Very valuable lessons to be learned....................

Yesterday was a day for learning lessons.
We were having an issue with our upstairs toilet.
It has been leaking for a while.
Which is quite annoying as the toilets were replaced not so long ago in the refurbishment of the house.
So my Husband and I went off to the hardware store and plumbing supply centre as the builder that did the job was not answering his phone.
We got the parts which cost us just over $45 and came home to install.
Well...................... the toilet was faulty and it broke.
So we called a friend who is a plumber, but alas he also did not answer his phone.
The last port of call was my father.
The moral of the story is to not ask anyone for help.
My husband and I are always giving of our time, energy and money to everyone in our lives.
It seems that the same favor cannot be returned by people surrounding us.
This will not stop us giving of ourselves in the same manner, but we will be discerning in who we surround ourselves by and who we extend a helping hand to.
My stepson has grown into a beautiful caring young man that has his Father's nature.
He came over to help install the new $179 toilet by helping his father out.
I really should not call the kids my stepkids as I really look on both of them as my own son and daughter.
I guess I don't call them my children for fear of offending their mother and opening up a big can of worms. Maybe I should just not care and do what is in my heart..............................
So all up, this little household crisis exercise cost us $224.
All's well that ends well.

Reminders of the past..........focus on running your own race.

Little things pop into our lives to test us.
I am sure that they are there to test our resolve and see how far we have progressed on our journey.
This morning I am being tested big time.
I happened to come across an old friend of mine's web page.
He is playing a gig at a pub in the Brisbane area.
Previously he would have called me to see if he could stay at my house, use me for all I was worth...... food, alcohol, lifts to the gig and home again, CD sales etc etc.....
Since the last time I declined to accommodate him due to being so ill with Fibromyalgia and CFS, he hasn't contacted me.
I came to realise that it was all about him.
He never called to see how I was.
It was all about what he get from me. When I was no longer useful..............
So I have no desire to go and see him play, to support his lifestyle or to condone any of his actions...... which have been disgraceful to people that he supposedly loves.
This is a continuing lesson in running your own race.
My focus must be on what I need to do and not what others are doing around me.
I do not wish him ill, I simply release him back to the universe to allow KARMA to attend to his actions.
Love and light.
xxxxxxx

What the horoscopes are saying for me this year.

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME TO 2016.

By all accounts, my horoscope is letting me know that 2016 is going to be a year to remember.
From all that I have read, this is the year for healing and starting the project we have been working on for the last 2 tears.
mindbodygreen.com has summed my Libran Horoscope up very well.

Libra

Summon those spirit animals, call upon your guides!

Until September 9, horizon-expanding Jupiter vision quests through your ethereal twelfth house, a time for soul-searching and surrender.

Forget forcing an agenda for the future. Instead, make your motto, “be here now.” Signs, serendipities and miracles pop up at every turn.

Your job, Libra, is to pay attention.

Keep that iPhone tucked in your bag for a while. Develop a meditation practice that quiets that “monkey chatter” in your mind so you can hear the wisdom of your own divine intuition. Jupiter in your twelfth house wants you to heal and deal. Tie up loose ends, complete projects, make amends, detoxify your body and declutter your life.

Freeing yourself of dead weight prepares you for lift-off when Jupiter blasts into Libra on September 9! This visitation only happens once a decade and you’ll want to be baggage-free (or close to it) for the voyage! Before September, reach up for support, tapping experts like doctors, therapists, nutritionists and coaches.

Jupiter could bring some incredible Yoga figures your way, especially near the health-oriented eclipses on March 3 and September 1 and 16.

While you’ll need more solitude in 2016 there’s no risk of becoming a lone wolf. Solid Saturn journeys through Sagittarius and your third house of kindred spirits and communication all year bringing reliable companions your way. Joint ventures will nourish your soul and pad your pockets. But heed Saturn’s warning label to develop slowly and put all agreements in writing.

Motivator Mars spends four months in Scorpio and your work and money sector (from January 3 to March 5, then May 29 to August 3) helping you pursue cash-positive professional opportunities. Need to set a date to complete a project? On March 23, you could celebrate an EPIC victory during a lunar (full moon) eclipse in Libra. This eclipse is the last of a series that began in October 2013 so you could see the culmination of efforts that you’ve been developing for the past two-plus years.

Romantically, Jupiter’s trail through your twelfth house can bring fairy tale moments in spades this spring and summer. Love feels like a sweet escape for many Libras, and you’ll happily don the rose-colored glasses. Single Libras could meet a soulmate under this transit or finally drop your defenses and let a suitor in. Just make sure you aren’t screening out red flags or getting codependent with your partner.

Rescue missions are not romantic; they’ll just drag you down. If you have some mourning to do, turn it into a sacred ritual. Set up an altar for a dearly departed love — or a bonfire for the stuff left behind by your toxic ex, the one who kept coming back like a bad case of scabies.

You’ll host ardent Venus (your ruling star) from August 29 to September 23, high season for dating and romance. When Jupiter hits Libra on September 9 — followed swiftly by your 2016 new moon on September 30 — you’ll be quite the risk-taker. If that means nudging a relationship to the next level, plunge on in!

But save whitespace in your schedule for “me time” too. The right measure of absence makes the heart grow fonder.