Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one
foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go.
Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain.
The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life.
What is it you would let go of today?
-Mary Manin Morrissey
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Love one another
Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.
—Sai Baba
The cure for pain lies in the pain.
—RUMI
—Sai Baba
The cure for pain lies in the pain.
—RUMI
Words of Wisdom
What you are you do not see.
What you see—that you are not.
—Tagore
The Answer
I heard the sea and asked,
"What language is that?"
The sea replied,
"The language of eternal questions."
I saw the sky and asked,
"What holds the answer?"
The sky replied,
"The language of eternal silence."
—Tagore
That which fills the universe
I regard as my body,
And that which directs the universe,
I see as my own nature.
—Chang-Tzu
What you see—that you are not.
—Tagore
The Answer
I heard the sea and asked,
"What language is that?"
The sea replied,
"The language of eternal questions."
I saw the sky and asked,
"What holds the answer?"
The sky replied,
"The language of eternal silence."
—Tagore
That which fills the universe
I regard as my body,
And that which directs the universe,
I see as my own nature.
—Chang-Tzu
Monday, December 01, 2008
My Heroine-Lighting candles in her own special fashion!!
Hold your head high my sister, hold it high...because you fought a valiant battle and vacated the battlefield only to save your allies from certain doom.
Yours was an honourable retreat from battle, but not I suspect, from the fight.
It was retreat, not defeat and heres why.
Your very involvement inspired many and created a sense of hope that things could change.
To your credit you faced down your opposition even in the teeth of patently unfair accusations and attacks..
By doing so you heartened your supporters, steeled us for what we may face and showed us how to react in a truly classy fashion.
I truly and verily hope you are with us a long time.
You lit many candles of hope around yourself and this is my tribute to you, your passion, your example.
Yours was an honourable retreat from battle, but not I suspect, from the fight.
It was retreat, not defeat and heres why.
Your very involvement inspired many and created a sense of hope that things could change.
To your credit you faced down your opposition even in the teeth of patently unfair accusations and attacks..
By doing so you heartened your supporters, steeled us for what we may face and showed us how to react in a truly classy fashion.
I truly and verily hope you are with us a long time.
You lit many candles of hope around yourself and this is my tribute to you, your passion, your example.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Every difficulty is a blessing in disguise
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome."
~Anne Bradstreet
17th Century poet
It is not our difficulties that cause the trouble in our lives but rather our adverse reaction to them.
When we start recognizing every difficulty as a blessing in disguise, changes begin to take place and our lives become remarkably trouble free.
~Anne Bradstreet
17th Century poet
It is not our difficulties that cause the trouble in our lives but rather our adverse reaction to them.
When we start recognizing every difficulty as a blessing in disguise, changes begin to take place and our lives become remarkably trouble free.
2 more quotes from Khalil Gibran
Out of suffering have emerged the most strongest souls, the most massive characters are seared with scars.
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The deeper sorrows carve into your being......The more joy you can contain!!
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The deeper sorrows carve into your being......The more joy you can contain!!
Friday, November 21, 2008
We always have the choice."
"We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us so that we become
increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us
kinder.
We always have the choice."
~Dalai Lama
No matter how harsh or painful any circumstance in your life may be right
now, there is a high road and a low road leading from it.
You get to choose which one you'll take.
increasingly resentful and afraid, or we can let them soften us, and make us
kinder.
We always have the choice."
~Dalai Lama
No matter how harsh or painful any circumstance in your life may be right
now, there is a high road and a low road leading from it.
You get to choose which one you'll take.
WORRY
"Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow. It only saps today of its joy."
- Leo Buscaglia, American author
Worry has never healed a body, solved a problem, brought a love back, or
created a problem-free future.
And no one, at the end of life, has ever said they wished they'd worried
more.
On a day like today, so filled with possibilities, there are an infinite
number of things we can do to make our lives better.
Worry is not one of them.
- Leo Buscaglia, American author
Worry has never healed a body, solved a problem, brought a love back, or
created a problem-free future.
And no one, at the end of life, has ever said they wished they'd worried
more.
On a day like today, so filled with possibilities, there are an infinite
number of things we can do to make our lives better.
Worry is not one of them.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Look around you. Is it time for a belief change?
"I was in terrible shape till one day I realized a simple thing.
When I believed my own thoughts I suffered. When I didn't believe them I didn't suffer. Everything changed for me that day."
~Byron Katie
Self-help author and creator of "The Work"
On the day you begin believing you are worthy of the best life possible you'll invite it in and it will come.
Until then, your life will simply be a reflection of whatever belief you are embracing at the moment.
