Maraki's Blog

How do we measure our abundance?
What does it mean anyway?
If we are penniless but loved
If we have nothing and are happy
If we are surrounded by loving people
Is this not abundance?

We are harmonic beings
If one of the pillars of life
Is out of balance
It affects the whole
Abundance is a matter of perspective
Of what is most important to us

If you have love in your world
You have the most wonderful gift
To share with others at this time
There are so many who have no roof
Who have little or no food for the body or soul
In our abundance let us not forget them

Our love and prayers are free to give
Free to enjoy and revel in
We have the luxury of freedom
Many do not
Use it wisely and willingly
Lest we forget………

MG/12/2008

Inspiration in poetry form - any comments and/or criticism would be highly appreciated

When you wake once again alone in your bed
And look to the new day with familiar dread
Remember you can make it all happen for you
It’s all in the way you think, speak and do

When you look and see your empty purse
Just learn to have faith and trust the Universe
Who’ll provide for you as it has always done
As surely as the setting and rising of the sun

Go about your day with confidence and with pride
Come into the sunshine don’t sit in the dark and hide
Open all your windows and let in the light
Give thanks to God with all your might

Remember to be grateful for all your body’s senses
Be aware of the real reasons for all your intentions
Treat others like an extension of yourself
And clear away the cobwebs from your mind’s shelves

When you can master the clearing of your mind
And fill it with thoughts of a different kind
Gratitude, Love and joy, abundance and bliss
Your life will fill and overflow with happiness

You can make the sun shine even if it’s raining outside
For nothing out there can touch you on the inside
You can move mountains – walk on water if you so desire
As God is in you so you can reach higher and higher

You must decide to choose to be, have or do
Whatever it is that you have always wanted to
Nobody can stop you from being who you want to be
Only you can do that and only you can set yourself free
Learn to love yourself and forgive yourself your past
Know that you are loved and all is well at last
Wake up from the nightmare you called life ‘til today
Now step into your new world and say goodbye to yesterday

Do this with pride and hold your head up high
Step forward with confidence and look to the sky
Your mind will take you anywhere you want to go
You don’t need to ask how, why or when – you’ll just know

You can answer all your questions but take heed
The feelings you get will be the answers you need
Listen to your innermost thoughts and respond
Be true to yourself and watch your new life unfold.

If we don’t forgive ourselves for our mistakes, and others for the wounds they have inflicted upon us, we end up crippled with guilt. And the soul cannot grow under a blanket of guilt, because guilt is isolating, while growth is a gradual process of reconnection to ourselves, to other people, and to a larger whole.

Joan Borysenko

What about creating a very obvious positive current of financial abundance? What about getting so good at visualizing that the money flows through you easily? What about expending money? Giving more people work? Giving more people opportunity? The more you spend, the more people benefit, and the more people get in on the game and dovetail with you. Your role is to utilize the Energy. That's why you exist. You are an Energy-flowing being, a focuser, a perceiver. You are a Creator. There is not anything worse in all of the Universe to do than to come forth into the environment of great contrast where desire is born easily and not allow Energy to flow to your desire. That is a true squandering of life.

Abraham-Hicks

BLOOMING

I found my place way back then
I can’t remember exactly when
I can still feel the growing pains
Out there amongst the wind and rain
As the seed took root and slowly grew
That I would bloom and shine I surely knew
The only thing I was somehow certain of
Is that I am unquestionably worthy of love
Whatever colour, shape or size I turned out to be
I have the right and strength to simply be me
By just being alive - just that one thing
Celebrate the pleasure and pain life will bring
I will know that my world is worth living in
Silently watching my reflection in the stream
I contemplate where I am and where I have been
Whether from seedling or root the result is the same
Blooming and magnificent I am ready to play the game

MG/1 JUNE 2009

THE BEST OF WEALTH

No money in my pocket and drowning in debt
But life feels good and I am oh so very content

People ask how this can possibly be
When the answer is so simple for me

Everything of importance is abundant in my life
Even on rainy days the sun still shines bright

