* * * Blessings * * *

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Respect 

is love

The heart 

is also love

and so are you 

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My world is filled with graceful love

my path is broad and gentle.

Ours is a journey of shared hearts.

I remind myself that I am

 blessed with friendship ,

gifted with acquaintances 

and associations

who travel with me .

Reminding myself 

always

that we are all traveling together.

I develop my individuality 

while welcoming the individuality of others.

As much as I yearn to be

truly seen and truly loved ,

I seek to see others truly 

and truly love them.

I offer to those I encounter 

a believing mirror.

I reflect back to them their dignity

their beauty

their potential and divine spark .

Treating all whom I encounter 

with respect and affection,

I allow my heart to be a vessel

for healing love.

Drawing on universal love 

to love through me,

I love freely and without fatigue.

I open my heart to actualizing grace

in each encounter.

I allow Spirit to encounter 

my interactions,

shaping them and leavening them 

to a richer bread.

I am nourished by Spirit 

and through Spirit .

I seek to bless and nourish others by 

expressing Spirit through me .

Julia Cameron .

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I have this book 

written by Julia Cameron 

PRAYERS TO THE GREAT CREATOR 

It is a beautiful book 

four in one volume

I fel in love with the book 

because of the LOOK 

It's a 635 pages book

and the paper looks kind of old ......

very beautiful

So ..... I picked it up and 

was surprised 

by what I saw inside ....

I never heard of 

Julia Cameron 

but I bought the book

July 2010

and I am so glad I did .

I refound it 

in my bookcase 

and was taken by the words

all over .

I read and than 

I muse ..... all day

several days 

I love to be inspired 

by beautiful words

from others 

the autumn-sun

is shining warm and beautiful 

and I am counting down

november 5 

my new hip !

happy autumn-days

to all of you 

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Time

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I know

 I have not been

blogging

 much .

Sometimes 

I need time

TIME

is a magical gift 

and as long as we have TIME

all is possible .

to me time is  healing 

it's like water streaming

amongst stones

 making all 

soft and shining 

and beautiful 

I feel an inner peace

I never had

I can see how

my life

has brought me here

and how I was able

to do and learn 

I now understand

how all had a meaning

and I can feel so blessed

and all of a sudden

my old pains

vanish in sparkles 

leaving a soft feeling

of autumnish colors ...

My (autumn) birthday

is coming soon

november 2

How I love novembers

and this time

november 5

I will never forget

A new gift

a new hip

a new future

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where it started ....my love for MUIZEN ( mice )

Typical Dutch Tradition

 Beschuit met muisjes

, (sugar coated aniseed )

 to celebrate the birth of a baby

. Pink muisjes for a baby girl, blue for a boy

Muisje = mouse

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When I had my first child
I became to be a mother 
and my life changed 
A LOT 

Before that 
I had been working as a 
kindergarten-teacher
in a Waldorf School .

I choose to be a 
stay-at-home mother .
and one day 
walking with my first-born
in the park
I met another mother 
also walking with her first-born
in that park
and we started talking
and
we became friends ...

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we had lots of coffee-and-play-dates
and than we were BOTH pregnant
from our second child 
at the same time 
We both had boys
and than we got girls 
and still when the years went by 
we stayed friends
and were creative stay-at-home-moms
and learned a lot
from each other .

Than I moved to another town
and a bigger house !
and we started sending MAIL 
LOTS OF MAIL 
MICE-MAIL 

and 

and we made 
and send
eachother mice-presents 

We had a third child 
not at the same time 
and I had a fourth .....

we still had coffee once and a while
and than I devorced
and a few years later she too...

the mail and the presents
were a joy in our friendship .

and still are 

and than

I got my first MAILEG mouse

in a box
from a very wonderful SHOP
by a bloggerfriend
LIA

and a new hobby started .....

she arrived too

and the one on the right !

and my first grandchild

was born 

and you know what

she loves the mice too 

and she is two years old now

and we play a lot
with my little friends

like this !

SHE CALLS ME 

OMA-MUIZEN 

HOW CUTE IS THAT !

so

now you know

about me and mice 

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have a wonderful OCTOBER

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hanging on .............

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as

you go through

LIFE

you've got

to see

the valleys

as well as

the peak

Neil Young

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I was a big fan

of Neil Young's

music

when I was young

( hihi I was YOUNG )

anyway

On Pinterest there was

an image 

of one of Neil's albums

record albums

and I went to look 

for his music

on You Tube

and Oh  Oh OH 

I still love that music

and after all this time 

I could sing all the songs

still knew all the lyrics.

BUT

than I saw

interviews with him

and 

started to read about his life

He is a very inspiring man 

and still is a great musician 

Surprise

from the past .

Is there music 

from 

YOUR

past

you love to hear 

?

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