Happy Sunday

It's a glorious day sweetened by a service at Unity and  thoughts of the sun. I'll be "unplugged" for awhile, no emails, no blogging and no Bejewelled Blitz. It isn't easy to unplug. Bob was saying I could check emails for an hour each morning and that's it. But why?

I was in a group the other night and the discussion turned to our young children who are being raised in a time of high tech. They are so connected to their Ipads, I phones, I whatever s that they don't know how to connect one on one. They isolate themselves and some are suffering because of it.


So take the challenge.. unplug for an hour, a day, a week.. and see the difference in your life!

Pic.. Should you choose to unplug....you'll have more time for dancing or some other fun activity.

Garage Saling...

It's early and I am up and ready to head over to Unity's garage/trunk sale. What is one person's old treasure becomes someone's new treasure. It's a great time of socializing with my congregation and the public.

Like anything we go into, we don't know whether it will be successful. We do the preparation work and go forth as if all will be well. And the Truth is.. all is well.. whatever happens, however a situation turns out, we find the good in it right here and now.

What I do know is that we are ahead of last Saturday because it isn't raining. Yeah! So what in your life are you planning for? Can you now let the outcome go and trust in its unfoldment?

Pic.. Beneath this chaos of leaves and plants and frog.. there is a divine order happening. Just because we can't see it, doesn't mean it isn't there.

We Hugged!

Yesterday four of us from Unity set up in a prominent spot with our prayer flag display in honor of Unity's World Day of Prayer. A number of people stopped and made a prayer flag. We also offered FREE HUGS and our t shirts told everyone that.

I found though that standing and waiting for hugs wasn't as successful as standing with my arms open when people were approaching. It was interesting to see how some passed by with a smile on their face; others tried not to notice me; but many ran into the hug and others relented happily to both receive and give a hug.

Hugging a stranger is heart opening. For that instant in time I get to connect with a person I might never have connected with in this lifetime. For that moment we share love and joy. Many people said they needed a hug and others commented they felt better after the hug.

We wanted to bless people and thought hugs would do it. Of course we ended up being blessed as well. That's the way it works. You cannot share love without receiving it in return.

Just for today.... hug someone you don't know.

Pic.. My friend Linda and I a few years ago.. a hug is a blessing.

Free Hugs

Today for World Day of Prayer our Prayer Chaplains and myself will be at the market downtown from 11am until 1:30pm. We are offering free hugs and giving the public the opportunity to create prayer flags. Prayer flags are from the Buddhist tradition and the thought is that the prayers are blown in the wind to the world.

Prayers for peace raise our awareness that peace begins with me and with you. Prayers are not about changing God but about changing us. God cannot be changed as God is Principle.

If you are in London we would love to see you at the Market in the outdoor picnic table area. Take a moment today wherever you are to stop and hold a vision of peace for your world, your community and our world.

Pic.. Peace between all living beings.

Emotions Running High

Yesterday was an emotional day. I was sad about Sept. 11th events of eleven years ago. The night before I'd watched a number of programs and the saddest were the phone calls made by people caught in the towers.

As I backed out of my garage I caught the passenger side mirror and cracked it! Toyotown said I was lucky it wasn't the casing that needed replacement only the glass (cheaper). I was at Tim Hortons for lunch and spilled my drink all over the table. I dropped something at home and basically I was off balance. I went bowling with friends last night and after four frames my score was 2! (Well it's my prerogative to blame that on my emotional state as well!)

Emily Cady in Lessons in Truth writes, "All joy and strength and good spring up from a fountain within one's own being; and if we only knew this truth we should know that, because God in us is the fountain out of which springs all of our good, nothing that anyone does or says, or fails to do or say, can take away our joy and good. "

I know these words to be truth. I am the one who controls my thoughts and therefore my emotions. I can choose the next best thought. I don't have to stay in my funk. I have the power to lift myself out. And I am human and even though I know there is Divine Order unfolding around me, I can get upset about the chaos that makes it so. We spiritual beings aren't here to hide our humanity but to live it and use our spirituality to get through it.

Pic.. Turn to others to hold your hand through the challenges.

Be Grateful for Life

Eleven years ago today.... September 11th... we all know what happened right? Will we ever be able to hear that date without thinking of New York's World Trade Centre? Of course life was also lost at the Pentagon and on the fourth plane that was destined for the White House.

Last night I watched a TV show that played phone messages left by those caught in the towers. There wasn't one call about hatred, they were all about love. People telling people how loved they are. People asking people to take care of wives, husbands and children that will survive them.

I remember where I was that morning. While in a meeting at city hall someone came in and told our group a plane had crashed into one tower and then shortly afterwards they told us about the second tower. I was stunned and not sure what was going on. My car radio filled me in as I drove to a lunch date with a friend. We fell into each others arms, crying. What was happening to our world?

Today I suggest that a way to honour those who have gone on is to celebrate those who are here. Tell your loved ones that you love them. Spend time with them if you can and say a prayer blessing those who lives were lost Sept. 11th but whose spirits live on in all of us.

Pic..I love my daughter Jenn.. and so many more people.

Crash!!

Some would say I am vertically challenged... and maybe I am. This morning while reaching for a tall glass on the top shelf of our cupboards, I moved it but didn't get a grasp of it. It came smashing down!
Bob yelled, the cats ran and I moaned.

Luckily Bob helped... well he did most of the clean up and I continued on with my day. I find when things like that happen it not only shatters glass but my equilibrium.

Being short isn't something I notice a lot until I see myself in pictures with others or I can't quite reach the height I want to. Nonetheless I need to accept what is and know that there's usually help around when I need it. 

That's the thing about help. When it's available and offered we need to be able to accept it. Others appreciate the opportunity to be of service to us. It blesses them and us as well. So next time someone offers to help you, say yes. It will make both of your days.

Pic.. Bobby, my Knight in shining armour!