A List of Affirmations

Here's a list of possible affirmations to start your day, courtesy of myself, friends, and beyond:


- ‎"Enemy, no matter what you do, you cannot stop my shine."

- "I've done this a million times before. I can do this!"


- "It's all love."


- "Every day I am a new person."


- "I wake up this morning feeling fresh to def!"


- "I'm too blessed to be stressed."


- "Today the universe and I create masterpieces."


- "Today is the day to create."


- "I will accept myself and everyone around me just as they are today."


- "My love is fierce."


- "My spirit is unstoppable."


- "My voice is heard." 

- "I begin again each morning."  -(from a poem I wrote!)

From a Random Book: Be Kind to Your Kin

Back in 2010 when I started this blog, I suggested a morning activity: pick a random book from your collection and randomly flip to a page. Read that page and use that as a morning meditation for yourself. Today's random selection is from Marriage Rules by Harriet Lerner.

"Rule #75: Be Kind to Your Kin: Especially the Grandparents.

When a child enters the picture, every family relationship is called upon to change. Kids raise the stakes for how you treat your kin, especially parents and the in-laws. Your behavior is your children's blueprint for family and will influence how you get treated when they grow up. How you navigate these adult relationships is the most important legacy that you leave your children. They are watching you."

A Hindu Morning Ritual: Sakila's Puja

Woke up in the morning feeling fresh to def...

I woke up in the morning feeling fresh to def
I'm so blessed yes yes
I went to sleep stressed woke up refreshed
I'm so blessed yeah yes
Water in my face and everything is in it's place peace of mind even my
Grace
I'm so blessed yes yes yes
My grandma almost lived to see ninety two
I'm so blessed yes yes yes yes
My son was born healthy and beautiful
I'm so blessed yeah yes
My momma's on my right side daddy on my left my son's father doing his
Absolute
I'm so blessed blessed blessed blessed yeah yeah yes
And I know what I know
And I know what I know

Yeah yeah struggle don't happen it's just the way it be
Ain't nothing coming easily in this life
Sometimes you gotta work and you gotta grow and it gotta hurt
I'm sure you'll know take a look around
Woke up this morning listening to this song
You're so blessed yes yes
Gonna rock this joint all night long
It's so blessed yes
To be up in here with our hands up in the air waving like we just don't
Care
We're so blessed yes yeah yeah yeah

Woke up in the morning feeling fresh to def
Went to sleep stressed woke up refreshed
Momma's on my right side daddy on my left
I'm so blessed yes yes yes

-Jill Scott

From Wikipedia: Venus reaches its maximum brightness shortly before sunrise or shortly after sunset, for which reason it is often called the Morning Star or the Evening Star.

"Venus, the jewel of the sky, was once know by ancient astronomers as the morning star and evening star. Early astronomers once thought Venus to be two separate bodies. Venus, which is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, is veiled by thick swirling cloud cover."

What comes up when you type morning into Google:

morning after pill
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morning joe
morning star
morning call obituaries
morning sickness
morning glory
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morning wood
morning call jobs

Breakfasts to Inspire

Have you ever visited the wonderful photographer Jen Causey's blog called Simply Breakfast? It's one of the reasons I wanted to post about mornings. I love looking at her photos of healthy, interesting, real food in the morning, surrounded by her simple and beautiful dishes, pottery, and maybe whatever she is reading that day. Do check it out.