by admin | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
How well I know and even understand in my very core that suffering is a result of lack of acceptance! Why is it that I continue to resist? When I judge, I’m resisting. When I feel jealousy, I’m resisting. When I am anxious, I am resisting. When I am comfortable with myself, I am comfortable with my world too. The same world that I was experiencing discomfort in becomes my contentment when I let go of resistance and let what is be.
It is no coincidence that when I focus on the positive and feel gratitude and humility, I am free of suffering. When I see that as a reality, I can embrace acceptance. I become willing to suspend my desire to control things that I cannot control. I understand how simple it is to be simply happy. I’m happiest when my trust that all is well is deep and genuine.
by admin | Sep 6, 2019 | Gratitude List
I am grateful for all the love in my life
For my puppies, full-grown puppies who never tire of play
For heating and air conditioning. I am almost always comfortable
For an hour’s walk with a confidante who left me with, “You can do it!”
For smiles given back to me by strangers. It makes me feel that the world is a kind and loving place
That the world is a loving place when I expect it to be
That I can change my thoughts by deciding to do it
by admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Gratitude List
Friends who are genuine, open and honest with me
My no-frills, perfectly comfortable home
Colors, adding delight to my day, boosting my mood
Laughter, fits of uncontrollable laughter that is cleansing to the soul
Learning to wear life like a loose garment
Warm tea in the afternoon to perk me up
Self-compassion, when I have it
New tires on my car
by admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Affirming our Divinity
A lot has been said about Woodstock on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. It has become a moment in time when a large community of people packed into a small space had a shared experience of love, peace and unity. On a much smaller scale, I had a shared experience with strangers viewing the eclipse together at a park in the mountains of North Carolina.
Viewing the total eclipse was a surreal event with a quality of awe that didn’t require words or description. There was an easy silence amongst the people and no sense of time or urgency, only peace and wonder. There were no feelings of stress or fear. For the moment, there prevailed a lovingkindness and otherworldly serenity for a group of people that would not gather again.
The same kind of shared experience sometimes happens in a crowd at a sporting event. Time is suspended, all energy and focus is on the action and the experience elevates the individual to a unity of purpose outside himself.
This is a glimpse of heaven. There is no ego in heaven and the present moment is the only reality. To be in a shared experience with no thoughts about yourself and intensely in the moment is a yet another gift the universe gives us now and again to remind us of our true selves, our common divinity as God’s children.
by admin | Sep 4, 2019 | The Daily Compliment
An older woman to a post-menopausal woman in the locker room, “If you were any cuter, you’d stop traffic—what a mess that would make!”
