You are the master of you…what will you choose?
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can [...]
Everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy
Happiness is as easy as a little gratitude. Check out this hilarious excerpt from Conan O’Brien. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll think about it… This video came from Usually Barefoot Meg – lots of comments to peruse there as well. For more information on this comedian, check out the wiki for Louis CK.
Breathe
I stumbled on this fabulous quote from L. Frank Baum: Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. I can’t overemphasize the power of breath. A single deep breath has the power to calm your entire body – actually moves you one step closer to the parasympathetic nervous process of “rest and repose”. Traditions ranging from [...]
I was dead, then alive – Rumi
I was dead, then alive. Weeping, then laughing. The power of love came into me, and I became fierce like a lion, then tender like the evening star. He said, ‘You’re not mad enough. You don’t belong in this house.’ I went wild and had to be tied up. He said, ‘Still not wild enough [...]
Thought for today – Henry Miller
If there is to be any peace, it will be through being, not having. Henry Miller
Don’t wait for joy
The idea that peace is conditional, depending on certain needs being met – being loved and appreciated, financially secure, well rested, having good work – is eventually replaced by the realization that the moment you’re experiencing right now is the only one, and it can’t be changed. – Joan Borysenko Joy, peace, love. Everything we [...]
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