Consider what you can control in your experience. Rather than seeking outside validation or waiting for someone or something to change, create small spaces of joy. One of my friends planted these beautiful flowers. Each morning when I walk past her garden, I receive a growing token of her love and light. When […]
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“The root of joy is gratefulness…It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” ~Brother David Steindl-Rast~ Joy is an expression of empowerment. It is a choice that we make again and again that creates an unshakable foundation. Obviously, those who reside in joy still face challenges and encounter
“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” ~susan polis schutz~ Being unaware of their own divinity, many seek solace in fleeting egoic desires such as fame, possessions or accomplishments. Empowerment comes from the willingness to share whatever you are afraid of losing. All treasures become tarnished without use and when
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“And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.\”
“A flower’s appeal is in its contradictions — so delicate in form yet strong in fragrance, so small in size yet big in beauty, so short in life yet long on effect.” ~Terri Guillemets~ This plane of experience is all about contrasts. Every situation we encounter contains both light and dark, intensity and gentleness, sadness
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“The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.” ~Honore de Balzac~ Life embraces the present moment. It offers beauty and growth, change and delight. The flowers strive to receive the sun, the trees breathe with patience, the weather ebbs and
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