Butterfly Thoughts with Kelly Savage

Good morning and happy Sunday! Welcome to Butterfly Thoughts with Kelly Savage. In today's episode, Kelly shares an inspiring story about overcoming personal challenges, symbolized by a daunting hill near her home. Kelly reflects on her initial reluctance to tackle the hill, rooted in fear, excuses, and medical conditions. She explains how a shift in perspective and attitude led her to face and conquer this obstacle, ultimately transforming her life. Join Kelly as she encourages you to identify and confront your own "hills"—whether physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual. Discover how changing your mindset and embracing challenges can bring freedom, victory, and positive change in various areas of your life. Happy Sunday and may you find the strength to conquer your hill!

Good morning! Kelly Savage here with the Butterfly Thoughts Podcast. Happy Sunday! In this episode of Scriptures, Whispers, and Prayers, we delve into the profound wisdom found in the book of Proverbs. I have a deep love for learning and knowledge, but even more so for wisdom. There's a distinct difference between being book smart and learning all kinds of knowledge and applying that knowledge in our lives and everyday issues so we can grow in wisdom. Proverbs, a collection of concise, metaphorical statements, offers timeless guidance on everyday matters, relationships, work, and personal integrity. Join me as we explore the practical wisdom of Proverbs, starting with chapter one. *Do you want more wisdom? Do you want to grow? If so, dive in with me and learn timeless wisdom that still applies for our busy today's world in all areas of our life. My prayer for you today is that we all start with reverence, humility, and the choice to seek wisdom. May we open our hearts, minds, and ears to the opportunities for growth and moral improvement that Proverbs offers. Thank you for joining me on this journey toward wisdom. In the name of Jesus, amen. All my best and until next time! Kelly Savage

I told God “Next week”. Did you ever tell God “Wait”, “not now”, “maybe later”, or just a big fat “I don’t think so”? I just told God, in church, “next week”. Yes, that is correct. In church. Let me back up and explain so you can really see why I am confessing to you right now. I was talking to God recently in the last several months and asking him to speak to me. I wanted Him to lay on my heart of what He wants out of me; my next steps and how to serve Him. I had nothing particular in my mind of what to do or even my own ideas. I was opened to what He wants. Or was I? I asked Him to let me know what he wants, what He desires, AND I asked him to give me the ears to hear as well. The ears to hear is very important the heart to understand is very important. I prayed for both things since I didn’t want to miss it. Also, my prayers for these things have been a bit ongoing over the last couple of months. I don’t know if I wasn’t quite settling down enough, quieting myself enough, or could it possibly be that I just didn’t like what I heard him and laid on my heart? So, here it comes. One day in church recently I was sitting quietly, and I was having my butterfly thoughts fly in, AKA Holy Spirit whispers. My heart was prepared and softened and my ears were attentive to what He had to say. God’s instructions came. It was a simple knowing in my heart and the request was small. I could have rejoiced knowing I pray specifically, He speaks specifically, I receive a knowing in my heart, a request from Him, and we move on to our next step. I could have rejoiced in that. I should have rejoiced in that. I don’t know what happens in our human limited brain and knowledge, and all of our feelings and stuff, but I almost immediately said “how about next week God”? What!? What did I just do?! I have been asking God for months of what I need to do, what He desires my next step to be knowing that the Bible says be faithful in the small things and then greater things will come. I know. Some of you are thinking, “why do that?”, or some of you are thinking, “yeah, I have been there”. I am confessing right now. I have limited knowledge, I have limited understanding against what He knows, understands, and merely of who HE is. I do know this and also know He is constant; He is mighty and He is all knowing. If He takes care of the smallest of animals and provides, He will do for me and you. He knows what is best. For everyone. He knows what we need beyond what we think we need. He knows what our wants will do to us sometimes and not for us. He is all knowing. He is all powerful and wants a relationship with us. And He will not steer us wrong when we listen. Did I immediately obey after I even knew I was wrong and was convicted in my heart. Sadly, no, however, a day or so after that, I prayed and sure enough, the topic wrapped around again and came to my heart? Indeed, it did. Did I obey. Indeed, I did. You see, God does want us to have a relationship with Him. A real one. A personal one. He wants us to communicate with Him and hear Him with Holy Spirit whisperings and as He speaks through His Word. Obeying Him and His word is a part of our personal relationship with Him and a part that sometimes might not make total sense to us, but requires steps taken in faith in Him. Why does obedience matter? Here are just 3 good reasons. Here’s to our spiritual ears being attuned, our heart being softened and prepared for true transformation taking place continuously in our lives. Until next time, Kelly Savage https://www.facebook.com/revivifymetoday

