A lifetime of gratitude will take you to places you’ve never been to before.
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Just for Today
Just for today, free your mind of all worries and breathe in the purest beauty of life. You deserve it.
Thanking United Kingdom
I have now completed thank you poems for the following countries for visiting this Clarabelle blog:
1 USA
2 India
3 Canada
4 Romania
5 Philippines
Today I am thanking all of you lovely people from the United Kingdom for continuously visiting this Blog, this poem is especially for you:
Thanking United Kingdom
Lovely people who visit,
From the UK wide.
I’m thanking you all,
Full of pride.
I treasure you here,
I am glad we talk,
I love this land,
You walk the walk.
Stay with me now,
Forever and a day,
United Kingdom,
Camp here this way.
By Clarabelle
Celebrating 33,000
Celebrating reaching over 33,000 blog views, thank you.
Happy Philippines
Thank you to all the beautiful people from the very beautiful Philippines who visit this Clarabelle Blog. I have now completed thank you poems dedicated to the following countries so far and today, Philippines, this one is for you.
USA, India, Canada, Romania, thank you, your poems are shared on previous blog posts.
Here is a Poem for the people of the Philippines:
Happy sunny people,
from the Philippines you shine.
On this Clarabelle blog,
In my rhythm and rhyme.
You bring me great joy,
Because you visit me,
One day may I step foot,
In your beautiful country.
By Clarabelle
I Love It
I love writing to you, I really do, I just absolutely love it. I do hope that you see, read and feel that when you visit here, I hope my love for writing to you shines through.
Thank you for being here, I have faith and belief that you love my writing to you too.
Clarabelle
How are you?
Hi there, this is a rather more informal blog posting, I was just wondering how you were, are you doing okay out there or maybe you’re doing even better than okay? So, please may I ask you,
How are you today?
I’d like to know more about you. 🙂
Love Clarabelle
PS: I’m happily enjoying a lovely cup of Earl Grey tea at the moment, and it’s, well, just lovely.
The Time Will Come
Over the last few years I have been writing lots and lots of poems, words of inspiration and motivation. Â These writings have come from my inner wisdom, my corporate business knowledge and true and heartfelt life experiences. Â All of my writings have been compiled into 10 books, which are currently available on Amazon. These books went “live” on Amazon in June this year, with the wonderful help from a very successful editor in America, Steve Mann. Â To my absolute delight and amazement, last night, I read some truly wonderful 5 star book reviews and I wanted to share some of them with you today:
On my book, Clarabelle’s Musings:
“This full compilation of Claire’s positive thoughts, inspiring messages, and motivating jottings will make you feel like you just drank 6 energy drinks, without the heart palpitations. Her words pick you up, help you view your life in a different, more positive way, and provide you with the belief that you can accomplish anything.”
On my book, Clarabelle’s Affirmations:
“Psychologists and therapists have long known that affirmations can help us all to stay on course in the goals we set for ourselves. Heck, even Oprah has spoken about how important it is to have daily affirmations for yourself. Claire, through her prose and poetry, offers us affirmations that we can use on a daily basis to help us to set goals and achieve them.”
On my book, Clarabelle’s Keys to Happiness:
“We all know that to be happy all the time is an impossibility because without sadness, we would not truly appreciate happiness. Claire through her prose and poems, reminds us of what it is like to be happy and how we as individuals are responsible for our own happiness. Through her words, she unveils the secrets that really can help us all to achieve happiness more often.”
On my book, Clarabelle’s Christmas Joys:
“Who doesn’t love Christmas? Well, actually, there are a lot of people who don’t. But Claire’s words bring us back to the true reality of what Christmas is all about. It’s about the joy of family, the appreciation of the blessings we have, the use of our talents to share with others to help them, and the love of keeping the people who matter to you, close in your life. Claire’s superlative use of words remind us all of the true meaning of Christmans and how we should be thankful for the joys we have in our lives. I loved it. I love Christmas. Why not read it like I did, and feel empowered to access the true Christmas Joys.”
On my book, Clarabelle Presents Nature’s Gifts:
“Claire’s expressive words bring a new appreciation to all that is nature. Her prose and poems lighten the spirit and make the heart sing with joy.”
On my book, Clarabelle’s Moving Motivations:
“What are we without human motivation? Simply a shell of a human body that walks around with animation, but no direction. Claire’s writings provide motivation to all of us to dream, believe in our dreams, and take the steps necessary to achieve our dreams.”
