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Daily Affirmations: Challenges

July 20, 2015

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The Universe is always offering up opportunities, challenges and tests. How we meet those opportunities, challenges and tests determines our next steps on our life path. Today, I re-mind myself that everything in life happens for a reason. We can learn and grow from our experiences or we can stay stuck in the rut in the road wondering why life is passing us by. I choose this day and every day to continue moving forward regardless of the challenges that cross my path. ~ Namaste… Pamela

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Quote Of The Day: Thoreau

June 10, 2015

As Henry David Thoreau knew well, a walk in nature always affects the quality of the day…

Get outside and be one with nature, even for just a little while each day!

“To affect the quality of the day,
that is the highest of arts.”

– Henry David Thoreau

Maudslay State Park Trail
Maudslay State Park Trail

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Food For Thought: The Life We Planned

May 18, 2015

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell

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A long time ago I learned that life never quite goes according to plan. If it did, I know my life would such a different life than it is now. Plans change. Expectations fall to the wayside. The seeds from fallen dreams grow into trees with many branches reaching up to the sun longing to find fruition in leaf.

I planned to be a painter when I was young. I planned to be a dancer too. Those plans turned to fallen seeds that planted my talents in my heart and mind and I created new plans in the spring light.

Life is a long series of plans and dreams. Some bud and leaf, blossom and grow. Some fizzle out in the hot sun for many reasons we cannot control. The greatest lesson I have learned about plans that don’t come to fruition is that greater things oft turn out in their wake.

Photo: The Mother Tree at Maudslay State Park ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

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Daily Affirmations: Acceptance

April 9, 2015

There are times in life when my level of acceptance is tested. In those times, I need to dig deeply into my heart and mind, and view a situation or relationship by stepping back asking myself some critical questions. Because, in my opinion, my spirituality depends on my ability to ask myself critical questions about the context of an issue, so that I may come to a conclusion that embodies acceptance.

Acceptance is key to living in peace and harmony with all things and all persons. To achieve acceptance is not always easy. However, with practice and patience, I am able to put away my judgments and achieve acceptance. – Pamela J. Leavey

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Introspection and reflection fuel my spiritual practice and are necessary facets of finding acceptance in my heart and mind. 

Photo: Reflection at Maudslay ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

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Daily Affirmations: We Are All Connected

April 8, 2015

Like trees that grow side by side and become intertwined with each other, we are all connected and fecund with the possibility of new growth…

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“I welcome the chance to learn from every person with whom my life interacts for we are all connected. I recognize that I am green as the new leaves that grow upon the trees, and in my learning I too will grow.” – Pamela J. Leavey

Photo: Intertwined at Maudslay ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

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Is A Secret Sacred?

April 3, 2015

Is A Secret Sacred

Is a secret sacred
Is it to be held
Heartily is some reverential place
Only to be revealed
To the ones of the cult
Is a secret sacred
Is it to be held
Hopeful and tentative in its space
Or should it be revealed
At the alter of great doubt
Is a secret sacred

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*Originally posted as a submission for Poetic Asides Poetry Challenge, the 2015 April PAD Challenge: Day 2 ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey.

*Photo: Maudslay State Park ~ c. Pamela J. Leavey

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Sometimes I muse and I ramble because I can... I muse about life and things that matter to me...

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