Joy’s Blog

You must know and accept yourself intimately before you can ever be intimate with another human being.  – Christiane Northrup, M.D. / Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.  – Chinese Proverb / THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF ANYTHING YOU WANT. JOY     Continue reading * A Gem of Knowledge *

Wounds don’t heal until they’re witnessed. If you’re stuck in denial, your secrets will remain locked in our cells, unavailable for witnessing and healing.   – Christiane Northrup, M.D. / When you allow others to exploit, judge, and control your innate gifts and talents, you put your innate gifts and talents at risk.     … Continue reading * Are you stuck in denial *

The heart has an electromagnetic field that is 60 times larger than the electromagnetic field of the brain. When you feel love and appreciation in your heart, your heartbeat stabilizes and this energy enlivens your entire body.  – Christiane Northrup, M.D. / EVERY GOOD FRIEND WAS ONCE A STRANGER. Be good to yourself, Joy   … Continue reading * What about your heartbeat ? *

Listen to the beat of the ocean Listen to the song of the forest Listen to the pride of the mountain Listen to the whisper  of the meadow Listen to the rhythm  of the earth Listen to the passion  of your heart Listen to the desire  of your soul Listen to the lessons  of your journey Listen to … Continue reading * LISTEN … and YOU will hear *

There are more the 50 forms of bodywork, including acupuncture, massage, and therapeutic touch. Much of what you need to heal is locked into your muscles and other body parts. Working on and with the body can be an opportunity for understanding and  experiencing mind-body unity.    – Christiane Northrup, M.D. / Gratitude is when … Continue reading * What you need to heal *

Be willing to let go of who you think you should be in order to be who you are.   – Brene Brown / We taste with our eyes as well as our mouths. –  Aaron Patterson / ADJUST YOUR SAILS. Be your own best friend, Joy   Continue reading * You must be willing to … *

A woman is like a teabag. It’s only when she is in hot water that you realize how strong she is.   – Nancy Reagan / Today is a smooth white seashell, hold it close and listen to the beauty of the hours. – Author Unknown / COLLECT MOMENTS NOT THINGS. Be good to yourself, Joy Continue reading * A woman is … *

Believe in yourself in the power you have to control your own life, day by day … Believe in the strength that you have deep inside, and your faith  will help show you the way…   Believe in tomorrow and what it will bring –   let a hopeful heart   carry you through – For things … Continue reading * Believe in YOU !! *

When there’s a conflict between the intellect (what you think )  and the heart (what you feel), the heart  always wins. But sometimes the feelings of the heart become translated into symptoms or illnesses so that you’re forced to stop and experience them fully.   – Christiane Northrup, M.D. / Whether you think “You can ” or  you … Continue reading * The Heart Always !! Wins *

All things respond to the love and care you give them … in their own time … and in their own way.  – Anonymous / However humble your job, find a way to make it faster, easier, cheaper,  and more enjoyable. You’ll be rewarded.  – The Universe   / ———————————————————————-   BUILD A BRIDGE AND … Continue reading * The Facts … *

The next time you feel fear, anger, grief, despair, or sorrow, simply allow yourself to experience the emotion without attaching a story to it. Open your heart to it, knowing that this can lighten it while your mind cannot. Love yourself for all the feelings you judge as “bad” or  “negative.” Notice your love and … Continue reading * Open Your Heart to it *

Whatever you are, be a good one.  – Abraham Lincoln / Love everybody. It’s easier than having to pick and choose.  – Mike Domis / DON’T COUNT THE DAYS , MAKE THE DAYS COUNT !! Take care … I care Joy   Continue reading * Abraham Lincoln said *

Be grateful for what you have; you’ll end up having more.  If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.   – Oprah Winfrey / Follow your dreams. All things ARE possible. LEAD WITH YOUR HEART !! I Care, Joy Continue reading * BE Grateful !! … That is THE Key *

Life is a great big canvas,  and you should throw ALL THE PAINT you can on it.  – Danny Kaye / I go to nature to be  soothed and healed  and to have my senses put in order.  – John Burroughs / EACH SMALL KINDNESS LIKE A SEED,   GROWS TALL IN MEMORY. JOY Continue reading * LIFE … IS LIKE A … *

What others say and do has nothing to do with you. They are the owner of their own words and deeds. When you accept that and become immune to others words and deeds you won’t be the victim of needless hurt.  – Anonymous  / If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not … Continue reading * What has NOTHING ! to do with you *

