The Power of Love

I have been playing a song over and over lately....The Power of Love.  Originally performed by Frankie goes to Hollywood but more recently covered by the melodic, Angelic voice of Gabrielle Aplin.

Dreams are like angels
They keep bad at bay
Love is the light
Scaring darkness away
I'm so in love with you
Make love your goal

The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal

I'll protect you from the hooded claw
Keep the vampires from your door
When the chips are down I'll be around
With my undying death defying love for you
Envy will hurt itself
Let yourself be beautiful
Sparkling light, flowers and pearls and pretty girls
Love is like an energy
Rushing in, rushing inside of me

The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal

This time we go sublime
Lovers entwined divine divine
Love is danger, love is pleasure
Love is pure, the only treasure
I'm so in love with you
Make love your goal

The power of love
A force from above
Cleaning my soul
The power of love
A force from above
A sky scraping dove
Flame on burn desire
Love with tongues of fire
Purge the soul
Make love your goal

The words resonate with my soul.  Imagine what we could achieve, where life would take us, the relationship we would have with ourselves and others if we truly believed in the power of love. Love heals, it gives us direction and it banishes fear.  Love is who we are, the very essence of our being.

Robert Holden writes in his beautiful poem Disappearing into Love

When they ask you what is your
religion, tell them that it is
love.

And if they ask you what is your
politics, tell them that it is
also love.
If they ask you what that means,
you can tell them your
philosophy is love.
If they want to know anything
else about you, tell them your
favourite occupation is
loving.
And don’t forget to tell them
that your nationality is
love.
And that even your blood
group Is love.

Not everyone will stick around
to hear what you say next,
but fear not.
Family and friends may get busy
so as to pretend to forget what
you just said.
It’d drive them crazy now to know
that their blood group is also love,
that their nationality is love,
and that the real work of their
life is love.
One day they will give in, and then
their philosophy will be love,
their politics will be love,
and their religion will be love.
Love gets us all in the end.
We all of us disappear back into
love eventually.


Make love your goal....!

Love and Blessings

Jean xxx

A journey back to where I started...!

It has been a while since I have posted but now I am back with renewed vigour and looking forward to sharing my blog with you. As life does, it has taken me on a journey with mixed blessings.  I have hopefully risen to some of the challenges, grown spiritually and continue to discover new things about myself and life,

When I started out originally, I had the desire to reach as many people as possible to tell them that they and each and every person is truly magnificent.  I look forward to sharing articles, thoughts, books, videos and quotes with you.  All will have the simple message that encourages you to see how truly magnificent you are. How much you deserve your self love and how your happiness is a gift to the world.

Life has been hectic since the last time I posted. My parents took ill. My dad with Dementia and my mum with Alzhiemers. Both needed full time care.  Watching the people I love so much fading away before me took a lot of strength to remain peaceful, joyful and grateful for the beautiful life that I have.

Sadly I lost my dad in September last year.  His passing was the most serene and beautiful experience I have ever encountered.  Like a lot of people, death frightened me.  Sitting with my dad alongside my family, I realised there was nothing to be scared of.  My dad was a happy, peaceful man. Born in Dublin in the 1930s he had a difficult upbringing.  He came to England to find work, met my mum and had five children.  He loved singing and was patriotic about his homeland.  The night he passed he was surrounded by a huge loving family who didn't hold back in telling him how loved he was and how much he had meant to us all,  We played his favourite songs, we laughed about the shared experiences we had as a family and then silence fell as he slipped away and returned home to his parents and loved ones who we believe were waiting to welcome him with loving arms.

My mum remains in care and we find some comfort that her illness has not allowed her to process that my dad has died.  After 56 years together, she would have found it hard to go on without her soul mate.

Even in the midst of sadness and grief, life can be joyful.  It sometimes takes a daily reminder to remember all the good things and the happy shared times.  These are the things I hold on to when my heart feels like it is a little bit broken.

Love and Blessings

Jean x

PS its good to be back x

Love, love, love

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Monday Mantra for this week - "I am open to giving and receiving more love in my life"

To me love is the definitive answer to everything!  The more love we show and feel, the greater the life we lead. 

Love doesn't just mean romantic love, it means following your passion, doing the things you love most.  It can mean appreciating your home and loving where you live.  Perhaps for some it is wearing clothes that they love that make them feel great and promote a feeling of confidence.  It can be anything and everything that you attract into your life.

The more love you feel about something, the more that feeling grows and more situations turn up in your life with an opportunity to love more and more.  It is so important to review where you are in your life at this moment and take some time to ask yourself, are you aligned with love or are you putting up with or tolerating situations in your life?

When you are full of love, you are in harmony and balance.  When you hate things or even worse just going through the motions of living then you are completely out of balance and harmony.  You deserve a life full of love. 

Wishing you heaps of love today and always,

Jean xxx 

Emotional Freedom Technique

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I would like to share with you a technique I have been using the past few weeks called "Emotional Freedom Technique" - usually shortened to EFT.  This is tapping method along various meridian lines on the head, face and body.  It is incredibly simple to do and seems to be having lasting effects.  However, you may wish to try for yourself.  We all find something that brings us relief and this along with Angel Therapy and Reiki are the methods I am using at the moment.

I am always researching healing methods and modalities and I came across this several years ago when my friend Susan introduced it to me.  Although at the time, I didn't really feel drawn to it, I came across it again and have been doing some home study.

I am really enjoying the process and it is helping me to clear some longstanding issues and fears.  Gary Craig introduced this method to the world based on the old principles of acupuncture(without the needles!!).  I discovered a man called Brad Yates who is known as the EFT Wizard.  He has produced a series of You tube videos that talk you through various issues that you may have difficulty with and you tap along with him.

