Blessed are we the human race when...
in poverty, we find potential
in destruction, we find community
in illness, we find our shaman
in guilt, we find self-love
in sorrow, we find service
and in simplicity,
we find omnipresent joy.
Blessed are we the human race.
Infinite Blessings to All,
Shelley Richardson
Copyright 2000
Dear Eddy Readers,
It is with great joy that EDDY PRESS announces the arrival of our first two editions. As the Universe would have it, both books arrived off the press and ready for shipping at the same time so a Twin Launch it is! In celebration, and as a special thank you to our Eddy Newsletter readers, we are offering a limited number of personalized, author signed hard copies for each title until Dec. 31, 2011. When you place your order, add "I read 'The Eddy'" to the comment box and the name to be inscribed, and we will send along your personalized, author signed copy to your door!
RIVER: WE ARE EVER THE MASTERPIECE - An inspirational journey for Adults sure to uplift the heart, intrigue the mind and compel the spirit. "Words of silk...RIVER is a jewel!" Giorgi, Master Artist. Soft Cover and E version.
SOPHIE & THE MAGIC OF DANCE - Quality Children's Literature at its very best! A charming, inspirational playground for your child's imagination. Chapter reader for Children ages 6-9. Soft Cover
To our global audience now in over 18 countries, I send my heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to each of you for reading "The Eddy" this past year.
Infinite Blessings to All!
Shelley Richardson
To the seeker of my heart I say,
"I make no promises. I only LOVE.
And of its nature, I know this much:
LOVE permeates all time and space. Will that suffice?"
Infinite Blessings,
Shelley Richardson
Copyright 2011
Hello Everyone,
I hope this note finds you all well and seeking the poetry in life between the steps! This is an informal note to let you know that the EDDY Press website is currently undergoing some further development. We are in the final stages of setting up the e commerce and book catalog page for RIVER: WE ARE EVER THE MASTERPIECE for adults and SOPHIE and The Magic of Dance for children. If you find there are a few rough edges in our function at the moment, please bear with us. We hope to be set up in a week or so and will keep you updated! We thank you for your patience!!! The Books are coming...they really are!!!
All that having been said....
I have now come to realize that the easiest part of this EDDY Press journey for me has been the writing of the books! I am marveling on a daily basis now as I am inundated with more and more details to tend to, just how complicated we have allowed our civilization to become. It is little wonder that so many of us are stopping in our tracks, finally overwhelmed enough with details and 'must do' tasks to say, "Enough! I want simplicity! I want to experience authentic living again! There has to be more to life than rushing from point A to point B!"
When we jump off the tracks with this realization in our hearts, it is the first and very grand step toward our awakening. FYI: The higher purpose in all the chaos, intensity and complication is to drive us toward relinquishing it all together. When we do grow weary enough of the race and step off the tracks, conventional view might like us to believe we have failed - yet the Truth of the matter is we have finally won - for we will have at last chosen to sit at the helm of our ship using the most under rated yet effective navigational tool that surpasses even the most sophisticated GPS system: the Human Heart.
Living by the Heartstrings &
Wishing You Infinite Blessings to do the same!
Shelley Richardson
Copyright 2011
What a glorious basket is this ‘ONE DAY’!
It is our mighty treasury of DREAMS that navigates us through the density of human experience with a light heart.
Yet, like a good closet cleaning every now and then, it is wise to rummage through ‘ONE DAY’ once in a while and dust off its contents. Take the dreams out for air, examine, tweak and maybe even recycle the odd one for something new.
In the rummaging, we find some dreams that we can gently place back in the basket as sweet wishes for we must leave these ones in the hands of the Cosmos until such a time that they simply ‘arrive’ on wings from heaven. Others require concrete action on our part to set the river of manifestation in motion. These are the dreams that if not tended to, weigh ‘ONE DAY’ down by taking up permanent residence.
