Here and there, we make an exception. Overall, we choose, and live in, patterns. Observe your good patterns – the pattern to be generous and humane, the pattern to do good, the pattern to make healthy choices, for example – and use them as your foundation. By putting the spotlight on the good, you discourageContinue reading “In the Garden, On a Sunny Afternoon”
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It’s Appreciation! The Key!
Appreciation is the innocent and “dear” aspect of love. It shows you what you truly love. And who. And here is something revealing: a person who is out to harm you or who doesn’t care whether you are well or not can not instill appreciation in you. Therefore, appreciation — more than desire, hormonal excitement,Continue reading “It’s Appreciation! The Key!”
Play, and Have Fun!
If you have the energy, the inspiration and the skill to create something you want to enjoy for many years, wouldn’t you create the most beautiful thing that you are capable of creating, something that will touch your heart again and again, keep your senses engaged and your intellect thankful and thrilled? So do it.Continue reading “Play, and Have Fun!”
#selflove
Self-love: the perfect way to leave the past in the past. Self-love: the perfect way to live in the now. NJ27 March 2014
Prayer for Courage
Source, move the big courage I have in some parts of life into the places where I don’t have enough. Above all, give me the courage to be happy. Deliciously, impactfully, vibrantly happy. NJ 19 May 2014
It Is Given, Dance With It
Give your medicine. Don’t waitfor it to be popular, recognizedand for the right audience.Give it to life. Love speaks to all,uplifts all,touches all. Love gives you the lifeyou were meant to live. NJ1 May 2015
Why Wolves Howl: Guess
If I could howl like them, I would do it too! My thought last night when I listened to the wolves howling. Scientists have suggested that wolves howl for a variety of reasons: to communicate with their pack and dearest ones, to attract a mate, out of distress, loneliness, to mark territory, etc.. Both theContinue reading “Why Wolves Howl: Guess”
Cherish the Dream That Comes True
We often get so absorbed by daily life and the challenges of the moment that we don’t register, or honour, the milestones we have made. But when we recall where we were .. say three, four, or ten years ago and remember what it was that we asked for and hoped for, we can seeContinue reading “Cherish the Dream That Comes True”
Muse and Attitude
The Muse can be anything that gives you wings: a very wholesome state, children, a partner you love very much, an unforgettable person you feel grateful to, a piece of art, a piece of music, an event that lets you feel why you are here, a sanctuary or land that is like a piece ofContinue reading “Muse and Attitude”
Edible Back Yard
#local #organic #urbanfarming #foodabundance #edible #smallspace A beautiful example of what you can do with a small patch of land. The Dervaes family in LA raise 90% of their food on their 1/10 acre backyard and sell the excess to local restaurants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmTJkZy0rM&fbclid=IwAR3jNR5r76Hu9E6J2mIHBXhZ67i-z2XcXnUyHMHpveaDg8HkS6VE4wmUpGo
The Urban Homestead In Pasadena
“I decided to take a stand against the ills of society, tackling all aspects of our life. After food came energy, then transportation, water and waste, the whole walk. … If we stop being negative and try to do the right thing, we can do something positive. We must say to ourselves that we canContinue reading “The Urban Homestead In Pasadena”
Love is attention.
Sometimes we learn this in a too slow, painful way. We don’t have to. It really is very easy. Pay attention to what and whom you love. It is the best decision you can make. All things fall into place when you love your focus and focus on your loves. Love is attention. It isContinue reading “Love is attention.”
Stored in the Earth
When you are appreciated and recognized you feel rich. When you are underappreciated and not recognized you feel poor. Harmony is in between the two extremes, in the middle ground of moderate wealth: nurtured yet hungry for more, rewarded yet free of egoic expectations. If you feel rich with love and esteem today, give someContinue reading “Stored in the Earth”
Harmony Within, Harmony Without
The thoughts you think while you are at peace are gold – pure gold. You feel the true you, you hear your truth clearly when you are at peace. The thoughts you think when you are reacting to a situation, when you are hurt, sad, agitated, trying to self-soothe are blurry in comparison and haveContinue reading “Harmony Within, Harmony Without”
If You Were Full of Self-Love
If you were full of self-love, how would your day look? Who would you spend it with, and what would you do? Think of the answer in vivid detail. Then accept that you can make it just like that. NJ21 June 2014
What Will Matter One Day?
Don’t miss out on it. Give it high priority. Every day is made by your many choices. Stay conscious. NJ16 July 2014
Respect and Love
The calm and tranquil heart is a place where a lot of appreciation can grow. Although no culture that I know of fully grasps, or supports, this wisdom, we can revive it within ourselves, plant and water it, and later enjoy its benefits that will be profuse. #nondistractedliving #mindfulness #lovingkindness NJ,4 February 2017
Water the Earth, Water Love — Always Water the Good First
Water the Earth, Water Love — Always Water the Good First When you water “the plants”, you really water the earth from which they grow. Keep it in mind in your relationships with people. That what is wholesome in a person, the nurturing and healthy parts — support that, water that. Those qualities become hisContinue reading “Water the Earth, Water Love — Always Water the Good First”
Raw Joy – the Fire of Creativity
Raw joy is the main ingredient to a creative life. Indulge in it to the max. The more you indulge in raw joy, the less garbage you make, the less time you waste, the less prone you are to hanging out with the wrong people — who steal your time, resources, trust, and who areContinue reading “Raw Joy – the Fire of Creativity”
Not That Again
If while daydreaming, manifesting, or going to a new place, a thought like “oh no, not that again!” rushes through your system, stop right there — and do something else. That sense of déjà vu or boredom is a signal. You are not creating something new, you are responding to stimuli that link you toContinue reading “Not That Again”