IF. I've been thinking about the word IF. It a very small word. Two letters. But, such an important life-changing word as well. Let me explain my thoughts behind this. And no pun intended but IF you apply the condition of the word IF in your life, that is when action comes, rubber meets the road, results happen, growth happens, or things just get done. What does that even mean? Well, most recently I was using it in the context of the Bible. The word IF just became that much more interesting to me as I began to see it once again as a very important word. A vital word. And a “this can be a life changer” word IF we do the right actions, the right results will come. “IF” appears in the BIBLE a lot. I mean a lot. Promises are conditional on the “IF” we do. Now, that IF can be good, bad, wisdom filled or just the wrong decision. Possibly, no action at all on our part. The results of that IF action will show in our life. So, in our daily life, how important is what I will now coin the “IF” condition application of our life. Let me be the first to say it to you…….It is VERY IMPORTANT!! Do you have goals? IF you do the steps, you will reach your goals. If you don’t, you won’t. That is pretty simple, right? The principle is simple. Sometimes the actions are not. AHHH, there it is. The power of choice. Do you have something you want in life? IF you have a job, or spend the time, or do what it takes, can you not get the thing you want in life? Do you have relationships? IF you nurture them, spend time strengthening them, and caring for them, can they not improve? Can they suffer or even fail if not paid attention to or worked on? Do you have a test to pass? School or just a life test? IF you study, improve skills, practice, will the grade improve? Will you pass the test? Most likely yes, at least one time or another. Do you have an issue in your life right now that you want to resolve? IF you pray, choose right actions, get wisdom to make right choices, do research and use resources, could that issue become less of an issue or be resolved? I say an absolute yes. If we ignore the issue and do nothing, could it get bigger? Absolutely. Do you want health in your life? IF you do healthy things in small ways and grow and practice in those, will your life not begin to get healthier? Do you want to learn something new? Trade or skill? Hobby or just learn? IF you surround yourself with people who could help you, support you, enroll in a class, read, could you not learn whatever you want? Does this make our life perfect? No. The truth is there are all kinds of scenarios if our life, all kinds of “but…...this, or but that” in our lives to argue any statement that I said in this podcast. There always will be. That will not change. This remains a fact in our lives. Every day, we have choices to make, decisions to stay committed to, obstacles even in our mind and thoughts, and the IFS become choices that we make for ourselves consistently. Do you have a challenge, an obstacle, a roadblock, or are having a bad month or year? Here is the last IF of the podcast…..ready for it? IF you choose to use obstacles as an opportunity to take the power of your choice, reflect on it to see different perspectives, and be determined to grow in the mess, that mess will become a message for others and your life will forever be changed. That I will promise. Thanks for joining!

I think we have all heard the phrase “You’re killing me”. From the movie “Sandlot”, we jokingly use the phrase “You’re killing me Smalls”. It’s funny. Makes me laugh. I have said it. More than once. So, what made yesterday different when I heard these same words? Today was different when I heard the phrase. Let’s call it a reflective moment, growth, light bulb moment, or whatever we want to label it. I was spending time with my granddaughter and my friend, and we were having a blast. Laughing and enjoying the pool at the level of an almost 3-year-old. You see, 3-year-olds see the world so differently than we do as adults. I will insert here – we should see the world in the eyes of a 3-year-old more often. My how our perspectives and life would change. More on that later. Picture this. 3-year-old. In the pool. You do something that they laugh at and are happy with, and what do they do? You hear “Do it again!’ “Do it again!” Amid the laughter and the “do it again” moments my friend said, “You’re killing me” jokingly as my granddaughter asked her to go under the water again and again. I laughed. Mostly at the thought of her going under for the 20th time and it wasn’t me at that moment. Before you know, we were all laughing but perhaps for different reasons. BOOM! Butterfly Thought flew in. And this is where the day just blossomed.....

