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- Genuine Human Elegance Is A Heart Shining From Within Filled With Divine Love
  
  Posted at 12:38 PM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Sep 8th
  My heart hurts today. There are children living each precious day of this life with challenges that they bear with so much grace, elegance and strength that is nothing short of miraculous!
  
  Thank Goodness for the Innocence of a child that shines through with a Light that is so profound and filled with the Infinite Wisdom Of Divine Love, Being Sent To Them Directly From Heaven.
  
  As adults we can learn from their examples of limitless strength and innocent wisdom.
  
  
  
  We are born with a heart of Innocence and Love. Somewhere along the way growing up we are taught or begin to question and develop fear.
  
  When we fail to trust and look outside our limited human self for wisdom, we begin to live a life of selfish limitations. We become negative, we criticize and set ourselves apart from others. We see only through eyes of fear. Once we fail to trust Divine Guidance we begin to fret and become selfish.
  
  When we attempt to survive on human wisdom alone, we invite in fear and limitations. A person living in fear and survival mindset will always have a “what about me” mantra, and an animal like response to survive.
  
  When we surrender to Divine Guidance our lives gain clarity. We begin to recognize how much we need each other to survive. Our hearts develop Genuine Love for other humans and recognize our likenesses instead of our differences.
  
  Genuine Human Elegance is a Heart shining from within filled with Divine Love.
  
       ~ as Luciano De Crescenzo stated……. ~ We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ~
  
  For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.   II Tim. 1:7
  
  It is God who arms me with strength, And makes my way perfect. Psalm 18:32
  
  Angels shine from without because their spirits are lit from within by the light of God. ~Quoted in The Angels’ Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
  
  Never give into to fear. Always remain hopeful and invite the Holy Spirit to take the lead and learn to trust with your whole heart.
  
  Learn to be happy for no reason, like a child.
  
  There is no amount of elegance as sweet as the beauty, innocence and precious wisdom of a child.
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
  
  via Daily Prompt: Elegant
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  Posted in Meditative Writings | Tagged #blog4peace, #innerstrength, #LearnToTrust, #thrive, B4Peace, Carmela Snelbaker, Christianity, compassion, courage, daily post challenge, dignity, divine guidance, DPchallenge, Elegant, God, Grace, gratitude, Healing, hope, inspiration, joy, kindness, love, Mental health, peace, positivity, Prayer, respect, Strength, Unconditional love, wisdom
- If We Can Choose Our Demise I Want To Go Out Like This Cat ….. :) Taken By Curiosity
  
  Posted at 5:46 PM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Aug 23rd
  via Daily Prompt: Learning
  
  With the quiet ticking of the Grandfather clock in the background as I sit here and contemplate the Daily Post Word prompt of the day, it brings a bit of a smile to my lips. I am not sure when I first heard the phrase “Curiosity killed the cat”, but I do know that it was something that my dad said to me often.
  
  I wonder now if he was saying it as a caution to me. It seems that I have a very natural personality trait of unending curiosity as well as a fearless unstoppable urge to stop at nothing when it comes to advocating or improving a situation for those in need.
  
  In reminiscing on the many life lessons I have lived through and learned from. I must admit that the “obligatory response trigger” my heart seems to have, has been known to disturb the calm in my life at times. When I cause my own life disturbance because of reaching out to improve things for others, after the dust settles I am always glad I did.
  
  So I suppose knowing my inner instincts and personal history, if my Dr. had psychic abilities and could foresee my future “I am sorry, it’s curiosity” may very well be a diagnosis I could one day hear as well.
  
  I could think of worse ways for a life to end though. If I say goodbye to this world helping another soul, or learning or teaching a positive lesson of Love, I choose to believe it would be a good thing.
  
  So I am with the cat on this one!! Keep looking for answers. “Be Positive”,”Be Brave” (as Wyatt would say) and never stop asking questions, making improvements and being curious. 🙂
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
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  Posted in Meditative Writings | Tagged animals, B4Peace, beauty, Carmela Snelbaker, challenges, children, Christianity, compassion, courage, daily post, daily post challenge, daily prompt, dignity, divine guidance, Divine Love, DPchallenge, giving, giving heart, gratitude, helping others, peace, personality traits, pets, positivity, Prayer, respect, wisdom
- Wisdom Sheds Light On The Ghosts Of The Past ……..Daily Prompt: Ghost
  
  Posted at 4:44 PM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Aug 17th
  via Daily Prompt: Ghost
  
  Ghosts that haunt are not always scary, sometimes they are best described as disappointments. In our lives as we live through the challenges and encounters that life throws our way, we will meet people who can leave us totally heartbroken with disappointment.
  
