Clearing the Clutter

One of the easiest ways of getting rid of clutter is taking bite size bites. You can start by working on surface areas. If you have a desk you can decide which way you want to work on clearing it. You can either start on the left or the right.

You can start with the small pile first  or the big pile it's all up to you. You can also leave a post it note on the pile that you just went through. This way you know if it needs to be filed or if it can be thrown away. If it's filing, make a game out of it. Get a timer and set it for 5 minutes. This way if it's not your favorite task you don't have to spend a lot of time doing it.

If you like incense you can either light incense or candles or both to make this a more enjoyable task and put on music that is fun for you. The point is to make it fun not a chore.  Clearing the clutter in one room can be done in a week. Don't tackle a room in a day, if this is something that you hate. Commit at least 15 to 20 minutes a day to a task that isn't your favorite.

Most people get over whelmed and become frustrated. By spending smaller amounts of time on these tasks it helps to make it less of a chore to do. Don't tackle more than one room at a time. You can also divide the room into sections if this helps you. The point is to help you make progress in a room with less frustration.

Penny J.
Raven Hawke, Llc (MN, USA)
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Family

Family can mean different things to different people. To some it is the actual family your are born into; to others it means people that are of your own choosing.

The Holidays seem to bring out the best and the worst in these domestic units. It's almost like Jeckly & Hyde come to life. I'm not going to continue to write some sappy drivel about loving them anyway. That simply wouldn't be honoring yourself.

What I do propose is to pick through the ones that simply get on your nerves beyond reason and not answering the phone when they call. It will be a win for you, and it becomes a win for them learning to stand on their own two feet.

This is not to be mean. Some family members grew up in an era where it was simply exceptable to be verbally abusive. They call it that now but it was never addressed in their time. They just knew that when they were around people like that they didn't like them very much. This is one way of breaking a cycle by not pointing fingers and telling your relatives that they're abusive and need therapy.

This will only bring on a whole new argument in the family drama. After all who needs more drama in their life. If you wanted that you could simply watch TV if that is actually being watched any more. It starts to make what family functions you do attend a little more enjoyable. Believe it or not you'll actually start to feel more calmer by not having to deal with certain family members.

These are only suggestions. You have to take back what you perceive as your family hamony however you see best. For those of us that have decided to throw the whole lot out and start fresh with people we consider family. We've already found our little peace of heaven. Hopefully this will make you laugh. If not you might need to relax more.

Penny J.
Raven Hawke, Llc (MN, USA)
www.ravenhawke.net
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Blizzards

There's nothing that tests friendships like weather. It will show you, who is worried about you. These are times when you are either pulled apart or drawn closer together. Where I live it is very cold in the winters. We do get blizzards and snow storms. I'm glad we don't get them often. I don't know if I'd like to get them that often. I'm good with what we do get. It is always refreshing to see my state through the eyes of someone that comes from a warmer state.

They will either embrace this state or swear off coming here at anytime other than summer. Minnesota, has a lot of personality. It isn't a boring state, we have our Tornadoes, Severe Storm Warnings in the summer and in the winter we have severe winter storms and blizzards. This state has a lot of flavor. The blizzards are guaranteed to give you a snow day and make you slow down a bit.

If your inside, watching a blizzard can be quite exciting as you watch all the snow dance by and hear the timbers of your home crack. If your in the blizzard it will be a nail biting experience that will test what your made of. White out conditions, can make you wonder when the nightmare will end. All in all, it's natures reminder to slow down and remember what's important to you.

Penny J.
Raven Hawke, Llc (MN, USA)
info@ravenhawke.net
www.ravenhawke.net

Energy Shifts

These new energy shifts have been pretty intense. They have at times almost kicked my butt. One was so intense that I thought I was going to black out. This last one has made me light headed, similar to being near a vortex.

On other occasions it has felt as if the room is tilting. It will be very interesting to see if we will keep our physical bodies? Or will we forced to change them to something else to make them light enough for the new energy that is coming.

I am loving this journey, but there are moments that I'm not so thrilled. The light headedness isn't one of my favorite moments and so begins the next chapter in our journey.

Penny J.
Raven Hawke, Llc (MN, USA)
info@ravenhawke.net
www.ravenhawke.net

2012

As we reach closer to the destined 2012. It feels like we are a month ahead of schedule so far in 2010. The feeling I'm currently getting is that we will reach 2012 at the end of 2011 (12/31/11) instead of waiting for the fated 12/12/12. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Sometimes I feel like I'm living in a movie and waiting to see how everything turns out.

Very exciting, but wondering if it might have been a better idea to watch the show instead of sometime participating in it. Right now I feel that those of us that were kicked out of corporate America while it does it's spiraling act are very protected and loved. We don't have to participate in the drama of it all.

Even if we have our moments when things are weird it all is working out for the best. I sometimes feel like I'm reading a delicious novel instead of actually participating in this sophisticated play we call life. I can't wait for the ending, but at the same time I don't want it to come to it's end quite yet. I'm loving the journey and it's incredible nuiances of themes. It will be very interesting to see which ending we will get?

Penny J.
Raven Hawke, Llc (MN, USA)
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www.ravenhawke.net

Goddess Moments

I have many moments that I am so connected to source that I start to see the things that I've made on a list start to come forward. I never tire of the beauty that always comes when you get into your source vibration and just allow things, people or gifts to come into your life.

It is a beautiful dance that has so many nuances that tickle your senses to test that your still alive and totally connected. It's like drinking in life with all of your senses and still wanting more to see how very high your capable of flying with your dreams and creations. Everything makes you feel so alive and in the moment. It is the very best high of all.

Penny J.
Raven Hawke (MN, USA)
info@ravenhawke.net
www.ravenhawke.net

The Game of Life

I always get a kick out of Life. It's like this sophisticated board game were you aren't given the rule book. LOL! You sometimes have an idea of the destination. Your sort of clear on the journey and then life happens and how you thought it was going to be and how it is are very different.

You suddenly look up and realize that what you asked for was answered! Just not in the way you anticipated. You then have to laugh and think to yourself. I need to be so much clearer in what I ask for or sometimes you got exactly what you needed without all the Drama.

Sometimes you have the right idea and sometimes Source, Universe (God) has it all figured out and your just along for the ride. No matter what the destination. If you start to let go of the details the gifts that you get back are so incredibly beautiful that you would never have been able to work out all the detail as beautifully as what happens when "You Start to Let GO!"

Penny J.
Raven Hawke, Llc (MN, USA)
info@ravenhawke.net
www.ravenhawke.net