Call & Response

Hello Friends!!
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Melinda Here!! We have been going through some exciting times here at the Pink Daisy Cafe ~ Studio Live. We have recently redesigned our logo and are revamping our website! We are so excited that it will all be up and running in the very near future along with the launch in early 2013 of some of our product lines! We are planning on having a fun filled Launch party once we are ready to debut our 1st PRODUCT LINE!!! Until we set everything up with the new website I will post regular updates along with my Blog here and on our FB page! Stay tuned! Please keep us in your prayers as we move forward and upward!
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CALL & RESPONSE
Lately I have been feeling the call to prayer. The call to draw near to the Lord. However I will be honest... It has been a struggle. I hear the call. My hearts rejoices at my recognition of that call, yet, to respond or in the way that I respond is where often I find myself, tripping up. I arise sleepy and without motivation, but I know I want more.  I know that I am supposed to live differently, powerfully and happily. So why was I stuck in a place so remote from that??

Ever notice with kids, that for the most part, it is a struggle to get them up to get ready for school, and they drag their bodies from bed, to bathe, to the breakfast table to the door, to the car, they are still dragging on, to the walk into school. But, tell them you are going on a special trip, say a theme park or traveling somewhere, anywhere. They are up bright and early and with a hop and skip in their step. Sound familiar? We often, still after all these years do the same thing, but with work! When we enjoy or have an enjoyable association with something, we are excited to get up and get there, hurry up let's do this! You arise refreshed, no matter the fact that you only slept four (4) hours. You are ready for the excitement, the fun, the enjoyment ahead.

Made me evaluate how do I perceive prayer? Is it a chore or a bore to me? Wait, what is prayer? Prayer
is the time I spend in communication with God. It's My private and personal time with Jesus. It's time that I can get together with a brother and sister in Christ and together we can share with Jesus our concerns, fears, tears as well as our joys, hopes and gratitude. That's pretty awesome! I am given the opportunity continuously to connect with Jesus, with the Great I AM! I don't know about you, but that is pretty exciting to me!

Once I was able to look at prayer with renewed eyes, and reminded of what it really was, I was invigorated and encouraged to rise early and pray. I even posted on FB a call to prayer, and was blessed to not only be join in on a conference call with my sister, but with a brother and sister in faith who have recently moved a few hundred miles away. But there we were early connecting and agreeing in prayer for the needs of our communities and being able to share a word of encouragement and a Passage of Scripture to feed our souls. I encourage you to join into the call for Prayer! In fact if you want you can join me Monday and Friday mornings 530am EST over the next few weeks!

Be blessed & Live Love!

Minda

Keep it Moving!

Hello dear friends!
As many of you know I spent a large part of my summer in Southern California and I was blessed with sunshine and warm days, which encouraged me to move about and stay fit. Now, I am back in South Jersey and we are in the lovely beginning of FALL! The air is crisp and the days are cool, it's an invitation to get out and go for a brisk walk and keep that body moving. 

While Priscila and I work on our business and all of the wonderful little details and ideas that come with that, I have been encouraged to continue to work on me. I have been working out a few days a week with my brother Joe, who cracks me up each time that we do, as he knocks on my door early in the morning to work out and then while I am pushing, no encouraging, him to push harder, he points out the sweat that is forming and grunts almost annoyed. How dare I make him sweat! I laugh and push him a lil harder.  Some of you who know Joe or are averse to exercise may wonder where is my compassion?  I have compassion, for I too arise the next morning sore and feeling parts of my body that before were dormant, but it is a good sore, 'cause I know that I am getting stronger and firmer.

Building the discipline to workout a few days a week and changing it up from time to time as my body acclimates to the intensity has served as a reminder of what hard work and dedication yield... a strong, healthy body, mind and spirit.  It is after a good work out that I feel completely sweated out, and I can overcome that temptation for that Bizcocho de queso con Frosting de queso de crema... all that butter and cream cheese goodness is hard to resist! But as I build discipline and self control in this area of my life (I suffer from a major sweet tooth!), it is helping me be more dedicated to the prosperity and health of my business and life goals.

Maybe you had a bit of hiccup as it relates to one of your life goals, it happens and is ok, I understand, believe me! But enough dwelling on and staying in the past, use that experience to push you to do even better this time.. even if it's hard and may cause you to sweat and grunt a bit!

be blessed & keep it moving!
Minda

Woosh

Whirlwind, wooshing around my head.
Thoughts, concerns, worries
all cascading and clashing and crashing between my ears
So much to do
and I am laying under the pile that is my to do list
but still a smile creeps onto my face
The anxieties that over powered me are nothing
they crushed me
but now,
they are nothing.
I may be squeezed in a vice constructed by my own fears
but
I am not without
I have it.
It
What I have sought after was already with me
and all my wandering wonder submits to it,
and I smile.
The end is better than the beginning.
The end is a new beginning.
I smile.

PriscyMarie