Dear Friends,

This is a time where there is a lot of turmoil regarding the upcoming presidential election.  Over the past year, I have been observing and talking with people of varying opinions regarding the diverse candidates.  I’m not much of a political person.  For the most part I stay out of discussions regarding political agendas and ideologies.   However, this campaign has left me quite perplexed as it has many of you I am sure.

For a while, I felt emotionally down realizing that certain people could be in a position to be the president of the United States, and felt quite scared of the prospect of these people in such a high position that could affect not only our country but people around the world.   As in many things that bother me, I had to take a step back and get out of my head and work on getting back to a place of neutrality.  It is in a place of neutrality that higher wisdom can speak to us and that was what I needed to bring peace back into my life regarding this election.

From this place of wisdom, I contemplated on the energy of the United States.  I realized this country has been run by mainly imbalanced masculine principles of wanting power, money, and a “me versus them” mentality.  In stepping back, I could feel the need for a more feminine perspective to come through.  The aspects I feel that are needed are that of negotiation, inclusion, and a caring for all humanity.  These more feminine qualities can be found in men or women.  Just as more masculine qualities can be found in woman as well.

The right candidate will have more of a balance of male and female energies, that of knowing how to get things done at the same time feeling and understanding the true deeper needs of all beings who inhabit this country and this world. The energy of the heart is the only true power there is.  I also know we are not to a place of living and cohabitating on this earth and purely making decisions from our hearts.  However, I do believe very strongly that we need to move towards a more feminine perspective in our dealings with ourselves and others that include more of a heartfelt energy.

I believe we came to this earth with our souls knowing the lessons that need to be learned.  I believe that those people who have chosen to be a part of this election have chosen this path from a deep soul desire.  When I realized this, and looked energetically at the candidates, I saw that the people involved in this election are playing their roles perfectly.

In looking at this election, I realize that the way things have unfolded have done so the way they were supposed to happen.  We had to have things thrown in our faces, so to speak, to decide which direction we want to move with the way we live our lives.  Many people feel that none of the candidates are ideal.  However, it is still essential to stand back and ask ourselves, from our deeper soul truth:  Who will serve the needs of this country best and in the direction we are being called to go as a people and as a country?  Are we evolving towards a brighter future where we all come together in harmony, no matter what our race or religion.  Or are we de-volving towards more war, poverty, and corruption, and judgment towards those of other races or spiritual beliefs.

Each of us has to listen to our own hearts on what the best course of action is during this election time and the days ahead.  My hope for all of us is that we are able to listen to what we are being guided to do from a higher perspective no matter what we are choosing in our lives.  I am hoping we can step into a place of neutrality long enough to hear the wisdom of the angels and guides around us who wish to help lead us to a brighter tomorrow.

How beautiful it is that we get to vote, to choose who we wish to represent the values that we hold, even if it is not a perfect system and in many ways may be far from being so at this time.  Many people over the centuries fought and lost their lives to help provide us with this freedom to vote.   For this I am grateful.

To all of you, I wish for you peace during this time of political turmoil.  May you be guided by your own inner wisdom to choose what is right for you, for this country and for the world.

Namaste,  Rosemary

Dear Friends,

This time of year is always a bit bittersweet for me.  I am thoroughly enjoying the beauty of my gardens, at the same time, I know that their essence is fading into the autumn and winter months.  I do have to admit by the time winter rolls around I am content with not having to water anymore but I miss the color and vibrancy of these flower beings very much.  I spend many hours in the spring and summer cultivating and bringing the gardens to life, along with mother nature of course.  I am not a perfect gardener, I do not know what acid/alkaline balance the soil needs for each plant.   I can’t remember the names of some of the plants.   I consider myself an intuitive gardener.  I feel where to put each plant and listen to where it wants to go.  I don’t always get it right but somehow, by mid summer, it all comes together in an array of beauty and color.   By the time fall rolls around,  I have developed an intimate relationship with my flower family and grieve when they go back to the earth.

Each year I contemplate on this issue of impermanence.  I know that everything is impermanent from a physical perspective.  Everything changes forms and recycles to different forms.  We leave this earth and go back to spirit and then perhaps we may choose to re-emerge on this physical plane or we may choose to move on to other grand adventures.   Perhaps it is because my astrological sign is in Taurus that I feel such an attachment to the physical realm.  We like our feet firmly planted on terra firma.   Loss of anything physical that we love is rarely easy.

