Magic Bliss

I’m feeling a bit lost. I am in a place that really doesn’t have any ‘energy’ flowing through it. Have you ever been in a place that feels in a way ‘dead’? I am looking at this place and wondering where the heart of it is. I can’t seem to find it.

I look around at all the groomed lawns, the gated communities and the cookie cutter homes and I realize that this place is fun to visit but I could never live here. I love being here and seeing new places. I have tried a few great restaurants. I have even seen a sea turtle nest. Going to Delray Beach was fun, what a HOT day though. I came to Florida during the 100 degree heat, I need to come during Winter, it would rock then for sure! Now that I have more friends and loved ones here I have a place to come visit when the cold gets me down!

I know that this is just another chapter that is about to close, for now….

I am lucky to live in a place that recycles everything everywhere! A place that has organic food everywhere! A place that is creative in everything that it has to offer! A place with art everywhere you look! Dancing, painting, singing, parties,creative LovE in every place I go…. Art is such a huge part of my life and I feel alone and almost sad to walk around and not have it in every corner of the city. If only I could expose all the folks down here to what I get to do and see every day in Portland. As I typed that I just realized that maybe some of these folks wouldn’t understand that kind of lifestyle. Some folks think that Portland is “weird” and I like that. I am a bit different anyway so I belong there. The people I have seen here or spent time with wouldn’t fit there just like I don’t fit here. I guess that’s what makes the world go around. People are all different for a reason, and I like that. “It takes all kinds”…. That is what my Grandma used to say, she was always right.

Learning more and more as I go…..

Melissa Magic

I am sitting here in Baca Raton, FL. at a friends house helping him(not really though) get ready for the trip up to Michigan for the Rothbury MUsic Festival.

I am still remembering certain moments and times at Bonnaroo this year and I am searching through photos, hoping to get them up on my Facebook and a few on here today as well.

I left Oregon early so I could fly to Florida and help my friend get ready for Bonnaroo this year. That was fun! I even met some “Festafarians” in the Atlanta airport. It’s good to see and talk to Family wherever you go! I got into to Palm Beach, around Midnight, and my friend picked me up and whisked me away in an air conditioned car; “we are on our way to get a drink and catch up”, he says. Fine by me!

Driving around West Palm Beach was a bit of a culture shock. I am from Oregon(and Idaho, and Wyoming…)and the heat at midnight is NEVER like what I was experiencing sitting there at midnight! The buildings and my surrounding were all “cookie cutter”! I felt like I had entered a really long Gap commercial, and I was the extra in the WRONG place! Oh well, I guess I forgot for a minute there that I like being ME, no matter where I am! I felt comfortable in what I was wearing, and yes I had feathers in my hair, I felt like a Pixie in a strange land…

I slept like a baby that night, finally off the plane! Seeing my friend again after a while was really great and made a flood of memories come crashing into my mind from last years great adventures we had. We did a lot of amazing stuff, and saw so much of the country, it made me happy to re-live that with him again!

Getting ready for Bonnaroo was fun. Always work to be done, but like I said I AM not used to this heat! So my schedule turned upside down as we started working at night, loading the trailer, emptying out the garage and cleaning the RV. It all had to be done, but in the daytime…Please! I asked Glen why the construction crew was working so hard at night, now I realized why… I even saw people out exercising at night, jogging, biking, full on running, at Midnight! So I have became one of the “night people” and it’s nice, different, and I know it won’t last forever!

Finally everything is done! Except that my packages didn’t come…. Oh well, I guess I didn’t need contacts at Bonnaroo or my Faery-Magic-Amazing Hair Falls that I had made in Oregon and mailed out! I was going to sell out of them, I just knew it! Damn the mail service!

We left in the late afternoon, all we had to do was go pick up a “newbie”. Glen’s friend has been everywhere, but NEVER to Bonnaroo. He wanted to see the Festival from a Vendor perspective, and take notes, in case this would be something he would want to get into later. Jack brought his espresso machine ( a teeny one that he takes to Burning Man every year),4 BEAUTIFUL, Bolivian masks that were quite large (thank god for the trailer), these were his “art” projects. These masks are very detailed works of art in the daytime, then at night, Wow!! He covers his masks with EL wire, and creates a whole new thing at night. He takes them out to the Playa every year, now I see why! I new right then that this Bonnaroo was going to be a bit different… Riding in the RV with 2 hilarious dudes who have so many funny stories to tell was the best start to my Festival season!

