Welcome Everyone

I would first of all like to thank you for taking the time to look at this Blog.
I will keep you posted on New and Present Events along with a personal note on things I would like to share with you.  Tools I have learned and used to guide me through my journey of Life.  Things I have found useful and comforting.

My view on writing a journal ..

I have started with “Morning Pages” method which I read In “the Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron given to me by my dear sister Denise. It is a 10 min explosion of writing whatever comes in your head and heart with no concern if it makes sense or not. That often will clear your mind and help you choose a positive thought to start the day.

It has been useful to write to myself. Like a diet I sometimes go to it religously, and then I have gaps in my life where I have seemed to have forgotten.  There were many times I found it too painful to write and sometimes I was having “Way to much fun”.  lol

At the end of the day it has gotten me through.  I have found that when I now write I tend to choose to bring myself back to joy even when I wake up with not so nice enjoyable emotions.

I have journaled regularly to myself since my highschool girlfriend, Shirley Blayney gave it to me back in 1972.  I still have it. It is a black hardcover bound book.  Although I rarely read back what I write it is fun today.  It made me realize how much the same I am today as back then.  I would like to think I am learning to move through the emotions with more ease, but they are what they are.  That is what I have learned.

I have taken out my journal and it has this quote from Margaret Mead which I wrote:

“Dec 2, 1972
“In every pair of lovers the two are likely to find themselves wondering what the next steps are in the ballet between the sexes that no longer follow traditional lines, a ballet in which each couple must make their steps as they go along. When he is insistent, should she yield? When she is demanding, should he resist?. Who takes the first step forward and the next step back? What is it to be a man? What is it to be a woman?”
_Margaret Mead”

This brings me to my crossroad again and again. It is important to have tools along the way that will guide me toward health and happiness.  That is the connection to myself.

It is also at this time that I do not want to exclude the men in our lifes.  It is just easier at this time to write about topics I know relate
to myself and other women in my life.

I will share with you my daily readings as it often reflects back to me where I am today.

My readings are from “Journey to the Heart” by Melody Beattie given to me by my dear friend Bea. My friend from my teenage years.

I would like to point out, I do write to myself and find this is very helpful, or I write a Dear….. letter to myself or someone I love.

Hear it goes…

September 4 2009

Have just finished the final draft of the Invitation for the September 13th 2009
launch for this new venture of mine. Not sure where this will take us, but it will be fun trying.

My vision is to connect women who enjoy fitness and health. That means through whatever it takes.  I would love it to be as much fun as it can be.

Stay Connected to Myself. – notes to myself.

In the book  ”Journey to the Heart” A woman was describing her reaction to an area she had visited, a place poisoned by toxic chemicals, a peice fo earth mained and harmed by humankind. “It’s not that I didn’t feel connected there”, she said thoughtfully. “ I felt connected, but feeling connected meant feeling connected to pain”.
The woman was describing more than a piece of land. She was describing a place many of us visit at times on our journey. We feel connected to pain and sadness.  We may be reacting to an incident from our past or to something taking place right now.

I realized, I don’t have to run anymore, I don’t have to hide. I don’t have to leave my body or wonder what’s wrong.
I simply need to feel what’s there even if it hurts for a bit.
Sometimes, I am healing from toxic beliefs, feelings and attitudes I have accumulated.

Sometimes there is a message a lesson to learn, an action to take, that will follow naturally if I am connected.

“Open up to my connection.The price
of being connected may mean that I
occasionally feel pain, but the rewards for
staying connected will be consciousness,
guided action, and an open heart”.

When I feel connected to myself, I feel more open to connect with others.

It is my wish that through activity and fun we can connect not only with ourselves but with others.

Have a great day.  Live with Passion

Love

Visma