Years ago a good friend of mine passed away.  She always had lovely gardens.  It was so sad to me when she passed both for the loss of her physical being and to see that all of the plants died without her attention.   The plants would have gone back to the earth eventually but it was premature in this case both for my friend and the plants.  I know if and when I pass from this earth, those who have enjoyed my gardens will also feel the loss of this creation every summer by my hand.

As I contemplate on this issue of impermanence, whether it be a garden, a physical being, or some other form of creation I realize that nothing can really ever be taken away from us.   Those who have seen my gardens including myself have pictures in our minds and a feeling that was formed by looking at them and being in their presence.  Much like the feeling we get from being in the presence of anything that we love be it an animal, a plant, a child, a parent, a dear friend.  If love and joy are present we feel uplifted and lighter.

I think this is one of the greatest lessons in this life.  That is, to enjoy every single thing that we love and cherish and yet, at the same time, realize the impermanence of it in our lives either because we or the object of our attention changes form.  The more we  can “feel” the energy of what it is that we love or have created, we can let go of the physical form and know that we can get that feeling back at any time.  The gardens really haven’t disappeared as long as I can conjure up the memory and feeling of them.    A child or parent that has passed has only changed forms and have become their pure energetic and spiritual essence.  If you have a relationship with their energy and spirit then you don’t really lose them.

I have a strong ability to feel the energy in other people and beings.  But I sure miss the physical presence of those that I love that have left this earth.  However, I am fortunate to know they are still around and I will meet them again in another time and space,  just like the plants that resurrect in the Spring.  They will look different but the essence will be the same.

Yes, I will grieve a little when the color has left my garden.   But I vow to remember the joy the plants brought to me and those who visited my yard.  I will keep alive the color and vibrancy in my meditations so that even when the gray dullness of winter comes upon us, I will have a rich inner life of summertime.  I wish for all of you to have this kind of beauty in your life all fall and winter.   If you have lost loved ones,  remember their essence is alive in your memories and all around you.  When the time is right, you will be with them again.  Perhaps you or they will look different, but if you remember their energy, their essence, you will sigh a sigh of relief when you meet again.  Your soul will say, “Ah, this energy I know, this being I know.  My family, my beloved, we meet again!”

Blessings to all of you beautiful beings of color and light.  May your magnificence shine on all those you meet so that they will remember you when they meet you again in a different time and space and form.

Love to all,

Rosemary

Dear Friends,

My sweet little puppy Willy, (who is not quite so little anymore, about 45 lbs), is almost 6 months old.  We have been having such a blast exploring and playing together with my other dog Waldo.  It is always so interesting to see the different personalities emerge with each new being that comes into my life.   My other dog is an Australian Shepard who was an amazing jumper from his first month that I brought him home at 9 weeks old.   Any chance he could/can get to jump he does and does so with gusto and confidence.   Sweet Willy doesn’t seem to quite have this confidence even though he is as big as his brother and has longer legs.

I have seen Willy completely leap over Waldo and have observed him jump onto other things with ease while chasing my cat Jasper.  However he seems to forget he can do this when prompted to have him jump into the car or anything else.  He will put his paws up on whatever he is being asked to jump onto and then looks at me with his sweet pleading brown eyes to please help him get to where he needs to go.  I have tried coaxing him, bribing him, urging him to go for it but he still does not believe he can do it.   Although, another part of me wonders if he is playing up the helpless little boy act for as long as he can!!

I have to say, it does make me laugh each time he does it because I know he can get up to the desired place easily.  This behavior has also perplexed me and caused me to contemplate further on it.  If everything in my life is a reflection for me to learn, than this behavior has caused me to wonder where in my life I am holding myself back and waiting for someone to “pick me up” before I move forward in life.  I realize there are parts of me that are probably very capable of many things that I just don’t feel I “can do”.

I can think of a couple of areas in my life where I am quite adept and yet for some reason I still feel insecure about moving forward with participating fully with these things.  Perhaps there is a little girl part of myself that still feels it needs the protection or permission of an adult authority figure before I can grasp fully what I am wanting.  Or perhaps, because of lack of support I just did not develop the confidence to do certain things.