Getting to Manchester a few days ahead was perfect! We got to see the place become saturated with the craziness that IS Bonnaroo. The Walmart parking lot. The Koa. The main drag in and out of town. All the gas stations. Everywhere you look there are Bonnarooians, some “hippies” and the occasional circus freak! Jack was taking it all in. He had no idea about this Festival world that goes on. He liked the “carnie” aspect of it all!

Driving in was hot, but I was so excited that I didn’t notice! I had become ansy, and just wanted to get started on our camp, and booth. We kept looking up at the sky, we were told rain was coming, but when? We had to hurry, just in case! We were in line waiting to get drove into to our spot when I saw one of my “Festival Friends”. Yay! I hadn’t seen this guy since last Season, I knew I was “Home” at that moment.

I am going to skip over the parts of us setting up, building a floor(because of the rain), and working in and out of the rain. It was a hot, and wet beginning of Rainaroo 2009!

Day 1 came and so did the weather. We were lucky, we had built a floor and we always set up a HUGE tent. The booth is a car port, the mobile, super tall ones, with big poles and more ways to tie it down than a regular easy up. In and out of the tent we went. Rain, no rain. Lightening. Thunder. Rain, lightening AND thunder together. WIND! Then it was over. Oh wait, it came back. No, it’s gone again… Put the products back out in front of the booth, fix the tables…. “Hurry, here it comes again, pull it back in and under the tent, NOW!” This is what our first day and part of the next was like!

We had one really bad, scary storm come through and we closed up the whole booth, put the walls down, tied everything down and I started looking around the booth… there were about 5 or 6 people under the tent that I didn’t know! What a good time to make new friends! We all ended up laughing and one of the girls we met came to our booth everyday after that to say hi and she fed us as well! Thanks Michelle!! Chance meetings are the best!

Now I will skip a bunch of stuff and write about my favorite part of this years Bonnaroo…. David Byrne! I was excited and I kept talking about him, I think I was a little obsessed. I had made a deal with Glen that this is the time I NEEDED off for the festival, no cares about anything else. He knows how I feel about my favorite musician. I left early on the evening. I wanted to see the sights of the temporary city and get a good spot. But I had a conflict. I really wanted to see a bit of the Beastie Boys, but their set overlapped into David’s set. I got a message from my friend who happens to have a golf cart at Bonnaroo….”wanna see the Beastie’s? Then I’ll drive you to David Byrne!” he said. Well what do you think I said?! Hell yes! He came and picked me up and we sat on TOP of the VIP hill looking down on the stage! Room to move and groove and take pictures! It was great! Thanks DGreg! We were rocking out on the hill when I started to get really excited and a bit ansy for MY show, I asked really nice if we could go to Mr. Byrne’s show NOW, and he said sure. Off we went. The anticipation was deep within me, I wanted to be there quicker. But, I was really glad to be able to ride in the cart, drive through VIP and go into David Byrne from BEHIND the stage area! I managed to get toward the front (not super close), but not in the back either. As we drove up, I here, “This aint no party, this aint no disco”…. Life After Wartime,is in my top ten favorite songs EVER! There were a few really tall people right by me who offered to take pictures for me, this night was awesome!
I loved hearing some of my favorite songs, but most of all the energy of him, and his show was what I wanted to experience. He is such a showman! I wish there were more shows around like his. He brings all the elements to the stage. Dancing, props, music and even theatre. He even wore a tutu. I am telling you, this is my kinda man! I didn’t want it to end. But all good things come to an end, and was it ever a GOOD thing!

I had to go back to work, it was getting later, and that is our busy time. Selling light up wire, blinkie toys and having the masks covered in lights made our booth the
“hip” place to be at night especially! As I was walking back to “work” I had a huge smile on my face, and a spring to my step! I wasn’t upset about going back to the booth, I like meeting people, and seeing what kind of freaks come to our booth is always a treat!

Basically I have a million more funny stories to write about but I will do that later. I want to stretch it out over a few days. I am still soaking it all in. All in all I had a blast and will be making another pilgrimage to Bonnaroo again next year!

I learned a lot about being patient this year. I think I have become more aware of myself and how patient I can be. I like that I recognize that in myself! Patience is really important and I am glad I have the mind set to understand this great part of me…especially this year. Especially at a place like Bonnaroo, patience is needed in a space like this. Not everyone goes for the same reason I go, and I get that. It angers me when I look around and see people doing LAME stuff, like not throwing their trash away, BLANTANT drug use RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENDOR’S BOOTH’S, or being so “closed off” to humanity and all the amazing folks around that ARE there to dance, play and make new friends. I tend to focus on the good stuff, to attract the “good” people. I make it a point every year when I am on my in to say to myself, then out loud that I “will have an amazing, drama-free time with only loving, beautiful people”. I think it works because I meet the coolest, most friendly people at Bonnaroo every year!

