Beautiful creatures...Florida Flamingos

SusanGail among beautiful Florida flamingos February 2010

We are not creatures of circumstance;

we are creators of circumstance.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

  

 Thoughts of blissful beauty of summer breezes bring blessings to my heart, hearth, home. Bountiful gardens and sparkling clear fountains revive me. In the midst of winter, the artistry of mind paints visions of healing hospitality of spirit. I raise my glass in salutation to those gathered around the table. To love and health: Cheers! ~ ATB

Angel Whispers

Quirky Angel

By Susan Parcheta

Have you ever lost anything that you loved sentimentally, and that you thought you’d never get back, but you did? 

Have you ever loved anyone, and lost them, and they don’t come back, except in spirit?

The first week of January each year I think of Angel Whispers, and I’m reminded of the column I wrote the winter of 2005 for our local paper, Fowlerville News & Views. I was moved by the response to it at the time. I share it again here:

 

Soft as the whisper of angels, the New Year settled in gently this January…unlike last year when my elderly parents were in and out of hospitals…once even at the same time…and my father succumbed to cancer in a valiant fight at year’s end. 

He was buried on Jan. 6…Epiphany…a year ago, on a bitter winter day. Fittingly, the cemetery’s name is North Star.

Hope sings in my  heart today.

Peace for the future rings in my soul.

Joy expresses in beautiful harmony

as the world keeps on singing;

and I help make it so. ~ ATB

Blessings at Christmastime

A starflower of Christmas blooms of 2010

 We're into the 12 days of Christmas now; 

 and this year of 2010

I've noticed something amazing happening 
 in the lives of my Facebook friends

What I'm seeing are the blessings of the Christmas season
quantum leaping heart to heart as time
 seems to leap forth at a breakneck speed.

It's a beautiful phenomenon; 
 and observing this transformation

taking place continually  brings me joy.

It will be interesting to see

what magical things

will happen to us all in 2011,

as we keep the Spirit of Christmas

alive season after season.

May you find joy of purpose,
and beauty in the ordinary moments

throughout the coming year.

Wishing you All Things Beautiful...always....

When you see ATB on my postings, you'll know what I mean.

May you discover, in 2011, the Star in you! ~ ATB

Heartlight and Hospitality

Hospitality of spirit blossoms in this season of heartlight and love...in the beautiful blessings of friends and family gathering in fellowship, expressing the essence of peace, harmony, joy. ~ ATB

We Are Trees via Shirlee Hall and Dave Glenn Alley