Angel's advocacy

Are you an angel's advocate?

I have been contemplating the power of being an angel's advocate. You have heard of being a Devil's Advocate? Well, the idea of angel's advocate is maintaining a positive outlook on every situation that one encounters.

As stated by Susan Holton from Gabriel Ames Assoc.:

"What does it mean to be an Angel's Advocate?
An Angel's Advocate first looks at the benefits of any situation - not at what is wrong with it.
An Angel's Advocate first looks at the ways in which an idea might work - not the ways in which it will inevitably fail.
An Angel's Advocate views ideas from a positive perspective.
Think about the turn around that would be created by first looking at everything through a positive light!"

It's being open to and offering a wider perspective or higher altitude view of a situation. It's understanding that the only thing we have control of is our option to choose how we 'react' to anything. So often we 'go into reaction' to something that is said, to how someone treats us or others, and we don't stop to take a breath and reset.


It can take a little re-training of the mind.  So next time you feel the impulse to voice your negative opinion, ask yourself how you could reframe your thought/words more positively. You can instantly change the tone of the conversation and not only uplift yourself, but others as well.

Herb Class

This past summer, I took an herb class through my local high school community education program, Marin Learn.  It was called Herb Exploration and Remedies, taught by a very knowledgeable and gentle spirit, Annabella. She grows most of her own herbs in Fairfax, CA and makes essential oils, flower essences and writes books (Lunafina.com).

Annabella

herb concoction

aromatic leaves

medicinal plants

lamb's ear

we made lavender wands

plantain for tea

strega cordial making

Over 4 classes, we also made a California Poppy tincture, a cordial, mugwort bundles, bathing salt, an herb cooking salt and a lavender infused oil, all to take home.  During each class, we sipped delicious herb tea from very sweet English tea cups that Annabella brought to class.  She also gave each person an herb nickname, and mine was "Mullein" the 'flower of inner light'.  She talked about the medicinal quality of each herb, harvesting, and all the uses for the herbs.

Annabella also leads a "Salon des Plantes" where people meet at various locations around Marin County to 'spend time with the plants'.  I hope to attend one of these gatherings very soon.  I highly recommend taking one of Annabella's classes.  You are sure to learn a lot about herbs and all of their gifts they have for us!

If you go to Annabella's website you can see how to order
some of her flower essences.

Thought for the day from Abraham-Hicks:
Use whatever excuse you can to vibrate in harmony with those things you've been saying you want. And when you do, those things that are a vibrational equivalent flow into your experience in abundance. Not because you deserve it, not because you've earned it, but because it's the natural consequence of the Law of Attraction. That which is like unto itself is drawn. --- Abraham
Excerpted from the workshop in Silver Spring, MD on Saturday, April 19th, 1997