Lightarted Living: Dealing with Anger and Burnout

Lightarted Living: Dealing with Anger and Burnout: Pondering the Future (Reply hazy try again...) “There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in a...

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

Lightarted Living: What to do while Waiting for the Other Shoe to Dro...: 'Before you criticize someone ,  you should walk a mile in their shoes.  That way when you criticize them,  you are a mile a...

Lightarted Living: And They All Lived Happily Ever After

Lightarted Living: And They All Lived Happily Ever After: Why Not Have Happy Endings She loved her rose-colored glasses. "Why not have happy endings?", she thought. And so she pic...

And They All Lived Happily Ever After

Why Not Have Happy Endings

She loved her rose-colored glasses. "Why not have happy endings?", she thought. And so she picked up her brushes and got to work putting a paint job on the world. 

"After all, every girl loves a happy ever after", she thought. Then she put on her rose-colored glasses and painted the rosiest life she could imagine...and they all lived happily ever after.  

Sometimes you just have to don your rose colored glasses and step into the sunshine-- despite whatever current crisis happens to be clouding your life.  When life throws muck your way the proper response is to take the paint brushes out of your life tool box and put a paint job on the world. 

What's in Your Tool Box?

You have all the tools you need in your tool box to brighten up your future. All you need to do is reach in, pull them out, and then get to work. Don't settle for a black and white world when you can create a rainbow.

Build Your Nest in the Eye of the Storm

The tough stuff will find it's way into your life all by itself. Pay it no mind. 

Keep your focus on the bright future you want and invite your fun-loving and industrious spirit into your life daily. 

A little rain in your life won't hurt you. Learn to build a place of comfort when life starts to storm. 

Find a way to put on your rose-colored glasses each day to give you the lift you need to see your way to creating a happy and fulfilling life. Then start painting....

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Lightarted Living: Getting the Stress of the World Out of Mind

Lightarted Living: Getting the Stress of the World Out of Mind: Found Things Collection Who hasn't wandered the beach or woods and picked up little found treasures to stash away? Perhaps a se...

Lightarted Living: Getting the Stress of the World Out of Mind

Lightarted Living: Getting the Stress of the World Out of Mind: Found Things Collection Who hasn't wandered the beach or woods and picked up little found treasures to stash away? Perhaps a se...

Getting the Stress of the World Out of Mind

Found Things Collection

Who hasn't wandered the beach or woods and picked up little found treasures to stash away? Perhaps a sea shell, piece of driftwood, or feather found their way to you. Or a bit of smoothed sea glass, pebbles, eucalyptus bark, or aged piece of metal captured your interest and imagination worthy of taking with you. 

What is it about us, that lures us into seeking these treasures and hauling them home?

Perhaps we seek these treasures as they provide us with a sense of comfort, belonging, and awe. Perhaps they allow us to ponder the wonders of the world, our ancestors, and how these bits of found treasures landed in this place at this time. 

Or perhaps we gravitate toward finding worry stones or bits of string we can take out now and then to look upon to remind us to relax and let go of the stress of the world.

Gathering with a Purposeless Sense of Flow

 Free-flow exploration is a therapeutic activity that lets us leave the worries of the world far behind us.

When we're in a treasure hunting mode, the stress of the world is out of mind as we slip into a purposeless sense of flow and focus.

Many a time I've been sucked into sea shell hunting on a beach for hours. No matter how stressed or burdened I was, the moment I arrive at the beach, the smells, sand, wind and waves puts me back to an earlier stage of life when I freely explored the world around me with awe and a sense of flow, rather than a sense of purpose. 

And as I move into the flow of purposelessness, my breathing slows and gets in sync with the ebb and flow of the waves, creating a sense of calm within me. 

Through the simple act of exploring purposelessly I am brought back to living in the moment, and I am one with nature. In that moment the stress of the world disappears from view.

 Purposeless Exploring Reminiscent of Unfettered Days

Any activity can serve as purposeless exploration--as long as you have no expected goal or outcome from engaging in the activity. 

It is your sea shell hunting frame of mind that makes it good for getting the stress of the world out of your mind. It is a mind-set reminiscent of the unfettered days of childhood play.

When I'm sitting with pen in hand looking for the hidden beings in a photograph I am sea shell hunting. I have no expectation for what I am going to find, I am just enthralled in the process of looking and seeing what emerges.

Keep the Stress of the World from Overwhelming You

To keep the stress of the world from overwhelming you, regularly engage in purposeless quests. Be curious. Let your interests suck you into free-flow exploration like a day of sea shell hunting.   

Consider:

💓House hunting without thinking about buying a house; 

💙Job hunting without thinking about getting a job; 

💚Dog searching without thinking about bringing one home;

💛Exploring down town without thinking about buying anything;

💜Hiking a new trail without thinking about how fast or how far you go;

💓Taking a trip to the beach without any plans.

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Lightarted Living: Night Owls~Tu-Whit, Tu-Who And Hello to You!

Lightarted Living: Night Owls~Tu-Whit, Tu-Who And Hello to You!: "When the owl sings, The night is silent." Charles de Leusse "Then nightly sings the staring owl, ...

Night Owls~Tu-Whit, Tu-Who And Hello to You!

"When the owl sings,

The night is silent."

Charles de Leusse

"Then nightly sings the staring owl,

Tu-Whit, Tu-Who,

A merry note."

William Shakespeare

Owl in Nesting Box on Barn

"A wise old owl sat on an oak,

The more he saw, 

The less he spoke.

The less he spoke the more he heard

Why can't we be more like that wise old bird?"

Old Nursery Rhyme

See the Owl Eyes?

Thanks to Sue Fynn who keeps her owl cam focused on her barn, and then generously shares her owls with us. The two bright dots are the eyes of the owl who took up residence in the owl nesting box on her barn.

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Lightarted Living: Kahil Gibran: On Joy and Sorrow

Lightarted Living: Kahil Gibran: On Joy and Sorrow: "When you are joyous, look into your heart and you shall find it is only what has given you sorrow that  is giving you joy. ...

Kahil Gibran: On Joy and Sorrow

"When you are joyous,

look into your heart and you shall find

it is only what has given you sorrow that 

is giving you joy. 

When you are sorrowful,

look again in your heart and you'll see

you are weeping for what has been your delight."

Kahil Gibran

This post is dedicated to those of you dealing with grief and sorrow. Life has many bumps we all must navigate. 

Know you have within you the strength and resiliency to cope with the tough times, and that you weep for what has been your delight and joy.  

It is that which has been your delight and joy that gives you the strength and resiliency to go on to move through the difficulties with grace and determination.

And you are not alone. You are surrounded by a loving community of people ready to provide you with a soft cushion of love and support. You are someone's delight and joy.

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For more than 35 years, Susan Meyerott has been helping people lighten up and step over invisible barriers to change one step at a time. She speaks to your heart, puts you at ease, and makes letting go and moving forward with life easier than ever before.

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Lightarted Living: Believe in a Loving World~Invite Good Fates into Y...

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