Happy birthday to Thay. On this day, I recall one of his talks, where he talked about personal responsibility, and how our many choices in the home and regarding our schedule and priorities influence our well-being and can last for a long time. He told the audience about a new mother who made the effort to moveContinue reading “Born On This Day: Thich Nhat Hanh”
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Love Is Like Music
When it is too close, you hardly notice it, it is so good and natural. When it moves away a bit, you can not believe your good luck. When it moves away further, you miss it; yet the tune goes on. And love always returns, because the tune plays in more than one. 🍃 LoveContinue reading “Love Is Like Music”
Washed In Love
“Washed in love” feels like being heated by sunlight and cooled by saltwater in summer. It is neither cold nor too hot, just right. Soothing and restoring, inner treasures are coming to surface, cells are chuckling and humming, a very organic feeling. Almost unnoticeable, not too different from “normal”, except that all perceptions have slowedContinue reading “Washed In Love”
Thanks to My Cells (On this New Day)
Just for today, I send a smile and love to all the cells in my body. ✨ Thank you for working so well together on my behalf. Thank you for keeping me healthy. Thank you for letting me feel so much pleasure every day. ✨ May you shine with love on this day. Know thatContinue reading “Thanks to My Cells (On this New Day)”
Two Portions Of Gratitude, One Portion Of Love
There is a thirst in us for appreciation. It is both a thirst to be appreciated and a thirst to appreciate. There is a need in us for gratitude. It is both a need to hear thank you and a need to feel thank you. May we be led to the sources of water. MayContinue reading “Two Portions Of Gratitude, One Portion Of Love”
When the Buck Stops Here
Whole communities are broken because there is no community spirit. Whole families are broken because there is no family spirit. Whole marriages are broken because there is no marriage spirit. Whole friendships are broken because there is no friendship spirit. However, there are situations when the breaking away from the larger community is healthy — not onlyContinue reading “When the Buck Stops Here”
Lived Love
Lived love inspires health, a flow of most amazing creations, loved children, loved people, a deep peace in the body and soul. The opposite tends to destroy all that. 12 October 2018
Role Models: Find Them In Your Best Experiences
The free and loving change the world, by their example. At times it is enough to witness one person’s unwillingness to participate in toxic settings or in toxic ideologies to change your mind and do the same. At other times the love that moves towards you will give you the courage to act with loveContinue reading “Role Models: Find Them In Your Best Experiences”
Sanity In Relationships and In Life
Sanity is a great good. Sanity is very underrated too. Given the choice between “being swept away” and sanity, choose sanity. Because good love only finds you when you are sane. While in an imbalanced state, the affair that will find you might soothe you, or appear to be what you want, even distract youContinue reading “Sanity In Relationships and In Life”
Rely On Love, But Don’t Take It For Granted
“Too many people realize at the end of their lives that they’ve taken for granted those who really love them.” – Lesley Blume Come to your senses before you lose those who truly love you. Wizen up before you grow old. Cut through the preoccupation with meaningless irritations. Be the rare person who appreciates loveContinue reading “Rely On Love, But Don’t Take It For Granted”
What We Really Need
People need sustenance, love and hope. Sustenance, love and hope can be realized. It is an inner and an outer process. It is beneficial to pay attention to both sides: to the inside world and its development and to promoting the conditions that enable sustenance, love and hope. That includes all people. It can notContinue reading “What We Really Need”
Love In the Language And In the Paradigm
Loving Your Enemies means not destroying your enemies, letting them live on earth, even if you don’t understand their actions and make different choices. It does not mean seeking your enemies to change them or make them follow your ideas of what life is about. Loving Your Kin is more or less the opposite ofContinue reading “Love In the Language And In the Paradigm”
Love Is – You Can Not Create It – Cherish It
You can strengthen a bond through shared experiences. But you do not create love. Love rises effortlessly for no other reasons than that a person inspires it by being – himself or herself. Some people leave us cold. Some give us a hard time because we don’t fit their ideas of who we should be.Continue reading “Love Is – You Can Not Create It – Cherish It”
Who Is Catching You When You Fall – the Ground or Your Lover?
Well, mother earth is always there for you and will remain to soothe you in moments of sorrow, despair or anger. Learn to be like the earth. Then call yourself a lover. You have mastered the Art of Loving when you can absorb loathing, self-loathing, regrets, unhappiness, shame, pointless drama, even helplessness without withdrawing yourContinue reading “Who Is Catching You When You Fall – the Ground or Your Lover?”
Less Is Beautiful? Yes. Maybe. Except…
The Exception to the Rule of Less: You can make do with less. You can do fine with less clutter, with less to worry about – that is aesthetic too. The exception to the rule of less: you can not do better with less love. You can make do, but you are not better off.Continue reading “Less Is Beautiful? Yes. Maybe. Except…”
Magic
Oh, the only magic is love. Use it and you will perform miracles. NJ 24 July 2014
Set the Tone
Set the tone in your home, in your work place, and with your friends, then the chaos outside will rattle you less. It may not be easy to establish respect and love (with those who can’t appreciate it), but it is the one thing you will not need to undo later on, it is theContinue reading “Set the Tone”
Parents, Teachers, Lovers: a Key
It is easy to listen to the person you respect. NJDecember 2014
Revelation, In Passing
A person of genuine confidence knows that people are drawn to kindness, fairness and love. That no force, no power game, no manipulation is needed to get the respect, the attention, the joyful recognition of others: for being treated well feels good and continues to feel good. Though we have been sold a lot ofContinue reading “Revelation, In Passing”
Extremist ideologies can not survive in the climate of love.
When your life is full of love, you draw boundaries almost by instinct. Everything that isn’t love, healthy, and doesn’t feel right stays out. You don’t have to think so hard to maintain that attitude. But for those whose lives are not about love, those who have never experienced love, those who fall for anyContinue reading “Extremist ideologies can not survive in the climate of love.”
Nanda Jurela 