Lao Tzu~To the Still Mind the Whole Universe Surrenders

Hurry Up!

💓Do you suffer from hurry sickness? Are you always rushed and worried you're missing out on opportunities or letting others down because you're rushing to get things done but you're always one step behind?

💓Do you sometimes feel discombobulated, like you just can't figure out how to keep up with everything no matter how hard you try—leaving you flustered and tired?

💓Do you continue to feel rushed long after there is any need?

I don't know about you, but I tend to push myself to achieve imaginary deadlines that only I—or more correctly my deep unconscious—knows what that deadline is. I may not have a severe case of hurry sickness, but I do find myself rushing to pick up speed and save a few minutes so I can get there faster. The problem is I'm not sure where 'There' is.

I've Got Good News and Bad News

This dilemma is illustrated in the story of an airline pilot who comes on the loudspeaker to chat with her passengers. 'Good morning ladies and gentlemen. I hope your ride has been smooth. I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is we're making great time; the bad news is we're lost.'

What Goes Up Must Come Down

Sure there are times in our lives when we must function at top speed to achieve specific goals and meet real deadlines. But why do we continue rushing at high speed even when we don't need to anymore? 

As the Chicago song says, 'What goes up must come down' --and that includes the frenetic speed and stress that goes up when we're rushing to meet those real deadlines. A constant state of hyperactivity and hurry sickness isn't good for any of us.

To get where we want to get in life we must slow down and rest the mind so we know what we want and how to get there.

Nature Does Not Hurry, Yet Everything is Accomplished

'Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished' says Lao Tzu, sage from 6th century BC. Grass does not try to grow. Water does not try to flow. Flowers do not try to bloom. They just do. There is no hurry in plant time, just the simple flow of life in the right time.

 So quiet your mind, and allow the simple flow of life to happen in the right time. 

Children grow up. People find mates. People find fulfilling jobs. Roads and bridges get built. Communities heal. Hurts heal.

Stop hurrying to build that bridge to nowhere. It'll still be available for you to work on later if you really must. But chances are, going forward with a stilled mind, you won't see the need to busy yourself with going nowhere. 

With a cleared mind and an open heart your life is cleared for things of importance--and the universe unveils all its secrets to you in the right time.

Slow Down, Still Your Mind

 'To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.'  Lao Tzu

While we would like to think we are smarter, wiser, and much more advanced than those who lived centuries before us, so much timeless wisdom written centuries ago still speaks to us as if it was written today.

When you catch yourself with a case of hurry sickness, practice mindfulness, and apply the wisdom that came to us from so long ago. 

Stop. Adjust. Breathe. Relax.

Still the mind. Accomplish your dreams.

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"Although all forms are dynamic, 

and we all grow and transform, 

each of us is compelled to return to our root. 

Our root is quietude."

Lao Tzu

Refresh Your Spirit Daily

Return to Quietude

"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, 

yet nothing can resist it" 

Lao Tzu 

Stay Soft 

Stay Flexible

Cleanse Your Mind of Debris Daily

to Allow Yourself to Fall in Love at

First Sight of the Day

"Happiness has spread like peanut butter thick upon me, 

penetrating and soothing my rattled heart. "

Lee Bryant

"Allow the heart to empty itself of all turmoil! 

Retrieve the utter tranquility of the mind from which you issued."

Lao Tzu

"Life unfolds in the most delightful and centered way, 

with many happy surprises!"

"Everything is playing out 

in the most happy and delight-filled way!" 

Lee Bryant

Life Ebbs

Life Flows

I am a sturdy boat gently riding life's ups and downs.

I go with the flow of the sea.

Despite the ever-changing sea of circumstances

I gently roll with the changes, remaining steady and calm.

*Thanks to DailyOM for the visualization of 'being a boat' riding the waves of life. It flowed with my own images.

A Daily Cleansing of the Mind

The inspiration for today's post and art came from Lee Bryant's photos of cleaning her blender. The swirling, flowing motion of the water provided the perfect moment for reflection and meditation.



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Lightarted Living: Finding Happiness and Contentment: Today well lived  makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,  every tomorrow a vision of hope.  Look well, therefore, to...

Finding Happiness and Contentment

Today well lived 

makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, 

every tomorrow a vision of hope. 

Look well, therefore, to this day. 

Indian Proverb

To be able to curse once a day 

improves happiness and lengthens life. 

Chinese Proverb

There is no winter without snow, 

no spring without sunshine, 

and no happiness without companions. 

Korean Proverb

Into the house where joy lives, 

happiness will gladly come. 

Japanese Proverb

Silence is the interpreter of happiness. 

Arabian Proverb

Happiness held is the seed; 

happiness shared is the flower. 

Unknown

There is no other happiness but peace. 

Thai Proverb

Dedicated to the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra and Chorus

This pen and ink was created as I sat in a church pew next to the light of the stained glass windows listening to the music of the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra and Chorus on a rainy afternoon. I dedicate this post to the musicians who brightened my day--and especially to Sue Flynn, the Cellist who dropped her bow and said OOPS! 

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Let Mirth and Laughter Turn Your World Upside Down

What Does the World Looks Like When You Let Mirth and Laughter

Turn it Upside Down?

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You Get into the Swing of Things!

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You Put on Your Dancing Shoes

🎜🎝🎝

And Kick up Your Heels

You Live and Love in Bright Living Color

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Go ahead....put a paint job on your life!

Show Up and Be Bold!

'The Extraordinary is quietly waiting beneath 

all that is Ordinary.'

Mark Nepo

'There are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.'

Mark Nepo

LIVE

LAUGH

LOVE

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A Dog Teaches a Boy...

The Stuff of Life

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A Dog Teaches a Boy 

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance,

and to turn around three times before lying down.

Robert Benchly

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The Possibility of Becoming Part Dog

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely

try to train him to be semi-human. 

The point of it is to open oneself 

to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

Edward Hoagland

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Raffa Becoming Part Dog

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A Boy Teaches Dog

Love at First Sight

Raffa was Hannah's first human baby to meet up close. It was mutual admiration at first sight. All boys and girls need a dog as good as Hannah to imprint on! And all dogs need a boy or girl as good as Raffa to love on.

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Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

Roger Caras

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A dog wags its tail with its heart.

Martin Buxbaum

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'With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.' 

William Shakespeare

'May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise.'

Rumi

'In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. 

For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.'

Khalil Gibran

'Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.' 

Victor Hugo

'The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.' 

e. e. cummings

Created with snippetts of song sung by Perry Como 

"Papa Loves Mambo" humming through my head.

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The Extraordinary is Waiting Quietly Beneath All that is Ordinary

"The further I wake into this life, the more I realize that God is everywhere and

 the extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary. 

Light is in both the broken bottle and the diamond, 

and music is in both the flowing violin and 

the water dripping from the drainage pipe."

Mark Nepo, The Awakening 

"We begin so aware and grateful. 

The sun somehow hangs there in the sky. 

The little bird sings. The miracle of life just happens."

Mark Nepo, The Awakening

Be Open to The Marvels of Ordinary Life

Return to experiencing the marvels of ordinary life. 

Stay open to the magic of falling in love with life at first sight. 

The dawn of each day brings a fresh perspective and

opens us to the possibility of falling in love at first sight.

 “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. 

It blossoms and the bee comes.” 

Mark Nepo, The Awakening

Bloom where You're Planted

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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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