Good Morning, Sunshine!

What a LOVEly day! Start it off by looking in the mirror...really...take a look into your eyes & say I love you. Say it outloud...say it with Love...say it until you FEEL it...until the inner voice of judgement is silenced....until the armor you have built around your heart begins to soften...until the part of you that you believe is unlovable begins to realize that it is...just let yourself be loved & let it start with YOU! You are made to LOVE!!!

~ Christi Rafferty

Good Morning, Sunshine!

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance." ~ Oscar Wilde

Love starts with you...for you...from YOU! You are beautiful, precious... & LOVE...so open your heart w i d e & drench yourself with a love that is pure...unconditional ...let the love affair begin. You deserve to be so loved! Allow yourself the gift of YOU!

~ Christi Rafferty

Good Morning, Sunshine!

"To everything (turn, turn, turn)....there is a season (turn, turn, turn)...And a time to every purpose, under Heaven." ~ song by The Byrds

Spirit had me put music on before I sat to write this morning's blog & this was the song that came on. I laughed out loud...sound familiar? Trusting that everything is just as it needs to be...that there is a time & a purpose for what is happening right now in your life...can sometimes be challenging...especially when it is a time to just simply BE. To just sit & allow ourselves the time & space to truly feel what we are feeling..to allow ourselves to feel what we have hidden, denied, forgotten...what we have purposely kept away by staying busy, disconnected, etc...what we would say doesn't even exist...is challenging.  We would rather be anywhere else & our mind happily agrees that it is a waste of time...not productive. Yet there are times in our lives when we are asked to do just that...to stop everything...to begin to truly know ourselves...to start to heal & become whole again.  It takes courage to stand quietly before yourself, vulnerable, & say I am willing to hear you & feel what you have been feeling...that YOU have my attention & my love ~ 100%.

If you are being led to this in your life right now...I know there are many...know that there is a purpose for it & allow it. This is your time to see YOU...for you...& YOU are truly maginificent!!! HUGS!!!

~ Christi Rafferty

Good Morning, Sunshine!

I grabbed my shovel & headed off to the mountain that stood between my car & the road...knowing that I could do this...I was just going to have to find a way. Full of optimism & determination, I surveyed the task & began to shovel the first layer off. It did not take long before my wrist hurt...& out of breath..I wondered how was I ever going to accomplish this!!! It was then that my thoughts started to quickly spiral...I'm not strong enough!, what was I thinking?!, how did I get to be here...alone...to tackle this mountain?! I quickly realized that this line of thinking was not going to be productive in the removal of the SNOW. I took some deep breaths...reaffirmed that I could in fact do this. If it took me all week, so be it!!! Feeling better & back to original snow Goddess mode, I launched a couple more shovelfuls of snow...only to see the snow go flying through the air along with the end of my shovel!!! With handle still in hand, I started to laugh...& that is when a man, a shovel wielding angel, blessed me with my miracle...snow removal task completed. 

What mountains are you trying to tackle in your life?...that bring up your pain, fears, anger? Keep positive...keep going...& BELIEVE!!! You never know what miracle is coming...delivered to you as inspiration, as strength when you don't think you have any left...or perhaps by an angel placed in your path at just the right moment. Life is truly AMAZING!!

~ Christi Rafferty