Crystal of the Day

Today I pulled an amethyst crystal and purposely pulled a malachite as well.

I've been feeling a lot of pent up anger coming up lately. I know it is partly because of this group healing that I am in and this week we are working on the throat chakra. I know the throat chakra is blue crystals, but I really felt the need to have the malachite and the amethyst is what came up for today. There is a reason for why I pull the crystal I pull, no coincidences. So today I really need the amethyst as well.

I'm going to do a meditation with the two stones here soon. I have done a meditation with each stone this week. And each meditation has given me messages that I needed for that day.

I'm really looking forward to using these two stones for the remainder of today.

Crystal a Day

Today's crystal is some form of a yellow crystal. I'm really not sure what it is.

 It has some sparkles in it like goldstone usually does, but it's not a goldstone, at least from the information I can find. It also has some special marks of its own. I love seeing the marks inside a crystal showing it's own personality. While meditating with this crystal, I got a special energy in my solar plexus and heart chakras. I love feeling energy like this in my chakras. It is a great healing feeling. I know I have tons of healing to do and it is something I work on every day.

Crystal a Day

My crystal for today is a white quartz. At first I thought it was a clear quartz, but I found one of my clear quartz stones and it was much whiter in color and not completely clear like the clear quartz.

While carrying this crystal and meditating with it, I felt a lot of the same crystal properties as clear quartz. It made it for a great day!

Living in Gratitude

I have been working on this post for quite a while now. Gratitude is something I really believe in, and I know it can change lives. It has changed mine dramatically. My life is so amazing because I practice gratitude daily, whether it be for only 10 minutes a day or longer than that. I write out a gratitude list daily of both material and immaterial things I am so grateful to have in my life.

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There are so many things in this world that each of us can show gratitude for each and every day. Showing gratitude for what you have, even for what you don't have, raises your vibration to help you bring in more of what you do want in your life. The higher your vibration, the better you feel. The better you feel, the more gratitude you can show to the universe.

I've been practicing an attitude of gratitude for a quite a while now. And I try to share it with others every chance I get because it really does change your life. I would always get started with something, then it would fall to the wayside because the habit wasn't strong enough. Well, things in my life really started changing when I started practicing gratitude daily.

First, it started with my attitude. I was much happier and just in an overall better place. The first thing I do each morning when I wake up, is say "Thank YOU!" I thank the universe for giving me a new day. I thank the universe for keeping me healthy. I thank the universe for all that I have. Then later in the day, sometime in the morning usually, I will write in my journal, a list of at least 10 things I am grateful for. I don't base this off of the list I wrote the previous day. But the majority of the things on my list each day are the same or similar. And that is because those are things I am eternally grateful for and I need to keep thanking the universe for each of them every day. My list doesn't stop at 10. If I have more stuff to add, then I keep adding them, until I have nothing left to add for that day. Then, I just go about my day and am in a very good mood. There is very little that can change my good mood anymore.

Second, my life started changing for the better. Good things started to happen to me. It really seemed like I was a major streak of bad luck, and yet somehow, in some way, I had attracted all that bad stuff to me. I don't know how I did, but today, I don't want to know how I really attracted all that bad stuff to me. That stuff is in the past and today is a new day. I am not the same person I was last month, let alone 4 months ago when this streak of bad luck happened to me. But once I started practicing the gratitude, and my attitude changed, good things started happening to me. I received gifts I didn't ask for. I am completely healthy. I am manifesting an amazing future.

Lastly, my life is so amazing! I love my life right now. There are things I'm still working on, but we are all human. We all have something in ourselves that needs to be worked on. No one is perfect. But I live each day for the present and exactly what I have in this moment right now, right here. I can't change the past, nor do I really want to. It made me who I am today. I've learned so many lessons from the past and I am continuing to learn lessons on a regular basis. I've always said that I love learning new things, well what better way to really improve my life, than by learning new lessons that I need to apply to my life.

There really is so much that you can do to practice gratitude daily. But the first thing you really have to do is, have faith, trust and believe that the universe really does hear you. You may not see immediate results from this, or you may, it's all in divine timing! Then you also have to really feel the gratitude that you are showing to the universe. The universe knows if you are not for real with your feelings. Let this change your life for the best. And the last thing you have to do, is let go of the negativity. Stop thinking about the "what if's", the "but's", the lack of something that you don't have. Think about what you do have. Say thank you for what you do have and what is coming to you.

