Today's Affirmation

 

"Today I will be my own knight in shining armor and come to my own rescue."

 

 

What is wrong with women?  I’ll tell you what’s wrong with women.  What’s wrong with women is that we’ve been conditioned since our girlhoods to believe in the Knight in Shining Armor who comes riding in at the most dire moment to swoop us up into the saddle and carry us off into the sunset to live happily ever after.

So how can we be blamed for spending our lives stalking the ultimate big game-the Knight in Shining Armor? 

 Every cute boy, every handsome man we meet who looks at us with that certain look in his blue or brown or green or hazel eyes, we dress up in shiny metal, put a plume in his helmet (or his ball cap or his cowboy hat or is sun visor-you get the picture), and a long lance in his gauntleted hand and pursue him with every feminine wile we have.

It’s even worse when crisis strikes because then we look, not to our feminine selves as being capable of being our own knight in shining armor, but to the herd of males, potential shiny men out there who we think can save us.

 

Our first introduction to the knight, whether shiny or tarnished, is our fathers-big strong, powerful, the superman of knights.,  It doesn’t matter how good or evil he is, he is our first superman of knights. 

 

We graduate from dad to Ken who has perfect plastic hair, not a hint of 5 o’clock shadow, and no penis with which we would be threatened.

 Then comes the middle school boys-the cute little trouble makers who tease us, snap our bra straps and who definitely have penises with which to threaten us-the first males to have penises.

 Our next encounter with knights are the high school boys-the athletic well formed males who strut like peacocks down the hall surrounded by females who compete with each other for his attention.    Or they are the dangerous boys who slouch and goof off in class and answer back and cuss and maybe even smoke.  There is a certain appeal in the bad boy knight.  His badassness shows he has the toughness to protect us from dragons and other boys.  All these high school boys definitely have penises and they definitely threaten us and sometimes we want to be threatened, we may even like being threatened.  We may not let them threaten us, but we like knowing they possess a certain threateningness.

 

Then, of course, we marry the man we think is our destined Knight in Shining Armor.  How disappointed we can become when this perfect guy turns out to have flaws, and somehow doesn't know how or isn't truly capable of saving  us from the witches and dragons and trolls that live under bridges.  Now what do we do??? 

 

It's time for an AWAKENING!  What we find is that hiding way back in our closets, among all the clothes and shoes and purses we bought that we probably didn't need, is a dusty, tarnished suit of armor.  We ask ourselves, "Where did this come from?"

 

Well, nobody put it there.  It was there all along. We drag it out, dust it off, shine it up, and put it on.   Wow!  How surprised we are when it fits, a little awkward maybe, but it fits.  Even the fancy sword fits in our hands.  We may not really know yet how to use it, but we certainly can wave it around.

 

Ladies, the more we get used to how the armor fits and how to use the sword, the more we realize that we are not helpless, not without resources, not without power.

 

It is time for us to reclaim ourselves as powerful beings in our own right. King Arthur's motto was "Might for Right."  Our feminine motto should be "Might for Right is Right for Us!"

 

So, girls, go clean out your closets.  You may just find that suit of armor that you didn't know was there.

 

In Love and Light-Always,

R

 

 

Today's Affirmation

 

"Today, I will reconnect with my most precious friends and tell them I love them and appreciate them."

Our closest and most precious friends are a wonderful resource to us.  They bless our lives with what they have to offer, and the best thing is that they offer it to us freely.

Did you ever not see a close friend for some time and then pick up the phone and pick up exactly where you left off as if no time had passed?  This is one of the things that classifies a "best friend".

I have three close and precious "best" friends.  I have know two of them for almost 30 years.  We have traveled parallel roads, but a couple of times a year, our paths intersect, and we catch up. 

We have seen and shared each other's joy and success, as well as each other's pain and suffering.

These three wonderful women are quality women.  They are the best women I know.

They are strong, independent, highly intelligent.  They are fighters-they fight for themselves and what they know is right. 

They embody all of the qualities that I value and admire.  I love them.

So, in honor of my  three sister-souls, I dedicate this post.

I don't know what my life would be like without them-less enriched, less full.

So, dear friend-readers, consider your close and precious friends.  Pick up the phone and check in with them.  Invite them over for coffee or tea, invite them for luncheon, make a trip and visit them or invite them to make a trip to visit you.  Look them up on Facebook, reconnect with them.  They will be happy to hear from you, as you will be happy to hear their voices, even if it is a texted voice.