  As a person who is a constant seeker of spiritual beauty and truth, I get great joy, contentment and peace offering kindness and genuine love to others. In my adventures I have met several people who I have extended great kindness and support to who have deeply hurt me with dishonest habits.
  
  When we find ourselves confronted with conflict that we cannot change or be supportive of, the best option for our life is to continue our life with the same integrity we have always lived and part ways with those who wish to live in a different manner.
  
  This does not mean however, that the memories of these encounters does not live on. They often surface bringing with them a very sad feelings of disappointment.
  
  There are times in our life when we will meet people who think differently and live differently than we are used to. Many of these encounters will enrich our lives and give us personal growth.
  
  It is when an encounter with someone begins to change and our normality of life and integrity are challenged and belittled by another that we need to separate ourselves from the situation.
  
  Even though the person may be blaming you and belittling you as a person, this has nothing to do with you or anything you have done. The other person has a true inner weakness of blame. Because he or she is feeling small they wish you to feel smaller so they attack to pull you down with them.
  
  For whatever reason deep inside if the person does not get their own way, or is not believed to be right, an inner switch is flipped on and the blame game begins. They will be right and everyone else wrong. Tensions rise and the name calling aggression starts.
  
  I have no idea what is truly going on in their heads, and I do not know if there is a diagnosis or proper name for these actions. What I do know is that I have seen this happen many times and the people that are doing this are not happy people. They are mislead in believing that what they are doing will gain them happiness.
  
  Remove yourself from the chaos. Do whatever you need to do to reconnect with your inner peace.
  
  Prayer is my choice of action against chaos, aggression and uncertainty.
  
  The Holy Spirit Provides us with Endless Strength, Courage and Wisdom.
  
  ……………… Intimidators and Bullies Change your ways ……………….
  
  If you are a person who has an inner weakness of blame. When you feel angry and out of control. Re-examine your thoughts and feelings. Look deep inside yourself for the answers before you unleash blame on everyone other than yourself.
  
  Invite the Holy Spirit into your life, and pray daily for assistance in managing the monster from within that unleashes the blaming defense on others as soon as your confidence feels shaken.
  
  Allow the beauty of the Holy Spirit to take over and lead you.
  
  Learning to Live in Love will bring you unending Peace from Within.
  
  Never let anyone attack your integrity, belittle you, intimidate you or manipulate a situation with dishonest bullying tactics. Remove yourself from the situation and continue your journey of seeking and sharing spiritual beauty and truth with others.
  
  Dishonesty will never win over Truth and Love. Follow the Light and walk away from Darkness.
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
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  Posted in Meditative Writings | Tagged #blog4peace, abuse, ant-bullying, bully, Carmela Snelbaker, Christianity, daily post challenge, dignity, divine guidance, Divine Love, DPchallenge, gratitude, intimidation, joy, kindness, love, Mental health, peace, respect, Unconditional love, verbal abuse, wisdom
- It Is How We Tackle Managing Our Load That Makes All The Difference…..Daily Prompt: Carry
  
  Posted at 11:51 AM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Aug 16th
  via Daily Prompt: Carry
  
  Everyone on earth will encounter some sort of burden to carry. Weather it is a difficulty we were born with or one that has met us somewhere along the way on our journey in life, either is no worse than the other.
  
  It is how we tackle managing the load that makes all of the difference in the world. As humans we often look through eyes of comparison. When we loose focus on our own journey and purpose we cause ourselves troubles.
  
  If we cannot see, we learn to survive with the senses that we have. If we cannot hear we can learn to thrive as well with the senses we do have. We cannot compare our life with no site with that of a person who has site.
  
  We must be grateful for the gifts we are given. Learn to use them to the best of our abilities and support others and their God given gifts as well. It is in showing this level of respect for others that we honor our own selves and learn to thrive in the contentment that life is meant to bring us.
  
  When we give thanks for the gifts that are present and learn to honor and respect the gifts of our peers it is then that any burden we are asked to carry is lighted for both. In sharing and supporting we find peace and contentment.
  
  When attempting to disguise our difficulties and compete with others our struggles will only increase. We can only shine in honesty and truth. God Loves us exactly the way we are, and we need to learn to loves ourselves that way as well.
  