In this episode, I share a personal experience of receiving a butterfly thought from the Holy Spirit about the importance of focusing on what matters most. As I reflect on my life and strive for a work-life balance, I realize that I have not been putting God first as I should. I offer a prayer of repentance, asking for strength and guidance to achieve a God-work-life balance. Through this prayer, I hope to inspire listeners to prioritize their relationship with God and find balance in all aspects of their lives, knowing that He will provide everything they need. Join me in this introspective and heartfelt conversation with God. Kelly Savage Life Coach @RevivifyME

Today. In a very still, quiet time, I began to reflect on the quietness and my butterfly thought was in the form of a memory that I haven't thought of for years. About 12 - 13 years ago, I had a group of women that gathered at my house weekly. Small group. No more than 7 and sometimes only 3. We meditated, prayed and journaled. I knew journaling was going to be the key so therefore, that was our focus. And it sure became the thing that we most loved about the group. Lots of beautiful times, memories, experiences and testimonies came out of that season. I looked back fondly on that on my quiet time today. The nights went something like this......... Small group of ladies who desired changed. Who knew there was more. Who knew God could move on their behalf. Faith brought us together. Hope kept us together and Love bound it all up. It was one of those very timely, very needed seasons and those nights brought out a lot for every single woman. I remember hearing testimony after testimony or what the time we spent did for them in their lives. Each woman was at a different time of their life. Different ages, different life scenarios, different chapter, and different issues. It didn’t matter. Faith Hope Love and the desire to see change can be extremely powerful and this was just a consequences of those things working together. Talk about a team. Faith. Hope. Love and desire to see change. Recipe for powerful experiences. Listen to the podcast of see How he is Waiting IF you are willing. Walking through life with you, Kelly Savage Life Coach @RevivifyME

“What’s Your Problem?” Today, I was presented with an issue. A problem. A conundrum. Whatever you want to call it. It wasn’t mine but someone else’s issue who was talking to me about it. They were trying to figure out a solution. Come to a resolve. Work it through and get an answer that fixed the problem. I cared about this issue since I cared about the person and wanted to help, so I started thinking of real resolutions and how to solve. As I was getting ready for the morning just a few minutes after the conversation, I took about 5 minutes and came up with an Option A or an Option B. Both were easy to come up with, but one really seemed good, like it fit, was going to work and solve the issue. BINGO! I presented the suggestion, and it was well received! Ok, matter solved. Easy Peasey! Next! But, of course, my mind just shifts into the workings of our minds. Our choices. And my moment with God and my butterfly whisper flew in. That is where doors open. The answer. Issues can be resolved. Answers can come. But the answers may require action. The power of choice to make the goal, take the steps, see things happen and evolve. You hear me often, or you will if you listen to my podcast or do life coaching with me, that the power of choice is vital. It’s totally underestimated. It is not fully recognized for the power it holds. It is so necessary but sometimes not used. I could go on and on, but I won’t however…… How come we can’t always think of a quick solution for our problems? Is it because it is our problem? Can we not be objective looking into as a third party? Maybe we don’t want to work for it if there are steps involved? How about if the answer requires patience? Maybe we don’t want to get out of a “normal” routine or, you know, the “familiar” road. Maybe……because it is our issue there are too many emotions wrapped up into it and we all know emotions can get messy. Perhaps………… Anxiety gets us in a tizzy. The unfamiliar is a bit scary. We are in rut and can’t seem to get out. Maybe we are concentrating so much on the issue that we are not thinking of a resolution, so we become stuck. Could it be depression that one can’t seem to think at all, or it seems too overwhelming. Those are a lot of maybes and there could be a slew more, but let’s pump the brakes and shift our focus. PERSPECTIVE. Use your power of choice and instead of saying, “I got a problem”, try saying “Here’s my issue, now I will think of a solution”. By the way, we all have issues, some little, some big, some consistent, but even the minor ones can really seem big to a person when they are dealing with it. Contemplating over which ones are bigger, smaller, more serious, etc. will not help anyone. So, if you mix up your words and proclaim that you will find the answer. What will that do? I don’t know. However, if you are stuck on a problem, keep repeating it and going over it in your mind constantly and not coming out with an answer, it’s worth a try, right? We have all heard of “nothing changes if nothing changes”. Please allow me to repeat. Nothing changes if nothing changes” What we focus on and what we do matters. What we think matters. I might just change the title from, “What’s Your Problem?” to “What’s Your Answer?”. Disclaimer Time! Proclaiming we have an answer doesn’t make it true. Certainly, doesn’t make it go away and “poof” problem is solved. There are steps. There are decisions. There is a power of choice to lean into. There could be small goals needed to get to larger ones and continuous steps that are different than our auto pilot we are currently on. There is a focus needed on a solution bigger than our focus on the issue. Leaning into your faith and praying that God will help, will help. Truth. He will always walk aside of you, guide you and strengthen, pour out grace and more. But God requires us, by our choices, to walk through things as well and...

