Choose to be realistic when people try to convince you that there is only one of two possibilities or a billion possibilities. Both extremes make you complacent and reactive instead of alert and wise. Between urgency without forethought and an indecisive spacing out, there is a spectrum of promising options. Some will fit into yourContinue reading “The Spectrum of Promising Options”
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Heart-Link with the Helpful
Just for today, I am grateful for the people whose work makes my life easier. My deep appreciation goes to the hands of all who raise the food that keeps me strong. NJ 25 March 2015
Okay to All Feelings – Why Not?
Relax in the high waves while you swim. Don’t hold your breath. Release all tension. Let the waves throw you around a bit. Let the wind and water carry you. Isn’t it fun? Remember this exhilaration when the waves that are throwing you around are your feelings. Breathe freely. Relax your body. Stay calm inside.Continue reading “Okay to All Feelings – Why Not?”
Culture Sobering Up In 2020
Extremism in all its diverse forms has awakened the appreciation for balance, moderation, tact and class. Balance, moderation, tact and class were beautiful since time beginning, though extremely unpopular in the last thirty years, particularly in the last decade. Now this fatigue with provocations, out-of-control drama, feeling important only when scandalous is most likely aContinue reading “Culture Sobering Up In 2020”
Thankful
Every time you pour love into something you are offering, you nurture others with it, because people are drawn to love, that high level of focus and pleasure, and you nurture yourself with the permission to feel love and to express love. Look around: it is a remarkable privilege to be doing what you love.Continue reading “Thankful”
Outflow
As a creative, one of the most significant life themes you will master, is your sensitivity: you will replace self-doubt with more creativity and you will move away from critics who operate from a completely different part of their brain, or inner setting, and don’t experience their uninterrupted criticism (and fight within themselves), as aContinue reading “Outflow”
Pearl After Pearl
We have been offered predictions that are the opposite of a loving and fulfilling future. No one owes you a loving and fulfilling future. But life has also given you a radiant heart and a masterful mind capable of creating a loving and fulfilling future. And hands, legs, feet, the entire chakra system – fine-vibrationalContinue reading “Pearl After Pearl”
Coherence
In the very long history of humanity, there were always people of extraordinary integrity, wisdom, knowledge, intuition and heart. They lived regardless of who the authorities of their era and region were and regardless of who the scribes (“media”) found fashionable and newsworthy. Maybe some of them were your ancestors. Do you think that suchContinue reading “Coherence”
Random Act of Kindness in January 2020
I was the recipient of a random act of kindness this week. Not only did it shatter the idea that “there is no such thing as a free lunch” – because the person ahead of me did pay for my lunch, for reasons that seemed utterly spontaneous – , it also raised my regard for myContinue reading “Random Act of Kindness in January 2020”
Relational Well-Being
This month, I heard of a study about success in a relationship. The key ingredients to success in a relationship were identified as consideration and reliability. The speaker who summed up the results emphasized consideration and reliability from the start. I want to add that consideration and reliability grow a relationship, can restore a relationship,Continue reading “Relational Well-Being”
Drama Is Hollow. Love Makes You Whole.
– Love Versus Dramatic Relationships – Love is friendly, creates order and sense. Love touches you deep in your being that you want to live. Love fosters processes within you through which you are healing. Being loved enhances your joie de vivre. Loving enhances your creativity. Because a lover is a creator, and a creatorContinue reading “Drama Is Hollow. Love Makes You Whole.”
Positive Surprises
Positive surprises are unforgettable upliftments to life. Noone is ever too old or too young for them. So here is an idea for a gift that gives only good feelings to the recipients and to the giver likewise. It is zero waste, and everyone appreciates it: Give a positive surprise. Or be the positive surprise.Continue reading “Positive Surprises”
An Invitation
Just for today, I welcome all that is in tune with me. NJ,since July 2013
American Love Call, by Durand Jones and the Indications
This album is only a year old (2019), but already a classic. Timeless tunes that will be in style for decades. The musicianship is suave and impeccable, and the lyrics are meaningful. I cheer to the growing success of this splendid band.
Daily Renewal #10
Give this day meaning and shine. NJ 13 July 2015
Parents, Teachers, Lovers: a Key
It is easy to listen to the person you respect. NJDecember 2014
Priorities
You can only care for the genuine. Only the genuine is worth hanging onto. Only the genuine can touch you deeply. Only the genuine fosters love that keeps you happy. You feel very free when you live like that, very satisfied. NJearly August 2014
When a Writer Falls in Love With You, You Can Never Die
It has been said before that if you ignite a writer’s love, you will live forever. Now imagine if you make it into the heart of a poet whose topic is love or into the heart of a composer who writes about love — and that love rises from enthusiasm, not from need or boredomContinue reading “When a Writer Falls in Love With You, You Can Never Die”
Poise
When you consistently offer high quality, no one advises you to blend in. While most don’t care about what you do and plainly accept you as you are, some do care and use your example to uplift their own path and choices. Therefore, introducing a high standard is always a good idea – as aContinue reading “Poise”
The Beauty of a Person Is In His / Her Loving Kindness
All other assets are extras with a life span. A rotten core can hide behind a popular body, a great intellect, social graces, socially rewarded behaviours, wealth, fabulous advertising, and other veneer. It can’t make a person beautiful. You can hear that at funerals where the mourning struggle to express what was good about theContinue reading “The Beauty of a Person Is In His / Her Loving Kindness”
Nanda Jurela 