Spring is a time of rebirth and new beginnings.
Spring offers us a message of renewal. It is the time of year when ice melts and trees and flowers begin to bud with the promise of glorious blooms in the Northern Hemisphere.
This is also an ideal time for each of us to review our own areas for renewal and ask some powerful questions regarding our life.
Offer yourself time to review and renew by asking yourself the following questions.
- What desires and dreams have you been incubating during these fallow months of winter?
- Which of these do you want to nourish and grow?
- How can you help your dreams bloom into their full reality?
It is never too late to start something new. No matter what your age. – Now is the time!
Bonnie Fatio
Do the sunshine and colors of Spring put a spring into your step?
Do you sometimes feel joy well up within you when you see the first buds bursting on the trees, smell the odors of Spring or hear the birds chirping happily? I do. In fact I have caught myself singing or laughing out loud from the pure happiness of rediscovering Spring in the air. It is as though the world is coming back to life after the dreary days of Winter and all God’s creatures share the pleasure.
Spring into Spring with enthusiasm and joy. Both are there for the taking – and are free. Simply meet nature head on.
- Walk among the trees.
- Listen to the chorus of birds.
- Take a handful of earth and feel it between your fingers.
- Savor the smells of flowers and buds.
- Plant seeds and bulbs for your own garden or window boxes.
Nourish your soul and age esteem with the joy of the season. Spring into Spring!
Bonnie Fatio
Mirror Of Life
Mirror, Mirror on my wall,
Is who I see just part, or all?
Am I reflected in my acts?
Am I part fiction? – Or just facts?
Will I accept when needers call?
Can I be GREAT? – Not big nor small.
Mirror, Mirror of my Life,
Help me to help all those in strife,
And when I watch you look at me
I’ll emanate inner beauty.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
Blogs Like Frogs
These blogs are made for ruminations
Like frogs, they jump to all occasions
And leap into your deepest dreams
Of how to practice Age Esteem.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
Daily Age Esteem
When it is Monday,
Make it the one day
You haven’t a worry or care.
When it is Tuesday,
Chase away Bluesday
And do all the things that you dare.
When it is Wednesday,
Time for amends day
And tend to each problem’s repair.
When it is Thursday
(If it’s your worst day)
Repolish and shine away glare.
When it is Friday,
Make it a Try day
By choosing bright clothing to wear.
When it is Saturday,
(Mind over matter day)
Think proudly, with spirit to spare.
When it is Sunday
Have a nice fun day
Make Age Esteem your daily fare!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
“Esteemate” your qualities,
Fancies and frivolities;
Gleam with a new fortitude,
Resonating gratitude
For each and every new day’s chance
To liven up and be enhanced.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
Share your smile
All the while
A gloom-cloud is covering your heart.
Face your fears
With your peers
And let bloom each flowering day’s start.
Written by Alexandra Taylor
for AgeEsteem
New Beginnings
Let us toast to the New Year’s Beginnings,
Let us boast our new powers of forgiving,
Let us host and become more engaging,
Let us most of all fear NOT old-aging.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
This prayer brings a wonderful message for Age Esteem as we look towards the New Year and what we wish to accomplish in our lives.
The Knots Prayer
Dear God :
Please untie the knots that are in
my mind, my heart and my life.
Remove the have nots, can nots and
do nots that I have in my mind.
Erase the will nots, may nots and might nots
that may find a home in my heart.
Release me from the could nots, would nots,
and should nots that obstruct my life.
And most of all, Dear God,
I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart
and my life all of the am nots I’ve allowed
to hold me back, especially the thought that
I am not good enough.
Amen
Author known to God
Bonnie Fatio
Rejoice!
Let your voice
Be the clue
To the you
Of your Choice.
Written by Alexandra Taylor after the chapter “Rejoice” in the book
AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging
by Bonnie Lou Fatio
