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Happy Healthy Loving Life: Overwhelmed?

09 Saturday Jul 2022

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in Dealing with stress, Effective Living, Kebba Buckley Button, Overwhelm, stress

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I often hear people talking about feeling overwhelmed.  They describe feeling stressed, confused, fearful, overcome by events, or even lost.  They say they are exhausted and have trouble making decisions.  If you are overwhelmed right now, what would you describe as the cause?  Do you have too much going on with work, too much in your personal life, or an intense circumstance that takes all you have emotionally?

Merriam-Webster defines “overwhelm” as “upset, overthrow”, or “overcome by superior force”, even “overpowered in thought or feeling.”  So wouldn’t it be great to take power over this uncomfortable condition?  My friend Michael Price says you can do just that.

Michael is a consultant and trainer, and the creator of the program, “Your Powerful Mind Revealed”.  He helps people to realize and harness the power of their minds, to deal effectively with situations and feelings that may have left them feeling helpless in the past.  Michael says one of our most powerful tools is harnessing our self-talk, which may be working against our success and happiness much of the time.  For example, if you have too much to do, you may feel overwhelmed.  Yet you may realize you know others who are equally busy who do not feel overwhelmed.  In this case, Michael recommends you ask yourself if you really have too much to do in too little time, in which case you might consider cutting back. Or, he asks, is the background chatter in your brain making the situation seem bad?  Your self-talk may be in unnecessary panic mode, urging you to be upset and feel incapable.  Your inner chatter may be saying things like, “I’ll never get all this done!  This is too much for the time I have!  My mind doesn’t work fast enough to get all this done!  I seem to get more and more assignments each month!”  This self-talk only increases your sense of being overwhelmed.  You can change that.

Michael says overwhelm “is really an emotional reaction to our visual and mental perception of our workload.”  Further, he says, “Thoughts create emotion, and emotion dictates behavior.”  So continuing to believe we are overwhelmed only increases the sensation of overwhelm.  Michael also says procrastination is a big factor for those who feel overwhelmed.  He recommends we ask ourselves three questions:

  1. Is this overwhelm, or is it simply the result of my procrastinating?
  2. Did I really commit to too much?
  3. Did I misjudge the time and resources this project would take?

Michael says, then, we are ready to prioritize, using his system to take the emotional charge out of the process, and start knocking out the list of projects.  Don’t let your self-talk distract you from the tasks at hand.  Take control instead of reacting.  You’ll find you have less stress and more productivity.  Now go and do, and succeed!

In my daily series this month, I hope to strongly convince you that positive living, using holistic tools, is the way to be, and that it results in greater health and happiness and joy.  It’s more fun!  And that would be you, ever more Healthy Happy and Loving Lifesm!


Kebba Buckley Button is a stress/energy management expert, holistic healer, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   They are also available in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the Franciscan Renewal Center bookstore and at the bookstore at St. Barnabas on the Desert Episcopal Church. Or simply email us to order:  kebba@kebba.com .  Thank you!

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Message Mugs We Love

23 Tuesday Feb 2021

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in cast your cares, choosing happiness, Effective Living, favorite mugs, Feeling energized, fulfilled, Kebba Buckley Button, living beyond, message mugs, stress, the life you want, uncertainty

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I was excited to get all the responses to my favorite-mug sharing a few days ago! I want you to have the healthiest, happiest life that you absolutely love!  And mugs can be a supporting player in that life. Mugs comfort and reassure.  They transport liquids that wake us up, that revive us, and that warm us up.  Sometimes a mug even gets commandeered to hold soup, chili, or cereal.  Even pencils!

Some mugs remind us of a place we’ve been, like the Starbucks in Cabo San Lucas.  Or the street fair where we found the array of lovingly hand-crafted ceramicware.  Some mugs are simply beautiful, and they create points of color in our office or living room.  There are mugs that represent a company or candidate, or even a city.  I once received a mug that said, “Genuine Souvenir of Israel”; on the bottom, it said “Made in Hong Kong”.  Plus, it was the ugliest mug I have ever seen.

One of the greatest delights of a mug is that it may remind us of something important– a value, a goal, a mood we aspire to.  These are the message mugs.  Today, I’m sharing 5 of my favorite message mugs, collected over the years.

  1. The first I actually found in a Walgreens.  In 5 words, it reminds us that we all have limits, and our job is to do our best, that’s all: DON’T STRESS- DO YOUR BEST.  Great advice for anyone.

