Thank You For Reminding Me Why I Am Doing This

As you may have noticed, I am not around as much as I used to. It is just a matter of time and prioritizing between obligations and things that mean a lot to me. However, my blog is about sharing inspiration to make people see a bit more about themselves than they did before. I want to share the miracles of life I was blessed to experience. And in applying them to my life, my life has become a vessel. That vessel still takes me out into stormy seas. But I realized it is up to me how to get through them.

#JustAThought… Can Love Be Given?

I value the inspiration from the community. It makes me look at things from a different angle. Also, I feel encouraged to go deeper into a topic. Lately, I shared the quote above. I intended to look at the phrasing of the first sentence literally. This intention is revealed in the second sentence.

365 Thoughts of Healing – Book Review from Lisa Hutchison

February 5, 2025

Two Resources for Healing

I was working late today and expected not to be able to read any posts this evening. But I am so glad and happy that I did! Opening the reader I saw Lisa’s post with a great review of two books. I am humbled and honored that one of them is my latest publication: 365 Thoughts of Healing.
Here is an excerpt of what she wrote:

365 Thoughts of Healing: An Everyday Inspiration for The Soul by Erika Kind

Our thoughts are powerful. The power to choose our thoughts sets us free. As a licensed mental health counselor, I have utilized cognitive therapies to guide clients in shifting their thoughts. This helps decrease depression and anxiety. In my work as a spiritual coach, I help clients shift their thinking and behaviors to increase their manifestations. It is important to focus on what we have and what we want. This is what attracted me to this book in the first place…

Please, head over to Lisa’s and read the whole review. It won’t take you more than two minutes and I would appreciate it a lot.

Comments are closed here. Please, leave any comments on Lisa’s post.

A big Thank You to Lisa for her review and 5-Star rating on Amazon too! And thanks to everyone meeting us over at Lisa’s!

In Love and Light!

On a Break this Week!

October 16, 2023

My husband and I are celebrating our 30th anniversary today.
Therefore we are taking a time out for a few days.
Take care and see you next week!

In Love and Light

Sorry, I forgot to close comments on this post anf cannot find the function over jetpack on my phone. Please don’t mind me not responding to comments anymore💖

#JustAThought… – Has It Changed?

September 25, 2023

A few weeks ago, Hugh published a post about comments on blog posts. I could relate to what he wrote so well. If you have a little time, please hop over and read his post. He completely nailed the issue I observed too. At that time, I had already written a draft. I was not sure whether to publish it, but Hugh’s post encouraged me to do so. So, this post is neither a complaint nor a rant, just an observation that particular comments were just left to be left. I think, why not share and see whether others make similar or other observations:

🐣Happy Easter🐰

Hi, everyone!

Easter in many countries starts with Good Friday and ends with Easter Monday – also in our country and neighboring countries. First and foremost, I will use those days to spend time with my family. But I really hope that, next to other things lingering in many dark corners to get done, I find time to finally get my garden ready and to work on my book.

Have a great Easter weekend. See you next Tuesday.

In Love and Light

I Removed my Reblog Button

August 13, 2022

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

In case you are one of my followers who kindly reblog my posts, you may notice that there is no reblog button anymore. A few weeks ago, Hugh of Hugh’s Views & News published a post about why he removed the button. Please read his post to receive the complete message. Hugh is a great supporter here on WordPress with his blogging tips.

Mucking Out

Hi, friends. For quite a while, I have been watching the number that shows the already used GB. The distance until I reached my limit already got pretty narrow. So, I had the choice between upgrading or limiting my media library. I decided to go for the second option, although it was the one that was pretty time-consuming.

Daily Kind Quote

Visit my Zazzle Shop and get inspired by lots of daily items or gift ideas designed with my quotes!

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Jagged Feathers – @jansikes3 #NewRelease #RomanticSuspense #WhiteRuneSeries

February 28, 2022

Instead of my usual Monday post, I decided to leave this spot to Jan today for introducing her latest book Jagged Feathers. Jan and I have been following each other for quite some time. I became aware of her blog through a friend who reblogged her tarot readings each week. Meanwhile, I don’t want to miss her and her inspirations like meditations, readings, presentations of healing stones, and lots more but also because she is an incredible and lovely person. The more I feel honored to welcome her on my blog today. So grab a cup of tea, hot chocolate, or coffee. I pass the scepter to Jan. Dear sister, my blog is all yours…

Time to Say Thank You 🙏

February 13, 2022

A week ago, I posted a Review Request For “I’m Free” asked those of you who had read my book, to leave a review on Amazon. A big thank you to all of you who have followed my request. You are just great!

For those who haven’t had time yet, please click on the image above and you will be taken to my book page on amazon.com. I’d appreciate it very much. Every review counts!