Here are some ideas that you can do to practice gratitude daily:

• Gratitude jar - use a jar, a box, something that is easy to store papers in that you can see daily. On little pieces of paper (I like to use colored paper), each day write down something that happened that you are grateful for that day and put it in the jar. Put the date on the paper as well. You don't have to limit to this to one item per day either. Anything that you feel extra gratitude towards, write it down and put it in the jar. 
• Gratitude journal - in a new journal or a notebook, write the date, then write a list of things you are grateful for in your life, both material and immaterial things. This list should include at least 10 things each day. Don't refer back to the previous day, just use your memory to show what you are grateful for. Do this EVERY DAY! This will really get you into the spirit of being grateful. I love doing this!
• Say "Thank You!" to the universe several times a day. You can also specific things you are thankful for when you say it. This practice is especially good first thing when you wake up each day before you even get out of bed. 

Living a life of gratitude is much better than going around blaming yourself or others about all the bad stuff that has happened in your life.  Blaming won't change your life. It will just continue to make the bad stuff happen to you, because you are blind to the fact that good things are happening to you at the moment. When you show gratitude, you can brush off the bad stuff, because so much more good stuff is happening to you and you are noticing all the good stuff.

Believe me, gratitude can and will change your life. Practice gratitude daily for the next 30 days, and if nothing in your life changes, then come back to me and let me know what you did every day. But when your life starts changing, I still want to hear from you!  Share your stories with me about how this is changing your life.

Venus Self Renewal, Day 9, 10, 11

Day 9, 10 and 11 of 40 Days of Venus Self Renewal: The magical doorway. Yes, this one is a three part process. Thank for you for your patience with the reactivation of this journey as I paused to sit with the last day that was 2013 and allowed space to be with the first few days of 2014.

Part 1: Imagine you are about to step through a divine portal, one that can transport you from where you are to where you truly desire to be. Before you step through it, write a love note (or thank you note) to 2013. Focus on the lessons, blessings, gifts, insights, aha moments, wisdoms and intuitive gems received during your past 365 days. This may or may not include some of the things on your gratitude list from day 8.

Part 2: It’s time to pick a word for the new cycle ahead. Use it as a focus, guide or intention. Life-enhancing feeling-based words can be the most powerful here. Write down your word. Or if several come to you, write them all down then circle the one that jumps out at you the most. Then write down (i) what this word means to you, (ii) why this word speaks to you right now and (iii) how are some of the ways you can invite this word into your life in the coming days ahead

Part 3: Your magical doorway. Imagine on one side 2013, a year that on many levels held up a reflection of who we are not, gifting us the opportunity to shed old and outgrown definitions of self. On the other side of the doorway is 2014, a year that will hold up a mirror (if we allow it) of all that we really are. Pure energy, light and love. Visually express out what your magical doorway looks like using the materials that call you.

I am taking these posts from a Facebook page I follow: www.facebook.com/jelenamrkich but I would really love for you to follow along with me on this journey and share your journey here. This journey is absolutely perfect for each of us for this new year and being a new YOU.  

Here is a list of all of the other posts in this journey:
Introduction

Day 1  

Day 2 

Day 3 

Day 4

Day 5 

Day 6 

Day 7 

Day 8 

Daily Affirmation Challenge, Day 7

Continue using the same affirmation you started with on day 1.  Remember, it can be your own or the one I'm using.

Affirmation: I love myself unconditionally. I love my body and all of its flaws. I am unique and perfect just the way I am. Love comes to me naturally and I know just how to share my love with those who I come into contact with.

Step 1: Stand or sit in front of the mirror. Chant OM 21 times to help clear your mind and raise your personal vibration. Then say the affirmation out loud 21 times to yourself in the mirror.

Step 2: In your notebook or journal, write Day 6 as the heading, then write your affirmation 21 times.

Step 3: Spend a few minutes in quiet meditation. This can be anywhere from 2-30 minutes, just spend some quiet time alone and enjoy the peace and serenity that washes over you at this time.

Go about the rest of your day. If any negative thoughts come up about your affirmation, stop, acknowledge those feelings and then just let them go. If you need to, repeat your affirmation to yourself a few times to help release the negativity you may have.

Here are the other days in the challenge. You can start with Day 1 any day and just follow along with the rest of the days in order.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6

Daily Affirmation Challenge, Day 6

Continue using the same affirmation you started with on day 1.  Remember, it can be your own or the one I'm using.