Be Happy … It’s one way of being Wise.  – Colette / Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if  your whole world seems upset.  – St. Francis de Sales ALLOW YOURSELF TO SUCCEED. Fondly, Joy         Continue reading * Be Happy *

When we’re playing the game of life well, things just seem to fall into place. Ideas and solutions come to us, almost as if out of the blue. Things happen and we respond accordingly.  – Anonymous/ Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labours of life reduce themselves.  – Edwin Teale … Continue reading * The game of life *

Life is a train of moods like a ”string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.  – Ralph Waldo Emerson/ The simplest things  give me ideas.  – Joan Miro/ ————————————————————————- … Continue reading * LIFE is a train *

Your soul loves you so much, it will use your body to get your attention.  – Christiane Northrup, M.D. / ————————————————————————– When someone hears the song, ” You are my sunshine” Would they think of you ?  – Anonymous DON’T FORGET TO HAVE FUN. Fondly, Joy   Continue reading * YOUR soul is on YOUR side *

The SOLUTION will appear the moment you believe it exists.  – Anonymous / The only person who can set the Standards of Your Life is you. Don’t let anyone else define your standards.  – Steven Aitchison / ————————————————————————- THERE’S NO FIXING YOURSELF BY BREAKING SOMEONE ELSE. Take care, Joy Continue reading * About the solution *

Appreciation and gratitude for what you already have  brings more prosperity  into your life.  – Anonymous / There is nothing stronger  in this world than gentleness.  – Han Suyin / COMPARISON IS THE THIEF OF JOY. Wishing you well, Joy Continue reading * What brings prosperity ? *

  What you think about you bring about. Think about what you think about.   Cancel out your negative and judgmental thoughts and replace with positive loving ones. – Author Unknown / ————————————————————————– Some people pursue happiness, others create it.  – Anonymous / WHY NOT ? Fondly, Joy   Continue reading * Happiness is … *

What did you love when you were between 9 and 11 years old? Sometimes what you have to do … if you’ve been talked out  of who you are … is to go back and ask a sibling, parent or other relative: “What was I like ?  What did I love to do at that age? … Continue reading * What did you love at age 9 -11 ? *

TENSION is who you think ! you should be. RELAXATION is who you are !   – Chinese Proverb / Give yourself the gift    of listening to your inner voice and following it’s requests. Spread Your Wings. Warm Regards, Joy     Continue reading * Difference’s between … *

Be extremely selective about what you allow into your environment. Your central nervous system was never meant to process all the bad news from around the world, set to dramatic music on the evening news !   Being Choosy about what you let into your life is a skill that’s acquired over time.  –  Christiane Northrup, … Continue reading * Be Extremely Selective !! *

Don’t look for one right answer. This keeps you from seeking less obvious alternatives that might provide more creative solutions. – Anonymous / All things respond to the love and care you give them in their own time … and in their own way. Believe in love.  – Author Unkown / LISTEN Warmly, Joy   Continue reading * The RIGHT Answer *

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget the ones who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it & if it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would likely … Continue reading * IMPORTANT !! Life is too short … *

Nothing cures like laughter. Make each day a reason for jubilation, laughter, festivity. Create celebration in your soul. ———————————————————————– Even the darkest days can be brightened considerably by a simple act of kindness. Help make someone’s day a bit brighter  today. Success Demands Payment in Advance. Take care, Joy Continue reading * What about Laughter ? *

Over the last 50 years, women’s levels of a very essential omega-3-fatty acid known as DHA have fallen by 50%. The richest sources of DHA in the food supply are wild salmon and other fatty fish, such as sardines, as well as organ meats and egg yolks. Ground flaxseed and macadamia nuts are also excellent … Continue reading * DHA levels … fallen by 50 % *

The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes,  but in having NEW eyes.  Marcel Proust / The universe is transformation;  our life IS what our thoughts make it.  – Marcus Aurelius / You’re the cat’s meow.  Fondly, Joy   Continue reading * The Voyage of Discovery *

Maturity is not when we start speaking big things … It is when we start understanding small things !  – Author Unknown / Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they’re always there.   – Author Unknown / WHY NOT ? Thinking of you, Joy   Continue reading * Maturity is … *

Although it’s been said that  “home is where the heart is, ” it’s also true that this is where the heart most easily gets broken. Heal your heart by coming home to yourself. This is a lifelong process that involves opening up more and more to all of your feelings.  – Christiane Northrup M.D. / … Continue reading * Heal your heart *