Today, the sermon lesson was during a walk, with me and God. Oh, and my dog. I talk to my dog, Loki, all the time on our walks. But sometimes, like today, I was reflecting and talking to God. Praying and reflecting. Loki was just my loyal side kick. You see, I am one that believes sermons can be taught anywhere, at any time and sometimes by the oddest circumstances. Sometimes lessons are taught with just you and God working things out, being convicted or taught by the Holy Spirit, sometimes through people that you wouldn’t even think would be used to teach you, sometimes children, or moments that are powerful, like an “ah-ha” moment that changes your perspective that you didn’t even know you needed changing, or in church, the traditional way. Possibilities of lessons in our life that we can learn from are plenty! Perhaps the main ingredients needed are open hearts, a willingness to learn, seeing different perspectives, and humility to know we will only reach perfection when we go home to heaven and be in His full presence. So, in my sermon lesson today, God and I were having a conversation about expectations. Expectation meaning in the dictionary is explained as ……. ex·pec·ta·tion [ˌekspekˈtāSH(ə)n] NOUN Ok. Ready to unpack this with me ? Visit https://wordpress.com/home/trueloveheals.blog for full article! Thanks for joining! Kelly Savage

My audio journal of giving thanks for 2022! I have so many things to be grateful for, express gratitude to, but....there is also other sides and perspectives. I live in hope, faith, love and strive for the perspective that things could always be worse. Why? Because it is true. Today, I express my thankfulness for many things and I am sure I forgot about a few hundred things :) however, it is very important to remember that social media highlights all the "gooey", "ooey gooey", the fantastic days in our life, the highlights and the memories we don't want to forget. But also today, I want to remind everyone, no matter where they are in their life, no matter the emotions they may be feeling, the loneliness they are experiencing, the low times in their lives, or the ones living their best life surrounded by all the things they could want, that you are being thought of today and I am wishing the best for you. From our household to yours - My prayers go out to every single person whether they are on their mountain chapter of their life or their low valley looking for just some relief. May we live a life of gratitude each and everyday.

Don’t Care FREEDOM! That’s the name of this episode! Let me say it one more time louder. DON’T CARE FREEDOM! That is exactly what I experienced tonight! No, it doesn’t mean that I don’t care about others, or things, especially things that really matter. It is a freedom that you get when you reached a level of freedom within yourself. I am working out of town this week and I am trying to stick to my 2 miles a day walk. Last night was a little tough since it was raining and cloudy and got dusk early so, I didn’t want to walk outside. I decided to do it inside. And yes, you can choose to walk inside if that is the only possible avenue to get the job done. I walked 2 miles in my hotel room. I mean it. I am not lying. I have my apple app to prove it however, I guess it doesn’t show my laps as an oval shape in a 20 ft room, so therefore, you will have to just take my word on that. I chose that over not walking at all and here to encourage you that you can do the same 😊 I am sure most will find it extreme, however, I find walking stress relieving what can I say. It was a little wonky in a hotel room BUT, I did feel accomplished afterward and had a chuckle on myself. Tonight, was different. I was walking all around a University campus. Warm for a November 1st night, but oh so beautiful. So I took full advantage. I put my air pods on and set off. Yes, I needed to be diligently looking around with those in my ears and my music on to be safety conscious. So, please picture this…….and enjoy the podcast! Thanks for listening. Kelly Savage Your Life Coach