Affirmation: I love myself unconditionally. I love my body and all of its flaws. I am unique and perfect just the way I am. Love comes to me naturally and I know just how to share my love with those who I come into contact with.

Step 1: Stand or sit in front of the mirror. Chant OM 21 times to help clear your mind and raise your personal vibration. Then say the affirmation out loud 21 times to yourself in the mirror.

Step 2: In your notebook or journal, write Day 6 as the heading, then write your affirmation 21 times.

Step 3: Spend a few minutes in quiet meditation. This can be anywhere from 2-30 minutes, just spend some quiet time alone and enjoy the peace and serenity that washes over you at this time.

Go about the rest of your day. If any negative thoughts come up about your affirmation, stop, acknowledge those feelings and then just let them go. If you need to, repeat your affirmation to yourself a few times to help release the negativity you may have.

Here are the other days in the challenge. You can start with Day 1 any day and just follow along with the rest of the days in order.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

Daily Affirmation Challenge, Day 5

Continue using the same affirmation you started with on day 1.  Remember, it can be your own or the one I'm using.

Affirmation: I love myself unconditionally. I love my body and all of its flaws. I am unique and perfect just the way I am. Love comes to me naturally and I know just how to share my love with those who I come into contact with.

Step 1: Stand or sit in front of the mirror. Chant OM 21 times to help clear your mind and raise your personal vibration. Then say the affirmation out loud 21 times to yourself in the mirror.

Step 2: In your notebook or journal, write Day 5 as the heading, then write your affirmation 21 times.

Step 3: Spend a few minutes in quiet meditation. This can be anywhere from 2-30 minutes, just spend some quiet time alone and enjoy the peace and serenity that washes over you at this time.

Go about the rest of your day. If any negative thoughts come up about your affirmation, stop, acknowledge those feelings and then just let them go. If you need to, repeat your affirmation to yourself a few times to help release the negativity you may have.

Here are the other days in the challenge. You can start with Day 1 any day and just follow along with the rest of the days in order.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4

Gratitude Jar

Create your own miracle jar this year. Get an empty jar with a lid. It can be any kind of jar (just make sure you clean it first!). If you want to, decorate the jar anyway you want to. It's the start of a new year, so it's the absolute perfect time to start a new jar!

Each day, write down on a piece of paper a miracle that happened to you that day. You can use colored paper to make it look cool :) when you look at the jar. Or just use whatever paper you have laying around the house.

Write down on pieces of paper:
Something special that happened that day
Something that made you LOL
Any miracle you have noticed - BIG or SMALL
Things you are grateful for that happened that day


Any day you are feeling down or blue, dump out everything in the jar and start reading each slip of paper! They will help you feel better and bring you right back up to where you are supposed to be.

Daily Affirmation Challenge, Day 4

Continue using the same affirmation you started with on day 1.  Remember, it can be your own or the one I'm using.

Affirmation: I love myself unconditionally. I love my body and all of its flaws. I am unique and perfect just the way I am. Love comes to me naturally and I know just how to share my love with those who I come into contact with.

Step 1: Stand or sit in front of the mirror. Chant OM 21 times to help clear your mind and raise your personal vibration. Then say the affirmation out loud 21 times to yourself in the mirror.

Step 2: In your notebook or journal, write Day 4 as the heading, then write your affirmation 21 times.

Step 3: Spend a few minutes in quiet meditation. This can be anywhere from 2-30 minutes, just spend some quiet time alone and enjoy the peace and serenity that washes over you at this time.

Go about the rest of your day. If any negative thoughts come up about your affirmation, stop, acknowledge those feelings and then just let them go. If you need to, repeat your affirmation to yourself a few times to help release the negativity you may have.

Here are the other days in the challenge. You can start with Day 1 any day and just follow along with the rest of the days in order.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Venus Self Renewal, Day 4

Day 4 of 40 Days of Venus Self Renewal: I see you. Bring to mind one aspect of your self that you are resisting right now - it likely revealed itself on your list from Day 2. An aspect that might urk you, annoy you or frustrate you. Perhaps it feels too much to even look at this aspect. Maybe this aspect is pulling at your sleeve or poking your arm (again and again until it has your loving attention!). Write down (i) how you truly see this aspect (ii) what you really think about this aspect and (iii) the way you feel about this inner aspect - without self judgement or trying to change this aspect right now. Then take a deep breathe in, and out. Write down “I see you”. And breathe that in.

