July 19, 2011

So yesterday I got a chance to sit outside in the sun and knit with the company of my four birds. The weather was great, but quite windy, but I sat in the sun anyway.  My birds weren't quite sure what to think though. They spend most of their days in the house. I think a couple of them really enjoyed it. I hope we can do it again it was a nice way to spend an hour in the afternoon sun.

Quotes

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. ~ Eckhart Tolle

Placing the blame or judgment on someone else leaves you powerless to change your experience. Taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them. ~ Byron Katie

I am responsible for what I see.
I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.
I could see peace instead of THIS.
The past is over - it can touch me not.
This instant is the only time there is.
Today I will judge nothing that occurs.
I am not the victim of the world I see.
I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts.
I am determined to see things differently.
I am never upset for the reason I think.
Forgiveness is the key to happiness.

All that I give I give to myself.

~ Hugh Prather

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves.
The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. ~ Elanor Roosevelt

Blog Posts

Simply Beautiful Things (New Series) ~ "Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed." ~ Walt Whitman

Embrace Your Essence ~ "You are complete. You know the answers. You are abundantly enough." Raam Dev

The Bare Truth About Living in the Moment ~ "Living in the moment is all about awareness, about where your mental focus is directed. The difference between total presence and complete unconsciousness is small, it is an imperceptible shift out of thought and into being. Therefore, increased presence ultimately lies in increased awareness. Awareness of the sights, sounds, and smells that flood the senses every day. Awareness of your body in space, the air on your skin. Awareness of sensation."

An Ode to Love ~