My perfect record is broken, darn!

For three weeks I've been meditating 8 minutes a day, every day. Except yesterday. I kept thinking, I'll do it later. Well, later didn't come. Woke up this morning and realized that I forgot to meditate yesterday. You would think that this is no big deal, it's not like forgetting to medicate. Or is it. I'm feeling off. Kinda of like something is missing. What to do, what to do...

Well, I'm darn sure gonna make sure that I meditate today, and get back on track. And I'll forgive myself for slacking off.

Been busy painting our store for the grand opening on January 14th. It's a small space, in Byron (part of London, On) and you would think that it wouldn't take long to paint. Wrong. All the walls are retail slat walls. They have been painted a dark red. I don't want them to be a dark red, would prefer a soft mauve. So on goes the primer. I am currently painting all the grooves in the slat wall. It takes time. A lot of time. The fun has gone out of it.

Mephestopheles has painted the ceiling, bless his heart. He has been totally helpful, and so far he hasn't fallen off the ladder. He did however get an eyefull of paint. He said that it stung pretty bad.

Good ole Meph. tends to be accident prone. He recently won an electric drill at a Christmas party. My first thought: "Better make sure the first aid kit is up to date".

Still meditating

Meditating is fun! And relaxing. And good for you. No I'm not being sarcastic, it really is all that. I finally read a book that I had bought eons ago about meditation, and it really works for me.

You are instructed to meditate for 8 minutes each day for seven days just doing one thing, for example: the first week all I had to do was really listen to my breath, feel it in my body, my nostrils, going down the back of my throat etc.

Sure my thoughts ran away with me constantly, but, as the book advised, I allowed them to come and gently released them. It actually works, I bet out of 8 minutes, I had about 10 seconds of pure meditation. Ten seconds is better than nothing.

This week, my 8 minute meditation is focussed on hearing the sounds around me. Not judging them, just listening to them. I am finding more space between my thoughts than last week. I'm probably getting about 20 seconds of pure meditation. Major improvement.

Any meditation is good meditation. The only bad meditation is no meditation. So, if I sit still for 8 minutes every day and have a thought fest going in my mind, it's still all good. Things will chill after a while, I can feel it.

I'm going to meditate on that right now. (You could see that one coming, right.)

Is it just me...

Is it just me or is meditating something that is darn near next to impossible. Meditation experts say that it is important to pay attention to your breathing. When I do so, I find that suddenly, I don't know how to breathe very well...let's see inhale--pause--did I pause long enough?--OK I'm getting lightheaded, time to exhale--exhale--oh geez how do you know when you have exhaled long enough--wait I need air NOW--inhale down to my stomach, wow that's not very comfortable is it?--pause, ummm OK that's long enough--exhale--crap, do I exhale through my nose or my mouth--nose it is, I don't like exhaling through my mouth even though it might be wrong--I should look that up---ummm pause then inhale or is that inhale and then pause---ARRGH.

Despite my difficulties, I will continue my meditation moments daily (I have lots of time on my hands) and hopefully will become more comfortable with it. I want to listen to that "silence within" that Wayne Dyer is so fond of speaking about. My question is, however, "If you listen to the silence, is it really silent" .

Think about it. But not too hard.

Only 14 days since the last post...

I know... I know what I said in my last post. But hey, I was never good at keeping New Year's resolutions either. Anyhoo...

Attended my second meeting of the London Gem and Mineral Society (LGMS) last night. The speaker a smart guy from UWO who spoke about meteors and impact craters. Scary stuff. We really are at the mercy of the heavens.

The talk was interesting and informative. My hubby, Derek (also sometimes known as Mephistopheles, with good reason, joker that he is) totally was into the subject. On our way home, I asked him if he ever thought he'd be interested in this subject matter, and in minerals in general and he said that no he never thought so, but that he's glad he has developed an interest in it.

This summer we plan on going to Thunder Bay to search for Amethyst in mines open to the general public. I can hardly wait. Fresh air, hiking, finding cool specimens, it brings out the kid in me.

Just a reminder, if anyone happens to be in London, Ontario the weekend of November 22 and 23 check out the London Gem @ Mineral Show. To be held at the Western Fair Grounds, Special Events Building in London, Ontario. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for kids. There will be demonstrations, silent auctions, door prizes, kid's mine, gold panning for kids. Fun for the whole family. For more info check out their website http://www.gemandmineral.ca/

I'll get it right someday...maybe

I just finished reading an e-newsletter from Small Business at about.com They have interesting articles with lots of valuable information. This issue was about blogging, and apparently I am doing everything wrong.

1) I don't blog often enough. Ideally I should be blogging daily. I haven't been doing this.

2) If I want this to be a business blog, since I do own a retail operation called Moonstone Path, I should be talking more about my products.

I will try to do both from now on but I make no guarantees. First of all, I can go for days without having anything interesting to say. Secondly, I'm lazy.

However, I do enjoy blogging, and I do want my business to succeed so I will apply myself a little bit more.

Affirmation: Blogging comes to me easily and effortlessly and for my highest good.

Or something along those lines.

The Law of Attraction doesn't work when...

The Law of Attraction doesn't work when you don't really know what the heck you want. I believe that LOA works. It makes sense to me. I've read The Field by Lynn McTaggart, some of those concepts resonate. But I've had a problem with the Law of Attraction. I really didn't know what I wanted. Oh, I thought I did (2 million dollars for starters) but, really, I realize now that this was not what I really wanted.

It's true.

Oh sure, having this amount of money would solve a lot of problems, but then what?

This money would buy me trips, clothes, nice home, car etc, but then what?

OK, well a new wii, new tv, nice furniture and new flooring to replace our quickly fading carpet, but then what?

Well, sure, a new laptop, probably an opportunity to have my own store, tickets to the theatre, but then what?

I realized, that I didn't want the money. That's too easy. What I want is the inspiration, creativity and genius to generate that amount of money. I want the excitement of coming up with an idea, a creative work of genius to excite me to my very foundation. And a comfortable income. That's what I want.

New affirmation: I am divinely inspired with creative ideas and prosperous actions.