Coffee Klatch! Summer, Birthdays and Auras!

Good Morning, friends! What a gorgeous day it is...and I'm in a fine and fabulous place today! I do believe it is a combination of things that has contributed to my good mood. At the moment, I am grateful for the sunshine out my window and the delightful dark roast coffee in the mug next to me.  So let me get going with my mental meanderings and see where it leads us....

Oh YES!!! It most certainly is Summer time here in my beloved NJ. I have been incredibly energized this past week.....could be because of the Super Moon that we should have this evening. Or, it could be because I am truly a Summer baby. I was born July 15 and this Tuesday will be my 49th birthday. Not a milestone but still, I have celebrated each birthday because it is truly MY day. I have only worked on one birthday as an adult and have otherwise taken the day off to be nice to myself. This year is no exception-the hubby and I are blessed to be going to Cape May, NJ for the weekend! I will be staying at my very first Bed & Breakfast, too! Amazing that it's taken me this long (I'm cheap) but since I don't know how much longer I'll be in NJ, I thought it was important to do this. So, we're leaving tomorrow for a brief mini-vacation and birthday celebration! (Like how I rhymed that there? Ha!)

An early birthday present from my Best Friend, Debbie...She knows that I'm a proud Jersey Girl!!

Summer energy wakes me up. I feel like the walking wounded in the Winter-I ache, I drag, there is always something that hurts, I'm not in a very good mood, and I feel like I'm being held hostage and just waiting to be rescued. Finally, Spring arrives and sets me free...but it takes a little while to shake off the months of captivity and Mother Nature has moments where she isn't quite sure what to do with all that leftover snow and coldness. So after throwing us the odd Nor'easter, at last She relents and Summer comes to embrace me! Now, just like there are people who don't like when people complain about the cold, I get annoyed listening to people complaining when it's hot! Seriously, when people sit in an air conditioned building and it's 90 degrees outside, I don't want to hear that you are 'freezing'. Go outside, come back in and bless the God Freon for actually working it out that you can be comfortable indoors! In Summer I can still go out....bring a bottle of water, take it easy, sit in the shade, etc but I can still MOVE. In Winter, I'm paralyzed...literally frozen in mind, body and spirit. It has also gotten worse as I've gotten older. However, my joy at the return of Summer has never, ever diminished. This is MY season!

It's also this time of year which has given me the boost of spiritual energy I needed to deal with some of the harsher things that have happened at work. Every day I have felt a little stronger and so work on meditating and improving the strength of my psychic shields. A few weeks ago I got blindsided and I knew better. The environment I was in was not safe, but I neglected to maintain strong shields. My bad...as an Empathic person I need to keep my shields strengthened. I didn't, and it was a lesson well learned....

Every day since then, I have visualized adding a layer of protective energy around me. When I recuperated from the blow and began, the aura of my energy was gross...blackish-brown and pukey, murky green...swirling pieces barely held by threads of light. I have done a bit more work on my own, and I've also had some friends doing some prayer work on my behalf.... It has cleared up to more of a deeper blue/indigo. White light shimmers around it and I am feeling infinitely better. Does that mean everything is perfect? No...it means that my energy has been restored and I am actively working on improving my psychic and spiritual practices to regain any lost strength...and I feel happier and more balanced because of it...

So, more meditation and more enjoyable activities actually help to improve the energy of your aura. I have not been one who sees auras easily....for me it has always taken some work to 'see' them. . I tend to 'feel' colors of auras more....I get a sense of the color rather than seeing it with my eyes. I do know some people who can see them very easily...but, this is not one of my gifts. It is, however, something good for me to work on, and any spiritual work I do only serves to strengthen my energies. I wonder how you all work with auras and chakra energies? Happiness is key to Healthiness....imagine that! Being happy can improve many things...spending time looking at pretty pictures, reading good books, listening to awesome music, eating delicious foods....all help to improve the strength of your chakras and aura because it is positive energy that sustains, not negative that drains. (Saw how I rhymed again, didn't ya? LOL!) What positive energy you have is shared-consciously or unconsciously- with the world around you. Your happiness is your gift to the world...best medicine ever! I would love to hear from you about this and any tips you would share on your practices. What are the psychic or spiritual gifts that you are working on developing?

And on this glorious Saturday, I will leave you here. The hubby and I want to go out and go to one of our favorite used book stores. He loves to have books with him to read when we go away on mini-trips and I'm always on the look out for cool books! Have a great weekend, friends!