Peace begins with me as a person and flows outwards. Here are some great ideas to begin the process. The little sticky about remembering to smile is important.
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GREAT Advice from a Pro!
Part of my daily routine is a short prayer: May all beings be happy. May all things be at peace. Thank you God for this most amazing day. The Lord is my shepherd. Thy will be done. I repeat it several times a day and it reminds me this is the only moment, the only time I can live in so I need enjoy it. This is supported by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Jackson Browne in this lovely post.
This morning I saw that radiatingblossom.wordpress.com had visited my blog so I visited radiating blossom and saw this poem. Thank you! This is such great advice, a great prayer or mantra or however way each of us wants to make use of these wise words. Happy Monday Everyone!
Write it on your heart…
Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day,
and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt, crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a
new day;
begin it well and serenely,
with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This new day…
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A message from the Universe
This is a wonderful blog with many pictures of what life and the world could be about. It begins with a Rumi quote which calls us each to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. It is all around us.
“But listen to me. For one moment
quit being sad. Hear blessings
dropping their blossoms
around you.”
~ Rumi
As I was sitting in meditation this morning, thinking about you and how I could best be of service today, I realised that there was something you needed to hear right now. So let me bring these messages to you, direct from the Universe. You’ll know which part of the message is for you. It’s the one that stands out, the one that moves you, the one that answers the question on your lips.
You are enough.
Someone will want what you have. Be brave and put yourself out there.
Your ideas are needed in the world. Speak up.
You deserve a loving, faithful and nurturing relationship.
From small beginnings great things can grow. Get started. Have faith in your vision.
So much love is pouring forth from the Heavens for you…
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Teaching and hospitality – pause for thought from Henri Nouwen
I enjoyed this quote from Henri Nouwen. One of the courses I enrolled in explores the role of leadership through hospitality. Do we set the table with kindness and compassion?
“When we look at teaching in terms of hospitality, we can say that the teacher is called upon to create for students a free and fearless space where mental and emotional development can take place…. The hospitable teacher has to reveal to the students that they have something to offer. Many students have been for so many years on the receiving side and have become so deeply impregnated with the idea that there is still a lot more to learn, that they have lost confidence in themselves and can hardly imagine that they themselves have something to give, not only to the ones who are less educated but to their fellow students and teachers as well…..”
The Summer Day
I love a Mary Oliver in the morning. This one asks questions that are not easy to answer: What is it you plan to do with your wild and precious life?
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell…
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell…
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Teton Mountain
I have not been to this area yet. It looks like it would be a place I would want to see. Nature has a special way of holding is. This picture and the words below bring Her into her full majesty and yet to fully grasp it we need to experience it live. Just the same, this is quite a picture to begin the day with.
Bridge
Bridges are important aspects of life. They take us places we could not otherwise reach. The abyss that Nietzsche spoke of us no longer able to look back into us with the same ferocity.
Monday Haiku…..whispering Universe
Words, poetry, and the universe are all part of an unfolding.
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open hearts hear the
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whispers of the Universe,
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and words…..write themselves….
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i’m in awe… of words,
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and the constant miracle
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of our poetry!
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The Golden Rule
This one needs no explanation. It is a great one to share after my Sabbath from the laptop.
Peace by the River
I don’t recall seeing this when we traveled through Yellowstone several years ago. It is a reminder to me that Nature possess an infinite range of power from the chaotic to the peaceful. I am one small part of it.
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Teacher as Transformer 