1.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gReAXIXWXM

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq4S8DhK_r8

There are many others that you way wish to explore also.

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

You got to have hope in your soul.....!

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In Aine Belton's article Messages from the Universe, she talks about having faith, hope and optimism about your future, your goals and your heart's desires.  In January, I started my blog to go along side a year of treating myself well and encouraging others to do the same!  More than six months into it. I reviewed my progress so far.

I am still being kinder to myself most of the time and try hard to accept compliments graciously.  I try not to make jokes at my own expense and when I am having a day when I want to eat badly, I accept that tomorrow is another day to eat better.  However, I was determined to create more down time to relax and enjoy being...........this is the area I am struggling with the most.  Like all of us, life is incredibly busy with commitments to work, home, family and relationships.  Lately I have felt like an elastic band pulled to the maximum and felt ready to be pinged into oblivion.

There is no one to blame for this other than me.  One of my own lessons that I need to learn is to say NO a little more often.  I also realise that I am not a one woman show who can spread herself so thinly that I have been in danger of thinning out so far that I fade away.  I also recognise a trait in myself that I like to people please which is a nice trait to have if you also take some time to actually please yourself some of the time too.

So I amble on through the second half of the year achieving some of my goals and adjusting and amending some of the others to help my focus on working towards a healthier work/life/family balance.

Here is what Aine wrote about hope.....

Hope
Are you lacking hope in some area of your life at this time? Has your optimism or positive expectation waned around a particular goal, project or outcome you desire?  The universe is wanting to remind you of the power of hope and encourage you to rekindle its light and to have faith in YOU and your future.

Hope is always a catalyst to a brighter tomorrow.” ~Aine Belton

How can you use hope to generate new energy, vision and possibilities? Get excited and passionate again. Renew your enthusiasm and feel the brightness of hope for your dreams and desires.

There can be a dark side to hope, such as hoping for something to come about that doesn’t actually serve you, or hoping someone else will change rather than addressing the situation, etc. Give hope to what you are wholly sure will be a bright future for yourself. Give hope to those areas that deserve to blossom and bloom into all they can be. Have hope for greater happiness, success, love, laughter and joy, for example. Hope for the well being of others, and have hope in general.
As you hope, you increase desire, imagination and positive expectation, which are all part of the manifesting process.
Hope is not the same as neediness or desperation in any way, which are contractive and constrictive energies. Hope is expansive and generates light and positivity.
Get in touch with the wonder of hope and harness its energy for your life and your dreams. Perhaps you are here to be a beacon of hope to others in this life, in which case share that sense of hope and its message of a bright future. Have faith and shine your light!

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x

International Angel Day

I am giving a shameless plug today for this years International Angel Day 2011.

International Angel Day 2011

  Date:          September 11^th

         Venue:       Sedgebrook Hall Chapel Brampton
                                          Northampton NN6 8BD

         Time:         10.30am – 3.30pm(coffee from 10am)

         Cost:          £36.00 per person

The Workshop

 I will be running International Angel Day this year at Sedgebrook Hall, Chapel Brampron near Northampton. This is a wonderful venue, set in beautiful grounds.   We will be spending time looking at Angels and how working with them regularly can really improve your life.  There will be lots of opportunities to share our thoughts and feelings and we will do some guided meditations and create an Angel life review board. 

 I hope you can join us to celebrate this wonderful day as it will be celebrated all over the world on the same weekend.  If you are interested, please let me know as soon as possible.  If you are unable to attend but know of any friends or family that would enjoy the day, please let them know.

Note:  This year I will also be giving 10% of all workshop payments to MacMillan Nurses.
 Stalls

There will a selection of Angel gifts, books and cards available to purchase on the day. 

Refreshments and Lunch

Morning coffee will be served on arrival, there will be refreshments, sweets and goodies served throughout the day and the price also includes a scrummy three course buffet lunch.

Payment is required as soon as possible to secure a place.

Tel:          01536 745 957

                                                           Email:      jeanfisher523@hotmail.co.uk

                     Website:  www.heartsandangels.co.uk

Everything changes....?

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Yesterday I wrote about embracing change in your life.  I came across these quotes which follow on from yesterdays blog.  At times we all find change difficult.  When I mentioned that I was going to be talking about embracing change with my family, I was met with much laughter and heckling!  Change is an area that I am not comfortable with.  I often stamp my foot and refuse to change some of the smallest, silliest things in my life.  When I have decorated a room and laid everything out how I want it, I have no desire to change it and if something is moved out of place, I immediately put it back.  My family sometimes move things deliberately to see how quickly I will move it back into position again! 

I had an old and completely dilapidated mobile phone which Mr T encouraged me to change.  He virtually had to prize the old phone out of my hands and it took me sometime before I could adjust to the new, all singing phone that had been bought for me.  I knew how to use my old phone, it was easy and I loved it even though it was chipped, had a broken screen and looked old fashioned.

I often hold on to things I like longer than I should.  This is a trait that I am working on.  In fact its an area I find so hard that I may be a work in progress for many years to come!!!

I hope you enjoy these quotes.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.  The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.  ~Harold Wilson


If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.  ~Mary Engelbreit


It is not necessary to change.  Survival is not mandatory.  ~W. Edwards Deming  (Thanks, Michelle)


All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.  ~Anatole France


When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.  ~Victor Frankl


Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure.  But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it.  Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.  ~Shunryu Suzuki


The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.  ~Henry Miller


When you are through changing, you are through.  ~Bruce Barton


Change always comes bearing gifts.  ~Price Pritchett


The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.  ~Ellen Glasgow

Love and Blessings,

Jean Fisher-Taylor x