I saw nothing but dead trees, bushes, an abandoned bus stop and many more unappealing sights. Nothing to make me stop and admire beauty around me. There was nothing to admire. Or was there? I looked beneath me. Let me explain. I was on a walk looking for some "roses to smell" and pictures to take. For a while there was nothing to make me stop or even go "ahhhh". I stopped at an area to take a breath climbing a hill. I started my walk expecting, anticipating, desiring to learn something in nature, and right there, in my moment of perusing the area while taking my break, my eyes looked beneath and I noticed a few flowers that popped out. Immediately, I gained a different perspective. I inched over and I realized that the flowers were "beneath me" and normally I am just looking out straight at eye level. Is it because I have tunnel vision, or maybe my knees hurt and I didn't want to bend down fearing I wouldn't get back up, maybe I got fixated on the negatives and wasn't looking for the positives. Come on, we have all been there. But, I almost missed it. I almost missed the beauty of those flowers because I didn't look beneath. The pictures I got to capture were beautiful! And the whole area seemed a bit more beautiful than a mere 5 minutes ago. This butterfly thought was more of a Holy Spirit whisper reminding me that we need to look at the whole picture, consider different perspectives, turn our spiritual "eyes" to different levels and to look beneath and remain aware that we are always learning. Do we sometimes miss people, things, situations because we "think" they are beneath us. Or, maybe we have to shift our perspective to see them? That is where my butterfly thought took me and boy, I really did get a different perspective in an instance in nature. So, when I was looking and anticipating a lesson, when I allowed my heart to be open and desired to hear, that is when my heart was cultivated and primed to see beauty that is beneath me. Sometimes it is us tuning out of our tunnel vision, opening our hearts, becoming aware of lessons that need to be heard and opening up to seeing the whole picture. Are you looking and anticipating a butterfly thought? I encourage you to do so. Have a great day and thanks for joining!! ~Kelly Savage Your Life Coach

Let's talk about roots. Let's talk about weeds. Let's talk about you being the designer and God being the master in your Garden of Life. What are your roots? What kind of plants and flowers do you want to grow? We are diving in, getting deep, getting our hands dirty, pulling roots and doing it together to create your personalized Garden of Life and on your way to live your best life yet!

Lights Out! You must have experienced a time when you were working, visiting, or doing something and all the lights went out. You look around, everyone gathers in questions and confusion and it sparks conversations of what to do, how it is affecting us and just how much electric is counted on in our lives. When I went into the bathroom and found myself in a pitch black room, my eyes focused on the only beam of light that was coming from the bottom of the door from the daylight on the other side. That light was helpful in navigating. I focused on that light to help me not to stumble and navigate towards since I knew it was the way out. :) In dark times in our lives, let's be the light for those who are in darkness and always be reminded that God's word in a light for every one of us in dark times. He is there in prayer when we reach out. His Word is there to guide us as the helpful light. And as we our allowing His word to be our light, we can be a light for others by reminding them that there is always a helpful light available. Kelly Savage Life Coach

Listen to an audio clip of Chapter 1 of "Always Ask..What If?" book by Kelly Savage and become the captain of your own team with some though provoking thoughts on the power of choice.

