A Little Ginger: Getting It Together

Let Your Light Shine

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." W. E. B. Du Bois

Monday, December 26, 2011

Getting It Together

Well....once again I'm almost done. Oh, but I have great excuses this week. As enjoyable as it was, traveling and the Christmas Holiday took lots of time. Now that I'm home again....not really....there is always going to be something; I can excuse my life away or....Like this week we are hosting Games and Gabs with empty-nesters, doing Grins and Fins with our grands, and celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary on the 30th. Once I have this new study dovetailed with my other studies, writing, homemaking, and socializing, I'll post common-placing regularly. I finally understand how my scholars feel, when they begin studying with me. Also, I remember why I let this drop last year.

Genesis 7-9
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe (GGB Vol. 2, pp. 273-277)
“The Lantern-bearers” by Robert Louis Stevenson (GGB Vol. 7, pp. 112-121)
Meno by Plato (GBWW Vol. 6, pp. 174-190)
“New Names for Old” by Edward Kasner and James R. Newman (GGB Vol. 9, pp. 121-136; from Mathematics and the Imagination)
“The Land of Montezuma” by William H. Prescott (GGB Vol. 6, pp. 231-243; Book III, Chapter 8 of History of the Conquest of Mexico)
“Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson (GGB Vol. 10, pp.525-545)

10 commandments of Health

SPEND time every day communing with the Creator and Savior for positive mental and spiritual health.
EAT Food that Creates Powerful Health and DRINK Liquids that Hydrate, Flush and Nourish-Mostly Raw, Plant, Whole, Nutritious, and Organic Foods with Pure Water, Fresh Juices and Herbal Teas!
Use Natural Herbs and Food for MEDICINE to Prevent Dis-ease and Nourish, Clean, Detoxify, Tone, Balance, and Heal The Body!
MOVE Every Day Walking, Stretching, Breathing, and Singing!
CLEANSE Internally-ALL disease is caused by cellular congestion beginning in the colon
Use Only Natural HEALING to Prevent and Treat Dis-ease-Massage, Bodywork, Hydrotherapy, and Herbs that HEAL and Do No Harm!
Create a Healthy HOME Environment for Well-Being-Order, Natural Soaps, Cleaners and Clothing, No Negative Television, Frequently De-Junking!
Allow Only Positive THOUGHTS and Use Affirmations to Create Powerful Health, Love, Laughter, Passion, Peace, Fun and Bliss!
COMMUNICATE with and Serve Others in a proper manner-Timely, Happy, Friendly, Positive, Clear, Honest, Sincere, Caring and Loving!
LOVE Life More and More Every Day-Gratitude and Joy are the focus. FOCUS Determines FUTURE! Tomorrow Is What I Believe And Do Today!

Satan has unleashed a seductive campaign to undermine the sanctity of womanhood, to deceive the daughters of God and divert them from their divine destiny. He well knows women are the compassionate, self-sacrificing, loving power that binds together the human family. He would focus their interests solely on their physical attributes and rob them of their exalting roles as wives and mothers. He has convinced many of the lie that they are third-class citizens in the kingdom of God. That falsehood has led some to trade their divinely given femininity for male coarseness. Richard G. Scott

Recipe for Happiness and Health

1) Pray-Feast upon the Word.
2) Say “I love you” often. Always say or send a thank you.
3) Be quick to hear and slow to speak.
4) Make homemade meals (real love=real service).
5) Do quality work.
6) Smile contagiously. Act charitably.
7) Eat greens-walk-stretch-lift daily to feel good in my skin.
8) One thing in-One thing out/ Touch it Once/Daily Areas 9)Look for blessings.
10) Keep moving forward. Walt Disney
11) Study to add joy, understanding, and richness to life and expand horizons.
12) Live so as to have no regrets.

Working in Skirts

I love the paintings of William Waterhouse and others that show women working in dresses. It gives me courage in this day of the manly woman to continue wearing skirts only. How can it can be done?

a) Choose a design that allows a full stride like an A-line or straight with a kick pleat.

b) Garments should fit, enough to know it is clearly worn by a woman but not like a sausage casing. In summer looser fitting but still feminine styles are lovely--they do not remind one of potato sacks.

c) Hem length of mid-calf allows excellent movement without compromising modesty.

d) Appropriate accessories: leggings, tights, warm socks, and silk slips (keep skirts from clinging to leggings) with cute but serviceable shoes or boots for winter wear; good sandals, garden clogs, and the airiest muslin slips for summer.

As the world grows more and more antagonistic towards femininity and womanhood, wearing skirts demonstrates a commitment to loveliness and an outward symbol of devotion to the Savior. To avoid being not part of the brave new world, work in sensible skirts and dresses as a positive statement of the incredibly possibilities in life for women!!

Let Your Light Shine

Monday, December 26, 2011

Getting It Together

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