Appreciate these women and men who have played an integral part in the person you have become.

Here is a little vignette about Lisa, one of my three most precious friends:

     About twenty years ago, when my daughter was less than a year old, our family had experienced 
     a severe financial difficulty.  I was overwrought.  I didn't know what to do.  I got a phone call from Lisa who is a wonderful and talented psychic reader (today she specializes in animal reiki and reading).  She asked me is everything was o.k. because she had gotten a feeling about me.  I told her what was happening.  She was loving and supportive and she gave me courage and insight and guidance.  About a week later, a large package came via delivery company.  When I opened the box, it was filled with clothes, brand new clothes, for my daughter.  I cried.  I called her right away to thank her for her goodness and generosity.  Do you know what she told me??  She said, "Rob, what are friends for?" 

Dear friend-readers-love you friends and appreciate the selflessness they bring into your life.

In Love and Light-Always,
Robin

Today's Affirmation

 

 

"Today I will be courageous and put fear aside and reclaim my own personal power."

 

 

Through our journeys in the human world, we have encountered numerous examples of the use of power-not always good.  As we perceive power, we perceive it as a force that puts us in charge, something we can wield, like a sword.  It is a word that has grown to have negative connotations.

 

We need to begin to rethink power.  Think of it as not as something we use against others, but something we use to strengthen ourselves.

 

Power, real power, is a force that resides within us.  We should learn to embrace it and use it for our highest and greatest good.

 

 

Blessings.

Power is strength and authority and courage and love and not fear.  Fear directly contradicts power.  Those who fear, temporarily misplace their power.

Do not be in a hurry to be powerful, but cultivate love, patience, inner strength, and this is power.

 

Power is not aggression or violence.  These are misuses of power manifested through fear.  Prejudice is manifested through fear, and this is not power either.

Power is silent.  It is in the gently manner of man.  It is in love that power resides, not in hatred or killing or fear.

Cultivate the love in your own heart, and this is power.

 

 

So, my friends, contemplate your own personal power today, and ask yourself what is preventing you form embracing it and owning it.  Move beyond fear and into courage.  Use your power wisely-always for the highest and greatest good of all. 

 

In Love and Light-Always,

Robin

 

Today's Affirmation

 

"Today, I will self-check myself for my auric health.  I will center, balance, and ground myself."

Today, I thought I would give you a brief preview of one of the chapters in the Spirit Seeds meditation book.

This excerpt is from Chapter 3-Centering, Balancing, Grounding.  It is not the entire chapter, (I can't give too much away before publication), but it will give you idea about the book.

           "Each of us has an invisible layer of protective energy that surrounds our physical bodies.  It radiates outward approximately two to four inches from the physical body and is made up of electromagnetic energy.  It is our human force field and it is called the auric field, or simply, the aura.

When we are healthy and balanced, the aura is healthy and balanced.  When we are not healthy and balanced, the aura is not healthy and balanced.  And when the aura is not healthy and balanced, then it can thin out in places or develop bulges, wavy ridges, or what seem to be hairline cracks.  The aura isn’t actually cracked, of course, but the energy is so thin that it looks like it’s cracked. 

These problematic auric conditions are caused by any number of factors.  The most primary would be experiencing extended periods of stress and anxiety, or exposure to high levels of negativity, such as being in a hostile work or home environment, or in constant contact with someone who is angry or hateful, bitter or resentful, jealous or mean. 

Sometimes, our own negative emotions or our diminished mental, emotional or physical states can also tax the aura.  The auric field is strong and protective, but under such diminished or strenuous conditions, it surely can become weakened and not as effective or protective as it should be. 

            When this occurs, we may feel out of sorts, irritable, quick to anger, quick to react.  We may experience mood swings.  We may feel scattered, unorganized, frustrated.  We may become clumsy, bump into things, trip over things.  Additionally, when the aura is weak, so is our immune system; thus, making us more susceptible to illnesses such as colds and flus.  The necessity of keeping the aura strong and balanced is clear:  without its strength and balance, we are a mess!

