from the Rumi Oracle cards

For your consideration…

When I got today’s message, I did not have to look for an image. I know this card and knew it would be perfect.

I love this card for the peaks and valleys, the lightness and darkness, and the range of colors. […]

For your consideration…

“Make lemons out of lemonade.” We have all heard that saying and probably used it. We use it to motivate. That’s all good, right?” Hmmm…not exactly.

When we think or say that phrase, we start with the assumption that lemons are bad. But lemons aren’t bad. They […]

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My friend, Jodie, once told us during a Zoom PJ meeting that when she is home alone she puts on her favorite music and dances around. Of course, I and I am sure our other friends got a mental image of that and it made us smile.

When we […]

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You know the saying, “Measure twice, cut once.” It is the same with our actions and words. We need to think before we think or act because words and actions can not be undone. At best, we can try to make repairs.

Still everything, even mistakes presents opportunities. Our […]

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The above is a picture of my daughter, Alex, getting their plane fueled up. As the mother of a Navy aviator, I worry. I often ask how her flight went and how the weather was. Often she will say, “Mom, the sun is always shining above the clouds.”

As […]

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“Think about what comforts you.”  That is how today’s message started. From there I was reminded about the saying “random acts of kindness.”

If we think about it, the things that comfort us are almost always small things. Warm, uncomplicated food like soup, mac and cheese, grilled cheese, a […]

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Remember in the movie Forest Gump when he said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.?”

We can ponder and think, overthink, run every scenario we can think of and end up back at the same place with no clear answers. We can not […]

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Today we get a little pep talk via the Fleetwood Mac song, “Don’t Stop.”

If you wake up and don’t want to smile If it take just a little while Open your eyes and look at the day You’ll see things in a different […]

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I woke up with the annoying song, “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better.” I sat with it and questioned was this really the message. Seriously, it sounds bratty, boisterous, not nice.

I have been asked by some people that I study with, why I question…argue sometimes…with my […]

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Throughout our lives, most of us have probably heard the saying, “What you see is what you get.” And probably we have not given much thought to it. Yet there is truth to it.

The Course in Miracles teaches:

” Projection makes perception. We look inside first, decide what […]