On my book, Clarabelle’s Heart and Soul:
“People don’t often make the connection of importance between the heart and the soul. Of course, we all know, without our hearts, our souls will wander. But Claire’s exquisite jottings show how closely our hearts and souls are connected, not just within our own bodies, but also in how we connect with other hearts and souls. Claire, in her quiet writings, paint a clear picture of how dependent we as fragile humans are upon not just our own hearts and souls, but the people we touch in our lives and those who touch us in our lives.”
On my book, Clarabelle’s Creative Inspirations:
“Claire Murray is a talented and gifted author and poet. Her jottings inspire me and make me feel positive, happy, and make my heart sing with joy. Thank you Claire, for sharing your gifts with us. I thoroughly enjoyed all of your books. Getting up every morning and reading one of your prose or poems gave me a burst of positive energy to start my day out right and helped me to see normal things that happened throughout my day in a positive light.”
On my book, Clarabelle’s Poems of Love:
“When Claire writes about love, it really is a Splendid Thing. Through her words she is able to transport the reader back to young love, first love, and mature love. It brings back the beautiful memories of falling in love and staying in love.”
These reviews were written a few months ago and I honestly didn’t know I had made such an impact with the person reading them. Â This makes me very happy. Â It just goes to show, and I truly believe this, when YOU are ready, “The Time Will Come” when your inner butterfly will spread its wings and flutter to the hearts of others.
Thank you for being here, I love you for it.
All my love for a beautiful day, Clarabelle
Strengthen the Mind
The mind is like a loose cannon, if you don’t control its direction, goodness knows where you’ll end up. Â A lot of change and unsettlement can unrest the mind and may not feel really good. Â The first step is being aware that your current thinking isn’t serving you well and then you must take steps to put it back on track. Â Whatever that is for you. Â I have a few personal strategies in place that work for me when my mind runs away with crazy stupid thoughts that I know I don’t benefit from. Â Motivational anything does it for me, I have figured out that if I am around motivational people, motivational words, I watch or read anything motivational it inspires me to take control of my thinking so that it serves me best. Â So I will end this short blog post today with some motivational words for you today, here goes:
YOU GOTTA…
You gotta help yourself, you gotta believe that you can change for the better, you gotta feel it in your heart and have deep faith that better days are on their way to an even better YOU. Â You gotta start with any type of negative thinking that doesn’t serve you well, you gotta replace that thinking with more positive thoughts, more positive intentions and you’ve gotta do whatever you need to do to change it up for yourself, to make it better, to turn each dull moment into a brighter sunny day. Â You don’t need to wait for the sun to come out, it’s already there, shining inside of you. Â Believe me, if you master your thoughts, you’re half way there to entering the door of your dreams.
And remember, you don’t always need to look outside for the sun.
Wishing you a day filled with inspired action.
Love Clarabelle
28,000 + Visitors
Thank You
I would like to say a very special thank you to all of you who visit my Clarabelle blog, I really do appreciate it. Â I am celebrating today reaching over 28,000 visitors since April 2012 and I am very very grateful for your presence and contribution.
It’s so lovely to know that I have a global following and so encouraging to know that it all just started with one blog post, one thought, one piece of inspiration and acting upon it.
I will continue to write as much as I can on this blog, I love writing articles for you and I do hope you keep coming back time and time again.
Wishing you a beautiful day.
Lots of love, Clarabelle
I Love You
Three of the most powerful words that touch your soul like no other, that make your heart smile inside, that help you to believe that anything is possible and that give you hope for the future and peace in the now. Â What are these words?….these words can only be:
“I Love You”
Say it out loud, right now, feel how those words feel, those are three of the most impactful words you will ever say to someone. Â Those three little words can turn EVERYTHING around for the better. Â “I Love You” said with true meaning and heart can raise a shattered soul from the gutter and uplift it so much that it will be dancing with the birds around the sun.
When was the last time you told someone you loved them? Â I know you know they know it, but when did you actually look them in the eyes, hold their hands and say to them “I Love you”?
Do it today, do it for yourself and do it for them……make today an “I Love You” day. Â I KNOW it will make you and the other person feel so good.
And…….to you, YOU, who faithfully drops by every day on this Clarabelle Blog, “I Love you”…for being here…I LOVE YOU.
Wishing you a loving day, wherever you are in the world.
Clarabelle
Living the Solution
Some things might surprise you.
