Weekends! Ogden Nash

Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy.

You've had about seven hours of sleep since Friday.

No wonder you feel that lost sensation.

You're sunk from a riot of relaxation.

Ogden Nash

Have a GREAT One!!

A Nudge from Melody Beattie! Thank you!

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow."

Melody Beattie

A Nudge from Albert Schweitzer

"To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude."

Albert Schweitzer

Ayse Birsel: "Your life is your most important project"

From the Quote of the Week Files; November 4, 2013

"You are far greater than you have ever dreamed of being. And no matter what you are experiencing in your life right now, trust that all is good and unfolding in your best interests. It may not look pretty, but it is exactly what you need to learn for you to grow into the person you have been destined to become. Everything occurring in your life has been perfectly orchestrated to inspire your maximal evolution as a human being and bring you into your true power. Learn from life and allow it to take you where you are meant to go - it has your highest interests in mind."

Robin Sharma:"Discover Your Destiny with the Monk Who Sold his Ferrari"

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A Recycled Quote of the Week Classic...

"The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less."

Piet Hein

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

Socrates Nudges

“If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.” Socrates  

An Inspiring Book Excerpt

"Whenever there is worry in the mind, all we can think about is what might go wrong or what has gone wrong. In the absence of any obvious problem or concern, the worrying mind will simply manufacture problems. (What we perceive as problems are often only circumstances). Restlessness is a similar agitated state. When meditators are caught up inagitation, there are so many mental objects seeming to clamour for their attention – regretful thoughts, neurotic thoughts, anxieties, speculations, assumptions – the volume of mental activity can seem overwhelming. A surprisingly simple and useful technique for countering worry is to deliberately put to one side the specific concerns that are dominating the mind. Certainly there are things in life that need planning but so much of what we call planning is actually worry. So often, we try to solve problems when we don’t have all the necessary information – concerns that are purely speculative – ‘what might happen if’ – are a complete waste of time. The significant feature of a restless or worried mind is the absence of happiness. When we introduce happiness into the mind, restlessness and worry fall away. Choosing to think positively – we can think about everything that is good in our lives, as opposed to what’s wrong. As the mind stops jumping back into the past or forward into the future it becomes content to settle into the moment. Concerns that loomed large now seem insignificant; we wonder why we ever got so het up."

From "Buddhism: The Plain Facts" 

Robert Mann & Rose Youd

"Greatness" by David Marquet

"Fly By Night, Rush" Avery 6 year old Drummer

Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise; Made me Smile

Do you know the difference between Strength and Courage?

Strength and Courage

It takes strength to be certain,

It takes courage to have doubts.

It takes strength to fit in,

It takes courage to stand out.

It takes strength to share a friend's pain,

It takes courage to feel your own pain.

It takes strength to hide your own pain,

It takes courage to show it and deal with it.

It takes strength to stand guard,

It takes courage to let down your guard.

It takes strength to conquer,

It takes courage to surrender.

It takes strength to endure abuses,

It takes courage to stop them.

It takes strength to stand alone,

It takes courage to lean on a friend.

It takes strength to love,

It takes courage to be loved.

It takes strength to survive,

It takes courage to live.

May you find strength and courage

in everything you do,

And may your life be filled with

Friendship and Love

Anonymous

From the Quote of the Week Files; October 28, 2013

It's Quote of the Week time again!!  Enjoy!

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'Be a hill seeker. Most of us try to avoid hills, but what’s so good about flat? Think about it: flat tires, flat hair, flat returns and- the ultimate- flatlining. Life happens on the hills. They’re opportunities to prove to yourself that you’re stronger than you’ve ever imagined. If you’ve never attempted the ascent, you’ll never know the thrill of swooshing down to the other side."

Anonymous

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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! 

I Forgot My Phone; A Reminder!