In My Everyday Life

Desert Beauty In My Neighborhood

“Every blade of grass has an angel that bends over it and whispers, Grow! Grow!”~Talmud

This has just been one of those weeks where life happens and the week got away from me and before I knew it here we are and I have written nothing that I can share. So although I don’t have any inspiring uplifting words for you, I hope you do enjoy some photos taken from around my neighborhood.

If you don’t live in the desert here’s a little taste of the beauty that surrounds me.

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I love clay pots. This one is actually on the front lawn of one of my neighbors, photograph taken while on a nature walk with my granddaughter.

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There are many different varieties of succulent plants. There’s the Silver, there’s the Blue. There’s the Graptopetalum which because of their plump rosettes they give visual weight and are great for the border of large containers. And did you know that succulents are a very low maintenance plant requiring water only once every 7-10 days or when soil is dry? And sorry I forgot the name of these so if you know, please post in the comments below.

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I found this bug outside on my plant in my back yard just standing there like this for a while. I’m not sure what kind of bug this is, but if you know share in the comments please.

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Bench in front of Cattle Baron Steak & Seafood Restaurant, love their salad bar. Photo taken when out to dinner with my granddaughters.

These are growing on the road right outside my house, I’m thinking Prickly Pear but not sure, if you know please leave the name in the comments.

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And I can’t end without mentioning these gorgeous butterflies who come to visit every summer, this one is outside the front of my house.

No matter where you live you have a neighborhood, so go out, take a walk around, give some gratitude for the beauty that surrounds you and charm your soul. I am grateful for the magic I see all around me every day and I’m delighted to share with you a bit of our desert love.

Feel free to share your photos and if you know the names of the cacti and bug, let me know in the comments below.

Dessert Blessings

COPYRIGHT MASHA G. ELLMAN 2017

August 15, 2017August 15, 2017

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Are You Keeping Yourself Small

“The song that you’ve been holding back is the cause of your heart-ache. Don’t wait! You’ve got to sing your song as if your whole life depends on It.” ~Michael Beckwith

What are you gaining by playing small.

By hiding yourself away.

By not stepping fully into the circle of life.

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What are you gaining by playing small.

By not picking up responsibility for your life.

By waiting for someone else to come along and decide for you.

By living inside guilt and shame and fear and blame and judgement and limitations…

Those are heavy dark energies to be carrying around with you.

They stand in the way of the light, they’re blocking the song of your soul.

And the truth is that, only you can remove the fears, only you can remove the guilt, only you can forgive yourself and others, only you can bring yourself out of the disempowering dark and into the higher light. Only you can toss those dark companions you’re walking with to the wayside.

Only you can “sing your song” as Michael Beckwith says.

Staying small does not empower you, staying small keeps you hidden behind the wall of – who do you think you are, stop being a show off, what do you know, you’re not good enough…staying small keeps you in the field of victim, keeping the magic away from you.

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Only you can break through

Only you can say YES to your life

Only you can declare you’re ready

Ready

To live the life you are meant to live.

Only you can be in charge of your life, and actually small or grand consciously or not, you already are. Only you can direct, only you can transform, only you can move the walls and only you can step through them and cross the threshold into the light and –

only you can open the door to your salvation.

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We each have a special purpose – a magical song inside us. We each have talents and gifts that we were blessed with that are unique to us, that only we have to give. But, when we play small, we’re hiding from our greatness, we’re not living in the enchantment of our days, we’re not honoring ourselves – we’re not living our souls purpose.

Are you feeling like you’re holding yourself back, keeping yourself small? Come share your thoughts in the comments below, love to chat.

Blessings

COPYRIGHT MASHA G. ELLMAN 2017

August 8, 2017

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Hello August!

I’m ready for August.

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I can feel the fresh new air of August holding with it change and transformation.

I’m ready to step into a new path, a more committed path to bring forth greater health, and more awareness of my self care.

I’m ready to be more mindful every day.

I’m ready to commit in a greater way to my writing, and to my inner work.

I’m ready to unfold a deeper knowing of the mystery.

I’m ready for lots of enchantment, miracles and magic.

Are you? What are you ready for? Can you feel the fresh of August? Share in the comments below, love to chat.

August Blessings

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August 1, 2017

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Simple Self Care Magic

Look up at the clouds and let yourself float away…

Dream…

Breathe…

Let your imagination take you away…

Who cares? It’s your life

Your imagination

Fly away…

Laugh out loud

Dance

Buy yourself a present

For no reason

Just because

Walk barefoot

In your house

On the grass

Feel the earth

Soak your feet in a bowl of salt water (Epsom salt)

Get a foot massage. Ahhhhhhh…

Gift yourself some dreaming.