Now I am (almost) ready to get on the road to Rothbury, another music festival that has spectacular scenery. I can’t wait to see those rolling hills and big red barns again…..

In Love~

Melissa Magic

I am so very excited today. I am making hoops, being creative, playing with tapes and rolling around with beautiful tape colors! It’s so fun to think that in a few days, I’ll be at The Rothbury Festival, watching everyone play with the hoops I made! It’s amazing, I’ll have many new friends in just a matter of days! Yay!

I am starting the 1,400 mile journey sometime tomorrow. Starting out in Southern Florida, and driving ALL the way in the lightupwire.com RV, which is named “Ervie”. We will end in the little, but beautiful town of Rothbury, Michigan.

We are going a bit early, because Glen, who owns lightupwire.com gets to decorate the amazing Sherwood Forest with I believe, 800 feet of EL wire! I get to help too! It will be reallly fun to see the transformation of the most Magical place at Rothbury! If you haven’t seen any pictures of or haven’t experienced the Sherwood Forest, I say to you, GO check it OUT! Either in person while you are at Rothbury, or on line, if you can’t be there in person. It’ll make you wanna go next year. I had a blast playing and dancing during last years event. It totally made me want to go back again. That and the bands that are playing this year.

We get a bit of String Cheese Incident. How cool is that? They are making a whole festival really, really happy! That is why I think me and my hoops will be a hit. well I am HOPING for this to happen! Think good thoughts for me and my hoops please! I can’t wait to see a sea of hoopers out on the lawn, playing and groovin’ to the sounds of SCI. They are going to be GOOD!

Besides SCI, I am looking forward to seeing The Dead as well. I missed them at the Gorge in Washington, and I won’t miss them again! The crowd that these 2 bands will bring is definetly going to create a “family” vibe! A gigantic community of lovely, dancing, beautiful people!

Next up, for me anyway, is G. Love and Special Sauce. I have only seen him once, WAY back in the day, inside a small bar. I want to see him, and his band smiling, and enjoying the crowd, all under the sunshine! It will make for a great Summer day!

Now, I have to think about the fact that I will be working (A LOT) this year. We are not going to have a booth this year. Which is cool. What we are doing is having 3 carts roaming around the whole Festival. This puts us in a position of being able to be seen all over the place, and making it easier to sell our wares. Everyone NEEDS light up wire, ya know what EL wire is, right? Well you NEED it! So I am hoping to be able to roam around to all the sweet places of the whole festival, showing off my hoops in the daytime and playing with the light up wire at night. I would love to have a bunch of LED hoops for our carts at night, but do you know how expensive it is to get a bunch at once to re-sell? Man, it’s a lot!

There are many amazing acts at this Festival, check out the website to see the full line up. Not only is the music phenomenal, but the speakers, the various performers, the farmer’s market, the many vendors, and the art are all there to open up your mind. To see what other’s are doing to make a creative statement is very inspiring, and will hopefully start your wheels turning for your own creative (ad)ventures.

I can’t wait to dance and hoop in the grass among my fellow sun worshippers! Rothbury, here I come!

Oh… and here comes lightupwire.com as well! The website was having issues, but we THINK things are back to normal again, check us out, come play with us, get your wire and maybe a hoop to take “back” with you!

See you there….

Melissa Magic

After seeing Alex Grey at one of my favorite places here in Portland (2410), I woke up feeling even more alive, and energetic, and full of hope!

I enjoyed hearing him talk and watching him paint. He is truly an amazing human BEing to say the least! His wife painted right along side him as well, and spoke for a bit about COSM, or Chapel Of Sacred Mirrors, in New York. She is a funny, warm, sweet little lady! I was grateful to be in both Alex and his wife’s presence!

After Alex was through giving his talk, the musicians started taking the stage. I went really wanting to see Lynx and Janover play, they are faves of mine. I think since the last time I saw them, which was not that long ago, Lynx has improved even more! She is so awesome! A folksy-looping-beat boxing-dubsoundz makin’-Earthy lovin’ Soul! She had the whole place BuMPin’ and dancing for so long, it was such a great show! I felt lucky to have been in that room last night! I think the energy of Alex and all the lovely’s that were there made it even better anyway!

Thank you to all of last nights performers and co-creators of last night’s event. 2410 is amazing and I love that I live in a place that has such an amazing venue for great events!

I hope to get my pictures up soon…..

Last night was so meaningful!

