Every Day Choose Happiness

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Diana Rankin

We all want to feel we are fully alive and adding to the world’s joy. We want to believe we are helping others and not draining the world. But our unhappiness does drain the world.

We all have sadness, grief, tragedy, times to go through that are difficult. That is life. Many of us come from dysfunctional families, some worse than others, but we all have our wounds and scares. We all have times when getting out of bed in the morning is hard, or when calling someone to get together seems like more trouble than it’s worth. We all have times of depression. We all have times when we must have a talking with ourselves and pick ourselves up and get back into life.

If you are beyond being able to pick yourself up, please reach out for help from a professional therapist. If you are unable—or unwilling—to do the work to be happy, you have stayed in depression too long. Please reach out for help.

For the rest of us who are being a bit lazy about creating happiness, now is the time to take responsibility for your life. Happiness is not something that just happens until we’re open to receive it. It may take work to get to that point. The more often we are happy and the longer we are happy, the it easier it becomes to be happy.

Our thoughts and emotions create grooves in our brain. Like water that runs to the nearest groove in the earth, our thoughts and emotions flows to the grooves we’ve created. The more we create happiness, the more grooves of happiness we have, so the easier it is to move into happiness.

Sometimes we have to create games to play on ourselves. For example, you might tell yourself you do not have time to be depressed right now, but you can be depressed Friday at four o’clock. Or you can constantly remind yourself that in any situation you are in you have three choices: you can accept it, leave it, or change it.

We have to find pleasure in the small things in life that are free such as the sunset, the beauty of an autumn leaf pile, or the colors in a soap bubble. Every day we must remind ourselves over and over that our intention is to be happy. We have to keep an attitude to face every situation in life as a way of growing, not as an obstacle. 

Happiness is not always easy to obtain, but the more you allow happiness into your life, the more it becomes a way of life and the easier it is to obtain. The more you experience happiness, the more it comes to you. One day you’ll wake up and say, I’m really happy and have been for a while. In fact, I don’t remember being unhappy it’s been so long. Yippee!

This is the day to make a choice. The choice is yours and only yours. Choose happiness.

You deserve it.

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12 Ways to Transition from Fear to Love

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Diana Rankin

If we remember all emotion is either fear-based or love-based, it’s easier to move from the fear emotions to love emotions.

We all experience fear, anger, upset, anxiety, stress, sadness, jealousy, and so on. Fear-based emotions lead to our feeling disconnected from others, even from our own lives. Fear-based emotions are rooted in our sense of survival instincts. They trigger our fight-or-flight response.

These fear-based emotions are natural. They help us process information, may even keep us safe. So, it’s not about never feeling any fear-based emotions. It’s about recognizing what we are feeling, taking any necessary action, and then working through those feelings. When we stop being overwhelmed by fear emotions, we are able to experience love and joy.

Love-based emotions, such as joy, compassion, empathy, gratitude, and so on, arise from a sense of safety, connection, and well-being. We need to cultivate these emotions so we can move into them whenever we choose.

It’s helpful if we know what triggers our fear-based emotions. Journaling, talking with someone, meditation, are a few ways we can learn about those triggers so we can recognize the fear-based emotions when they arise.

Once we 1.) recognize the feeling; 2.) take action if needed to be safe; 3.) work through the feelings; 4.) we are ready to make the conscious decision to change a fear-based emotion into one that is more positive and loving. This does not necessarily happen overnight. It takes patience and practice.

Following are 12 ways that you can use to change a fear-based emotion to a love-based emotion.

