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October 7, 2013
I rejoice in the change of each season. Change is persistent, always surrounding and encompassing our lives. I look around me, each and every day and see that beauty is everywhere. That beauty fills me with delight as a symbol of constant change and regeneration. ~ Pamela J. Leavey
Photo: Salt Pannes Sunset ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey 2012
May 1, 2013
“But how can there be a joyful planet without its being inhabited by joyful people? Our embrace of joy doesn’t rob others of the possibility. Quite the opposite is true – it liberates them, if they choose to be liberated.” – Marianne Williamson – A Woman’s Worth
Photo: Hellcat Swamp at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ~ © Pamela J. Leavey 2012
April 28, 2013
“The mystical journey is a realm of devotional awareness by which we examine the meaning behind our experience and thus gain the spiritual power to endure. It is a space of greater knowing, as we transit from realms of hope, through worldly despair and ultimately on to illumination or victory. The mystical life is a life lived with an understanding of its place within the epic drama of God’s unfoldment. It seeks knowledge of where every situation fits into the resurrective intention of the universe.” ~ Marianne Williamson – Illuminata
April 23, 2013
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!
December 15, 2012
Yesterday, we were reminded in the most horrific manner how precious and fragile life is. Like so many I spent the day watching the horror unfold and as a political and news blogger, I found myself glued to my computer sharing the information on the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut.
Today, I want to re-mind friends and readers that compassion, understanding, acceptance and love is so pivotal in our existence here on Earth. Life is fragile. Live each day in joy and choose happiness as your mantra.
Spend some time today reaching out to family and friends and let them know how much to mean to them… And step away from the TV, Computer, Smart Phone and spend some quiet time reflection, either outside or in place of peace in your home.
Love is all there is… Live it.
December 12, 2012
This is a test, this is only a test…
We go along in life each day and we learn new things. And then, something major happens in our life and we realize… This is a test.
We go through this test and we pass, no matter how long it takes us and then we move back into our lives, to resume learning…
Only to take another test some time down the road.
Life is a series of learning and tests.
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