I was recently pondering the wonder of ladybugs. Each one of them has a slightly different shade of orange or red. As I observed one crawling along the window pane in my bedroom, I thought, “There may not be another living thing on the planet that looks exactly like this one.” Then I squished it …
Monthly Archive: October 2007
Oct
23
Wonders, Ladybugs and Empowerment
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Oct
22
How to Maintain Gratitude
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
-John F. Kennedy
Wildflowers in a meadow in the mountains of West Virginia. Last Friday’s Post, Instant Gratification that is Permanent and Free, talked about the benefits of gratitude and its obstacles. I wrote that, “Gratitude is the single key to peace of mind, contentment and satisfaction.” Here are a few ideas on how to make gratitude a …
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Oct
20
Web Authors Who Inspire Me IX
Without humour the world would have ended many years ago.
-Tejvan Pettinger
Sri Chinmoy Inspiration
Here is a quick list of posts I found inspiring this week: Tejvan Pettinger at Sri Chinmoy Inspiration wrote a helpful post offering 10 Tips to Get Out of a Rut. Scott Young wrote as a guest post at zen habits that discuses how to overcome one of the major obstacles to gratitude as discussed …
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Oct
19
Instant Gratification that is Permanent and Free
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
-Thornton Wilder
Gratitude – Cliché or Real Power In the past, whenever the subject of gratitude would come up as a topic in a spiritual discussion, I would silently groan and think, “Not again.” But, it was always the case that by the end of the discussion, I was feeling blissful. At the time, I thought of …
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Oct
18
Be Observant, Peaceful and Healthy – Slow Down
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
-Eddie Cantor
Have you ever taken a walk or a bike ride down a street that you usually drive? You probably noticed a lot more interesting things that you normally miss. How observant we are correlates negatively with our speed. Have you ever noticed that the only time you lose your keys is when you’re in a …
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Oct
17
Tips to Alleviate Boredom
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.
-Thomas S. Szasz
Boredom is often a warning sign of one or more of several different problems including the following: We are not living our lives to the fullest that we can. We are taking ourselves too seriously. We are lacking in patience and tolerance. We are not respecting our time. We are allowing others to be disrespectful …
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Oct
16
Caring, Compassion, Charity
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
-Albert Einstein
We can not contribute to any cause without contributing to ourselves, because we are apart of all that surrounds us. This theme keeps coming up unintentionally in my posts lately. In We’re All Going to Die and We Are the Earth I pointed out that we are a part of the Earth. And today, I …
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