IÂ have had the experience recently of being very surprised with some of my life situations. Â Fairly recently, I put my life in a suitcase and moved to another country, to what I thought was going to be the best job ever, I thought the job was going to give me everything I ever wanted. Â I was so positive about it, so excited, so “up for the challenge”…..,.basically, I was super ready for this!! Â Then when I get there, it turns out to not be what I expected, but hey that’s okay, I accepted that and moved on!! Â You see I know what is important to me in life and I know what I need from a job that will make every day a joy for me to be there – that way the company get the best out of me in every way possible.
So what happened next? Â Where do you go from here?
I tell you what I did.  I didn’t moan about the situation, I was truthful with everyone around me – especially myself, and focused on the solution to the problem…..NOT the problem.  You see there is a BIG difference, a HUGE difference.  I know that you get what you focus on, please let me repeat that, YOU GET WHAT YOU FOCUS ON 🙂 So I knew that I had to focus on the solution, I did, and within 2 weeks, I was LIVING the solution, albeit a temporary solution, but still a SOLUTION.  Yippee, yippee, yippee, this is a prime example of a positive outcome from focusing on the solution.
This temporary solution has actually worked out much better than I expected, a billion percent better……and it’s now got me thinking, that the place  I am at now, this “temporary” place, was actually a permanent piece of the jigsaw puzzle.
I am currently working on a more permanent solution to my career, but that needs more reflection and more time to get me to the next destination. Â I now have absolute full clarity on what I need going forward, the misty fog has cleared and there are very beautiful and very bright days ahead.
Please remember, FOCUS ON THE SOLUTION, not the problem and LIVE THE SOLUTION, even if it is temporary, you just never know where it may lead you.
Thank you for being here and thank you for commenting.
Lots of love to you today, as always,
Clarabelle 🙂 🙂 🙂
I Love Your Blog
27,000 Visitors
I Love Your Blog….I Love YOUR Blog.  🙂
A special thank you to every one of you 27,000 visitors who have camped out on this Clarabelle Blog, you are all very special to me.
So much has happened since it all began in April 2012 and it’s wonderful that I still receive a beautiful and interested audience from all around the world.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank YOU.
Lots of love, Clarabelle
Burning Ambition
Let it Burn
Let it burn, until you do something about it…..let it burn in your heart forever and just do it!!
25,000 Plus – Thank YOU
Thank YOU……this means so much to me. Â Thank YOU for being here, I love you for it.
Clarabelle Music App
Clarabelle Music App
I am one full week into my Clarabelle 90 Day Challenge and I am delighted to share with you today that my Clarabelle Music App has officially gone “live” today. Â The App is free to download and it is automatically linked to my blog, facebook, twitter and YouTube accounts, so you can get all the latest up-to-date information as and when I post. Â Here is the link to the Clarabelle Music App, if you wish to download it for free:
Thank you as always for being here and for your full support and encouragement, I do love you for it.
Wishing you a beautiful day today, full of love and smiles. Â Clarabelle
Clarabelle Cinema Animation
Cinema Animation Video
I am delighted to share with you today, the third introductory animation video that I got created recently for this Clarabelle blog. Â I’m really loving these animation videos and I think the people creating these are just super talented. Â I feel the animation videos really bring much more life, colour and vitality to the beginning of my Clarabelle videos. Â Once again, a special thank you to Adam Smith from USA for creating this for me.
Guest Post by Steve Davis
Guest Blogger of the Month
I am delighted to share with you today a Guest Post from Steve Davis in relation to leading and working with a team.  Steve is a highly motivated and inspirational individual and I would also encourage you to visit his empowering blog http://stevendavisuk.com/
Guest Post by Steve Davis
Hi, I am Steve. I write an increasingly popular blog to inspire and motivate people like you and me. My goals are to help others to get drive, hunger and some passion whether it is in their professional life or personal life. For many years I have been motivating different teams with different types of people with much success. Increasing attitude, productivity and results for those I have worked with. If you would like to engage with my increasingly popular blog, please visit http://stevendavisuk.com/
I wanted to share with you 3 factors that I find are very important when leading/ working with a team.
