From the Quote of the Week files, August 28, 2006

Today's quote from Eva Pierrakos's Pathwork Lecture No. 190, Experiencing All Feelings. It reminds us (well maybe just me) of the path to take to find strength, joy, love, hope and fulfillment. Enjoy!
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"Through the gateway of feeling your weakness lies your strength;
through the gateway of feeling your pain lies your pleasure and joy;
through the gateway of feeling your fear lies your security and safety;
through the gateway of feeling your loneliness lies your capacity to have fulfillment, love and companionship;
through the gateway of feeling your hate lies your capacity to love;
through the gateway of feeling your hopelessness lies true and justified hope;
through the gateway of accepting the lacks of your childhood lies your fulfillment now.
In giving ourselves permission to feel all of our feelings, we free ourselves from the tyranny of our defenses and
open ourselves to our heart's desires."

Eva Pierrakos
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A link to the lecture...

http://www.pathwork.org/lectures/P190.PDF
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment."

Ralph Marston
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week files, August 21

Today's quote is an excerpt from Ben Stein's essay Mr. Lonely (see link below to read entire article). Ben Stein is known for his role as the teacher in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, host of the Comedy Central's quiz show “Win Ben Stein’s Money” and as the writer of "Ben Stein's Money." Enjoy!
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"Our lives are measured by what we do for others, not by how much money we make. Spending time with lonely people, military families, widows, widowers, this is a pretty easy way to make a huge difference in a suffering human life. So when you think of your uncle who just lost his aunt, when you think of the woman down the street whose husband was just called up by the Guard and sent to Iraq, don't just think about them: ask them out to dinner. Invite them to a barbecue. Just call them up to gossip.

People are always asking me for stock tips because they think I know something about the market. Usually, I don't. But I do know this. Sharing company with a lonely man or woman or child is about as good an investment in your own net worth as a human being as you can make. Do it"

Ben Stein
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Link to the article ...

http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=8441
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."

Marcel Proust
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Wishing you a most beautful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week files, 14 August 2006

What makes you come fully alive? Are you looking to find your passion? Check out today's quote! Enjoy!
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"Do not ask what the world needs. Instead, ask what makes you come alive. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.”

Thurmond Whitman
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Hmmm. What makes me come fully alive? Am I doing it? Are you?
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life, happiness, freedom and peace of mind,
are always attained by giving them to someone else."

Peyton Conway March
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week Files, August 7, 2006

"Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind aas it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something. The ingredients are there. You are the only one who can put them together into that unique pattern that will be your life. Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you. If it does, then the particular balance of success or failure is of less account."
John W. Gardner
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Who is John W. Gardner? Check out the links and find out...

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/NEWS/headlines/
obit_gardner.shtml

http://www.pbs.org/johngardner/index.html
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A Recycled Quote of the Week...

"I don't necessarily want to be happy; I just want to stop feeling miserable."

Anonymous
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week files, July 31, 2006

The "Happiness Manifiesto" is the Quote of the Week. It was developed by a group of economists and psychologists in order to increase the happiness level of the townspeople of the UK town of Slough. I liked the concept so I thought I would share it with you. I might even give this a try myself! Enjoy!
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The Happiness Manifesto

1. Get physical. Engage in half an hour of exercise three times a week
2. Count your blessings. At the end of each day, reflect on at least five things you are grateful for.
3. Talk time. Have an hour-long - uninterrupted - conversation with your partner or closest friend each week.
4. Plant something. Even if it's a window box or pot. And, you must keep it alive!
5. Cut your TV viewing by half.
6. Smile at and/or say hello to someone you don't know. At least once each day.
7. Phone a friend. Make contact with a friend or relation you have not talked to for a while and arrange to meet up.
8. Have a good laugh at least once a day.
9. Every day make sure you give yourself a treat. Take time to really enjoy this.
10. Daily kindness. Do an extra good turn for someone each day.
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

Grab your coat and get your hat, leave your worry at the doorstep
Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street

Can't you hear that pitter pat and that happy tune is your step
Life can be so sweet on the sunny side of the street

Jimmy McHugh
From the Show: Lew Leslie's International Revue (1930)
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!

From the Quote of the Week files, July 24, 2006

My search for a quote this week bought me to Dawna Markova Website and her poem. I am not sure if what she suggests is possible. but I am also not sure if there is any other option. What do you think?
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I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
To allow my living to open me,
To make me less afraid,
More accessible.

To loosen my heart until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
To live so that which came to me as seed
goes on to the next as blossom
And that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.

Dawna Markova
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A link to her site...

http://www.dawnamarkova.com/
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A Recycled Quote of the Week...

"He only is advancing in life,
whose heart is getting softer,
whose blood is warmer,
whose brain quicker,
whose spirit is entering into Living peace.
And the men who have this life in them
are the true lords or kings of the earth
they, and they only."

John Ruskin
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Wishing you a most beautiful day, wherever this may find you!