  1. Music can change our moods rapidly. Be aware what you’re listening to. For example, if you’re driving in heavy traffic and stressed because you’re running late, try listening to classical or easy listening music or songs you like that you can sing/hum along with.
  2. If you’re in public and the crowds are getting to you, smile at strangers. They may or may not smile back. This works even in cities where people normally ignore one another. Even if no one smiles back, you’re changing your emotional energies as you smile. This works even if you’re alone.
  3. Imagine you’re in a favorite spot such as relaxing on a beach, hiking in the mountains, curled up on your couch with a dog or cat, looking into a loved child’s eyes, etc. If one imagined scene doesn’t work, try to imagine something else. Our imaginal minds can do wonders for our moods.
  4. Ask for a hug. Studies show our health benefits from hugging including reducing fear, stress, and pain. Hugs also support immune and cardiovascular health. No one around to hug you? Use a small blanket, wrap it around you, close your eyes, and feel the hug. Using the imaginal mind helps here too as you can imagine that blanket is someone you feel loved by.
  5. Ask someone to listen, really listen. We all need to be heard to vent or express our fears, our sadnesses, our angers. A kvetch buddy is helpful as long as you agree to listen to one another. For friendships/relationships to be healthy and last, there needs to be equal give and take. It may not always be at the same time; it does have to equal out.
  6. Post positive words and pictures where you can see them. You might add a short note to your pocket or purse; post a note on the bathroom mirror, etc.
  7. Buy several cards or postcards that make you feel good. Mail one to yourself each week. The art of sending someone a card has gone by the wayside, replaced by electronic messages. Receiving a card lifts the spirit in a way electronic messages don’t. When you’re caught in a fear-based emotion, write a note to yourself on one of the cards, put a stamp on it, and then mail it. Do this even if you’ve already mailed your weekly card. The expectation of knowing the card is coming to you will pick up your spirits.
  8. Slow down and breath. Fear-based emotions often overtake us when we’re head-over-heels busy. We actually accomplish less when we’re overwhelmed. So, take a deep breath in through the nose, hold it, now release it through the mouth. Do this again until you feel your shoulders relax and your emotions move from stress to calm. If you’re angry at someone, simply say bless you on the breath in and bless me on the breath out. This will help to change the energy between you.
  9. Practice self-compassion. This involves treating yourself with kindness and understanding, especially when in difficult times or when you just can’t get past the fear-based emotion. Acknowledge the struggles and stop judging yourself.
  10. Shift your focus to gratitude. For example, when you feel anger at a situation, stop, take a breath, and think about the gifts in the situation. You might find that all that impatience while waiting in the grocery store line kept you from being involved in a vehicle accident.
  11. Challenge the fear-based emotion. Question the validity of the emotion. Ask yourself questions such as: Do I want to feel this way? Does feeling this way make my life better? What is another way I could feel about this person or situation?
  12. Move, dance, exercise. Physical activity releases endorphins, which are natural mood lifters.

Transitioning from fear-based emotions to love-based emotions is a journey that requires patience, practice, and self-awareness. It’s a journey that leads to a more loving, calmer, peaceful, and happier life. It’s a journey well worth the effort.

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Do the Right Thing

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Diana Rankin

Happiness is in doing the right thing. This may not always be what we want to do, but it is what we need to do simply because it is the right thing to do. Often the right thing causes us to divert our plans, may cost money we don’t feel we have to spare, or might even cause sadness or grief, but all this is temporary. The deeper, more lasting happiness comes from feeling good about yourself because you did the right thing when the task to do so is presented to you.

We all want to do great things in the world. Yet we are always asked to do the smallest of acts before we are given the bigger tasks. It is in the day-to-day kindness to our neighbor that we grow into creating a Neighbor-to-Neighbor Give-and-Take Center where neighbors leave food, children’s toys, and money for other neighbors to take as needed. It is in the caring for our own children in a loving way that we grow into starting an international fund for orphans in Africa. It is in the loving touch we give our own animals that allows us to pick up a lost and lonely, sick and hungry kitten off the side of the road and heal him for his forever family or send him humanely into Spirit World. It is our commitment to our inner peace that pushes us to create an international peace program that helps to heal the wounds of the world. It is in the feeding of ourselves that we come to realize the need to feed the world and begin an international food relief organization. It is in the caring for our homes that we understand the need to care for our planet and we organize a neighborhood clean-up day.

Every day I hear a story where someone’s heart was enriched by following the rule of do the right thing. Often these stories are remembered and told years after the event. One grandmother told me a story of when her children were young, a story of a kitten they found who was injured. “Money was tight in those days,” she said, “but the children were with me when the vet said we could either put the kitten back in the cornfield, put her to sleep, or pay for surgery.” Bet you already know what that mother said. “Of course, we had to have the surgery. My children were standing there. It was the right thing to do.” The mother went on to tell me that the kitten lived to the ripe old age of 20, and then she added, “She was the best cat we ever had. It was like she spent her life thanking us.”

Moliere said, “It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.” Let go of all the times you did not do the right thing and begin today. This is the day we are going to hold ourselves responsible and do the right thing, whatever that thing is that presents itself to you today.

Right now, in this very moment, make a commitment to do the right thing. That’s all. Just make the commitment. Commit to being the best you and to be able to use your own specific way to serve others in the world. Let your prayer be, “Show me how I can help.” And then listen. You will be presented with a thousand ways to do what is right. Your tasks may seem small but let go of that judgment. There is no small kindness.

