{"id":4690,"date":"2013-03-19T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T18:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/?p=4690"},"modified":"2013-03-19T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T18:57:08","slug":"kick-in-the-tush-tuesday-9-spring-lighter-dandelion-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2013\/03\/kick-in-the-tush-tuesday-9-spring-lighter-dandelion-thoughts.html","title":{"rendered":"Kick in the Tush Tuesday: 9 Spring Lighter Dandelion Thoughts!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ~ Albert Einstein<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Happy Spring Tushkateers!\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Can you hear the birds chirping? Louder than it was yesterday, yes?\u00a0 That’s because the spring equinox (a.k.a. vernal equinox) is swiftly approaching.\u00a0 March 20 at 11:02 a.m. to be exact, at which time about 1800 bird species are set to start their migration home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Do you think said birds have received the memo?\u00a0 Have they adjusted their take-off times to the zone in which they are currently chirping? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh well, I\u2019ll have to trust that the birds will get it right, and I will chirp with them a happy song of spring!\u00a0\u00a0 (see Spring Lighter #9)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Spring is a time of renewal, rebirth, rejuvenation, reinvention, re-re-re!\u00a0 A time to roll out \u201cHappy\u201d in a big way.\u00a0 Seriously, doesn\u2019t the mere mention of spring give a bounce to your step?\u00a0 A lift?\u00a0 Bring forth a happy thought???<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If yes, great\u2014here are 9 Spring Lighter Dandelion Thoughts<\/strong> to add to your happy state of mind; and if no, no problem \u2013here are 9 Spring Lighter Dandelion Thoughts<\/strong> to help reboot your mind and set it to joy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9 Spring Lighter Dandelion Thoughts!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Speaking of flowers.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 Imagine a garden of the most popular spring blooms, to include tulips, hyacinths, primroses, daffodils, azaleas, iris, daisies, lilacs, lilies and dandelions!\u00a0 Ahhh\u2026spring!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The first of these to be seen is the dandelion<\/strong>,<\/span> who (feels like a who to me, not a which or a that) <\/em>originated in Asia.\u00a0 Dandelions can be used as food and medicine and its seeds are an important food for many a small bird.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Common animals and (pretty) insects<\/strong><\/span> associated with spring are about to be seen!\u00a0 To include, depending on your whereabouts, rabbits (cottontails a plenty in Tucson),<\/em> eagles, frogs, hummingbirds, robins, deer, foxes, bears, bats, ground squirrels, hedgehogs, bees, butterflies, and ladybugs. (Hummingbirds are pecking and drinking from my orange\/red flowers right now!!! Holy GoodGodOhMighty! This is heaven!)<\/em>,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spring fever is real!<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 It commonly occurs when a sudden warm spell suddenly follows a cold spell.\u00a0 As the temperature rises, the blood vessels expand so that the blood can be carried to the body surface where heat can escape.\u00a0 The body may also experience physiological changes due to changes in diet and hormone production.\u00a0 Some people experience an energetic feeling to this reaction.\u00a0 Do you?\u00a0 Jumping energetically?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With Spring fever comes spring cleaning<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 Some believe that spring cleaning dates back to the Persian New Year, at which time \u201cKhoneh Tekouni\u201d (translation:\u00a0 \u201cShaking the House\u201d) is practiced.\u00a0 Are you ready to shake it?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Children grow faster<\/strong><\/span> in spring.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Birds fly back northward<\/strong><\/span> to settle and have their families.\u00a0 As I mentioned above, the migration begins tomorrow as1800 bird species head \u201chome!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Baby birds learn to sing.<\/strong><\/span> Baby birds are born with the ability to sing, but they must learn the specific songs of their species. \u00a0It is believed that they learn these songs between 10 to 60 days of age and they begin to sing them (for you and me) the following spring, as they mature at a ripe 300 days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And how about those spring songs. Singers who have sung about spring<\/span> include Van Morrison (Celtic Spring), Billie Holiday (Some Other Spring) and Frank Sinatra (Suddenly it\u2019s Spring).\u00a0 And who could forget, Let\u2019s Sing a Gay Little Spring Song<\/strong><\/a> from Bambi???\u00a0 Definite worth the click.\u00a0 Three cheers for the owl!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For more happy spring thoughts, visit our Facebook\/Kick in the Tush Club<\/a> chapter, where you’ll find a link to this fully loaded Kick–and feel free to leave comment(s) there!\u00a0 Okay? Okay!!!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

LAST CHANCE: For more ways to celebrate spring light, create abundance and live in possibility<\/span>–sign up for my workshop at Rowe Camp & Conference — FEED YOUR SOUL, CHANGE YOUR WEIGHT–<\/strong>the weekend of March 29-31 at Rowe Camp<\/a> and Conference Center, in Rowe, Massachusetts (the Berkshire Mountains; unbelievably, stunningly beautiful)<\/em> for what is sure to be a mind changing, life changing, enlivening experience.<\/strong>\u00a0 Feed Your Soul at Rowe<\/a>!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Spread the word–NOT the icing!<\/strong><\/em>
\nJanice<\/p>\n

PS:\u00a0 Dictated but not read by OLWL.\u00a0 Excuse all typos!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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