Lightarted Living: What the World Needs Most is Openness~Robert Mulle...

Lightarted Living: What the World Needs Most is Openness~Robert Mulle...: 'What the world needs most is openness.'  Robert Muller Open Minds Open More Doors Open your mind. Expand...

What the World Needs Most is Openness~Robert Muller

'What the world needs most is openness.' 

Robert Muller

Open Minds Open More Doors

Open your mind. Expand your universe.

Open Your Eyes and Hearts

Open eyes see more possibilities.

Open hearts experience more love.

Open Your Ears 

Listen for Opportunities

Open Your Heart and Soul

Discover what open doors are waiting for you to simply walk through 

when you stay open to looking for and listening to what is right before you. 

To open doors to happiness, satisfaction and love in your life

open your ears, eyes, mind, and heart to the joys ready

to leap into the life of a fully opened soul.

What the World Needs Most is Openness~

💓 Open Hearts 💓 Open Doors 💓 Open Eyes 💓

💓 Open Minds 💓 Open Ears 💓 Open Souls💓

Robert Muller

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Lightarted Living: Buddy~The Ambassador of Good Will

Lightarted Living: Buddy~The Ambassador of Good Will: BUDDY ~ THE AMBASSADOR OF GOODWILL Buddy's thoughts for his people: 'Write on your heart e very day is the best day of...

Buddy~The Ambassador of Good Will

BUDDY ~ THE AMBASSADOR OF GOODWILL

Buddy's thoughts for his people:

'Write on your heart every day is the best day of the year.'

When I first met Buddy trotting around the neighborhood on his daily walk, along with his human, I immediately fell in love with him as he reminded me of my Ginger who I'd lost not too long ago. He was sweet and good-natured with ears that tilted forward and bounced as he walked.

Ginger~

My Ambassador of Goodwill

I met Richard, Buddy's male human, only after Buddy, the Ambassador of Goodwill, made the proper introductions. And when Stacy, Buddy's female human arrived on the scene, Buddy brought her around and solidified our relationship too.

It was John Steinbeck in his book 'Travels with Charley' who adopted the term 'Ambassador of Goodwill' for Charley his standard poodle--a dog who served to open up conversations with strangers during Steinbeck's travels across America. I loved how 'Ambassador of Goodwill' captured a dog's ability to connect people, and it became my way of looking at gregarious dogs like Buddy. 

Like Steinbeck, I meet the nicest people on the other side of the leash when their sociable dogs take the lead. The humans join in the greeting and stop for a friendly chat after the Ambassadors of Goodwill open the door with a happy greeting and tail-wag. And once we've been properly introduced by these emissaries, an opportunity for an on-going connection is forged through friendly hellos and perhaps a dog treat or two on daily dog walks. 

Rarely do I meet a human through a dog who I don't like. There is simply something deeply satisfying about sharing a love of dogs. It build a trust between humans. You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat their dog. 

Buddy, who departed this world last month, was an especially gracious Ambassador of Goodwill. His happy nature brought ease and comfort to all conversations, and calmness to his people. He showed us the world is a happy place.

BUDDY ~ THE CHARMING GARDENER OF THE SOUL

Buddy was also a good layabout dog who understood the joy of doing nothing and fretting about nothing. 'Easy does it', he'd show his people. Sleep it off. Go for a run. Share a moment with a loved one. Whatever is troubling you can be waved away with the wag of the tail and a moment of petting. He was always amenable to a petting.

BUDDY THE COMFORTER

Buddy was a tender soul who comforted his people all the way to the end. When he was too weak to get up himself, he still responded to his people's sadness with a gentle tail-wag, letting them know 'everything will all be okay, but its my time to go'.

FAREWELL AMBASSADOR OF GOODWILL

While losing a dog is one of the hardest life experiences, it's a comfort to know our dogs will dwell in our hearts and souls long after they're gone~and we're better humans for knowing the love of a dog. That special power of theirs to ease our worries and tensions reemerges when we recall the tenderness they bestowed upon us and their happy tail-wags that greeted us throughout their too short lives.

Farewell Buddy, Ambassador of Goodwill.  Happy romping in the Valley of the Dogs!

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Lightarted Living: Brighten Your Outlook~Paint a Brighter Future Desp...

Lightarted Living: Brighten Your Outlook~Paint a Brighter Future Desp...: The Fairy Poet "The fairy poet takes a sheet of moonbeams ~silver white~ His ink is dew from daisies sweet H...

Brighten Your Outlook~Paint a Brighter Future Despite Troubles Now

The Fairy Poet

"The fairy poet takes a sheet of moonbeams

~silver white~

His ink is dew from daisies sweet

His pen a point of light."

Joyce Kilmer

Bless This Place

"Hand in hand, with fairy grace,

We will sing and bless this place."

William Shakespeare

Midsummer's Night Dream

In the Midst of Difficulties

 Bless where you are Anyway 

Whatever is troubling you~learn to let it go and rise above it. 

