Mychele Spirit Mother's blog: "A little bit of Everything..."

I'm A Little Tea Cup.... Love this story or not, you will not be able to have tea in a tea cup again without thinking of this. There was a couple who took a trip to England to sh op in a beautiful antique store to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery, and especially teacups. Spotting an exceptional cup, they asked 'May we see that? We've never seen a cup quite so beautiful.' As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke, 'You don't understand. I have not always been a teacup. There was a time when I was just a lump of red clay. My master took me and rolled me pounded and patted me over and over and I yelled out, 'Don't do that.' 'I don't like it!' 'Let me alone,' but he only smiled, and gently said; 'Not yet!' Then WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. 'Stop it! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm going to be sick!', I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, quietly; 'Not yet.' He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit himself and then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. 'Help! Get me out of here!' I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head from side to side, 'Not yet'. When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, the door opened. He carefully took me out and put me on he shelf, and I began to cool. Oh, that felt so good! 'Ah, this is much better,' I thought. But, after I cooled he picked me up and he brushed and painted me all over The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. 'Oh, please, Stop it, Stop, I cried. He only shook his head and said. 'Not yet!'. Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I just knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried I was convinced I would never make it. I was ready to give up. Just then the door opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled and waited and waited, wondering 'What's he going to do to me next?' An hour later he handed me a mirror and said 'Look at yourself.' And I did. I said, That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful!!! Quietly he spoke: 'I want you to remember, then,' he said, 'I know it hurt to be rolled and pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened. You would not have had any color in your life. If I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't have survived for long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with you.' The moral of this story is this: God knows what He's doing for each of us. He is the potter, and we are His clay. He will mold us and make us and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will. So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when life seems to 'stink', try this. Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest tea cup, sit down and think on this story and then, have a little talk with the Potter. Huggs Mychele :D

To all the beautiful women I know.... all she wants to do is, dance, dance, dance . . . D id you know that it's Beautiful Women Month? Well, it is and that means you !!! I'm supposed to send this to FIVE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, and you are one of them !!! Below is a wonderful poem Audrey Heyburn wrote when asked to share her 'beauty tips.' It was read at her funeral years later. For attractive lips , speak words of kindness... For lovely eyes , seek out the good in people. For a slim figure , share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair , let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise , ! walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone... People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself and the other for helping others. If you share this with another woman, something good will happen. You will boost another woman's self esteem, and she will know that you care about her. It's BEAUTIFUL Women Month TAG YOU'RE IT! Dance On Sister!!!

Subject: The letter shown below is an actual letter sent to > >> a bank by > >> an 86 year old woman. The bank manager thought it amusing > >> enough to > >> have it published in the New York Times. > >> > >> > >> > >> Dear Sir: > >> > >> > >> I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which > >> I > >> endeavored to pay my plumber last month. > >> > >> > >> By my calculations, three nanoseconds must have elapsed > >> between his > >> presenting the check and the arrival in my account of the > >> funds needed > >> to honor it. > >> > >> > >> I refer, of course, to the automatic monthly deposit of my > >> entire > >> pension, an arrangement which, I admit, has been in place > >> for only > >> eight years. You are to be commended for seizing that brief > >> window of > >> opportunity, and also for debiting my account $30 by way of > >> penalty > >> for the inconvenience caused to your bank. My thankfulness > >> springs > >> from the manner in which this incident has caused me to > >> rethink my > >> errant financial ways. > >> > >> > >> I noticed that whereas I personally answer your telephone > >> calls and > >> letters, --- when I try to contact you, I am confronted by > >> the > >> impersonal, overcharging, pre-recorded, faceless entity > >> which your > >> bank has become. > >> > >> > >> From now on, I, like you, choose only to deal with a > >> flesh-and-blood > >> person. My mortgage and loan repayments will therefore and > >> hereafter > >> no longer be automatic, but will arrive at your bank, by > >> check, > >> addressed personally and confidentially to an employee at > >> your bank > >> whom you must nominate. > >> > >> > >> Be aware that it is an offense under the Postal Act for any > >> other > >> person to open such an envelope. Please find attached an > >> Application > >> Contact which I require your chosen employee to complete. I > >> am sorry > >> it runs to eight pages, but in order that I know as much > >> about him or > >> her as your bank knows about me, there is no alternative. > >> Please note > >> that all copies of his or her medical history must be > >> > >> > >> countersigned by a Notary Public, and the mandatory details > >> of his/her > >> financial situation (income, debts, assets and liabilities) > >> must be > >> accompanied by documented proof. In due course, at MY > >> convenience, I > >> will issue your employee with a PIN number which he/she > >> must quote in > >> dealings with me. > >> > >> > >> I regret that it cannot be shorter than 28 digits but, > >> again, I have > >> modeled it on the number of button presses required of me > >> to access > >> my account balance on your phone bank service. As they say, > >> imitation > >> is the sincerest form of flattery. > >> > >> > >> Let me level the playing field ven further. > >> > >> > >> When you call me, press buttons as follows: > >> > >> > >> IMMEDIATELY AFTER DIALING, PRESS THE STAR (*) BUTTON FOR > >> ENGLISH > >> > >> > >> #1. To make an appointment to see me > >> > >> > >> #2. To query a missing payment. > >> > >> > >> #3. To transfer the call to my living room in case I am > >> there. > >> > >> > >> #4. To transfer the call to my bedroom in case I am > >> sleeping. > >> > >> > >> #5. To transfer the call to my toilet in case I am > >> attending to nature. > >> > >> > >> #6. To transfer the call to my mobile phone if I am not at > >> home. > >> > >> > >> #7. To leave a message on my computer, a password to access > >> my > >> computer is required. Password will be communicated to you > >> at a later > >> date to that Authorized Contact mentioned earlier. > >> > >> > >> #8. To return to the main menu and to listen to options 1 > >> through 7. > >> > >> > >> #9. To make a general complaint or inquiry. The contact > >> will then be > >> put on hold, pending the attention of my automated > >> answering service. > >> > >> > >> #10. This is a second reminder to press* for English. While > >> this may, > >> on occasion, involve a lengthy wait, uplifting music will > >> play for the > >> duration of the call. > >> > >> > >> Regrettably, but again following your example, I must also > >> levy an > >> establishment fee to cover the setting up of this new > >> arrangement. May > >> I wish you a happy, if ever so slightly less prosperous New > >> Year? > >> > >> > >> Your Humble Client > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> (Remember: This was written by an 86 year old woman) > >> 'YA JUST GOTTA > >> LOVE ' US SENIORS'! > >> > >> > >> And remember: Don't make old ladies mad. They don't > >> like being old in > >> the first place, so it doesn't take much to set them > >> off.

