Julanne's Village Jewels

  KINDNESS I was recently asked,"What is my motto?" I immediately thought of KINDNESS. I usually don't think I have a 'motto' but I do think about how important KINDNESS is in my life. It's the first thing that 'pops' up in my mind when I experience any upset or disagreeable thought (my own) or happening (outer) that is not  KIND.  I received an email telling about an island in the Caribbean that has 'come back to life' by eliminating rodents and some animals. There are birds returning and a sanctuary that is flourishing, trees, grasses and all good things growing to sustain the island. It is such good news1 When I was reading it, I realized how relaxed my body became reading good, prosperous  news! It was KIND! I have always preferred the word KIND to LOVE. To me KIND is so much wider, deeper than the word LOVE. It says more.It 'drips' softness, affection, love and attention for so many different subjects. ( I understand that there are...

                                                                                           WRITING                                                                                      In October of 2001, my son was about to be married in Florida. I was wondering what gift I could give them that would be special. One night I woke up and suddenly there was a vivid 'scene' flooding my brain about what it would be. I started writing and it became my first 'story'  out of...

                                                                                                                                                                                          DISCOVERIES I have been DISCOVERING so many magnificent gifts lately. Gifts that simply show up unexpectedly, and with such an impact on me! Someone introduced me to an unusually gifted person who has written poetry that truly makes my heart sing! Her name is ...

ADVENTURE When I was in my 50’s in California, A group of us ‘did’ a ROPES COURSE. There were several different events we could do but ours was the TYROLEAN TRAVERSE. I had never even heard of it before I went so I didn’t know what to expect, but I did know it would probably be the biggest challenge of my life! And it was. The site was situated in woods and a ravine, a very deep ravine, that’s all I can remember. It was a beautiful location. As we approached the platform of the TYROLEAN TRAVERSE, I started to really get anxious. As I looked out over the ravine I really got anxious! The people strapped me to a harness which was attached to a very long zip line that extended all the way across the ravine. They instructed me that once I was all harnessed in and hooked up, I was to jump off the platform and literally go sliding on the zip line to the center of the ravine. I completely froze and the supervisor said “she’ll never jump!” I took a deep breath and said ‘oh ...

                                                                                                     INNER                                                                                                        A friend of mine mentioned to me the words INNER ELDER. It was the first time I had ever put those 2 words together let alone realized what they meant. For many years I have been AW...

  EVIDENCE I'm sure we are all familiar with mystery stories or whatever where we want to see and perceive the EVIDENCE that declares what has or is happening.  It's very normal to want to know for sure  beyond a reasonable doubt, what is so! After all, if we have the EVIDENCE than all is well. it's like in this picture, the water falling through the rocks had  to have come from higher up. Here's the EVIDENCE  right here. I remember many years ago going to a seminar and the person was talking about EVIDENCE. What I  really  remember was the realization of how much I KNOW and TRUST in the areas of LIFE I 'can't see, hear, feel or even taste , because there is no tangible  EVIDENCE and yet I KNOW  it's happening or has happened sometime, even millions of years ago. A perfect example is the WIND blowing  and the trees moving. Virtually all events in HISTORY and in NATURE fall into this category because we have  EVIDENCE even if we did...

                                                                    BLUE CONVOLVUS OPULENCE OPULENCE . . . Isn't that a magnanimous word? OPULENCE means wealthy, rich, a little more than well-to-do, perhaps well-off. That is how I have felt lately, coming upon or finding something I'm seeking or needing.  I have a very special frame in my bathroom that I like to switch pictures in from time to time. I knew the one I wanted to put in the frame and when I went to look for it ( in the exact  envelope in which I stored it, ) it was not there. I wouldn't give up and continued to go back to look for it 4  times! At last, on the 4th try, there is was nestled gently in between other photos. One might think I was a bit obsessed, which I was, until I...