2.  For this red mug, the message is in the shape.  It’s a heart!  This was unusual when I found it about 10 years ago.  When I sip from this mug, I remember all the people who love me, and I remember God’s love.  (To find a heart-shaped mug today, just ask your search bar– there are hundreds now.)

3.  This is the mug that reminds you your burdens are not yours alone.  God is taking care of things on a much more profound level than we can imagine.  We are only responsible to do our part.  The reverse side of this mug reminds us of Ps. 55:22, “Cast all your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you.” (These are available online in several styles.)

4.  The message of this one is clear.  It also reminds me of all the love that surrounds us all the time. It’s from an Ellen Degeneres design line and probably still available.

5.  This last one is from Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright school of architecture.  “Love is the virtue of the heart…Decision the virtue of the will.”  I like to drink from this one when I want to feel strong and motivated.

 

So there you have some of my favorite message mugs. Do you have some that are meaningful or motivating for you?  There are so many opportunities to feel bad in this world.  Use the tools you have to comfort, uplift, and motivate yourself to create the life you want!

The more we are in step with the positive and the supportive, the inspirational and the motivational, the more we find we’re Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm!  The choices are up to you!  


Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Your Credo for the Year

20 Saturday Feb 2021

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in choosing happiness, Effective Living, Feeling energized, fulfilled, Goethe, Kebba Buckley Button, New Year's Resolutions, Personal credo, stress, the life you want, uncertainty

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In the effective living side of my stress management programs, I always recommend people skip the New Year’s Resolutions so many believe in.  Instead, I recommend listing the qualities we want to embody in the New Year: vitality, integrity, faith, consistency…fill in your own. 

I bring this up now, 50 days into the New Year, because it’s about the right time to ask ourselves:  how are my New Year’s Resolutions going?  Am I keeping my resolutions and making progress with my goals?

The German poet/playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, usually referred to simply as “Goethe”, said:

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.  Willing is not enough; we must do.

Now how do you think you’re doing with your New Year’s Resolutions?

A personal credo can include all the qualities you want to embody for the year.

Goethe said:

“For the New Year, I would wish to have

Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them,

Love enough to move me to be useful and helpful to others,

Faith enough to make real the things of God, and

Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.”

So what would your personal credo be?  How would your credo compare with his?  The more we are in step with our values and desired qualities, the more we find we’re Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm?  It’s up to you!  


Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Our Bucket List

19 Friday Feb 2021

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in bucket list, Effective Living, Feeling energized, Kebba Buckley Button, living beyond, stress, the life you want, uncertainty, UpBeat Living

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Today, I’ve been thinking a lot about our bucket list, the crazy mixed list of things we would like to do before we die or “kick the bucket”.  Everyone probably has a different bucket list.  What’s on your bucket list? If you’ve seen the 2007 movie, The Bucket List, with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, you are definitely up on how a person’s background and situation affects their ultimate bucket list.  Please see the movie, if you haven’t.

As I think about my own bucket list, I think about my entire life, things I want to do, places I want to visit, and experiences that would, frankly, require time travel.  I would like to see:

  • Carmel by the Sea, a charming and artistic town, possibly a good BNB spot for a few days’ writer’s retreat.
  • The Redwoods- especially the tree with the arch cut at the bottom, so you could drive through it.  I want to look up and see the mist 300 feet above me.
  • Agatha Christie’s England, staying in a country inn for a month, photographing and writing.
  • My late mother’s childhood home as it was in 1925, on two acres of citrus and rare plants, with her parents tending the plants and cutting fresh flowers each day.

But I am at peace if these never happen.  I have seen and done many wondrous things, and I know I have done my best.  So I am square with my Maker.  I have seen:

  • Asilomar near Monterey, with its long and serene beach boardwalks
  • Bavaria of 1966, Neuschwanstein Castle
  • Carnaby Street the year miniskirts hit
  • Rehoboth Beach at dawn (Atlantic coast)
  • The Pacific coast at sunset
  • The German-French Frendship Garden in Saarbrucken, with its music-driven fountains
  • Westminster Abbey and a few Cathedrals. 
  • Market lanes in Nogales, Ensenada, and Cabo.  Ships left to dissolve and sink off the coast of Mexico. 
  • Key Largo when it still looked much as it did during the making of the  Bogart film– the original cafe’ and Florida brush. 

