Lao Tzu~To a Still Mind, the Whole Universe Surrenders

 

The Fates Watch

Life is Good

When was the last time you sat silent, with your mind at ease and a cool wind gently blowing?  Ahhhhh. What a sense of peace and tranquility. What a sense of well-being. 

When my mind is still, everything is well in my world. Life is Good.

Life is Good. Trust it.

Life Paves the Way for Your Success

We need times of stillness to reflect on the goodness of life. It is in those quiet times, when our minds effortlessly drift and relax, we can see 'life is paving the way for our success'. All we're asked to do is to show up when it's time, and to rest our minds in between. 

When we remember to 'put the struggle down' for awhile, we can see the pathways of hope and opportunity we were blind to in the midst of frenetic activity.

To a still mind, the whole universe opens. Lao Tzu

The Fates Are Watching Over You

If you take a careful look in the crevasses of your life you'll discover powerful natural forces working to open doors for you, easing your way through both difficulties and opportunities.

Trust the Fates to lead the way. Willingly give in to fate and expect a good life.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant. Seneca

Create a Positive Expectation

How you see when you look out your eyes determines what you find. Expect a good life and a good life shows up. Choose a positive expectation, or mantra for the day--something that starts your day off well.  

This affirmation to start the day is one my sister-in-law shared. Use it or create your own!

Everything is playing out in the most wondrous way! Surprise Me!

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Lightarted Living: In the Golden Afternoon~Enjoy the Lazy Days of Sum...

Lightarted Living: In the Golden Afternoon~Enjoy the Lazy Days of Sum...: In the Golden Afternoon Enjoy the lazy days of summer~ Whiling away the hours, Conferring with the flowers Things are Lookin...

In the Golden Afternoon~Enjoy the Lazy Days of Summer

In the Golden Afternoon

Enjoy the lazy days of summer~

Whiling away the hours,

Conferring with the flowers

Things are Looking Up!

Be of Good Cheer!

Thank you to sister Gayle who sent me this 

cheerful Camilla to play with!

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Lightarted Living: Deal with It! Finding the Strength and Courage to ...

Lightarted Living: Deal with It! Finding the Strength and Courage to ...: Life is Good. All is Well. Stop Holding Your Breath. Breathe that Sigh of Relief and Get On with Life. What hardship or life ch...

Deal with It! Finding the Strength and Courage to Face Hardships

Life is Good. All is Well.

Stop Holding Your Breath. Breathe that Sigh of Relief and Get On with Life.

What hardship or life challenge have you recently endured?  Have you taken one step beyond it or have you allowed it to take up residence in your mind?

Life is full of hardships and crises. Some can really knock you on your butt. Others can linger and provide a subtle underlying sea of fear and worry in the back reaches of your mind. 

If you've been thinking 'why me?' perhaps the short answer is 'why NOT you?'. No one is immune to hardships. We all face them. So we best be on our way to finding our way out sooner. 

Hope Begins with Positive Action

Gumption: Getting through the Difficulties of Life

Deep within each of us is the gumption to get us through the hard stuff. 

While the term 'gumption' may have gone out of style, having gumption never does. Gumption is the strong will and determination to do something; the courage to do what must be done; and the resourcefulness to figure out what must be done.

Gumption gets us through the difficult times faster. It is a delicate dance between courage, strength and focus. 

We must have the courage to face the hard stuff head on, and then have the strength to do what needs to be done to step beyond it without thinking too much about it. We give it our full conscious attention then we stop thinking and just move into action.

Begin by acknowledging the issue turning your stomach sour. Name it, then take a step towards dealing with it in a positive manner. When you name it you begin to regain some control over it. When you're pro-active and take positive steps to deal with it you harness your energy and focus, and set the stage for positive outcomes. 

If you discover there's nothing you can do about it, do something else of a positive, life-giving nature, to help you step into life and witness your strength for plowing through.

My Future is Bright, Joyous, and Secure

To Bounce Back from Difficulties, Keep Your Focus on:

💓Your strength, not your weakness.

💙Your courage, not your fears.

💚Your good life, not the tough stuff.

You can do this. You're made of tough stuff. 

What do you do to get through the hard times? What is your saving grace for getting through life's difficulties?

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Lightarted Living: Stop Micro-Managing Your Life~Worrying never did A...

