“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace at all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”
A simple random thought or memory draws the corners of my mouth up a bit, and my son might ask, “What are you smiling at?” The twittering of a bird on a tree branch outside my front door draws my attention; I gaze silently smiling as I watch his uncontrollable song. My cat jumps from the table…
We make plans and try our best to follow through, doing things well in the process. Sometimes it just doesn’t work out, so there is plan B, or C or D and so on. It’s necessary to be flexible and adaptable enough to deal with the unplanned obstacles that seem to divert our path. When my daughter…
Spring is hopeful, the weather is warming and everything is blooming. Most people feel a renewed sense of wonder or happiness, especially the people living in a place that has cold, gray winters. Finally we can start getting our daily dose of Vitamin D naturally and get rid of the SAD. However, all the vitamin…
“You have to accept whatever comes along and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.” Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962 First Lady of the USA and UN delegate
When I was a child sometimes people would say, “you think too much”. Such a funny thing to tell a child, especially a child like me. I was very imaginative, but I was also very busy, always busy, creating something or going somewhere to do something. I always had an awareness that there was power…
Yes, I’m trying to get organized, again. I find that organization is something ongoing and it is definitely a big part of being creative. Lack of organization can slow creativity down; it can even bring it to a grinding halt. There are two kinds of organization that I usually have to deal with, and if either area…
“When you feel happy, really happy, it somehow seems that you’ve always been happy and that you’ll always be happy. The same is often true when you feel sad, or lonely, or depressed, or broke, or sick, or scared. Something, perhaps, to remember.” Notes From The Universe Thoughts become things… choose the good ones! ® ©…
It started on October 31st, 2011, but then it went away. For 3 months I have listened to my son complain about the lack of winter this year, you see for him winter means snow. As for myself, I was perfectly happy with the mild weather, not needing to shovel or dig the cars out…
Once again it’s time to Create The Day; this week the theme is compassion. This reminds me of the photo challenge because the first week I jumped into it the word was regret. I wondered, “how can I photograph regret?” This is kind of similar, link up a post about compassion. I don’t even know…
I have 2 neighbors that will go out of their way to be kind. The old fashioned type of kind that we sometimes miss in this busy, hectic world. One neighbor will give me vegetables from her garden in the summer. If she has extra food or anything she will share it, and she’ll always…
“Here is a rule to remember in the future when anything tempts you to be bitter: not ‘this is a misfortune’ but ‘ To bear this worthily is good fortune’.” Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD Roman Emperor and Philosopher
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