April 30, 2011

Quotes

The Buddha's teachings on love are clear. It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Make each day your masterpiece. ~ John Wooden

We are all One, One Energy, from One Light. Let us band together as Humans, with love for all of humanity, living each day in harmony as we explore our spirit. ~ Kala 

Blog Posts

38 Life Lessons I've Learned in 38 Years ~ 11. You can’t motivate people. The best you can hope for is to inspire them with your actions. People who think they can use behavioral “science” or management techniques have not spent enough time on the receiving end of either. Via Zen Habits

Quotes from other FB pages

TODAY
This day is a special day, it is yours.
Yesterday slipped away, it cannot be filled anymore with meaning.
About tomorrow nothing is known.
But this day, today, is yours, make use of it.
Today you can make someone happy.
Today you can help another.
This day is a special day, it is yours.

Vijaya Samarawickama, A Buddhist Reflects on Happy Living, 2004

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May your day be filled with Blessings,
Like the Sun that Lights the Sky,
And may y...ou always have the courage
To Spread your Wings and Fly!

Thank you for shining your Beautiful Light ☼!

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Via Namasteॐ Om

April 29, 2011

Blog Posts

Rise Above Negativity ~ Anything can change in an instant. Why not expect and believe that good things will happen? Why not believe that the world is changing for the better? We can’t see the whole picture. We don’t know what anything is for.  We do know that our perception influences our relationships, our actions, and our lives. Choose to see things differently.  Expect a miracle. 

How to Find Your Passion in the Next 5 Minutes ~ We all try to muddle our instincts. We second-guess our gut, our heart, and the personal knowledge-base that we spent years accruing. Possibly we have too much information at our fingertips. We think that there’s some other ‘thing’ outside of ourselves we could be doing.

Forget About Finding Your Passion ~ Our passions appear to us when we clear away everything that inhibits their expression. Do you have a picture in your mind about what your work life should, and shouldn’t, look like? Do you let fear hold you back? Our job is not to find our passion, but to find all the barriers within ourselves that keep us from realizing it. One by one, as these are seen and laid to rest, there is space for your life, your gifts to shine through naturally.

Quotes

Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it. ~ Buddha 

“If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you.”

~ T. Alan Armstrong 

April 28, 2011

Quotes

Be true and sincere and loving in your human relationships. ~ White Eagle

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Enter the day invigorated with the essence of possibility, go through it energized with a sense of purpose and joy and end it with the serenity of completion. ~ Darina Stoyanova

Blog Posts

Tiny Wisdom: On the Joy of Mistakes ~ Today if you feel limited by the fear of making a mistake, remind yourself: This is part of the process, and you will ultimately feel happier with yourself if you find the courage to stick with it.

Tiny Wisdom: On Seeing ~  Today if you find yourself clinging to a negative story about a person or situation, ask yourself: What’s the payoff in holding onto this interpretation? Does it make you feel right? Or justified? Or safe? And more importantly: How might you be able to improve your state of mind or situation if you chose to see things differently?

The Flip Side ~ You can't have success unless you're prepared to have failure.

April 27, 2011

Quotes

One of the basic points is kindness.  With kindness, with love and compassion, with this feeling that is the essence of brotherhood, sisterhood, one will have inner peace. ~Dalai Lama

That best portion of a good man's life,-his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. ~ William Wordsworth

No kind action ever stops with itself.  One kind action leads to another.  Good example is followed.  A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.  The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves. ~ Amelia Earhart

Blog Posts

Tiny Wisdom: On Simple Confidence ~   Confidence comes from knowing your competence but acknowledging it’s not solely responsible for creating your world. When you take that weight off your shoulders and realize that sometimes the twists and turns have nothing to do with what you did or should have done, it’s easier to feel confident in what you bring to the table.

3 Causes for Judging People (and How to Accept Yourself) ~  Rather than unconsciously delighting in the ego gratification of judging others, you let your reactions and judgments help you achieve greater self-understanding—and accordingly, greater happiness and success.

April 25, 2011 & April 26, 2011

I'm a bit late getting this post out.  But spent a wonderful day off with my hubby yesterday.

Blog Posts

Tiny Wisdom: On Creating Happiness ~ “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” -Dalai Lama

Quotes

May our heart's garden of awakening bloom with hundreds of flowers. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Transform your thoughts and; embrace love as a way of life. Your souls dance is one of great joy and by acknowledging its beauty you foster the awakening spirit and create positive outcomes in all aspects of life. The essence of being alive is to live like you mean it and; transform limiting beliefs. By doing so you inspire the heart which will in return guide you along a path of bliss to a happy and passionate life. ~ Micheal Teal

An inspired form of giving, love breathes life into the heart and brings grace to the soul.
~ unknown 

Quotes from other FB pages

Be grateful for all that you have, for the life you have been given, for your family and friends, your job, and your home. Be thankful and give thanks for the abundance and prosperity that the Universe blesses upon you each and every day. ♥

Accept those times that may not feel so gracious and look for the silver lining in that rain cloud.

