Showing posts with label Bach Flower Therapy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bach Flower Therapy. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Beauty of Rest!

Have you ever noticed and watched people who are just plain tired? Their attitude changes, their tone of voice is weary, sharp, or whiny. People are just plain "short" with each other. The nervous system can't be repaired when we don't get the proper sleep or rest. I am amazed at the people I talk to that can't get their day started without some stimulant. Then when night time comes they can't seem to calm down or sleep well. The same cycle starts the next day.

Life was meant to be enjoyed. I love the word "enjoy". Do you enjoy your life? Do you enjoy the people you live with? Do you enjoy your work? When you enjoy life, you seem to be more at rest. Your heart seems to be at peace. I have had to make many changes in my life, to find a path of more peace and rest. Some times we need to make a change of the people in our life that are not healthy. Sometimes a boundary of saying "no" to everyone and everything, so you can have time for "just you".

When my family was younger and I was nursing and having babies, I took a nap in the afternoon. I heard this little voice inside of me say one day,"come apart or fall apart". Because I home schooled my children, I made then have a quiet time in the afternoon too. I tried to teach them at a young age that it was important to get away from everyone and just rest. No music, no talking, just quiet. It's amazing how some people don't enjoy the quiet. It does wonders for the nerves. I challenge you this week to go to place of quiet with nature and rest. Practice being still and just listen to the quiet. Enjoy yourself!

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Listening to Your Intuition!

Has it ever occurred to you the God gave you an individuality? Yet he certainly did.

He gave you a personality of your very own, a treasure to be kept to your very own self.  He gave you a life to lead that you and only you should lead.  He gave you work to do that you and only you can do.  He placed you in this world, a divine being, a child of himself - to learn how to become perfect, to gain all knowledge possible, to grow gentle and kind, and to help others.

And it's not so difficult as it may at first appear; we are simply expected to do our best, and we know that this is possible for all of us if we will but listen to the dictates of our own Souls.  Life does not demand of us unthinkable sacrifice; it asks us to travel its journey with joy in our hearts. Many of us in our childhood and early life are much nearer to our own Soul than we are in later years.  We have clearer ideas of our work in life, the endeavors we're expected to make, and the characters we are required to develop.

And has it ever occurred to you how God speaks to you and tells you of your own individuality, and of your very own work, of how to steer your ship true to its own course? He speaks to you through your own desires, which are the instincts of your Soul. How else could he speak? If we but listen to and obey our own desires, uninfluenced by any other personality, we shall always be led rightly.

Our Souls (the still small voice, God's own voice) speaks to us through His Word, our intuition, our instincts, our desires, our ideals, or ordinary likes and dislikes, in whichever way it's easiest for us individually to hear. All true knowledge comes from Him. Neither is it a difficult, faraway attainment to hear the voice of our own souls; it has all been made simple for us if we will but acknowledge it. Simplicity is the keynote of all creation. Truth has no need to be analyzed, argued about, or wrapped up in many words. It's realized in a flash. It's  part of us.

Only about the unessential, complicated things of life do we need much convincing.  This has led to the development of intellect. The things that count are simple; they're the ones that make us say, "Why, that's true, I seem to have known that always." So is the realization of the happiness that comes to us when we're in harmony with our spiritual selves, and the closer the union, the more intense the joy.

In life through trials, stresses, relationships, lack of knowledge, abuse, and the uncaring of our caretakers, we can get out of balance and disharmony within ourselves. We all fall victim to a fallen world. But God is his great wisdom has given us  many tools and helpers along the way. Bach Flower Therapy is a wonderful tool to help regain our balance through the use of Flower Therapy.                                Centaury Flower