But the key thing that I want to share is that we bring certain qualities and traits with us as we enter this world.   We all differ in terms of what it is we need to work out in our lives on this earthly plain.  Waldo has quite a bit of confidence. Willy obviously needs a bit more support to develop his.  I thought about not helping Willy up any more to these places that I know that he can quite easily get to himself.  I thought maybe I was enabling his dependency on me.  I thought about taking a harder stance with him.  I tried not helping him this morning and the next thing I knew he got stuck behind my bed and needed my help getting out.  Okay, the picture is getting clearer!   Perhaps he is playing up the helpless act a bit!

Even  so,  I made a decision that I will continue to urge him to do what I know he is capable of doing.   However, if he continues to want me to help him I will for a while longer.  My sense is one day he will all of a sudden develop the confidence on his own much like a child learning to ride a bicycle without the training wheels.  Sometimes we all want to hang on to the help of another a bit longer than perhaps we need to.

We all have areas of life where we need a bit more support than perhaps another person does .   We all have different abilities and insecurities we carry from other lifetimes and diverse lessens that need to be learned.   Where is the line between helping someone or ourselves develop confidence in these weaker areas versus pushing someone/ourselves beyond our comfort zone.  Willy is helping me to redefine compassion for myself and others as I am finding compassion for him.  From the outside, it can be so easy to see that someone else has the ability to show a certain trait or ability effortlessly and it can be easy to get frustrated with another who is showing a lack of confidence in themselves.   Or we might get impatient with ourselves as well for being a “slow learner”.

But I wonder, if we could take a more loving view of others/ ourselves when we are lacking confidence in developing a certain trait or ability.   By remembering that we all have our strengths and weaknesses, we can support another a bit more graciously in whatever task they are trying to learn.  By holding on to the bicycle, so to speak, for a little bit longer when the need arises until all of a sudden that child takes off on his own or that sweet doggy leaps up on his own or we step up to a new task when we had proscratinated on this for so long.

I believe inherent in each one of us is the desire to learn and grow.  When given the right support a person or animal will learn and grow and become more independent that is our inherent nature.  We don’t have to second guess ourselves about how much is too much support!  All we have to do is listen to our hearts and trust the person/child/animal we are supporting.  That person may be ourselves.  And one day they will surprise us or we will surprise ourselves in leaping into a new way of being with confidence and joy!!

Wishing you all the joy of learning new adventures and the thrill of leaping into confidence.

Namaste,

Rosemary Veilleux

Dear Friends,

Several months ago my cat groomer pasted a picture of my kitty Kiku on Facebook.  I did not know about this until I took her back to the groomer recently.  The owner of the facility told me the picture of my cat went viral and about 20 people forwarded it on to others and other sites.  I did not know what she was referring to at that moment .  She then showed me the picture of Kiku that ended up on IMGUR and received over 3 million views.  Another person pasted it on facebook and it had over 10, 000 views!  I was pretty astounded not only because of the number of hits on the picture but because the picture looked nothing like the kitty I knew and loved!  It was a picture of her in the bathtub with a leash around her neck holding her in the tub.

My first response was feeling very sad for Kiku realizing the depth of her discomfort.  I have to be honest though it did make me laugh as well.  I know she feels much better after she is groomed.  She has very fine hair that gets matted very easily especially since she doesn’t like me brushing her belly.   I have learned that the mats can be very painful.  Also, when her fur is really long, her eyes get weepy as she has a sensitivity to her fur.

After obtaining the IMGUR site, I went home to read all the comments about the picture.   Again, was still amazed this was my cat people were talking about.  Some called her the Satan cat.  One person said she looked like she had 3 kids and a mortgage, (that particularly made me laugh!)   One person said she worked at her father’s veterinarian clinic and has seen many angry cats but none as angry looking as my Kiku in this picture.  Many referred to her as a “him”.

Many people gave words to what Kiku could possibly be thinking basically making me feel I should probably lock my bedroom door at night and keep her on the other side!!  Too funny.  There was one person who said she could tell this was a sweet kitty.  That made me smile as well as I know she was “feeling” her energy and not going on purely the physical picture.  One person also said that she would never trust a person that took their cat to a groomer!

