Be Happy and Just Smile

Not a keep calm for this one. I guess it is because when you just be happy and smile, you are already calm, or you certainly calm yourself down. Good words and a good thought. 

Make a commitment to yourself today that you are going to "Be Happy and Just Smile" 

Might also make people wonder what you are up to and that is okay as they could have their minds on something not near as worthwhile as trying to figure out why you are so happy and holding good thoughts of you. 

Have a great week and keep calm and sparkle on... S

Keep Calm and L♥ve the Life Y♥u Live

Keep Calm and L♥ve the Life Y♥u Live with Sharon Taphorn

I remember the first time I really listened to the words I was singing to the song, 'Love the One Your With' by Crosby Stills and Nash... 

"And if you can't be with the one you love, honey Love the one you're with" 

I remember thinking how wise that thought really is. There truly is no point wallowing away in self pity or feeling sad that someone doesn't want to be with you that you love, be them lover or friend. 

We can't always be with the ones we love like our family and friends. Sometimes they move away, move on or just become unavailable to us on some other level and it is okay to feel that sadness for a moment and then it is important to move on. If you have loved someone and lost, and most of us have at some point in our lives, it isn't always easy, but it is part of living a human life governed by free will that is also finite. Some will come and all will eventual go on in one manner or another. Remember to look around and see the others that are there. The possibilities that exist for you are truly endless. 

Whenever I loved and lost along the way I reminded myself  to not live in the past of what might have been, but to live in the now, in essence, to love the one I am with, whomever that may be, and that didn't always mean a someone, as sometimes it was just me, myself and I. So, when I saw this 'Keep Calm' poster it reminded me of a philosophy that I had adopted that has pulled me through some difficult times over the past few years. 

Over the past four and half years of my healing journey I frequently adjusted that little saying to remind myself to keep calm and just love and accept where I was right now as I wasn't anywhere else for whatever reason and the only place to go to here is here anyway. 

Keep Calm and Love the Life You Live! Simple and divine, yet we seem to make it so much more complex in our wanting for so much more. You are where you are and it is what it is and you have what you have and so Love the Life you Live regardless. By adopting this philosophy I am actually enjoying my life more while living on a lot less and yet feeling like I have so much more. I guess that means that how  I view my life has changed and what is most important has changed for me. And, by living this philosophy, I am also beginning to see that I am creating a life I love live right now and I look forward to what the day brings to me, the beauty I see awakening all around me and the opportunities I desire opening up for me, even as some are closing.

There is always something of beauty somewhere in your life to focus your attention on while you learn to love the life you live and as you do that, you find other things that you love and pretty soon life begins to look better and brighter and well, it always does get better with time and really the time we have is now so why not just have things get better right now and be done with agonising process of letting go of what you really don't want anyway. Just pull that bandage off quickly and smoothly and not prolong the pain of enduring a slower process (unless of course you really want to and then well, just enjoy that too since that is where you are). 

I was going to add a you tube video of the song "love the One your With", but then I found this one and it gave me a chuckle as it is definitely a sign to Carry On and Sparkle...

xoxox Sharon The Sparkly One 

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program, private sessions, and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Put the Kettle On

Keep Calm and Put the Kettle On

Sage advise during times of energy influx when those of us who do coffee table counselling with friends and family or those of us who do sessions for a living as these are often times when things get busy as people are trying to find their footing while the log beneath them keeps spinning and if they stop they will surely sink into the great abyss that lays in the water beneath them. Which pretty much sums it up out there and sounded like a good place to start. 

I do love on Big Bang Theory how Sheldon makes tea when things are rough as it is the right thing to do, even if you don't drink tea. His mother taught him that and it is just good manners. I have to say that I was brought up on offering coffee or tea to those who enter your home as a welcoming and so what feels more inviting that a nice spot of tea and some good company!  (although Sheldon does still sometimes just make it for himself even when he is not the one in distress)

If you find yourself needing a little nurturing, a nice cup of camomile or perhaps even Valerian with lemon balm tea will help to sooth your soul and some music of tranquillity and some good friends, a good book, or a great meditation  to support you and you will be just fine.

Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

No Plans to be Awesome

"Trust Me when I woke up today, I had no plans to be Awesome but **it Happens!"

Shared this on the facebook page and thought it was great and so share it on the blog too... 

It made me start my day with a smile and is a fantastic reminder that no matter what, I can Sparkle and while I didn't get as much done as I had planned, I did get some food and am going to make some vegan cream of mushroom soup with the organic cashews on sale...score lol, and it is the best soup and some fresh spinach naan and my day is awesome lol... 

and, it was a good hair day! 