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.  – William Shakespeare / It is possible to move a mountain by carrying away small stones.  – Chinese Proverb Watch what you think and eat and see your life improve. Blessings … Joy Continue reading * The BEST way *

The most painful tears are not the ones that   fall from your eyes  and cover your face.  But rather those that fall from your heart   and cover your soul. – Author Unknown /   The quieter you become … the more you can hear.  – Ram Das / Live simply. Know I care, Joy Continue reading * The most painful tears *

The heart has an electro- magnetic field that is  60 times larger than the electromagnetic field  of the brain. When you feel love and appreciation in your heart, your heartbeat stabilizes  and this energy enlivens and  heals your entire body.   – Christiane Northrup, M.D. / Open your mind and experiment with something new.  You may be surprised at … Continue reading * Facts about Your Heart *

The past is where you  learned the lesson. The future is where you  apply the lesson. Don’t give up  in the middle.  – Author Unknown / What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.    – Henry Stanley Haskins / Be at peace. Joy Continue reading * The past and the future *

The Law of Attraction is the most powerful law in the universe.  It states that like attracts like.  Your thoughts and emotions create an energy field around you that draws people, places, and events to you that match your own vibratory rate.   – Christiane Northrup, M.D.  / To simplify complications is the first essential of … Continue reading * Re: The Law of Attraction *

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.  – Yiddish Proverb While we are Postponing … life speeds by.   – Seneca ENJOY THE  RIDE. Fondly Joy Continue reading * Definition of rich *

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes but in liking what one has to do.  – James M. Barrie No act of love, however small, is ever wasted.  – Aesop CREATE EVERY DAY.  Be good to yourself, Joy Continue reading * The Secret of Happiness *

You can not do a kindness too soon,  for you never know how soon  it will be too late.  – Ralph Waldo Emerson In character, in manner,  in style, in all things,  the supreme excellence is simplicity.   –  Henry Wordsworth Longfellow Change is the friction that makes you grow.  Take good care of yourself , Joy … Continue reading * Tip about kindness *

Set aside some quiet time  each day, just for you. Meditate, pray, plan, and centre yourself. Be curious, not judgmental.  – Walt Whitman Find pleasure in the ordinary. Warmly, Joy     Continue reading

Your task isn’t to kill the messenger of your illness by ignoring it, complaining about it, or simply suppressing your symptoms.   Your task is to examine your life with compassion and honesty; and identify the places that are crying out for love, acceptance, harmony, and fulfillment.   – Christiane Northrup, M.D. There is a … Continue reading * What ? is your task *

You don’t need  the best of everything  just to make  the best of everything.  – Author Unknown Why not enjoy the little things … there are sooo many of them.  – Anonymous Look to the future with excitement and anticipation. With caring, Joy Continue reading * What you don’t need *

May the sun shine upon you. May love surround you. May the light within you guide you always.  – Anonymous Knowledge of What Is Possible   is the beginning of happiness.  – George Santayana IF your too busy to laugh  … your TOO busy !! Joy Continue reading * The light within you *

The best way to secure future happiness  is to be as happy as is  rightfully possible today.  – Charles W. Elliot ————————————————————————– If you don’t see my eyes, you don’t see my soul and you don’t see my energy.  -Author Unknown ————————————————————————- YOUR LIFE IS NOW  Treat yourself well, Joy Continue reading * Happy as *

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,  we must carry it with us, or we find it not.  – Ralph Waldo Emerson The act of slowing down from the inside out enables us to respond to the events around us, rather than reacting quickly and habitually.  – Author Unknown Seek out the … Continue reading * Where is the beautiful ? *

Optimism is a powerful tool. When we create a vibrant image of good things surrounding us, it is much more likely that our reality will follow suit. Think good thoughts.  – Author Unknown Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays.   Clutch it, and it darts away.   -Dorothy … Continue reading * Know the Power of Optimism *

There is only one way  to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond   the power of the will.   – Epictetus Happiness is like jam … you can’t spread even a little without getting some on yourself.  – Anonymous Learn something new everyday. Be true to yourself. Joy Continue reading * Way to happiness *

The greatest thing in the world is to know  yourself.  – Michael de Montaigne Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.  – Corita Kent Seek out the challenge. Be good to YOU, Joy Continue reading * What is the greatest thing *