Hi It’s Kelly Savage with The Butterfly Thoughts Podcast. Welcome and thank you for joining me where we take our transformation journey, day by day, thought by thought and we do it together. Today’s episode – “Be The Captain Of Your Own Team” If you want to confuse yourself quickly, get into a deep discussion with yourself, or learn a fact or 10 of them……read on. Go ahead and google brains, facts about brains, the mind and all kinds of things will start popping up. You will probably encounter more than you ever wanted to know about these subjects. That is what google can do, right? You will see articles how the mind and brain are intertwined in definition yet differences of explanations of how they act separately and how they are alike and so forth. You must really weed through the information and take the chicken off the bone and throw away the bones. You will see articles about the power of the mind, power of the subconsciousness, how feeding your mind can be good or bad depending on thoughts and how you control them, think on them, act on them all the way down to affecting your mind by what you listen to, what you read and on and on. Wow! I did just that and although I love to learn and love to hear interesting facts, it can also be overwhelming, perhaps because my brain doesn’t pick it all up and explain it to me in plain English. Why do I say all of this or bring this up? That is probably one of your questions right now. I was thinking about how powerful and amazing the brain is. Approximately 3 lbs. of the most complex organ in the human body, flexible, ever evolving set of neurons, approximately 90 billion plus (Yes, I just learned that fact). It isn’t a muscle, but they liken the brain to a muscle as you can exercise, learn, grow, evolve, and scientists how proven that it changes and gets stronger when we use it. That’s where it got me thinking. What does that mean about our brain? What does this mean for our mind? Can we exercise these important pieces of our very complex beings? Certainly! Games, puzzle, apps, and more for the brain, mindsets and memories. Do YOU think of your brain as a muscle? Do you separate mind and the brain? Does that even really matter? Going one step further, and yes, we are stretching our brains and challenging our minds. How does our mind affect our life and our brain? Do you see them interchangeably? The brain is the physical matter inside our body, very complex but vital. Our mind is the most puzzling and intangible thing related to the brain. Mind is about thoughts, feelings, emotions, spirit, will, imagination, memory, perception, and more. So how can we exercise them. How important is this information in our life? Our gym goers, fitness gurus or just those that like to stay fit and work their bodies focus on certain muscles to tone, and know that if they want to get strong, stay strong, grow larger in muscle mass or just stay fit, the body does need to exercise. Ok. So that has been proven by research. Oh yes, research, all the research experiments I found. My mind goes to “how do they get people to do this, how do they measure the results, determine the end results and so on”. I digress. I am not willing to spend too much time on that, the science of, or debating the differences and commonalities. Let’s concentrate on our POWER OF CHOICE. BOOM! You know I love those 3 little words. POWER. OF. CHOICE. Where does that leave us? Let’s summarize some facts. The Brain is a physical organ inside our body. It is vital, important, can be exercised and has been proven to grow and get stronger as it is used. The mind is powerful. Thoughts are powerful. That can go for good or bad thoughts and how much we concentrate on them, repeat them, the mind can be exercised, and the mind affects your body, and your body affects the mind. That last sentence is a doozy and yes, we can pick that apart too. These facts just scratch the surface for both mind and...

Hi It’s Kelly Savage with Butterfly Thoughts Podcast! Thoughts that sneak up, fly in, and hold transformational power, just like a butterfly. Changing our lives…..one thought at a time. Thank you joining me. Today’s episode……… A Whole New World I don’t know about you but even that title, “A Whole New World” opens so many different possibilities and thoughts in my mind. How about you? A Whole NEW World. I saw a friend today. One I haven’t seen in probably years. I can’t remember how long it has been. But we were able to not only see one another again but we got to talk. It is one of those friends that you love to talk to. They get you. The energy vibes and it is a good energy. We were talking about life. Things we learned in the last several years. We are growing a bit more mature, you know, the wisdom that only truly comes with age, life experiences, self-reflection and the different perspectives that we get along the way. We exchanged the fact that we both LOVE to grow. Let me say that again. We LOVE to grow. Not everyone does. Not everyone likes that challenge, change or breaking down the familiarity and safety of their own thinking. But we are two people that welcome it. We look forward to it and have come to realize that we can continuously be opened to change, or we can shut it down in an instant. Ready. Willing and Allow Those were the words that came to my mind it that instant. Should I say the butterfly thought flew in. Ready. Willing and Allow - Ready for the change. Ready for different perspectives. Ready for the challenge. Because there will be challenges. Willing for the change. Willing to put down guards. Could be emotional or mental guards. Willing to put down pride within us. The egos that we fight with at times. Willing to not just open up our minds and allow transformation in our life but being ready to throw some things away in our life that are not good for us. Allow. Yes, I said allow. And I meant it. We can shut down anything different in our life including the change that should come in our life. The change that is necessary. Even the change that we want but the guards are too thick, too high, or we aren’t willing to be vulnerable to. We can all shut it down and stay status quo. Stay the same and have nothing change. Conscious decisions are necessary in growth. Change is necessary in growth. Wow. Are you getting the picture of just how much you hold the key in self-discovery? Self-reflection? Or even reflection for your surroundings that can hold great power in change that you desire, change that you know needs to be, or just open some doors that will allow different perspectives in? Are you denying change? That different perspective? Are you delaying it? Have you felt it and shut it down? Have you made the statement “ah, this is just who I am!”, “no changing me”, “that’s just how I think. Period.”, “No, that is just the way it is, and it will never change”. I have at times. I realized it wasn’t to my benefit if I wanted to grow. I realized that I was the one to hold the power. There is that power of choice again. The choice to grow or not grow as we desire and choose. Things will stay the same. Life will move on. And if that is what you want. Ok. I will not argue the point. I won’t even try. I will even respect your decision since that truly is only your decision. I have always had a natural curious mind. A need to learn per se’. A desire to see things objectively, fully, and to challenge myself. That’s me. Being self-aware is not always easy. Especially when we truly are being self-aware and seeing something inside ourselves that needs to change. Can I say “OUCH!”. I had had plenty of ouch moments already in my life. I don’t see that changing either. That is the ouch of growing, opening up nooks and crannies in your life to heal or change, but also the beauty of growing and I wouldn’t change a thing seeing how far I have...

