Strange Bird

Wisdom

What a Wonderful Life

I love Spring, even if it does rain almost every day.  The rain has transformed the grass from a brown to a luscious green.  The spring flowers are sprouting in the gardens and the clean fresh smell of the air entices you to breathe deeply in.  The only thing better than all of this, for me, is waking up to the songs of the birds.  I lie in bed listening... and find myself smiling.   What a wonderful life. 

It is in gratitude that we are able to transform our life.

Laurie David's, The Family Dinner

My Boys

Hurdles

Nine months ago I moved into a shared housing unit.  I was told when I moved in that everyone (all 4 people) took turns once a week to clean the common areas... the kitchen, bathroom and tv room.  

It wasn’t long before I realized I was the only one doing all the cleaning.  At first I have to say I was a little perplexed over this but after thinking about it, I decided that I would do it in service.  All was going relatively well until last month.  

Because I had hurt my back, I asked one of the other roomies to help out with a particular chore.  To my surprise I got a huge attitude from him.  His words to me were... “Not my job.  I don’t get paid for doing that.”  It was probably the only thing he could have said to infuriate me so quickly.  NOT HIS JOB, HE DOESN’T GET PAID FOR THAT!    When did I start getting paid for cleaning up after three grown men?  NOT!

Jeff the owner of the house and our landlord works out west.  He works for twenty-eight days straight then has a week leave.   Jeff flies in to spend his time off here in the house and with his children.  Last month Jeff and I had a long talk about me being the live in maid and the attitude of the men that lived in the house.  I told Jeff that until the “not my job” incident I simply chose to take the attitude of service.  However, there is a fine line between helping out and being used and that line had been crossed.  As a result I refuse to do another thing in the house.  Jeff was understandably not happy.

It took me two weeks to get all the residence of the house together to tell them I was no longer the live in maid.  And, until everyone got on the same page I was not going to do a thing.  Of course, everyone started to tell me what they do in the house but I easily shut them down. 

Vacuuming your own room, washing your own dishes and cleaning the mess you made while cooking does not constitute sharing chores of the common areas of the house.

The youngest member of the household asked if there was a schedule to work from.  The oldest male member jumps in and states there was a schedule at one time ... a long time ago, he would print it out for everyone.  The meeting was over.

An hour later everyone had a copy of chores to be done and a schedule of their duty weeks.

Speaking up for yourself may not necessarily be a pleasant thing but if you don’t others will use you as their doormat.  Take control of your life, take your power back.  It feels good when balance is restored.

What I do

"  I do a form of energy healing called The Emotion Code, where I help people literally get rid of their emotional baggage.  The technique works to identify and literally release trapped emotions, which are harmful emotional energies from negative past events.  Trapped emotions can cause depression, anxiety, they can block people from love and happiness and make them feel disconnected from others.  And, because trapped emotions are made of energy, just like the rest of the body, they exert an influence on the physical tissues, and can cause acute pain and even diseases such as cancer.  Releasing trapped emotions makes conditions right for the body to heal physically, and emotional difficulties often disappear or become much easier to deal with.

The Emotion Code can be done on physical ailments, trauma's, addictions, phobia's, fears, pain within the body, relationships, negative patterns, emotional upsets... there is no end to what the emotion code may not help.”

Live from Your Heart, Anya