Calamities
can bring growth and Enlightenment
Each day a
bird would shelter in the withered branches of a tree that stood
in the middle of a vast deserted plain. One day a whirlwind
uprooted the tree, forcing the poor bird to fly a hundred miles
in search of shelter -- till it finally came to a forest of
fruit-laden trees.
And he
concluded: "If the withered tree had survived, nothing
would have induced the bird to give up its security and
fly."
Imagination
has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match
-Ingrid Bengis
Thought for the day: My imagination will serve me
today. It will offer me the ideas and the courage I need
to go forth.
When a woman has love,
she is no longer at the mercy of forces greater than herself,
for she, herself, becomes the powerful force. -Veronica
Casey
Thought for the day: Love breeds love. I will
shower it upon myself and others and relish the growing sense of
self that emerges.
When one
door of happiness closes, another one opens. But often we
look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that
has been opened for us. -Helen Keller
Thought for the day: Today is a day of
opportunities. I am open and ready to find them all,
knowing that I am receiving all the guidance I need to move
forward and be happy.
In the
wind and the rain and the sea is release;
In the field and the forest I find my peace;
In solitude, musing, I discover my soul;
By the love in friendships, I am again made whole.
Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of
traveling. -Margaret Lee Runbeck
Thought for the day: Be responsible for your own
happiness.
What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and
the world remains and is immortal. -Albert Pike (1809-91)
Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true
happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification
but through fidelity to a worthy
purpose. -Helen Keller
Thought for the day: Today I will spend some time
putting my own needs aside to help someone else. It is
good to know that I can be filled with such good feelings and I
get so much when I give of myself.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of
choice. It is not to be waited for, it is to be achieved!
Unsinkable Soul
Deep within our selves, deep down to the very fibers of our spirits exist an Unsinkable Soul. Unsinkable for the trials and sacrifices that it has had to
endure in this thing we call our life time. So many times, storm clouds and the ripping of Thunder has griped our very lives. To the point where we just want to stop what we `re doing and allow the Darkness to swallow every thing we stand for.
Its times like this, times when our Souls are Venerable and weak
from the many Battles that are fought in this war our Souls have to struggle against.
Times as this our soul gathers all its strength and become stronger to fight off every thing that is thrown our way. It has become stronger with every blow that is Cast upon the fibers that have been spoken of. To the point where it has become a Warrior that will not know defeat. Casting its own brand of punishment onto those that dare threaten its existence.
Darkness and the Flashes of Lightning, can and will always be seen in the future. For there is many more Battles that lay before us in this ongoing struggle of ours. But no longer will we stand aside and allow out Souls and our
spirits be covered in a sea of Misery and pain. For ours Souls are unsinkable for every Challenge and Journey that is placed before out paths of life
-Lost Wolves 38
Often
when we're being tough and strong, we're scared. It takes
a lot of courage to allow ourselves to be vulnerable, to be
soft. Dudley Martineau
Thought
for the day: Rewards will be forthcoming when I am
honest.
If you
don't like who you are and what you are and what your world is
reflecting, look to see what you are building and creating and
what you have decided to accumulate or decided to make part of
your life.
-David Spangler
Thought
for the day: Today I know that whatever is in my life
I have put there and therefore I can let it go as well.
Today I have faith and trust that I can take an honest look at
what needs to be changed in my life.
Love is
a force. It is not a result; it is a cause. It is
not a product; it produces. It is a power, like money, or
steam or electricity. It is valueless unless you can give
something else by means of it. -Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Thought
for the day: Every day is a gift-giving holiday, if I
will but make it so.
Happy is the man who has
broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying
once and for all. -Ovid
Thought for the day:
Needless worry can be silenced by accepting the things we cannot
change.
The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine
where others see shadow and storm. -O.S. Marsden
Thought for the day:
Yesterday's liabilities can become today's assets.
Life is not always what
one wants it to be, but to make the best of it as it is, is the
only way of being happy. -Jennie Jerome
Churchill
Thought for the day:
I can take life as it is, and trust that it is just right, just
what it needs to be. The big picture guarantees me lasting
happiness. Today's experiences will move me a step closer.
