Imperfect, Limited, and Vulnerable as I am, The Sun Still Shines upon Me

 "Imperfect, limited, and vulnerable as I am,

The sun still shines upon me,

Things do work out,

Food appears,

Rain falls,

Wonderful conversations take place,

And the grass grows without any help from me."

Dharmavidya David Brazier

Unconditional Love

Lightarted Living: These Mountains You're Carrying You were only mean...

Lightarted Living: These Mountains You're Carrying You were only mean...:   Let Go "These mountains that you are carrying, You were only supposed to climb." Najwa Zebian Put it Down What Are You Waiting For?

These Mountains You're Carrying You were only meant to Climb

 

Let Go

"These mountains that you are carrying,

You were only supposed to climb."

Najwa Zebian

Put it Down

What Are You Waiting For?

You climbed the mountain. 

What are you waiting for?

Stop holding your Breath.

Breathe deeply and enjoy the view.

Time to get on with enjoying life.

All is Well

Let Go

Stop Anticipating the Worst

What challenging experience have you been through lately? What's had you holding your breath? Are you still carrying fear and anxiety with you long after the issue resolved?

Stop anticipating the worst. Climb the mountain, don't carry it. Get on with enjoying life.

Lightarted Living: My Mother Speaks to Me in the Morning

Lightarted Living: My Mother Speaks to Me in the Morning:  

When my sister-in-law, Lee, sent me a series of rose photos I was intrigued by the name: "My Mother in the Morning". What was the origin of the name, I asked her.

"I call the roses Mommy", she said. "I planted them on top of her ashes. It IS her! All summer she offers her sublime scents and her beauty. I always compliment her--'Oh Mommy! You smell simply wonderful today or Oh, Mommy! You look fabulous today. The photos were taken in the morning when I talk with her."

I loved that! I want my children to plant flowers over my ashes so they can visit me and talk to me daily after I move on too. I have a Gardenia I planted in my backyard in honor of my mother. It was her favorite scent and it blooms in time for her birthday in July.

What a joyful experience it is to sit with a cup of coffee or tea beside our blooming mothers to talk and listen to them long after they've gone to the other side. So much wisdom and loving support is still to be gleaned if we just sit quietly and listen with an open heart to the messages from the other side. Just ask your Mommy a question, and listen for the answer.

My Mother Speaks to Me in the Morning

 

My Mother in the Morning

When my sister-in-law, Lee, sent me a series of rose photos I was intrigued by the name: "My Mother in the Morning". What was the origin of the name, I asked her.

"I call the roses Mommy", she said. "I planted them on top of her ashes. It IS her! All summer she offers her sublime scents and her beauty. I always compliment her--'Oh Mommy! You smell simply wonderful today or Oh, Mommy! You look fabulous today. The photos were taken in the morning when I talk with her."

I loved that! I want my children to plant flowers over my ashes so they can visit me and talk to me daily after I move on too. I have a Gardenia I planted in my backyard in honor of my mother. It was her favorite scent and it blooms in time for her birthday in July.

What a joyful experience it is to sit with a cup of coffee or tea beside our blooming mothers to talk and listen to them long after they've gone to the other side. So much wisdom and loving support is still to be gleaned if we just sit quietly and listen with an open heart to the messages from the other side. Just ask your Mommy a question, and listen for the answer.

When will my time come, Mommy?

My mother in the morning says, 

"Your blessings have already arrived. You have opportunities before you right now. 

Blessings are already being delivered to you daily. Make arrangements to receive them."

Kimonui Holgen

How do I best deal with the pain of life, Mommy?"

My mother in the morning says,

"Blessed are all my sons and daughters.

Where you imagine pain, imagine you're already at peace, 

then clear a path to allow peace to stay."

Kimonui Holgen

How can I make a difference Mommy?

My mother in the morning speaks to me: 

"I am only one, but still I am one.

I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.

I will not refuse to do the something I can do."

Helen Keller

Do something.

How can I get through the tough times, Mommy?

My mother in the morning speaks to me: 

"There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hours of adversity."

Washington Irving

Trust your spark of heavenly fire to beam and blaze in the dark hours of adversity.

How shall I be, Mommy?

My mother in the morning speaks to me: 

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of." 

Pascal

Love whole-heartedly. Open your heart. Don't be reasonable. Be open-hearted.

How shall I create my life, Mommy?