Remember to keep Sparkling On... love Sharon

Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Don't Leave Home without your Sparkle

You didn't come to earth without your sparkle, so don't leave home with it! I did share this picture last week on facebook, but when I posted this weeks Sparkle Rant with Sharon I wanted to add it to the blog. It is really good advise.

Don't Leave home without your Sparkle!

When you are standing at the door sprinkle yourself in faerie sparkles and imagine that you are clocked just like this sparkler and you can't help but keep calm and Sparkle On...

Attitude is 80% of the battle so if you have the right attitude, the rest is easy peasy as you have already showed up and that must be another 10%.  And, you are Sparkly, so you are totally ready for ACTION, that is the other 10%. So, you are there my friend. Keep calm and don't leave home without your Sparkle On... 

Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Don't forget to be Awesome!

Love this one. You are Awesome! Just the fact that you showed up for the mission shows us how awesome you are! 

Before you go out the door and face the world this week, shake your head, release some energy, smile and remember that you are awesome and today is your gift to explore and experience.  

Don't forget to remember that you are awesome, it is that simple. 

You would not have been chosen for the mission if you were not a great hope with the best chances to succeed! You are here now at the forefront and it is because of this awesomeness that is you and all that you have and are that we are here now together in the realm of physicality, enjoying the ride. 

Don't forget to remember that you are Awesome! 

Have an awesome week! 

Love and sparkle on, Sharon xoxox

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Oh Shit! Never-Mind

Enough Said!

Some things beg no deeper meaning or thought provoking conversation lol, and yet they do.

Some days that is just the best approach to life. Surrender and just accept today for what it is. What might seem like a big mountain in front of you right now might look different when you just release it to the Universe and let it go. When you wake up tomorrow, that mountain might just really be a little hill or at the top is or on the other side it might be exactly what you were looking for all along.

Also don't give up. How do you surrender and not give up. Well, that means to release any need to control the outcome or what the outcome looks like right now. There are always alternatives and different paths to lead you where you want to go, it could be that what you are striving for is not quite set up and so there are some distractions to keep you busy until the timing is right and the doors open.

In the meantime there is plenty to do and many wonderful things to focus upon and keep yourself busy with productive projects that feed your heart and soul. This is really what is most important. Taking time to release your thoughts through activities that are fun, energizing and get you outside are most beneficial as it allows you to get out of the way of your own thoughts and focus on something else for a while.

Read a good book, go for a walk, gather together with friends and celebrate life and all that is around you.

This weeks advise has helped me through some..shall we say, interesting times... sometimes you just got to Keep Calm, and Oh Shit Never Mind or that wonderful line from the movie Risky Business... Sometimes you just got to say "What the F#$%! and just surrender and let it go, it is what it is.

Have a fantastic week and most of all just keep yourself grounded and smile (it will make people wonder what your up to! :)

LOve and blessings, Sharon

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Love Gaia

This was not my planned conversation  for this week until I realized that we have Earth Day on the 22nd. For me I try to make every day Earth Day and take my stewardship for her a personal commitment. I will go out and pick up garbage in the park every time Bella and I are there for a walk which is most days. I am already going to the garbage can anyway so why not take stuff with me. 

I also try to use environmental friendly products and have actually been known to take recyclables home from places that don't have certain types or those who don't recycle. (I do keep some gloves in my car lol).  I make a conscious effort to lesson my carbon foot print. 

I love this beautiful earth. There is nothing more healing that walking barefoot on the grass and then just lying there with your face up to the sun. It is one of my favourite activities to do and pretty soon we will be able to as the grass is greening and ground is drying (I did manage to spend 20 minutes walking barefoot on the grass a few days ago and it was heavenly). Spring is my favourite season as the earth reawakens from her slumber. I am so fortunate to have been in Vancouver a few weeks ago as the trees were blossoming, and to now get it again here in the north. I remember I loved that when I used to come up here every Easter when I was in college. Two springs, what a blessing. Everyday I check my gardens looking for new blooms and shoots and see what survived our snowy winter. It is exciting for me as I have been working on creating annual gardens.

Spend some time this week communing with Gaia. Do a meditation and connect with the earth, the trees, the wind, the birds, the animals, the rocks... a waterfall, a lake, a stream... anywhere and any time you can. Not only will it be extremely healing and rejuvenating, it will also be enlightening and empowering.