When I believed my own thoughts I suffered. When I didn't believe them I didn't suffer. Everything changed for me that day."
~Byron Katie
Self-help author and creator of "The Work"
On the day you begin believing you are worthy of the best life possible you'll invite it in and it will come.
Until then, your life will simply be a reflection of whatever belief you are embracing at the moment.
EXPERIENCE
"Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him."
~Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
By choosing to find the benefit in every experience, every experience becomes a blessing.
~Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
By choosing to find the benefit in every experience, every experience becomes a blessing.
Live your life so that, at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
A young woman went to her mother, told her about her life and how things
were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make
it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It
seemed as though every time one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and
placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the
first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last
she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a
word.
In about twenty minutes, she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots
out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and
placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a
bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."
"Carrots, eggs and coffee," she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did
and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter
to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the
hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the
coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same
adversity, boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. But after being subjected
to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid
interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its
inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your
door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain
and adversity do I wilt, become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat?
Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a break-up, a
financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff?
Does my shell look the same, but on the inside, am I bitter and
tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the
very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets
hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when
things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around
you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate
yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you
a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you
strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to
make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best or most of
everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along
their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past;
you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past
failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so that, at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.
were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make
it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It
seemed as though every time one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and
placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the
first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last
she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a
word.
In about twenty minutes, she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots
out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and
placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a
bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what you see."
"Carrots, eggs and coffee," she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did
and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter
to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the
hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the
coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same
adversity, boiling water. Each reacted differently.
The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. But after being subjected
to the boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid
interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its
inside became hardened.
The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the
boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your
door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?"
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain
and adversity do I wilt, become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat?
Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a break-up, a
financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff?
Does my shell look the same, but on the inside, am I bitter and
tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the
very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets
hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when
things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around
you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate
yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you
a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you
strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to
make you happy.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best or most of
everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along
their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past;
you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past
failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so that, at the end, you're the one who is smiling and
everyone around you is crying.
Regret is an appalling waste of energy
Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it, it's only good for wallowing in."
~ Katherine Mansfield, British writer, 1888-1923
Mistakes are like ugly seeds that if planted in the dark soil of forgetfulness may eventually sprout and grow into beautiful blessings.
If we insist on taking them out ever so often to examine their ugliness, however, they will never be anything but unattractive and utterly useless.
~ Katherine Mansfield, British writer, 1888-1923
Mistakes are like ugly seeds that if planted in the dark soil of forgetfulness may eventually sprout and grow into beautiful blessings.
If we insist on taking them out ever so often to examine their ugliness, however, they will never be anything but unattractive and utterly useless.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Friendship
In the sweetness of friendship,
Let there be laughter,
And the sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of the little things,
The heart finds its morning,
And is refreshed!!
Khalil Gibran
Let there be laughter,
And the sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of the little things,
The heart finds its morning,
And is refreshed!!
Khalil Gibran
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Another favourite quote
"The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice": Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi
A favourite quote
"Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right".
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right".
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (One day at a time)
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry.
Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.
One of these days is Yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders,
Its aches and pains.
Yesterday has passed forever beyond our immediate control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday,
We cannot undo a single act we performed,
We cannot erase a single word we have said.
Yesterday is gone.
The other day about which we should not worry is Tomorrow,
With its possible adversities,
Its burdens,
Its large promise and poor performance.
Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.
Tomorrrows sun will rise, either in splendour or behind a mask of clouds,
But it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow,
For it is as yet unborn.
This leaves only one day.
Today.
Anyone can fight the battles of just one day.
It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities
Yesterday and Tomorrow,
That we break down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives us mad.
It is remorse or bitterness for something that happened Yesterday,
And the dread of what Tomorrow may bring.
Let us therefore live,...but One Day At A Time!
Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.
One of these days is Yesterday, with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders,
Its aches and pains.
Yesterday has passed forever beyond our immediate control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday,
We cannot undo a single act we performed,
We cannot erase a single word we have said.
Yesterday is gone.
The other day about which we should not worry is Tomorrow,
With its possible adversities,
Its burdens,
Its large promise and poor performance.
Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.
Tomorrrows sun will rise, either in splendour or behind a mask of clouds,
But it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow,
For it is as yet unborn.
This leaves only one day.
Today.
Anyone can fight the battles of just one day.
It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities
Yesterday and Tomorrow,
That we break down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives us mad.
It is remorse or bitterness for something that happened Yesterday,
And the dread of what Tomorrow may bring.
Let us therefore live,...but One Day At A Time!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Once in a while...A Gem gets forwarded.....