            The best way we can ensure that our auric field is in good working order is to center, balance, and ground our energy.  This means that we collect all of our energy that has become scattered or lost and concentrate it around our physical bodies, and we reconnect it, ground it, deep into the earth.  Remember how Peter Pan lost his shadow and how Wendy needed to reattach it?  This process is similar.  Our energy is lost, and we need to reattach it, not with needle and thread, of course, but with breathing and visualizing and drawing in."

 

In Love and Light-Always,

Robin

Today's Affirmation

 

"Today, I will make my life more manageable by making a list and following it."

 

 

Life can sometimes be overwhelming-so many things to do all the time.  It really can be mind numbing.

 

I try to start out every day with a list of things that need to get done.  I keep the list on my desk next to my computer, and as I accomplish something on the list, I cross it off.

 

Crossing off items on my list gives me a great sense of accomplishment.  I love seeing that line running through a task that marks it as DONE.

 

Breaking down my tasks in more manageable bits makes it easier for me to accomplish them and less likely to procrastinate.

 

I always have to remind myself that I do not have to do all the tasks on the list.  But an item being on the list reminds me that it does, at some point, need to be done.

 

So, with your busy life-job, house, kids, co-workers, friends, extended family, bills, dates, chores-try making a list.  Post it where you can see it, and as you accomplish each item, cross it off.

 

Make your life today as manageable as possible.

 

In Love and Light-Always,

Robin

Today's Affirmation

 

"Today I will look for the hand of Universe working in my life."

 

 

If we attune our awareness, then we can better recognize those times when the Universe is actively communicating with us and working in our lives. 

 

We see the unfolding of events, seemingly miraculous, and they are because Universe has engineered it to be so.

 

Universe communicates to us through a variety of ways that seem so natural that we don't always recognize it.  Many people are under the impression that when Universe communicates with us, we need to have some lofty vision of a celestial being surrounded in light, the sky needs to open, and the mighty voice of God makes the earth shake.

 

This is not true.  Universe always communicates with us in a way that we can understand.  Think about it.  What good is cosmic communication with humanity if humanity doesn't understand the message?  Good point, right?  Indeed.

 

Sometimes those very seemingly random or casual communications come through our friends or a song that is playing the minute we turn on the radio or a repetition of things that show up in close succession to each other.

 

Other times it may be a line from a film or book that keeps playing in our brains.  And other times it is just a sense of knowingness-seeing and understanding so clearly something we did not recognize before.

 

So, dearies, keep your eyes and ears open for the voice and wisdom of the Universe.  The more you attune yourselves to these messages, the clearer they become and the more frequently you will be able to actually to say, "THIS is definitely the hand of the Universe working for me right now."

 

In Love and Light-Always,

Robin

Today's Affirmation

 

"Today I will work on letting go of _____;  the Universe supports my growth and helps me to overcome what is no longer needed in my life."

 

Letting go is one of the hardest thngs we can do.  It is so much easier to hang on and hang on tightly.  Even if something is bad for us, like a relationship, we have a tendency to hold on to it instead of just letting it go.

 

What makes us do this?  Is it the fear of losing the familiarity of a situation.  Is it our knowledge of how to, or how not to, cope with the situation that keeps us there because we are afraid of the unknown?  Is it fear of starting over?  Or is letting go an acknowledgment that what we have doing, in some way, reflects that there is something defective in us? 

 

Letting go is an acceptance that we have gained enough knowledge and wisdom that we have moved beyond whatever it is that we are holding onto.  It is trust that something greater awaits us.  It is a way to reinforce that we deserve better, that we are worthy, that we are ready for the next step on the path, the next phase of our development and maturity.

 

Perhaps it is time for us to reevaluate where we are on the journey, time for us to do an inventory of what is working and not working for us,  time to take the risk of letting go of the outmoded and outdated and look to the future with hope and anticipation.

 

Universe never places in our path anything that we cannot learn from or master.  And Universe never leaves us to our own devices.  Universe provides us with all the resources to be successful in overcoming what is needful.

 

Look to the Universe.  Look to the Angelic Realm.  Help is all around.  There is no need to feel alone or to believe we are alone.  We are NOT alone.  Tap into the loving celestial help that Universe has provided, and finally, once and for all, LET GO.  MOVE ON.

 

"May the blessing of Elves and Men and all free folk be with you."-Tolkien

 

Love and Light-Always,

Robin