On Animals, Instincts and Being Careful What You Wish For!

Hi all,

Just to say that things are really working out well for me now and how it really is interesting the way the Universe is always unfolding even when things just seem, or appear, chaotic.The two kittens I fostered are doing well and have now gone to a forever home.

However word got around that I was an animal carer so I got a call from someone who was in contact with a gerbil rescue organisation The CavyRescue Organisation. Would I foster three gerbils that had been "liberated"? (No need to go into the details regarding the liberation). Well, I hummed and hawwed but you can guess my answer. In the affirmative!

In looking after animals I have discovered, (or rather re-discovered), a part of myself that has lain dormant for some time. And that is the fierce and protective love that I have for things in my care. Now don't get me wrong I don't mean the type like "my child or animal can do no wrong" type of sentimentality. (That is only harmful for all concerned). No, I just mean a fierce protective love for anything that has been abused which is magnified for anything that is in my care.

My motto for healing the planet is "One child, one person and one animal and one plant at a time". If that's all you can do it is not only ALL you can do; it is EVERYTHING!

As the ancient proverb says, "If everyone swept his own doorstep, then the whole world would be clean."

Well I wished for life and as they "Be careful for what you wish for for you will surely get it!". And that common sense advice has been around long before the commercial "masters" of manifesting made their appearance in the West.

All I can say is CHECK! CHECK! CHECK! before you part with any money for anyone claiming to be able to help you manifest your dreams because right now I believe there are many charlatans climbing on to this particular gravy train.

Until next time,

As always,

Blessed be

KK

Affluenza - The Disease of Materialism

Hi all,

The picture to the left is of the hand of King Midas - the mythological king who was cursed by the fact that everything he touched turned to gold. And of course that meant he could not eat! So all his gold was worthless.

That is how I feel about many of the trappings of modern life. A British doctor has written about how materialism has failed to make the West more happy and how the very excesses of material abundance have produced more mental illness and depression in the West than is experienced in the developing world. For more info about this condition go here

Recently I have had a few experiences of what is really important in life. I received many material gifts over the Christmas period but some seem worth less now because one of the givers has treated me in a very bad manner without just cause. The persons only excuse is that they were "self absorbed" at the time. So I would ask what is the point of giving material gifts to a person if you cannot also give them your time and your pleasant disposition? Or if you are not able to give them your time immediately to explain this to them in a pleasant manner?

As Kahlil Gibran says:-

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."

(The Prophet)

However on another matter I am also expanding my family! As you may know I have fostered and adopted many children in the past, (in addition to my biological family) and I still continue to foster children occasionally. However I have now moved on to adding rescue animals to my family.

I recently inherited seven fish from a dentist friend of mine who had a stroke and could no longer look after them Under normal circumstances I would not have an aquarium because I would not voluntarily cage an animal. However in this case it was better than the alternative and I know they are very happy because they have started breeding!

I am also fostering two kittens who had a unfortunate past and they are adorable and so trusting after what they have been through. I hope that is also something to do with me!

I once had a boyfriend who I was on a first date with and we went to a Greek restaurant. The restaurant had two resident cats who promptly sat at my feet. He decided I must be an OK person on the basis of those two cats instantly liking me! I hope so!

Until next time,

As always,

Blessed be,

KK

Krystal Klere's New Year's Message

Hi all,

First I would like to thank you for all your best wishes for my having a Happy New Year - I absolutely am doing so! And I would like to wish you all a Very Happy New Year, a Wonderful Life and Infinite Love.

The thing I would like to concentrate upon in this New Year's Message is the power of Now. Yes I know that this is the title of a book, one which I happen to be reading at the moment. But the concept itself is not new. The concept referred to is also called the Eternal Now. If you want to know more about this as presented in modern terms please read the book "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle.

But I would also like to concentrate on the now in the chronological sense of the word, as really that is all we ever have, (in the realm of time that is which is where the material world manifests itself).

Usually at the turning of the year as we see out the old year and see in the new people either concentrate on the past, or the future, or both. We concentrate on the past as we review the past year to assess whether we achieved the things we set out to and we look to the future as we do that most traditional of things - make New Years Resolutions.

Well I gave up making New Year's Resolutions a long time ago. Now if I want to commit to a path of change I do it when I am ready. And that isn't always at the start of a New Year.

Instead I want to set up a new New Year's Tradition. That of a New Year's Gratitude List. Just as the only way you can ever really live is in the present, the only way you can ever really appreciate your wealth is in the present. Not the wealth you did have, or will have, but the wealth you have right now. And you can appreciate the wealth you have right now by doing a New Year's Gratitude List. Ideally a gratitude list should be done every day, but if you can't do that then at least do one once a year. At New Year.

I have started my New Years Gratitude List and it goes something like this, (in no particular order of importance):-

Thank You God/Goddess/Divine Spirit/The All That Is/Life etc. for:-

My children

My husband.

My readers.

My health and the medicines I take that sustains it.

A socialised health care system that support me.

My poetry that give me entry to the Eternal Realms.

Etc. etc.

May I be forever grateful and appreciative for all that I have right now at this moment in this place and at this time.

That gives you an idea. .... Also if you are ever down write another gratitude list. It will do wonders for your Spirit.

And remember I Love You all.

Until next time,

As always,

Blessed be,

KK