Melissa Magic

I have started to recognize the energy levels in myself and others wherever I go. When I am hanging out with a group of people, or out at a club or a show dancing and socializing, I am tuning in more to how these people and my surroundings are making me truly ‘feel’. Not just how my energy is feeling but I am feeling and acting physically. If I don’t feel a “higher vibration” from the people I am with or in the place I am at, I finally realized I CAN leave, I don’t need to stay there!

I need inspiration and positivity from my surroundings, and if I am not getting them, I don’t need to be there. I often get tired around people and now I understand what this means. My energy gets ‘zapped’ or I have to put out so much from me, from my soul to make the situation “more” for me, therefore I become exhausted! I do enjoy this (sometimes) but I know it’s not good for me to always be the positive, good loving vibe ALL THE TIME, I think it needs to be a community effort. Don’t get me wrong, I want to always be loving, positive and sharing my high frequency vibes but being the ONLY one gets tiring! I know it sounds selfish, but I am not being selfish, I am looking out for me and what I think is best for ME, right now. I already give out these positive, healthy, and loving vibes, now I want to feel them coming back to me. I want to SEE the energy and feel the vibes in a room! Being in a place with these vibes already in place is such a great feeling! I love walking into a place where I instantly feel a surge of wonderful energy, don’t you!?? I end up feeling more confident and become more sure of myself and my energy. I can then take my positivity and my confidence to any situation and bring a “higher vibration” to that spot.

I guess for now I am in training, training to become a positive-vibes teacher. Later on, when my training is over, or when I can instantly improve my moods and help the energy levels of others, that’s when I know the “training” is over. When I no longer become tired, or zapped, I know that I will BE where I need to BE! I will be in control of my energy levels and can feel comfortable no matter what! There will no longer be the need to question myself. I will no longer feel guilty about wanting to leave a place. I will use my energy and my feelings to guide me out of any given situation at any given time.
No more wasting my time and precious energy in a “low vibration” situation.

I love sharing with people, I want to be the one that shows off the Abundance we all have around us, all the time! Once I become more naturally in tune with myself and others energy levels, this will become easy, and fun! It will become like breathing,a natural ebb and flow of my life breath.

I already know/knew all this, but for some reason it really hit me over the weekend what I need to do NOW. I was so tired and feeling really blocked and as I sat with myself listening to my soul, I was told to act upon what I “thought might be the reason” for my energy loss. I was lost. I was not me. I felt odd, and foreign in a place that I should have felt comfortable. Now that I “get it”, I just have to take certain steps to start this new cycle. I am beginning again, starting fresh and clean, and I am not afraid, I am actually very anxious to begin again. I was in tune, then got out of tune somehow, so it’s like I am taking a journey to a place I already am in love with. A place I am familiar with, maybe like home even? Either way I am on a new(ish) path and I do hope and pray that all will just fall into place. That’s how I feel inside, something tells me this is how it will be.

So I am not scared of my feelings, the feelings of others either. I am supposed to be here doing this now and knowing this in my gut is a good feeling to have.

AAaaaHhhhhhh, clarity and positivity.

~In LiGHt~

Melissa Magic

I have been getting more and more into crystals and their healing powers these last 2 months. I go in and out of this phase. About 2 years ago all I did was read any and all information regarding crystals, their healing powers, where they come from and how they’re formed. I started doing mini-healings on myself, using crystals on my third eye or making crystal therapy waters for friends or even just for me. For some reason I just kinda “stopped”. It’s like I needed a reason or more motivation to continue on this path.

I pulled out some books for a friend to borrow and started answering her questions about crystals. She was asking all sorts of things, like how would she know which crystal to use for this “ailment”, or even what rock or stone is good for carrying around in her pocket? I then started to realize I know more about rocks and crystals then a lot people and there is SO much more to learn! I think I hit a plateau and now that I had different questions coming at me and a sort of “challenge” before me, that’s when it really hit me. I NEED to expand my search of crystals and their healing powers. I NEED to bring more of this energy into my life. It’s amazing and interesting to learn. I want to show people what can be done with crystals; how they can “heal” by having them in their lives.
There is so much more to it than just the crystal, or just a rock. There is history, there is genetic make-up, there are healing powers to learn about,there is archaeology to learn.

You can add to this learning process by learning healing techniques using crystals. You can combine Reiki, another amazing healing art with crystal healing. Color Therapy and crystals seems to go hand in hand! What certain colors and the use of the same colored crystals can do on a daily basis is really intriguing to me. All these things have just came rushing back to me lately! I am happy that this has happened. I needed more positive reinforcement in my life right now. Again, it’s like the universe just “knows” what I need and therefore brought me back to using crystals in my life, in turn helping others use them as well.

