Month: December 2023

This year has been another whirlwind of a year, taking us into another year of unknown outcomes.

It seems to me that with each year, my end of year reflections are darker or sadder than the year before or maybe I am just getting older.

Either way, no matter what the world outside me shows, I choose to remain an idealist optimist. I believe that there is good in everything and everyone. If only we allow ourselves to overcome the fear that keeps us from accepting this.

Much of our world is at war right now – two ‘famous’ wars regularly covered by the media and countless wars that the western media does not care to talk about but that have been raging for years.

I do not care what the media shows or what the politicians give as reasons for the necessity of war. All I see is people killed or injured, families torn apart, homes and landscapes destroyed, precious artifacts of history lost forever.

I try to remind myself that going through wars may just be a necessary part of human evolution, and that at the end of it all, there will be eternal peace and enlightenment.

But it is painful to watch.

War is only possible when we no longer see each other as part of a whole, but as “Other” and “Wrong”. We forget that we ARE each other. One woman crying for her child is the same as every woman anywhere else doing the same.

So as we move into 2024, I leave you with this very relevant song by Jason Mraz.

I wish you Health, Joy, Peace and Blessings and that you always look for the good in everything!

Happy New Year!

Or where have I been???

Under a rock, clearly, because Jason has been making music for about 24 years and has two grammys under his belt. 

I have heard some of his songs play on the radio and I even have one of his songs on my motivational playlist, but in reality, I only just discovered Jason Mraz!!!

And my brain is blown!!! 

This guy is insanely awesome!!! 

He is incredibly versatile. He plays every kind of music and has a smooth, gentle, easy voice. But it’s the lyrics that go straight to the soul. He is a true vessel of God Energy…Just Love! 

I must have listened to every one of his songs in one afternoon.

And then I stumbled upon this interview he did with Jon Kelley some months ago to promote his latest album, “Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride” (which I am loving, by the way)

This interview is the perfect Christmas gift to share with you 🙂

The most pertinent thing concerning us that stands out from this interview is the bunch of amazing women behind the man! Well, ain’t that just that truth! 

As the saying goes… “Behind every great man….”

His humble gratitude to these women is most heart-warming indeed. 

Another important thought I would like us to take to heart is his love for youthfulness and play. He says he is “…still a kid going on this ride of life”. 

What a perfect attitude! 

We, especially women, get caught up in all our responsibilities and lose our ability to, and forget our love of, play. 

Just as he said, we need to give ourselves permission to free ourselves, move our bodies and get out of our heads and back into our hearts. Permission to go back into our youth.

In this way, we also are able to keep ourselves grounded and present. 

And from this nourished grounded spirit, body and soul we can come to the world and give of ourselves. 

Or as Jason put it, “…Channel something beautiful and profound, giving a transformational experience in the process.”

He says he always starts with the blank page. 

We don’t have to be artists or musicians to create transformational experiences. 

Our blank page is our life! 

Each new day is a new blank page that we get to fill with our beauty. 

And there really is no better time to meditate on this than at Christmas time. 

It is the time when we easily give ourselves permission to be childlike and being at the end of the year, we can prepare ourselves for the new year…a new blank page. 

This season, as I wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, I entreat you to become a child again, ENJOY the time! And afterwards prepare for the new year with a cheery youthful disposition. It’s going to be FUN! 

As for me, discovering Jason Mraz was my Christmas gift from the Universe and I am happily jumping on the Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride! 

Thank you, Universe!