Meditiation Exercise By Magos This simple meditation exercise is a useful one for achieving the state of Gnosis, which is a higher spiritual plane. Practice this on your journey to reach your True Self. Explanation: To achieve Gnosis, one must find his/her truth, while disregarding outside influences, for truth is perception, and all is mental. Once you have done so, you have no one to ask but yourself. And in time, with experience and knowledge, one will seek out, through his/her truth, a desired representation, symbol, archetype, or god, to aid in ritual act. This exercise is just another way in which you can obtain gnosis, and is the basic intent. You may however use it as a "mental preparation" for ritual. Preparations: I would recommend for the meditation that you lie down in a dark room with silence. Use familiar scents such as incense, and never change the scents. You don't want to confuse or use different things while doing what I call "mind work". You may begin to feel confused or such due to new things presented in your atmosphere. Meditation: Find a seat or lay down. Make yourself comfortable and begin meditation. Once you are comfortable and focused, take yourself to any general place in your mind and watch it deteriorate, so that you are now surrounded by nothing. Let no words, actions or ideals come into your mind other than that which you create and examine yourself. (This is, how I would put, a "key" to the inner self. The disengagement of worldly views or outside influences). Nothing can, or will effect you in any way. You are one, in a timeless void. The only thing that can and will exist inside this nothingness is your mental manifestation of your will or you yourself, your being. You are now beyond the fabric of worldly influences. Step out of thevoid/nothingness(open your eyes), and begin your ritual, if ritual work is desired at this point. It would be wise not to force anything during meditation. It takes practice. After this particular exercise, I like to just let the mind wander, asking myself questions or analyzing anything at all. If Ritual is desired: Any incense, candles, symbols, weapons, etc., may be used, for of course, magic is that of intent. Color is metaphor, and symbol's meanings are that of the individuals perception. Any ritual will work with this exercise, whether it be invocation, evocation, banishing, or any other spell, or magical act. And can also be used for any symbol, archetype or god, including yourself. You can end the ritual by stepping back into nothingness, and returning, by doing meditation backwards. Although I will state again that for the most part this is not a ritual in itself, but can be used for preparation. I would call it a state of mind and key to gnosis.

A little boy goes to his father and asks 'Daddy, how was I born?' The father answers, 'Well, son, I guess one day you will need to find out anyway! Your Mom and I first got together in a chat room on Yahoo. Then I set up a date via e-mail with your Mom and we met at a cyber-cafe. We sneaked into a secluded room, where your mother agreed to a download from my hard drive. As soon as I was ready to upload, we discovered that neither one of us had used a firewall, and since it was too late to hit the delete button, nine months later a little Pop-Up appeared that said: 'You got Male!'