I was reading the other day about “Apophyllite” and also saw a picture of it online and in a crystal book. This very amazing mineral is awesome and powerful! It can help you connect with the spiritual realm, and can assist in astral travel. It is CLEAR, so very clear and beautiful, The way I think it will feel when you are in any sort of “spiritual” realm! It can help connect you to your center, and feel more connected to everything around you.
I kept hearing and seeing Apophyllite in many, many different ways for a few days. In everything I was reading as well. I read an article about a workshop that teaches you to fire-walk. Teaches you to become one with your mind, thus allowing for the fire-walk to happen. In the article it said something about Apophyllite…. Then a friend showed up WITH Apophyllite and showed me in the “Crystal Bible” how it mentioned something about it aiding in fire-walking! Before he left, he gave me a small piece of Apophyllite, it now sits in a very special spot on my altar. I love that these little things happen for a reason. I was being nudged to continue learning about crystal-healing therapy, and how it can help me in my life!

I keep talking more and more with friends about rocks and crystals, and the healings behind them. I find it easy to relate to Crystal Therapy, and Healing with my energy and the use of rocks, stones, and crystals. I want to learn more, I am hungry again for more knowledge in this ‘realm’.

I am lucky to have many beautiful rocks and crystals around me on a daily basis. Not all of them are mine, but everyone that I live with are “rock freaks”, just like me. This is a motivating factor, for sure. I want to learn more about what they have, why they chose certain rocks, and what they mean. It is amazing what you can learn about someone and their rocks! Just like going into someone’s home and going right to their book shelf! I always have done this, you can learn so much by just a glance. Then conversations start….. The same with my experience with fellow rock hounds and crystal lovers. What’s your favorite crystal? People usually have a favorite(or 2 or 3), then that one crystal can take you both on a journey, of love, light, consciousness, and a new friendship is formed. All from a rock that comes from our Earth!

Thank Goddess(and Gods and Angels too) that I re-discovered my love for these wonderful pieces of earthly knowledge! They are OLD and they hold many ancient secrets for anyone to discover. They are full of light, and energy, I love just holding them! So much power!

I hope a crystal will find you or vice-versa….. It may change something in you, or in your world. Be prepared for something amazing to happen!

Melissa Magic

I WISH all this would happen, maybe not exactly this way, but REAL close would be nice!

I want to get a lot more hours working the same job I am working at now. I have weekends off now, BUT I can deal with working 7 days a week for a while. I need the money and it motivates me too.

So in my fantasy world, which is what this post is all about.. I would start working as a “free agent”. By this I would do a million thinhs that I am good at and SHOULD get paid for. These things would include: Hoop making, beginner lessons and beginner workshops. Card and, t-shirt making (and selling of course)! Cooking for parties, gatheringss, functions and lessons in cooking, catering and meals ‘on the go for you by me’. Herbal concoctions, remedies and “magic” food. Space Clearing, blessings and crystal healings, and also plant watering, care-taking, and gardening! Oh I’ll throw in there, house-sitting, pet walking and house keeping too! Why NOT!???

So I am doing these things, money is coming in, I am paying off my bills AND I am still having a good time with loved ones, dancing, learning and experiencing life…  All the while I am planning another EPIC Summer Tour, here is that part of my fantasy:

(not in any order)….

Wakarusa~ volunteer, and festival goer!

10klf~ Full On FesTAfaRIan for this event!

Bonnaroo~ Vendor that makes millions of dollars… ok, ok, just a lot of dollars!

Oregon Country Fair~ IT’S OCF!!!!

!!BURNING MAN!! DANCE, CREATE, PLAY, MAKE FRIENDS, LoVe!!!

Rothbury~ work a bit, make the money, play HARD and dance my bum OFF!

Emerg N see~ work AND play!

Earthdance~ play, work, heal and get healed!

Bear Creek Music Fest~ WORK HARD!

Then as the Summer draws to a close I have time to: visit my friends and loved ones in Jackson, decide on where AND how long in a few of my dreamy places(Baja, Northern Australia, Bali….). Then buy a ticket to one of those places, go for ‘X’ amount of time, saving money living and camping cheaply, and showing others my love for the hoop along the way. I would then be a lot better at hooping, and no longer afraid to show even MORE people how to hoop and play in the circle…. See many amazing foreign bands and festivals… Have a bit of money saved up to come back to the U.S. Go to New Orleans, ( I think so anyway…) live in an amazing place with windows, sunshine streaming through them, plants, space for hooping and a van or small car to get me to and from different parts of the city(and a bike too). Show people hoop love in New Orleans, see some GREAT funk and jazz, oh and Wide Spread Panic too, work a sweet job, eat HOT food and learn as much as I can about the old, crazy,and amazing energy that IS New Orleans! All the while staying AWAY from the rainy, gray mess that is Portland for a season!