Lead your team by example
In order to have a productive team, you must be a productive leader. Role-modelling what the employees are expected to do creates great influence, not only on the team but on the work environment itself. It will also generate enthusiasm and will inspire everybody to work more productive and harder. Sometimes it’s simply because your employees are looking up to you. Small things like being on time or being energetic may affect your employee most. This is a massive part of my game as I am always smiling and full of the well, ‘joys of spring’. However, role modelling is sometimes easily overlooked. Be careful with what you do, how you say things, and what you say to keep your team MOTIVATED.
Give ‘worthwhile’ incentives
Celebrating success within the team is HUGE. Giving your team an extra incentive aside from what they are compensated for monthly can be considered as a ‘high impact’ motivation driver. This type of motivation often applies if the performance of the whole organisation is at par with its strategy and goals, be it weekly, monthly, quarterly, or even yearly. However, keep in mind that it is not only monetary incentives that count. My team often like vouchers, ‘Reach-and-Go’s’ and any form of companywide recognition. When this was introduced to numerous teams across my company it had a positive impact on results, activity and morale! Don’t forget, ask the team what they want and compromise where possible, so your incentives will DRIVE them to win.
Listen carefully
This may seem like the easiest thing to do, but you will be surprised how hard it is to actually take on board. I know many leaders who are somewhat successful but struggle to listen. We can all hear what others are saying but to listen is challenging at best. With all your worries about your business, its targets and operations, how will you have the time to listen about how Henry forgot his lunch and now has to buy food from local amenities? It’s tough, but make a conscious effort to give that time to listen. You might think that your employees’ problems are ‘insignificant’ compared to yours, but you can’t make that call on what is important to a person and what is not. Listening to your teams concerns will be greatly appreciated. They will feel more empowered and happy since they are talking to the leader of the team.
Inspiring and motivating your team is one of the most crucial job descriptions for a leader, you can teach skills, benefits and duties but lack of motivation to the team often results to decreasing productivity and declining results. Please keep in touch http://stevendavisuk.com/
Thank You
A very special thank you to Steve for sharing this post with us, I hope you found it as valuable as I did. Â Clarabelle
If you are interested in doing a Guest Post for this Clarabelle blog, then I would really love to hear from you. Â Please send me an email to claire@murraypeople.com noting your interest. Â Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.
Butterfly Animation Video
Clarabelle Logo Butterfly Animation Video
I have been getting some introductory animation videos created for the beginning of my music and video poems. Â Thank you to Adam Smith for making these videos for me, I think he did an amazing job. Â Below is the Clarabelle logo butterfly animation, I think it goes just perfectly with my Clarabelle logo. Â Let me know what you think of this animation, I would love to know.
Wishing you a beautiful day filled with sunshine and butterflies. Â Love Clarabelle
A Big 20K
Today I am celebrating over 20,000 hits on this Clarabelle Blog and I am super super excited about it. Â So a very special thank you goes out to all of you who pop by and show me your love. Â Next official blog posting celebration is 25,000, so I look forward to that.
Woo hoo, I feel like having a party, want to come?  🙂
Dream Big my beautiful friends and reach that mountain top.
Lots of love, Clarabelle
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Â Thank you, love Clarabelle
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
WOW, Thank YOU
Blog’s Progress
Only 4 days ago I shared a blog stats post with you, I was so delighted that I reached over 18,000 blog hits. Â I remember it used to take me over a month to receive over 1000 blog hits and yes, you’ve guessed it, I’ve reached over 19,000 blog hits now. Â The last 4 days has been amazing for this blog and Christmas Eve was my busiest day ever on this blog to date, with 466 hits, thank YOU so much. Â I am so amazed by this blog’s progress, I really love posting to this blog and I do hope it shows because I get so much from it and I really hope you do too. Â So thank YOU once again for making this happen, I really do love you for it and I hope you stay on this wonderful journey with me. Â Lots of love to you today and always, Clarabelle.
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I Am So Amazed!!
8 days ago I shared with you my absolute delight of reaching 17,000 blog hits but I honestly wasn’t expecting to be updating you again today, yes only 8 days later, now celebrating 18,000 + blog hits – wow, I am so amazed!!
This month in December has been particularly successful for blog visitors and views, with the highest ever number of daily, weekly and monthly stats since the blog’s birth in April 2012.
Rapid Increase
I have noticed that the Search Engines seem to be finding my blog more, which I feel is the biggest reason for the rapid increase and I am so glad people are liking my posts too. Â This just inspires me even more and more to keep going and sharing meaningful posts with you from my creative spirit, heart and soul.
So I offer up to you a massive thank YOU for being here, it just wouldn’t be the same without YOU.