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape 100
days of sorrow. -Chinese Proverb
Today was like a shadow.
It lurked behind me. It's now gone forever. Why is
it that time is such a difficult thing to befriend?
-Mary Casey
Thought for the day:
I will take today in my arms and love it. I will love all
it offers; it is a friend bearing gifts galore.
You don't get to choose
how you're going to die or when. You only get to chose how
you're going to live.
- Joan Baez
With each new day I put
away the past and discover the new beginnings I have been
given. -Angela L. Wozniak
Thought for the day:
This day awaits my full presence. I will be the recipient
of its gifts.
There were many ways of
breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by
love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its
dream--whatever that dream might be. -Pearl S. Buck
Thought for the day:
Today's dreams and experiences are points on the road map of my
life. I won't let them pass, unnoticed.
The clearer the path,
the easier it is to see the holes in it. -Frank
Seymore
Thought for the day:
I no longer want to repeat the same mistakes over and over
again. Today I take the time to slow down and examine the
source of my
difficulties so that I can move on a clear path with freedom.
That kind of life is
most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our
esteem. -Samuel Johnson
Thought for the
day: The way we feel about ourselves depends greatly
on the choices we make.
To cheat oneself out of
love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for
which there is no reparation, either in time or in
eternity. Soren Kierkegaard
Thought for the day:
Perhaps the love is there, but we're afraid to let it in.
There are sounds to
seasons. There are sounds to places, and there are sounds
to every time in one's life. Alison Wyrley Birch
Thought for the day:
I will listen to the music of today. I will get in tune,
in rhythm. I am needed for the concert's beauty.
Life is either a daring
adventure or nothing. Helen Keller
Thought for the day:
A special series of events has been planned for me today.
I shall not miss it.
I like my friend for what is in her heart, not for the way she
does things. -Sandra K. Lamberson
Thought for the day:
Behavior generally reveals attitudes which are of the mind and
frequently in conflict with the heart. I will strive for
congruence. I will let my heart lead the way. It
will not only find the good in others, it will imitate it.
Tears
are like rain. They loosen up our soil so we can grow in
different directions. -Virginia Casey
Thought
for the day: Tears nurture the inner me. They
soften my rooted-ness to old behavior. They lessen my
resistance to new growth.
What we
expect, believe and picture, we usually get. - Ruth Ross
Thought
for the day: Today I know I am worthy of having
success in my life. I am listening to what I tell myself
with gentleness and love, putting a stop to any self-talk that
does not make me feel good about myself.
Miracles
are instantaneous-they cannot be summoned, but come of
themselves, usually at unlikely moments and to those who least
expect them. -Katherine Anne Porter-
Thought
for the day: Coincidences are sometimes miracles of
God, who prefers to remain anonymous.
Care is
no cure, but rather corrosive for things that are not to be
remedied. -William Shakespeare
Thought
for the day: When you release someone with love, you
free yourself.
Anger conquers when unresolved. Anonymous
Thought
for the day: My feelings frequent my being,
always. They steer my behavior. They reflect my
attitudes. They hint at my closeness to God.
Each
of us ... every soul ... is a battleground for a struggle, not
so much between
good and evil, but between our real self and the false or
phantom selves created by our conditioned mind ~
Chief Dan George
For all the sadness of closure, there is a new and joyful
unfolding in the process of becoming. -Mary Casey
Thought
for the day: I am moving and changing and growing, at
the right pace. The process can be trusted. What is
right for me will come to me. I will let the joy of
becoming warm me.
Fire and sword are but
slow engines of destruction in comparison with the
babbler. -Sir Richard Steele
Thought for the day:
No matter what the motive, gossip is always hurtful to all
concerned.
Every now and then take
a good look at something not made with hands - a mountain, a
star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom,
and patience, and solace, and above all the assurance that you
are not alone in the world. -Sidney Lovett
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