Welcome to the inside of my head!!!! My journal is a place where I let my thoughts off their leash and they get to run free. Unafraid of what others might think, feel, or say. Here I will be sharing with you everything that is important to me. That could be anything from the state of our beloved planet to my new favorite nail polish. Do your thoughts have a playground where they can let loose and be free? I invite you to "gift" yourself and your thoughts by keeping a journal. You never know what new and fun things you might find in there.Tomiko

2010-02-14

Today is Valentine's Day. Couples everywhere are making elaborate plans to celebrate their significant others. Everywhere you turn you see hearts, chocolates, teddy bears and lingerie.

My husband and I choose not to celebrate Valentine's Day. We don't believe we need a "Hallmark Holiday" to express our love for one another. We are very vocal, physical, mental and spiritual in our expression of love for one another on a daily basis and that works for us just fine. : )

This is by no means "poo poo-ing" those that choose to celebrate Valentine's Day in the "traditional" way. To each his or her own. Whatever floats your boat. Know what I mean???

But I can't help but wonder how many people are celebrating LOVE OF SELF today. How many people are putting as much time and effort into celebrating how much they love themselves? Hmmmm......

Just imagine the world we'd live in if every one of us spent as much time and energy cultivating love of self as we do for that guy or girl who caught our eye. What if we sent love letters to ourSELF? What if we took ourSELF to dinner? What if we bought trinkets of love for ourSELF? What if we took ourSELF on vacation? What if we spoke lovingly to ourSELF? Let those questions sink in for a second....

If we spent as much time loving ourSELF as we do another, who would be BE in this world? Who would we BE in relationship with another? My thought is that if we made love of SELF our main focus, our love lives would be divinely dynamic. Two people who are secure in who they are and express themselves completely would find each other and their collective LIGHT would be blinding. Now THAT'S a holiday I would happily partake in.

So I lovingly challenge you, my sweet Goddess sisters, to focus of SELF LOVE from this day forward. Commit to yourSELF that you will always express divine love to yourSELF. You will do for YOU what you need to feel lifted by love. You will make SELF LOVE a priority. Doing so will always attract the same. The universe will respond to you in kind and bring to you LOVE that matches the love you are outpouring.

HAPPY SELF LOVE DAY TO YOU! : )

2010-02-01

Passion in the bedroom is GREAT! I mean, who wouldn't want that? But what I'm talking about in this journal entry is Divine Passion. The kind of passion that defines your life and invigorates your spirit.

What are you passionate about? What gets your creative juices flowing and your mind joyfully racing? If you don't know, it's time you find out. Life without passion can be very unfulfilling. If all you are doing is what you think you should be doing. or what they expect you to do, or what someone like "you" is capable of doing, you are missing the mark.

Discovering what your divine passion is can be so much fun! You are able to just try things on. See how you like it. You can try new hobbies, places to eat, meet new people, read different books, and so on. There's a great article in our February newsletter that asks 7 questions that will help you define what your passion is. Definitely check it out.

I'm passionate about a lot of things.....food, time with my husband, fun with friends, women's empowerment and health issues, dancing, eating good food (oh, I already said that...I'm REAL passionate about food), and the list goes on and on. Now all of these things aren't my "life's calling", but being passionate about them keeps me feeling vibrant and alive. And vibrant and alive is a natural fit for living one's divine passion. Right now, my "divine" passion is the Goddess Gathering. I live and breathe it....joyfully. While it takes a lot of work, I do it willingly and right now, I'm doing it for free (one of the questions about finding your passion is "What would you do for free?"). So I guess I'm where I'm supposed to be.

Don't worry if you don't know what your divine passion is. The fact that you are even thinking about it is a step in the right direction. Just keep your eyes open for it because it's coming. You know the old saying, "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear". Your teacher is closer than you know.

Now back to the passion in the bedroom part.....I think I'm gonna go and explore that some more. "Baby, where are you????" : )