CELEBRATE as much as possible. . . your life today, tomorrow . . . . . Life is SWEET ! ♥ AnOnYmOuS ♥•*´¨♥¸.• ♥ ´*.*♥¸. Via ~ ‎"gr8quotes"

 

"Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are." Rachel Naomi Remen ~ Via The Illuminated Lotus

 

Remember that scene in The Jungle Book where Baloo starts singing:

"...You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium's
Liable to walk upon the scene..."

Johnny Mercer ~ Via Inspirology

 

 

 

 

April 24, 2011 - Easter Sunday

Well I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and got some good rest and relaxation in.  Had a great weekend myself . . . worked in my shop and got to go to knitting group for a few hours this afternoon.  As an added bonus Saturday was gorgeous here on the Washington coast and we even hit temps near 60 degrees.  Today the rain we were supposed to get never materialized so we had another great day here.

Quotes

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement. ~ Herman Hesse

Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it's important is that, fundamentally, when we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn't just ourselves that we're discovering. We're discovering the universe. ~ Pema Chodron

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ~ Nelson Mandela

Quotes from other FB pages

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. ~ John Wooden Via ~ Positive Inspirational Quotes ( PIQ)

"If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!" ~ Sarah Dessen ~ Via "gr8quotes" 

April 23, 2011

So kind of slow day for posts at Be Positively Inspired.  I've caught up on most of my blog posts; so there wasn't too much to share today.  I hope those of you that celebrate Easter have a good one and enjoy the food and time with your family.  

Quotes

Success is being the best you can be where you are right now. ~ Yancey Grantham

A peaceful mind is a springboard to positive transformation , for by cleansing the mind we inspire the spirit and motivate the soul. ~ Micheal Teal

“Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights, such as you may never have hoped to attain.”
~ Napoleon Hill

April 22, 2011

Quotes from other FB pages

"Stop every now and then. Just stop and enjoy. Take a deep breath. Relax and take in the abundance of life." Author unknown via Positive Energy

When you are positive minded, focussed, passionate & unwavering in your convictions you create an inner magnet that pulls what you desire to you. - LFJ ♥ Via Messages from the Soul

"Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Namasteॐ Om

Blog Posts

Are you Erasing a Masterpiece Because of Them? ~ This post is from the Up From Splat Blog. I think a lot of us can relate to this video blog post. I think we all fall into the trap of allowing the opinion of others to interfere with our dreams and desires or taking our ideas from the dream stage to reality.  

Tiny Wisdom: On Conflict ~ "I suspect that’s what we all want: the ability to nurture a sense of peace that doesn’t crumble every time our circumstances get challenging.

The truth is we can access that on any day we choose to. We just need to choose–and then keep choosing instead of responding with stress, fear, and angst."

You are a powerful force ~  "If you choose to. That’s all it really comes down to at the end of the day. Choosing to."

 

April 21, 2011

Quotes

"What worn-out shticks are blinding you to the blessings that life is conspiring to give you?" ~ Rob Brezsny

"If you want a limitless, abundant, loving life, make sure that all you believe is limitless, abundant, compassionate, and loving." ~ Tara Myer-Robson

"Gratitude is the open door to abundance." ~ Yogi Bhajan

Blog Posts

Live Give, Love, and Learn: 10 Places to Find Hope ~ "1. Find Hope in Action.
Take the steps necessary to move towards the life that makes your heart sing. For me, that meant improving my health through changes in diet, schedules, and overall lifestyle."

Tiny Wisdom: On Strength ~ “Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong - sometimes it’s letting go.” ~ Unknown  ~ I love this quote . . . because sometimes letting go is the answer, the "right" thing to do. I can't tell you how many times I've experienced this. I know that sometimes letting go can feel a little (okay a lot) like quitting, but it really can be a better course of action than holding onto something that is not working.

April 20, 2011

Quotes

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." ~ Maya Angelou

"Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you." ~ Hafiz

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it." ~ Groucho Marx 

Blog Posts

Tiny Wisdom: On Getting ~ "I haven’t always been trusting in love. I haven’t always been generous with what I have. I haven’t always been bold with my resources. But today I choose possibility over fear. Do you?"

