Change ~ Doesn't Have to Be a Bad Thing

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And the day came when the rise to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~ Anaïs Nin

I haven't posted in a while. I felt that something with my blog here need to change. I wasn't sure what exactly that was; I just knew that something needed to be different. Posting to our facebook page has never been an issue; I do that daily, but simply re-posting what I posted there didn't seem to be the right thing. I thought maybe a change in venue would be the trick; but that didn't feel "right" to me. You will notice that I did re-design the page a bit tough.

I also added a couple of pages; one is an About Me page and the other is an BPI (Be Positively Inspired) Amazon Affiliate Store (please check it out here). There are a couple of categories - Kindle, Inspirational Books and Vicki's Picks.  My wonderful hubby bought me the Kindle Fire - I LOVE IT, so I naturally had to include it. If you are buying it to use mainly as an e-reader you will love it. If you are buying it to use a tablet . . . there are other tablets out there that offer some other features that you may enjoy more. Inspirational books are by those who I love to quote and those who I love to read. And Vicki's picks are my books simply for the story. So far it seems I have a it may seem that there are a lot of vampire/witch/werewolf type books on there I have a broad range of things that I enjoy reading and I will add more later. If you have read something you'd like to share with me drop me a comment or message me on facebook.

I get comfortable in my routine so change can be a bit daunting. But sometimes change has a way of hitting you upside the head and resisting it . . . is just, well, futile. I worked last evening making changes to the design of this blog and thinking about future blog posts and then this evening some bad news that threw a monkey wrench into the works. I am hoping that everything works out the way that it should.

I hope that you will join me on my journey to see this through. I hope that you will join me on facebook at Be Positively Inspired or here on my personal page.

Nothing in its essence is one way or the other. All around us the wind, the fire, the earth, the water, are always taking on different qualities; they're like magicians. We also change like the weather. We ebb and flow like the tides, we wax and wane like the moon. We fail to see that like the weather, we are fluid, not solid. And so we suffer.~ Pema Chodron - Comfortable with Uncertainty

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Beginning & Courage ~ Oct. 3rd & 4th, 2011

Spent a wonderful day with my hubby.  Was kind of dreading it a little because we had to do the grocery shopping.  Shopping is a CHORE; but we had a great time. Drove a little out of our way to check out a variety shop and even got to peek into an antique store.  Then we tackled the shopping. Had a bite for lunch, hit the bread store and then went to Home Depot for a bit of a walk.  Then on to the more shopping.

Quotes

~ Yesterday I chose courage. I slept poorly the night before. Had strange dreams and woke up feeling anxious about everything. I needed a bit of courage to not just crawl back into bed and pull the covers over my head.  Not sure where the anxiety came from; glad it isn't with me today.

Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow. ~ Alice Makenzie Swaim

Many of our fears are tissue paper thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them. ~ Brendan Francis

~ Beginning

Life is a celebration of awakenings, of new beginnings, and wonderful surprises that enlighten the soul. ~ Cielo

It began with the Wisdom of Foolishness, a commitment to remain fluid, receptive, in process, part of the Membrane of Things as I struck out on that spiritual Route 66, the Experience Trail, determined to follow it to the end. It began with yours truly spontaneously ceasing to be myself and becoming someone else, assuming in the blink of an “I” the role of a drifter, a rolling stone, a wayward mariner lone and visionary on the High Seas of Chance and Possibility. ~ Sol Luckman

Blog Posts

How to Read More: A Lover's Guide ~ I'm sharing this one because I love to read. These are all great tips if you want to read more . . . I could learn a lot from Number 8. I usually read books cover to cover and very rarely do I start one without finishing it. But recently I have been unable to finish some. Books by some of my favorite authors, books that I've wanted to read for a while. One I got to about a chapter from the end and I just quit reading it; mostly because I realized I didn't really like the story at all. So got out and read for the joy of reading; and if you find you aren't finding the joy in a particular book don't be afraid to let it go.

Tiny Wisdom: The Triggers that Lead to Pain ~ “The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” ~ Helen Keller

Talking About 2 F-Words ~ "Two F-words we hear far too much in my opinion.  Fear and Failure.  It’s even worse when we put them together in a sentence.  Fear of Failure." ~ It is kind of scary huh?  Starting something new and wondering if you will SUCCEED or fail.  I'm not sure fear of failure should hold you back . . . Jump in there and prove the little voice in your head wrong and succeed. I don't believe failure is an option.  I can't and wont accept that.