Happy Earth Day and may every day be Earth Day in your heart! 

xoxox Sharon

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Colour Your Life

It is still 2 months until the next mercury retrograde and yet I am compelled to talk about taking a look at your life (this is an exercise I recommend during mercury retro's). Perhaps it is because the energy of this month is about finding our balance in all aspects of our lives, or perhaps it is just the energy of spring and the rebirth it brings as I watch all the new plants begin to sprout up in my garden. I transplanted a lot of plants last year that were given to me and so I am eagerly awaiting their arrival as it seems most of them took and have many new spouts coming up. I am so excited, I wet my plants... 

Anyway, I digress sort of as plants and flowers really do colour your life, so were not completely the topic for today. 

When you look around around at your life from the perspective of colour, what do you see? What do you most often wear and what is your favourite colour? 

We do have a wonderful colour show on Shifting Times Radio - Colours with Cathy on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month lead by the extraordinary teacher/healer/Colour and Sound Master Cathy Gordichuk of Edmonton Alberta Canada and she is always happy to answer your questions on how to use the aspects of colour to colour your life. She is also now offering colour readings which are fantastic during the show. (check it out at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/shiftingtimesradio and listen to some of the archives). 

Many years ago when my son was little he told me I had too much black in my wardrobe and he was right. When I looked at things there was way too much black and not enough colour. I wear black well and it goes with everything so it is often a colour that have. He made me decide to go out and get some new colourful things and it really does brighten up your outlook. I can't always afford to redo the living room every other week and there are times I wish I could lol, however I can completely change the energy of the room by adding or changing the colours of the things I have in the room and it creates a whole new feel and energy.  

I love 2nd hand stores for things to change up my life. It is less expensive and it recycles, they have stories and I love things with a story to tell me, so that is a win win for me. I look for the colours that attract me and not the product and I have found some amazing treasures that way. I have also found some interesting furniture with stories to tell and energies to feel but we will save that for another time. 

I dress for the colour of the day or the activities I am doing and check in to see what is best for me. Listening to Cathy's show has helped me a lot with that as I mostly just trust what I get when I check in however to have a better understanding of what all the colours and their vibrations do to effect the energy around is is intriguing to me and a wonderful way to play with the Universe. I am also continually amazed at how many people tap in and wear the colour of the day having no idea there even is one.

So, this week as you go about your life, tune into the colours of your life, and the colours around you, keep calm and Sparkle On! 

xoxox Sharon

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Call the Angels

What better advise could we give that this considering we work with the angels everyday!

I thought it was appropriate to offer a small list of angelic helpers (and Masters) you can call upon for certain situations for support, guidance, love and protection. It is by no means complete but is a reference and truly all you need to do is call them in and they will be there. I think many of us have done it in times of emergency without even realising it. 

You always have your guardian angels who are there for you, supporting you, loving you, and guarding you. 

Each archangel is really a group of angels who work together for a common purpose just as we do as human and is a collective of energies. Compartmentalizing them and giving them names helps us feel empowered and focused in times of need. I know that when I was in a place where there was nothing I could do and no where for me to turn for help that the angels and guides that I invoked did exactly as I asked and the results were quick and swift. 

Archangel Michael and his legions of helper angels for protection, strength, truth, courage, help, love, really anything as he can be the go to guy for anything. 

Here are some situations and who to call upon:

Love, Passion and Relationships: Archangel Chamuel, Archangel Raguel, Quan Yin, Maitreya, Aphrodite, Aengus, Pele, Hathor.

Healing: Archangel Raphael, Jesus, John of God, Sanat Kumara, Yogananda, Babaji, Maat, Melchizedek, Vywamus.

Abundance and Manifestation: Archangel Ariel, Archangel Raziel, Jesus, Babaji, Saint-Germain, Abundantia, Ganesh, Lakshmi.

Justice: Archangel Raguel, Ida-Ten, Athena, Forseti, Kuan Ti.

Life Changes: Archangel Jeremiel.

Life Purpose: Archangel Chamuel, Archangel Michael, Kuthumi, Saint-Germain, Thoth, Vywamus.

Overcoming Obstacles: Archangel Jeremiel, Ganesh, The Tara's.

Peace: Archangel Chamuel, Babaji, Budda, Kaun Ti, Maitreya, Serapis Bey, Yogananda, Ganesh.

Psychic Abilities: Archangel Haniel, Archangel Raziel, Merlin, Quan Yin, Horus, Babaji, Jesus.

Job Interviews: Lu-Hsing, Archangel Gabriel, Thoth.

