March forward & a fresh meatball recipe to welcome it.

 

Saturday.

The very last day of February.

*deepinbreath*

I am going into March gently and calmly with

a sense of peace.

That quote.

That quote had been my screen saver for years.

It was that promise that kept me in my mind when I could have easily

lost it. 

I wondered when it would happen, would I know, would I see signs?

I waited and I prayed.... a lot.

Now I know that I must initiate that to start happening .

God has given me the tools, put me in the place and taken away

what would hold me back.

This quote is about  me trusting that and myself.

Not to sit waiting .... by the window like a pining dog.

No, to open the door myself and walk out into the world fully knowing

that it has already happened.

What an epiphany.

This long & cold  introspective winter helped 

bring me here.

To this spot.

💚

March has always been my month for gentle evolution.

Every Spring is different and growing into this spring

will have me directing my energy into 

what I can control.

If you are as fed up as I am of the same negativity ruling the news cycles and your

social media feeds, you have landed in the right place.

This month I intend on moving beyond it.

I could not find inspiration of how to do that so I did my research 

and decided to be my own inspiration.

Yep, for what that is worth....

True winners in life are those who can pull themselves up

by their bootstraps knowing that they are the beginning and end

of who will save them.

Can others step in and give support...yes, and take that when it

is offered. But this is not a time for that. People are sitting in

unhealthy situations waiting for something or someone to

come by and rescue them.

That will have you losing time and precious  days of your life

to worry and disappointment.

Let us start with realising what is within our control and what is not.

Then let us take steps to move forward......

When I am walking, I rarely am in my own head. I am taking in what is around
me, my neighbourhood and the creatures that share this small
slice of New England with me.
It relaxes me, my hedrtrate actually gets slower and my mind clearer.

I come back into the house refreshed.

For a girl who thought  running 2.5 miles a day sometimes twice a day
was what I needed for peace of mind and a healthy body,
this was life changing and honestly, hard to do.

Just walking? Ugh!!!! Why walk when I could run?

Now, with damaged & rehabbing knees from years of that
I know that pushing beyond your pain is not the best in the long run.

A slow walk once a day.... either outside or on the treadmill has
been what I needed all along.

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Small changes, lasting changes & unexpected changes.

The ones that seem to stick.

Now that we are moving into my month of new things....

Let us change things up a bit and make new suppers.

I have a farmer who sells lamb.

I ate a lot of it as a child, as it was a part of my heritage.

But not so much as an adult.

These can be made with lamb, beef or chicken, turkey too...

You can do whatever you wish with them, add to a soup, a sauce, over noodles,

in a sandwich or just as they are....dipped in sour cream sauce :

My family recipe:

Sour cream

grated cucumbers

garlic

lemon

salt & pepper

Amounts are eyeballed as gramma would just throw it

in a bowl and stir it up.

A side os crispy cabbage would be lovely too.

Let us begin this new months together.

Let us gracefully ease into well being, shedding the heavy layers

of winter and the past that no longer serves us.

Light food, light in our eyes, sun on our skin,

fresh air, fresh perspectives.

All positive.

May you have a great last day of February.

May you experience the gradual shift to light and

I pray that peace will enter your days.

Blessings,

Raven

xoxo