Not Just Fragranced Pillar Candles

Carrot, Egg, or Coffee

2006-11-24T10:08:00.000+08:00

Hi All

I just received this in my email today and it is a must that I share it with you kind souls out there:

Carrot, Egg, or Coffee...

(You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again...)

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil,without saying a word.

In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.

Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.

The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity - boiling water. Each reacted differently.

The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.

The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened.

The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, It releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.

When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; They just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

You might want to share this message to those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down; to those whose friendships you appreciate; to those who are so meaningful in your life. If you, you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with this message! It's easier to build a child than repair an adult.

May we all be COFFEE!

Ruby
www.happymomentscandle.com

Festival of Dreams

2006-11-13T10:34:00.000+08:00

If you haven't been using candles during your holiday festivities, you're missing out. Consider Christmas for a moment. Electronic lights are pretty, both on the Christmas tree and outside the house, but what if you add a few candles to the mix? A lone candle on a window sill can evoke powerful emotions. Peace, serenity, joy; and those other feelings that can't be defined with mere words.

The influence of candles can be a little tough to nail down to specifics, but there is no doubt that you get so much more than a light source when you buy one. With some of the splendid scents available at HappyMomentsCandle.com, you'll find yourself awash in memories and happiness. The best part is that you can create new memories that will be triggered anew each time you use that scent.

While we’re thinking about smell, it has to be said: there’s nothing like a home filled with the beautiful scent of a quality candle. Or several candles! It’s like an animal instinct – when a place smells warm and inviting, it will feel more comfortable and far more relaxing. Try to picture a corporate meeting, only with candles and dim lights instead of the normal setting. Imagine the scent of vanilla, calming and relaxing everyone – it changes everything, doesn’t it? Candles are powerful in any situation, but even more so in your own home, and especially during a holiday when you might have guests!

One of the other great qualities of a candle during a festive season is their flexibility. No, I’m not just talking about choosing a scent! The way your candles are arranged, and what you place them in, will have a remarkable impact on their appearance. A candle on a pillar will have a very different visual effect than a votive candle, much like a beautiful voice can sing so many different notes to inspire different feelings. In many cases, you can even choose the shape of the candle itself!

With all of those options, and a little creativity, you can create the perfect ambiance for any holiday season. If you are one of those brave souls that hosts a lot of parties, you’ll quickly appreciate just how important a few strategically placed candles can be. You’ll make your entire home smell and feel so welcoming – just don’t be surprised if you catch a few of your guests staring quietly into the candlelight now and then.

Candles make great gifts, too. Since soy-based candles are very safe, like the excellent handmade variety available right here at HappyMomentsCandle.com, you’ll feel good knowing that you’re giving a gift that doesn’t have any negative side-effects – and one that lasts a long time. It’s very easy to give out dozens of smaller candles to all of your guests without spending a fortune or inconveniencing them with large packaging, too!

There’s a lot of powerful history between candles and the holidays. Create your own with the help of your creativity and HappyMomentsCandles.com – and watch memories come alive in your friends and family. Make each day your own Festival of Dreams.

Ruby Lim

www.happymomentscandle.com

Christmas Candle Packages

2006-11-03T12:52:00.000+08:00

Hi All!

It's that time of the year when we are thinking of what to get for our loved ones. Yes, Christmas is just round the corner! Go to www.jarcandletoppers.com for some ideas you may want to consider.

Good Tidings!

Ruby
For Best Soy Wax Candles and Accessories: http://www.happymomentscandle.com
... being Healthy ... is Happy!

Get To Know The Real You

2006-10-24T19:38:00.000+08:00

When you are asked to introduce yourself, do you respond by telling them what you do, where you live, or who you know? Well, those are certainly important aspects of your life but they aren't your whole life, or at least they shouldn't be.

We spend so much of our time focusing on our relationships with other people that often we neglect the most important relationship of all - the relationship with ourselves. We, women, are so identified as roles of mother, wife, daughter, and sometimes career woman that we often forget who we really wanted to be, what we dreamt of becoming, and what we love and value. In effect, we have forgotten our "self" , our "true self", "essential self", and "wise self".

Very often we have buried our authentic selves under a facade constructed in order to please other people or to be socially acceptable. But the effort to sustain this image is draining and self-defeating, and it requires too much energy to maintain. It is time to step free of the scripted life we have been living, peel away everything that is not essential and discover our authentic identity. Reclaim the woman we truly are!

Remember what is important in our lives, hopes, and dreams. Discover and rediscover our deepest yearnings. In order to do this, we need to embark on a psychological search-and-rescue mission to comb back through our lives and recover our joy, wisdom, passion, enthusiasm, self-confidence, vitality - the threads of our true self that we have lost along the way.

