We landed a new client over at Schipul this week and I am thrilled… just thrilled!

I Am Water Foundation is the gift Elena Davis is giving to the world. The idea is simple… as simple as sip of water… and yet this simple thing is sometimes difficult to come by. And I not talking about a sip of water in war torn, drought ridden country is some far away place… I am talking about a sip of water here in our own backyard. Here is Houston, TX – one of the largest, business bustling cities around – here where we too have had our fair share of hard economical times – here where there are a lot people just trying to make it one day to the next – praying for a break, a job, a small inspiration, a very small spark of hope that tomorrow may be better.

Reading Courtney Pemberton’s blog post yesterday and diving into the I Am Water site I was truly moved… here are so many pieces of my life all combined in one place.

1. The Miracle of Water: I was introduced to this research by the movie “What The Bleep Do We Know.” The scientist in me latched onto the imagery of a water molecules intertwined with the power of a word. I had to know more. Masaru Emoto’s work is amazing, it’s life changing. It makes total sense that with our bodies being composed of 80% water, or more,  water is pretty dang important. Emoto’s work begins in pharmaceutical research… with the startling discovery that water would retain the healing properties of the medicine it was mixed with – even after the mixture was so dilute the compound could no longer be detected. In more simple terms – water mixed with medicine – would still heal the body – even after there was no “detectable” medicine left in it. Emoto hypothesized that water could be written on – and from there his research took him to discover water molecules exposed to Thank You, Hope, Love and… You Make Me Sick.

The Miracle of Water

2. Blessed Water: For about a year after I read “The Miracle of Water” I would take a sharpie and write blessing words on my water bottle. The words would rub off – I would write more. If drinking 8 glasses of water is good for the body – drinking 8 glassed of blessings is good for the body and the soul. It was fun, it made me smile, people asked questions, I was able to share – I may just go back to doing this again.

3. Lord of The Streets: My dear, dear friend Reverend Martha Frances is the past Vicar and Executive Director of Lord of The Streets, an Episcopal outreach working to minister to the spiritual, emotional, physical and social needs of individuals living in Houston who are homeless, in crisis or in transition. I donated a lot of graphics work to LOTS at the time – it was one of the first website I ever did in Dreamweaver – using it as a learning opportunity. Reverend Martha still drives around with bottles of water in her car to hand out. I am really looking forward to telling her about I Am Water and their donation of 180,000 bottle of water to Houston.

Which leads me back to I Am Water… here is an organization with a simple mission. Give water and hope to homeless women, children, and men. Nourishing  their bodies and their souls. And that is why they are my fav site o’ the week.

Feeling inspired… wondering what you can do? Vote for I Am Water to win $250,000 in grant money from Pepsi’s Refresh Everything Grant Campaign.

You’ll be in good company with…

• Hilary Duff
• Clyde Drexler
• Marlee Matlin
• Laura Wilkinson
• George Foreman
• Buzz Aldrin

So, check out the site and VOTE! … yeah you! Go do it now! Cause…

“A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi

Heading out this evening for a little public speaking at The Houston Inventors Association. They are a fun little group and I thought I would share my presentation here case anybody wants to know what I am up to…

Super easy dressing recipe for those you out there looking to cut down on your sugar/carb intake…

Ingredients:

1Cup Miracle Whip or Mayo… whichever you keep in the fridge.
1/4 cup vinegar (any kind, Balsamic has sugar in it – just an FYI)
1/3 cup Splenda
1/2 Cup whole milk
2 Tblsp poppy seeds

How To:

1. Mix It Up. Stick in the fridge for at least 2 hours. (Or just use it if your in a rush)
2. Now that’s easy.

My suggestion for how to use it – Salad made of spinach tossed with red onions,  grilled chicken, little bit o’ bacon, strawberries,  and sprinkled with sunflower seeds… Yum!

Final Best of 2009 post. I am not sticking to the actual topic… instead writing a how to for the new year… December 31 Resolution you wish you’d stuck with. (You know, there’s always next year…)

A truly amazing, magical, wonderful, scientific phenomenon is happening today… and it won’t happen again until 2028!

Today, on the last day of the year 2009…
we will get to experience a Blue Moon.

Well that’s great you say… but what the heck is it and what do I do about it???

A blue moon is generally considered the second full moon in a month. It has historically been simply the 13th full moon in a year (there are usually only 12, but every 2 years or so, another gets to sneak in there.) It can also just be any moon that rises at a certain place and time on the planet where it has a blue hue. The second full moon in a month is also referred to the as The Goal Moon – and on this day, when A LOT of people are of putting pencil to paper with New Year’s resolutions a plenty… I am lost for how to explain how cool I think that is.

So that’s what it is… now here’s what you can do with it.

When the moon is waxing (growing bigger) it is the time to focus on calling new things into your life… and when the moon is full – it is the best time to draw, claim, manifest, call it what you will. For those new to the idea of using the cycles of the moon in some way in your life… the least woo-w00 way I can think to explain this is… the moon is a large body that has a considerable gravitation pull associated with it. When it is full, the moon pulls everything closest to it – closer still. Considering the moon’s powerful influence on the ocean and the fact that our bodies are, on average, 80% water or more – you can sure bet the moon has a powerful influence on you as well. So, the full moon has a gravitational, pulling, energy to it – and you can use this energy to pull things into your life.

OK, that’s wonderful you say… I am on board, now give me the logistics.

Here is the most simple, straight forward way to use this event I can think of…

1. Write down your “New Year’s Resolutions” – or goals – or what you want to manifest in the new year
2. Step outside and connect with the Moon.
   1. What’s connect??? Stand, sit, dance, pray, gaze a the Moon, what ever gets you to an open hearted/minded place.
3. Find a way that works for you to mark the beginning of  this event. Sit comfortably and take a deep breath -  or say a pray – or throw confetti – or make a toast to the new year… you would be surprised how well just lighting one simple candle will work.
4. Read each resolution one at a time, out loud will give it more energy, in your head is just fine too.
5. Pause and close your eyes and paint of picture in your mind of what this resolution will look like in your life when it comes true… try to feel what it will feel like to have this, be this, know this.
6. Continue down your list.
7. Call on the pulling energy of the moon to help you this year.
   1. Many Native Americans refer to the moon as Grandmother Moon. My grandmother was loving, fun, funny, and generous. Her house was always safe and she made me sticky honey bread. I know that if there were anything in the whole wide world I wanted and asked for her help… she would help me anyway she could. So, asking for Grandmother Moon to help me – works for me – and I offer up the same to you.
8. Say Thank You. Say it like it is already true. You asked for a raise… say thank you like you have the check in your hand.
9. Find an ending that works for you. Blow out the candle, or laugh, or eat chocolate, or clap, or… something big or small that marks an end.
10. Go about your life as if everything you claimed is already true

… and so it is.

Bright Blessings tonight and in The New Year.

May we all have Light, Love, Laughter, Peace, Joy and Beauty.

So Mote It Be.

Full Moon Links:

1. National Geographic: “Blue Moon” to Shine on New Year’s Eve
2. Blue Moon Picture Search on Google
3. Blue Moon on Wikipedia
4. Full Moon Rituals
5. Google Moon
6. iGoogle Moon Phase Gadget
7. We’Moon 2010 Calendar: Gaia Rhythms for Womyn
8. 13 Gandmothers Council