Online Gratitude Journal New Home Edition #33

Yeah, new home! As I wrote in this post, I just moved to Eugene, and I love it. It’s like Portland, but made more compact, less crowded, and easy to handle. I’ve been enjoying myself just driving around and exploring the town. I’m so full of gratitude! (Photo credit)

This picture is my loot from a trip to Saturday Market. The stuff in the brown bag behind the little bonsai tree are wild huckleberries. They were like blueberries without the star-shaped ends. Then there are beets, new apples, a tomato, salad mix, and lip balm made of honey.

Eugene Saturday Market has a rule of “Sellers are makers.” So these are all local products. The market presents probably a hundred or so booths that cover several blocks in downtown, selling not only produce but also hand-crafted cosmetics, clothes, jewelries, artwork, etc. And it’s only five miles from my place, and downtown parking is free on weekends. So sweet.

September in Review

I didn’t post so often this month. I love my post about soul’s purpose. I also enjoyed interviewing Janni about physical immortality. Thank you, Janni!

I will resume my Starseed series next month, this time about Blueprinters.

Further, I appeared at two of my favorite blogs. Evita shared her experience of my Akashic Record Reading. If you’ve been thinking of having my reading but just wasn’t sure, please check it out.

And Lisa, the mommy mystic, interviewed me about Akashic Records, Ascension, and 2012. Thank you, Evita and Lisa!

Fun

Do you get to have fun? Like you did as a little child?

When I do Spirit Guides Coaching, quite a few spirit guides urge us to be more like a child. As children, we had better intuition, and by nurturing our inner child, we can develop our intuition.

Sadly, many of us forget what it was like to be a child. Now my friends Kim and Jason, who specialize in the art of being childlike and gave us an excellent interview last year, published a new book called “There’s An Adult In My Soup”. It’s packed with great ideas on how to get in touch with our inner child and regain the sense of wonder and passion. Thank you for a delightful book!

Challenges

I got off caffein earlier this year. Now I’m trying to get off sugar completely.

When I quit caffein (coffee, tea, and chocolate — I never had soda anyway), I had weird headache for several days, but once it cleared, I never went back. I even wonder why I had coffee every day. (Chocolate was a bit different because it’s also about sugar.)

Getting off sugar (and other sweeteners) seems to be harder. It’s in so many stuffs, and as I get low on sugar and therefore more sensitive to any sugar intake, even a tiny bit of sugar seems to whack me off balance. I’m looking forward for the day that I’d wonder, “Why did I crave sugar anyway?”

My gratitude to those who sent me supportive tweets when I was quitting caffeine — please support me in this new no sugar challenge, too. Thank you.

Lucky Synchronicities

I made a day trip to Ashland just for fun last Thursday. When I opened my door early morning, there was a group of wild turkeys strolling, so I got the camera out right away.

Oh, how was Ashland? It’s a cute little town. The vegetation changes in southern Oregon, so it felt more like California than Oregon to me. It’s also a tourist town, with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival being so big there. Nice place, but I don’t see myself living there. I love the redwoods around here.

A year ago at Yes to Me

That’s when I started the five post series called Inside Out Approach To Entrepreneurship. This year, I’ve been working on an eBook called Lightworkers Guide To Self-Employment. Feels like a deja-vu of some sort.

Where in the blogosphere Akemi has been

So I’ve been exploring the idea of physical immortality. If we are spiritually immortal, can we be physically immortal as well? Why and why not? And in such a timely manner, Kathy Dobson started a new blog called Physically Immortal. Her first post is about open mind, which is essential if you want anything new and valuable. So whether you want to live forever or not, do check it out — it’s a great reading.

Word of month

A grown-up is someone who is done growing. — Jason Kotecki from the aforementioned book

And when you are done growing — when we stop exploring, when we stop asking questions, when we close our mind — we become obsolete. It’s death, if not physically, then symbolically. Don’t go there. Hey, this resonates perfectly with the idea of physical immortality

How did you spend this beautiful month of September? Let me know in the comments ^_^

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