After all this happens, well I haven’t got that far yet….

Maybe tomorrow I’ll write more about that part of my plan!

So far…Sounds like a good plan(fantasy) to me! Whatcha think?!

I wonder if in the midst of all this I can take the on line Nutritional, healthy eating course I want to, purchase an AMAZING camera, document my trip(s) with the new camera and on my trip blog, learn more massage AND, yes another AND, learn how to sew or knit!?? OH, I also want to volunteer for a few things that I have been interested in for awhile, one is in New Orleans….

Geez, I gotta sleep, my head is FULL of ideas, and wants and needs!

I am happily full of ideas and wonderment!

If you can give me a nudge, help with suggestions OR know of ways to help facilitate, I am ALL ears! I am open to all suggestions, advice, coaching, and even would accept any donations to my cause… hahahhaaa!!! Does anyone have a rich aunt, uncle, etc… that always said they wanted someone to do good things with money??? Well I am that girl… again,hahahahaaa!!!

Good vibes for everyone,  good night and cheers!

**Melissa Magic**

I love this word. Just the word itself is beautiful, SAY it….”harmony”.  It rolls off the tongue so beautifully ans simply, just as it should.

The definition of harmony, well one of the definitions is ” agreement; accord; harmonious relations, or a pleasing arrangement of parts”. After reading this, it makes sense why I like this word and what it stands for so much.

I am learning to become “in agreement” with myself over everything I do , say and am involved in. I want to FEEL good in every portion of my body when I am doing something. I want to feel “harmonious” and ‘right’ in my surroundings. I have the right to be comfortable, to be safe and feel at peace with my decisions,. Everyone does, all the time.

I am in harmony with myself RIGHT now! I love writing about life, love, feelings, and things of that nature. I feel in harmony with my world, the world around me and am at peace.  I am  not thinking about anything else either, just me, what I am writing and looking out at the sunshine for a little inspiration.

I want this feeling to pass over into all other parts of my life, so I can feel and BE more harmonious with the outside world. I know I am working towards this goal and I can feel it becoming more and more attainable. There are a few obstacles in my way, but when I figure out how to jump over them I think, no wait, I KNOW I will be where I NEED to be.

I feel love and loved when I am hooping. That is harmonious. I am at peace with myself and with the world while I hoop, nothing else really matters and I realize only what is in front of me, the NOW! I want those feelings to carry me through this life.

How can I feel those magical feelings while I am out in the world, when the world I am in sometimes is the opposite of magical? I know I have to FIND the magic, find the ‘harmony’ that I know is there,  I just need to dig for it!

Life is teaching me so much right now that I have to keep listening all the time. I feel really overwhelmed, but then I remember that I am the one wanting to be taught, I never asked for a “slow teacher”, so I get what I get! I am wanting to take it all in, I NEED to. My body is bursting with so many feelings and desires that she doesn’t know what hit her. Life is what is hitting me, sideways, upside down, from the inside, backwards, all these ways and now where to start?

I will start with what I was writing before, with Harmony. If I feel in step with something, go for it. If I don’t, then I need to stop and feel why not, then go ‘accord’ingly. I know all this, I do, I guess it’s just a hard thing to implement when life and other fast moving parts of the world are whizzing by you at such high speeds.

I know I am not the only one who feels like time is speeding by. I ask others about this a lot. We are all really needing to pay attention to everything in our lives, in nature, how we treat other’s because I think this is a sign from a more harmonious side of the world that we are forgetting these things. So to attract our attention we are feeling sped up, and a bit un-nerved at times. Slow down, stop, wai, listen, BE. This is what we are needing to do to counteract all that is happening around us.

I was recently really inspired by The Dalai Lama’s newest book “Worlds in Harmony”. There is so much good information to be read in this wonderful little hand book. Things that we are taught as kids are so important. But I feel like people are forgetting these simple tools to make our world and your own personal life run more smoothly.

We were all taught to be compassionate to ALL living things. Compassion is something that many don’t have in their daily lives. Be and feel compassion to your fellow human. We are all humans, we all feel, we all breathe. Why is this hard to not remember this? This simple thing would allow for more harmony all around, don’t you agree?

