A day to contemplate and celebrate Love.

         There is so much and so little to say about love

          It is best described as the air that we breathe.

          We can not see it. We can only feel that it keeps us alive.

.         Without it we wither and die.

          It comes and goes. It's less and more.

          Love can energize and impassion the moments of our life.

          It is the force that lifts us up and drops us down, that pulls us together

          and breaks us apart.

          In the end Love simply is,

          Indeed it is , an "isness".

               Warmly with love,

                   Dolly

               To become aware of and accept the fact that there is only one Dolly in all

the world sends chills through me. What about all the critisms and judgements  about

how I should and ought to be? What about those messages we all have? It takes such courage to believe in the uniqueness of who I am and who you are, especially because we are all born with that inate desire to belong.

                Whata song and dance of resistance verses acceptance we do! On this one

day  there is the opportunity to embrace our uniqueness, accept our needs with compassion, strip away old beliefs, honor your feelings and catch up with who you are NOW.

                  Whatever it takes to feed your inner processes can happen in this safe,

quiet place where we can heal the old and improve the practice of living with our-

selves and in-turn with others. 

              Thinking it over, we add to our feelings of self- value and self-worth from the things we do for others. So giving is also receiving....the opposite ends of the same stick.

There is no exchange between us without both.

               From the beginning we learn messages of survival about giving and receiving.

For example, "It is better to give than receive." To young to question it can become a life long belief and a way of life. 

               The message I wanted to share about "giving and receiving" on December 21

has long passed.  I , myself got soo busy with "giving and receiving" I did not com-plete what I wanted to share... 

              In brief, here it is...Should you fall out of balance with either giving or receiving

RESENTMENT will come, without a formal invitation.  An unannounced guest in your

human condition.

             Warmly,

                Dolly

        For everyone who reads my blog I want you to know it is not advice. It is simply to

awaken you and give you choices , in the event that you might like to make adjustments in the way that you live with yourself.

        We all have a tendency to see what we want to see until reality takes over and strikes.For example, the holidays are here and some part of each of us imagines,

maybe, this is the year we will get what we never got as kids. The reality is all our

relatives essentially remain the same. The person you can count on to make things different is you.

        Precision language is the key. In other words, watch what you say.  Steer clear of pushing buttons. This is one time to put all that unfinished business on the back burner. Get out of your own way and allow this to be a celebration. Be loving, open and accepting to everyone and see what an exceptionally, loving, peaceful, satisfying holiday time you will give yourself. Practice unconditional love.

         Enjoy the season's beauty.

               Warmly,

                  Dolly