Lightarted Living: Silence and Rejuvenation

Lightarted Living: Silence and Rejuvenation: You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind. Sri Sathya Sai Baba God's poet is Silence. Joaqu...

Silence and Rejuvenation

You can hear the footsteps of God

when silence reigns in the mind.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba

God's poet is Silence.

Joaquin Miller

Silence is more musical than any song.

Christina Rossetti

Our greatest gift is the thunder of silence.

Joel Goldsmith

Thirsty Boots

"You've long been on the open road,

You've been sleeping in the rain.

So only stop and rest yourself and you'll be off again."

"So take off your thirsty boots and stay for awhile.

Your feet are hot and weary from a dusty mile.

And maybe I can make you laugh

And maybe I can try

Lookin' for the evenin' 

And the mornin' in your eyes."

Eric Anderson

Thanks to Kiki Johnson Simpson for the photo

of 'first dragonfly on the pond'. 

This photo was the inspiration 

for the post and images.

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Lightarted Living: Getting Past Failure and Obstacles

Lightarted Living: Getting Past Failure and Obstacles: "Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt ��Marvelous Error!�� I had a beehive inside my heart And the golden bees  ...

Getting Past Failure and Obstacles

"Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt

💓Marvelous Error!💓

I had a beehive inside my heart

And the golden bees 

Were making white combs 

And sweet honey from my old failures."

Antonio Machado

Learn to make sweet honey from your old failures. 

"For a long time it had seemed to me life was about to begin — real life. 

But there was always some obstacle in the way--

Something to be got through first, 

some unfinished business, 

time still to be served, 

a debt to be paid.

Then life would begin. 

At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

Fr. Alfred D'Souza

Obstacles are your life

Trust your ability to move around obstacles-- 

by always flowing with life's natural currents.

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Lightarted Living: Hope is Like the Sun~Samuel Smiles

Lightarted Living: Hope is Like the Sun~Samuel Smiles: HOPE Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey towards it, casts the shadow of our burdens behind us. Samuel Smiles ...

Hope is Like the Sun~Samuel Smiles

HOPE

Hope is like the sun,

which, as we journey towards it,

casts the shadow of our burdens behind us.

Samuel Smiles

Bird's Eye View

Hope is being able to see there is light

despite all of the darkness.

Desmond Tutu

There never was a night or problem 

that could defeat sunrise or hope.

Bernard Williams

TOMORROW

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Good Night and Sweet Dreams

Always look beyond your current circumstances to discover the hope and beauty hiding in plain sight. Lull yourself to sleep with positive expectations for what's coming tomorrow.

Lull yourself to sleep...

"Fly away, fly away, drift away far..."

with thoughts about tomorrow...

"We'll ride painted horses with wind in our hair."

"We'll laugh merrily."

"We'll always remember the laughter we shared."

Tanya Goodman, A Child's Gift of Lullabyes

(These 'even good for adults' lullabyes can be purchased on Amazon.)

Photo of Stained Sink 

By Lee Bryant

From Dirty Sink to Sweet Dreams for Tomorrow

Beauty and hope are found everywhere we look if we're only willing to see. It's all a matter of perspective. The pen and ink HOPE art in this post were created by transforming an image of a dirty and well worn sink into pictures of hope. 

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Lightarted Living: Overcoming a Case of the Blahs: How to Regain the ...

Lightarted Living: Overcoming a Case of the Blahs: How to Regain the ...: Flowers grow out of dark moments "Love the moment.    Flowers grow out of dark moments.  Therefore, each moment is vital...

Overcoming a Case of the Blahs: How to Regain the Fire in Your Belly

Flowers grow out of dark moments

"Love the moment.

  Flowers grow out of dark moments. 

Therefore, each moment is vital. 

It affects the whole. 

Life is a succession of such moments 

 to live each, is to succeed." 

Corita Kent

 If everything is so Good, Why Do I feel so Blah?

We've all been there. 

There's nothing wrong. But work is stressful and you've been working too many hours trying to finish one great project before moving on to the next one. Oddly enough you might even be thinking of quitting.

As someone who prides herself on 'going all out' at work and in life, your focus on excellence has brought you praise and landed you great positions. Everyone loves your work and sings your praises, saying "You're smart, responsive, creative and productive" and "You have all the makings of a superstar".

So why are you now nursing a case of the blahs--feeling anti-social, wanting to take naps instead of socializing, and turning inward when you finally take time off?

Burnout and the Blahs

When you feel you've lost that fire inside driving you to excel and enthusiastically jump into working with the next project or client--or you secretly fear you're in over your head and are soon to be discovered as incompetent--you've come down with a bad case of the Burnout Blahs.

