Friday, June 29, 2012

Flower on a star

' If you love a flower that lives on a star, it is sweet to look at the sky at night. All the stars are a-bloom with flowers…' 

____ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (The Little Prince)

 

When you feel weighed down by worries and misfortunes, go out at night and look at the starry sky_meditate on how small the earth is, lost in infinite space…

Think how the One who created so many worlds must surely have filled them with
creatures more intelligent, more beautiful and more powerful than humans. For when you see these pygmies arguing, squabbling and killing each other, how can you think that the earth – a speck of dust in the immensity of space _ is where the Creator placed his most perfect creatures?

Beneath the stars, you can feel that all the problems that take on such huge proportions in your mind now hardly mean a thing. When you consider that the stars you are watching have existed for billions of years, that the Intelligence that created those worlds is eternal and that you are created in its image, you feel that your spirit also is eternal and that nothing can really trouble you.

____ Omraam Mikhael Ainanhov


Thursday, June 28, 2012

Pink Herbal Iced-Tea


Today I have been delightfully surprised when making my usual herbal infusion of the day.
Following the suggestion of a friend, I added the juice of half a lemon and, surprise-surprise, the outcome is...............SO Pink! 
Most probably by the color of 'purple-ruffles' basil leaves.
_____and since it is summertime here in wonderful Cyprus this jar is going straight to the fridge to be iced.


Recipe ::

Clary sage (Salvia officinalis) ....(I have used 2 different native Cyprus kinds of sage)
Purple ruffles ( (Purple Ocimum basilicum)
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
half a lemon juice

optional* 
3 drops of stevia if you prefer some sweetness

boil water and add the fresh leaves. Cover and let stand for 5 minutes.
Add the lemon juice and refrigerate.

:: Note That ::
Sage has the ability to reduce perspiration by as much as 50 percent! So how cool is that during the summer months (?)

:: Always Remember :: 
All things grow stronger with love, so does your immune system.
Time to allow more 'pink' into your life . . .

Enjoy*