This all made me contemplate how often we make assumptions on first impressions.  I know a lot of the comments were made in fun.   But it still made me think about this issue.  Little do these people know that Kiku is a very sweet cat.  Yes, she is a bit of a drama queen at times but hey that doesn’t make her “Satan’.   We all have our dark sides.  I remember many years ago seeing a picture at a party of myself and I think I looked like the equivalent of this picture of Kiku on IMGUR!  It was scary to see this part of myself displayed in a picture.  I think if anyone met me for the first time looking like that they would have run for the hills I am sure.  And yet, there were so many other parts of me that were fun, lively and sweet.

This picture of Kiku was probably showing her darkest side and her worst hair day!  Literally!   I’ve been contemplating on times I have made judgments on people who were having bad days.  Perhaps they were extremely rude, unkempt, belligerent, and my assessment at that moment might have been accurate.  However, the key words are “at that moment”.  If we take a picture in our mind of people in their darkest hours and cement this picture in our heads with all the negative words attached to it, we are being very unfair to this person/people and often we do this to ourselves as well.   Many of us have probably had “ugly” moments that we have showed to the world and would love to take back if we could.

I’m wondering if I/we can be more gracious and hold people and our own selves in a state of grace.  What I mean by this is, can we allow people to have their ugly bad hair days and also allow them to be human in all their foibles and wonderful qualities.  Can we suspend judgment when we meet a person or animal in that place of darkness until we at least know more about them?  Can we have compassion and provide kindness to these people and ourselves knowing they/we are really hurting inside at that moment.   I believe this is one of the greatest gifts we can give to another or to our self is to accept each and every person as they are, a mixture of many traits.  It doesn’t mean we have to hang out with them but it does mean we get to be a more loving person which makes our lives even more beautiful.

I am attaching a picture of Kiku (below) showing her as the pretty sweet girl that she is.  I want to have some balance put out in the internet ethers for her.  If you want to see the other picture you can go to http://imgur.com/DNLIVcc.  I’m sending both pictures as they are such a beautiful reminder to not be so quick to judge.  The IMGUR picture is a part of her that she shows only on a rare occasion.   And really, who wouldn’t be angry being forced to take a bath (especially when they hate water) and have a leash around their neck at the same time!  The other picture below is the main personality of sweet Kiku.  I’m hoping these pictures will serve as a reminder the next time you/I are tempted to judge another person  or ourselves for dark moments.  Remember, inside every person is a sweet, lovable Kiku waiting to be acknowledged and loved.

Namaste,

Rosemary

Dear Friends,

I was walking at Alki Beach in Seattle the other afternoon. I like to enjoy small snippets of walks with leash free hands once and a while.  Walking a rambunctious 4 year old Australian Shepard along with a 4 month old Golden Doodle can be quite the challenge.  So having a break and walking without them allows me to take in the energy of what is happening around me without my attention being pulled (literally) in two different directions!  As I was walking along, I was feeling the vibrant sun on my face, and the breeze from the sound was delicious. It was wonderful to watch the families and children playing on the beach and seeing others walking along enjoying themselves as I was.

Dear Friends,

I am sitting here looking out at these beautiful evergreen trees, a hummingbird in the feeder, my cats grooming themselves on the chairs and my doggies at my feet and a beautiful bouquet of flowers on my table.  I am humbled at the quiet, gentle energy that surrounds me as I listen to my fountain and soothing music in the background.  I contemplate on how fortunate I am to have created such an oasis for myself.  I stand up and gaze out the window and see the buds of summer showing themselves and I look up and see a raccoon in the trees and hear a crow in the background.   How often in my busy day do I take these things for granted?  How often do I forget to pause and reflect on all that I have created and have been given.

I say, “that I have created” as I know that it has been through my own diligence and willingness to peer deeply into my own soul, that I have been able to allow myself these luxuries.  I understand that there is no limitations, no boundaries to that which is available to me.  The only thing that stands in my way is my own ability, or lack thereof,  to accept the natural flow of all good things to me.  I am deeply grateful to myself for the state of allowing that I have stepped into, in order to have this peace in my life.

There are still times, that I wonder, if I could have made different decisions, different choices…would I be happier?  I guess I’ll never know whether any of the paths not taken would have brought me any more happiness than I now experience.  I can only hope, that I step fully into the goodness that life currently offers me and that I appreciate the beauty that surrounds me, not only in my dwelling, but within friends, and family, both human and animal.

