Lightarted Living: Blaming Others Can Be Entertaining Sport

Lightarted Living: Blaming Others Can Be Entertaining Sport: 'Stop blaming everyone for your problems. Just pick one person who you don't care for very much and heap it on them.&#...

Lightarted Living: What to do while Waiting for the Other Shoe to Dro...

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Lightarted Living: When Life Knocks You a Blow

Lightarted Living: When Life Knocks You a Blow: "It is not what life brings us,  But the manner in which we receive it That shapes our destiny." Marie Dubsky If you haven't y...

When Life Knocks You a Blow

"It is not what life brings us, 

But the manner in which we receive it

That shapes our destiny."

Marie Dubsky

If you haven't yet had a turn to be knocked about by life, don't worry, your time will come. That's the nature of life~ it brings many challenges and difficult hills to climb. While few welcome the hardships of life, its important to know you can handle whatever life throws at you. 

As Marie Dubsky said, it's not what life brings us, but how we respond that will determine our destiny. If you've come face to face with hardship, understand your attitude will shape the outcome, and therefore choose to take charge of your response. Open yourself up to taking the healthiest attitude for getting through.

When Life Knocks You a Blow

When life knocks you down, what is the proper response? To get back up and start again, and again and again. Trust that you're made of strong stuff and you have everything within you to successfully navigate life no matter how challenging. 

Ask for, and accept, help from others in a position to help, and choose the best path for moving life in the direction you want it to go.  

Let go of the pride, shame, and  humiliation brought on by your difficult situation and choose a strategy for moving through hardships gracefully. With the help of others, and your own strength and resiliency you'll find your way through. You've got this!

"Fall down 7 times, Get up 8 Times"

Japanese Proverb

 

An Unseen Life that Dreams Us~John O'Donohue

 

"There is an unseen life that dreams us,

It knows our true direction and destiny.

We can trust ourselves more than we realize,

And we have no fear of change."

John O'Donohue

What is your unseen life dreaming for you?

What perfect destiny does your unseen life

have in store for you?

When you let go and trust, 

what true path will your unseen life lead you down?

When you trust yourself, 

what marvelous dream emerges?

Let Go

Trust Yourself

Let your unseen life dream you

Look for blessings and opportunities around every corner 

Have no fear of change. 

Have no fear of life.

Dream.

Original Photography of San Francisco by David Love. A big thanks to David Love for sharing his photography. David is a childhood friend I've known since elementary school. There is something about David's photography that catches my attention and pulls me in. I want to sit with his photos to inhale their soul and essence.

Lightarted Living: Love One Another~What the World needs now is Love

Lightarted Living: Love One Another~What the World needs now is Love:   Love One Another Now more than ever  what the world needs now is love, sweet love. Love Makes the World Go Round "Love makes the worl...

Love One Another~What the World needs now is Love

 

Love One Another

Now more than ever 

what the world needs now

is love, sweet love.

Love Makes the World Go Round

"Love makes the world go round,

Love makes the world go round.

Somebody soon will love you,

If no one loves you now.

High in some silent sky,

Love spins a silver song, 

Making the world turn softly,

Love makes the world go round."

Carnival, the musical

Original Photo of "Christmas Cabbage" by Lee Bryant

Can you see the love around you? I look for love everywhere

and that's what pops out at me when I look into photos to see what I see. 

As I played with this cabbage, I started to sing the song, 

"Love makes the world go round" and all of the hearts emerged.

Love is all around you, spinning a silver song. 

Listen and look for it everywhere. 

When you wake in the morning, reset your heart 

and vision to absorb the love that is always present.

Reach beyond the ugliness of this moment to become part 

of the collective consciousness of love and goodwill toward

your fellow humans. Reach out to others with compassion, 

and be ready to receive abundant love and kindness in return.

Help reset the world around you to reflect a kinder, more loving

world. Love one another. What the world needs now is love, sweet love.

Lightarted Living: Remembering Lost Loved Ones at Christmas

Lightarted Living: Remembering Lost Loved Ones at Christmas:   Memories of Loved Ones are Songs in Our Soul The holidays are times of great joy and sorrow.  For those of us who've lost loved ones, ...

Lightarted Living: May Your Troubles Dissolve like Lemon Drops Somewh...

Lightarted Living: May Your Troubles Dissolve like Lemon Drops Somewh...:   Somewhere over the Judith L. Smith I woke up to the sound of raindrops skipping Over the surfaces of my outdoor patio Looking out,...

May Your Troubles Dissolve like Lemon Drops Somewhere over the

 

Somewhere over the

Judith L. Smith

I woke up to the sound of raindrops skipping

Over the surfaces of my outdoor patio

Looking out, I saw several round puddles

Assembled on my glass table top

 

Across the bay a ribbon was shooting upward

Vivid hues – blues, greens, yellow, reds, purples –

And pressing aside dark and water-filled clouds

That hung over the bay and hills

 

The spectra of color persisted for but a short time

But may have been nature’s assurance of hope and joy

Will our troubles dissolve like lemon drops somewhere over the

Original Photo of Santa Monica Bay by Judith L. Smith

Sending you a rainbow of Joy and Hope, and

wishing all our troubles dissolve like lemon drops in 2021.

Happy, Hopeful New Year!

somewhere over the...