Merry's Musings: Ah Spring...

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Ah Spring...

Yay. We are finally into warm weather!

I signed up for Jane Des Rosiers 'Papers and Portraits' class and am enjoying it so much!

http://janedesrosier.blogspot.com/2011/04/portraits-and-papers-2011-artist.html

This was from the lesson, painting with paper

and the rule of thirds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_thirds

This totally fits our weather lately!

You should see my green house....

2 comments:

craftycreative said...: This is gorgeous Nora! That must have been a super fun class. The rule of thirds comes in handy for a variety of designs and photography. I hope you are enjoying spring! XXOO; May 25, 2011 at 12:40 AM
Merry's Musings said...: Hey girl! Yes it's an awesome class. Lots of fun. Oh yeah, love the warmer weather! Blessings♥; May 25, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Prayer for America

Lord who grants salvation to kings and dominion to rulers, Whose kingdom is a kingdom spanning all eternities; Who places a road in the sea and a path in the mighty waters - may you bless the President, the Vice President, and all the constituted officers of government of this land. May they execute their responsibilities with intelligence, honor, compassion and love for the constitution wonderfully crafted by our founding fathers. May you always bless these United States and show us the direction to continue to be the land of the free and the home of the brave

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Divine Aspirations

Believe in your heart that something wonderful is about to happen.

Love your life.

Believe in God.

Know that He loves you and hears your prayers.

Wake every morning with the awe of just being alive.

Give thanks.

Discover each day the magnificent, awesome beauty in the world.

Explore and embrace life in yourself and in everyone you see each day.

Search to find your own specialness.

Be amazed in God and rouse those around youto the potential of each new day.

Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect; this is the essence of your humanity.

Let those who love you help you.

Trust enough to be able to take.

Look with hope to the horizon of today, for today is all we truly have.

Live this day well.

Let a little sun out as well as in.

Look for the rainbows.

Be open to all God's possibilities; all possibilities and Miracles.

Always believe in Miracles.

Always believe in God.

Spurgeon

"Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures." - Luke 24:45

He whom we viewed last evening as opening Scripture, we here perceive opening the understanding. In the first work he has many fellow-labourers, but in the second he stands alone; many can bring the Scriptures to the mind, but the Lord alone can prepare the mind to receive the Scriptures.

Our Lord Jesus differs from all other teachers; they reach the ear, but he instructs the heart; they deal with the outward letter, but he imparts an inward taste for the truth, by which we perceive its savour and spirit.

The most unlearned of men become ripe scholars in the school of grace when the Lord Jesus by his Holy Spirit unfolds the mysteries of the kingdom to them, and grants the divine anointing by which they are enabled to behold the invisible.

Happy are we if we have had our understandings cleared and strengthened by the Master! How many men of profound learning are ignorant of eternal things!

They know the killing letter of revelation, but its killing spirit they cannot discern; they have a veil upon their hearts which the eyes of carnal reason cannot penetrate.

Such was our case a little time ago; we who now see were once utterly blind; truth was to us as beauty in the dark, a thing unnoticed and neglected.

Had it not been for the love of Jesus we should have remained to this moment in utter ignorance, for without his gracious opening of our understanding, we could no more have attained to spiritual knowledge than an infant can climb the Pyramids, or an ostrich fly up to the stars.

Jesus' College is the only one in which God's truth can be really learned; other schools may teach us what is to be believed, but Christ's alone can show us how to believe it.

Let us sit at the feet of Jesus, and by earnest prayer call in his blessed aid that our dull wits may grow brighter, and our feeble understandings may receive heavenly things.

Stressed?

Alternate nostril breathing is for balancing the left and right sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is for logical thinking and the right side is for creativity.

The optimum benefit of creativity is enhanced and the left side is improved with logical thinking by alternate nostril breathing. It is not the only breathing technique used in yoga for this type of benefit.

There is a breathing rhythm or ratio that is used which is 2:8:4.

Do the inhale to the count of 4 by holding the right nostril closed with the right thumb.

Hold the breath closing both nostrils (the ring and little finger closes the left nostril). Hold the breath for 16 counts.

Exhale by removing the thumb from right nostril and count to 8 as you exhale.

Repeat by breathing through right nostril, same procedure.

You may keep this round of breathing for as long as you like but to start with, try three (3) rounds.

The benefits of Anuloma Viloma lead to a calmer mind, a happier disposition and more clarity, more oxygen to the brain cells which benefits the entire body and more logical thinking. You give yourself more power when you allow yourself to know that you are taking control of your life, your well-being, your health http://www.home.comcast.net/-bgajjar/index.html.

"Breathing is the bridge between the mind and body therefore Pranyama with the help of the mind reduces bodily stress. This technique slows the pulse by teaching the heart to take more oxygen in a shorter time." - Professor Yogi Bharat Gajjar, http://www.home.comcast.net/-bgajjar/index.html. This technique helps control anger also.

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