Lightarted Living: Stop Micro-Managing Your Life~Worrying never did A...: As a watched pot never boils... A micro-managed life never progresses. Like watching paint dry... Worrying never did anyone any g...

Lightarted Living: Stop Micro-Managing Your Life~Worrying never did A...

Lightarted Living: Stop Micro-Managing Your Life~Worrying never did A...: As a watched pot never boils... A micro-managed life never progresses. Like watching paint dry... Worrying never did anyone any g...

Stop Micro-Managing Your Life~Worrying never did Anyone Good

As a watched pot never boils...
A micro-managed life never progresses.

Like watching paint dry...
Worrying never did anyone any good.

Sometimes You have to Stop Micro-Managing and Let Life Unfold

As I was playing with 'Night Workers' and discovering the multitude of tiny beings within, I began thinking about the multitude of bacteria working on our behalf in our bodies--and how they were like the multitude of tiny forces in our lives working to make our lives better.

In case you didn't know it--your body contains trillions of microorganisms about equal to the number of human cells you have, and these tiny creatures play a vital role in your health. 

How comforting it is to know trillions of tiny beings are working overtime to keep your body working well--and you don't even need to give them a second thought. Even if you wanted to supervise their tireless work you can't. They're too small. They just put their hard-hats on at night and work away helping to refresh and repair your body.

And did you know you have about 100 billion brain cells working on your behalf? And like the tiny microorganisms, your lightening-fast brain cells function best when you don't try to micro-manage them with stress and worry.

Sometimes we spend so much time concentrating on getting an outcome in our body or life we forget to just relax and let our bodies and lives heal and thrive on their own. 

Do What Must Be Done, Then Let it Go

Why waste all that time, energy and head space worrying about things you can't do anything about?  Figure out what concerns you, take the most important actions to resolve it, and then let it go. 

Trust the multitude of tiny forces in your life to work on your behalf.

Yes, you have to do your part to set things in motion in a positive direction. But then you need to rest and trust life's tiny forces to do the heavy lifting for you.

While exercise is good for you, rest is equally as good. In fact you grow stronger when your body rests after exercising. If you overuse your muscles and fail to give it enough time to rest between bouts of exercise your muscles will breakdown. It is the same with your brain.

Times of action, concentration and focus must be followed by times of rest, relaxation, and play. Whatever you're obsessing on, put it down. Stop the worry.  Let time and tiny life forces work for you while you rest.

Trust and Time

💙Time is a great healer.

💙Patience is a virtue.

💛All things seemingly good or bad work in our favor.

💛Trust Time and Life.

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Lightarted Living: Saying Goodbye to a Good Dog

Lightarted Living: Saying Goodbye to a Good Dog: Goodbye Cherelle "Good night my someone, Good night my love. Sleep tight my someone, Sleep tight my love. I wish I may a...

Lightarted Living: Saying Goodbye to a Good Dog

Lightarted Living: Saying Goodbye to a Good Dog: Goodbye Cherelle "Good night my someone, Good night my love. Sleep tight my someone, Sleep tight my love. I wish I may a...

Saying Goodbye to a Good Dog

Goodbye Cherelle

"Good night my someone,

Good night my love.

Sleep tight my someone,

Sleep tight my love.

I wish I may and I wish I might,

so good night my someone good night."

The Music Man

My head is full of musicals coloring my experience of life. Somehow there's a song for every situation in life living inside my head. 

This morning I woke up singing 'Good Night My Someone' after spending the day yesterday with my dear friend, Debra, talking about 'Cherelle the sweet', who just passed--remembering what a good dog she was.

It is such a deep sorrow to lose a dog. They are with us far too short a time yet enrich our lives to a depth untouched by fellow humans. 

Dogs have the uncanny ability to silently reach around the barriers we build around our hearts and put us in touch with our feelings. So it is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our intimate companions and wish them a soft landing in the next life.

So good night my someone good night.

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Lightarted Living: For the Love of Dogs

Lightarted Living: For the Love of Dogs: Puppies What are puppies made of? What are puppies made of? Goodness and gruff,  and always enough, That's what puppies...

Lightarted Living: For the Love of Dogs

Lightarted Living: For the Love of Dogs: Puppies What are puppies made of? What are puppies made of? Goodness and gruff,  and always enough, That's what puppies...

For the Love of Dogs

Puppies

What are puppies made of?

What are puppies made of?

Goodness and gruff, 

and always enough,

That's what puppies are made of.