Many people feel disconnected from nature and their own environment, when all you have to do is go to a park. Hug a tree! Smell a flower.  Walk a nature trail, even go hiking!  Sit by a river, ocean, stream, look at a puddle that is collecting raindrops, it’s beautifil! Small things will connect you to nature and therefore to a life force. Even being outside,simply walking to work can become a more mind opening experience. Pick up trash on your way. You are doing everyone such a huge favor by doing such a small task! I am surprised to see that people are still littering! I forget that not everyone is as open to new ideas of not throwing stuff on the ground because it “just goes away” or someone eelse picks it up after them. What if there was suddenly no one else? Our space would be filled with garbage and litter everywhere, what would we do then? Think of yourself and others, we are in this together!

I amhappy to say that I am ina place that allows for me to be creative and have a sense of self. I am lucky, here in the world we live in. WE are lucky. I may be poor(money-wise) but I am very rich in so many other ways. I am in harmony with my world, the people in it and my heart. I am feeling deep appreciation for the help and love I recieve daily from friends. I want to pass this feeling alon. I want you to be able to have and hold love in your heart, see it in your eyes and feel it in your body.

This is my goal;  to pass out love like people pass out flyers. And here in the city where I am, that a LOT of love to be passing around!

Namaste~

Melissa Magic

I have been a bit “dis-connected” from my blogging world and from my real world a bit too lately. I have had a storm of computer issues that sent my magical little machine into “sleepy land”. I would to say that she is completely up and running but she’s not…not quite. I have  a great friend who is a computer doctor, and did some ‘voodoo’ (and added a disc that runs it’s own operating system) so I could at least check my email, write my blogs and re-connect with folks in the land of Facebook. Weird how that became a part of my computering one day and now I enjoy getting in touch through that tool.

I realized yesterday that I feel a bit lost when I am not able to write my blogs. I view them as an on line journal and an on line public view into my head and how she (I) work. I like sharing things with people, be it just words, full stories or these blogs, they always teach me something about positivity and remind others to look for the positive in their own life daily. I like being a catalyst for others to look deeper into themselves or into their own world.

I have learned that I’ll only become a better writer or blogger as I keep this up daily (or try to daily). I get great feedback from friends that read my words. I love that very much!

I am going to jump off the subject of my blogging and into the subject of action. By ‘action’ I mean taking steps to create this life, to start a new project or acting upon a creative nudge you keep feeling from the bottom of your soul.

I am struggling a bunch these days with money. There are always potential issues with money, but right now I am feeling the effects of these money woes. I am realizing I have to separate myself emotionally from my money problems and keep reminding myself that I am NOT “lacking” in anything, just money, which is essentially paper.  I am still me, in fact I have come into myself even more because of this “problem”. I am re-learning skills, I am open to even more stuff to come my way. I am more available because I have more time. At first that was not the case. I was thinking about my money woes so much that I was “unavailable” for myself, and my friends. I kept closing myself off to opportunities that were LEAPING in front of me. Now that I have let all that attachment go, I am only attached to me and me only. I feel great being able to write those words. The friend who told me initially about detaching myself from the physical form of money and the lack that will keep arising from it, went through the same thing a while back. He is now in a great position in the field that he sorta fell in to, and is really “taking care of business”. It took a while for him and I know it will take a while for me as well to get back on my feet (financially), but if I look at my life without money, I truly like what I see!

I am hula hooping even more than I was a couple of months ago. Therefore I am getting better. I have always been a “hooper who dances”. Someone that can truly get her hoop groove on while there is music loudly thumping and bumping. I hoop to the beat, I have come to understand. I like that about me. But lately, like in the last 3 days I have started just hooping, and learning moves, saying to myself that I MUST learn this thing and turn into THIS thing…. I am liking the new ‘direction’ my hoop is going.  Lacking in one area (money) makes me soar in others (hooping). Yay for my eyes being open and my heart too!

I also decided while I am still looking for a job with actual hours, I need to become a part of something or use my time to help someone or at least be creative in some way. So I have been spending more time with my pens, paper, and cards AND volunteering with a great project. The project is called the “Habitats Environmental Project”, here is the website:  www.kricketskritters.com/habitats-project        I love what Kricket is doing with this project. So I decided I wanted to be more involved. I want to help her in a lot of different ways, including helping in her booths, taking photographs, picking up trash, writing press releases and the like. When it comes to projects and things of interest to me that are creative and crafty I really start paying attention. I love crafting! I am a re-crafting fool! Making cards out of old cards and paper are one of my favorite things. I love getting old photographs and piecing those together with other old and “found” things to create something new that will brighten up someone’s day! I could do this all the time, everyday….I need to! I enjoy putting my energy into things right now that are very low cost, very loving and will allow me to be creative.

