Don't wear socks to bed

You might think wearing socks to bed is a great idea.  Your feet will be warm and snuggly, and this is true. However, when you wear socks in bed you miss a great way to connect with your partner.  Touching and rubbing feet is a great way to connect while in bed and preparing for sleep.  Playing footsie under the covers can be a form of foreplay.  Footsie is also a comfort, knowing that your partner is there and touching your partner's skin is a sensation that is always a wonderful experience.  No one wants to reach their feet over and be greeted by a thick pair of warm socks.  Skin is in!  Let your partner feel you not the lamb that was shaved to help make your socks.

Bugs Are So Crafty

A few weeks ago, my husband Rob saw a small bug run across our living room floor. He got a tissue and went to gently pick up the bug. Of course, the bug was quite frightened and zipped out of his reach My husband said, “Come on baby. I am not gonna hurt you.” He then said to me, “They are so crafty.”


It truly is amazing how bugs can move so quickly and get away from us. We are like the thundering cumbersome giant…”Fe, fi, fo, fum”….kabooommm (Oops, he fell down again.).

I think we should appreciate the craftiness of those little bugs and take a lesson from them. Don't look up and say "Oh, *#@*! I will never survive. I give up." Instead, be crafty, be creative, and be strong.

Love to your creative natures today!
 
Photo by alma sacra

Get up early to spend your alone time.

Want some time to yourself, but don't want to take time away from your partner?  Then get up a little early and spend an hour by yourself, before you partner wakes.  This simple thing can get you the time to yourself without disrupting your valuable time with your partner.  Use this time to exercise or write in your blog whatever you feel like doing.  If your a night owl then stay up a little later than your partner.  By getting your alone time you will be much better when it's couples time.

Release the Wound

Have you ever been in the doghouse? Someone is really upset with you. Maybe your darker side came out. Maybe you had no intention of upsetting or hurting another, but it happened anyway. Whether or not this situation can be fixed may not be the issue. Sometimes we have things that we have done that seem forever ingrained in us. They wound us even though we brought this pain to ourselves. These memories stick with us for days, weeks – sometimes even years to come. How can you heal that wound or lighten the scar?

Making amends with the one you hurt may or may not help heal your wound, but there are ways of releasing your pain. One option is that you can write a letter expressing your sincere regret and/or apology. You do not have to send the letter unless you feel that is best. Actually, you can write the letter then burn it – releasing the pain symbolically. You can pour your deepest emotion into the letter allowing it to flow away from you. If you choose to send the letter to someone, you can request that he/she not respond to it – just accept it for what it is. If you choose to burn the letter, you can create a ceremony out of this. Perhaps, you can do this at night with no light other than the flames consuming your letter. When the fire is gone your pain has fully been released. You may also consider creating a circle of stones large enough for you to sit inside as well as build a small fire within. When the fire has died and you leave the circle, you leave the pain behind. If you are unable to burn the letter, you could tear it into tiny bits and then scatter the confetti-like pieces (cup them in your hands and blow them away from you).

*A word of caution – remember that fire is dangerous. Please take all safety precautions

Photo by Nina Matthews Photography

Write I love You on Each Other

This may seem a little childish but it is a silly little way of proclaiming your love for each other.  Simply put your write I love you on your partner someplace that only they will see it.  Maybe on their leg or on their stomach.  Maybe you just draw a little heart on them.  The beauty of it is they when they see it not only will they think of you but they will know how much you love them.

Your Own Silence

We are so swamped with distractions – television, books, cell phones, video games, music, email, the Internet, busy work – that we often forget the importance of true silence.  Time alone is vitally important to all of us.  It is time to reflect and go within to hear within and without.  This alone time is more powerful if you spend it without distractions.  Sit quietly by a fire.  Go out into nature.  Watch the snow silently falling.  Watch the waves roll in and flow out.  Breathe in life and accept whatever comes to you from your soul, your Spirit, the Divine.  Just witness it and honor it.  It is not necessary to interpret what comes to you.  Just be thankful for the quiet and the connection. 

Photo by Andy Roberts

Find a field of flowers to walk though.

Summer is quickly coming to an end.  The most wonderful part about summer is the fact it lets us enjoy nature.  I want to suggest to the two of you that today, or as soon as you can, go out and find a wonderful place in nature to take a walk together.  I would recommend a field of flowers.  Not only are they beautiful but the smell can be intoxicating as well for the both of you.  As you take your walk appreciate each other and the simple things that each one of you brings to the relationship.  End your walk with a wonderful kiss and make sure to hold hands during you walk.  Have no other agenda in place just allow your relationship to relax and be present with each other.  

Don't Clean That Up Yet

Do you have a child that seems to make a complete mess out of the house when he/she is playing? Does this make you feel a little frustrated after having to pick up after him/her day after day? Well let’s look a little closer at what you are complaining about. I have often heard that some of the most creative people have issues with neatness. Papers strung across their desks, files in disarray, yet they still come up with the most amazing ideas and creations. Albert Einstein was said to have had one of the messiest offices ever, and I hope you would agree that his theories were amazing.


So as you look at the mess your child has created should you really reprimand him/her for it or should you look deeper into the mess and see the absolute beauty in it. The imagination that goes into playing and creating and yes leaving a mess behind is something we don't want to put a lid on now, do we? I would much rather see that child creating and making a mess than sitting lifeless in a chair playing video games. Understand that with a great imagination little bits of paper strung across the floor might be a vision of a snow storm or confetti from a party in an alternate plane or maybe even a cure for cancer.

Perhaps, the next time you are having trouble coming up with a good idea, you should sprinkle snow (paper) all over your desk and see what happens.

Don’t limit an imagination. Allow it to bloom and grow. That is where the truly great ideas come from.
 
Photo from Creative Commons

Kirlian Photography shows the energy of love.

Kirlian Photography is used to show the energy in and around objects yet something amazing happens when lovers are photographed using this process as you will see below.  The couple in this experiment were instructed to place one finger each on a plate for the photograph.  Then they were given instructions on what to do and below is the outcome.

In the above picture the couples were to think unpleasant thoughts about each other.

In the about picture the couple were to think wonderful thoughts about each other.  See the energy starting to blend together.

In this last picture the couple were instructed to kiss and see how their energy blends totally together.  Once I saw these images I realized just how powerful love in our relationship can be.  It can combine our energy into a super energy a blended spirit.

I Am

I Am

Powerfully I came from the

Sapphire above and beyond to a

Willow resiliently standing through the

Winter waiting to share space with the

Daisy