Thoughts Before Breakfast

Carole Simpson

Description

Thoughts before Breakfast is a book full of spiritual clues which Carole has found while enjoying her own journey through life, and while striving to find the spiritual answer to every challenge that life throws at her.

Thoughts before Breakfast is a collection of Carole’s spiritualist church addresses that she has delivered over the years. Each address is Carole’s personal view on life and she likes to see herself as a spiritual detective. She is always on the lookout for spiritual clues or treasures.

Thoughts before Breakfast is a book full of wisdom and humour. Carole Simpson encourages the reader to see life as a game, and to play the game of life to their best advantage. Carole shares her personal experiences of, what she calls, ‘dog’s poo in paradise’ moments to show the reader that even in the bleakest moments of life there is a spiritual clue or answer to be found.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Simpson
• Trafford
• Self-help
• Trafford Publishing
• Carole Simpson
• health

Informations

• Publié par: Trafford Publishing
• Date de parution: 12 décembre 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781466959354
• Langue: English

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THOUGHTS BEFORE BREAKFAST



CAROLE SIMPSON



© Copyright 2008 Carole Simpson. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

ISBN: 978-1-4251-4994-9 (sc) ISBN: 978-1-4669-5935-4 (e)
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DEDICATION
To my mother May Elizabeth Shorland 1918-2003
Mum, I wrote this book especially for you, to say thank you for being such a great mum and sharing with me your great love of nature. My most treasured memories of growing up were our lovely country outings. Mum, thank you for giving me nine siblings. Growing up as a member of a large family was one of the best gifts you gave me.



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many thanks to all the people who have helped to make this book possible; particularly to my husband Peter for allowing me to share some of his less pleasant experiences. And to other family members, Lorraine, Ian, Clarissa, Vic and Linda for also letting me share some of their experiences; Ian and Judy Davis-Goff for all their love and support; Brenda Sanders for her happy encouragement. A very big thank you to all my fellow spiritualists at Napier Spiritualist Church for always showing their appreciation for my church addresses; without their encouragement this book would not have happened. Thank you to Alex Thomas for proof reading this book. Thank you to Beryl Smith for your proof reading and editing. Thank you to Lee Howard for sharing your computer knowledge. I thank my own personal guides who have been constantly in the background giving me inspiration, encouragement and the courage to carry on when I felt overwhelmed with the task at hand.


CONTENTS
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Foreword
A Personal History
The Self-Help Group
Spiritualist Church
My First Talk At The Spiritualist Church
A Few Of My Thoughts
Words
Enthusiasm
Time
Three More Thoughts
Another Spiritualist Church
Thoughts Before Breakfast
Flower Power
Now
The Game Of Life
Toastmasters
My Second Speech At Toastmasters
Christmas
The Circle
Magical Thinking
Blowing Bubbles
Money
Touch
Dog’s Poo In Paradise Part 1
Power
Inspiration, Motivation And Cooperation
Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining
Seeds
Dog’s Poo In Paradise Part 2
The Code
You Never Know When God Will Use You
My Life Purpose
Dog’s Poo In Paradise Part 3
Life Is Meant To Be A Struggle
Universalist
Spiritual Networking
The Big Cover Up
Walnuts
The Treadmill
Epilogue
Comments About ‘Thoughts Before Breakfast’



FOREWORD
For most of my life, in the morning before I am fully awake, my mind receives some wonderful thoughts. ‘Receive thoughts’ sounds strange. Where do thoughts come from? My early morning thoughts seem different from my daily thoughts. They seem to come from another source; they are in my mind but are not from me.
I believe these thoughts are from my spiritual guides, and I look forward to them daily. The thoughts are full of ideas, or sometimes they can be a whole lecture on life. They fill me with passion and enthusiasm, and I can feel the excitement of starting a new day.
I titled this book Thoughts before Breakfast. I have shared some of my thoughts before breakfast with my local spiritualist church when it has been my turn to do the address. Over the years, the congregation have said how much they enjoy my speeches and really look forward to them. Some of the regular church goers have told me how one of my speeches helped change their way of thinking, and actually changed their lives for the better. You may notice that I have repeated parts of stories; this is how they have occurred in my life.
Though I have called this book Thoughts before Breakfast I also receive some wonderful thoughts when sitting in my garden or in other places of beauty, so of course I have included them in this book.
Carole Simpson



