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Life is a Carnival

The Band sang a song once talking about Life being a Carnival…Take your best shot was one of the lines in the song if memory serves me correctly.  Well life is a carnival, and sometimes at the carnival we have a blast and sometimes we eat too much cotton candy and get sick as a dog!!  I have been there on both sides of the fence.  I have also been on both sides of the life fence…and can imagine that I still will be.  How we look at our life is what is important!!! 

As I write this right now there is a young woman who is on her way for chemo treatment…she is a bright star…and today while she is sitting there with a machine hooked up to her arm….I can imagine that she will make everyone smile.  Tomorrow or the next day she will not feel so well as this chemical goes into her body to do what it will do to help the battle this disease.  She will most likely go into her self and deal with the after effects of the “treatment” or the day at the carnival where we ate too much candy.  I know that during this down time, this young woman will take to the time to realease  some old stuff and continue to do what is best for her…because this dis-ease has taught he to do just that.  She will take these moments of being low and let herself be surrounded by love. 

 We plan these great lives for ourselves, and I am not saying that we shouldn’t, while we thought we were writing our own play, and in complete total control and balance something comes along and knocks us on our feet…well folks it is called life.  How we handle that is part of our learning.   At 50 did I write the story of being divorced twice and no longer owning a home…maybe I did and maybe I didn’t, but the one thing I can tell you is that we move on.  it is our life and we can see it as a great day at the carnival or a day where the fried Twinkies and cotton candy got to us.  Live you life with grace and ease,  look at your down days with a smile as much as your up days…because those down days as a friend of mine has told me…give us time to come back to who we really are…many hug with much love to all… Randi

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Fear…Does it Rule Us or Do We Conquer it??

Once again it seems that I have not blogged in awhile.  Since the move to the new place my words have gone more inward or to a very small group of people more so than outward…but I know that my blog needs some words.  So as I walked on the beach tonight, I thought about some of the incredible things that I have experienced over the last couple of weeks. 

Let me say first, that there are days when I choose to live my life, and others where I seem to be in fear.  I just recently met a little boy who was very healthy 3 months ago, and was struck down by some strange illness…I was so very grateful to get to meet this little boy who taught me that you fight for what is yours…he fought for his life and will continue…but they say within 6 months to a year he will be back to completely healthy!!  Yes he made a choice to live his life and face fear.  I also recently met a kind gentleman who had been in remission for 17 years but is now battling again that awful disease that will take more of us than any other…he has chosen to treat this alternatively and knows he is in for the fight of his life this time…but he to is choosing to live his life and deal with fears.  I was honored to meet him and his wife who stands by his side and agrees with his choices, allowing him to make the decisions that will untimately effect both of them. 

Then as I walked the beach tonight, I thought about a senario that has been with me for 16 years…something I have not closed the chapter on, used as a crutch, not faced.  I walked  and  wondered if I would have the courage to pull the trigger and face my fears…possibly having to close the chapter and not having the crutch anymore.  I have pulled the trigger on so many things…this is just one more of those and yet this one seems to stop me dead in my tracks.  Well when I came home I was given a sign, a great sign…a call form a friend out of the blue with the words that apparantly I had forgotten…or needed to hear.  So needless to say I am pulling this trigger to move forward and to face or conquer this fear….

I have chosen a bright pink Turquoise and candy jade necklace to show with this blog (not yet on the site, but feel free to contact me if you want more info).  Turquoise represents our connection to all that is as well as protection and recieving while the jade brings about prosperity and works on the heart chakra…and of course the Pink…is all about the heart…the heart knows that you need to face your fears and live and love your life!!  many hugs with much love to all…

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Calm Blue Ocean…

Well it seems to be time to write again…and I must admit, the last couple of days have been interesting for everyone I know.   With all of this moon energy, the eclispe and just a shift in lots of everything…I head to the beach to walk.  I find peace and solice there, and if not peace then atleast a moment or two where the waves drown out the thoughts roaming in my head and the sun fills  my soul.   For myself personally these past couple of days have been  a time of looking and reflecting and yep, growth once again.   Asking myself, what is it that I really want.  You would think with all of the asking and searching that I have been doing…I would find the answers…well I believe that I did (atleast for this moment in my Aquarian life).   I found that I want peace and harmony and at all costs.   I found that I truly want to honor myself and not settle for anything because I am worth it.  I found that whether  I am with a special person in my life or without that the person that I have to be honest and gentile to is myself.  We are so hard on ourselves at times, hearing the tapes of our past …did we do the right thing, what will they think…yada yada yada…well I ask you WHO gives a rats ass what anyone thinks…other than yourself.    And those tapes, they were put there by someone who either really didn’t love us or was jealous of us…so with this moon I say get rid of those damn tapes!!    So in honor of those many walks on the beach that I have been taking…I named this new piece “Calm Blue Ocean”.  She is made with jaspers and agates.  She is grounding but more than that she is a piece that says…”I am Worth it!!”    I will be at 3rd Friday Music Series in Saftey Harbor this Friday in front of Harbor Accents come out and see me.   Everyone enjoy the full moon…in all her glory and many hugs with much love to you all…Randi

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Joy and Peace…

And it seems as if since the move blogging is a bit harder for me to get to…but I am back.  I am back because this morning while walking the beach I got to feel the coolness of the gulf.  While taking in the feeling, yes in the physical and emotional sense,  I looked to see dolphins playing maybe 50 yards out…such beauty.  They remind me that we are to have peace and joy…because when you see these playful creatures…they are truly peace and joy. I showed them to 2 little girls and watched their eyes widen with wonder, amazement and excitement.   Such a great feeling to share and see their delight!!