Could it Be? Let me tell you of a really neat thing that happened to me this evening as I walked. I love to walk and try to do several times a week. Most times my dog is my sidekick, and he gets as happy as a clam to come with me. But then there are those times I need to decompress and just walk. Today, was one of those times. I use walks as my calming time, mindfulness time to practice just being in the moment, physical exercise and the proverbial truth of enjoying the smallest of moments. 2 minutes into the walk while I was noticing how the sun was warming my face and my body, I was loving that feeling and soaking it in especially after we just experienced many cloudy days. It sparked thankfulness which I then started verbalizing. Mostly in my head so I don’t freak too many people out talking to myself.  That quickly after verbalizing my thankfulness, a butterfly thought flew in. It was a memory that flew in my mind of a particular not so good season of my life. At this very moment in the walk, I realized how protected I was during that time in my life. We don’t always see clearly through the seasons and bad times especially when we concentrate on the questions “why me?”, “why now?”, or just plain “why”? An alternative question, “what can I learn from this?”, is not always one we start with and especially leave ourselves open to when we are hurting. The season was rough. It was in my survival mode time of life where I was just surviving. I was living life, doing what I needed to do, enjoying life at times as well, but I wasn’t quite living my authentic life. I realize that it was due to me protecting myself and circumstances I was in that forced me to go “through the motions” more than living authentically. But in this butterfly moment, I was realizing how much I was protected and that I have never understood that key point before. A wave of thankfulness and gratitude came over me. The sun was not the only thing warming me, but now it was an overwhelming sense of peace and an understanding that became mine. This feeling, in return, sparked more gratitude. Reflecting back on the now past season, I knew that it was for my protection that certain doors closed, some windows slammed and some paths that I was contemplating on taking, didn’t quite pan out for me. Let me tell you some simple truths in life that I was reminded today in my butterfly thought. Gratitude sparks gratitude. Thankfulness sparks more thankfulness. And positivity breeds more positivity. That’s a whole lot of truth in 3 short sentences and something we can all learn and probably be reminded of in our life multiple times. Let me repeat that in a different way. If we concentrate on positive things, verbalize them and surround ourselves with more positivity and with people and surroundings of what kind of atmosphere we desire, it really does breeds more of the same. That is exactly what happened during my first 6 minutes of the walk. Through the eyes of understanding, we see so much more than what we normally do. Why do eyes of understanding open? Or better yet, when do they open? I am not quite sure. I don’t think we can just open them up and boom, revelations upon revelations pour out. It could, but more often, there is a little more to it. Eyes of understanding come with time, age, experiences, and under some conditions like whether we are open to different perspectives or want more understanding. Are our hearts open to that? Do we seek it? Do we calm the clamor in our minds long enough to get a different perspective? Do we WANT different perspectives? Do we have the patience to wait when we must? All these questions play factors in our journey of life and opening up the doors to more understanding. Peace came and remained on me through my walk and beyond. What a beautiful feeling true peace is and when you get it, and a feeling that you begin to desire more. Does that happen every time I walk? That is a...

