May your troubles be less,
Your blessings more,
And may nothing but happiness,
Come through your door
Thursday, March 31, 2011
We've all had days like this...
Monday, March 28, 2011
Affirmation of The Day: Observing ~ by Dr. Ellie Drake
Observing ~ by Dr. Ellie Drake
Observing, rather than reacting, makes me realize that I am bigger than the challenges in my life.
I create positive energy which will then project thoughts of higher vibrations into The Universe.In return, I attract positive people, circumstances, and situations in resonsance with the positive qualities of the thoughts I project.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Feng Shui Daily - Ellen Whitehurst
It's ‘World Prayer Day,' a time to reflect and then pray a special and specific prayer for Planetary Wisdom that has been given to us by the good graces and investigative intelligence of author JoAnn Cornug in her ‘Original Tribe' handbook of angels book. In those pages Cornug shares that there is a band or group of angels that is tasked with monitoring the sum total of all human knowledge taking place around the world. These ‘planetary intelligences' are also believed to be the guardians of dolphins and whales, two species that are also believed to possess a mastery of their environments that then allows for us to live much more fully in ours. The actual prayer give to invoke the assistance as well as to appeal to these planetary intelligences is as follows: 'I Am All This. I Am All This. I Am All This. The beginning is always now.' Say this three times on this day and, then, the next time someone says, 'you ain't all that.' You can assuredly retort that you certainly are. Amen.
M A N N E R S
Throughout this season of ... cheer, I permitted a few people into My humble home and was appalled by their complete lack of manners. I NEVER say, "make yourself at home" for a reason: the right to consider My home your home requires bill payments and TREMENDOUS amounts of feats of worthiness.
Since it appears that parents have completely failed to provide any social-grace education to their offspring over the past 40 or so years, here's a quick list of How Not To Offend Your Hostess/Host. By all means, pass this information on to YOUR friends and relatives, especially the younger generations.
| 1. | Sit down and stay seated. DO NOT GIVE YOURSELF A TOUR OF THE HOSTESS' DOMAIN. A person's home is NOT a museum. If you wish to see the domicile, ASK for a tour and respect the answer given to you. Also, DO NOT choose to pick up items to inspect them. This is offensive to the Hostess' personal space. If you are too bored with your own company to be left alone for the few moments it takes for the Hostess to go to the bathroom to urinate, bring a magazine when you visit so that you can amuse yourself. |
| 2. | Bathroom Hygiene. The fact that I have cause to write this disgusts Me, but mothers need slaps right across their faces - and not in a happy-fun way - for not training their children in cleanliness from early childhood. There is NO reason for anyone to leave urine on the toilet seat or the floor! Step 1: Lift the toiled seat BEFORE using the toilet. Step 2: Use toilet tissue to wipe the rim and inspect the floor to ensure that it is waste-free. Step 3: WASH YOUR HANDS when done. And WASH YOUR HANDS when you come in from the street. If you do not physically go to the bathroom to do so, carry hand sanitizer in case the Hostess does not offer it to you. AND if the Hostess offers, use it. |
| 3. | CALL before going to a person's home. Don't think it's OK to drop by. I recently left someone in the hallway who foolishly thought I would open the door to My apartment because she was in the neighborhood. I told her that the same way she thinks to call Me to complain about her stupid husband, she should think to call to ask if she can come to My home. In this era of instant communication, there is no reason not to offer the courtesy of a text or phone call. |
| 4. | NO MEANS NO. When I say that I do not want you to clear the table, wash My dishes, or help Me, I mean it. A recent offender received 5 stitches for disrespecting My wishes in My home by deciding to help himself to a glass from My kitchen cabinet and broke a glass bowl with is forehead as it fell onto him. I honestly expressed My anger that he dared to even enter My kitchen, that his head broke My beautiful bowl (and he owes Me a new one), and that he bled on My kitchen floor. When I say My home is booby-trapped, I mean it. |
| 5. | Use a napkin, plate, utensils, chew quietly with your mouth closed, and don't speak with your mouth full of food. Seriously, does no one tell these people that their table manners are atrocious? Really? Pigs eat at troughs for a reason. I do not wish to:
It always amazes Me that all these people who want to be in "control" don't even have basic control of their own awareness and physicality to eat like civilized human beings... Yet, they will be the first to express disdain about someone else's civility. |
The BEST gift one can give is the gift of respect and good manners. By all means, take a refresher course and pass this info along - especially to the generations coming behind you. For more resources on manners, SEE the resources I've listed below and visit the Emily Post Institute where you can also find information on the appropriate amounts to tip for services.
