Inspiration Friday 2025.04.18

Inspiration: Happy Friday!
Today is the 108th Day of 2025.

We have $108,000.00 today.
10% savings = $10,800.00
40% taxes = $43,200.00: This week I am expressing gratitude for these tax dollars being spent to support the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Located in the state of Texas. The Guadalupe Mountains were established as a National Park in 1966. You will find among other wonders Guadalupe Peak the highest point in Texas, salt flats in the Chihuahuan Desert and Mckittnick Canyon inside the park to explore. Learn more here:  LEARN MORE HERE.

How will you be spending the remaining $54,000.00 today?

HERE IS MY PLAN: Take a Hike

“To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.”  — Bill Nye

How are you showing up in the world?

That quote can mean many things at this time in history! However, my focus is on the fact that National Parks Week starts tomorrow, and Earth Day is Tuesday. I know because I visit the public library often. It delights me to find interesting collections of books and resources carefully selected by the local librarians each month. The April displays are focused on Earth Day, National Parks, Stress Awareness, Alcohol Awareness, and Autism Acceptance. Each of these topics invites people to learn and have conversations with others. Last Earth Day I was at the library and overheard an exchange between a grandparent and his grandson. The youngster was worried that polar bears might become extinct before he is old enough to travel to Alaska to see them in the wild. His grandfather suggested that they learn as much as they can about polar bears. He told his grandson that together, they might create a solution or two to help. This suggestion seemed to reassure the boy that they could find a way to help polar bears. Did you know that the Modern Environmental Movement was launched 55 years ago on April 22, and is known as Earth Day? We celebrate our planet, focus on environmental education, and advocate actions for our planet’s wellbeing. Repurpose, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Upcycle. Everyone can do something to make a difference. What if our choices are the key to contributing to the wellbeing of Earth? What if it is up to us? I am picking up other people’s trash and clearing obstacles for those who walk after me on this path. How are you showing up in the world?

$100.00: Self-care. I am buying containers, seeds, and garden tools to play in the dirt.  And I love that!

$0: Priceless: National Parks

“There is nothing so American as our national parks. The fundamental idea behind the parks is that the country belongs to the people, the parks enrich the lives of us all.”  — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Go to a National Park or National Forest in person this Saturday for free! The entrance fees will be waived on April 19, 2025, to kick off the nine-day national park celebration and to encourage people to come out to play. What National Park or National Forest is closest to where you live? LEARN MORE HERE! Connect with Earth.

Respond with love. Repeat. What would it take?

$53,900.00: I am purchasing America the Beautiful Annual Passes for friends and family to enjoy adventures in National Parks and National Forests all year long. That’s right, you are a lucky person! There are millions of public land acres that are available for us to explore. Wonder what you will find on your next adventure? LEARN MORE HERE!

Connect to Earth with purpose and you will show up in life as a better human.

We can all make a difference; we can all do something. Go take a hike.

$1000.00: For a date with my husband that includes taking an easy hike in the Bitterroot National Forest. We are still walking the Earth together.

How loved can you stand it?

Flow Five Friday: Current “real” life expressions of gratitude, love, and contribution to wellbeing.

$5.00: This week’s five-dollar bill is inside the library book called The Last Polar Bear. by Hannah Gold. Libraries are full of wonders that spark imagination to create solutions. I am choosing to be the energy of what works in life.

Five Increments of Time: This week I helped a friend practice a presentation for a big job interview. Being there. How are you “Flowing Five” this week?

Well-Being: Something that I am doing or not doing for self-care in real time.

I am working with a coach to learn to improve my meditation practice. What are you doing or not doing for self-care?

Planet Awareness: Contributing to the health of Earth.

“When enough people come together, then change will come, and we can achieve almost anything. So instead of looking for hope—start creating it!”- Greta Thunberg

I am willing to learn how I can show up as a better person for the sake of Earth.

What are you doing for the health of our planet?

Hold Space or Contribute to a Friends Life Intention

This week in recognition of Earth Day, I am supporting the dream of a young boy to find solutions that will prevent polar bears from becoming extinct. One of his Living Intentions is to visit Alaska to see polar bears in their wild habitat when he is older. You can support his Living Intention by learning more about how to help the polar bears thrive in the wild. Or perhaps you can read The Last Polar Bear book to another child.

Choose joy. Be kind. Love others and strive to be a better human. What would it take?

Choose to feel good. Be Joy. 
Practice gratitude. Amplify Kindness. Expand Generosity. 
Ask, Receive, and Give with More Ease. 
Respond to life with Love.

PS: If you have been playing with me for several years, below are the current daily deposits in other years Vibrational Accounts: