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April 25, 2013
Today I re-mind myself that the riches of the soul far out weigh the riches of the pocket. As I go about my day, I affirm to myself that gratitude for the little things that grace my life and I find joy in the simplest of pleasures. My life is rich because I make it so. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
Photo: Spring at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ © Pamela J. Leavey 2012
April 24, 2013
Melody Gardot’s La Vie En Rose was initially recorded exclusively for luxury jeweller Piaget and is now available on the deluxe edition of her new album ‘The Absence‘. I usually prefer to post live performances but this video is a fun little romantic slice of Melody Gardot…
Abundance is like the tides of the ocean, it ebbs and it flows. I recognize that I must accept the ebb and flow of my prosperity and accept that the universe will provide. Today, I remind myself that abundance like the leaves on the trees, shall grow. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
Photo: Spring Leaves on Main ~ © Pamela J. Leavey 2012
April 23, 2013
Beautiful… Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “Drive All Night” in Gothenburg during the Wrecking Ball
Enjoy…
If you are like me, and most everyone else in the world, there are days when you struggle to find inner peace, contentment and happiness in your life. Yet, if you reflect back at the end of each day, you will find that you can see happy moments in every day.
Erica Rodefer Winters wrote about her efforts to find happiness at Yoga Journal‘s blog, The Good Life. Winters suggest a keeping a “daily happiness log” as journaling method to find contentment:
Each day before I go to bed, I sit down and try to recall the one happiest moment of my day. I allow myself one line on my ruled paper notebook to express the moment (because I know I need to keep it short if I’m going to do it every day). At the end of each week or whenever I’m feeling down, I read what I’ve written, re-living each happy moment one by one. It always brings a smile to my face. I look for themes—things that make me happy time and time again, such as listening to my daughter laugh—and I know these are the things on which I should focus my energy.
One of the loveliest parts of this exercise is that when I’m keeping the journal, I know I’m going to need to write something down at the end of the day so I start to really look for the happy moments. I realize that I make mental notes of a lot of happy times throughout the course of the day. I’m starting to feel more contentment in this beautiful life I’m living. It doesn’t mean that I stop working toward my goals. It just means that even if I never reach them, I can still slow down and be happy with where I am right now.
What a fabulous idea… You keep it short and simple… And then reflect back on the list weekly. I love this idea so much, I’m going to start my happiness journal tonight!
To Be Empowered, I release all negative thought forms and patterns in my life that hold me back and prohibit me from creating positive experiences in my life. I open my heart and my mind to new experiences and new thinking and I welcome change. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
Photo: Japanese Maple on Main ~ © Pamela J. Leavey 2012
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