Here is another lovely chakra meditation video.  This one is supposed to balance your throat chakra that controls communication.  I know I can always use any help I can get in communicating more effectively.  Again, even if you aren’t interested in chakras this is still a very pretty and soothing video.  One commenter mentioned it made her sleepy, me too…but that’s a good thing

I was feeling all green and decided to find out what kind of flower I am.  WOW.  Not what I was expecting, but then I’m not that much of a gardener.  Heck I don’t even know what this flower is and wouldn’t know what it looked like if they hadn’t put a picture of it up for me :)  Apparently I am a Nigella.  The highlight was that people probably think I’m odd but I think I’m eccentric.  Yeah…that’s probably true.  Also said i find new experiences fulfilling and exciting…also pretty much true.

This is a short and sweet little test.  If you want to find out what kind of flower you are check it out here then let me know!

I love to play scrabble.  It is a great way to really get your mind off of anything that is bothering you because you have to think so much to play the game…if that made sense.  My problem is that I have no one to play scrabble with.  This is where Scrabulous comes in.  You can play a solitaire game or you can play against a computer.  I admit that the computer kicks my butt but, dang, it’s fun :)  You can also play against other people, but I don’t think I’m quite that good just yet!  Give it a try and tell me what you think!

Hello everyone!  As I’ve mentioned before I love, love, love, mandalas.  I found this moving mandal with meditation music on Youtube and had to share.  I think the images are very pretty and the way the video changes from one image to another is mesmerizing.  If you aren’t familiar with mandalas this might remind you of a musical kaleidoscope. 

Did it relax you? Make you feel like a kid again? 

I’m feeling a bit stormy today so I went over to YouTube and watched storm vids for the better part of an hour.  One of the ones I really liked (from a distance mind you, wouldn’t like it up close) was the video below.  It amazes me how many times the buildings get hit!  I want whatever they have that protects them

Did you enjoy your storm?  Do you like storms in general?  They make me happy as long as they aren’t too bad.

I have a song that I truly love.  The title is Video and the artist is India Arie. 

I use to want to play this song to my classes but never could figure out how it would be appropriate in a social studies class ;)  I taught eighth graders and the peer pressure and self hate that I saw on a regular basis used to make me so sad.  I wish kids (girls and boys) would learn to ‘love yourself’.  Great lesson, great song.  I hope you take some time to appreciate how beautiful you are today

Do you think we should try to teach kids that their ‘worth is not determined by the price of their clothes’ and the other insightful tidbits from the song or was I right to leave that out of the classroom? 

I love poetry and find it soothing on days when I am stressed or depressed.  I find that poetry can often provide a calming form of mental stimulation (sounds like a contradiction but it is true)  Robert Frost is one of my favorite poets so I’ve decided to share one of his poems with you.

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

 

This makes me think about decisions I’ve made in my life.  I swear sometimes I could tell that I was at a fork in the road and could feel that the decision of which path would be monumental in my life.  I haven’t always taken the less traveled path but when I have it has been a wonderful journey.

Have you been able to tell when you’ve been at a crossroads in your life?  Did it turn out as you hoped or did you regret the path you chose?

I’ve been thinking a lot about politics and government and where our country is heading and so I decided to find a quiz that ran along those lines and found this Constitution Quiz.  I missed one :(  which means I got nine others right!  Apparently the average is seven something so I guess that means I’m as smart as the average kid.  There is a longer test that I’ll take later and get back to you with the information.  I thought about giving you the answers here but I’d really like for you to go take the quiz yourself.  It is so important for people to know what their rights and responsibilities are and the easiest way to do this is to understand the Constitution.  All laws are (or are supposed to be) based on the Constitution so if you understand it you’ll understand everything else.  It really bothered me that I got an answer wrong and because of that I think I am going to spend a little more time reading the Constitution and a little less time reading magazines.

How did you do on the quiz?  Were you happy or disappointed with your score?  Do you think I’m a twit for missing one of the answers?