Essential Oil Recipes

I love essential oils and the amazing things they can do to help our bodies heal themselves. I have already shared my personal healing experience in using them to regrow my hair. I have created an Essential Oils Recipe page for anyone interested in finding some ways that essential oils can help in your own healing. I do want to stress the importance of using 100% certified pure essential oils when using them on or in the body. By using this grade of essential oils you are increasing the ability of the oils to help do what they were created for but also reduce the chance of having a reaction or ill effects. This is why I only recommend doTERRA essential oils in the recipes I have listed.

I have also included a recipe for making your own lotion from scratch. It sounds harder than it is. It is really a very easy recipe to make and it's a lot of fun. I use this recipe to make a base lotion that I can add my essential oil recipes to. It makes it easy for applying the mixed oils instead of having to open all the different oils each time I want to apply. It also makes it easier applying them on my children. The lotion will act as a dilution if you are applying the oils to some one who would need them diluted first or are using hot oils like oregan or cinnamon. If you are unable to make your own lotion you can find a natural based lotion with no additives to use instead. I like knowing exactly what's in my lotion and that if any of my small children or animals were to get into them and consume them it will not make them sick.

I will continue to add recipes and suggestions for ailments on my page but for those interested in finding some ideas for more specific ailments now you can go to these links for ideas and testimonials.

www.thinkdoterra.com/23605
http://doterrablog.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/doTERRAcorp
http://www.everythingdoterra.com/

Quotes to live by

"Listen to your heart, surround yourself with supportive and honest people, and work hard." ~ Where Women Create

Instead

I was rummaging around looking for something and in the process came across something else that I had completely forgotten about. It is a plastic card about the size of a credit card with a poem on it. I bought it years ago because I really loved what it said. I am glad I still have it and even more glad that I can still learn from it and share it with you today.

Instead

Instead of fretting over those things you cannot control
Resolve to accept that which is
Let tranquility be your goal

Instead of feeling sorry when a close relationship ends
Go out and revel in the true joy of being among your friends

Instead of feelings that in life's chain you are just another link
Realize that your future is unbounded
For you have the ability to think

Instead of always griping about that which you have not
Why not say a prayer each day to God for what you've got

By Spiritan Arts

Every day is filled with choices. How the day goes for us is determined by those choices. The choices we make are dictated by the perspective we decide to have. If you want to see "unfair" you will find it everywhere if that is what you choose to focus on. If you want to see "abundance" you will be able to find that too when you choose to focus your thoughts on gratitude. Every day is guided by the attitude we pick up in the morning and lay to rest at night. If you want a different kind of day tomorrow take the time to think about the attitude you will carry with you. It is your constant companion and decides the outcome of the way you will perceive your day.

Quotes to live by

"It is often in hindsight that we come to realize the gifts we were given by a particular life circumstance." ~ Susan Tuttle

Never Giving Up When Everyone Says No

Today I watched a video clip about a man who didn't give up on himself when the world told him, "No, you can't do it." There are many people, opportunities, situations, and circumstances in the world that are more than willing to tell us, "No, you can't do it. It's not possible." When this happens we have a choice; we can believe them and give up or we can believe in ourselves and keep pressing forward believing there is a way. Every one of us has and will continue to face these kinds of challenges in our lives. They will always be there, they will never go away. It isn't really the challenge in whatever shape it may come that matters. What matters is what we decide to do after it arrives. Do you give up and give in or do you go on never giving up on yourself and your dreams. The choices you make in these circumstances are the choices that will determine who you are and the quality of life you have.

So please take a moment and watch this video clip and think on the questions I have asked you today. Maybe they will help give you the strength to keep going on when it is tempting to give up.

http://www.flickspire.com/m/LifeSecrets/NeverGiveUp?Id=196414

Quotes to live by

"You special olympians have thrilled us on the playing fields of the world. You have taught us that what matters is not power or politics, weapons or wealth. What truly counts is the courageous spirit, the generous heart." ~ Eunice Kennedy Shriver

Words of Comfort and Strength in times of doubt

This is a compilation of the songs that I received as messages in my time of need. I read them on the occasion when I desire comfort and strength in times of doubt. I hope you will find some comfort and strength in the messages that Heavenly Father sends to you. But just in case you are having difficulty seeing or receiving your own messages at the moment you can use mine. They may not be perfectly for you as they are for me since they were specifically for me but they can still help. The ones that God sends to you will be perfect and sustain you exactly as you need them to since they are designed especially for you.