Creating a life we love requires courage, commitment, and perseverance, all of which we have. The call now is for us to be authentically ourselves.

- The above is inspired after reading "Chicken Soup For The Soul - Life Lessons for Women". Yes, everything is in our own hands. We make the life we want to have!"

Soy Wax Candle To the Rescue

2006-10-09T18:43:00.000+08:00

Last week was a very bad hazy week in Singapore. The continuous forest burning in Sumatra, Indonesia caused our air quality reading (PSI) to average 30-60. However on Saturday, it shot up to an average of 150, and the whole of Singapore was blanketed with the ashy haze from Sumatra. PSI of above 100 is considered unhealthy. Every outdoor activity was cancelled.

Very sad for the children here because it was the weekend of the Mooncake Festival or called the Lantern Festival. It's a once a year event where everyone would go outdoors to enjoy the full moon and children would parade with their lanterns. But all plans to do that were cancelled. So disappointing!

At home, we were lucky to have our scented soy wax candles. These are healthy candles and sootless so we could burn them even in air-conditioned rooms. That helped us to minimize at least the awful burning scent as the hazy air was seeping into the home. With the candles lit, and the hanging lanterns, it gave us that festive mood while we munch on the variety of mooncakes and sipped on our chinese tea. Saved by our soy wax candles, we managed to have a wonderful Mooncake festival indoors.

Ruby Lim

HappyMomentsCandle.com

4 Candles

2006-10-05T20:08:00.000+08:00

Hi All

Today I received an email and in the message was this link to 4 candles. I find it so meaningful! Like to share it with you:-

http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/2529/4candles.swf

Never allow your flame of Hope to be extinguished as it brings along Peace, Faith, and Love.

Have a good week!

Ruby

www.HappyMomentsCandle.com

Breast Cancer Pink Ladies In Action

2006-09-27T09:08:00.000+08:00

Hi All

Partly due to the reason that my favorite color is pink, that attracted me last year to join the Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) as a volunteer. Pink is the color of being in good health. It signifies tenderness and manifests the higher qualities of love, and at the same time can bring fun, delight and surprises to your life.

Having worked there for more than a year and interacting with the ladies, I can never tell that they are survivors. Many a times I feel they are much more alive than some of the healthy friends I have come across. The laughter they generate at the center, the drive they possess in their daily tasks, the passion they show in their various activities, and all this their friendship and bonds being forged are the envy of many of us.

This weekend (29/9 - 1/10), for the very frist time, the International Pink Dragon Boat Council (IPDBC) is holding a Breast Cancer Dragon Boat World Championships competition at the Marina Bay, Singapore. Dragon boat teams from 10 countries will take to the water in events like the 200m and 500m distances for breast cancer survivors and their supporters, and a novelty race in which paddlers must wear pink.

Admission is free. For more info, go to www.bcf.org.sg, or if you are interested in signing up for the novelty race, you can call Grace Ong of BCF, Tel: 6352-6560 or email her at grace@bcf.org.sg

Have fun!

Ruby Lim
www.happymomentscandle.com

Candles & Passions

2006-09-26T08:56:00.000+08:00

Dear Candlelovers

I am so excited to open my first scented candle online store. This site is wholly set up by myself! It may not be the prettiest webstore but it has the best soy wax candles you can find. I have specially sourced for a dropshipper whose passion is making soy wax candles....so when you make something with passion, you make the best.

You know, there is so much correlation between candles and our passion/our drive/our life force. For those who do yoga, you will find these terms very familiar:

In yoga, we have the life force called 'prana', which is similar to 'chi', which is reinvigorated with every breath we take. And lies within us there is this dormant force called 'sakti'. It is a huge untapped force, eg we want to quit smoking, lose weight, etc but we cannot persevere because we have not tapped our 'sakti'. Without it, there will only be false starts.

Sakti is like a candle. We must tap into that pillar of unlit wax by lighting a fire in order to activate (wick) our 'sakti' and have the motivation to follow through, to commit, to change. In yoga, we do this through asana, meditation, and chanting. In life, we must create a hot enough fire to arouse what is deep within ourselves to carry us to a higher effort. When our 'sakti' is aroused, it will rise and grab prana = our life force. When this happens, when the flame is burning brightly, we feel like nothing can stop us from achieving our goals in life. This is our 'sakti' fully engaged.

It is within all of us That pillar of unlit wax, waiting for us to bring the fire to ignite change!

Here's a wish of success to all of you to accomplish what you set out to do today!

Ruby Lim
http://www.happymomentscandle.com
For Best Soy Wax Candles and Accessories
...Being Healthy...Is Happy!