  Never try to be a person that you were not meant to be. Simply be you. Be truthful. Be kind. Be loving.
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
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  Posted in Meditative Writings | Tagged #carry, animals, B4Peace, beauty, Carmela Snelbaker, challenges, Christianity, compassion, daily post challenge, daily prompt, Dalai Lama, dignity, divine guidance, Divine Love, DPchallenge, emotions, family, God, gratitude, hope, inspiration, joy, kindness, love, peace, pets, positivity, Prayer, Unconditional love, wisdom
- When You Don’t Have a Pool And It’s Hot You Simply Make Due With What You’ve Got :)
  
  Posted at 2:35 PM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Aug 15th
  Life is not easy…….But it doesn’t have to be so confusing
  
  Focus on what is important
  
  Always view your glass (or bucket) as half FULL and not half empty
  
  Think Positive
  
  Find solutions that are available to you
  
  Pray for wisdom and positive loving solutions and act on what you feel is right
  
  This post was inspired from the daily prompt challenge confused
  
  ONE COOL DOG
  
  When you don’t have a pool and it’s hot
  
  You make due with what you’ve got
  
  Two front paws are cool, while the back one’s will dual
  
  For equal time at a shot
  
  I cannot dive in, and immerse myself
  
  Like those with lakes or ponds
  
  The flip side of this, that I should not dismiss
  
  is of fish and mud, I’m not fond
  
  This day in review, is a blessing, it’s true
  
  for I’m safe and cannot drown
  
  So I keep my chin up, and tell those who snicker
  
  I choose to only see the blessings in life that abound
  
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/confused/
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
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- In The Truest Beauty Of Sharing Of Self You Each Will Get Something More Beautiful Than Words…The Warmest Blanket Of Love and Contentment :)
  
  Posted at 9:52 AM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Aug 14th
  Because I am attempting to share my home with exchange students from other countries, I was asked to put together a home and family profile. In putting words to and explaining the home I live in I found it was impossible to separate the description of the house from the beauty and depth of my parents Love for each other as well as my sister and I.
  
  I am truly grateful for their Love for us and the manner in which they shared there immense wisdom of Life and Love. Love and Life can be so overwhelmingly complicated that it may take us years to actually completely understand and absorb the gifts it places before us.
  
  I live in the home that my father built before getting married to my mother. They were married in front of the fireplace within the home and lived here their entire lives.
  
  This is the home I grew up in. I treasure the many beautiful memories my family built here and the fact that I can continue sharing life’s journey and build more positive memories and wisdom with my children, grandchildren and others as well.
  
  My father was a custom home builder as well as a furniture maker. Many items within the home were made by my father’s hands. My mother also used her talents and love to make beautiful things that filled the home with details, beauty and proof of her longing to provide not only a loving environment but a place filled with the warmth of Love.
  
  Like a warm blanket that someone wraps you in when you are cold and afraid, this is what my parents have built and left for me. I long to continue to share that level of Love with others as I continue to live here and share their home with my grown children, grandchildren and with others.
  
  Our family has a very deep understanding of how precious each day of life is. Our family has lived through the most difficult challenge anyone should ever have to endure. My beautiful Grandson Wyatt was diagnosed with Mitochondrial disease and lived with and died from the disease in 2013.
  
  He was 11 years old when he joined Jesus in Heaven. He taught us great beauty that is impossible to put words to. He continues each day to send us wisdom from heaven that we share with others by keeping his story and life active in our hearts daily.
  
  Love for a grandchild does not stop when they become an Angel in Heaven, it multiplies by a thousand and we actively use it by extending his Love to others. By doing this we feel him with us each day and God wraps us in that warm blanket of Love to help us continue our journey on life without him.
  
  I warms my heart knowing that our Angels in Heaven were able to share such great Wisdom and Love with us while we were graced with the beauty of their presence here on earth with us.
  
  Today I read a beautiful post from a fellow blogger who gracefully shared her son Jacobs story and journey. Each time we share our loved ones story is another chance their soul has to touch the earth with their wisdom. I am truly grateful for the wisdom of each treasured soul I meet.
  
  Below is a portion of a poem from the Wieckling Blog that I felt the need to share. You can read Jacob’s families post as well as the complete poem by clicking on the link above.
  
  “I fancied that I heard them say, “Dear Lord, Thy will be done!
  For all the joy Thy child shall bring, the risk of grief we run.
  We’ll shelter him with tenderness, we’ll love him while we may,
  And for the happiness we’ve known, forever grateful stay;
  But should the angels call for him much sooner than we’ve planned,
  We’ll brave the bitter grief that comes and try to understand!”
  
  Thank you Mom, Dad, Wyatt and Jacob for continuing to share your wisdom with others here on earth.
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
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- Genuine Unconditional Love For Each Other….Our Four Legged Therapists
  
  Posted at 12:20 PM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Jul 19th
  This photo makes me think of the Jason Mraz song. “Love, is a funny thing. Whenever I give it, it comes back to me. Animals have a way of seeking out humans in need and filling the emptiness of a heart that is breaking. Pure Unconditional Love the connection of the heart without the spoken word.
  
  At the lowest of times when it appears that all human supports have failed us or we fail to reach out and trust people, Love and Companionship is available to those who need it and it often shows up in the faithfulness and unconditional love of a pet.
  
