Gratitude | Dr Bill Wooten

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This is to have succeeded

Posted in Abundance, Human Spirit, Joy, Life, Nature, Success, tagged Flourish, Giving, Gratitude, Harmony, healthy-living, Kindness, Living, Meaning, Optimism, Reflection, Success, Thought on June 4, 2013 | 15 Comments »

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded.” ~ Bessie Anderson Stanley

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Sunday morning music

Posted in Abundance, Change, Life, Success, Time, tagged Changes, Giving, Gratitude, Hope, Imagination, Joy, Justice, Living, Meaning, Time on June 2, 2013 | 3 Comments »

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The wish to be generous

Posted in Abundance, Joy, Life, Nature, Time, tagged Being, Choice, Discovery, Giving, Gratitude, Living, Reflection, Self Awareness on May 28, 2013 | 6 Comments »

‘All that I serve will die, all my delights,
the flesh kindled from my flesh, garden and field,
the silent lilies standing in the woods,
the woods, the hill, the whole earth, all
will burn in man’s evil, or dwindle
in its own age. Let the world bring on me
the sleep of darkness without stars, so I may know
my little light taken from me into the seed
of the beginning and the end, so I may bow
to mystery, and take my stand on the earth
like a tree in a field, passing without haste
or regret toward what will be, my life
a patient willing descent into the grass.”

~ Wendell Berry

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Heros

Posted in Abundance, Human Spirit, Life, Nature, Time, tagged Giving, Gratitude, Hero, Meaning, Reflection, Thought, Time on May 27, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” ~ Joseph Campbell

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Arriving at your own door

Posted in Abundance, Human Spirit, Life, Time, tagged Being, Choice, Dreams, Flourish, Gratitude, Imagination, Letting-go, Life, Meaning, Thought, Time on May 22, 2013 | 4 Comments »

“Maybe the fear is that
we are less than
we think we are,
when the
actuality of it
is that we are much much more.”
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness

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The road

Posted in Human Spirit, Life, Nature, Time, tagged Flourish, Giving, Gratitude, Hope, Imagination, Meaning, Thought on April 24, 2013 | 4 Comments »

“Here is the road: the light
comes and goes then returns again.
Be gentle with your fellow travelers
as they move through the world of stone and stars
whirling with you yet every one alone.
The road waits.
Do not ask questions but when it invites you
to dance at daybreak, say yes.
Each step is the journey; a single note the song.”

~ Arlene Gay Levine

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Kindness in human beings

Posted in Abundance, Human Spirit, Joy, Life, Time, tagged Gratitude, happiness, Kindness, Living, Love, Meaning, Reflection, Time on April 8, 2013 | 7 Comments »

” I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don’t respect the law; I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.” ~ Brendan Behan

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Saturday morning music

Posted in Abundance, Human Spirit, Joy, Life, Nature, Time, tagged Abundance, Being, Compassion, Dreams, Flourish, Giving, Gratitude, Hope, Joy, Living, Reflection, Thought, Time on April 6, 2013 | 3 Comments »

“There’s always some reason
To feel not good enough,
And it’s hard, at the end of the day.

I need some distraction,
Oh, beautiful release.
Memories seep from my veins.

Let me be empty,
Oh, and weightless,
And maybe I’ll find some peace tonight.

[Chorus]
“In the arms of the angel,
Fly away from here,
From this dark, cold hotel room,
And the endlessness that you fear.
You are pulled from the wreckage,
Of your silent reverie.
You’re in the arms of the angel,
May you find some comfort here.

So tired of the straight line,
And everywhere you turn,
There’s vultures and thieves at your back.

The storm keeps on twisting.
Keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack.

It don’t make no difference,
Escape one last time.
It’s easier to believe in this sweet madness,
Oh, this glorious sadness,
That brings me to my knees.”

~ Sarah McLachlan

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What I have learned so far

Posted in Human Spirit, Life, Nature, Time, tagged Being, Gratitude, Imagination, Life, Meaning, Reflection, Thought on April 1, 2013 | 6 Comments »

“Meditation is old and honorable, so why should I
not sit, every morning of my life, on the hillside,
looking into the shining world? Because, properly
attended to, delight, as well as havoc, is suggestion.
Can one be passionate about the just, the
ideal, the sublime, and the holy, and yet commit
to no labor in its cause? I don’t think so.

All summations have a beginning, all effect has a
story, all kindness begins with the sown seed.
Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel of
light is the crossroads of — indolence, or action.”

Be ignited, or be gone.

~ Mary Oliver

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The friend

Posted in Abundance, Life, Time, tagged Friendship, Giving, Gratitude, Living, Meaning, Thought on March 18, 2013 | 2 Comments »

“When trouble comes your soul to try,
You love the friend who just “stands by.”
Perhaps there’s nothing he can do—
The thing is strictly up to you;
For there are troubles all your own,
And paths the soul must tread alone;
Times when love cannot smooth the road
Nor friendship lift the heavy load,
But just to know you have a friend
Who will “stand by” until the end,
Whose sympathy through all endures,
Whose warm handclasp is always yours—
It helps, someway, to pull you through,
Although there’s nothing he can do.
And so with fervent heart you cry,
“God bless the friend who just ’stands by’!”

~ B.Y. Williams