Lightarted Living: What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love

Lightarted Living: What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love

What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love

 

COMPASSION

"Compassion is 

the unfettered yearning

responding to the world

with noble heart

that lifts us

above self-involvement."

Sakyong Mipham

You have within you:

Basic Goodness

Decency

Honor

Kindness

Call on it daily.

COMPASSION LIKE THE SUN SHINES

"Compassion, 

radiating from basic goodness

like the sun shines

through our self-centeredness."

Sakyong Mipham

BE YOUR BEST SELF

Take time each day 

to reach past your self-centeredness,

deep within your soul

to find compassion 

for others in the world around you.

What the world needs now

is love, sweet love.

Be your best self.

Act with kindness and compassion

towards others.

Let your basic goodness

shine through.

What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet Love

 

COMPASSION

"Compassion is 

the unfettered yearning

responding to the world

with noble heart

that lifts us

above self-involvement."

Sakyong Mipham

You have within you:

Basic Goodness

Decency

Honor

Kindness

Call on it daily.

COMPASSION LIKE THE SUN SHINES

"Compassion, 

radiating from basic goodness

like the sun shines

through our self-centeredness."

Sakyong Mipham

BE YOUR BEST SELF

Take time each day 

to reach past your self-centeredness,

deep within your soul

to find compassion 

for others in the world around you.

What the world needs now

is love, sweet love.

Be your best self.

Act with kindness and compassion

towards others.

Let your basic goodness

shine through.

Lightarted Living: Fall Down Seven Times; Get Up Eight Times

Lightarted Living: Fall Down Seven Times; Get Up Eight Times: 

Fall Down Seven Times; Get Up Eight Times

 

'The worst thing that happens to you 

may be the best thing for you 

if you don't let it get the best of you.' 

Will Rogers

Are Defeats Necessary?

'I ask myself: are defeats necessary? Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for our dream, we have no experience and make many mistakes.'   

'The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.'

Paulo Coelho

Obstacles are Blessings--Make it so 

'Perhaps I should go back to school', she pondered. 'It's not that I don't like the work, it's that I have difficulty making a living on what I'm paid in this entry level job--and the woman I'm working with obstructs any attempts I make to get training. It's like she wants to keep me in the dark so I don't move on.'

Who hasn't dealt with obstructionists in their work or life--those people intent on pushing you down for fear they will be shown up?

I regularly hear stories like this from hard-working people struggling to make a living and get ahead in life.

Perhaps you can relate: Just as you take that step forward at work or in life, obstacles are thrown in your path stopping you in your tracks.

But obstacles--and the strong emotions produced by them--can be blessings if we let them as they provide us with opportunities to examine what we want and how to change our approach to best achieve it.

Instead of letting obstacles and obstructionists knock you to the ground--use the strong emotions they evoke to motivate you get up and move forward in the right direction--learning to go around the people and things getting in the way.

Fall down seven times; get up eight times.

Use Your Anger and Frustration

Don't just sit in your anger and frustration at the situation, use the energy to identify what your personal values are and take positive action based on them. Think your way around the obstacles, knowing you have all the ingredients inside you to navigate the tough stuff and to handle life successfully.

Situational depression occurs when you feel hopeless or helpless in response to a situation that knocks you down and keeps you down. 

To avoid getting depressed in response to tough situations, get in the habit of immediately getting back up, brushing yourself off, and taking action that has the potential to produce positive outcomes. Do this even if you don't feel like doing it or you don't believe it will make a difference. 

And do it eight times if you're knocked down seven times.

Fall Seven Times; Get Up Eight Times 

Think of a situation or person that put up roadblocks to you in the last week.

• What happened?
• List what made you angry or frustrated in the situation.
• List things you value that may have been violated in the situation.
• When you're ready: Chose a positive response based on your personal values.
• Take positive action--even if you don't feel like it.

The Courage and Patience to Persist Eight Times

What if the young woman in the entry level job was in an industry that had great advancement opportunities with good pay down the road? Could she find the courage to persist in the job and change her thinking from 'I need to go back to school' to 'I need to find a way to get more on-the-job training despite the obstacles'?

What if instead of paying for more education she allowed herself to be paid for more on-the-job training, in an industry with the possibility to make a decent salary as she advances?

Or what if instead of letting her current situation serve as an obstacle to advancement she let the obstacle become a driving force for her to make the jump into school to further her advancement opportunities?

What if this was you? How would you do that if the obstructionist was standing in the way?

If like this young woman you like the work you do despite the obstacles and you see the long-range potential in the job, begin by identifying the experience, skills and knowledge you need to acquire to move ahead in the industry and learn to go around the obstacles and obstructionists.

....And get up eight times if you fall down seven.

💓 Contact the boss or HR department to ask how you can get the training you need to improve--and ask who in the organization you might work with to get that training. Don't be afraid to ask many times. 

Run into a roadblock seven times? Ask eight times.

💓 Be persistent. Show your drive and determination. Let them know you want to position yourself for opportunities to advance in salary and responsibility in the company. 

