Now ~ Sept. 10, 2011

Quotes

Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you have at this moment. ~ Eckhart Tolle

~ I hope that you will take a moment and try this exercise. A true test of whether you are living in the now or not.

Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man... Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living right now. ~ Paulo Coelho

~ I know this isn't always easy to do. But when you live in the present how can life not be a "party for you, a grand festival"?

There are not kinds of love, love is love; there are only degrees of love. Love is trusting, accepting and believing, without guarantee. Love is patient and waits, but it's an active waiting, not a passive one. For it is continually offering itself in a mutual revealing, a mutual sharing, Love is spontaneous and craves expression through joy, through beauty, through truth, even through tears. Love lives in the moment; it's neither lost in yesterday nor does it crave for tomorrow. Love is Now! ~ Leo F. Buscaglia

Blog Posts

5 Simple Actions for Pure Peace ~ I like this from Action 2 of this post. One of the things I love about living in a small town and owning my own business. It makes "going slowly" easier. ~ "Going slowly and enjoying the journey is “life.”  Rushing the moment can take such fun out of the anticipation. Expectations can lead to disappointment, but accepting what I have been given now is contentment."

Create to Share ~ "When we do something because we love it, the act of doing it becomes enough. When we create with the intention of sharing, everything we receive in return becomes a gift."

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 ~ 

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 18, 2011 & June 19, 2011

Quotes

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant me that I may not be a coward, feeling your mercy in my success alone; but let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult. ~ EB White

"...adventures don't come calling like unexpected cousins calling from out of town.  You have to go looking for them." ~ unknown


I have no secret. There are no rules to follow in business. I just work hard and, as I always have done, believe I can do it. Most of all, though, I try to have fun. ~ Richard Branson


From other FB pages

If you knew who walks beside you on this path that you have chosen, fear would b...e impossible. ~ A Course in Miracles Shared with Love always Jacqui xXx Via ~ The Sacred ॐ Jღurney ॐ Of The ॐ Sღul. 2

 

There's no sense in doing a lot of barking if you don't really have anything to say. ♥ Snoopy (Charles Schulz) ♥•*´¨♥¸.• ♥ ´*.*♥¸.•dotsie Via ~ ‎"gr8quotes" 

 

Blog Posts

 

The Business of Life ~ "Whatever your business, shift the focus towards the greater good, towards that which you value instead of what everybody else seems to value."

57 Things to Do Before You Die ~ I was watching The Bucket List this morning before I left for work. What's on your list?

June 14, 2011

Quotes

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult. ~ Julia Cameron

Your true spiritual nature is to trust. Your true spiritual nature is to respect. Your true spiritual nature is to love unconditionally. ~ Mr. Prophet

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Blog Posts

How to Change Your Mind and Your Life By Using Affirmations ~  “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” ~Buddha

Tiny Wisdom: On Helping Yourself ~  “The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.” - Swedish Proverb

A Gift from  Yesterday ~ By Raam Dev ~ "Each day is a small evolution, a bundle of hope and joy waiting to unfold; a new opportunity, a blank slate, a fresh page, and a new chapter in life. But today is special. "


Heart Growth ~ Another Raam Dev post . . . because they're both great! "Real growth does not originate from grabbing wisdom and slapping on inspiration but rather through digesting, filtering, and absorbing the nutrients of wisdom through our heart."