I am writing this now, as I realize I have the ability to see the beauty in most things, and in other people.  However, I sometimes forget to truly cherish myself, and all of the healing I have allowed in my life.  At times  I forget to appreciate the depth of my own soul and spirit and to truly embrace the beauty that is me.  I am a work of art, just as each person on this earth is their own work of art.  I believe it would be a wonderful state of grace if each person, could truly accept the beauty that is inherent in themselves and no longer compare their body/mind/spirit to another. How incredible it would be, if we could each look in the mirror with total love and compassion for ourselves and total commitment to that person looking back from the mirror at us, our inner selves.

When I talk with others, I look for their inner beauty, their uniqueness.  I know that by thinking wonderful thoughts about others as I interact with them, they will feel this energy and be healed on some level.  We are all surrounded by each other’s energy fields, and no thought is left unfelt.  Others may not be conscious of our thoughts/feelings but they will know them on some level.  If we think, less than positive thoughts about another, as we talk to them, they will feel it, and they will be left burdened by this.  I do not want to add any more burden to another person’s day.  I wish to be of service, to add light and healing to another’s life, if only by thinking good thoughts of them.  I might notice their smile, their gentle nature, their wisdom, their kindness.   Or it might be as simple as noticing the way they sweetly play with their hair as they communicate.

What we observe we create more of in our lives.  Perhaps, it is by noticing the beauty in others, in life, that has allowed me to create such beauty in mine.  I ponder, what more I would embrace in my life, if I truly understood and accepted my own inner and outer beauty, and wisdom at all times.  I commit from this day forward, to look in the mirror each day and to think only good thoughts about myself.  To love myself fully and completely, body, mind and spirit.  And I will continue to embrace all the good things that flow to me naturally from this state of grace!  And I will continue each and every day to see the beauty in others.  I suggest each one of you may want  to do the same.  This is how we create heaven on earth!  By taking this path we truly find our way on the journey to the true heart of beauty.

Namaste,

Rosemary Veilleux

Dear Friends,

I asked this part of myself what she considers perfect and she could not answer me.  All this part could do was spew criticism, period!  I felt this KNOWING, on a deep level that life is not about being perfect.  I know we hear that all the time and I really thought I knew what that meant, but now I REALLY know what that means!  Life is messy, that is the way it is supposed to be.  We are here to make mistakes, role in the mud, have fights,  make up, make friends and then maybe even fight again.  The messiness is what is beautiful.  It is where creative energy resides, explodes and where LIFE HAPPENS!!

Years ago, a friend came to visit our family. The wife had her first child and he was about 2 at the time.  The little boy’s mother was very concerned about neatness.  She didn’t like it when her child was dirty.  She left the child in my parents care for an afternoon while she went shopping.  My parents had a plan.  They took the baby out for chocolate ice cream and then let him get as messy as he wanted.  They let him dribble it on his face and clothes and mush it around on his stroller.  He had a blast!  This mother, upon seeing her child, burst out laughing and scolded my parents while at the same time continuing to laugh!!  For a moment, she let her own inner child come out and see the beauty in the messiness.  We all had a wonderful laugh with this and it still makes me smile to this day!

I encourage all of you to look deeply at your inner critic. You may feel you have done this completely but you may not have either.  If you haven’t, I encourage you to invite this part of you in, and place him/her on center stage.  Shine the spot light on her/him and give this part of yourself full reign to discuss all of the angers and frustrations about you.  We accumulate these angers and criticisms over lifetimes from ourselves, our parents, our ancestors and collective humanity.  Most of them are not ours to own.  I’m not saying that perhaps we couldn’t have done better in certain situations.  However, I also believe we do the best we can in most circumstance due to our consciousness level during those times.  The beauty of life lies in falling down, experiencing bruises and then getting back up again and finally learning to ride that bike!!

We are here to eat chocolate ice cream and let it dribble down our faces. We are here to make mud pies, and draw pictures in the mud.  We are here to roll in the sand, and jump in puddles!!  We are here to laugh, cry, make mistakes and most of all to love!  Not just love the part of our selves the inner critic thinks is lovable, because that won’t happen!!  We are here to love every single cell of our being whether messy or not!!

Namaste,

Rosemary Veilleux

Dear Friends,

A friend of mine gave me a card for my 40^th birthday.  It has been one of my favorite cards and it still sits on my book shelf.  It reads, “I don’t believe in aging, I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun”.  It has caused me often to wonder about this issue of aging and people’s fears and belief systems around it.  I am a person who likes to go beyond the collective consciousness to discover new pathways and new realities.  So this quote about not believing in aging, struck a cord deep in me.  When I contemplate on the reality that there is no past, or future that all is the present, a present given to each one of us to embrace with hope and optimism or squander with negativity and pessimism, it adds a new dimension to the aging issue that so many people struggle with on a day to day basis.