In Love and Light

A General Request

October 1, 2021

Hello friends. You know how much I love supporting the wonderful people in this blogosphere. That’s why I love sharing their inspiring words that come from interaction. As you may know, I don’t post any statements without the permission of the person who made them. So far, I have trusted that such permission also confirms that the words actually came from that person. In the past, bloggers have alerted me when that wasn’t the case. But this week, unfortunately, it did not work. It can get me in trouble, but also the person in question, if a quote is not properly acknowledged. From now on, I will also research every statement myself to be sure.

Meeting a Blogger Friend

View towards the Kurfirsten and Lake Walen in the background.

After almost four years, it was yesterday again that I met a blogger friend of WordPress. Erika and I (this is not a mistake, we both are Erikas) have been following each other for about five years. After a while, we found out that we live almost around the corner from each other. So, yesterday we made it happen. It took me only 25 minutes to reach Erika Laufer of Lauferei.com in her beautiful Swiss village close to Lake Walen.

oh, liectenstein reader, who art thou?

February 21, 2021

I had to reblog this one! Can you guess who Beth’s one follower from Liechtenstein is?

I didn't have my glasses on....

i have exactly one blog follower

in the micro country of liectenstein

with so many interesting things about this amazing tiny place

here are just a couple of examples:

in 1886 liectenstein had an army of 80 men who fought during the austro-prussian war

they suffered no injuries or deaths

and returned with 81 men because they made a new italian friend from the opposition army.

the army was disbanded soon after and they haven’t had an army since.

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and then there was the accidental invasion which didn’t cause much of a stir:

i really love their approach to life

and i’m guessing my one reader is a pretty laid-back person

and with such a tiny country

perhaps a descendent of that new italian friend they brought back from the war?

here’s to liectenstien!

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“be so good they can’t ignore you.”

-steve martin

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What The Soul Leaves Behind Will Remain

AZQuotes.com

When I was thinking about what I could write, I was distracted by a junk-email. While deleting it, my view went over the many folders of my inbox. One of those holds some very precious emails of a blogger who became a dear friend on WordPress. It was touching and deeply moving to read those emails again after 5 years.

#MomentsOfJoy

I think all of us make good use of some distractions from the current #1 theme. Why not share something funny, uplifting, or beautiful (at least) once a week. It can be a joke, a picture with a beautiful view from the area you live a place you like a lot, a song, a video, a story, or whatever comes to your mind. It only needs to be positive with only positive words. I picked Wednesday for me because it is my guest quote/community day anyway. Who would like to join in (on a Wednesday or any other day of the week)?

Daily Kind Quote

February 12, 2020

With Colin’s permission!

Visit my Zazzle Shop and get inspired by lots of daily items or gift ideas designed with my quotes!

In Love and Light

Look At This…

January 25, 2020

A few weeks ago, Irene of IreneDesign2011, posted a pair of Apatite earrings which immediately attracted my attention. The color of those stones was so beautiful and in some way, I felt the energy of the stone coming right through. After asking Irene this and that about the stone regarding its effects and pondering about a fitting necklace I decided to order the earrings.

Christmas Arrived…

November 2, 2019

… or at least the first vibes in the form of a beautiful painting of our lovely and so very talented Carolina of YesterdayAfter.

Just A Thought…

December 31, 2018

I think every one of us is thinking about the change of the year. It has something melancholic and something hopeful and exciting at the same time.

#Haiku – Love is all around…

December 7, 2017

So much gratitude

For each little act of kindness

I may see each day

Inspired by the kindness of our amazing community. Proud, happy, and thankful to be part of it!

Credits: boomsumo.com

In Love and Light

Second Christmas surprise: Meet Erika Kind – The Author of “I’m Free” and a Versatile Blogger

December 7, 2017

What a day!! I just saw Shreya’s email that she published the interview she kindly invited me to. Please, head over to StarWordsIndia to check it out and comment.

Source: Meet Erika Kind – The Author of “I’m Free” and a Versatile Blogger

In Love and Light

A White Rose for Erika and Her Sisters

December 4, 2017

There are no words to describe how deeply Robert’s act of kindness and thoughtfulness touched me. I forward and dedicate Robert’s wonderful lines with the meaningful symbol of that beautiful rose on top to everyone… Love and Light to all 💖

Communication: Challenge and Solution

September 18, 2017

For today, I did not have a particular topic in mind, and again I took some inspiration from my Gateway Oracle Cards. Thank you, guidance. These are the cards I picked:

Letting Go – Take 2

September 10, 2017

And here comes a new poem for participating at Neha’s Calling all Creative Minds/Poets/Artists to a Poetic Collaboration – “Letting Go”

Letting Go

What happened once is long ago

Regrets and guilt won’t change it though

And all the wounds, well, quite a lot

From all the bullets others shot

I think it’s time to let them heal

And stop to make it a big deal

Too long I kept the past alive

And cut myself with its sharp knife

Too long I carried it along

And kept myself from moving on

I look above and see the sky

Was it ever so blue and high?

