smiley73's Blog

Our family would appreciate your thoughts and prayers over the next few days.  For those of you who "know" me I usually talk about my son's diabetes. What doesn't come up often is his ill heart (unrelated to diabetes).  Friday my son will be having cardiac surgery at Children's Hospital to dialate his aortic valve. Although it won't require open heart (as he had when he was 6 days of age for other cardiac issues), it's nonetheless frightening.  I truly believe when prayers go up, blessing comes down.......please pray for him....

Celene Dion Says it Best:
"Call the man
Who deals in love beyond repair
He can heal the world
Of hearts in need of care
Shine a light ahead
When the next step is unclear
Call the man
He's needed here "

~smiley......

I was raised catholic.  I was even an alter girl and in the church choir.  Somewhere along the line, I have lost touch with the church and somewhat have lost faith in it.  Having said that, I haven't stopped having faith in God and his power.  
I was sharing a story today with my friend about something that happened to me as a young teen.  I remember then praying so deeply to god that he'd hear me and that things would be the way I needed them.  I'll spare you the details of that story but the significant part was that the next day my prayers were answered.  
I hadn't thought about that story in nearly 20 years.  It reminded me today how much I believe and when prayers go up, blessings come down.  
Things don't happen by chance.   Everything happens for a reason.  All part of his master plan, I believe!  What do you think?  
~ smiley....
PS To all those moms out there Happy Mother's Day ... we have been blessed to have this day!

Although I didn't write this, I live by it and thought I'd share with you all!  It's long, but worth the read!
WAKE UP and Create Something - by Bob Doyle 


It's time for the "mainstream" to WAKE UP. The alarm clock 
is ringing, they keep hitting snooze, and in the meantime, 
the life they could be living is passing them by. 

Day after day, millions of people go through their lives 
wishing and hoping and dreaming that things could be better, 
with absolutely no knowledge that it is they themselves that 
perpetuate their own dissatisfaction. 

It is not the "gifted few" who create their realities. It's 
not just for those in the metaphysical community. It is all 
of us. Every single one. However, there are a few who have 
awakened to this knowledge, and make creating their reality 
a daily event...manifesting whatever it is they want in 
their life with seemingly no effort! 

Meanwhile the rest of the world looks on in wonder and 
disbelief. They assume that these "fortunate few" are among 
the cosmically lucky. 

To be honest, the whole thing generates some anger in me. 
The problem is that we are "dumbed down" by society 
throughout our whole lives under the pretense that we are 
actually being intellectualized. The "scholarly" tell us 
that metaphysical topics like reality creation are pure 
fantasy. Science insists on measurable evidence of 
everything before it will acknowledge such claims as fact. 

However, it's really not that difficult to comprehend. Even 
the most skeptical people should be able to grasp a few 
simple concepts like: 

- Everything in the Universe is composed of Energy, 
including you and me. Even our thoughts are Energy. 

- Through Energy, everything in the Universe is 
connected. 

- The Universe creates without effort, and in 
abundance. Just look around you. Trees, rocks, air, 
planets, etc. all were created without stress, 
effort, or over-analyzation. The Force you choose to 
believe initiated the creative process doesn't 
matter. They are all there and were created 
effortlessly. 

- You ARE a part of the Universe and through the 
power of thought, have the same creative power that 
manifests everything you see. The only thing that 
limits your potential is your own belief system! 

Everything that occurs in your life is interpreted BY YOU. 
You add the meaning, you add the emotional response, you add 
EVERYTHING. It is your thoughts that literally take the 
energy "data" and transpose it into your reality. What you 
consider "real" is nothing more than an agreement that 
you've made with yourself (and no doubt many others in some 
cases). 

This is how our reality has been shaped. This is how we have 
learned what is possible, and what is impossible. We learned 
it from OTHER PEOPLE. The problem is, these other people 
(family and friends perhaps?) have their OWN limiting belief 
systems which they ALSO consider "real". 

So human limitations spread like a virus, and we don't even 
realize what's happening. 

As discouraging as this is, many of us ARE waking up. I 
personally feel it my sacred duty to shake people out of 
this "intellectual trance" that limits them and show them 
what is truly possible. 

So what IS the difference between those who cruise through 
life in a seemingly perpetual state of bliss, with 
everything they want coming to them with no effort, and the 
rest of the population working at jobs they hate for the 
sake of doing the "responsible" thing, hoping that SOME DAY 
they can live the lives they hope for? 

The difference is that these people know their purpose, know 
WHY they absolutely HAVE to fulfill that purpose, and commit 
themselves to never stopping until they realize their dream. 
They may or may not have thrown the accepted definition of 
"responsibility" out the window. The only thing that matters 
ultimately is that they now live lives they love, following 
their passions. 

You see it is our PASSIONS in life that tell us precisely 
what we are to do. When we follow our passions, our life 
lights up. We give off incredibly powerful energy which 
attracts our desires to us. That means people, money, 
objects, careers...whatever we want that is in line with our 
purpose. The Universe WANTS to provide those things we want 
most. It is only our own limiting belief systems that stop 
fulfillment from occurring.