I have asked myself, “what does it mean to alter one’s aspect to the sun?” I couldn’t’ quite figure that one out for some reason, it left me puzzled.  So I decided to just take the word sun, and look at this metaphorically.  To me, the sun represents heat, passion, vibrancy, aliveness, brightness, clarity, life!  So perhaps, altering oneself  to the sun, is about altering one’s aspect to all of these things.  So the new question becomes, “am I connected to my own heat, passion, aliveness, and clarity, or am I living in the shadows of dullness, apathy and boredom?”

I know when I am in connection with these aspects of myself that represent the sun, I feel youthful, hopeful, energetic. In contrast to when I am in the shadows and boredom settles in, I feel older, restless, and sleepy at the same time.  There are many theories as to why aging settles into our cells.  I believe that every part of our being represents the whole, the cosmos, the heaven and the earth, the universal consciousness.  And in following this line of belief, I believe that our cells, if aligned with the sun, will be vibrant, alive, bright, clear.  In other words, young!  If my cells are aligned with dullness, boredom, apathy, hopelessness, than they grow old, the energy of life of the sun removed from them.

Recently, I brought home a 7 week old puppy who I named Willy.  If you are ever feeling bored or apathetic about life, then a puppy is just the antidote.  But you have to be ready for a wild ride for a while!  This sweet being has grown twice his size in 1 month!  Yikes.  I know his stem cells are flowing freely creating his new body within every moment.   I wasn’t sure I was ready to have a new puppy in my life and had been contemplating it for awhile.  I knew I had to be ready to get up at least a couple times a night for a while to accommodate his baby bladder.  However, being with him, interacting with him day or night is such joy!  I literally feel myself growing younger as I giggle watching his antics even at 4 am.   His attention span is so short and sometimes my patience as well at 4 am.  He will start to go potty but then sees a bug, a leaf, a stick that is oh so much more important than whatever he was doing the moment before, such as going to the bathroom!

At 4 am, I sigh and decide that I chose this puppy ride so I might as well enjoy it. I am finding myself listening to the birds as they come awake after a night of slumber.  I feel the breeze on my skin and smile as the puppy finds yet another thing to draw his attention!    His being is pure joy, unfettered by the troubles of life.  He has a great beginning and hopefully this will help keep him young even as he grows in years.  He is a very good reminder to me every day to remember to enjoy the little things in life.  Sometimes the bladder can wait as I observe a hummingbird in my feeder.  Perhaps, the vacuuming can wait as I go for a walk and enjoy the sun on my face.  The things that keep us young are the joys we find in each moment that draw our attention.  It could be a shimmery leaf, a sparkly rock, or a soft feather.  This morning when I took out my sweet boy at 4:30 am, I found a hawk feather.  I forgot about him for a moment as I delighted in this beautiful gift.  My little boy was fine.  He was off finding his own goodies!

My wish for you dear friends, is that your consciousness becomes like a puppy, enjoying each new sparkly moment as it presents itself to you.  And may you stay forever young as this joy of being regenerates and rejuvenates your being; body, mind and spirit!   Appreciating each special moment is when life becomes more beautiful and the ordinary becomes extraordinary!

Namaste,

Rosemary Veilleux

Dear Friends,

In my last writing to all of you I told you about a young man at my gym who is from another country.  I wrote about how he was saving money to move back to his country to start his own business venture growing a particular herb.  I had encouraged him and told him I believed in him.  At that time, just about a month ago, he told me it would be 2 more years most likely before he could make this business venture happen.  I told him again at the end of our conversation that I believed in him and encouraged him to visualize his dream happening.  Then I wrote to all of you about this conversation.  Today I was at the gym and he greeted me with a big smile and told me his last day at the gym was on Thursday.   He shared with me he was moving back to his country to start his business.  He stated that things started moving really fast for this to happen.   He stated he was scared but excited.  I told him I was very happy for him and knew he would be a success!

The reason I am sharing this update with all of you is that after I sent this last writing out, I believe a large wave of positive energy went out to him.  That energy came from all of you who read that particular writing.  The energy of one person can be powerful but multiply that by many people and miracles can happen very quickly.  Perhaps those of you who read my article did not know you were sending him good vibes but I can assure you, you did!  I believe you felt his sweet energy and wanted the best for him whether this was conscious or not.   This energetic force or intention is a powerful prayer in and of itself:  Wanting the best for another person.   This is a young man who can change the world.  Who knows what opportunities he will bring to his country, by the jobs he will open up for others and the wonderful energy he will share.  How beautiful is that!!

Another act of community in action and love I witnessed at the gym recently.  There is a gentleman who works out there whose wife has Alzheimers.  They have been together for many years and have traveled the world together.  He loves her very much.   Over the last several years he has talked to me about all the different things he has tried to slow the progression of this challenging disease.   And for many years she did quite well given the love and attention he has given to her.  Recently, her mental status has declined and he cannot leave her alone.  He brings her to the gym with him and has her sit next to him as he works out on different machines.  A couple of times over the last several months, she has wandered off, and she left the building.  This sweet man was frantic and was not sure which way she went each time.   Several of the gym members including myself moved into action and went looking for her including the young man mentioned above.   Both times she was found.

Now when he goes to the gym with her, several of us keep an eye out for her to help assist him keeping her safe.  We talk to her and rally her back towards him if she starts to wander off.    Many of these people at the gym I would not consider a close friend and yet they are.  For the most part, I do not see them out of the gym, yet I have come to admire and respect them for their love and caring towards others such as what I have been witnessing with this lovely man and his sweet wife.  It is a good reminder that we do not always have to be enmeshed in each others worlds to have a deep love and affection for another.  Community is found whenever there is like intentions.  If you are with a group of people who are all loving and caring then you have a community whether you see them on a regular basis or not.   The energy behind these intentions is a powerful bond between souls and links us no matter where we are.  That is really beautiful!

I have been contemplating further about the power of community setting a good intention for another person, place or animal.   Some of you know that I am an animal lover.  It recently has come to my intention that in Yulin China there is a “dog eating festival”.  This festival is coming up very soon.  This is a horrific festival in which thousands of dogs suffer tremendously at this time.    This is not an old custom of this particular part of China.  It started in 2009 or 2010 and thought to be created by the meat eating industry.

My reason for sharing this with you is the hope you will pass this message along to anyone you know who loves dogs.  The power of our prayers, and loving intentions, can stop this horrible festival and hopefully bring awareness to those who are creating it.  The last I heard was there were a million and a half signatures  against this festival from people all over the world, and  more are needed.  Imagine if, by the power of our combined energies, we could stop this yearly event from happening.  What an amazing ripple effect this would have around the world.  Dogs give so much to us with their unconditional love.

Let us give this love back to them in prayer and a powerful intention to keep them safe.  How beautiful would that be!!    You don’t need to sign a petition or look at the pictures which are circulating.  All you have to do for this cause, or any cause, is send love, light and healing intentions for the good of all, and things will change.  We are all ordinary people who can create extraordinary things to happen by the power of our love, good will and caring towards other beings.   This is the true heart of beauty!

Many of you reading this now I have not met, yet we are a community.  I know in my heart you are loving beautiful souls who care for other beings  deeply or you would not be receiving these writings or taking the time to read them.   I am humbled by your love and caring and by the time you are taking out of your busy day to read what I have to share.

Namaste, Rosemary

Dear Friends,

The other day I was talking to a client of mine for my nursing business.  This was a young woman in her 20’s, a single mom with an adorable 2 year old girl.    As I was sitting there, listening to her talk to her doctor, I tuned into a part of her that felt very insecure.  She presented herself as a very gregarious fun loving person, which I believe she is, but I could feel how it covered up another part of herself.   I saw pictures of her life growing up and how she became an overly responsible person as she had to take care of her siblings.  This created her to split off another part of herself which prevented her from being authentic and peaceful.  At the end of the appointment I felt drawn to telling her the positive qualities I saw in her.  I felt drawn to encourage her to feel good about herself,  and that I could see how much she had to offer the world and bring to a new career path she was pursuing.  I told her this 3 times, and each time I could see this message sink in a little deeper until she had tears in her eyes.  She thanked me and hugged me and told me how much she needed to hear that.

