BEAUTY

Beauty, they  say
is in the eye of the beholder
But it is so much more.
Beauty is like a food.
It fills one’s spirit.
It helps us see things,
feel things,
understand things,
see things,
and experience things
in a way that
surpasses understanding.

Beauty
is healing.
nurturing,
transformative,
and evidence of the
Divine.

Beauty is
about you and me
and the way we see
ourselves and each other.
When we look for it,
we will see it all around us.
The more we look for it
the more it will surround us.

Beauty
will keep you warm on cold winter days
cool in the summers,
birthing newness in the spring,
and being colorful and transforming
in the fall.
Beauty is
what you as an artist
create in yourself
with every stroke of your brush.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What are you choosing to be?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What are you disciplining your mind to do?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Do you want positive or negative?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What kind of attitude do you bring through life

LIKE THE EARTH

I look at the earth
for inspiration.
it revolves,
it grows,
it transforms
and it keeps on going.
It never stops.

I can be like the earth.
I can grow
evolve,
transform
persevere,
and be persistent.

I can have my seasons of
spring,
summer,
fall, and
winter.
I grow,
I play,
I change
and I rest.

I am like the earth.
it effects me and
is effected by me.
We have the power
to energize ourselves
and celebrate the
beauty in which we were created
by the Creator

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Is this one of your practices?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you asking why or why not?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What does thqanksgiving mean to you?

LIBERATION

A Tibetan meditation master once prayed
“All those I fly over,
may they all be liberated.”
It is comforting to know
that at some point,
he prayed for me.

What if we did the same.
What if we prayed for those
to the east of us,
to the west,
to the north, and
to the south of us?

What if we prayed for all in
and on the earth,
that which is in the air,
temporarily or permanently,
that which is in the water
and or fire?
What if we remembered to pray
for the liberation of
all things,
places,
and people?
How much different
would the world be

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Focus on the possibilities not the obstacles

SONG OF THE WEEK

“Close your eyes. Clear your heart”. We’re all human, sometimes we need to take a bit of time to reset so that we can move on. https://youtu.be/RIZdjT1472Y

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you ready to make your comback

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you curious?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What kind of people do you surround yourself with

APOLOGIZING

i woke up this morning
thinking about the person
who said I was nagging her
even though it was not my intent.
Sometimes we hurt people
whether we intend to or not.
Regardless the damage is the same.

Today I apologize because
I regret anytime I hurt someone
intentionally or not.
I apologize to all those I have hurt
and never knew I hurt.
I apologize for anything
and everything I have done
which has bought about
harm to anyone in my life.

I apologize to myself
for all the times I did not treat
my mind, body or soul
with the utmost respect.
I apologize to myself for the times
I did not stand up and speak out
when others were trying to harm me
I apologize to the world
for all the times I did not cry,
did not pray
and did not contribute to the healing
over global atrocities

if you are reading this
and I have hurt you
or you have been hurt
I apologize and pray
for your healing

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What do you like most about being optimistic?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What are you doing to bring positive energy into your life.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What are you doing to bring positive energy into your life.

THE MIRROR

I look in the mirror
and sometimes I love
what I see and
there are other times
I don’t
However, there has never been
a time when I hated
what I saw so much
that I could slash my wrist
or poison myself
or want to leave this world behind.

When I look in the mirror
what I see is a reflection
of the Divine,
the one who created me,
the one who designed me
the one who tells me
you are beautiful just as you are.

When I look in the mirror
what I see is a reflection
of the Divine
of the one who is love,
is about healing
is about grace
is about wisdom and
is about listening.

When I look in the mirror
I pray for those who
do not see what I see
or feel what I feel.
I pray for those who see
something so painful
that leaving feels better
than staying

When I look in the mirror,
I remember to pray
for those
I know,
those I do not,
those who are whole and
those who are hurting,
those who have asked
for prayer
and those who have not
because we are all
a reflection
of the Divine

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What kind of culture are you creating?

SONG OF THE WEEK

When you have a block of time (3 hours) sit and do nothing but listen to this and feel the healing energy which flows through you when bathing in sound https://youtu.be/gq8snFSEwlU

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

What are you letting shine

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you thinking positive?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Set your goal and put the mind to it

IN THE SILENCE

It is quiet in my home,
or so it seems.
All but me are sleeping,
and I can hear the sound
of my fingers on the keyboard.
However, it is when I stop
and listen
that I hear the sounds
which allude me when I am
not listening.

I sit in silence and
I begin to hear
the symphony
which can only play
in the silence.
It is when I hear the vibrations
which come from the percussions
in my home.
it is when I hear the tones of the brass
brass
the sounds of the strings, and
the magic of the woodwinds.

it is when I hear the elements
of air as they wash over my home.
it is when I hear the
snow melting off my roof.
it is when I hear the sound
of the furnace sending heat
through my home.
it is in the silence that I hear
the plants and trees singing
a song of their own as they
dance with the environment.

it is in the silence
that I hear all things
the tones,
the chords,
the harmony
and the music of creation.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Are you going the easy or hard way?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

How positive is your attitude