From your one act grows many ripples. You may be asked to do something you think is greater than you are able to take on. The greater act may be asking you to step into a new role, one that seems bigger than you can handle, but you will not have to handle it all yourself. You just have to step forward into that space you are being asked to occupy. 

Whatever the task—whether great or small—we never do alone. We take it on, guide it, and see it forward. What you are asked may not be easy; it seldom is, but it will bring you the greatest reward of being human—it will bring you happiness, a deep abiding joy that lasts long after the task is complete. And after all, isn’t that what you really want— to be happy.

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What Do You Want?

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Diana Rankin

To be happy, you must accept yourself for who you are. The trick is you have to first know who you are. Mahatma Gandhi, the great leader, said, “Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.” As you “remove the cobwebs of ignorance” around who you are and begin to see the truth of who you are, you will know happiness. But getting to know the truth of who you are is not always easy. 

To know who you are requires that you stand in your own power. One way we give away our power to someone else is by asking the other to make our decisions. When we do this, we never have the opportunity to know what decisions we might make or what the outcome of those decisions might be. How can you ever learn to believe in and to trust yourself if you have no practice in making your own decisions? But here’s the catch.

To make a decision, you have to know what you want. A friend once told me that the difference between middle managers and high-level executives is the ability to make a decision rather than the quantity or quality of the decisions. Middle managers mull over decisions, trying to find the perfect answer; they become married to their decisions. High-level executives bring together the best of their knowledge and experience and make a decision. If it doesn’t work out, they make a different decision. What this all comes down to is trusting yourself and having the confidence that the decisions you make are good enough.

In a few paragraphs there is a process to reach happiness, but it will be difficult if you are a people pleaser, a person who never wants to make waves and will go out of their way to accommodate the other(s). People pleasers want to be liked and believe if they accommodate they will be. Unfortunately, the opposite usually happens. People tend to respect us more if we are able to express our desires honestly. 

People who do not know what they want, or who always defer to others, put a terrible burden on the one who does have to make all the decisions. Happiness comes as we mature into the truth of who we are, which comes from knowing what we want and speaking our truth with grace. This does not mean we should never compromise. Certainly we should, but remember compromise comes through discussion, not dictation.

If you are in a relationship with someone who does not respect your decisions, take a closer look at the relationship. Is the other person a bully? Does he or she always have to be in control? Why are you in this relationship? Are you afraid to make your own decisions? Are you fearful of being who you truly are? 

Today is the day you are going to begin to make your own decisions. Start small. Imagine you’re on a road trip with another when the two of you decide to stop and eat. The other asks you what you want, but you don’t want to look within and ask yourself that question, so you just say, “I don’t care. What do you want?” There are times it really doesn’t matter whether you go for a salad or a hamburger, and certainly there are times you need to compromise and go where the other wants. But if you are always letting the other make the decisions, you are staying in the middle management of your life instead of moving into the high executive position.

When you hear yourself saying—or even thinking—I don’t care. Stop! Take the time to look within and ask yourself what you do want. What does sound good to you? What do you really want in this moment?

When you can answer this question again and again, you will be ready to ask the big question: What is it I want for my life? Are you living your dream or the dream of the other? If you are living someone else’s dream, you will come to resent each other. You will resent the other for always making your decisions and the other will resent you for being forced to make your decisions. 

Figuring out what you want—whether in the moment or for your life—takes time, energy, and courage. You need to constantly monitor yourself to learn what you do want. The more you learn about yourself, the more confidence and knowledge you will have to make your own decisions.

Yes there will be times you need to compromise. Just as there will be times you need to stand your ground. As you learn what your dream is, you may find it is different from the other’s and you need to stop and communicate your dream. You may find the other has been thinking he or she was living your dream, and maybe, just maybe the two of you together can create an even more magnificent dream. Or not. You may find you have totally different dreams for your lives, and that’s okay, because the tradeoff is that you will find something else that is magnificent.

What you will find is a beautiful, unique human being who has so much to give to the world. You will find this person because you have stopped asking the other what is right for your life and started standing in your own power. 

Ask yourself what is right for your life. In listening to the answer, you will meet yourself. And in meeting the truth of who you are, you will find happiness.

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Finding that which Is Lost

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Diana Rankin

Our material treasures are in our lives to help make our lives easier. When we misplace or lose something we treasure, it brings us frustration, which causes unhappiness. We become angry with ourselves for not being more careful, which adds stress to our lives.

