My Nickname has been Susie Sparkle for a Long time and came out of a discussion many years ago in a project team I was working in about what our superhero names would be. I had an Immediate image of the Full costume, complete with fabulous swooshy cape and ridiculous Grin! Obviously my superpowers are Extreme Love Bliss Bombs, hands and arms that can heal and can cuddle out Any trauma and can stretch to Anywhere in the world that they are needed, laser beam eyes that see Right into the depths of Anyone to Really see the beauty who everyone really is beneath all the ‘story’, ears that hear and witness beneath the words and within the silences. (Hmmm – I’d probably quite like to Fly high up in the sky and dive to the bottom of the ocean without any oxygen as well!)
Yeah, this particular National Day May not appear in Any ‘Official’ calendar but the Dude decided to create it for me so I Deeply received this gift. This invitation Just encourages me to Skhooooooosh and oooooooze my sparkly abundant, radiant, glowy, LOVE EVEN Bigger, Brighter, Further, Deeper and NOTHING/ NO ONE/ NOWHERE escapes, not even all the hidden dark parts of me that think I can’t see or feel them…..
Why Ever wait 365 days to celebrate once more your presence in this world. Celebrate this life Every day. Every day is your birthday. Every time we wake up and notice, we are reborn and offered the opportunity to notice and say thank you! This doesn’t mean having a party and eating cake Every day - Even I would get a little sick of that perhaps! It is more of an internal check in and noticing the alive radiant sweetness that moves through this vehicle and smiling to this amazing Body/ Mind/ Soul.. and saying thank you!
Anyone who knows me knows my love of celebrating this life. I don’t postpone my living until some future time when Everything is aligned and Everything is ‘Perfect’, there Aint such a thing! I Live Full out Right Now! I say yes to a Lot of beautiful opportunities that life offers and have Many special adventures as a result. I don’t save Anything for ‘best’. Right now is BEST. Who knows what will happen in the next breath? Anything could happen, I could stop breathing even! (I Do actually choose to live a wild wonderful Long life but hey if I go, I go!!!) So, wear your favourite frilly nickers, enjoy your favourite perfume, use your favourite china, drink out of your best glasses!!! If things get damaged or broken, that’s life but they will have been enjoyed rather than hidden in a drawer or cupboard with no life and soul in them. And…. Never Never Never miss the opportunity to tell someone that you love them!
To celebrate this fabulous day, I left work a little early and spent some time with the Dude. I am So blessed to work flexi time where I have the luxury to take time off now and then to go and Play! I do know the gift of walking away from all those work emails and tasks and I have Long since learnt that there are Much more important things in this beautiful life.
I Invite EVERYONE to luxuriate in this National Day and receive this Sweet magic. (Even if you read this after the event, Still drop in and receive this)
How Do you celebrate this magnificent gift of life?
Do you take time away from the mundane tasks and routine to joyfully just Live, even for a second?
What makes your Soul shine?
What makes you sparkle?
What makes you glow?
What feeds your soul?
What makes you feel alive?
What makes you Smile?
What brings the mischief and twinkle and the wicked, naughty grin?
What makes you giggle?
What takes you home to your core?
What nourishes you?
What reconnects you to your body?
What helps you breathe again?
What are you grateful for?
What makes you think at the end of the day – that was a Good day?
Do 1 thing, even if it is Simply taking 1 full conscious breath in and out, that of and in itself is Enough!
Do yourself a favour and show up for this life NOW. I have very unfortunately watched a couple of beautiful souls in the last couple of years who were waiting till a future time or set of circumstances to live. One beautiful soul that comes to mind was so excited and sparkly alive when she talked about all the abundance of things she was going to do when she retired and Then she died a week before her retirement date. I for one, deeply learn from that tragedy and don’t wait until another day to squeeze out all the magic, joy, love, bliss from THIS sweet sacred breath right NOW!