My mother in the morning speaks to me: 

"Paint with the brush of love."

"Dance exuberantly with the miracle of sparkling light that knows no limits."

Unknown

Live life to the fullest.

How shall I make my own way, Mommy?

My mother in the morning speaks to me:

"It is a grace and a strength to determine your own actions rather than allow them to be formed by the actions of others."

Unknown

Live your life with grace and strength.

Lightarted Living: Wishing You a Fresh, Bright and Cheerful Day!

Lightarted Living: Wishing You a Fresh, Bright and Cheerful Day!:   Egg-uanimity💛   The perfectly balanced egg starts my day, With its fresh, bright and cheerful center. Poised to grace my breakfast plate,...

It was a soft scrambled egg morning,

unfolding into a gentle and unassuming day;

The warm morning sun sent soft wisps of yellow rays 

to tenderly light our way. 

Lightarted Sue

Lightarted Living: Life Chooses the Music, You Choose the Dance

Lightarted Living: Life Chooses the Music, You Choose the Dance: "We can't always choose the music life plays for us, But we can choose how we dance to it." Kate B Jackson 

Life offers us a variety of tunes to dance to--

some fun, some spirited, some challenging.

It's up to us to choose the best steps and 

the best path to nimbly maneuver around life's dance floor.

Life Chooses the Music, You Choose the Dance

"We can't always choose the music life plays for us,

But we can choose how we dance to it."

Kate B Jackson

Dancing Your Way through Life

Life offers us a variety of tunes to dance to--

some fun, some spirited, some challenging.

It's up to us to choose the best steps and 

the best path to nimbly maneuver around life's dance floor.

Life has recently tossed the breast cancer dance my way 

and it's time for me to face the music. I'm tap dancing 

my way through treatment options, knowing while 

I certainly didn't choose this music, 

I do get to choose how I want to dance to it. 

And for me, the only choice is to dance through it 

in an upbeat, flowing and strong tempo. 

Find Your Garden of Hope 

to Ease You thru Difficult Times

In our garden of hope, 

our healing spirits gather

to plant the seeds of courage and light.

Our healing spirits build stepping stones

leading us softly on our journey with ease.

Find your garden of hope.

"Happiness has spread like peanut butter, thick upon me,

penetrating and soothing my rattled heart."  Lee Bryant

Happiness can Coexist with Tough Times

Despite my current challenge with cancer,

"happiness has spread like peanut butter, thick upon me,

penetrating and soothing my rattled heart".

How is that even possible? How can I be

happy while I'm in the middle of dealing with cancer?

Because that is where I choose to live, and that is 

what gets me through the tough times.

"We  must endure what we cannot escape." Mark Nepo

Accepting 'I must endure what I cannot escape', 

and choosing to live in the 'in-between' 

where rest and recovery reside 

are two major contributors to my upbeat state of mind.

Through life's difficult challenges 

I've learned to find ways to calm and focus myself

when the natural fear and anxiety arise, 

and I've learned to call upon my strength 

and resiliency to help me through. 

Striving to keep myself calm and focused, 

along with the support from my community assures 

happiness spreads like peanut butter, thick upon me, 

to penetrate and soothe my rattled heart despite the difficulties.

We all need a respite from worry and anxiety.

If you're going through difficult times, 

stop thinking about your troubles when you're able--

even if its for mere moments. 

Let the good things in life wrap you 

in a comforting embrace where you can rest for awhile.

Keep your focus on things that calm and center you.

Distract yourself with things you love and enjoy.

For me, doing art, listening to relaxation tapes, 

and walking my dog on the trail are all therapeutic

avenues helping to calm and focus my attention

on what's good in my life right now. 

"So, if you are too tired to speak, sit next to me,

because I, too, am fluent in silence." R Arnold

Silence is Golden 

To harness my inner strength, I manage my time with others.

'Silence is golden' are words to live by when we

need to gather our strength from within to 

'endure what we cannot escape'.

We do not always need to talk. Sometimes we just

need to sit in silence with others.

If you're struggling with with the tough stuff in life,

balance your need for silence with your need for support.

Friends and family are very understanding when you let them

know you need your downtime and silence, and that 

you may not respond promptly to phone calls.

Be Calm

"Learn to be still in the midst of activity

and to be vividly in repose."

Indira Gandhi

Your Inner Blessings

May the light of your soul guide you.

May the light of your soul bless the work you do

with the secret love and warmth of your heart.

