From the Quote of the Week Files; June 29, 2015

This week some life lessons on stillness, love, miracles, compassion, peace and 1-ness from the Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author and poet, Thich Nhat Hanh.

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“Around us, life bursts with miracles--a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings. When we are tired and feel discouraged by life's daily struggles, we may not notice these miracles, but they are always there.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

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Recycle Quote of the Week Classics…

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

“The source of a true smile is an awakened mind. Smiling helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding."

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

From the Quote of the Week Files; June 22, 2015

This week: Some insights from French-Cuban writer Anais Ninn (1903-1977). Enjoy!
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“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

Anasis Nin
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Two Recycled Quote of the Week Classics...

"The secret of a full life is to live and relate to others as if they might not be there tomorrow, as if you might not be there tomorrow. It eliminates the vice of procrastination, the sin of postponement, failed communications, failed communions. This thought has made me more and more attentive to all encounters. meetings, introductions, which might contain the seed of depth that might be carelessly overlooked. This feeling has become a rarity, and rarer every day now that we have reached a hastier and more superficial rhythm, now that we believe we are in touch with a greater amount of people, more people, more countries. This is the illusion which might cheat us of being in touch deeply with the one breathing next to us. The dangerous time when mechanical voices, radios, telephones, take the place of human intimacies, and the concept of being in touch with millions brings a greater and greater poverty in intimacy and human vision."

Diary of Anais Nin
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"And then the day came when the risk to remain tight inside the bud was greater than the risk to blossom."

Anais Nin
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Wishing you a most BEAUTIFUL day wherever this may find you!

How does life work? One quote and a short autobiography by Portia Nelson might explain it!

“I am astounded at how long it takes to discover...
for the first time, the things I have learned...

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over and over again all my life.” 

Portia Nelson
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

​There's a Hole in my Sidewalk​

My Autobiography in Five Short Chapters

Chapter One....
"I walk down the street.  There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.  I fall in.  I am lost. I am helpless. It isn't my fault!  It takes me forever to find a way out."

Chapter Two....

"I walk down the same street.  There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.  I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I'm in the same place, but it isn't my fault!!  It still takes me a long time to get out."

Chapter Three....

"I walk down the same street.  There is a deep hole in the middle of the sidewalk. I see it there. I still fall in....it is a habit. I know where I am.  It is my fault.  I get out immediately."

Chapter Four....
"I walk down the same street.  There is a deep hole in the middle of the sidewalk. I walk around it."

Chapter Five....

"I walk down another street!"

Portia Nelson

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I think I am still in Chapter 3!  ;-)

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Wishing you a most BEAUTIFUL day, on another Street!​

"The Man and the Dog" A Simple Story with a Big Message

All Quotes Swedish

"Glöm inte vad en skatt en vanlig dag är!"

​  Loosely translated: 

"Don't forget what a treasure an ordinary day is"

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Swedish Proverb
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"Deep in the forest there's an unexpected clearing that can only be reached by someone who has lost his way."

Tomas Transtromer

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Poet)

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​"Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more,
whine less, breathe more,
talk less, say more,
hate less, love more;
all good things will be yours."

Swedish Proverb

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This week's are in honor of my cousin, Henrick and his lovely new bride Brita, who were married this weekend in Minneapolis. The wedding weekend involved many Swedish customs and traditions making for an extremely fun weekend. ​Bottom Line ~ The Swedes know how to party! ;-)

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/fashion/weddings/brita-bergh-henrik-dahlback.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

From the Quote of the Week Files; June 1st Using our time wisely!

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
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Hunter S. Thompson
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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

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"I would rather be ashes than dust!  I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot.  I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.  The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.  I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.  I shall use my time."

Jack London

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!​ OPA!