Death was walking towards a city one morning when a man spotted him and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Hmmm. I'm going to take 100 people." Death replied.
"That's horrible" the man said.
"Well, that's the way it is." Death said. "That's what I do, it's my job!"
The man hurried to warn everyone he could about Death's plan.
As evening fell, he met Death again. "You lied. You told me you were going to take 100 people," the man said, "Why did 1,000 die?"
"I kept my word" Death responded. "I only took 100 people. Worry took the other 900."
Worry is, and will always be, a fatal disease of the heart, for its beginning signals the end of faith.
Worry intrudes on God's compassionate ability to provide. When we allow our problems to overshadow God's promises, we unknowingly, doom ourselves to defeat.
That was never part of God's eternal plans. Release the regrets of yesterday, refuse the fears of tomorrow and received instead, the peace of today.
Remember worrying doesn't solve anything, Instead, it hurts everything.
Simply let go and let God be God. Live this, and be eternally blessed. For with God all things are possible.
If you're gonna worry, why pray!
But if you're gonna pray, why worry?
GOD BLESS
"Hmmm. I'm going to take 100 people." Death replied.
"That's horrible" the man said.
"Well, that's the way it is." Death said. "That's what I do, it's my job!"
The man hurried to warn everyone he could about Death's plan.
As evening fell, he met Death again. "You lied. You told me you were going to take 100 people," the man said, "Why did 1,000 die?"
"I kept my word" Death responded. "I only took 100 people. Worry took the other 900."
Worry is, and will always be, a fatal disease of the heart, for its beginning signals the end of faith.
Worry intrudes on God's compassionate ability to provide. When we allow our problems to overshadow God's promises, we unknowingly, doom ourselves to defeat.
That was never part of God's eternal plans. Release the regrets of yesterday, refuse the fears of tomorrow and received instead, the peace of today.
Remember worrying doesn't solve anything, Instead, it hurts everything.
Simply let go and let God be God. Live this, and be eternally blessed. For with God all things are possible.
If you're gonna worry, why pray!
But if you're gonna pray, why worry?
GOD BLESS
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Look to this day!
Look to this day,
For it is Life,
The very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all,
The realities and verities of existence.
The bliss of growth,
The splendour of action,
The glory of power.
For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow, only a vision.
But today, well lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day!
Sanskrit proverb.
For it is Life,
The very Life of Life.
In its brief course lie all,
The realities and verities of existence.
The bliss of growth,
The splendour of action,
The glory of power.
For yesterday is but a dream,
And tomorrow, only a vision.
But today, well lived,
Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day!
Sanskrit proverb.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
An old saying I once heard, explains that other old saying,
"One Day at A Time" rather succinctly;
Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow's a mystery,
Today is a Gift from God,
Which is why it is called the Present!!
"One Day at A Time" rather succinctly;
Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow's a mystery,
Today is a Gift from God,
Which is why it is called the Present!!
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Suzie-Mak
As the season of grief continued through to 2007 things seemed pretty bleak.
The cycle of Life and death continued after my Aunt in Australia passed away.
The last Aunt on my Fathers side of the family, my Aunty Shelia, had to go through the chemo-therapy process and believe me it was rough.
It was most difficult watching a very strong person deteriorate before my eyes as the months passed by, as the chemo took its toll.
I had to watch passively from the sidelines as she went through hurdles that she and the family were unprepared for.
Close to the time, when death seemed near and I was facing a situation where I felt as though I needed an angel to come help clear away the mess
........*bing*...She appeared!
SuzieMak!
She contacted me as if from out of the blue-She herself had the very same concerns I was experiencing and between the two of us we managedto get Aunty the care she needed in what proved to be her last days.
Suzie was the "Candle" that shed light on activities that I and my family did not have the expertise to discover.
Suzie continues to be a support to the whole family, now long after death has occurred.
The cycle of Life and death continued after my Aunt in Australia passed away.
The last Aunt on my Fathers side of the family, my Aunty Shelia, had to go through the chemo-therapy process and believe me it was rough.
It was most difficult watching a very strong person deteriorate before my eyes as the months passed by, as the chemo took its toll.
I had to watch passively from the sidelines as she went through hurdles that she and the family were unprepared for.
Close to the time, when death seemed near and I was facing a situation where I felt as though I needed an angel to come help clear away the mess
........*bing*...She appeared!
SuzieMak!
She contacted me as if from out of the blue-She herself had the very same concerns I was experiencing and between the two of us we managedto get Aunty the care she needed in what proved to be her last days.
Suzie was the "Candle" that shed light on activities that I and my family did not have the expertise to discover.
Suzie continues to be a support to the whole family, now long after death has occurred.
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