Don’t Think, Just Obey!
Said nobody ever who wished you well.
Surrender To The Mystery
HELL NO! As soon as you say ‘unknowable’ you stop looking for yourself or reading to find if others have already solved the mystery.
KNOW is at the top of the scale.
MYSTERY is at the bottom of the scale.
The author of this was probably in apathy, content to consign all to MYSTERY at the bottom of the scale.
That is NOT the path to greater awareness and competence.
The Sunflower
“Last night I bought a sunflower to put on the windshield of someone I’m smitten with.
After some consideration, I decided not to since we had only been on one date, the night previous. Don’t want to come off too strong, right?
Anyway, I grabbed the flower on my way out this morning with the intention to give it to someone on my way to work so it didn’t die alone.
What happened next has left me changed in ways I don’t even have words for yet.
While I was sitting and drinking my morning joe at the coffee shop (which I typically take to go), I saw a woman reading something with tears quietly and quickly sliding down her pale face.
It was like there was a magnet in the sunflower that was being drawn to her, because I knew in that moment she was who I was going to give the sunflower to; she was who I had to give it to.
When I got to her table I said, “Hey, pardon me. I have this sunflower that I was hoping to give to someone special and that someone I had in mind didn’t work out, but I can feel that you’re special too, so I want you to have it.”
Before I could even hand her the sunflower, this complete stranger flew into my arms with tears flowing, and gratitude spewing, as if I was someone she once loved, and lost.
It’s what she said next that I’m still trying to grip.
She was crying because her fiancé had died the week before, just months before they were going to get married.
On their first date, he brought her a sunflower and from then on, got her sunflowers, never roses, because she was the light of his life.
Today, through me, he was able to show her that she’ll always be the light of his life and how we as humans have a message to carry that goes far beyond words.
I’m shaken, awakened, and feeling raw.
You never know how much a simple gesture of giving someone a $5 flower will change their life, as well as yours. Life is about giving and being of service to others.
I challenge you all to find a way to make someone else’s life just a little bit brighter today and be of service. You never know the impact you could have.”
Credit: Danny Wakefield
Discomfort vs Dysfunction
Most options have an element of pain to them. The trick is to pick your pain wisely as some options, like not exercising, appear to have less pain the the short term but are far more painful long-term.
Monopoly Ends When
What A Circus!
The truth is even more reason not to get eaten up by trivialities. The truth is that we are immortal, indestructible spiritual beings enjoying a mortal existence. The truth is that nothing can hurt you as a being unless you agree to being hurt.
My advice? Stop being so damned agreeable to being hurt! Enjoy the ride! Decide what game you want to play then play it!
The game you will enjoy most is one based on your basic purpose and for which you have a natural talent and suits your personality.
If you do not know what your basic purpose is in life, here are some tips to find it.
In chatting to many people I have been able to help them identify their basic purpose. It has always been a specialization of the desire to help.
I think the problem is that we are not taught to look for it, to recognize and pursue it. In many cases we are dissuaded from it – “You can’t make enough money doing that!”
If you would like some ideas on how to identify your basic purpose, here’s a blog post I wrote to help you:
How To Work Out Your Basic Purpose In Life
Stifling Or Finding Purpose?
Close your eyes for a minute and envisage what it would be like if all kids were working on their basic purpose in life? Here’s a few techniques to help you do that with at least one of them.
Almost completely ignored by the media, thousands of Hebrew, Muslim and Christian women have walked together in Israel for peace.
In the new official video of the Women Wage Peace movement, Israeli singer Yael Deckelbaum sings the song “Prayer of the Mothers” alongside women and mothers of all religions, showing what music can change. An all-female event that is worth a thousand words.
Let’s add power to this movement, share it as much as you can!
Shalom Salam Peace
Take A Walk, Not A Pill
