The Nightingale Declaration for Our Healthy World

I had a great weekend sharing ideas with like minded nurses from 15 states at Urban Zen. It was also a great honor and privilege to meet and chat with such inspirational nurses such as Deva-Marie Beck, Barbara Dossey, Susan Luck, Eleanor Kibrick, etc.

Listening and sharing ideas with motivational and inspiring nurses was an empowering experience.
Check out this link : Nurturing the Nurse at Urban Zen

Thanks to Donna Karan and Urban Zen staff :-)

The Nightingale Initiative for Global Health Declaration Campaign

...We declare our willingness to unite in a program of action, sharing information and solutions to resolve problems and improve conditions -- locally, nationally and globally -- in order to achieve health for all humanity... Read more...

...signatures of worldwide commitment by nurses, midwives, other health workers and concerned citizens will help build a grassroots-to-global foundation of support for these UN Resolutions and an 'Action Plan' to implement them, locally, nationally and internationally..

How to Love Yourself by Louise Hay

1. STOP ALL CRITICISM
Criticism never changes a thing. Refuse to criticize yourself. Accept yourself exactly as you are. Everybody changes. When you criticize yourself, your changes are negative. When you approve of yourself, your changes are positive.

2. DON'T SCARE YOURSELF
Stop terrorizing yourself with your thoughts. It's a dreadful way to live. Find a mental image that gives you pleasure and immeditely switch your scary thought to a pleasure thought.

3. BE GENTLE, KIND AND PATIENT
Be gentle with yourself. Be kind to yourself. Treat yourself for having the thoughts. Gently change your thoughts.

4. BE KIND TO YOUR MIND
Self hatred is only hating your own thoughts. Don't hate yourself for having the thoughts. Gently change your thoughts.

5. PRAISE YOURSELF
Criticism breaks down the inner spirit. Praise builds it up. Praise yourself as much as you can. Tell yourself how well you are doing with every little thing..

6. SUPPORT YOURSELF
Find ways to support yourself. Reach out to friends and allow them to help you. It is being strong to ask for help when you need it.

7. BE LOVING TO YOUR NEGATIVES
Acknowledge that you created them to fulfill a need. Now you are finding new and positive ways to fulfill those needs. So lovingly release the old negative patterns.

8. TAKE CARE OF YOU BODY
Learn about nutrition. What kind of fuel does your body need to have optimum energy and vitality? Learn about exercise. What kind of exercise can you enjoy? Cherish and revere the temple you live in.

9. MIRROR WORK
Look into eyes often. Express this growing sense of love you have for yourself. Forgive yourself looking into the mirror. Talk to your parents looking into the mirror. Forgive them too. At least once a day, say: "I love you, I really love you!"

10. DO IT NOW!

Don't wait until you get well,

or lose the weight,

or get the new job,

or the new relationship.

Begin NOW, do the best you can!

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I would like to thank Carol Denicker, my Hynotism Instuctor for sharing this beautiful work of Louise Hay. Louise Hay is an inspiration to a lot of us.

Autumnal Equinox

An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. Read more...

At the autumnal equinox (Sept 22, 2009; 5:18 P.M. EDT), the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, from north to south; this marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Read more ...

Happy Birthday :-)

Happy Birthday to a speciAl mAn!
Wishing you many more happy, healthy and blessed birthdays to come :-)

Because of YOU,

I LIVE fully,

LOVE deeply and

LAUGH loudly

September 11

The September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance is a federally observed day established by President Obama and Congress to honor the memories of the heroes of September 11 and encourage more Americans to serve their communities.

Each year on September 11, Americans are encouraged to voluntarily perform at least one good deed, or another community service activity.

SILVER SPRING, MD – In honor of the nation’s first September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, the American Nurses Association is hosting a week-long food drive at its corporate headquarters in downtown Silver Spring. All donations will benefit the Manna Food Center, a local food bank that feeds more than 3,000 hungry families in Montgomery County, Md., each month. Half of the people Manna serves are children.

“Today represents an opportunity to reflect on the tragic events that took place eight years ago, and ANA is proud to make a positive contribution to our community through a food drive at our national headquarters,” said ANA CEO Marla J. Weston, RN, PhD. “I encourage all nurses to spend this national day of service and remembrance making a difference in their communities, in honor of those lost on September 11.”

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September 11 Links

TIME: September 11- A Nation Remembers
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020909/index.html

September 11 attacks-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

Reiki is a Blessing

My deepest gratitude to Usui Sensei for the gift of Reiki, all my Reiki Masters/Teachers especially Hyakuten Inamoto Sensei and to all of you who has been a part of my life's journey thus far-Mind Body Spirit.

To my daughter, Paula Ashley who has been my inspiration and to a speciAl mAn who opens my heart and allows me to experience life in its fullest, it was my intention to heal YOU but it was YOU who healed me. I will forever be grateful for YOU ;-)

Source: You Tube by DreamForever7

What a Wonderful World :-)

Just a short hello and thank you

Just a short note to say hello and to thank YOU today :-) My intention was to heal YOU but it was YOU who healed me . I'll always be grateful for YOU, YOU are one of the reasons why I'm enjoying life to the fullest .

Toughened by life, I forgot how to cry, but because of YOU, Life Is Good :-) This is the happiest moment of my life- I'm at peace with myself and others.

Stay happy and healthy, hope to see YOU in the near future. I miss YOU soooooooo much.

Happy 233rd 4th of July :-)

GOD BLESS AMERICA

INDEPENDENCE Day (United States of America)

Nurses: Building a Healthy America

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.
-Florence Nightingale(1820-1910)

My deepest gratitude to the following :-)
1. Bellevue Management and Staff responsible for making today’s event possible.

2. Mary “Jackie” Heyward for her effort, hard work and commitment.

3. Dave Gorczynski, President of SPARK www.sparkenergy.org

4. To my fellow SPARK Volunteers/Reiki Practitioners/
Reiki Masters/Teachers/ Hypnotist who came today and shared their gift of Reiki.

5. To my family/friends/masters/teachers/guides and to all of you who has been a part of my life’s journey thus far – Mind Body Spirit.

6. The last but not the least to all the Nurses, for all the things that you do to make a difference in someone else’s life.

HAPPY NURSES' WEEK :-)

Peace and light,

Lilia

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Awaken the POWER within YOU

www.mindbodyspirit09.wordpress.com

*The event took place at Bellevue Hospital Center 12th Floor, Rose Room.

Happy Earth Day

How did you celebrate Earth Day? Just a short note to thank Dave and Joanna (www.sparkenergy.org) for inviting me to participate in a Reiki volunteer work at
La Guardia Community College.

SPirited Action, Release and Kindness (SPARK) is a registered New York State 501c3 non-profit organization consisting of holistic practitioners and volunteers from across the United States. SPARK's mission is to provide free and accessible "energy-work" services to the public, non-profits and other institutions.