I have held and comforted newborns and dying patients.  I have crewed and flown in hot air balloons.  I have crewed on a sloop and been hoisted to the top of the mast, to untangle the 20′ banner.

If I see Carmel and the Redwoods, I guess that’s gravy now.  Because I’m deep in being Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm!  How about you?


Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Mugs We Love

18 Thursday Feb 2021

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in choosing happiness, Effective Living, favorite mugs, Feeling energized, fulfilled, Kebba Buckley Button, living beyond, stress, the life you want, uncertainty

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Today I’m sharing 5 of my favorite mugs, each for a different reason.  And while you’re looking at mine, would you please think about what your favorite mugs are?  To me, the humble mug is a symbol of comfort and joy, that vessel that holds our comforting or uplifting beverage, as we shift gears for the day.  Aside from breakfast time, maybe we are re-setting ourselves at the end of an afternoon.  Or maybe we are shifting down from the day to relax on our way to bed.

Today, a vast array of mugs are available to enjoy.  We have personalized photo mugs, initial mugs, and slogan mugs.  We have art mugs and souvenir mugs, even plaid mugs and mugs that come in a little sweater (Target).  We have mass-produced mugs, hand-painted mugs, and mugs in many different shapes.  I love mugs that remind me to set my mood on “great”, in any of several ways.  Here are my top favorite mugs at the moment.

  1.  This “Happy Happy Happy” mug was produced by the Robertsons of Duck Dynasty fame.  Phil Robertson said basically, you can choose to be happy, whether you have a little or a lot.  [See Philippians 4:11.]  It just reminds me, each time I lift it:  oh yeah! Let’s be in our Happy!  Sweet.

2.  This oriental mug is just pretty.  My holistic practice is based on oriental energy medicine, and I tend to be attracted to oriental designs.  This mug is also a tribute to our loveliest and dearest things not needing to be expensive: I found it in a market in the $1 mug section, 35 years ago.  I’ve sipped a thousand cups of tea and coffee from this one.

3.  This mug is special because it’s a dream-reminder mug.  You can get the plastic kit from a craft store for about $1 (Michaels).  Pull out the white liner, then pull out the paper insert.  Then glue whatever inspiring words and images you like onto the paper insert, in the spirit of a dream board.  Mine says, “Beyond Expectation” “Imagine a place that arouses your senses” “Imagine” “Dream” “Wealth”.  The background is lush desert landscaping and a pine with long needles; a mountain vista is on the other side. So every time you lift this mug, you are reminding yourself of your dreams.  Btw, I now have a beautifully landscaped Feng Shui Garden with a giant long-needle pine, in my own southwest-style home.  Pundits would say I called it in with my little dream board.

4.  This little pair of history mugs each hold about 5 ounces.  My husband and I stayed on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California, a few times, and we bought the demitasse mugs there.  I love to think about the heyday of luxury cruising: people strolling around the decks in leisurely fashion, taking in the sea air, dancing in the ballrooms to live music at night.  So I love staying in a Queen Mary stateroom and exploring the huge, historic vastness of the ship.  What sweet memories these little mugs evoke!

5.  The final mug I’m sharing today is the most special one I’ve ever had.  I purchased it at a massive arts festival around 20 years ago, in the heyday of street fairs.  It was probably about $20.  I am always thrilled by the colors, the layering of the enamels, the gesture of the elephant, the curves of the piece.  For me, it’s elegant artistry, and I feel elegant when I hold it.  If you want to see more elegant artistry, look for FoxLo ceramics online.  You’ll gasp for joy at their images.

So, how about you?  What are your favorite mugs, and what do they evoke for you?  Why do you enjoy them?  Would you send me an image for a future column?

The World holds so many opportunities for hurt and ugliness.  It’s crucial that we nurture the Good and the beautiful in our lives as we are able.  The more we are in step with the good feelings of life, the more we find we’re Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm?  It’s up to you!  


Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Polar Vortex Again!

17 Wednesday Feb 2021

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in Effective Living, Feeling energized, frozen flowers, polar vortex, Relationships, stress, uncertainty

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The descent of the Polar Vortex across much of our nation this week has reminded me of an adventure we had 7 years ago.  In 2014, my husband and I wanted to visit the relatives in Denver.  So we found a week that would work and booked inexpensive tickets that could not be changed.  As the dates drew closer, it became clear that Denver would be having snow.  Exactly the same days we would be there.