Life is full of difficulties, obstacles and trauma. It is up to you to find your way through by rising above the circumstantial realities of your life to embrace the spiritual realities of the moment.

You were born to go around obstacles and to be spurred on by difficulties to seek a better life. 

Discomfort, pain, and frustration serve as the nudges poking and annoying you into taking actions to remedy what isn't working for you. Heed the call.

What is the proper response to life's difficulties? 

💓To seek inspiration to soar to greater heights; 

💓To seek support and uplift to provide you with the courage and strength to face what you must endure; 

💓To seek ways to follow a path of trust and a belief in the goodness of life despite the negative aspects. 

💓And above all, to conjure up a belief in yourself that allows you to take actions that show you again and again you have what it takes to handle whatever life throws at you.

With fairy grace, or the grace of fate, 

choose to bless whatever 

circumstance you're in.

Unleash the fairy poet within you~

the part of you who paints a positive perspective~

refreshing and illuminating your magical life~ 

making it sweet with moonbeams, 

dew of bright daisies, and points of light.

Go ahead, return to being 

an airy-fairy Pollyanna

intent on finding your sweet spot

within the ashes of your troubles.

Believe in the Magic of Life

Let Go and Let it all Be 

"Like a leaf falling from a tree,

She let go and let it all be.

A small smile came over her face 

A light breeze blew through her

And the sun and the moon

Shone forevermore."

Rev. Safire Rose

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Lightarted Living: Enlarge Your Future: Hope~Forgive~Love~Be Kind

Lightarted Living: Enlarge Your Future: Hope~Forgive~Love~Be Kind: CHOOSE TO ENLARGE YOUR FUTURE BE PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES LET YOUR CHOICES REFLECT YOUR HOPES, NOT YOUR FEARS ...

Enlarge Your Future: Hope~Forgive~Love~Be Kind

CHOOSE TO ENLARGE YOUR FUTURE

BE PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITIES

LET YOUR CHOICES REFLECT YOUR HOPES, NOT YOUR FEARS

SEEK A SATISFYING LIFE

FORGIVE

FORGIVENESS DOES NOT CHANGE THE PAST

BUT IT DOES ENLARGE THE FUTURE

BE KIND

IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN BE ANYTHING BE KIND

ENLARGE YOUR FUTURE

CHOOSE LOVE

LIVE LARGE WITH A SWEETENED HEART

EMPTY YOUR HEART OF PETTINESS~ILL WILL~AND FEAR FOR THE FUTURE

MAKE A SWEET LIFE

What do you see?

My Neighbor's Tree--So Full of Life

My neighbor's tree provided the background for the images in today's post. While meandering around the neighborhood with my sister-in-law, Lee, we saw this great tree bark she photographed for me. 

Lee and I have a shared habit of looking for interesting and uplifting images in everything around us. It's always fun for me to work on an image Lee sends me to play with as I get to bask in the warmth of our connection even though she lives miles away.

What did I see when I looked at the photo of my neighbor's tree? Connection. Pregnant with possibilities. Love. Hope.  Growth.  Happy Beings.

If you don't already look for the uplift in everything you're surrounded by, start a practice of playing with what you see once a day. Seek to find beauty in the usual and the odd places.

Train yourself to create a sweet life by tweaking your perspective. Learn to open doors and expand your future through learning to see the possibilities ready to pop every where you go!

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Lightarted Living: Leave Shattered Dreams Behind~You Don't have to Li...

Lightarted Living: Leave Shattered Dreams Behind~You Don't have to Li...: Your Shattered Pieces  L.R. Knost "Your shattered pieces are not your final form, Love. You don't have t...

Leave Shattered Dreams Behind~You Don't have to Live Broken Forever

Your Shattered Pieces 

L.R. Knost

"Your shattered pieces are not your final form, Love.

You don't have to live broken,

Forever trapped in the moment of impact,

Reliving it again and again,

Cutting yourself on your own jagged edges."

"Gather your pieces~

even the most painful ones.

They are the beginning of your story,

Not the end.

Then go.

Take your pieces and just start.

You're on a journey of discovery,

A search not to find yourself, 

But to create yourself 

from the pieces of your broken past.

Go, love.

It's time.

Make something beautiful."

L.R. Knost

Make Something Beautiful

My journey of discovery to make something beautiful from the pieces of the past 

often comes from exploring the pictures of people, animals and things artistically. 

Beauty in life is found everywhere~even in the most painful pieces. 

The background for this piece of art was a photo 

taken by Lee Bryant of a purple radish shown above. 

Somehow it was the perfect piece to help me think about 

and share Knost's tender poem, 'Your Shattered Pieces'.

As L.R. Knost says,

"Go Love.

Gather your pieces~

even the most painful ones.

They are the beginning of your story,

Not the end. 

Make something beautiful."

Go Love~It's Time

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