Beautiful

 "We should only think of beautiful things when we look at other people." ~ Rolling Thunder, Cherokee 

Conscious Breathing

“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

Water Your Dreams

“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”  ― Lao Tzu

There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves

THERE ARE MEN TOO GENTLE TO LIVE AMONG WOLVES

A Poem by James Kavanaugh

 

There are men too gentle to live among wolves

 Who prey upon them with IBM eyes

 And sell their hearts and guts for martinis at noon.

 There are men too gentle for a savage world

 Who dream instead of snow and children and Halloween

 And wonder if the leaves will change their color soon.

 

There are men too gentle to live among wolves

 Who anoint them for burial with greedy claws

 And murder then for a merchant's profit and gain.

 There are men too gentle for a corporate world

 Who dream instead of candied apples and ferris wheels

 And pause to hear the distant whistle of a train.

 

There are men too gentle to live among wolves.

 Who devour them with eager appetite and search

For other men to prey upon and suck their childhood dry.

 There are men too gentle for an accountant's world

 Who dream instead of Easter eggs and fragrant grass

 And search for beauty in the mystery of the sky.

 

There are men too gentle to live among wolves
Who toss them like a lost and wounded dove.
Such gentle men are lonely in a merchant's world.
Unless they have a gentle one to love.There are men too gentle to be among wolves

Who toss them like a lost and wounded dove

Such men are lonely in a merchant’s world

Unless they have a gentle one to love.

 

Your Joy

"Make a commitment to follow your joy today. Joy is feedback from your internal guidance system that tells you you are on course." - Jack Canfield

Living Magnet

"You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts." - Brian Tracy

Emotional Currents

"By choosing your thoughts, and by selecting which emotional currents you will release and which you will reinforce, you determine the quality of your light. You determine the effects that you will have upon others, and the nature of the experience of your life." ~ Gary Zukav

Perfection

"You cannot achieve perfection. You can only discover it." ~ Alan Cohen

Wiser Today

“No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.” -  Alexander Pope

A Loner

 

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”  -  Jodi Picoult 

Risk Everything

"Risk everything to care deeply, to tend the hurting, to nurture the earth, and to give thanks." - Rev. Naomi King

Not Held Back

"We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present." - Marianne Williamson

Something Greater

"Goddess will never leave you empty. She will replace everything you lost. If she asks you to put something down, it's because she wants you to pick up something greater." - Dina Ann Staggs

Mindfulness

"Mindfulness is a core skill for the emotionally sensitive." - Karyn Hall, PhD

Midwife of the Soul

"The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a
midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person.”  ~ Plato

The Path

"Our first impression of life, when we start thinking about it is that it is a long stretch of obstacles. In very pragmatic terms it is so. Then we also gradually realize that something in us is instigating, initiating and responding and that we are changing; that we are following some sort of a path. Then we soon realize that the obstacles ARE the path." - Pradeep Pk Maheshwari

Myth

“Do not be satisfied with the stories that come before you. Unfold your own myth.” ― Rumi

Buddhist Thought for the Day

Buddhist Thought for the Day: "You're as dead now as you will ever be." - Marcus Dodd

The Past

“We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.”  ~ Marianne Williamson

An Inspiration

"Be an inspiration.Sincerely practice alleviating inner suffering in yourself and others.We too become bodhisattvas or awakened beings." - Thich Nhat Hahn

Soul Mission

“Your soul mission is your reason for being, your life purpose. It’s your calling in life—who you feel called to be, what you feel called to do. Mission is an energy that flows through you—a drive, voice, or passion that you cannot ignore. Your mission is not an activity, but rather your fundamental reason for doing that activity. It’s what you know in your heart you must live if you are to experience inner peace and harmony”  – Alan Seale

Service & Love

"In life, it is never the big battle, the big moment, the big speech, the
big election. That does not change things. What changes things is every
day, getting up and rendering small acts of service and love beyond that
what's expected of you or required of you."  ~ Cory Booker

Busyness

"As the Buddhists say, after all, busyness is the absolute worst kind of laziness. When you are too busy, you can’t be alone with yourself, so you can never grow." - J. C. Peters

Lift Up Your Head

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