Marriage (Part I) Typical macho man married typical good-looking lady, and after the wedding, he laid down the following rules: "I'll be home when I want, if I want and at what time I want -- and I don't expect any hassle from you. I expect a great dinner to be on the table unless I tell you that I won't be home for dinner. I'll go hunting, fishing, boozing, and card-playing when I want with my old buddies, and don't you give me a hard time about it. Those are my rules. Any comments?" His new bride said: "No, that's fine with me. Just understand that there will be sex here at seven o'clock every night...whether you're here or not." (DARN SHE'S GOOD!) ************************************************ Marriage (Part II) Husband and wife had a bitter quarrel on the day of their 40th wedding anniversary! The husband yells, "When you die, I'm getting you a headstone that reads, 'Here Lies My Wife -- Cold As Ever'!" "Yeah?" she replies. "When you die, I'm getting you a headstone that reads, 'Here Lies My Husband -- Stiff At Last'!" (HE ASKED FOR IT!) ***************************************** Marriage (Part III) Husband (a doctor) and his wife are having a fight at the breakfast table. Husband gets up in a rage and says, "And you are no good in bed either," and storms out of the house. After some time he realizes he was nasty and decides to make amends and rings her up. She comes to the phone after many rings, and the irritated husband says, "What took you so long to answer to the phone?" She says, "I was in bed." "In bed this early, doing what?" "Getting a second opinion!" (YEP, HE HAD THAT COMING, TOO!) ***************************************** Marriage (Part IV) A man has six children and is very proud of his achievement. He is so proud of himself, that he starts calling his wife," Mother of Six" in spite of her objections. One night, they go to a party. The man decides that it IS time to go home and wants to find out if his wife is ready to leave as well. He shouts at the top of his voice, "Shall we go home Mother of Six?" His wife, irritated by her husband's lack of discretion, shouts right back, "Any time you're ready, Father of Four." (RIGHT ON, LADY!) ***************************************** THE SILENT TREATMENT A man and his wife were having some problems at home and were giving each other the silent treatment Suddenly the man realized that the next day he would need his wife to wake him at 5:00 AM for an early morning business flight. Not wanting to be the first to break the silence (and LOSE), he wrote on a piece of paper,"Please wake me at 5:00 A M." He left it where he knew she would find it. The next morning the man woke up, only to discover it was 9:00 AM and he had missed his flight. Furious, he was about to go to see why his wife hadn't wakened him when he noticed a piece of paper by the bed. The paper said, "It is 5:00 AM . Wake up." Men are not equipped for these kinds of contests. ***************************************** God may have created man before woman, but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece. ************** *************************** Send this to smart women who need a laugh and to men you think can handle it

> What Love means to a 4-8 year old . . . Slow down for three minutes to read this. It is so worth it. Touching words from the mouth of babes. A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" > The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: > > > "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. > So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." > > Rebecca- age 8 > > > "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. > You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." > > Billy - age 4 > > "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." > > Karl - age 5 > > > "Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." > > Chrissy - age 6 > > > "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." > > Terri - age 4 > > > "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." > > Danny - age 7 > > > "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. > My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss" > > Emily - age 8 > > > "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." > > Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) > > > "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," > > Nikka - age 6 > (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet) > > > "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday." > > Noelle - age 7 > > > "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." > > Tommy - age 6 > > > "During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. > > He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." > > Cindy - age 8 > > > "My mommy loves me more than anybody > You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night." > > Clare - age 6 > > > "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." > > Elaine-age 5 > > > "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." > > Chris - age 7 > > > "Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day." > > Mary Ann - age 4 > > > "I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones." > > Lauren - age 4 > > > "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image) > > Karen - age 7 > > > "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross." > > Mark - age 6 > > > "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." > > Jessica - age 8 > > > And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. > > The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. > > The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. > > Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. > > When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, > > "Nothing, I just helped him cry" > > > When there is nothing left but God, that is when you find out that God is all you need. Take 60 seconds and give this a shot! All you do is simply say the following small prayer for the person who sent you this. > > Heavenly Father, please bless all my friends in whatever it is that You know they may be needing this day! And may their life be full of Your peace, prosperity and power as he/she seeks to have a closer relationship with You. Amen. > > Then send it on to at least five other people; within hours you caused a multitude of people to pray for other people. Then sit back and watch the power of God work in your life. > > P. S. Five is good, but more is better!

Grandmas Don't Know Everything He'd been playing outside with the other kids for a while when he came into the house and asked her, 'Grandma, what's that thing called when two people sleep in the same room and one is on top of the other?' She was a little taken aback, but she decided to just tell him the truth. 'It's called sexual intercourse, darling' Little Tony just said, 'Oh, OK,' and went back outside to play with the other kids. A few minutes later he came back in and said angrily, 'Grandma, it isn't called sexual intercourse. It's called Bunk Beds. And Jimmy's mom wants to talk to you.'

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