Awareness is the gentlest, kindest, and most intimate force in the world. It touches everything but doesn’t impose or make demands. Surprisingly, this awareness, or love, is experienced most fully when you give it to others, not when you get it from others. The more love you give, the more love you experience. It is by freely giving love that we are filled with love.
Nirmala
The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.
Jiddu Krishnamurti (via soulfug)

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Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.
~ A. Swaim
Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be…Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you’ll live as you’ve never lived before.
Erich Fromm

For Today

Each day is a lifetime in miniature.

To awaken each morning is to be born again, to fall asleep at night is to die to the day.

In between waking and sleeping are the golden hours of the day. What we cannot do for a lifetime we can do for a daytime.

Anyone can hold their temper for a day and guard the words they speak.

Anyone can carry his burden heroically for one day.

Anyone can strive to be happy for a day and to spread happiness around.

Anyone can radiate love for a day.

Anyone can rise above fear for a day and meet each new situation with courage.

Anyone can be kind and thoughtful and considerate for a day.

Anyone can endeavor to learn something new each day and mark some growth.

The supreme art of living is to strive to live each day well.

When we fail and fall short, let us forgive ourselves and consider the words of Emerson: “Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you will begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered by your old nonsense.”

Live a day at a time and remember that tomorrow is another today.

from The Art of Living Each Day
By Wilferd A. Peterson

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you’’ve got anyway. ~Mother Theresa

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building,
someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you’’ve got anyway.

~Mother Theresa

I’ve planted a sea of clouds within the sky a soft place to rest your eyes watered it tenderly with loving care watched it grow within the air a place of refuge a safe retreat a soft haven to find relief no need for tickets money, or time simply close your eyes you’ll find you’ve arrived release your worries float in the sea healing light falls down carried through infinity

I’ve planted

a sea of clouds

within the sky

a soft place

to rest your eyes

watered it tenderly

with loving care

watched it grow

within the air

a place of refuge

a safe retreat

a soft haven

to find relief

no need for tickets

money, or time

simply close your eyes

you’ll find you’ve arrived

release your worries

float in the sea

healing light falls down

carried through infinity

Always BelieveYou have the ability to attain whatever you seek;within you is every potential you can imagine.Always aim higher than you believe you can reach.So often, you’ll discover that when your talentsare set free by your imagination,you can achieve any goal. If people offer their help or wisdom as you go through life,accept it gratefully.You can learn much from those who have gone before you.But never be afraid or hesitant to step off the accepted pathand head off in your own direction if your heart tells youthat it’s the right way for you. Always believe that you will ultimately succeedat whatever you do, and never forget the valueof persistence, discipline, and determination.You are meant to be whatever you dream of becoming.Always Believe in YourselfGet to know yourself -what you can doand what you cannot do -for only you can make your life happyBelieve that by working, learning and achievingyou can reach your goals and be successfulBelieve in your own creativity as a means of expressingyour true feelingsBelieve in appreciating lifeBe sure to have fun every day and to enjoythe beauty in the worldBelieve in loveLove your friendsyour familyyourselfand your lifeBelieve in your dreamsand your dreams can becomea reality ~Author Unknown~

Always Believe

You have the ability to attain whatever you seek;
within you is every potential you can imagine.
Always aim higher than you believe you can reach.
So often, you’ll discover that when your talents
are set free by your imagination,
you can achieve any goal.


If people offer their help or wisdom as you go through life,
accept it gratefully.
You can learn much from those who have gone before you.
But never be afraid or hesitant to step off the accepted path
and head off in your own direction if your heart tells you
that it’s the right way for you.


Always believe that you will ultimately succeed
at whatever you do, and never forget the value
of persistence, discipline, and determination.
You are meant to be whatever you dream of becoming.

Always Believe in Yourself

Get to know yourself -what you can do
and what you cannot do -
for only you can make your life happy

Believe that by working, learning and achieving
you can reach your goals and be successful

Believe in your own creativity as a means of expressing
your true feelings

Believe in appreciating life
Be sure to have fun every day and to enjoy
the beauty in the world

Believe in love
Love your friends
your family
yourself
and your life

Believe in your dreams
and your dreams can become
a reality

~Author Unknown~

In my life, I have come to realize: I cannot control the actions of others I cannot change external circumstances I cannot stop what others say about me or how they treat me I cannot change the music that the song of life is playing However, I can control my own thoughts and actions I can make decisions based on external circumstances that are in my own best interest I can choose how I treat others, being kind and true to myself, regardless of others’ actions or words I can skip any dance I choose, or put my own music on, and dance to the song in my heart.

In my life, I have come to realize:

  • I cannot control the actions of others
  • I cannot change external circumstances
  • I cannot stop what others say about me or how they treat me
  • I cannot change the music that the song of life is playing

However,

  • I can control my own thoughts and actions
  • I can make decisions based on external circumstances that are in my own best interest
  • I can choose how I treat others, being kind and true to myself, regardless of others’ actions or words
  • I can skip any dance I choose, or put my own music on, and dance to the song in my heart.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. ~Audrey Hepburn~

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

~Audrey Hepburn~

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.
Hafiz