Peace and love, beauty and health
For surely this is the best of wealth

All that matters at the end of the day
Is that these continue to come my way

I count my many blessings morning and night
I believe my needs will be met when the time is right

I have learned to pray in good times as well as bad
And never forget to be grateful for all that I already have

MG/26 May 2009

A Brand New Day

She opened her eyes before the dawn
Determined to face a brand new day
Just like the clothes she had worn
Discarded the thoughts of yesterday

Rising in contemplative silence
She planned her movements carefully
Even before she turned on the wireless
She knew what the forecast would be

Sunshine and light will fill the sky
Cloudless, windless and beautifully warm
No sign of rain it will be calm and dry
Today she is sure there will be no storm

She goes through the normal motions
Expecting everything to go her way
Adding faith to her fragile emotions
Dabs a little more courage and is on her way

MG/July 2008

We get what we expect we deserve so always expect the best my friends!

My apologies ladies for my absence both in communicating and posting but I have been under the weather for a while - fortunately I am feeling much better today and hope to get stuck in to the community over the next couple of days........

Here is the quotation for the day:

(This one fits perfectly for me right now!)

For all my good intentions, there are days when things go wrong or I fall into old habits. When things are not going well, when I'm grumpy or mad, I'll realize that I've not been paying attention to my soul and I've not been following my best routine.

Robert Fulghum

Have a beautiful and blessed day

I am not sure how this works whether I should post a couple of interesting sites here or on the blog roll (maybe I should do both) as well as in my communities?? Anyway here goes:

http://blog.websororitytalkradio.com/

This site has a very interesting interview with Christine Arylo author of Putting ME Before We, has a story every woman needs to hear.

In this interview, you'll enjoy that amazing story plus Christine's outstanding advice on creating better relationships, starting with the relationship you have with yourself.

Married, dating, single, or none of the above, this interview will inspire you and make you value yourself.

Enjoy!

Let me know what you think........I'll post another site later. Have a wonderful day

So what's new in your world girls?? In Cyprus we are getting ready for Summer (well actually it's already here really but the real heat has yet to come!); the clouds have all but disappeared - the sky and the sea are almost one colour; it really is the most beautiful time.....

So here is our quote for the day:

False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.

Sir Richard Burton

I'm off to do a bit of work and then I'll be back to check out blogs and communities.........

I wish you the most blessed and successful day

Good afternoon ladies; I am overwhelmed at the beautiful welcome I am receiving from so many of you - thank you truly. There is so much to see and digest here - I don't know where to start! So, I think I will just check in for the rest of the week and get down to serious input at the weekend from home where (hopefully) there are no interruptions!

Quote for the day:

Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.

Madeline Bridges

Have a glorious day!
Many blessings and thanks
Maria

Another beautiful sunny day in paradise ladies....

A little bit of poetic inspiration today:

A Brand New Day

She opened her eyes before the dawn
Determined to face a brand new day
Just like the clothes she had worn
Discarded the thoughts of yesterday

Rising in contemplative silence
She planned her movements carefully
Even before she turned on the wireless
She knew what the forecast would be

Sunshine and light will fill the sky
Cloudless, windless and beautifully warm
No sign of rain it will be calm and dry
Today she is sure there will be no storm

She goes through the normal motions
Expecting everything to go her way
Adding faith to her fragile emotions
Dabs a little more courage and is on her way

Copyright: MG August 2008

I'm off to wander the site for a bit; many blessings and thanks.........

Good morning to all you beautiful ladies out there; the sun is shining both in Cyprus and on our world and I am truly grateful.

Here is my thought for the day:

When we know -- deeply realize -- that what we're really looking for in this life is what we already are -- and not what we may become -- we stand on the threshold of a new order of being that is effortlessly fearless, fulfilled, and free.

Guy Finley

May your week be filled with sunshine, light and many miracels.

Many blessings and thanks to you all
Maria

I just wanted to say Hi and my first post will be short. I want to look around the site and familiarize before I get stuck on so........ I will leave you with this short thought:

We are what we think. All that we are arises from our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Buddha

A thought I try to keep foremost in my mind!

Be back soon and glad to be here - many blessings and thanks for reading.