something about it.</span></div>
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Let's make a pact to </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">rediscover our </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sparkle</span></div>
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our</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">JOY de VIVRE!</span></div>
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It can be as simple as <span style="font-size: large;">finding a beautiful new</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Blog,</span></div>
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Or as deep as an online</div>
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Class<br />
that will<br />
Restore your soul...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all have links and favorite blogs that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">give us joy and inspiration.</span></div>
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Here is a <span style="font-size: large;">new kind</span> of</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">LINK PARTY</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The </span></div>
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<a href="http://sparklemining.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Share Your Sparkle Party</span></a></div>
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it is a blog party with a twist-</div>
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Instead of linking to YOURSELF</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">You link to Someone</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">or something that</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Inspires you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">YES!</span><br />
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SEnd<span style="font-size: large;"> them</span> the gift of </div>
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Traffic </div>
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And new friends!</div>
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It can be decorating, gardening, a beautiful blog,</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Whatever makes your little heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">SPARKLE</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">and</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Shine!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will do a weekly post featuring </span></div>
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a </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sparkle Worthy New Friend!</span></div>
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The Sparkle Party<br />
will be held right here at<br />
<a href="http://sparklemining.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">SPARKLE MINING</span></a><br />
Please don't forget to follow!!</div>
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</div>Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-12185120222853679122012-05-10T11:54:00.001-07:002012-05-10T11:54:18.074-07:00Have You Been To The Dump Lately?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hello My Sparkly Friends!</span></div>
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So one of the<span style="font-size: large;"> surest ways</span> to <span style="font-size: large;">dull your sparkle</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> is to have an overloaded brain. </span></div>
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You know, everything is shoved up in there</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">like that closet you are scared to open </span></div>
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cause you know you might get <span style="font-size: large;">killed by all the junk </span>falling out!</div>
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My handy dandy solution to overstuffed brain is </div>
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"<span style="font-size: large;">The Daily Brain Dum</span>p" as I call it! </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Nothing productive can happen in your life</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">if you don't sort out your brain, </span></div>
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and the "DBD" is the way to go.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Squirrels forget because they can't write and empty their brain every morning!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do YOU know where all of your nuts are?? </span></div>
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The "Daily Brain Dump" is actually what <span style="font-size: large;">Julia Cameron</span> describes in her book </div>
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"The Artist's Way" as <span style="font-size: large;">"Morning Pages"</span>.</div>
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If you do nothing else in life for yourself </div>
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other than<span style="font-size: large;"> start a daily habit of "DBD"</span>,</div>
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I assure you it will help quite a lot.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The term "Dump" for me is also symbolic (albeit not so pretty an image).
Think about a real dump and recycling facility. There are huge
machines that help to separate</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Look at this pile of garbage. Pretty gross, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">How does it make you feel? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now Looky here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">There is something more calming about this pile... it is separated</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally- look at this: Orderly and Clean and Useful!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now think about your mind.</span></div>
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When your <span style="font-size: large;">mind is full of garbage</span> that is unsorted you are kinda</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">like a car in the snow</span> without catlitter... </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Your wheels just keep spinning.</span></div>
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By <span style="font-size: large;">putting it all out on paper</span>, and physically sorting your thoughts into productive categories,</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here's how to do it:</span></div>
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Get a large brand spankin <span style="font-size: large;">new legal pad </span>and a <span style="font-size: large;">nice flowy pen</span> that makes you happy to write.</div>
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First thing in the morning- take your pen and <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">completely empty out ALL thoughts </span> </div>
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as they pop into your head. The reason I started calling it my "Brain Dump" is it </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">reminds me to not "edit" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>what goes out onto the paper, I <span style="font-size: x-large;">just let it all flow</span>. It doesn't have to make sense or be in order. You can write "I hate my job, I need to get milk, I must fix that cabinet and call mom" You just have to <span style="font-size: large;">keep writing until nothing is left</span>! </div>
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The only real rule is to leave one space in between thoughts or paragraphs. <span style="font-size: large;">Say as much or as little about each thought as you want.</span> That's it! I will tell you why later.</div>
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When you are finished, <span style="font-size: large;">take a scissor and begin cutting</span> the thoughts or paragraphs</div>
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and place them <span style="font-size: large;">into piles</span>: To do, Rants and Grumblings, To Buy, To Fix, What I really wish...</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">whatever headings you please.</span></div>
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Now with the <span style="font-size: large;">pile of rants and grumblings</span>, </div>
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either shred them completely, wet them and mush them- <span style="font-size: large;">or burn them like I do</span>- anything so that whoever you were writing about can never find and read.</div>
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Put the other groups in <span style="font-size: large;">envelopes or make them into lists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Now tell me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">How much better do you feel???</span></div>