What Prompted This Post
I would like to say that I had a marvelous Christmas, but the rudeness of all of the incredibly, self-absorbed people who chose their excitement over common courtesy, intelligence, and respect for anyone else seriously disrupted My Peace on Earth. I had an incredibly stressful Christmas Eve dealing with yet another relative being rushed to the hospital in serious condition (relatives in hospitals now up to 6) and I did NOT appreciate someone texting Me at 12:01 AM on December 25th because it was now Christmas. I also really did NOT appreciate the persons who chose to text Me at 8:30am, 9:00am, 9:02am and 9:15am to wish Me a Merry Christmas - and especially on a Saturday morning. I have STRICT contact times - which are between 12:00 NOON and 9pm ONLY - for very good reasons - one of them being that I am the emergency contact for all these hospitalized relatives, so I cannot turn off My phone. The fact that it is Christmas - a holiday that I respect but have no affiliation with - does NOT change anything. Besides what I wrote above, the decision of people to have their fun at My expense is why I chose to give this gift to assist Us all in remembering to mind Our manners.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
, Little Divas! Hillshire Farms Double Dutch Commercial
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How cool is this? Already Little Diva Dommes!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
How To Boost Responsibility When Dealing With Beaurocracy
The information in this post is part of a Domina 101 Lesson. Click HERE for details on the next workshop and course.
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I just had a 3-way phone call with My Mother and one of the hospital, social workers assigned to one of My relatives who requires extended, special care. This person has attempted to schmooze and placate My Mother to cover his inadequacies and has delayed taking action for several weeks on the situation that was addressed this morning,
As promised, as of January 1, 2011, I took the reigns from My Mother The Queen and We're doing things My way. Where My Mother is amazingly polite to the point of being taken less seriously than She deserves to be treated (common to Women of Her generation and those before), I am direct, precise, and I make it clear that, on no uncertain terms, punishment will ensue if standards and practices are not properly met.
The phone call began at 11:04AM and ended at 11:15AM to My satisfaction - after I contacted the individual only once (using the techniques described below). My Mother said that She now sees why I do things the way that I do and that My process is much more efficient. Hazzah!
My Mother used to think that telling people what to do and using "threats" of punisment (I don't threaten, I promise) was mean and abrassive. We live in a world where the main thing people respond to is the fear of being exposed and they are motivated by pain - whether the desire to receive it or not.
I believe that by telling a person what I want and offering guidance on how he can accomplish this efficiently is a service - not only to Me but to the person and to society at large. The person gains the benefit of learning how to be efficient which improves his ability to perform his job well and boosts his self-esteem - which has a ripple effect on The Whole. The person now better serves himself and all the people who come behind Me. See? That's My Signature Win-Win and good karma.
Here is My Process for making people responsible for the jobs they are supposed to do:
- Put EVERYTHING in writing. Creating a paper trail is the best way to ensure that you receive what you desire and that guilty parties are punished, if necessary. Send copies by email and fax so that you have proof of delivery;
- Outline your requests in numbered and/or bulleted form so that the reader can easily pay attention to details
- State that you will follow-up
- If you are not satisfied with the action taken, send another letter with your objectives clearly outlined (AGAIN)
- Be certain to state how the action taken is not satisfactory
- Outline the steps you want taken to reach the objective you desire
- Copy "higher-ups" and an attorney/monitoring organization. Always the "cc:" be seen at the bottom of your letter under your signature.
- Be certain to send a copy of your letter to the supervisor and/or attorney/monitoring organization
IMPORTANT:
- You can be polite and respectful while being direct and strong.
- It is always better to empower people than to diminish or threaten.
- Most people want to feel liked and appreciated and smarter than they are.
- If you are satisfied with the person's performance, be certain to follow-up with some type of acknowledgement. People remember kindness and feeling appreciated. They will respond more quickly and efficiently to you in the future.
- Even though you may feel that they are merely donig their jobs, an emotional caress will always take you further than an emotional slap... in most cases.
- Even though you may feel that they are merely donig their jobs, an emotional caress will always take you further than an emotional slap... in most cases.
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- It is not necessary to be nasty unless they start it first. In that case, make sure you respond eloquently with your complaint to their superior.
Remember, always think before you act. - It is always better to empower people than to diminish or threaten.
NOTE: It is important to file complaints because you contribute to a better working system. Perhaps, your single complaint may not make an instant difference, but if enough people complain to the proper authorities, action will occur. If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.
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