A PERSONAL HISTORY
I am from a family of ten children; I am number seven, and a twin. I grew up in Bristol, England.
When I was 21, I met a lovely man called Peter. We decided that we would be married. We planned all the details carefully, and intended to buy a small, new house in Bristol, straight off the plan of a new housing estate. One of my brothers, Tim, was a contractor on the site so we were able to choose a house plan without any difficulty. All we had to do was to wait until the house was built.
One morning when I was cleaning my teeth, just before Peter came to pick me up, I had a clear vision in my mind. I saw myself washing the dishes, looking out of a little kitchen window in my new house. It gave me a sad, closed-in feeling, and I could see a future of spending my life in a little house, washing dishes. I thought, “I could wash dishes anywhere else in the world.”
Peter arrived a short time later and the first thing I said to him, when we were in the car, was, “I can wash dishes anywhere in the world and not just in Bristol.” Much to my surprise, Peter agreed, and we started to think about other countries. We decided Canada was too cold, Australia had snakes, and then Peter mentioned that he had an uncle who lived in New Zealand. I didn’t know anything about New Zealand but we both thought we could live there.
When we went to London to visit the New Zealand Embassy, they told us New Zealand didn’t need our skills, so we left feeling disappointed.
Peter’s mother cleaned house for her neighbour who just happened to be a New Zealander. One day, she gave Peter a New Zealand newspaper which she found in the neighbour’s wastepaper basket. She thought Peter might like to look at it, because he was interested in New Zealand. In the newspaper was an advertisement, for English soccer players to play soccer in New Zealand. Now Peter was very good at soccer, and he replied to the advertisement. Peter is a painter and decorator. A painting firm in New Zealand said they would sponsor him and he could work for them, and play soccer for the town’s soccer team. Within a few months of having a vision of looking out a little window while washing dishes, we were on our way to a new life in New Zealand.
I believe when the universe would like you to do something, it gives you a helping hand. I think the universe had worked out my future. Within a 15 month time frame; I met Peter, we were engaged, married and immigrated to New Zealand, and I felt that we were guided every step of the way.



THE SELF-HELP GROUP
About 14 years ago, I joined a self-help group, where we sat around in a circle, and each one of us shared our week of highs and lows. Each week, one member of the group was chairperson, and opened the meeting with a little prayer, and then read from a collection of inspirational readings. The meetings were run on the same lines as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA’s) 12 step programme.
At first I was reluctant to join the group, thinking I did not need such a group. However, a friend encouraged me to go along to three meetings, and then decide whether to leave or stay.
The meetings were held in a building in the same grounds as an addiction centre. For several years I had passed the addiction centre, and could not understand how people become addicted to drugs and alcohol.
On my first meeting I sat there looking at all the other group members. I listened carefully to the readings, and then to each member’s highs and lows, and how they were managing to cope with life’s challenges, I was amazed. Some of the group were from the addiction centre, and I was overcome with the emotion and compassion I felt for them, and thought how lucky I was, not to be in their shoes. At the end of the meeting we all stood in a circle and said the Serenity Prayer out loud.
I continued to go to the meetings each week and was filled with awe, observing the changes in the addiction group members. During the first week of their course they would come into the room with their heads down, and sit, crumpled in their chairs, and would either mumble or whisper or refuse to talk. However, with each passing week, I could see their confidence and self-esteem soar. By week eight they would be chairing the group. I really enjoyed going to the meetings and seeing the miracles.
After a couple weeks I was confident enough to share my own highs and lows, and read a passage or two from an inspirational book.
A little while later, I volunteered to chair the group, and I chose the inspirational reading and the topic for the evening.
I chose my topic by looking at situations in life, and finding secret messages or lessons. I am also able to see visions which make it easier for me to share what I have learnt. I didn’t realize I was having such an impact on the group, until some of the members told me after the sessions, how much they really look forward to what I have to say, and how I say it in such a way that it’s easy for them to understan