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Not only will you <span style="font-size: large;">start your day with a clear head</span>, you will have a list of stuff to get done!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Brilliant!</span></div>
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If you prefer, you can do this at night so you can sleep with a clear mind.</div>
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I challenge you to try it for a week- even five days straight.</div>
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Tell us how it goes!!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Just look at you, you sparkly thing!!!</span></div>
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<br /></div>Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-71501621556591720282012-05-09T19:26:00.002-07:002012-05-09T19:54:47.312-07:00True North<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Finding true north is essential for accurate navigation</span></div>
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Hence the metaphor. In life's journey we are often uncertain where we
stand, where we are going and what is the right path for us personally. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Knowing our true north would enable us to follow the right path.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The path that makes your heart happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is your True North?</span></div>
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To me, <span style="font-size: x-large;">true north</span> <span style="font-size: small;">is figuring out</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">what</span> exactly</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">makes you sparkle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now what makes YOU sparkle</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">may or may not</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">different from what sparkles me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">A good place to start is with our belief in a higher power-</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">something bigger than us.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Something divine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Whatever you believe it to be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">How we connect to our higher power is entirely personal, yet extremely crucial to our well being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">For me, God is pure love.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">we speak daily via my morning pages, and I am telling you- writing down questions and then writing the answers that pop in my mind is really an incredible exercise.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I can tell the answers that come to me are from a much wiser, loving place- <span style="font-size: large;">and always good advice! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">So here is an exercise for you, to help you begin finding </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">your own, personal</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">True North. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wake up at dawn, just before the sun rises and go to a quiet, comfy place in your home that makes you feel calm. This may be inside or outside your home, or it may not be at your home at all! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Light a candle and sit quietly, wrapped in a blanket- cozy and warm. <span style="font-size: x-large;">Picture yourself as you wish you were</span>- picture you at 100%. Forget about your present circumstances and drama for just a moment, and just allow yourself to see what you would consider to be "the perfect you". How do you look? What are you wearing? What is your first impression?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now walk over to her in your mind, and as if she were a shell- slip inside- try her on! Take a few moments, and start to recognize how she feels. What does she do that brings her joy? What core values are not only important to her but she actually personifies? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Try not to let your "mind" tell you this is all silly- what we think in our heads is often not in tune with our hearts.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instead of thinking- try FEELING. How does she feel? How does it feel to be her- to be YOU at 100%??</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Write everything that comes to your mind or heart- no editing or trying to make sense of it all. The "selves" we have created to exist in our present circumstances are many times at battle with our core values- our True North. The further you are are from True North, the harder your mind/ego will try to tell you this is all hogwash.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">When you have written all that comes to your mind and heart- even if one thought says "this is stupid" just write "this is stupid"! You may see a struggle between your heart and head start to happen. You may write "this is stupid" and then write "No- it is not and I am going to keep doing it!" "I need to take out the trash later"! Let it all flow- even if it makes no sense, let everything flow thru your body to the pen and onto the paper.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">If this was hard for you to do, just take your writings, tuck them away in a private space and walk away. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Come back to it in a day or two.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ideally, taking time early in the morning each day to create a safe sacred space for your heart is one of the best things you can do to help find your lost sparkle.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let me know how it works for you!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sparkly Hugs,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tobi</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> </span></span></div>Tobi Britton*pinkpixieforest.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00304025924413575900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314343259378373807.post-74885483067882515102012-05-09T14:27:00.001-07:002012-05-15T16:17:09.193-07:00Catch The Spark!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Sparkling is contagious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So is being frazzled or remaining in a negative state.</span></div>
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run around sanitizing our hands and counters and sinks and air and
little one's toys... basically our entire world so we don't catch
viruses from other people, <span style="font-size: large;">but we never give a second thought</span> to
<span style="font-size: x-large;">"catching" bad moods,</span> negativity, worry, fear.<span style="font-size: large;"> anger</span> and hatred <span style="font-size: x-large;">from
others!</span></div>
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We have all experienced days when we start out really happy and joyful, only to run into a<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> "Negative Nellie" </span><br />
that pretty much ruins our day if we let it!</div>
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I really think the most overlooked killer of sparkle</div>
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is a foul mood!</div>
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We tend to think that<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">if we are in a bad mood, that it is just about us.</span>.. but <span style="font-size: large;">that is wrong pumpkin.</span></div>
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Everything we touch, come in contact with, speak to, smile at, curse at...<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">everything we experience </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> </span>day in and day out is <span style="font-size: x-large;">effected by our moods!</span></div>
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Therefore, it goes without saying that we need to <span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">for what we project </span>out there!</div>
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We forget our<span style="font-size: x-large;"> sparkle heals</span>- both ourselves and
others who we touch with it. It even <span style="font-size: large;">affects those who just observe us
sparkling.</span><br />
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Sparkling is a natural state that we create <span style="font-size: x-large;">when we function at our own personal 100 %.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Find things that make you sparkle</span> and include them in your life on a more regular basis, so you will be happier and spread sunshine instead of gloom...<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What Makes YOU Sparkle??</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Tell me here!</span><br />
Sparkly Hugs,<br />
Tobeeee! </div>
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