  Is it the non-verbal ability of pet that gives a person the confidence to be completely honest and “unload” their deepest fears and emotional concerns? The four legged therapist in the photo above even has that eye contact that says “Tell me about your day”.
  
  As a child I was fortunate to have had many different pets throughout my life. I remember each one. The heart connection you make with a pet is a very special one. I also believe that connecting with a pet also gives us a unique ability to understand non-verbal communication.
  
  As we are exposed to caring for a living creature who can not verbally explain what it’s needs are, it is necessary for us to learn by observing the “body language” of the creature to understand what makes them feel happy, content or safe, and what make them feel afraid, angry or unhappy.
  
  I recently had to say goodbye to my elderly dog Bernie who I was blessed to have known, adopted and shared several years of my life with. Bernie was elderly when I adopted him. He was found along a mountain road with no ID and appeared to have been dumped and left to fend for himself.
  
  A friend picked him up, searched for possible owners and turned him over to local lost pet shelter. I called the shelter and after the intake and attempt at finding original owner was complete, he was officially able to be adopted.
  
  I then adopted him. Bernie was the second dog that I have owned that was found fending for himself on the streets. Both of them were so loving and grateful for love attention and a warm home. Danka’s story can be found here.
  
  It has been my experience that the shelter pets I have adopted seem to have a heightened sense for understanding “life’s difficult days”.
  
  Both Bernie and Danka came to my attention in the middle of my work days, as I was transporting an individual to an appointment. I was not in search of a dog, but I had the ability to take the dog in and acted upon it thankfully, and my life was improved by the experience!
  
  Both Bernie and Danka traveled with me in my care-giving work whenever it was possible and it was as though they had a “inner longing” to give love and appreciation back to people in need. They both seemed to be able to seek out and improve the day of a person whose heart was hurting. They truly were canine miracle workers in my own life as well as many other people’s lives!
  
  I am truly grateful for the dogs that I have been able to share my life with, and when I see photos of loving interactions of true companionship and unconditional love from both dog and human it warms my heart and makes me certain that some dog connections are truly heaven sent miracles in action!
  
  Petting, scratching, and cuddling with a dog could be as soothing to the mind and heart as deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer. ~Dean Koontz
  
  Please say a prayer for people and animals in need of unconditional love, follow your heart even when you are not searching for a dog if they find you (as my Bernie and Danka did) it just might be your heaven sent miracle. Those who give love will receive love.
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
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- You’re The Reason For Every Good Thing
  
  Posted at 7:58 AM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Jul 10th
  Life is difficult. Many of the things we experience we may have made choices that have led us to the result, and some experiences may be no fault of our own we simply happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
  
  Whatever the cause for difficulty and struggle when we place our lives and faith into God’s hands we will have the strength, wisdom and peace to continue on and overcome adversity.
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
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- My 11 Heavenly Sent Geese Return Again God’s Whispers From Heaven
  
  Posted at 1:23 PM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Jul 9th
  Today as I sit at my assigned post at work I had another visit from my 11 heavenly sent geese. My location is about a mile or slightly more from the lake that I last seen them and photographed them at. You can read about that experience here. Many geese showed up at my location however it was these 11 once again who broke off from the crowd and came right down to my exact location to seek me out.
  
  Keep your eyes open for the messages from Heaven.
  
  Thank you Wy, we Love you!
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
  
  This would have been Wyatt’s choice of song to share on my post
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- We Believe In Freedom And Love
  
  Posted at 11:41 AM by carmelasnelbaker
  
  Jul 4th
  As individuals we need to quiet the noise of the world and contemplate Love and true Freedom from within. The word freedom can have numerous definitions as any word can. Situations and experiences within individual’s lives hold many different depths of meaning. What one person may explain as imprisonment another person may envision as being free.
  
  Human life and human emotions all vary and take on individual conclusive wisdom relative only to the situation and experiences we grew up within. If we were not exposed witnessed or taught to look outside our limited human abilities and seek wisdom and enlightenment from God/Deity, our experiences will be limited to human ability,conduct, and fear.
  
  “People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
  
  By seeking out Divine Love and opening your heart and mind to Divine Guidance our hearts are filled with Hope and we are guided to act in Love.
  
  “There is no joy without hardship. If not for death, would we appreciate life? If not for hate, would we know the ultimate goal is love? At these moments you can either hold on to negativity and look for blame, or you can choose to heal and keep on loving.”
  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (The Wheel of Life, 1997)
  
  Holy Spirit You Are Welcome Here………. My heart becomes free and my shame is undone…..
  
  Invite Love into your heart. Choose to act in Love, and hold onto Hope.
  
  There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.~Albert Einstein (Nov.18,2002)
  
  With Respect, Hope, Joy and Love, Carmela
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