Big Plans
I have big plans for this Clarabelle Blog and I am so delighted that it is going from strength to strength, for what once started out as a hobby and a “nice thing to do” is evolving into something really magical for me and hopefully for you.
My Heart to You
This is my life project and I will continue to inspire as much as I can through this blog and I do hope you will continue on this beautiful and exciting journey with me because every time I post, it gives a little piece of my heart to you.
Love to you, Clarabelle
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Open Up Your Voice Box
Start Up
I started this blog up in April 2012 to originally share my own poetry with you. Â I remember looking at all the hundreds of poems I had written but had never really shared them with anyone, hence the idea for the blog came about.
It’s quite funny because this blog wasn’t planned, it wasn’t on my list of things to achieve and wasn’t a specific goal I set out to do at the beginning of year. Â It was something that just came over me that day, I remember having a quiet solitude moment to myself and in popped the idea.
I had started a blog prior to this one in 2009 which related to my Murray People Coaching Business but I wasn’t consistent with my blog posts and therefore that blog then became redundant.
Something about Clarabelle
But…. and I mean a BIG BUT HERE, there is something about this Clarabelle blog that I just, quite simply, love.  I think I am in love with it hahahahah.  🙂  I know this because of how excited I am to write blog posts almost everyday.
If you’re a regular visitor to this blog you will now know that I don’t only share my poetry, I share my thoughts on topics around self help, personal development, coaching tools, songwriting, songs, guest bloggers, interesting conversations I have, road running, birthday celebrations, eBooks, quotations, affirmations, photography, music etc….basically anything that I feel passionate about writing.
So why am I sharing all this with you?
Well, I really really do value YOU for visiting this blog and I feel it is important for me to give you a voice and tell me what you like about this blog and what you don’t like. Please feel free to note your responses on the comments section below or email me at claire@murraypeople.com. Â I will use your valuable feedback to make this blog even better because I am committed to it and I am committed to give YOU more of what you really like.
So, beautiful people, open up your voice box and let me know what you really think. Thank you and I look forward to hearing your feedback.
Question for YOU: Â What do you like/dislike about this blog and why?
Clarabelle
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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You 15,000+ Blog Visitors
A very special thank you to YOU for visiting, following, liking, sharing and commenting on this Clarabelle Blog.
When I began this blog in April 2012 I never imagined such interest and I am so delighted with the blog’s progress. Â I know I have said this before, but I honestly really do LOVE posting to this blog, I just love, love, love it, it really is an extension of who I am and what I am all about.
Thank you beautiful people for continuing to inspire me to “keep going” and share with you the wisdom and whispers of my heart and soul. Â I am forever grateful. Â Thank YOU.
Clarabelle
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Open Your Heart….
“Open your heart and see that true beauty is everywhere.” Â (Clarabelle)
Photo and Quote by Clarabelle.
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Lightning May Strike…..
Clarabelle Journey 🙂
“Lightning may strike for a good reason.”
The Meaning Behind Each Value
I Live and Breathe These Values Everyday
In my previous post I shared with you the 8 connected core values for the Clarabelle Blog. I also shared with you that the meaning behind each value is the most important part. This evening I have been working on the meaning for each value and I have detailed this below for you.  I live and breathe these values everyday and I will endeavour to demonstrate these values throughout the Clarabelle Blog.  Thank you so much for being part of this journey.  Much love to you Clarabelle.  🙂
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- LOVE-LIFE
- DREAM-DO
- GIVE-GRATITUDE
- HEALTH-HAPPINESS
Below is what each value means:
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Purpose and Passion
I have been working on the core values for the Clarabelle blog.  Values are really important to me and I believe they hold the foundations together and are the glue for any business, organisation or company to grow on.  In my other business, Murray People Executive Coaching I work with Company Directors and Senior Executives in helping them define their own core values and the values for their business, it can be quite an enlightening experience for them.
Below is an image I created today of the 8 connected core values which the Clarabelle blog lives by, these are: Â
- LOVE-LIFE
- DREAM-DO
- GIVE-GRATITUDE
- HEALTH-HAPPINESS.
What is most important though is not necessarily the words, it is the meaning behind each of these words which add purpose and passion to each value. Â I will be doing another blog post in the near future explaining what each of these values mean.