Use markers, pencils or other materials to circle or highlight words that jump out for you.

I am taking these posts from a Facebook page I follow: www.facebook.com/jelenamrkich but I would really love for you to follow along with me on this journey and share your journey here. This journey is absolutely perfect for each of us for this new year and being a new YOU.  

Here is a list of all of the other posts in this journey:
Introduction

Day 1  

Day 2 

Day 3 

Daily Affirmation Challenge, Day 3

Continue using the same affirmation you started with on day 1.  Remember, it can be your own or the one I'm using.

Affirmation: I love myself unconditionally. I love my body and all of its flaws. I am unique and perfect just the way I am. Love comes to me naturally and I know just how to share my love with those who I come into contact with.

Step 1: Stand or sit in front of the mirror. Chant OM 21 times to help clear your mind and raise your personal vibration. Then say the affirmation out loud 21 times to yourself in the mirror.

Step 2: In your notebook or journal, write Day 3 as the heading, then write your affirmation 21 times.

Step 3: Spend a few minutes in quiet meditation. This can be anywhere from 2-30 minutes, just spend some quiet time alone and enjoy the peace and serenity that washes over you at this time.

Go about the rest of your day. If any negative thoughts come up about your affirmation, stop, acknowledge those feelings and then just let them go. If you need to, repeat your affirmation to yourself a few times to help release the negativity you may have.

Here are the other days in the challenge. You can start with Day 1 any day and just follow along with the rest of the days in order.
Day 1
Day 2

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you enjoy your day and find some way to celebrate the LOVE of the season today and everyday of your lives. Love is the real reason why we are here today. Spread more love and happiness in the lives of those you come in contact with today. Love really is simple and by sharing it, it creates more happiness and joy in those around you!

Venus Self Renewal, Day 3

Day 3 of 40 Days of Venus Self Renewal: An uncovering. Write down 10 or more things you wish to cultivate or strengthen within yourself and your life during this journey. Like yesterday, keep a self-empowered focus. Consider your core desires (what you truly want to embody and experience), what honors your authentic worth, what feels wholeheartedly good for your being, what is life-enhancing for you, what fuels your self-love and self-care tanks, what uplifts you and what moves you into positively powerful action.

Use markers, pencils or other materials to circle or highlight words that jump out for you. 

I am taking these posts from a Facebook page I follow: www.facebook.com/jelenamrkich but I would really love for you to follow along with me on this journey and share your journey here. This journey is absolutely perfect for each of us for this new year and being a new YOU.  

Here is a list of all of the other posts in this journey:
Introduction

Day 1  

Day 2 

Material Things Don't Matter

In our lives, the material things we have don't matter anywhere near as much as the immaterial things. The immaterial things include feelings, such as love, appreciation, gratitude, joy and happiness.

Keep feeling the positive feelings and more of the material things you want in your life will come to you.

Feel gratitude for everything you DO have in your life and even for that which is still coming to you, that you want, but don't yet have. Feel gratitude for those special people in your life that help you learn new things, feel happiness and joy about your life, and just overall make you feel good. When you feel gratitude for everything you have and even don't have, the Universe will provide more of what you do want.

Feel love for everyone in your life, whether you think they deserve it or not. This is a topic best learned by having a pet. There are so many days when we don't feel worthy of love, but our pet will share that love with you anyway. They will love you through the best of times and the worst of times, no matter how you treat them. And that is exactly how we should treat the people in our lives, love them anyway. It doesn't matter how that person treats you, love them anyway. Be the bigger person and continue to show that person love. Let their treatment go and just see the love that is there in the relationship.Spread love far and wide and more LOVE will come to you.

Feel happiness everyday of your life. Happiness is what makes the world go round. You can feel more love if you are happier. Make it a point to be happy every single day, no matter what happens, what goes right or what goes wrong.

Life is so good for us and happiness, love, joy, and gratitude help us enjoy the life we have and continue to improve our lives too.

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Forgiveness is YOUR Best Gift to Yourself!

