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Gratitude & Banana Milk
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In this issue: Thanksgiving All Year
Banana Milk
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Dearest Friends:
Thanksgiving
has come and gone while retailers and media push Christmas right
through the day. To brush over a day of gratitude is thoughtless.
Gratitude should be recognized every single day. When we take time for
appreciation and thankfulness, we begin to hear the divine presence
within us. It is only through moments of silence a deeper wisdom can
come out to play. This beautiful wisdom is always present, but we must
learn to be still.
Years ago when I was working for retired
Texas Supreme Court Judge, I had taken up a part time job for a few
months to help with expenses. Early each morning I’d take my dog,
Jenny, for a walk. One morning before heading into the office Jenny and
I were about to start our walk, and I said a little prayer of thanks
for the extra money, and then forgot about it. Within 10 paces from my
door as we were walking I found a $20 bill. Wow! Thank you again.
Instead of taking my usual trek back to the apartment, I decided to
just go back the way I came. There was another $20 bill.
Being thankful today allows abundance to be here now and now and now. This is how it influences the future.
Here is the exercise that I have used for years and it is simple to do:
"Divine love through me I give thanks knowing that _______________,” or
“I am so happy and grateful now that _______.”
Another wonderful example of how it works:
For
ten years now, I’ve been a vendor at the North Texas Irish Festival in
Dallas. One particular time I was just having some goofy fun with the
gratitude statement. As I was driving, I repeated a few times, “I am so
happy and grateful that people give me gifts.” I love gifts like many
people do, and I was laughing as I said this.
Sunday morning,
the last day of the show, just as I had arrived at my booth there was a
bracelet with a sweet note in my seat from another vendor I hardly
knew. Around lunchtime a long time client came by the booth with food.
Two hours after that a man that I had seen in some of the same social
circles came by with a gift too: a forest green shoulder wrap with a
Celtic knot on it. By this time I was flying high with all the
thoughtfulness from so many kind people, but the divine was not done
yet. As the day was coming to an end a man offered to take me to Mexico
for a week. His girlfriend had just broken up with him. I laughed, said
thank you, and told him I was going to decline the offer.
The
universal, divine order, God, Mother-Father God, whatever you feel
comfortable calling this great presence is always here to delight and
deliver if we but ask.
Play with gratitude and see if it changes your life.
I did! And it did!
May You See and Know Gratitude Each Day,
Beth
BANANA MILK RECIPE
Banana
milk is dairy free, easy to make, and enjoyed by all. And it is very
easy on children’s stomachs or anyone with a sensitive stomach.
1 banana
1 teaspoon of agave nectar
2 organic dates
(soak them for 10 minutes to soften, be sure to take the pits out too)
20 raw almonds
(Optional power drink recipe below)
Put
all ingredients into a blender and whirl with about one cup of water.
After everything is blended and whirled well, then add 2-4 more cups of
water and whirl just a bit longer. Let it chill in the refrigerator.
Very yummy!
FYI: With any nut (in this case almonds) I activate
them first. You can choose to do this or not.
What
is activating nuts? You are starting - activating the germinating
process. There is more nutritional value plus easier on the digestion
system too.
When I’m activating nuts I soak 2 plus pounds for
4-8 hours, dehydrate them for a couple of days, and then keep them
stored in the freezer. This way I just pull them out and use whenever I
need them without soaking them for hours before each use.
Or you
can soak 20 almonds for about 8 hours, rinsing them before tossing them
into the blender. Caution: Do not store soaked seeds in the
refrigerator, they will go rancid. If you soak a lot of nuts, they must
be dehydrated for proper storage.
If a power drink is what
you’re looking for, then take 2 cups of the banana milk and add a
heaping tablespoon of lecithin, heaping tablespoon of spirulina and a
heaping teaspoon of maca with ice and whirl. A perfect drink for health
and longevity.
If you don’t have a dehydrator and have thought
about getting one, you can order it from my site. Look on the product
page under equipment.
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