Show up seven times with no response? Show up the eighth time.

💓 Alternatively, if you know people in another industry you might work in, set up a meeting to chat about the work, pay and advancement opportunities. This is part of your free 'higher education' path. 

Already asked seven contacts? Ask the eighth. 

💓 Ask yourself: What is the single most important thing I can do to go around this false barrier to achieve my heart's desire? Do it.

Already asked yourself this seven times? Ask the eighth time and do it again.

💓 Obstacles are there for you to go around. 

Do it eight times eighty....and then do it again.

💓

'Patience and perseverance have a magical effect 

before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.'

John Quincy Adams

Fall Down Seven Times; Get Up Eight Times

 

'The worst thing that happens to you 

may be the best thing for you 

if you don't let it get the best of you.' 

Will Rogers

Are Defeats Necessary?

'I ask myself: are defeats necessary? Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for our dream, we have no experience and make many mistakes.'   

'The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.'

Paulo Coelho

Obstacles are Blessings--Make it so 

'Perhaps I should go back to school', she pondered. 'It's not that I don't like the work, it's that I have difficulty making a living on what I'm paid in this entry level job--and the woman I'm working with obstructs any attempts I make to get training. It's like she wants to keep me in the dark so I don't move on.'

Who hasn't dealt with obstructionists in their work or life--those people intent on pushing you down for fear they will be shown up?

I regularly hear stories like this from hard-working people struggling to make a living and get ahead in life.

Perhaps you can relate: Just as you take that step forward at work or in life, obstacles are thrown in your path stopping you in your tracks.

But obstacles--and the strong emotions produced by them--can be blessings if we let them as they provide us with opportunities to examine what we want and how to change our approach to best achieve it.

Instead of letting obstacles and obstructionists knock you to the ground--use the strong emotions they evoke to motivate you get up and move forward in the right direction--learning to go around the people and things getting in the way.

Fall down seven times; get up eight times.

Use Your Anger and Frustration

Don't just sit in your anger and frustration at the situation, use the energy to identify what your personal values are and take positive action based on them. Think your way around the obstacles, knowing you have all the ingredients inside you to navigate the tough stuff and to handle life successfully.

Situational depression occurs when you feel hopeless or helpless in response to a situation that knocks you down and keeps you down. 

To avoid getting depressed in response to tough situations, get in the habit of immediately getting back up, brushing yourself off, and taking action that has the potential to produce positive outcomes. Do this even if you don't feel like doing it or you don't believe it will make a difference. 

And do it eight times if you're knocked down seven times.

Fall Seven Times; Get Up Eight Times 

Think of a situation or person that put up roadblocks to you in the last week.

• What happened?
• List what made you angry or frustrated in the situation.
• List things you value that may have been violated in the situation.
• When you're ready: Chose a positive response based on your personal values.
• Take positive action--even if you don't feel like it.

The Courage and Patience to Persist Eight Times

What if the young woman in the entry level job was in an industry that had great advancement opportunities with good pay down the road? Could she find the courage to persist in the job and change her thinking from 'I need to go back to school' to 'I need to find a way to get more on-the-job training despite the obstacles'?

What if instead of paying for more education she allowed herself to be paid for more on-the-job training, in an industry with the possibility to make a decent salary as she advances?

Or what if instead of letting her current situation serve as an obstacle to advancement she let the obstacle become a driving force for her to make the jump into school to further her advancement opportunities?

What if this was you? How would you do that if the obstructionist was standing in the way?

If like this young woman you like the work you do despite the obstacles and you see the long-range potential in the job, begin by identifying the experience, skills and knowledge you need to acquire to move ahead in the industry and learn to go around the obstacles and obstructionists.

....And get up eight times if you fall down seven.

💓 Contact the boss or HR department to ask how you can get the training you need to improve--and ask who in the organization you might work with to get that training. Don't be afraid to ask many times. 

Run into a roadblock seven times? Ask eight times.

💓 Be persistent. Show your drive and determination. Let them know you want to position yourself for opportunities to advance in salary and responsibility in the company. 

Show up seven times with no response? Show up the eighth time.

💓 Alternatively, if you know people in another industry you might work in, set up a meeting to chat about the work, pay and advancement opportunities. This is part of your free 'higher education' path. 

Already asked seven contacts? Ask the eighth. 

💓 Ask yourself: What is the single most important thing I can do to go around this false barrier to achieve my heart's desire? Do it.

Already asked yourself this seven times? Ask the eighth time and do it again.

💓 Obstacles are there for you to go around. 

Do it eight times eighty....and then do it again.

💓

'Patience and perseverance have a magical effect 

before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.'

John Quincy Adams

Lightarted Living: Do Epic Sh!T

Lightarted Living: Do Epic Sh!T:  

Do Epic Sh!T

 

Do EPIC SH!T!

When you come across sh!t

on the trail of life,

forget that sh!t.

Move on.

Don't let that sh!t get you down. 

Do EPIC SH!T!