Don't give up; it's just the hurt that you hide
When you're lost inside, I will be there to find you
Don't give up; because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you, I will shine to guide you
In the arms of the angels, you will find some comfort here
Don't stop thinking about tomorrow
Don't stop, you will soon see
It'll be better than before, yesterday's gone
Yesterday's gone, don't you look back
Here comes the sun, little darling
Here comes the sun and I said it's all right
When you are feeling broken and worthless
I just thought you should know this
That until you fulfill your purpose
It's not over, for you
It's not over, there's still time
Your earthly father may have hurt you, but your Heavenly Father will always be there for you
He wants you to know that it's not over, there's still time
He loves you, He hears you
He feels you, He can heal you
He wants to see you through
It's not over for you, there's still time
Don't be deceived, anything's possible
If you will just believe then you can succeed
It may not be easy; there will be sweat and tears
Don't let them tell you that you don't deserve it
Just remember
You are loved

Your Heavenly Father loves you and will never leave you. All He waits for, is for you to call on Him.

Song lyrics from: Josh Groban, Sarah Mclachlan, Fleetwood Mac, Beatles and Johnny Lang.

Quotes to live by

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." ~ United States President Abraham Lincoln

Listening for the Divine

When you cry in the night, do you ever feel as though someone were listening?

I have talked about the experience of my husband losing his job in a previous post. Today I want to share something special that happened during this stressful time in my life. This is something I didn't mention in the other post.

Two years ago while I was visiting my family in California my husband called to give me the news that he was let go from work and now unemployed. I am sure that those of you who have been unemployed can fully comprehend just how distressing, upsetting, and stressful this was. Even though it was all of this and more, something wonderful happened too. Something that was amazing and beautiful. Something that taught me that there is always someone who listens to tears in the night.

The night I got the news I went to bed with a lot on my mind. Instead of being able to enjoy visiting my family that I hadn't seen all year I now had to make arrangements to leave early. I was worried about my husband being home alone and having no one to comfort him. It was hard to go to sleep that night. The next morning as I was sleeping I became aware that I was dreaming. This is hard to explain, but have you ever been asleep and had the awareness that you were sleeping and dreaming? I had this awareness that I was asleep but I was not dreaming, it was just blank. After I became aware of these facts is when I began to hear music. As I listened I began to recognize it. It was Josh Groban singing, "Don't give up, it's just the weight of the world. Don't give up, everybody just wants to be loved. You are loved." As I listened to this song playing over and over a peace came over me that I was going to be okay and that everything would work out just fine.

This was the first of several experiences like this. I would be asleep dreaming and then become aware of sleep state but there would no longer be a dream, just a blankness. As I became aware I would then hear music. The second time it was Sarah Mclachlan singing, "In the arms of the angels you will find some comfort here." Then came Fleetwood Mac singing, "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow, don't stop you will soon see, it'll be better than before, yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone. Ohh, don't you look back." Then the Beatles singing, "Here comes the sun, little darlin', here comes the sun, it's all right."

This happened over a few months' time. It seemed every couple of weeks when I would reach a low moment or stood in need of encouragement, the next morning I would receive a song that seemed to say exactly what I needed to hear to carry me through the doubt, stress, worry and fear. And as the days passed the song would come to mind and I would find strength beyond my own to press forward to do what I had to. I was able to encourage my husband through his low moments and found the patience needed for other situations that were happening.

One moment in particular was the day I was talking with my husband about how I was feeling overwhelmed. I said, "I know what I know but I am so tired and I just don't feel like I can keep it up. I feel like that female swimmer who was trying to make the swim for the first time and the day of the swim it was so foggy you couldn't see anything. She swam and was almost there when she asked to be pulled out of the water. When she talked about the experience she said, 'If I could have just seen it I could have done it.' That's what I feel like. Like I'm in a fog and I can't see the goal anymore. If I could just see it I could muster the strength to go on but I can't and I don't think I can do it." The next morning is when I heard the Beatles singing, "Here comes the sun".

Every song was personal and detailed to me and what I needed at the time. I have always had a deep belief and faith that my Heavenly Father existed. Over the years I have come to see and believe that He loves me. This experience confirmed His love for me but it also gave me something greater. It has shown me that He not only loves me but that He listens to and hears me and knows me personally. He knows me so well that He knows exactly what I stand in need of and gives it to me, if I am only willing to see and accept what He offers. I know that when he talks to me it is personal and unique to me. He knows me as an individual not just one of the many.

I share this with you today to tell you that whatever you are experiencing, you are not alone. There is someone who cares. Someone who is watching over you and listening to you. Someone who is waiting to offer you exactly what you need. But in order to receive it you have to be open and be willing to listen. The Divine is calling and offering to help, what will you do?