The Way to Begin a New Beginning ~  "Nature does few things, but it does them very well. It does them with joy and wild abandon. It doesn’t matter to nature that a tweet has come in, or another tree has prettier leaves, or that the phone is ringing or a text is flashing. Nature knows what it needs to do and does it."

Quotes from other Pages

Blessing for Work "May the light of your soul guide you. May the light of your soul bless the work You do with the secret love and warmth of your heart. May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul. May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those Who work with you and to those who see and receive your work."
~John O'Donohue ~ Via Chopra Center

"I LOVE that feeling. You KNOW, the ONE you get when you take a deep breath and S...UDDENLY everything FEELS like it’s going to be OKAY. When you feel as hopeless as can be and life is going nowhere, there are those moments we have every now and then when we get this feeling that can’t be DESCRIBED, but you get this RUSH and the world STOPS spinning for a second and EVERYTHING is CLEAR and at that MOMENT, you JUST know." ♥ uNkNoWn ~ By: ‎"gr8quotes"

 

Videos

 

Lady Gaga - Born this Way cover - This young lady has an incredible voice.  Loved this version of the song.  My hubby thinks its better than Gaga. There is nothing like a girl singing with her piano.

 

April 19, 2011

If you only read one thing from this post please read the blog post from Momentum Gathering ~ Do You Have Grit?.  All I can really say is Wow . . . what a great post!

Quotes Posted

"The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays with you longer. When you fight something, you only make it stronger."
~ Chuck Palahniuk

 From the backstabbing co-worker to the meddling sister-in-law, you are in charge of how you react to the people and events in your life. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life."
~ Anaïs Nin

"If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together. . . there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart . . . I'll always be with you."
~ A.A. Milne ~ Christopher Robin to Pooh

Shared posts from other pages

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~ e. e. cummings Via Living in Gratitude

"Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else." ~ Mitch Albom Via gr8quotes

Blog posts

Do you have Grit? ~ Your inner loveliness does not need to be bullied or demeaned any longer. Hush those voices that tell you it’s too late, that you’re not good, strong, talented, pretty, thin, out-going, young or old enough. Shut them down. Give them the finger. Do whatever you’ve got to do, but don’t let them dominate the air waves any longer. Tell them in no uncertain terms that they are no longer needed. Let grit be your new song! 

Tiny Wisdom: On True Friends 

The Karate Kid 

  

April 18, 2011

21 Tips to release self neglect and love yourself in action ~ "You don’t have to be different to be worthy. Your worth is in your true nature, a core of love and inner goodness. You are a beautiful light. You are love. We can bury our magnificence, but it’s impossible to destroy." From Tiny Buddha

Tiny Wisdom: On Enjoying the Light ~ “If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.” -Morris West

Create ~ "Seize the bull by the horns, grasp it tenaciously, never let it go. Time has a habit of trampling over us, so softly we don’t even notice but so powerfully we become crushed over the course of weeks and years." Leo Babauta

Quotes Shared from other FB pages

"Become like the sun. If you do so, all darkness will be dispelled. No matter w...hat happens, live confidently with the conviction that you, yourself are the 'sun'. Of course, in life there are sunny days and cloudy days. But even on cloudy days, the sun is still the sun. Even when you are suffering, it is vital that you strive to keep the sun shining brightly in your heart." ~ Daisaku Ikeda Via Inspirology

" I'm strong of mind... strong of heart... I'm strong in spirit. There's strength within my soul, strength in my body. I have passion & ambitions. I am driven... determined & I will not go down without a fight because I have fire burning on the inside. There's something that whispers within & tells me...don't give.up! I swear it. I won't give up!" ~ Brianna G Via Positive Inspirational Quotes (PIQ)

I haven't posted here in a while. No matter what anyone tells you writing a blog isn't easy. The thing I struggle with the most is coming up with topics and sticking to it once I've committed.  My mind wanders a lot, jumping from one topic to another kind of like a teenage girl chatting on the phone with her friend, barely taking a breath in between words.

So I'm going to try something new. One of my favorite blogs is Tipnut. The creator of the site searches through her one favorite blog posts, links and other web items and posts lists of great crafty projects. Everything from recipes to gardening tips. It is a great resource for people who love crafts of all kinds and if you are a cook you have to check out some of the recipes.

I wish I could keep track of everything that I post on our FB page; but unfortunately FB doesn't hold onto posts indefinitely. So I'm going to start posting a sort of archive of our posts.  Including blog posts that we've shared, quotes from other pages that we have shared, etc.

I hope that you enjoy.