Although we know it is not the object that brings us happiness, its loss still causes us unhappiness. Perhaps the object is a key fob that holds a special memory, or perhaps it is a key that opens the door to our home or starts our vehicle. Even when we take precautions to put our treasures in the same place so we do not mislay them, items can disappear. When they do, perhaps the following process can help. 

Take a few deep breaths and relax. If you can, it is best if you sit quietly for a few moments. This is difficult to do if you have lost your car keys and are in a hurry to leave, so do your best. If you cannot calm down, use a spare pair of keys (You do have a spare set don’t you?), and then when not rushed, take the time to sit quietly and relax.

Imagine that divine cone of golden light coming from above and moving into the top of your head and all through your body. See a cord of this light coming off the base of your spine and moving deep into Mother Earth. Now imagine this light moving out from your body from the solar plexus and becoming a beacon, like a lighthouse, and circling your world. Allow the beacon to become a bubble in front of you.

As the light beacon becomes a bubble, become aware of the lost treasure in that bubble. If you do not have a sense the treasure is yet in the bubble, repeat the beacon of light and continue to move around your world in a circle until you feel the treasure is within the light. Once you feel the treasure, bring the beacon of light into the bubble.

Experience the treasure in every way you can imagine, using all of your five senses to do so. Feel the gratitude for its return. Now bring the bubble back into you, all the while feeling the gratitude for the treasure’s return.

Now get up and go about your business, telling yourself you know exactly where to look for the treasure, and giving thanks for its return. Chances are the third place you look you will find the treasure.

Before the day is over, journal as to why you lost this object. Ask yourself what the object means to you. Car keys may mean freedom. Is your freedom in jeopardy? Wedding rings may mean a need to re-examine your marriage or make changes that better serve the union. Look at the symbolism behind the item.

What if the treasure stays lost even after you have repeated this process several times? There are times a treasure may stay lost for many years and then reappear, or a treasure may stay lost for a lifetime.

I once had a dog on the run for eight months and three days before finding her. I’ve also found objects several years later. While at a girlfriend’s house, I lost one of my favorite earrings. It had been beaded by a Shawnee woman, and it was irreplaceable. About five years later, after moving to a new location, I was in the grocery store when the man I was with saw an earring hanging off the bottom of the cart. You guessed it! It was the earring I had lost years before.

Don’t ask me how this happened. The only guess I have is that the earrings had fallen into the lining of my coat and finally worked its way out years later and miles away. Perhaps it returned to me at a time I needed to believe in magical miracles.

It is possible that after doing this process a treasure will not return. When this happens, thank the treasure for the service it provided to your life, and then release it knowing that it is where it needs to be.

You can also use this process to find the happiness you lost. Simply substitute the treasured item for something that represents happiness, such as a color or sound. Do not use this process to bring a person back to you. That will backfire. You can, however, use the process to help find a lost pet. I’ve used this process to help locate both my own dog who went for an unauthorized run and the beloved pets of others. It’s a powerful process!

You can repeat this process whenever you want to find that which is lost.

Remember you should not use this process on another human being.

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Be Happy, Stop Worrying

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Diana Rankin

Worry erodes happiness. Many of our worries are baseless, only serving the purpose of stealing from you energy and time that could be spent enjoying your life. 

My mother was a worrier, and she passed that trait along to me. Fortunately, I rebelled a bit and never became the worrier she was. Plus, the older I grow, the more I realize worrying adds nothing to our lives—and even harms us.

Worrying about something does not keep it from happening. In fact, it may even cause it to happen. We draw to us that which we put our energy into. If we put our energy (our thoughts and emotion) into worrying about not having enough money, for example, we most likely will continue to experience lack. But if we put our energy into gratitude for what we do have and give a rousing thanks for the money to buy this or that, we have a much better chance of drawing prosperity to us.   

Yes, you say, I understand this, but I’m not worried about money. I’m worried about my kids. Are they going to catch the flu at school? Are they going to get into a car wreck when they are out with friends? Are they going to be happy? Okay, Mom and Dad, now tell me just what good your worrying is doing. Seriously. Is it keeping the kids healthy and safe? Is your worrying going to make them more successful or better citizens? Is it going to make them happier? No, no, and no.    

Worrying does not add to your life. Period. You cannot stop the storm from coming, and all that worrying will do is eat up your stomach and use energy you need to be properly prepared for when—or if— the storm hits.

To slow down and even stop worrying, create a worry jar. Here’s how—

On a piece of paper, write down the problem you are worried about. Fold the paper in half and fold it in half again. Put the paper into a jar. Use a jar with a screw top or a cork top. As you put the paper into the jar and screw or push down the lid, say a prayer to your Divine Source, giving the problem over to Source for three days.