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Thank You Beautiful People
Thank you beautiful people, I couldn’t have made it without you.  🙂  You inspire me to keep on going 🙂
Thank YOU Friends
I want to give a massive thanks to YOU for visiting this Clarabelle blog. Â Just over a month ago I was celebrating reaching 10,000 blog hits and yesterday I am amazed to say that I reached 12,000, this is the fastest growth ever to date. Â I want to give thanks to all the other bloggers, guest bloggers, facebook friends, linkedin connections, twitter followers and all other visitors who take the time to come and visit my blog and read, like and comment on my posts.
I truly LOVE doing this blog, I choose to put a lot of love and positive energy into it because I am passionate about what I write and share with you. Â I don’t plan in advance what I want to write, I just write what feels right at the time……and I really do hope it adds value to your day.
Thank you for your full support, encouragement and inspiration and I really do mean that.
Wishing you a very beautiful day filled with true passion and love for what you do, love Clarabelle
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Discover Your Gift
Personal Insights
I want to share some personal insights I have gained from the latest book I am reading, it is called “Discover the Gift” by Demian Lichtenstein and Shajen Joy Aziz. Â I love this book, I love it because it is providing me with evidence that I am on the right path – I know I am, and I also know that I should be sharing this post with you today, because it feels right, I have a calling to share it with you so YOU will benefit too. Â I guess then if you are reading this post, you were meant to read it, there is a message in here for you, reflect on the message, feel it in your heart and do what you need to do, do the right thing for you.
The book if full of wisdom, the words connect with my heart and soul. Â Let me share with you some questions the book asks the reader in relation to discovering your gift, this section was called “Finding Your Assets”, I will also share my own responses with you….so here goes:
What does my source say?
Love with all your heart, show love, do love, be love.Â
What am I meant to do?
Sing like an Angel, write beautiful songs that touch hearts, inspire souls, awaken happy spirits and ignite passion inside others.
What is working for me in my life right now?
Running free, blogging, singing, dancing, music, reading, friends, loving, letting go, sharing, expressing, coaching, understanding, empathy, caring, smiling, meeting, positive communication, giving love, care and attention, reflecting, being brave, listening to my heart, believing my intuition, doing what feels rights, having peace from within, staying calm, being transparent, being me, being forever grateful, being happy now.
If I could do anything I want as a career, and money was not an object, what would I choose to do?Â
Singer/Songwriter, Author, Writing Inspirational Books, Sharing my story, Autobiography, Doing Gigs/Concerts, Blogging, Winning Euro-Vision, Red Carpet Awards, Coaching, having fun, laughter, love, joy and peace in my heart everyday. Â Â Â
Happiness
I have happiness dancing inside of me, I know I am on the right path, because I am doing a lot of the above and I am currently making plans to make them all happen. Â This isn’t about me, it is about discovering a gift that is meant to be shared with the world, this gift will raise the vibrations of other people, it will have such a positive impact on them and like a domino effect will touch other hearts…..it will be paid forward every single time, it will be continuous positive energy, growing and growing and growing across the Universe, such goodness will come from this, the positive impact is so powerful indeed.
I will share with you the final few sentences from this section in the book:
“We can certainly hold on to whatever it is we think is precious about ourselves, but that’s not how we grow. Â If you want to see your world blossom in front of you, find a way to give your assets away. Â It’s an investment in your future.”
I want you to take time to reflect on the above questions for you, really think about the real message that is coming through for you. Â Now go on and just be you.
Lots of love to you today, Â Clarabelle
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Thank You
IÂ started this ‘Poems by Clarabelle’ blog in April this year. Â I am not even sure I remember where the ‘trigger’ to start this blog came from (possibly an inner calling) but I am so delighted that I did. Â No words can describe how wonderful it feels to express my creativity in an inspirational way, all I want to do is ‘make a positive difference’ in the lives of others and from the feedback of blog followers, I know I have achieved that and touched hearts along the way……WOW!! Â So now, today, I would like to give a little back to celebrate my 100th blog follower – thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. Â For the next 48 hours, as a special thank you for your support, I am giving away a ‘free’ e-copy of my Ebook, entitled ‘Inspirational Quotes & Poems’, please head over to my ‘Author’ page on this blog to find out more about it. Â To request your free copy, please email me at claire@murraypeople.com and your copy will be on its way to you. Â This free offer is only available for the next 48 hours and I really look forward to continue sharing the inspiration with you, we are on this life journey together. Â Lots and lots of love Clarabelle. Â Â
Clarabelle 