Then it became clear we were flying into the Polar Vortex— science fiction for Phoenix people.  My secondary goal of taking Fall photos became the goal of taking icy winter photos.  It was 4 degrees for a high, with dark, cloudy skies most of each day.  As we debarked at Denver International Airport, it was the first time I had ever seen gate agents *inside* wearing winter scarves and gloves.

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We were challenged, not only to stay comfortable, but to keep seeing well, as our glasses kept fogging, freezing, and thawing, then fogging again.  Fortunately, we did have warm enough clothing and footwear.

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Above is the view from our hotel dining room.  Notice the ice coating on the inside of the window?  This is looking east across Colorado Boulevard.

All around Denver, gardens were flash-frozen by the sudden snowstorms.  Above are some of the ice-clad daffodils from my late mother’s garden– a rare photo opportunity for me.  My sister Annie kindly drove us all around town, in messy, icy wintery traffic, so I could get a lot of snowy photos.  I learned to keep the camera (iPhone) inside my top, so it wouldn’t crack from the cold.  And yes! That was a cold thing to put back inside my top!

Another blessing of the trip was the chance to get this family photo (below) during dinner one night. Yes, there was a fireplace nearby–very cozy! From the left, that’s me, older sister Annie, Mom, and my husband, Ron Button.

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When we embrace situations that could be discomforts, we end up with adventures! We all made the best of the 2014 Polar Vortex and now have great memories for a lifetime.  And embracing life takes us further into the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm?  It’s up to you!  


Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: An Interesting Life

16 Tuesday Feb 2021

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in Effective Living, Feeling energized, Forgiveness, Grudges, living beyond, Moving on, not boring, Relationships, Resentment, stress, uncertainty

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This neon sign was in a favorite Denver restaurant.  One day, a sudden blizzard blew across the city, dropping the temperature 80 degrees and blanketing the city with snow.  The main dining room was a bit chilly.  I looked up, saw this sign, and realized: my life has never been boring! And it will probably never be boring!  And I embrace my life.

How about you?

The more we are in step with the uncertainty of life, the more we find we’re Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm?  It’s up to you!  


Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: The Pinball Machine of Life

15 Monday Feb 2021

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in Adjusting to change, Dealing with stress, Effective Living, Forgiveness, Grudges, living beyond, Moving on, Nasty people, Relationships, Resentment, stress, Upset

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Today, I offer my Pinball Machine Theory of Life.   Think of the top 3 disappointing events you’ve had in life.  A relationship suddenly over.  The job you KNEW was yours, and someone else got it.  The friend who suddenly cut you off.  Remember how much that hurt?

Sometimes, it’s like you are the ball on a pinball game board.  After the token goes into the machine, and the spring launcher is pulled and released, the ball zips up the slope of the game board.  Sometimes, like the pinball, you are racing up the board of life thinking you are definitely headed in a certain direction.  Then– wham!– you get hit with a flipper.  For a moment, you don’t even know what your new direction is, right?  You’re just reverberating with the impact of the flipper (ow!), feeling the pain, and trying to get your bearings again.  Then you begin collecting yourself, look up, and see what unintended direction you are now headed in.  Yikes! Not what the plan was!  And how many time has this happened to you?

Grammy-Award winning musician Garth Brooks has a powerful song called, “Thank God for Unanswered Prayers.”  In the song, he tells of being out with his wife and seeing the woman he dated in high school.  In high school, he used to pray for that relationship every night.  By the time he saw his old flame again, he realized he would not be in the amazing relationship he was in with his wife, had the relationship with his old flame worked out.  So now he is massively grateful for the passing of that old relationship!  He was redirected on the Pinball Machine of Life, and now he is deeply glad.

If you are a person of faith, remember this timeless truth [Romans 8:28]:  We know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him…

When the flippers hit you, you are being directed for powerful purposes, by a Wisdom greater than our own.  Do your best to deal with the hurt.  Then embrace the new opportunities that are arriving.  Be the happy and grateful pinball.

Now, doesn’t it feel great to be even more Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm?  It’s up to you!  


Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert, holistic guide, and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She has a longtime energy healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: Memories of Seasons

05 Saturday Dec 2020

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in changing seasons, Effective Living, Happy Healthy Loving Life, Kebba Buckley Button, memories, stress, Stress of Life's Surprise Turns, Sudden stress, sudden winter, the life you want

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For many years, I have lived in Phoenix.  We have mainly sunny and warm-to-hot weather year round, and I love that.  But many of my fondest memories are tied to the sensory joy of changing seasons.  I enjoy every season.  The cleansing cold of winter, the new life of Spring, the sustaining softness of Summer, and the astonishing transition colors and smells of Fall:  all move me deeply.  I like to just stop and be present to the sky, the sights, the air, and the smells of each season.

But most moving to me are the sudden changes that sometimes abruptly introduce the next season. Sudden Winter is most awesome to me.  And sometimes, Sudden Winter jumps in, not following Fall, but in Spring or Summer.  In April several years ago, I got to experience this in Denver.

I had prepared for the trip by packing clothes that could work comfortably in 90-degree heat or as cold as 40 degrees.  I had it nailed for the week.  I knew Denver weather could be very changeable.  But no one, including the meteorologists, saw a 2-day blizzard coming. 

Suddenly, intense winds brought in swirling heavy snow.  Denver road traffic and air traffic came to a near halt.  It was 5 degrees outside my hotel, having dropped from 60 degrees the day before.  Fortunately, in Denver, most Uber vehicles are SUVs with 4-wheel drive and year-round tires.  So I caught a ride to the nearby REI store and bought some weatherproof winter clothes.  I was the only customer in the massive store.  The rest of Denver was frozen in place.  I arranged with the REI manager to wear my new clothes out the door, into the bitter and blowing cold. 

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I could hardly walk in that wind.  Meeting my return Uber in the parking lot, I gripped  a utility pole to stay upright. The wind was so intense that it whipped my glasses off my face! I grabbed them midair as they fell, knowing I would never find them again in the blinding snowstorm, if they dropped into the several inches of snow.  I could only see anything by holding my spread fingers in front of my eyes.  

Then my huge safe warm SUV Uber arrived, sweeping me back to my hotel…where I remained for several more days, until the Denver International Airport opened again.  But, don’t feel sorry for me!  Once I arranged to extend my Oxford Hotel stay, this became a delightful Winter vacation.  Between waves of snowfall, I walked downtown Denver in my new warm clothes and boots, taking photos of the urban snowscape and fresh flowers topped with snow.  

After each photo foray, it was back to the Hotel and those sweet moments of blowing into the warmth of the lobby, smelling the fireplace fire, and pulling off my gloves and scarf.  Feeling my face happily thawing out and relaxing, I was in pure joy.  I was creating some of the most wonderful memories of my life.  I was truly Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm!

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She also has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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Healthy Happy Loving Life: A Happy Soulmate Story

04 Friday Dec 2020

Posted by Kebba Buckley Button in Dealing with stress, Effective Living, Kebba Buckley Button, Listening to God, Love, Soulmate, the life you want

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Today, I share a story that means the World to me.  It started about 30 years ago, when I was single and living in a cozy apartment.  One balmy Saturday evening, I was debating going to a party at the home of a couple I knew well.  Their parties were always easygoing fun, and I knew dozens of friends would be there.  Tempting as that was, I am a quiet person and just love staying home.  I love to paint, create some new recipe, or design a new garment.  So time rolled by, as I debated going to the party or not.  Or going.  Or not.  

Finally, I realized I was stuck.  Really stuck!  On impulse, I looked up and asked the air, “Well, what do YOU think?” I was shocked to hear a prompt, clear answer: “You will go.  You will get dressed; you will look cute.  You will meet  interesting people!”

So I quickly got dressed and went to the party.  In the back yard, I saw a very handsome man I had never met before.  His name turned out to be Ron.  

A mere 18 years later, Ron asked me out, and we went to dinner and a movie.  Within 3 weeks, we knew we were meant for each other, and we knew that God was our matchmaker.  We have now been happily married for 12 years. 

So, listen when the Air talks!  It could be an important message from our Sponsor, leading you further into:  the realm of Healthy, Happy, and Loving Lifesm!

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Kebba Buckley Button is a stress solutions expert and award-winning author who celebrates life.  She also has a longtime natural healing practice and is an ordained minister. Among her books are: Discover The Secret Energized You (http://tinyurl.com/b44v3br), Inspirations for Peace Within:  Quotes and Images to Uplift and Inspire, and Sacred Meditation: Embracing the Divine.  The books are available on Amazon and through Kebba’s office.   To email us, kebba@kebba.com .

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