The reason I am sharing this experience is to share how important it is to bring more of ourselves into our world and our workplace.  Over the years, I have judged my nursing work as not being as important or as meaningful to me as when I wear my “healer hat”.  I know that nursing is considered a healing profession but I had split off from this work the deeper part of me that could see/hear/feel things on a much deeper level than the traditional nursing role.  I am realizing more and more that I cannot continue to leave one part of myself at the door while I show another part of myself to the world.   All this does is create dissatisfaction and unhappiness.

On my way home from this appointment, I went to the deli at one of the grocery stores where I like to shop.  The young man, about 17 years old, who was serving me in the deli was singing as he scooped up my food request.  I smiled and thanked him for my food and for singing to me.  He smiled a beautiful smile back to me and stated that he had to do this as it kept him from thinking about “other things”.  I didn’t question what the other things were but told him I thought that was very smart of him.  I told him that if singing makes him happy that is a really important tool to use in life to keep him from thinking thoughts that would make him unhappy.    I told him that it gave an added benefit of making other people happy as well.  This brought me another bright smile from him.

After this encounter, I thought what a wonderful experience to see a young man using such a positive tool to shift his world.  He was bringing more of himself to his workplace and it not only benefited himself but it did me as well!  He brought his soul to work and didn’t feel the need to censor this part of himself.    How beautiful is that!

At my gym there is a lovely young Vietnamese man, who works the front desk.  Every time I go into the gym, he asks about my day and gives me a  wonderful smile.  I feel a special affinity with this young man and have felt that he and I have had a past lfe/lives together.  He has a very warm, loving energy that I see him share with people every day at the gym.  I know after talking with him that this is not his dream job.  However, he still brings as much of himself to his work as he can.  I often see him smiling and conversing with other members.  I have felt called to engage him a little more about his life.

He shared with me that he is saving money to start a business in his country.   I shared with him some information I knew about the herb he wanted to grow and the benefit of it and made a suggestion for a complementary herbal plant to the one he was thinking of growing.  He told me this particular herb could be grown very easily in his country.  I suggested that he might want to add this new herb to his business plan.  His eyes were bright when thinking of this but then became a little cloudy as he discussed his financial fears.  I encouraged him to visualize his dream and feel it working for him.  I felt drawn to telling him I believed in him.  I told him I was looking forward to his wonderful unfolding journey.  As I walked away, I told him again, I believed in him.  Intuitively, I felt he needed to hear this.   I saw his eyes enliven once again after this exchange.

Every day of our lives, in every situation, we have an opportunity to give back to the world.  We have an opportunity to bring more of who we are into each and every experience.  We are all healers/intuitives and mystics in our own right.  We all know what is needed when we are with another person.  All we have to do is show up and re-claim those parts of ourselves we leave on the doorstep when we go out into the world, whether it be at work, the gym or at play.  Perhaps your gift is to make people laugh.  Perhaps your gift is to bring comfort, perhaps it is to help another person feel truly loved or truly heard.  Perhaps you are really good at helping people to organize themselves, etc.  The point is that there is  no limit to how we can show up to bring more peace, love, joy and comfort to another person’s life.  It doesn’t take a lot of time, money or effort.  It just requires showing up fully; body, mind and spirit.

Next time you go to work grumbling about another work day and how frustrated you are to be going to that “soul stealing” company, remind yourself that you are the one who leaves your soul behind when you walk into the workplace.  The company is not stealing it from you.  I urge you to bring your smile, your sense of humor, your compassion or whatever it is that is your special gift to share, to your job and your work site.  If you are in a meeting, talking to a coworker, greeting the public, or any other task that feels lifeless to you, stop for a moment and ask yourself, where is your soul, your spirit?  Did you leave it on the doorstep before you walked into work.   If so, invite it in and share that part of yourself with the world.

Make another person smile, or laugh, comfort them, bring them a little piece of that light that is your own to share!  I promise you, I really really promise you, that if you do this very thing, if you bring more of that amazing gifted person that you are to your workplace,  to your life no matter where you are, in order to bring more joy , love and laughter to whomever you encounter, than you WILL be happier and more content no matter where you are or what you are doing.  This might not change your work to be your dream job but it will change your life for the better!  Not only will you do this, but you will be like the young men at the deli and at the gym, and make another person’s life a little better as well!  Now, how beautiful is that!

Much love to you dear friends as you journey this ordinary road to the extraordinary!

Rosemary Veilleux