Do something out of your ordinary routine.

Remove the chains of self doubt

Be brave

Love your im-perfect

Believe in yourself

Expand. Allow. Receive.

Give yourself beautiful thoughts about yourself

Connect with your intuition

Practice mindfulness – Be in the moment

Build a deeper relationship with yourself

Be grateful for YOU!

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Today bring some magic into your life

Set some sparkles off

Don’t pretend to be

Be – your true love

Be kind to yourself

Forgive your mistakes

Look at yourself in the mirror and say

I LOVE ME!!!!!!!!!!

Have you given yourself magical moments? Come share in the comments below and lets play in the magic together.

Magical Blessings

July 31, 2017July 31, 2017

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Why Bless the Day Ahead of You

For a very long time now, blessing my day ahead of me has been a part of my daily routine and I can tell you from my own experience that it really works. Ordinary days become extraordinary days.

When you’re blessing the day ahead of you, and giving thanks in advance, you’re inviting in and collaborating with the Universal forces to bring about the best highest energy for you and for all. You’re being deliberate in your request and you’re setting yourself up for a divinely filled and guided day.

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This is what I do.

Every morning I call on all my angels, spirit guides, my animal spirit guides, my ancestors, all the celestial beings who are of the highest light and energy who are with me, and I ask for their protection and help in blessing my day ahead of me. And I thank them in advance for my day working out perfectly.

I bless myself and every one that I will come in contact with. Everyone that will have a thought about me that day. Everyone that I will pass on my way, whether I know them or not. If I’m going to work I bless everyone. Every meeting I will be having, and everyone who will be at the meeting and I give thanks in advance for how perfect every meeting has turned out. I envision everyone happy with a smile on their face and love in their heart. While I’m asking I’m also giving out love from my heart for the day ahead of me. I say – I love everyone and everyone loves me. And it always turns out that way. Somehow during the meeting at work the perfect words come to me and I can always feel the loving positive energy in the room.

I bless my house my car the road I’ll be traveling on and all the cars and the people around me that are on the same road. All the trees the rocks the animals the sun…I feel myself inside a loving light and I extend that light out into the day ahead of me.

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OK let me stop here and confess, I’m not perfect and I don’t remember to bless my day every day, but I feel that’s ok too because when I don’t remember it’s when I see the difference in the energy of the day which then reminds me of the magnificence that happens when I do.

It only takes a few minutes but it will make a huge difference in how your day unfolds. This intentional blessing is very powerful and when your intention is pure and from your heart, you ignite an energy that will serve you and everyone in miraculous ways.

Do you bless your day ahead of you? Is it a practice you would like to start? Love to know, leave your comment below and lets chat.

Blessings

July 25, 2017

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Why Give Yourself a Break

Some days you just need to take yourself out of the normal in order to restore the normal. You have to give yourself time to replenish and re-nourish your soul. You have to give yourself a break. You can’t expect to get up every day and be the same and create the same. Every day is new, every day is different, every day brings with it a new set of energies.

Some days can be a real struggle to get to my creativity, to open that door, to get rid of my inner critic. To quiet my mind. And then there are those days when creativity flows so easily out of me, when the words just flow and when I feel so connected to the mystery. I’m just totally amazed, and I am in wonderment of what I see before me on the page. It’s during those times of struggle that I have to remind myself that it’s ok, that I should take a break and allow the nothing to be also, it has a right to be there just as much as the creative doing.

You can’t force creativity, it’s either you’re open and it’s coming through you or it’s not. Forcing it never works, so I have to accept those days also and be gentle with myself and compassionate and allow myself to be in that place.

The last couple of days have been like that for me and after trying to create, to get into it and not being able to, I have to stop and…give myself a brake.

I have to remind myself that every day is new and brings new energies.

The same energies that were yesterday are not true for today and the same energies tomorrow will not be the same as today.

One day I may want to wear red and the next day I’m in black or brown or yellow.

One minute when i look up at the clouds i see animals and the next I see people.

And I’m constantly changing and I can’t be in the same energy every day.

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So I’m giving myself a break and I’m not getting stressed over that I can’t open to that inner place. That I’m not able to allow. That I need to create. That I haven’t written what I had planned to. That I can’t find the perfect photo. Instead – I’m allowing myself to just be.

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