During these three days, every time you think about the problem, say a prayer of thanks that the higher power of your Divine Source is taking care of the problem for you. Also, during these three days, listen to the small inner whispers that guide you to any answers you seek to what you were worried about.

At the end of the three days, open the jar and read what you wrote. You may find the problem has disappeared. If not, you have three choices. 1.) You can return the problem to the worry jar and forget about it; 2.) You can decide that you are more powerful than Divine Source and take back the problem; 3.) Or you can rewrite the phrasing of the problem and return it to your worry jar with a renewed prayer.

The idea behind the worry jar is that you are not alone in this world. We all have help that comes through from people in our lives, people we meet, from angels, God, Spirit Guides, Divine Wisdom— ways that seem magical in how everything just seems to happen once we get out of our own way. All of these are help from your deeper spirit self that is part of the All, the Divine Source.

All you need to do is to ask for help, and then let go of the problem and listen for guidance.  It’s simply getting out of our own way.

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Dealing with Bullies

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Diana Rankin

Do you have a bully in your life? Someone who says and does things that are hurtful to you? Someone pushes you to your limits and causes you sleepless nights. Someone you may have even felt anger toward and you wish that he or she would just disappear from your life? Bullies, if we let them, cause us stress, which leads to unhappiness. Notice the words if we let them. Bullies are bullies and you aren’t going to change them, but you can change how you react to them and how they affect your life.

There are three types of bullies. One, the least dangerous of the three, is overt in name calling and pushing others around. The second type is much more dangerous because it’s more hidden, more sinister. This is the bully who pretends to be good to you, who smiles at you while engaging in name calling behind your back. And then there’s the third type of bully—and the most hurtful—who smiles and pretends to be your friend (or even someone who loves you, including a spouse), and then out of nowhere slams you for the slightest—and inappropriate— reason. 

Recognize that all three bullies are coming from a place of wounding that actually has nothing to do with you. They are feeling their lives are out of control and it helps them to feel somewhat in control by thinking they can control you. These are not nice people. Wounded people who try to control others are people you do want to avoid if at all possible, but that is not always possible. So, what do you do?

First recognize the bully is a wounded person and you cannot heal their wound. Even if you could, the bully will resent you for trying. Their wound is their shield against their feelings. They are hiding behind their wound, in deep pain, but too afraid to give up their wound. What else would they have? They need to think they are in control of their lives all the while knowing their control is fake. The closer you come to penetrating into their world, or the more you see the truth of them, the more they will lash out.

Bullies are human beings. They are not evil; however, their deeds are evil. They are incapable of understanding how they cause havoc in the lives of others. The only responsibility they take for their actions is to find perverse pleasure in thinking they are justified in their actions, and you got what you deserved. 

Do not take anything they say or do to you personally. This is difficult, but remember bullies are coming from their wounds, which has nothing to do with you. This is not to say they are allowed to cross your healthy boundaries. Absolutely not. It is to say to think about the battles—if any—you want to take on with a bully and choose wisely. Push back only when you think it is appropriate, and then do so with strength, but not in a personal way. They will hate you for winning, but they are also going to hate you for letting them push you around. So, choose wisely, but keep in mind that walking away from a bully is more honorable than engaging in what is a useless waste of energy. And keep reminding yourself to not take it personally.

Take a clue from the 1960s, 1967 to be exact, and zap ‘em with love. Zapping a bully with love is not meant to change them. They aren’t going to change their ways until they deal with their wound, but they may stop picking on you. Every time you think of the bully, simply say, “__Name__, I bless you and release you to

Spirit/God/Universe/Creator with love. Repeat this mantra until you feel you have released them in love. And repeat this mantra every time you think of, or see, the person.

Finally, begin writing and keep writing until you find the answer to these two questions:

  • Why is this person in my life?
  • What do I need to do to heal the pattern that brought a bully into my life?

As you change the pattern that brought the bully into your life, the bullying will cease. You may feel strong enough to leave the situation that puts you in the bully’s path, or the bully may leave your life. Concentrate on the healing, not on the how. Concentrate on creating a place in your life for kind, generous, supportive, loving people, and then open to receiving these people into your life.

You deserve happiness. Give it to yourself.

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Hazel’s Angels

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Diana Rankin

It was in the mid-1990’s when I was attending Jean Houston’s New York Mystery School that I met Hazel and her angels. She was a lady of a certain age by then but during World War II Hazel was a young woman.

