This quote is worthy of consideration. When we stumble, can we get back on our feet. It reminds me of the Zen saying (I believe) that success is falling 7 times and getting up 8. Self-efficacy and having support around us is so much more than a fall sense of self-esteem which sinks into narcissism quickly.
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A great way to begin the day and the week.
Rules for 7S- four line poems, syllable counts 1,2,3,1- the poem will have to make an impact-psychological, sensual or otherwise.
Something I work at very hard is being compassionate with my self. It has been hard work. I am my harshest critic and rarely ever a cheerleader. These past few months I am finding a balance.
This is a poetic and spiritually uplifting way of understanding. Rules should be big enough to guide us and small enough to shelter us. There is room in these rules to create the spaciousness.
Life is a struggle.
Remembering 7 principles gives strength.
1. In generosity and helping others be like a river.
2. In compassion and grace be like the sun.
3. In concealing others’ faults be like the night.
4. In anger and fury be like the dead.
5. In modesty and humility be like earth.
6. In tolerance be like the sea.
7. Either appear as you are or be as you look.
Value has a value only if its value is valued.
This is a beautiful poem with a a powerful message. When do we have time for the important things in life?
We have time for everything
Sleep, run back and forth,
regret we made an error and err again
judge others and absolve ourselves,
we have time to read and write,
edit what we wrote, regret what we wrote,
we have time to make projects and never follow through
we have time to dwell in illusions and stir through
their ashes much later.
We have time for ambitions and diseases,
to blame destiny and details,
we have time to look at the clouds, at the ads, or some random accident, we have time
to chase away our questions, postpone our answers, we have time
to crush a dream and reinvent it, we have time to make friends,
to lose them, we have time to take lessons and forget them
soon after, we have time to receive gifts and not understand them. We have time for everything.
No time, though, for a…
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We talk about a kinder, gentler world, but is it happening? It is not just about letting others win. It is also about being gracious and humble in our lives. Leaders need to find new ways to allow others to rise up and be part of the solutions in a complex and messy world.
Some people just want to win,
At all costs-
In competitions,
In business, and even
In arguments.
And so …
What value is the reward,
When opponents are humiliated,
Livelihood of rivals ended,
And friendship lost?
Sometimes …
Allowing others to win,
Delivers the greatest prize,
By unlocking the nobility within.
When others have a chance to win,
Rivalry is defused,
And animosity is laid to rest.
In the end,
Harmony prevails.
And what better world to create,
Than a planet filled with peace?
Here was another of the blogs that posted around a theme in November. The theme was writing psalms which I can only imagine as challenging and rewarding experience.
I mentioned in Saturday’s re-blog of Yaz’s 30 day commitment about how much I admired the dedication and am inspired by people who take on a theme. Rob did a similar thing as he wrote about his thankfulness for an entire month. I think it is an example we might try to carry into our daily lives. What am I thankful for today? Thank you Rob and Yaz.
Let Us Thank The Lord For His Forgiveness When We Fail To Recognize His Great Blessings
Ps 106:1-2 (KJV) … Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
Winter Nights
It is December 1 and Christmas is just around the corner. The last few days I recalled what it was like in rural northern Alberta at this time of the year. We used to sit upstairs and look out the window on cold, cold nights shimmering with white. What caught my eye and ear was the magic provided by the Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis. They don’t appear in Edmonton as I recall them from my childhood memories. What message was in those celestial colours and sounds?
Small children–
Breathlessly wait,
Peer through frosted window
Soak it in.
Heavens ripple–
Lights undulated;
A celebratory fury
An indisputable guide.
This old house speaks;
Nature answers–
Crackles from the heavens
Sweet symphonic sounds.
Earth’s floor–
Blanketed in white
Celestial colours shimmer
Captures young eyes.
A vivid winter scene,
A sensual, sensory palette,
Reminds me–
Christ’s Mass draws near.
The photo came from Seven Wonders of Canada.
The Bodhistattva Prayer at the bottom has universal meaning. As we move into this time of the year, I need to ask, “What can I do for those who need my help and my protection?” I follow Yaz’s blog and her dedication in November to posting each day about an important health issue is an inspiration.
Teacher as Transformer 