August 12, 2011

Quotes

Love is an element which though physically unseen is as real as air or water. It is an acting, living, moving force . . . it moves in waves and currents like those of the ocean. ~ Prentice Mulford

One word frees us from all the weight and pain of life. That word is love. ~ Sophocles

All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own. ~ Edwin Markham

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow. ~ Jerry Spinelli

Blog Posts

The Amazing Power of Being Present ~ I love this quote.  I haven't read it before today, but something about it resonates with me. If you struggle with Being Present in certain circumstances this is a great tip. ~‘Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.’ ~Thich Nhat Hahn 

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 ~ 

July 12, 2011

Quotes

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. ~ H.E. Luccock

In God's wildness lies the hope of the world—the great fresh unblighted, unredeemed wilderness. The galling harness of civilization drops off, and wounds heal ere we are aware.
~ John Muir

Photo thanks to gun4hire via stock.xchng


Love heals the world one heart at a time. ~ Mr. Prophet

Loving ourselves is the miracle cure we are all looking for. ~ Louise Hay

Blog Posts

How to Reduce Stress by Doing Less and Doing it Slowly ~ “Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.” ~ Lao Tzu

5 Practices that Cultivate Peace of Mind ~  Peace is its own reward. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Finding Your Way Back to Yourself ~ “Love says ‘I am everything.’ Wisdom says ‘I am nothing.’ Between the two, my life flows.” ~ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

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If I were Brave ~ by Jana Stanfield 

July 9, 2011

Quotes

You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it! ~ Sai Baba

Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and never give in to hopelessness or despair. In danger, in adversity, cling to your principles and ideals. Aequanimitas! ~ Sir William Osler


Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands-a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world. ~ Sidney Lovett

June 29, 2011

Blog Posts

Simple Happiness: Choose, Practice, Repeat ~ “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” ~ Denis Waitley

Tiny Wisdom: On the Illusion of Tomorrow ~ "Tomorrow will come, and tomorrow will go. Take a deep breath and enjoy right now. This is what is real."

Toss Your Expectations Into the Ocean ~  "Let the waters of the world cleanse us, and let us walk lightly in a world that is already wonderful without our fantasies." ~ Leo Babauta Zen Habits


Accepting Responsibility ~ Another great Raam Dv post here's a great quote from it ~ "It’s easy to ignore responsibility when we can pass it off to someone else (especially if they’re not around), but if we can alleviate suffering or provide assistance — no matter how minuscule — we automatically inherit the responsibility to do so."

From other FB pages

"Inside the heart of each and every one of us there is a longing to be understood by someone who really cares. When a person is understood, he or she can put up with almost anything in the world." ~ Rev Ed Hird ~ Via Positive Vibrations

It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power. -- Alan Cohen via ~ By: Awesome Women Hub ~ California

“Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.” ~Charles Caleb Colton ~ Via ॐ Spiritual Bliss ॐ

 

The mind should dance with the body, and the whole universe is your stage. Try to feel that whatever you are doing is the most beautiful thing, the prettiest dance, because you are dancing with the whole Universe. ~ Yogi Bhajan ~ Via The Sacred ॐ Jღurney ॐ Of The ॐ Sღul. 2

 

June 27, 2011

It has been one of those weeks. You know a string of "those" days together.  We all have them, it isn't always easy to maintain a positive attitude when it seems like everything is falling apart. Even when deep down, we know that it isn't.  Here is to the beginning of better days strung together into a good week.  Hope that yours is too!

Quotes

Wouldn't it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out. ~ Alan Cohen

To love means to open ourselves to the negative as well as the positive - to grief, sorrow, and disappointment as well as to joy, fulfillment, and an intensity of consciousness we did not know was possible before. ~ Rollo May

The 7 Principles for Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desires
1. You are a ripple in the fabric of the cosmos

2. Through the mirror of relationships you discover your nonlocal self

3. Master your inner dialogue

4. Your intent weaves the tapestry of the universe

5. Harness your emotional turbulence

6. Celebrate the dance of the cosmos

7. Access the conspiracy of improbabilities

Living synchrodestiny & spontaneous fulfillment of desires...

~ Deepak Chopra

May 26, 2011

Quotes from other FB pages

Give hope ♥ ~ Via Being Positive and Staying that Way

Our true beauty is defined by our soul; our appearance is just a camouflage we use to hide our true beauty, our true identity. ~ Andriana Kelisakieva Via ~ The Sacred ॐ Jღurney ॐ Of The ॐ Sღul. 2

 

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass . . . it's learning to dance in the rain. ~ Via The Daily Buddha 

 

Blog Posts

 

Tiny Wisdom: On Connecting ~ “Don’t wait for people to be friendly. Show them how.” -Unknown 

 

Quotes

 

A soul with purpose found is the light by which the world is guided. ~ Ian Paul Marshall 

The next message you need is always right where you are. ~ Ram Dass

Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely. ~ unknown