I have been struggling lately with letting people be where they want to be in their lives.  This includes myself …maybe because I am still finding out who I am.  Are we not at peace with who we are, we should be even while growing and changing…or not.     I sometimes find that joy is easy to have while peace requires a slightly differnt appraoch.    Seeing love in everyone…isn’t that what we are here to do.  So in the last days…I have felt a calmer sense of peace and as long as I look and see exactly what things are and how they are…and just put love to them and to me…then I will have my inner peace.  That love I speak of also includes loving myself, no matter what or how I see things…because this is really who I am.  If I don’t like something that is fine, but I must allow others to have their own experiences without judgement as this is how I want to be treated with my life and my choices.  If we see ourselves with love, then we will be able to see others with love.  I have chosen this amethyst and quartz crystal necklace to show for many reasons…amethyst helps us to see the bigger picture on any and everything while the quartz will clear, clean and energize us…be it our bodies, minds and/or souls.

many hugs with much love…Randi

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Inner strength…

Again it has been a few weeks since I have been able to blog.  The world, atleast mine seems to moving at a fast pace, and I am keeping up and just amazed at all that is going on.  The show season has been wonderful in so many ways this season and for that I am grateful. 

Now it is on to a move…this was something that has been planned since the first of the year, not really ever knowing when exactly I would have to be out.  Just trusting that all will happen as it is supposed to…and ofcourse it is.  This is about letting go…and moving forward.  Sometimes when this happens we get scared.    We look at ourselves and wonder is this the right thing to do…but we might forget to add the words…”for me”.  There are moments when you feel like you are all alone…well trust me you are not.  It is at those dark moments, that a trusted friend calls…yeah they knew.  It is at those  moments when you feel the sun hit you in a way that you have never felt it before, or hear the wind blow, like it is really the first time you heard it…these moments get you through those dark places of feeling alone.  Because that wind blowing and that sun hitting on you…well it just means you belong to a bigger picture…and then that move, or that letting go seems to be a bit easier.  No one ever says it is always easy, and there are those times when it is down right sad.   That is when we find our inner strength and know that whatever we are doing…it is the right thing for us to do at this very moment in our lives. 

I have chosen this awesome turquoise, amazonite and pearl necklace  to show.  Turquoise will help us to recieve the guidance we might need,pearls to keep those obsticles out of our way, and the amazonite will give us the strength and the calmness…helping us to get through some of those moments where we need to find our inner strength.  If you find your self on a journey…and you aren’t sure exactly where it is going…just know that you will find your inner strength.  Many hugs with much love to all…Randi

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And yes we all are changing…

It’s been a few weeks since I have posted a blog.  It seems as if things are changing, the world is changing, and many people I know are going through changes…myself included.  Most of the time we find ourselves afraid of change.  If I am honest about this, it has not been one of my favorite things to do, but then I seem to do a great deal of it…lol.  The question is…do we bring these changes on ourselves??  Or do we just wait and they come at us like a bowling ball down the lane headed for the pins.  In the tarot deck…the tower card represents change…a hitting you over the head change if the card comes to you up in a reading upright and if reversed more along the lines of we are helping these changes to occur.  One thing I do know…we need to take care of ourselves during these changes.  We need to be kind to ourselves, and to remember that what ever the change…there is a reason.  We might not know the reason yet, but never the less there is one.  I choose this rhodochrosite bracelet because it reminds us to love ourselves…so through your times of change…remember to love yourself…be kind to yourself and see the changes as things to bring you to a more better and kinder place.  Good luck with whatever in your world is changing…and I send many hugs with much love to you all…~Randi

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Choices…

While walking on the beach today I was wondering what I would write about today.  Let’s start with it’s St. Patrick’s day…so Happy St. Patrick’s day to one and all.  Then I thought that I could write about the Renaissance festival that I will be at as a vendor this weekend.  Then I really took a look at my life and realized how much it has changed and that I could really write about anything.  Three years ago, I didn’t know what a blog was and now I write one.  I create very cool, natural stone jewelry,  photograph that jewelry, manage my site and which  includes doing all of the writings and description and uploading all of the work so that you can all view it.    My how things can changed.   I am reminded everyday that we have choices to have our own life.  Speaking of choices…it is show season for artist in Florida…and there are shows every weekend.  The question, which one(s) to do?  Last weekend I was at the Apollo Beach Manatee Arts festival.  While the weather was very cool in the morning, the days were awesome!!  It was a great show for so many reasons…some of the artist I had the pleasure to meet, the staff that worked tirelessly to put on the event, and the patrons themselves, and oh let’s not to mention the business!!  This weekend I have chosen to be a vendor at the Bay Area Renaissance festival.  So I will dress as a wench or something festive for their wine, romance and chocolate weekend and get to be a part of olden days…How wonderful this will be…choices!!  I will be showcasing my vintage collars this weekend like the one in the picture.  Choices…I am really glad that I have them and that I can enjoy them as well as this new life!!   I hope that you have choices and that you are taking advantage of them. Many hugs with much love to you all   ~Randi

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