Children: Mother Mary, Archangel Metatron, Archangel Gabriel,

Courage: Archangel Michael, Saint-Germain, Green Tara, Horus.

Forgiveness: Archangel Zadkiel, Jesus.

Spirituality: Krishna, Archangel Metatron, Archangel Uriel, Budda, Jesus, Sanat Kumara, White Tara, Green Tara, Babaji, Quan Yin.

Grief and Grieving: Archangel Azrael.

Two great references of working with guides and angels are my new book, Angels, Guides, and Other Realms, and Doreen Virtue's Archangel,
Archangels and Ascended Masters

So, keep calm, take a deep breath and call in your angels, it is that simple! 

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Use The Force

Sometime during these times of higher energy, or more energy bouncing around we forget that we just need to stop for a moment, take a few deep breaths and clear our thoughts and feelings and get grounded and focused. When we do we are better able to utilize the tools of creativity that are available to us and for us. 

Everyone has magical abilities to help them create in their lives, it is just that we don't all believe we can and sometimes we cancel out that which we are actually desiring to create for ourselves and our world. 

So, for this week to help you work in this new energy field we find ourselves in is to just keep calm and use the force. This means to tap into the unseen energy of creation and not get caught up in the manic energy of other or that energy that leads us to unproductive activities. Tap into the force and let it help to guide you in choices and decisions and realize that you are a magical spark of creator energy and it is just waiting for us to step up and use our power to create a better way. 

Enjoy your week and may the force be with you! 

Love and blessings, Sharon 

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Be Yourself

We don't always realize we choose to be  in whatever energy we find ourselves as we are not always looking at the bigger the picture of the grander plan of all things all the time, however we can always choose how we respond to  what is happening around us. 

This weeks topic is to just be yourself. Take a deep breath, keep calm, and be yourself. That truly is all you ever need to be and if it isn't enough for those around you, perhaps its time to change those around you. 

It isn't always easy, and you are not alone. The wonderful world of the internet (which just celebrated its 25th anniversary) has changed that. We can easily be together honouring our contracts of friendship and support from all over the planet and it is powerful. 

Celebrate who you are in all of your glorious aspects and just trust yourself and be yourself. 

When I studied English Lit, this was one of my top ten poems and now all of these years later, it speaks to me on an entirely new level and a masterpiece of timeless wisdom...

By ~ e.e. cummings
October 26, 1955

To Be Nobody-But-Yourself


Almost anybody
can learn to think or believe or know,

but not a single human being
can be taught to feel

Why?

Because whenever you think or you believe or you know,
you are a lot of other people:

but the moment you feel

you are
nobody-but-yourself.

To be nobody-but-yourself

in a world which is doing its best
night and day

to make you everybody else

means to fight the hardest battle
which any human being can fight;
and
never stop fighting.

~e.e. cummings
October 26, 1955

Keep Calm and Just Dance

This week's advice speaks for itself and is a great answer for any blues, confusion, or just because.

Movement is good for many things and helps not only our physical bodies but is also an excellent way to free up our thoughts and let go of stuff we are hanging onto that we really do need to let go of.

With the arrival of spring and the better weather here in the north we are getting to go for longer walks in the sunshine and it is wonderful. Soon we can do some earthing.

Release the baggage and do some dancing and dance like you do when know no one is watching and if you can't go dancing do some prancing and enjoy getting your blood and ideas pumping.

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, monthly articles her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms and workshops, for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/

Keep Calm and Sparkle On

Some days you wonder the who's, what's, and why's and what possibly could you have been thinking at the time and other times you just got to say what the heck and keep going. Regardless what is happening around you, you will live a better, happier life if you just remember to keep calm and sparkle on. 

It really doesn't matter what it is or what is about, it only matters that you keep calm and sparkle. So, throughout this year that is my new mantra, my new motto and my prayer. As I begin my day, and especially if I am interacting with others, I shall remain calm and sparkle on... 

When I sense there is something in the air that smells like we need something to remind us of what is wonderful and beautiful in life, or to return to balance and find a happy place, this is where I will share these thoughts, ideas, and inspirations. I do hope you will join me and together we will create a better world than than the one we leave behind. 

Love and Sparkles, Sharon

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Sharon Taphorn, Author of Angels, Guides, and other Realms and Angel Guidance-Messages of Love and Healing, shares her wisdom, spirit, and passion around the world through her daily angel messages, her weekly radio program Angels, Guides, and other Realms for more information check out her Home Page at http://www.playingwiththeuniverse.com/