If we are not careful, ‘ONE DAY’ becomes larger than the life we are living and the glorious WE that we are diminishes into a singular speck alongside it. We catch ourselves abdicating our point of power in the present by perpetually projecting ourselves into the future - a future that has murky possibilities of manifestation at best for it has not been adequately tended to in the NOW. These dreams, once dreamt are often revisited but never called to action by our own hand.
Dreaming, like anything else in the Cosmos, requires balance. It is a glorious elixir for the human experience. It pushes back the density in our lives by fuelling our passions and opens the door to living graciously from the heart. Yet, we must also recognize that dreaming requires we take an active role in bringing our visions to fruition – otherwise, we end up living in the shadow of a basket named ‘ONE DAY’ - robbed of all the richness life has to offer us in the NOW including the power to manifest our dreams.
So yes, indeed! Dare to dream!
Then, dare yourself again to take action and make your dream come true!
Infinite Blessings,
Shelley Richardson
©2011
How beautiful is your life today?
There may be days when we are hard pressed to find it boldly present.
But seek it in the nuances of life for there between the breaths lives a world of beauty and joy - gently calling our hearts to attention, to rise above the appearances of cacophony. It is there like an exquisite Lotus that blooms in spite of all condition - in waters most polluted or pristine.
I myself caught it in the early morning sunlight, dancing a graceful pas de deux with the shadow of my curtains across the kitchen floor and not too long after, in the air that carried the happy bellowing of the train through my window as it so proudly screeched into the local station in service to its passengers. And presently, I find it in the hurried scooting of chipmunks through my herb garden with such determination and intensity, on their way to where exactly, I do not know. Oh, how they make me smile!
Yes, indeed, there is a perpetual feed of beauty streaming all around us, if we only soften our gaze to it. What a subtle surprise awaits us as we find ourselves smiling sweetly when we feel it shift into focus. Like a truth behind the appearance of an optical illusion, we find ourselves exclaiming, "Ah ha! I see it!"
When we seek and find the beauty in the nuances of life, we make Light of the tasks before us. And most importantly, we leave our corners of the Universe shining a little brighter by day's end. Imagine the potential.
Dedicated to the memory of The Late Honorable Jack Layton, Leader of Canada's Opposition Party, who in life left us with a legacy of example and hope that humanity has the power to make great strides of positive and lasting change in the world. Thank-you, Jack and God Bless you for living your passion in life to the fullest and most of all, for never giving up on your dream. Yours was a shining example to us all of a life well lived.
Infinite Blessings,
Shelley Richardson
Copyright 2011
Walk Lightly.
There is poetry in life between the steps.
Infinite Blessings,
Shelley Richardson
© 2011
Life is a relay - not in the competitive sense. It is about reaching for that baton when we arrive and seeing how far into the LIGHT we can carry it before we must once again depart. All gestures of goodwill and kindness - all and any effort is appreciated, tallied and counted toward the higher good. Like a good neighbor who borrows a silver spoon and returns it even more highly polished than in its original state - it is a worthy objective. In fact, perhaps it is the most critical for us all - to leave our little corner of the Universe shining a little brighter than it was when we first arrived.
Infinite Blessings to the Human Race!
Shelley Richardson
© 2011
It is quite a view from here in the eye of the needle. For some time it felt so constricting, with task after task waving for attention and barely time to inhale or room to exhale. At long last, the notion dawned on me that I was on the verge of something big – my dream was about to come true. And all of this constriction was but a preparation, a heralding of a long awaited manifestation. It was the Universe’s way of propelling me forward and covering the tracks behind me, lest I choose to stay in chartered territory.
I stopped pushing against the illusion of constriction and what was a very dark, compressed place transformed into the most beautiful ellipsoid of Light all around me. The air is sweet and I can now see the view over the threshold from here. I am awestruck by the sight of it and at last free to step through into my dream manifest – the moment has arrived. I need only push the send button on my laptop and my first book is on its way to print. I believe I will do just that! In the spirit of the RIVER, I am rounding the bend in a new direction with a brave, trusting and joy filled heart.