Make SH!T happen.

Get SH!T done.

THAT'S BEAR SH!T, DARLING!

When you're in deep SH!T

don't try to cover it up.

Come clean and move on.

If you don't want to be 

called on your SH!T

don't act sh!tty.

Make Epic shit happen instead.

GIVE A SH!T

SH!T happens.

Let that SH!T go.

Get your SH!T together.

GIVE A SH!T instead.

MAKE EPIC SH!T HAPPEN!

Original photo of bear poop on the trail by Bob Beggs

My Motto: When you come across bear poop 

on the trail, turn it into a thoughtful art piece. 

Never miss an opportunity to have fun!

Do Epic Sh!T

 

Do EPIC SH!T!

When you come across sh!t

on the trail of life,

forget that sh!t.

Move on.

Don't let that sh!t get you down. 

Do EPIC SH!T!

Make SH!T happen.

Get SH!T done.

THAT'S BEAR SH!T, DARLING!

When you're in deep SH!T

don't try to cover it up.

Come clean and move on.

If you don't want to be 

called on your SH!T

don't act sh!tty.

Make Epic shit happen instead.

GIVE A SH!T

SH!T happens.

Let that SH!T go.

Get your SH!T together.

GIVE A SH!T instead.

MAKE EPIC SH!T HAPPEN!

Original photo of bear poop on the trail by Bob Beggs

My Motto: When you come across bear poop 

on the trail, turn it into a thoughtful art piece. 

Never miss an opportunity to have fun!

Lightarted Living: Overcoming Stress During Life's Transitions

Lightarted Living: Overcoming Stress During Life's Transitions:  

Overcoming Stress During Life's Transitions

 

'With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.' Dr. Wayne Dyer

 

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off! 

What's Bothering You? 

What life events are you currently reacting to? What's bothering you? Where do you feel everything's about to change and you don't have a handle on it?

Are you:

• Worrying about the Presidential Race not going in the direction you want? 
• Worrying about other people taking your rights away or your children's future opportunities?
• Stepping into a relationship or contemplating tying or untying the knot?
• Moving from renting into home ownership or thinking about purchasing a home?
• Becoming or thinking about becoming a parent, or sending a child off to school?
• Changing jobs or figuring out retirement?
• Dealing with chronic health, pain or abuse issues--or the loss of a loved one?

Road of Life

'No one can create negativity or stress within you. Only you can do that by virtue of how you process your world.' Dr. Wayne Dyer

Times of Transition are Unsettling 

Recently, I've had conversations with people dealing with one or more of these life transitions. As this IS life, no one is immune to dealing with the ever-evolving landscape of life. 

No matter who we are, or what life changes we're experiencing--whether 'good' or 'bad'--times of transition are unsettling and disruptive. Our fears and concerns during these transitions lead us to initially freeze up, and temporarily suspend us in a frozen state of inertia as we try to figure things out in our heads.

Sometimes the number of transitions and worries stack up and we're overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. Even if we try to push the fear and worry out of our head, we can still feel the dread deep in our guts making us even more anxious about the now unnamed, free floating fear.

In the midst of it we want answers NOW as we tire of feeling we're all alone living in limbo and we contemplate the future uncertainty and what it all means. We want the pain and uncertainty to go away. We want a moment of peace and tranquility.

But we don't always get what we want when we want it. More often we're left to figure out how we can persevere and endure the uncertain times and changes.  And through these difficult times we find our strength and resiliency and learn what strong stuff we're really made of.

 Relaxation is who you are 

Tension is who you think you should be.

Future Focus Creates Fear and Worry

What makes us tense in transitions is our focus on the future. We fear what won't happen that we want to have happen, and we fear what will happen we don't want to happen. Our fears, expectations and should-thinking leak into our consciousness and muddle our ability to think and act clearly so we do nothing at all.

'Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.' Dr. Wayne Dyer

Change Your Focus from Future Tense to Present Ease

How do we ease our minds and begin the journey back to taking positive actions to lead us forward to the next stage of a fully-engaged and worthy life?

When you feel overwhelmed and stuck in 'future tense', stop, take a breath, and ease back into the present. Get off the worry track. Take a day off from fixating on your fears or thinking about 'your situation', and engage in activities that let you know you are glad to be alive.

Let it be. Let today unfold without you worrying it to death. 

Give Voice to Your Inner Thoughts. Get your fears and expectations out of the dryer drum churning round and round in your head by talking with a confidant. As long as you keep the same stuff churning in your head, you maintain your fear and faulty thinking. By openly giving voice to your thoughts, you open yourself up to taking action today in ways to positively influence tomorrow.

Take One Positive Step. Step into the day with one action that brings you into enjoying today. Get out and spend time with people you are happy to have in your life NOW to laugh and celebrate your friendship.  Find a way to make a difference in one person's life each day.

Sometimes we just need to remember--life is to be enjoyed. Stop letting your life be determined by fear and worry. Focus on putting memorable activities into your life each day instead.

'To change one's life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions.'   William James