Things that make you go STOP! I was recently reminded that a STOP can come very suddenly in our life. I was drifting off to sleep and started to hear the wind kick up outside. And when I say kick up, I mean the wind was blowing wildly, forcefully, and loud. Even to the point, that my dog was growling at it like it was an intruder and he was making sure that the wind knew he was there. I was having a little trouble going to sleep because of the wind and I was looking up at the ceiling fan to use that as a counting sheep method in hopes I would drift off to sleep very soon. That wasn’t helping me go to sleep and then in just a few minutes, came a pop. I came to the solid conclusion that the electricity went out when the ceiling fan blades slowed down until they stopped completely. I really didn’t mind it at that point. I was already in bed, snuggled and warm, knew sleep wasn’t that far off and just hoping that the electric would be on before I got up. Did I drift quietly off to sleep? NO. I spent a few minutes praying, stared at my now stopped ceiling fan, contemplating why I couldn’t go to sleep and then…..my butterfly thought flew in……… A STOP moment can come any time in our life, out of nowhere, and it can mess with us from a range 1-1000. We do not even realize how we depend on electric, electronics, relationships, ourselves and many other things that can seem so small or automatic in life until a STOP. Let me explain. I was reminded of one of my biggest STOP moments in life when everything around me seemed to just not make sense anymore, trying to find my purpose, meaning in life for me, my electronics that I always had on around me to deflect was no longer silencing noise in my mind and life. It was one of my biggest and longest STOP moments, that seemed to just come into my life probably because I kept pushing things away and not dealing with them. I was also reminded that it was in that season, that great growth came. It was a time I had to face some truths, face the noise in my head, face things that surfaced from past wounds and unless I dealt with them, they would only get bigger and take more root in my life. Liken it to tree roots for a moment, which can keep growing, get stronger, take needed nutrients from other trees and cause immense damage. That STOP in my life was truly life changing and needed. STOPS can come in all shapes and sizes in our life. When electric goes out and you are faced with a very dark morning and no heat, you can begin to view life differently and very quickly. You might even come to realize what you are taking for granted and haven’t had a thought about those little things for quite some time. STOPS can be a sickness that is now diagnosed in yourself or a family member where life suddenly changes, and life doesn’t seem the same anymore. Uncertainties mount up and questions abound and go unanswered. STOPS can be a job loss, a divorce, an accident that has rocked your world and has seemingly or factually changed your life in ways you never thought possible. STOPS can be suddenly looking at a situation differently, gaining a different perspective out of nowhere during a conversation, and changing your outlook when you didn’t think that was possible. Looking back, without the STOPS in my life that were forced in my life or place right in front of me that I had to pay attention, it is very possible that I would not have paused. Taking the needed time at the proverbial STOP sign in my life has provided me chances to self-reflect, reflect on life in general, dive a little deeper and gain a whole lot of understanding and different perspectives. Life changing to say the least. Think about STOP signs on the roads. They are there for a particular reason and the biggest reasons is to have a car stop at the intersection so there isn’t a free for all and accidents because people are too busy with their own worlds and timing. May today be the day you gain a perspective on...

Welcome to Butterfly Thoughts ! Today's podcast is an introduction to a book that encourages you to ask a very small question routinely in your life. That's right. Always Ask..What If? www.revivifymetoday.com/shop It is time to awaken..learn..evolve..transform and become. "What if". A perspective that can occupy the mind and bring you into an overwhelming, anxious state of mind OR a small, very powerful question that can bring enlightenment and produce powerful change in your life. You decide. This book I propose is my newly published book that came out of a passion in my that doesn't quit to encourage and help people along their path of life by bringing different perspectives that can be challenging but also life changing. I know because I have spent my life asking the "what if" questions but NOT getting stuck into destructive "what ifs" but rather excitedly think that a "what if" thought could help me regain power when I lost it along the way and renew me of the fact I have choices. It has brought transformation to me in my life and my passion is to spread faith, hope and love to others. Thank you for joining us today and have a great day! ~Kelly Savage www.revivifymetoday.com/shop