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“Meditation is the only royal road to the attainment of freedom. It is a mysterious ladder which reaches from earth to heaven, from error to truth, from darkness to light, from pain to bliss, from restlessness to abiding peace, from ignorance to knowledge. From mortality to immortality.”
Swami Sivananda
There are always reasons to celebrate life if you just look around you.
During February we have the obvious holidays we all know about, Groundhog Day (2), Valentine’s Day (14), President’s Day (16 U.S.), Ash Wednesday (18).
But did you know that February is also:
In addition we also have some fun and sometimes even silly things to celebrate during February:
7 Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day – (first Saturday of month) Yes, this coming from a health nut. Make mine banana based — hold the heavy cream and eggs.
11 Make a Friend Day It’s always a good time to make a new friend,
17 Random Acts of Kindness Day We can never have enough kindness in the world.
23 International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day Be sure your dog has plenty of biscuits this month..
28 National Tooth Fairy Day – and/or August 22 For the child in all of us.
This collection of holidays was put together with help from http://holidayinsights.com
“To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him.
Gratitude therefore takes nothing for granted, is never unresponsive, is constantly awakening to new wonder and to praise of the goodness of God. For the grateful person knows that God is good, not by hearsay but by experience. And that is what makes all the difference.” Thomas Merton [Source: Goodreads]
“With every rising of the sun
Think of your life as just begun.”
– Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.”
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Ice cream and cake for everybody!
Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 ½ cup brown rice flour
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder (I prefer dark cocoa powder)
1 teaspoon baking soda
Zest and juice of 1 medium orange (approx. 1 T. zest and ½ cup juice)
1/3 cup water
¼ cup agave nectar or ½ cup sugar
3 Tablespoons vegetable oil or unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
½ – ¾ cup chocolate chips
Directions:
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl.
3. In another bowl combine wet ingredients.
4. Make a well in the dry ingredients and add wet, stirring just to blend.
5. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Place cupcake liners in a muffin pan.
7. Divide batter among the cups.
8. Bake 15-20 minutes or until the tip of a knife inserted into the top of a cupcake comes out clean.
9. Remove from oven, take cupcakes out of the pan and allow to cool. 10. Frost with your favorite frosting recipe if you must, but these are great unfrosted, either naked for with a scoop of ice cream.
Makes 12 cupcakes.
Now for the Ice Cream head on over to the Kindle Store for you free copy of my ice cream book Frozen Fun. Don’t do dairy? Don’t worry there are both dairy and non-dairy (banana based) versions available in lots of flavors. Better hurry this is available today January 27 only.
But don’t be selfish. Please share this blog post and the book giveaway with others. Feel free to reblog if you like.
This blog post is a part of the following:
Allergy Free Wednesdays
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