A Quiet Strength

When someone you love passes away, you lose a part of you, then a quiet strength is born within you that you could not have without the experience of this true loss. As we mourn, we embrace a white light and this light changes everything. Your Spirit shifts and priorities are re-aligned.

An awakening happened for me on so many levels..... Less worry, more love and a sense of knowing!

~Jeni

Broken Heart

How to live with a broken heart:

Always remember the good times.
Mend the break with gratitude of the memories.
Take the good that your loved one has taught you and put it into action.

This will keep them alive and their love will live on through you.
They had a purpose here and through us, their energy of good will help to make the world a better place.
Know that they are always with you.

If your truly believe this, you will see... Signs will begin to surface in God's creations.
Your heart will feel lighter and your faith will begin to fill the hole.
Love who we still have.... They need love too!

Knowing that in the end, there really is no end.

It is truly only the beginning and we will be together again...
Forever and ever....

Amen!

(I miss you everyday Mary)

Worrying....

I've been trying to figure out why I haven't felt "at peace" lately. It's like I fell off my spiritual cloud. Then I disected my thoughts and feelings from the recent times that have taken me away from my spiritual connection and realized I'd been worrying more than usual. I'm not sure why, but I have.

Worrying takes me away from living in the moment and feeling grateful for all that I have, all that I am and all that is! Don't get me wrong, worry in small doses is healthy, it shows we care about someone or something enough to consume our minds. It's when it becomes a fear that it denies us the inner peace that fulfills us. I need to take a moment (sometimes several in a day now) to "Let Go and Let God". That's exactly what it is. I am in His hands and it is His will that I will allow. I will just keep doing what I've been doing, "The next right thing" in every choice I make.

"Worrying is a sin, it's like telling God you don't trust Him" ~ author unknown

Goodbye 2009 ~ with loving Memories

What an incredible year.... full of love, new found hopes, dreams coming true, celebrations, families uniting and with signs from above all the way through!

I am truly blessed with all that I have and even lost. I realize that even the things lost were something I had, and THAT is a blessing.

"Memories are cherished and the future is formed. One moment, one interaction at a time. What I do now and feel now and experience now is what forms what will be. With that, I just enjoy each moment so that what I feel and experience is GOOD and the GOOD continues on." ~Jeni

I am still filled with sorrow from the loss of my beautiful sister Mary, but am fuller on a faith that she is still with me.
I have so much to be grateful for and that is what I focus on..... Life lives on and I know that I'm in the drivers seat so I get to choose the road I take and how I'll take the bumps or potholes.

On that note, I welcome the New Year!

A Jeni Gem of Wisdom

"It is only with time, experiences and knowledge from listening that one becomes wise. Some can live a full lifetime without wisdom because they don't accept, reflect or listen." ~Jeni

All You Need is Love

When the sky is gray and the mood is dim, when the world all around you seems to spin.
Stop any negative thoughts, focus on the good ~ shift your mind to things you are grateful for.
Close your eyes and focus.... reopen them and see what really matters most.

Smile! Smile! Smile! Even if its a smile with your lips closed. Just do it, there's something healthy about it :o)!

"All you need is Love..."

It's so easy to get into a "funk" - especially when your feeling a little blue, under the weather, bills are high and its one thing after another getting us down. We can easily fall into that negative hole. That negativity only grows. While you're down in the valley, all of a sudden anything sad or blue you feel about - shows up. Like: the people we loved and lost in our lives, the woulda - coulda - shoulda's arrive (thoses should be banned from for life from our thoughts by the way - NOTHING good comes from those!) & then we turn the gray day into a dark and gloomy day.

But its our choice and we can turn the day around. . . . . the simple way to change the day is to start with a SMILE, tuck the negative thoughts away, be done with them today! Think about the people you love, think about the people who love you. Be grateful for the little things you have that some people in this world would die for: your HEALTH, a roof over your head, a job, clothes in the closet, shoes, food in the cubbard, the ability to walk or breath without any help...... hopefully after that you feel some gratitude. See, you have alot to smile about! Take the time, make a gratitude list & put it in a place you can refer back to when you start to feel down. Inside your medicine cabinet or wallet or refrigerator door are good places.

Life is so much more enjoyable when you are happy, so we should do whatever we can to stay that way. We really do have alot to be happy about. Just think about it! Fill your head with Love. "All you need is Love..."

Life is too short to live it miserably ~ ENJOY!

Be grateful for what you have (or had) not for what you don't!! & realize that you may not have all you want, but you have more than you need!
~This is how I have been living and the outcome is HAPPY!

Rays from Heaven

Have you ever noticed the rays that shine out of the clouds to the earth

when the sun is hidden behind them?
When I was a kid I thought it was God answering peoples prayers....
What a beautiful thought!
As an adult I have made a conscious decision to still believe that ;)!
It may not be literally or physically true but I do believe He answers prayers so why wouldn't I let myself believe those rays are his way of showing us He's there!

The reason I am writing about this is because I saw some beautiful rays shining through the clouds as i was staring out the window of the train this morning on my way to work ~ as fate would have it, I had a peaceful day!

Our Mary

Marys soul is in heaven.

Her spirit though is different.

It is the part that lives on in everyone she left behind.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY~

I don't always get to know why things happen.

I may spend hours, even days, trying to figure out why bad things

have happened to me.

I may get caught up in trying to understand other people, situations,

and even my own thoughts.

Today I will accept that

I don't have to know why things are the way they are.

Instead I can pay attention to

healing, growing, and learning!

Jen's Secret

THE SECRET TO MY HAPPINESS:

It happened when I gave my will over to God. I was tired of doing it my way.

He taught me:
To Forgive myself and my past wrong doings. They were past – not present, as long as I left them there.

Acceptance of my powerlessness. From there I was able to change. I became whole heartedly willing to listen to learn.

Openness and Willingness came with the acceptance.

Patience – to stay in the day and not waste moments of life projecting or assuming the unknown.

Belief. He taught me to believe in myself even with the wreckage caused.

Humility. I learned to humble my thoughts and quiet my negative mind. I filled it with positive feelings, thoughts and affirmations. I filled my cup of life with everything positive, right and good.

People, Places & Things. Anything toxic I got rid of.
I became grateful for what I have, not for what I don’t have. I learned that I may not have all that I want, but know that I have more than I need.

Peace, Love and Harmony have filled my world. I always have faith & hope in all situations. Everything happens for a reason.

Thank you Lord for all I’ve received and all that I’ve lost and the Wisdom from my experiences and People in my Life!

Thank you for my dad who has passed. I miss him so much, but know he lives on within me every day!

My Prayer to Remember:

DEAR LORD:
I pray that you may help me always be a Power of Example.
Never a Preacher or a Bearer of Burdens and
To remember that with You, through me, these things are possible.

Amen
Jeni

Faith

I love this picture. Look how happy we all look. Kelsey is having so much fun!



Thank God for my Faith... It lessens the pain. It doesn't take it away, but it certainly helps.
With my faith I can receive the blessings of spiritual heartfelt visits and it gives me the hope that I WILL see my loved ones again. The losses are temporary.
With Faith I have Hope!!