I am also starting to help a friend who community gardens sprouting up all throughout the city. She is involved in a special thig, growing food for everyone in any space that allows for it! What a novel idea! There is so much “useless” space in any given city, why not turn the soil into good working dirt and plant food for people? This is great and it allows me to get my hands in the dirt AND I get at the same time! I don’t eat meat so this is perfect for me! Check out her web site and blog at calliopes-table.com. what a great idea, to be an urban farmer, that way you will have the best of both worlds!

Surrounding myself  with creative, loving and good-hearted people is what I want, what my soul needs to survive. I love this new direction of thinking and processing. I will need to keep it up. I know how it feels to allow the yuckiness in and take over my bright shining light, I don’t want that to happen any more. So I am using my time for only good things and spending it with only good people!

What a good way to start this amazing Friday; by writing in my blog and seeing the sunshine stream through my window.  How ever did I get so lucky?

Blissful, peaceful, loving day to all….

Melissa Magic

Sometimes if I am having a “bad” day or just feel a bit low(like lately, I hate to admit….), I like to write down or say out loud all my favorite things, and why I  love them or why I am so lucky to have these awesome ‘things’ in my life.

I thought I would broadcast my favorites to the blogging world this evening, instead of just to me. I think it’s a good idea to express all kinds of positive stuff(yes, negative too) because this way my egoic mind will keep hearing my GOOD vibes and not my yucky ones!

I guess I will start off with my favorite places…some of them I WANT to go to, I already know they will BECOME one of my faves!

~Inside my Hoooola Hoop!

~at the base of The Tetons(Grand Teton National Park)

~Lake Tahoe

~In a hot tub under a starry sky…… aaaahhhhhh

~At a Widespread Panic show

~Any and ALL Music Festivals

~Burning Man

~GrEeCe…… someday……

~Potato Champion(THE greatest Fries EVER!)

~In front of a warm fireplace with another warm soul

~underneath the Redwoods

~Harbin Hot Springs

~Beautiful and amazing graveyards

~Tucson Gem Show (oh My…..)

Wow, so that felt good, great little reminders of this life! I loved doing that! Now for other favorites, I am just going to lump everything else together, favorite people, music, colors, feelings, etc….

~Trees, flowers, mountains, bushes, hills

~WATER! Streams, lakes, rivers, brookes, oceans, waterfalls, showers, baths, hot tubs

~Hula hooping(outside, inside, on a building, under the trees, in front of a band, by myself, in the desert, on a mountain, at work….)

~Thai food(I make great Coconut soup!)

~Photography (nature, people, lights, bands, hoopers, fire, LIFE)

~drums

~Turtles

~New Orleans

~Niagara Falls

~Jimmy Herring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~Led Zeppelin

~coconut milk

~White Russians (the drink…)

~The previous leads me into…The Big Lebowski!!

~GliTtEr

~HOT sauces and salsa, and soup and…well anything hot!

~LOVE

~Every one of my lady friends!!! You are Goddesses!

~Grandma Nethercott

~Crystals, rocks, Gems, Crystal therapy, anything to do with rocks…

~Books, book shelves, book stores, library’s,BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!

~Licorice Root

~Massage, giving, receiving, learning more!

~dancing!!!

~Striped socks!

~Making Medicinal Oils

~Healing others with my words and toch

~FiRE HoOpiNg *~~*~~*

~Wine bars that also have gourmet coffee

~ Gluten-free, wheat-free pancakes and crepes!

~Summer time!!(festivals, sun, SUN, LOVE, warmth, smiles,flowers,birds,drinks on the patio, hooping in the grass….)

~Tortilla chips

~China Town (the one in Jackson,Wy.)

~Michelle’s Art

~SARK(get her books NOW!)

~watching fire dancing

~Dj’s (I wont even try to list them….)

~All of my “bro’s”

~ RainBows

~feathers

ok, ok I think I covered a big portion of my favorite things! I feel better already, I think everyone should do this. By the time the list started to come to a close, I began to realize how lucky and fortunate I am to be walking this life. I LOVE so many amazing things, people and places. I am very lucky to be alive NOW in this beautiful time.

I wish I would have thought of this exercise two days ago when I was really having an awful day! I do it in my journal, but like I said it feels different and more ALIVE now that I am not keeping it to myself… I like it better this way!

I encourage you to ‘brag’ about all of your favorite things, aloud, on paper, to your friend, etc. See how it makes you feel. It really put things in perspective for me. Like I said I am blessed beyond belief and now I can SEE it and it is TRUE! It’s there right before my eyes!

Love to all on this lovely, sunny, warm, glorious Saturday!

Melissa Magic