Why mother? What words come to mind when you think of ‘Mother’ and how does ‘Mother Earth’ compare?

Please feel free to explore your own personal thoughts. Here are some of mine:

Mother  - Comfort, Compassion, Sacrifice, Fun, ‘The Rock’, Mentor, Motivator, Unconditional love, Forgiving, Wise, Nurturing, Protector, Loving, Soothing, Creative, Accommodating, Reliable, Dependable, Hardworking, Resourceful, Teacher, Caregiver, Committed, Patient, Dedicated, Provides safety, Champion, My Life…

Mother Earth –
Comfort – She offers a comfortable place to live and the necessities of life
Compassion – Shows compassion even when we take her for granted
Sacrifices her energy, needs and beauty to provide for the demands of her children
Fun – Offers settings like forests, lakes and mountains to frolic in and play with
The Rock – Without her, where would we be?
Mentor – Advises us when to proceed with caution
Motivator – Brings light after darkness for renewed hope
Unconditional love – Takes what we put out, yet keeps on giving
Forgives us for dragging our feet
Wise – Shows us that actions have consequences
Nurturing – Grows our food
Protector – Provides natural shelters and wind breaks
Loving – Warms our hearts with her creations
Soothes what ails us with medicinal hot springs and rainforests
Creates breathtaking views
Accommodating – Heals, restores and makes way for new growth
Reliable – We tend to feel that we can fully rely on her
Dependable – She has always been there for us
Hardworking – Never stops washing, growing, mending….
Resourceful - Constantly adapts to the changes she is faced with
Teacher – Informs us and provides us with insights, which then evolve into new learning
Caregiver – Protects us until we come of age and must assume all responsibility
Committed – Will do for us as much as we are willing to do for ourselves
Patient – Believes that with time and patience, her children will come through
Dedicated – Doesn’t give up on us. Permits us to make mistakes, learn from them and knows that we will make things right
Provides safety – She is the ‘safe place’ in the entire universe
Champion – As long as she is here for us, there is nothing that we cannot do
My Life – She gives us life.

I for one, acknowledge Mother Earth for her patience and fortitude in all that she creates and continues to provide for my loved ones, my friends and myself.
I commit from this day forward to honour her each and every day by mindfully and intentionally making choices that will nurture, restore and prolong her life for generations to come.
If you feel as I do, join me in making a difference starting today, if you haven’t already.

 ~Lesia Saplywyj

When you sit down to eat dinner and you happen to really like everything that’s on your plate, you don’t try to eat it – you just do, right? What happens when you’re served a dish that looks unappetizing to you, and there is nothing else available to eat, what do you do?

Do you try to eat some of it?
Do you succumb to your hunger and eat all of it knowing that you will otherwise go hungry?
Do you go without?
Have you ever forced yourself to eat something you thought you wouldn’t like and found it tasty?

When you say that you will try to do something, what does that mean?
How committed are you?
How much do you believe in what you’re doing when you say, “I’ll try?”
Where has ‘trying’ gotten you in the past?

What do you think would happen if you decided to throw caution to the wind and instead of trying to do something you just did it?  What is the worst that you could discover? How could your new insight, whatever it is, propel you forward?

Take a moment and ask yourself, “Is what I’m doing right now working for me or is it working against me?” Am I willing to commit and take action instead of trying to take action, to see what happens? Who will help me and support me with my commitment?”

Your time is precious and life goes by so quickly. How much of it do you really want to spend uttering, “I’ll try?”

~Lesia S.

Here are some wonderful metaphors for life that you can learn from compliments of a cheerful and very wise little Easter Bunny…..

To show your true colors, you have to come out of your shell.

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket!

All work and no play can make you a basket case.

Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.

Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits!

      Happy Easter!

~Lesia S.

These days more than ever, you may be faced with numerous stresses directly and indirectly associated with job security, job loss or financial setbacks. It can affect you mentally, emotionally, and physically and create toxicity in relationships. If however you were to consider different perspectives, could it change how you feel?
For instance, what if suddenly you were facing the fight of your life? What if your life was being threatened by a serious illness or disease or you were told that you need a new organ to live? How would you feel? What would you be thinking?
In many such situations there is a lot that you have absolutely no control over. But what can you control? How can your thought process lessen a burden and possibly eliminate it rather than compound it. If you are dealing with a difficult situation, stop and think for a moment about what dominates your thoughts.

Many of you have heard or read about the power of the subconscious mind.
Very basically, what it means is, how you think and most importantly, what your subconscious mind believes influences and often creates your reality.
Forty years ago, a famous psychologist from France named Coue said, “When your desires and your imagination are in conflict your imagination invariably gains the day.”
In other words, can this possibly mean that, when what you think is in complete harmony with what you feel, your deepest desire is fulfilled? If so, how do you do that?

Try this. Look back on your life and choose one thing that you really wanted and were successful in getting. It could be anything at all. Buying a first car, landing a specific job, taking a trip, overcoming a relationship issue or even getting a pet for the first time.

Take bringing home your first pet as an example. Assuming that a new pet was what you really wanted, what dominated your mind in the days and months leading up to getting one?

How much did you really want one?
How did you feel thinking about it?
What did you believe?
How many pictures of pets did you look at?
How often did you visit a pet store or a shelter?
How many times a day did you think about it?
What did you think would be the drawbacks of having one?
How would you overcome those drawbacks?
What did you talk about to your family and friends regarding a pet?
How did you prepare for its homecoming?
What were you looking forward to doing with it when it was home with you?
What visual picture did you have in your mind on a regular basis?
Was there ever a doubt in your mind that you would one day have your pet?
If a doubt popped into your mind, what did you do with it?

You may be thinking, “The mental process behind getting a pet is very different from landing that special job or undergoing a successful organ transplant.”

How is it the same?

~Lesia S.