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Me: “In a reciprocal community, there is no such thing as self-sacrifice…” The river: “The universe is reciprocal. This planet is reciprocal. It is only you people who have forgotten that.” NJ 16 June 2019 (Father’s Day walk)

The sun warms the earth.In appreciation, the earth nurtures its readiest roots and shootsand develops flowers and a profusion of plantsthat feeds all life. The sun warms the body.In appreciation, the body nurtures its best inclinationsand develops luminous flower-like centres of energyand luxurious well-being. Just for today, I am awarethat the sun loves the earthwithContinue reading “O Sole Mio”

To accept yourself means to make peace with your weak points and lack and peace with your good points and blessings. And I dare say, to nurture your excellent points. Your heart is always beating in your chest for you – in grief, in joy, in calm, in progress, in failure, in pluck, in fatigue,Continue reading “Self-acceptance”

Practise and play while you are happy and neutral. So when you get sad or are in pain, you can draw on your practice and still be creative. When there are obstacles – outer or inner – it is especially important that you keep playing, not only to lift your mood, shift it upward, andContinue reading “Create With Ease”

Self-loyalty is the ultimate goal: it means being true to love. NJsummer solstice 2014 to forever

Nothing beats stamina. No talent, no beauty, no courage, no hunger, no intelligence, no assets under the sun will make you meet your goal, if you don’t have stamina. Grow stamina and use it. Persevere, and you will be a success. NJ28 October 2014

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 Friday Afternoon”

Presence wakes you up to the good you are being served, day after day. How many times do you walk by something miracular, because your mind is on other things – on solving problems, on making sense of words that made no sense or were uttered without forethought, on numbers that are absurd, on tryingContinue reading “Presence”

The guideline of Do No Harm is only complete when it includes the self. Notice how Do No Harm introduces an angle to compassion/self-compassion and love of neighbour/love of self that is practical and centering and clears up all misconceptions of what love is. Do No Harm makes a good mantra. It has the powerContinue reading “Do No Harm”

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”

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!”

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

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

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

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”

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”

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”