This is so true. There are very few people out there who will apologize for hurting you, assuming something and being wrong, or just apologizing because they should and it's the right thing to do. The best thing you can do for yourself, to forgive them anyway. If you forgive them, you can move on. Forgiving them doesn't mean they were right or even that you accept what they did. It means that you are a bigger person and want to move on with your life. You aren't letting anyone else hold you back any longer. Forgive everyone and everything and you will feel much lighter and happier in your life.
Love, Clarissa

The Choice is YOURS

You have a choice each and every morning, so what are you going to do today? I always choose to chase my dreams. If you don't get up and chase them, they can't come true!

By chasing your dreams, you make every single day you spend here on this earth the next greatest day of your life. Keep living your life to the fullest and chasing those dreams. Never let your dreams die or for someone to tell you that you can't achieve something. All it takes is putting your mind to something and you will achieve it. It may not be easy, but it will be worth it. It will be worth all the blood, sweat, tears and time it takes to accomplish those dreams! Just NEVER, EVER give up!

Live your life to the fullest potential and just enjoy everything you have. Material things do not make our lives special. They may help us live a better life, but the material things don't make the world go round. It's the simple, immaterial things, like love, happiness, and joy that make the world go round. Live the life you want to live. Don't live by anyone else's standards, but your own. They aren't living your life, they don't have to deal with the choices you make on a regular basis. Make your choices for you and live the best life you can live. Show the world your happiness, joy and love and just enjoy your life!

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This Christmas

This is absolutely so true! As you get older, the immaterial things really matter most. This is a season of giving, giving from the heart. It doesn't matter how much money you have, it matters how much love you can give from your heart. Show others that you care. Donate time, donate food to those who can't buy their own food this holiday season, donate a gift for a child who would not have one otherwise, but most of all, donate your love. When you see someone who may need some extra love this Christmas, let them know you care, sometimes all it takes is a hug to let someone know. Do what you can to share your love that you carry deep in your heart. By making someone else's holiday season brighter, it brightens your own!
Love, Clarissa

Be HAPPY!

This is plain and simple and just amazing! Being happy, especially for no reason at all, can really change your life. Choose to be happy and notice how your life changes!

Learn to love life, no matter what it throws at you. Just because you think it's something you didn't want, in reality, you somehow attracted each and everything in your life by the thoughts you think on a regular basis. Think happy thoughts, be happy and you'll start attracting those things in your life that you think you really want. The only catch here is if you continue to think the negative thoughts or things you don't want, you will continue to attract that which you don't want because you are thinking about it!

Trust. Believe. Have Faith!

It really is that simple. Trust that things are working out exactly as they should. Believe that those behind the scenes are working with you. And have faith that they are working with you. Think positive. Don't think about that which you don't want or the lack of something you have. And make sure to thank the Universe every single day for that which is coming to you and that which you have!

This Holiday Season

It's the holiday season everywhere around the world right now. Tell me one thing you want to really remember this holiday season 1 month, 3 months, 1 year down the road from now.

Do you want to remember the most expensive gift someone got you? How much you spent on gifts this year? Or do you want to remember the feeling of unconditional love and appreciation from those in your immediate family? Your children? Your parents?

Remember the holiday season is not about the material things that someone gets for us. It's about spending that extra quality time with your family. We never know how long each person has left on this planet, so spend that quality time with your loved ones and let them know how much you love and appreciate them. Don't go all out on those material items that your kids want this year. Let them know that there is more to the holiday season than the material items. Start a new tradition this year. Give to kids who may not have a Christmas present under the tree unless it is donated. There are so many people that go without, not just at this time of year, but all year round. Show someone how compassionate you can be and buy a present to be donated to a special child in need. Donate time at a food bank or a dinner serving people who may not have a meal. Donate money to a person who may be homeless to have a hot meal. Do something good for someone else.

Doing something good for someone else also helps you. This is also something you will remember 1 year down the road and may want to continue to do. I know I want to donate toys to kids in need this year and start a tradition of my own of doing this. You can also send holiday cards to our soldiers overseas to let them know they are appreciated.

The biggest thing you can share this holiday season is YOUR heart! 

Donating time and money are little things. Sharing from your heart is the biggest things you can ever share with anyone, whether it's a stranger or a loved one. It simply shows that you CARE and are a compassionate human being. Don't be a GRINCH this holiday season, share the love and compassion I know you have in your heart!

Let me know what your ONE special thing you are doing this holiday season for someone, whether it be a stranger or a loved one. I want to hear what you are doing that you will remember months and even years down the road. Follow me on Twitter and Pinterest