Playful Dogs

What are playful dogs made of?

What are playful dogs made of?

Cunning and spin,

and big doggie grins,

that's what playful dogs are made of.

Comfortable Dogs

What are comfortable dogs made of?

What are comfortable dogs made of?

Companionable tales and soft waggly tails, 

That's what comfortable dogs are made of.

Old Dogs

What are old dogs made of?

What are old dogs made of?

Comfort and ease to do anything they please,

that's what old dogs are made of.

Man's Best Friend

What are man's best friends made of?

What are man's best friends made of?

Big doggie ears that hears all your fears, 

and big doggie hearts that accepts all your parts

That's what man's best friend is made of.

The Heart of a Dog

What do dogs live for?

What do dogs live for?

To be part of the pack,

to love and be loved back,

That's what dogs live for.

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Lightarted Living: You Should Have Your Head Examined!

Lightarted Living: You Should Have Your Head Examined!: The Brain Scan What's going on in that head of yours? What have you been thinking about? How have you been approaching life? How ha...

You Should Have Your Head Examined!

The Brain Scan

What's going on in that head of yours? What have you been thinking about? How have you been approaching life? How have your thoughts produced actions? How have you been feeling about yourself and life lately?

Here's a peek into what I found in your brain scan:

💓Hope
💙Love
💚Happiness
💛Joy
💜Compassion
💓Peace
💙Tranquility
💚Strength
💛Ease

Your brain makes all of these available to you 24/7. If you've failed to access any of these recently, you should have your head examined!

Who you are is God's gift to you.

What you make of yourself is your gift to God.

Unknown

If you don't believe in God, believe in the universe.

You have everything you need to make a good life

and to make a difference in the life of others.

Be that person who makes the world a better place.

Dig deep into that brain of yours for the courage,

patience and persistence to be that person

who grabs hold of life and takes it for the ride of a lifetime! 

"Don't belittle yourself,

Be BIG yourself."

Corita Kent

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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: You're Never Fully Dressed without a Smile

Lightarted Living: You're Never Fully Dressed without a Smile: Hey there, Sunshine! "I knew a girl so gloomy, she'd never laugh or sing. She wouldn't listen to me, Now she&#39...

Lightarted Living: You're Never Fully Dressed without a Smile

Lightarted Living: You're Never Fully Dressed without a Smile: Hey there, Sunshine! "I knew a girl so gloomy, she'd never laugh or sing. She wouldn't listen to me, Now she&#39...

You're Never Fully Dressed without a Smile

Hey there, Sunshine!

"I knew a girl so gloomy,

she'd never laugh or sing.

She wouldn't listen to me,

Now she's a mean old thing."

 "So spread sunshine all over the place and

put on a happy face!"

Bye Bye Birdie 

You have to S-M-I-L-E to be H-A-P-P-Y

Putting on Your Sunday Best

What good is it to dress up in your 'Sunday Best'

if you forget your compassion and good-heartedness at home?

Choose to be a bright spot for those around you. 

Bring good cheer with you wherever you go.

Bringing Your Sunday Best

And while you're at it, why not bring your Sunday Best with you seven days a week? 

Dress up all your going-to-town outfits with compassion and a smile.

Bring your good-heartedness and cheer to others in every interaction. 

Be someone who makes the world a better place.

Every day.

The Ultimate Accessory: 

Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve 

Wear your heart on your sleeve for all to see.

Show you care through concrete acts of kindness

Do unto others as you would have done unto you. 

Really.

And remember--you're never fully dressed without a smile--or compassion!

Don't leave home without them!

Bringing My Sunday Best to YOU!

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Lightarted Living: Here Comes the Sun

Lightarted Living: Here Comes the Sun: If you have good thoughts They'll shine out of your face  Like sunbeams  And you'll always look lovely. Roald...

Here Comes the Sun

If you have good thoughts

They'll shine out of your face 

Like sunbeams 

And you'll always look lovely.

Roald Dahl

Radiating from basic goodness like the sun,

compassion lifts us above self-involvement

and brings us out of the Dark Age.

Sakyong Mipham

Just like the sun behind a cloud,

compassion shines through 

our self-centeredness.

  Sakyong Mipham    

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Lightarted Living: On Love~Kahlil Gibran

Lightarted Living: On Love~Kahlil Gibran: LOVE Kahlil Gibran "Love one another,  but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea  between ...