How is the fine art of dream manifestation coming along in your corner of the Universe?
RIVER – WE ARE EVER THE MASTERPIECE, our first inspirational book for adults is off to print and will be available in soft cover and e format exclusively from our EDDY Press Catalog in 3-4 weeks. It is soon to be followed by, SOPHIE and The Magic of Dance – a chapter book for children ages 6-9 that offers uplifting messages such as the power of positive thinking, daring to dream, the wonder of nature and kindheartedness. Stay tuned to “The Eddy” for all book release dates!
Infinite Blessings for the Manifestation of Your Dreams!
Shelley Richardson
© 2011
So much dieting advice these days! We are constantly bombarded with the latest concepts for healthy eating. In spite of the overwhelming pool of information available today, I cannot help but wonder if we are still missing an enormous dimension in our role as consumers in the eating process.
Marie Barone’s character on “Everybody Loves Raymond”, was insightful in reminding us of the key ingredient in her delectable dishes: LOVE. But we can take it a step further and ask ourselves what role we have to play as guests for dinner at Marie’s kitchen table? What role can our mind and heartset play as consumers at the evening meal, in the lunchroom, at the snack machine or over the quick cups of tea/coffee that we manage to squeeze into our fast paced lives?
An Elementary Montessori lesson that is shared with the children around the age of 6-7 titled “Where Does Bread Come From?” springs to mind. The lesson raises an awareness and an appreciation for each contributor to the bread making process. The children are presented with a fresh loaf of bread to share and with very little prompting from the educator, list with great zeal the role of nature in providing the soil, sun and water, the farmer for preparing the soil, planting, tending and harvesting, the truck driver for transporting the wheat to the miller and the miller for preparing the flour and so on to the baker’s contribution etc. It is not long before a spontaneous fount of LOVE begins to flow from the children's hearts for the bread they are consuming. Suddenly, a seemingly ordinary loaf of bread has been transformed into a little miracle right before their very eyes.
And what is the inspiration for this transformation? It is simply a shift in awareness that elevates the act of consumption to an act of LOVE.
Today, as we strive in our culture to live consciously, perhaps we can take note from the Montessori children and add a new dimension to our efforts by practicing the art of eating consciously. Like Marie, we can prepare food with LOVE but when we consume, we can apply LOVE there also!
I am neither a scientist, nor a doctor giving medical advice but I am a LIGHTWORKER who understands, from my humble human perspective, the power of LOVE and its miraculous effects. When we realize that the food we eat is infused with the effects of our attitude, we begin to see a great potential for raising our vibration. Ponder this for a moment – what if we made meal time, a sacred time – as opposed to a quick ‘must do’ throughout our day? Even taking five minutes to have a cup of tea with a loved one – it is not just a cup of hot water and a soggy bag – it has potential to sing with the highest vibration of LOVE that flows between you – Be conscious of this potentiality and drink it into your cells – let it raise you up and carry you through the rest of your day!
And what might be the potential effects of loving your food and drink as you consume? My experience has been that when an abundance of LOVE and appreciation flow while I eat, I eat at a slower pace and I eat less. I also find that I am drawn to eating healthier foods but if I do have a craving for something of less nutritional value – there again, with LOVE applied – I eat a much smaller amount and am satisfied. I have become an empowered consumer – empowered with LOVE as opposed to the food having power over me. I have also found that applying LOVE when I eat fosters a self love – a love of my body – that which is the temple of my being.
Food for me has become an opportunity to offer my body not just physical nourishment but a special occasion to infuse my cells and every atom of my being with LOVE. When I eat, I actually allow myself to wonder where the bread comes from and the floodgates of my heart spring open – and the Earth, the Farmer, the Miller, the Truck Driver and the Baker and my body are all the more blessed from the fount of my appreciation.
Infinite Blessings,
Shelley Richardson
©2011
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