During that war, Hazel felt called to gather all the angels she could muster and send them off to help the soldiers. Hazel sent angels to soldiers on the battlefield to keep the fear away. She sent angels to the hospitals to aid the injured and angels to those who left their bodies to aid in their transition.

When the war was over, Hazel often explained, there were a lot of angels out of work. “When in need of help, call on my angels,” she would say. “They need to be useful.”

Hazel is among the angels now. I’m sure she is walking around heaven instructing her angels where to go whenever they are needed. But let’s not make Hazel do all the work. Our world needs Hazel’s angels, and she needs our help, so let’s call on them now.

Call on Hazel’s angels when you feel fear or are depressed, when you need to know you’re not alone, or when you need a helping hand. Send Hazel’s angels to loved ones in need of help to comfort them.

Let’s ask Hazel’s angels to move into the middle of wind and rain storms, hurricanes, and tornadoes and flap their wings to dissipate the heavy clouds and calm the winds. Let’s ask them to soothe the flood waters and to stop our earth from shaking from earthquakes.

Let’s ask the angles to hold their wings over the humans, animals, and winged ones to protect them from Earth’s fury and from human unkindness.

Let’s send the strongest of Hazel’s angels to work alongside the rebuilders of the homes and businesses, to give the humans courage, strength, and the materials they need.

Let’s call on Hazel’s angels to bring rain to the drought-ridden lands and sunshine to the flooded areas. Let’s send those angels with fire hoses to bring rain to all the fire-ravaged places. Let’s ask Hazel’s angels to hold all those in caught in earthquakes, to help them heal and rebuild their lives.

Let’s send the most compassionate of Hazel’s angels to comfort all who have lost loved ones in the storm-tossed weather and wars, and let’s send angels to greet all who have left their bodies to make their transition smooth and loving.

Let’s ask Hazel’s angels to watch over the people of countries lacking in freedoms and the people in fear of what may come.

Let’s ask Hazel’s angels to watch over those who lead nations so they may make decisions for the people and not their egos and to be true leaders of goodness.

Let’s close our eyes and visualize the Divine White Light of Love moving into our bodies and into our hearts so that we too may feel the love of Hazel’s angels. Then let that Light move out from our heart chakra into the world holding our planet in the Healing Light of Love.

Let’s give our love and gratitude to Hazel and her angels for all they do to help heal our world and all of us.

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Interesting Facts About this Time of Year

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Diana Rankin

How well do we know history? Of all the historical facts we learn in school, following are a few I’m betting few of us learned. Some are fun facts, some are sacred. Some may make you think, some may make you say noooo way, some may make you laugh.

  • For ancient Celts this was the time the Sun God traveled to the underworld to bring back the mysteries of life and those souls who were to be reborn in the coming year.
  • It is the time of Winter Solstice, a time of death and rebirth, a sacred time of going inward.
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer got his start as an advertising gimmick for Montgomery Ward in 1903.
  • Kwamzaa can be celebrated in different ways, but celebrations often include storytelling, songs, dance, and a large meal.
  • Harry Truman was the first US president to celebrate Hanukkah in the White House. In 1951, he accepted a Menorah as a gift from the Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben Gurion.
  • Hanukkah is the celebration of the capture of the temple in the 2nd century. The lamp was lit but there was only enough oil for one day, but a miracle happened. The lamp burned for 8 days. Today, Hanukkah is celebrated by the lighting a candle every day for 8 days.
  • Santa has an official pilot’s license. issued in 1927 by the US government.
  • Births celebrated on December 25th include
  • Jesus of the Christian faith
  • the Buddha by Buddhists in Nepal
  • Krishna, the Hindu God
  • Horus, and ancient Egyptian god
  • Zarathusta, the Zorastrian god
  • Mithra, the Persian god
  • Thammuz, the Babylonian god
  • Adonis, the Phoenician god
  • Apollo, the Roman god

Why so many? December was a holy day to the Greeks and Romans because so many gods were said to have been born on that day.

  • December 23 is the Islamic holiday that honors the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. The holy month of Ramadan can also fall in December. This is a month of fasting, introspection and prayer. At the end of Ramadan, Muslims celebrate with a 3-day festival.
  • Ancient Greeks celebrated Dionysus, God of the Grape Harvest on December 21 and 25. Death and rebirth.

This list is far from complete. It’s a list to perhaps have a little fun with and perhaps to learn something new. It’s also a list to help us have a mite more understanding of why we all feel December’s energy so strongly.

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