There’s so much room to just be me

I’m letting go and flying free

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Letting Go – My Take

September 10, 2017

Yesterday I shared Neha’s new collaboration invitation:
Calling all Creative Minds/Poets/Artists to a Poetic Collaboration – “Letting Go”

When I saw the topic I thought immediately of an older post in which I shared a poem about Letting Go. Letting Go is not only releasing something that weighed heavily and kept you from living. The process itself is progress in your own development and growth. It means you have already grown bigger than the suffocating cocoon. That’s why you are ready to break its shell. Letting Go is a process of becoming!

Calling all Creative Minds/Poets/Artists to a Poetic Collaboration – “Letting Go”

September 9, 2017

Neha is coming up with a new poetry collaboration! You can add your takes until September 30th. Check out her post for more information!

Source: Calling all Creative Minds/Poets/Artists to a Poetic Collaboration – “Letting Go”

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It Is Not The Religion – It Is The Interpretation!

October 31, 2016

Some time ago, I shared a video of the Dalai Lama on Facebook. That video felt like a perfect follow-up to my post We Need To Heal The Cause – Not The Symptoms! The Dalai Lama talked about religion and terrorism. He stated what burns in all the hearts of faithful people. It is not religion that makes terrorists. It is the fanatic idea of the power that misuses religion for terroristic acts.

Dalai Lama: Religious violence: “Once you are involved in bloodshed you are no longer a genuine practitioner of Islam”.

The Chain of Light

Last week I wrote about love as so much more than only a feeling. I was most inspired by the Charity point and my thoughts went with a particular aspect of that love that connects us and everything in a magical yet natural way. This connection has much more meaning than we might think and we often underestimate the advantage, the obligations, and the responsibility that comes with the decision of being part of this global community.

Melrose Plantation – Natchitoches, Louisiana

October 31, 2015

Yesterday, my dear host Linda, took her mom, Phyllis of Anchors and Butterflies, and me further to the south of Louisiana where we visited the Melrose Plantation. It was another beautiful day. The weather was gorgeous and so was the company!

Just a quick Hello from Louisiana!

October 29, 2015

Hi friends! I have had an awesome time by now. Linda of Nutsrok and her husband are such wonderful, lovely, and caring people. It is awesome! Here are just a few photos from an excursion together with Linda’s mom ……. much more to come!

I have to make a decision – and that scares me…

October 5, 2015

Vonita of Passion Through Poetry asked me to write about making decisions and the problem of indecisiveness. I am convinced that at times every one of us is in a place where we struggle with deciding which way to go, which door to close or to choose, and not knowing how it will turn out.

What is connecting each other and of what use are differences?

September 14, 2015

The topic for this post was given by Keith of btg5885. I thank you very much, Keith, for dropping me your questions. It is one of my favorite topics to write about. Here are Keith’s questions:

What are the common attributes in people who connect us? And, what are the differences that make life fun and interesting and make us better than who we are by experiencing them?

We Are The Seeds Of Love

September 7, 2015

The song I posted last Wednesday as my Song of the Day inspired me to this post. It made me think of the need for tolerance, acceptance, of compassion, respect, and empathy. When I prepared that post I did not expect the wonderful developments here in Europe.

My Symbol Of Letting Go

Letting go is a topic in everybody’s life at times. Yesterday I was talking to a friend and I realized that during the past weeks, more and more friends are posting about letting go or about their process of letting go. There are so many different reasons or stories behind it. May it be about love, about plans we made, about disappointments, or being hurt. But in the end, we can mostly sum it up to two points:

She Let Go… She Embraced… She Is Back…

… stronger than ever before!

I apologize for the short notice of the disappearance. There was some turmoil in my private life from one moment to another. The old story about letting go. I will tell you about my experience after A Big Thank You to all of you. I am so moved by how much you all cared. I had never ever expected that. Although I closed the comment section on my last post on Monday many of my wonderful friends sensed something and simply commented in the loveliest ways on a different post. Colleen, Ritu, Zee, and Michelle even stayed in touch with me via email. One year ago almost nobody knew me and today people say I was missed and they make the effort to get in touch with me in order to show me that I am loved… that was overwhelming! I am profoundly touched by so much love, compassion, and care. I don’t know how to thank you. I love you all from the deepest bottom of my heart! And believe me, I missed you all badly! My community rocks!!!

When the need to help becomes a challenge…

It is hard when we are in a place of frustration or desperation. When life turns into a rollercoaster ride and you don’t know anymore if you are up or down. And even if you know it changes constantly. Somehow you back off but at the same time hope that someone sees it – feels it, because you don’t want to say anything – and is just there.