May the day never burden you.

Kimonui Holgen

Accept all prayers, blessings and energy work

sent your way from others. You have everything

you need within you to get through the tough times,

and all the blessings from others enhances your

inner strength and courage to endure and thrive.

 

Lightarted Living: Life's Ups and Downs~Buckle Up and Hold On for the...

Lightarted Living: Life's Ups and Downs~Buckle Up and Hold On for the...: Buckle Up "Fate Leads Him Who Follows It, And Drags Him Who Resists." Plutarch Hold On For The Ride ...

This post is from 2018, and is applicable now! 'We must endure what we cannot escape' is another way of saying 'fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resists'. Resistance is futile--it only makes things worse! Accept and hold on for the ride!

Lightarted Living: Life is a Daring Adventure or it is Nothing: Helen...

Lightarted Living: Life is a Daring Adventure or it is Nothing: Helen...: The Colors of My Life Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart, Barnum, the musical "The colors of my life, are bountiful and bold, The purple glow of indigo, the gleam of green and gold.

Life is a Daring Adventure or it is Nothing: Helen Keller

The Colors of My Life

Cy Coleman and Michael Stewart, Barnum, the musical

"The colors of my life,

are bountiful and bold,

The purple glow of indigo,

The gleam of green and gold.

The splendor of a sunrise,

The dazzle of a flame,

The glory of a rainbow, 

I put 'em all to shame."

"No quiet browns or grays,

I'll take my days instead,

And fill them 'till they overflow,

With rose and cherry red."

"And should this sunlit world,

Grow dark one day,

The colors of my life

Will leave a shining light 

To show the way."

"Life is a daring adventure or it is nothing."

Helen Keller

Be Bold

Lightarted Living: You Are What You Think--Think Positive

Lightarted Living: You Are What You Think--Think Positive:   "We are what we think. All we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world." Buddha "Listen, for words can't describe the sound of silence.

You Are What You Think--Think Positive

 

"We are what we think.

All we are arises with our thoughts.

With our thoughts we make the world."

Buddha

"Listen, for words can't describe

the sound of silence."

Unknown

"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

What is essential is invisible to the eye."

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

"This world is but a canvas to our imaginations"

Henry David Thoreau

"To revel in the wonders of life--

To Think--To Dream--To Remember--

This is happiness."

Giancarlo

"Let your life dance on the edges of time,

like the dew on the tip of a leaf."

Rabindranath Tagore

Lightarted Living: Getting thru Tough Times: Your problems have come ...

Lightarted Living: Getting thru Tough Times: Your problems have come to pass not stay ...:   "These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb." Najwa Zebian Climb the mountain, don't carry it. Put it down.

"We carry our burden on and on, 

until one day, suddenly,

we laugh and set it down

upon the ground."

Muriel Strode

Find a way to laugh and set your burden down daily.

Getting thru Tough Times: Your problems have come to pass, not Stay

 

"These mountains that you are carrying,

you were only supposed to climb."

Najwa Zebian

Climb the mountain, don't carry it. Put it down.

"We carry our burden on and on, 

until one day, suddenly,

we laugh and set it down

upon the ground."

Muriel Strode

Find a way to laugh and set your burden down daily.

"This is the time to be slow,

lie low to the wall,

until the bitter weather passes.

Try, as best you can, 

not to let the wire brush of doubt

scrape away all sense of yourself.

Time will come good again."

John O'Donohue

💓You are never alone in your healing journey💓

Good spirits surround you caring for you

Rest

Be Calm

Let the unseen healing forces 

work for you while you sleep

💓You are safe💓

💓You are loved💓

💓You are strong💓

💓You are resilient💓

💓Let us create a cozy life together💓

💛Let us play, relax, and enjoy one another💛

💚Let us create a place filled with 

warmth, love and laughter to last a lifetime.💚

Optimism is the sunshine of the soul.

Reach for hope and optimism 

for whatever you're going through.

Your problem has come to pass, not stay.

Let it go.

Lightarted Living: Longing to Belong ~ Worried Walter Unburdens his H...

Lightarted Living: Longing to Belong ~ Worried Walter Unburdens his H...:   Worried Walter   By Susan J Meyerott 

Worried Walter sat in the weeds, all the time wondering 'what's to become of me?'  When two wandering dogs came and sat by his side and said, "We're just very, very glad you're alive!"