Like so many others who desire to make their mark on the world you've given your all without sufficiently replenishing your energy along the way. When we fail to adequately engage in non-productive play to re-balance, our fire and drive can extinguish quickly. 

When your emotions flat-line into a case of the blahs you know it's time to re-balance.

"Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions and your soul has departed; you're a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system."

Sam Keen, Fire in the Belly

How to Regain the Fire in Your Belly

You already know you want to excel and be the best you can be. So why is it so difficult for you to do what you already know you need to do to maintain that fire in your belly more often than not? 

The secret to regaining the Fire in Your Belly?  Engage in non-productive play in your private persona.

Times of drive must be balanced with times of idling, and you must give yourself equal time living as your private self as you do as your public persona. Staying 'on' 24/7 is crazy-making behavior that leads to burnout, self-doubts and the blahs.

The antidote is to practice doing nothing--regularly. You must consciously plan fun private time into your week or you'll find the subtle ever-pervasive infiltration of work into your mindset. 

Train yourself to keep a reserve of relaxing and pleasurable moments in your daily life. Life isn't always about moving forward. Sometimes you have to stand still and clear your mind to be your best going forward.

"Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while."

 Corita Kent

💓Stop

💓Do nothing

💓Unplug

💓Give in to that nap

💓Unplan

💓Have a dream-free day

💓Lose the expectations

💓Accomplish nothing

💓Putter

💓Lolly-gag

💓Tinker

💓Find your FLOW
💓Listen to the wind 

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Lightarted Living: Kahlil Gibran: Wake at Dawn with Winged Heart

Lightarted Living: Kahlil Gibran: Wake at Dawn with Winged Heart: "Wake at dawn with Winged Heart and Give Thanks for another day of loving" Kahlil Gibran "May ou...

Kahlil Gibran: Wake at Dawn with Winged Heart

"Wake at dawn with Winged Heart and

Give Thanks for another day of loving"

Kahlil Gibran

"May our hearts garden of awakening

bloom with hundreds of flowers"

Thich Nhat Hanh

The Kiss of Spring

Thanks to Linda Stickle for the photo of her cat

Winter posing in front of the Spring Blossoms. 

What a wonderful kiss of Spring.

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Lightarted Living: A Dog Lover's Garden of Verses

Lightarted Living: A Dog Lover's Garden of Verses: �� May my heart always be open to little dogs who are the secrets of living s.j. meyerott via e.e. cummings �� ...

A Dog Lover's Garden of Verses

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May my heart always be open

to little dogs

who are the secrets of living

s.j. meyerott via e.e. cummings

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Blooming Dogs

Garden of awakening 

Bloom with hundreds of dogs.

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A dog's body is composed of

head and limb and torso.

Kept fit by dreams of squirrels,

and birdies even more so.

Susan J Meyerott via Ogden Nash

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May my heart always be open to little dogs

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May our heart's garden of awakening

bloom with hundreds of dogs.

Susan J Meyerott via Thich Nhat Hanh

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May our heart's garden of awakening

bloom with hundreds of flowers.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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May my heart always be open.

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A Tribute to Simone Patterson

Today's post is for Simone Patterson, whose heart is always open to all dogs large and small. A 2010 photo of her dogs served as the subjects.



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Lightarted Living: Notre Dame Cathedral~A Symbol of our Resiliency, H...

Lightarted Living: Notre Dame Cathedral~A Symbol of our Resiliency, H...: "In our deepest moments of struggle we are being called up to reach in and touch our hearts. Then we'll know what to do,...

Notre Dame Cathedral~A Symbol of our Resiliency, Hope and Humanity

"In our deepest moments of struggle

we are being called up to reach in

and touch our hearts.

Then we'll know what to do,

what to say,

how to be."

Roberta S Hamilton

"When you are joyous, look deep into your heart 

and you shall find 

it is only that which has given you sorrow 

that is giving you joy. 

When you are sorrowful 

look again in your heart, 

and you shall see that in truth 

you are weeping 

for that which has been your delight."

Khalil Gibran

"Let your tears come.  

Let them water your soul." 

Eileen Mayhew

"Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, 

whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy 

it will open a new place in our hearts, 

a place where we can welcome new friends 

and celebrate more fully our shared humanity."

Henri Nouwen

"Above all things let us never forget that 

mankind constitutes one great brotherhood;

all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, 

and therefore bound to sympathize with each other."

Albert Pike

"Accept what is. 

Release what was. 

Create what must be."

Andrea Balt

Create what must be

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