How Do You Keep From Going Back

It’s Ok To Rest A Little

By Not Giving Up

Change is hard. It takes effort, concentration and mostly; patience with yourself. Affirmations help and they can remind you what it is you’re working toward. When you start falling back on old patterns and you realize it; that’s the time to say your affirmation.

Don’t give up on yourself. You’re trying and whither you realize it or not, you are making change. You’re not the same person right now as you were a year ago, or six months ago, or even last week.

You know more today and you’ve seen more than ever before. So you can’t truly “go back” because you’re not that person you used to be. You’re wiser and stronger. Continue reading →

It’s 04.14.14 – Does It Mean Anything?

Apr14

Today Is April 14th, 2014 (04.14.14)

If you’ve been to Reflections before, you may know that 4 is my most favorite number. It has always been present when important events have occurred in my life. So of course I was going to take a look at what the number means within a Numerological perspective.

So does the date have meaning? If you believe in numerology of course it means something. But which numerological method you follow, will impact the analysis of the number.

Many people think there is only one pattern of number analysis. In actuality there are several. Mathematics is the only language shared by all humans regardless of culture, religion, or gender.

Many of the ancient cultures: Babylon, China, Egypt, India,and Japan were using forms of numerology long before the Greeks and Romans. Over the centuries each culture has created its own method of analyzing numbers, or they’ve put their own spin on existing methods.

Numerology is the study of the divine or mystical relationship between a count or measurement and life. It has many systems, traditions and beliefs. To learn more about Numerology, you can read The Bare Minimum Basics of Numerology and begin your own research.

For now, it’s 4.14.14; sure is a lot of 4s. So what significance is in today’s date? Continue reading →

Being A Workaholic

Apr4

Working Hard

The Struggles & Solutions To Relax

I struggle with being a workaholic. I get involved in something and become so focused that I lose track of time, and ignore other things that need to get done. Like having lunch or going to bed.

I start working on a task and find myself hours later, sometimes into the very wee hours of the morning still working on it. It’s stressful. It affects your health when you do it day after day. And it’s simply not good for you.

But if I had a problem with a project, I’ve been known to get so focused that I can’t think of anything else until it’s resolved. I’ve had bosses tell me I have to go home and stand there until I pack up and leave. It was much worse than it is now. I talked to a therapist and tried to resolve the issue.

How can you change the negative patterns and turn your day around to be in the moment, enjoy the world around you and relax? The best way is to find a set of tools that offer rewards and incentives. I think I’ve done quite well overall, but it still creeps up from time to time. I’ve found ways to help me avoid getting back into the old patterns. Continue reading →

The Black Moon Of March

Mar27

The 2nd New Moon Of The Month

The Second New Moon Of The Month

With every full moon, there’s also a New Moon which can also occur twice in a single month and that is also a rare event for Grandmother Moon. But she doesn’t seem to receive the same spectacular acknowledgement as her brighter sister the Blue Moon.

This month, March 2014; we will see two New Moons. The first occurred on March 1st and the second barely squeaks in on the 30th.

What’s her story and can you observe this special time of the year? Learn more about the Black Moon, her history, her energy, purpose and how you can mark the night of her arrival: The Black Moon.

Pain Makes People Change

Mar24

But People Choose How

Pain comes in many forms. Physical pain, emotional pain, pain from injury, or disease. You can’t always see the pain someone else suffers. But that doesn’t make it any less real.

Temporary physical pain that heals, can impact someone’s life for a short period. When the injury heals and the pain subsides, most people forget it happened and they’re ready to move on. But the long term effects will not be seen and can be life changing to the person who suffered the injury.

Constant chronic pain of the body, often can’t be seen either. But it’s often ignored by others who can’t understand the suffering because they can see its effects. That doesn’t make it any less real or life changing.

Continue reading →

Magik Miracles

Mar19

Reflection Inspiration

MagikMiracle © 2014 Springwolf, D.D., Ph.D. Springwolf Reflections / Springs Haven, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Always Believe..

5 Minute Meditation: The Shield of Success – Visualizing and Creating A Shield of Success
10 Commandments To Live By – Keeping Your Perspectives Positive
Believe In You – Pep Talks To Help You Be Inspired
Believe In Yourself – Learn To Handle The Pressure
Be Inspired – Inspirational Resources To Keep You Moving Forward
It’s Nice To Have Dreams – Dreams Inspire, Empower and Create Hope
Living Your Passion
Mindfulness – Being Aware Of Your Spiritual Manifestation
The Seven Point Guide to Self Fulfillment – Wisdom From the Dalai Lama | From a Pagan perspective
You Can Only Change Yourself – But That Will Change How Others Respond To You

Life Is A Circle

Mar12

Stop Chasing Your Tail

You can keep going in circles, repeating the same mistakes and spinning your wheels. Or you can release the breaks and start moving forward. Allow yourself to change your habits and learn your lessons to move your circle forward,

Don’t allow the fear held within to be the break that keeps you tethered to the pole and running in circles. Let go of that fear and learn to love yourself. Being alone is a whole lot different from being lonely. You are your own best friend and as long as you have you, there will be no loneliness. You don’t have to have a mate to be happy. Fear keeps you from reaching for your dreams and being inspired to achieve your goals. Fear holds you tight and doesn’t allow you to see that you deserve better and you don’t need to be drawn to those who will not be there for you. Fear keeps you from seeing the negative patterns you put in place every day. If you can’t see the patterns, how are you going to break the ones you don’t like or that put the breaks on your wheel to move forward?

Let go of the fear and allow the circles of your life carry you into a new day of brightness.

Be Inspired

Mar11

Resources To Help Get You Inspired & Motivated

We all have days that we want to hide from the world. To get back into bed and dream the day we wish we had. Or hide behind the curtains and watch old movies, eat a pint of ice cream (my favorite is cookies and cream) and try to escape the events of the day. But hiding away doesn’t fix anything.

The ebb and flow of life is generally a normal part of living. Maybe we do need more sleep, a nap might turn things around. Maybe we need to examine what we’ve taken in that nurtured our body and mind. Have you been focusing on junk food? Maybe a healthy meal could give you some energy. Have you been burning the candle at both ends? Wearing yourself down like that makes it much easier for your body to catch even the smallest bug that turns into a big bout with a cold or the flu.

Or maybe you’re spending too much time thinking about the mistake(s) you made and allowing those events to anchor you in the negative energy that won’t allow you to flow out into a better day. Negative self talk is a very common problem with a lot of people. And it can be very destructive for many people. Even those who seem to have it all together.

Some times we need something to remind us of our blessings, or what we should be doing to move forward. Things that help us stay focused and mindful of our thoughts and actions can lessen the valley of sadness. Little inspirations that help boost our desire to dance! Continue reading →

Confidence vs Arrogance

Mar4

When Does Ego Become A Problem

What one person views as confidence, another person will view as arrogance. It’s a fine line that doesn’t exist on a set standard or a measuring tape or in the levels on a scale. It’s not a tangible thing that can be measured for everyone to share and compare. Because it’s based on perspective and everyone’s perception is different.

How you see yourself and your abilities will determine where that measuring stick is for you. Let’s give our stick a range of 1 to 10.

If you hold confidence in yourself, and believe in your abilities, your skill and experience than the bar for achieving arrogance will be set pretty high. Let’s put it around a level of 9 on the arrogance chart.

Consequently, if you’re someone who has self doubts in any or your abilities, skill, knowledge or experience, then your bar for achieving arrogance will be set lower. Let’s put that one at level 6 on the arrogance chart.

If you have self doubts, your always questioning your abilities, skill, knowledge or experiences and you’re unsure if you can do something successfully, then you may have serious confidence issues. Let’s put that down at level 3 on our arrogance chart. Continue reading →

Stop Waiting…

Mar3

Believe In Yourself

Live For The Moment Of Now

Why do we wait for things to happen?
Is it because we hold so much internal fear that we’re afraid to move? Are we so used to the struggle we know that we’re paralyzed to make changes that can make things better?

Or is that we’re afraid of failure and of making things worse than they already are? Living your life for tomorrow will never help you get away from the trials of yesterday.

But when we live in the moment and take advantage of what’s here in the now, we give ourselves the chance to grab the opportunities that present themselves. The once in a lifetime happenings that suddenly appear out of no where. The moments that can change life forever, for the better and for everyone involved. Continue reading →

"Believe In Yourself, Even When No One Else Does."
~ Harvey McKay ~
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“Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith.
Not hope, but faith.
I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar.
Hope walks through the fire and Faith leaps over it.”
~ Jim Carrey ☆ 2014
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“I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less. And I am one of the seven billion human being. Basically we are the same… your emotion, my emotion, your mind, my mind.., same physical. So I always look [at it] that way. We are the same.”
~ Dalai Lama 2012 ~
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"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.”
~ Bruce Lee 1971