Welcome!

I wasn't expecting to start a blog page so easily.  I confess my great ideas are still neatly tucked away in my head and I have some work to do....

Coming up with a catchy blog name is not easy.  I wanted a name to fit the purpose of my blogging intent and I'm pretty happy with what I came up with.  My idea here is to be an inspiration for anyone wanting to experience a little more serenity in their life.  Maybe even meditate.  Particularly in the bath or in watery environments.  For me water is really the only place that works, for now.

I stumbled upon the word quagmire and the definition was absolutely perfect:

[kwag-mahyr, kwog-] -noun
1. an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog
2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult
3. anything soft or flabby

Metaphorically speaking the first definition fits me and so many I know.  We try to muddle our way through and sink, or we are in such a mirky state maybe it would be better to sink away and be discovered centuries later perfectly intact with dark circles under our eyes.  I am not talking about depression.  While I am sure at points in my life a psychiatrist would have easily written me a Prozac prescription I don't really fit that category and can't write about it personally.  I am mostly talking about needing a way to find inner peace.  A method where I know when I am there it is all about my spiritual needs or learning, about my total well-being.  I have a long way to go, but one piece of this journey is clear: taking a bath, or floating in a hot/cold spring, relaxing in the ocean or a pool water helps me get there.

Secondly, the word revelation was better than miracles.  I have definitely experienced miracles in my life but I don't want to proclaim I am so awesome as to make them happen.  I know I have, I am a mother and kids know Mom's are pretty darn amazing.  To illustrate I will put in one of my favorite quotes:

"Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children."
William Makepeace-Thackeray

Actually, I like the version on The Crow(1994) better.  Still, it does justice to how important and God-Like Mom's can be.  While able to be impressive in the eyes of my children, I am not sure I can write miracles but I can strive to help others experience them for themselves.  I also want to add in that my husband, a Dad, is equally amazing and even more so as he puts up with me.  I am sure the quote could lead with the word Father too.

The word Revelation makes more sense.  I hope my water wisdom helps even just one person have an "Aha!" moment and maybe even a couple light bulb moments which would help me.  I am pretty sure at this point if I ever experience Nirvana, it will be in some type of watery place.

Just for fun, and to help me have something to write about, I am going to rate my water experiences.  From hotel/motel tubs, pools, hot tubs to rivers, springs and oceans, I will let you know what I think.  For me a bath is a very important part of my day.  I believe using this time is not only a way for me to meditate and find some serenity, but for others.  It seems logical anyway.

In addition to rating the best bath around the world, I will add in bits of wisdom which has helped me in my journey.  For example, great candles, soaps, crystals, herbs or essential oils, etc.  To tie it all together there will be a taste of what I would call spiritual flare: CD's, mantras, even rituals and ceremonies.  Now don't let me freak you out when I say ritual or ceremony.  Yes, a ritual or ceremony has a religious connotation but what I want to do for myself, and you the reader, is create personal rituals/ceremonies/dances to aid in achieving a peaceful and soulful experience.

I think it would be fascinating to draw on my catholic upbringing in this new way, healing what I had once come to hate.  Incorporating ancient greek "stuff", maybe some hindu and Native American wisdom, to channel whatever spirit has to share with me, or whatever else floats my boat.  If such ideas are offensive to you then please don't subscribe to this blog.

Now, I would like to convey I am dedicated to this blogging idea and while I have succumbed to a grade A in procrastination in years past, I am on a healthy recovery track and promise to add bits regularly.  I am sure I will get plenty of inspiration and I welcome any "assignments" readers may have.  I don't mind being a guinea pig.  So post positive comments and suggestions (no negative allowed unless you have thoroughly gone within and your motives are pure and reasonable, no one wants to read you complain anyway) are welcome and encouraged.

Now, as I start, why don't you too?  Go take a dip in the pool or ocean, or maybe Liard Hot Springs in British Columbia.  Remember it is your time and demand your family or co-habitants respect this.  As a close friend says to her kids before she closes her door and takes a soak, "Don't you dare knock on that door unless someone has severed an artery."