My friend, Jonathan has published his informative and insightful “how-to” post Allow Gratitude to Transform Your Life:
We can actually train ourselves to search for, discover, and focus on legitimate reasons to feel grateful and appreciative.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Mother Nature: True Awesomeness
Every decade or so we have a favorite word that becomes over used and I think ‘awesome’ is one of them. These days we seem to apply it to almost everything. But this year I witnessed a truly awesome natural event — the annual Pacific herring run. Continue reading
Happy Earth Day!
Today my husband and I celebrated six major changes we have made in our lives that uphold our ongoing commitment to leave the next generation a legacy of respect for this planet we live on.
We planted 150 tree plugs (Douglas fir and Cedar) on our own property in the 4 1/2 acres that we have left in it’s natural state for these last 20 years to be enjoyed by wildlife. This section is fenced and we do not enter it or allow any other people or dogs to enter it unless the fences require mending. Continue reading
Part of the whole limited by time and space
A human being is part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty… The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which they have obtained liberation from the self. … We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if humanity is to survive. — Albert Einstein, 1954
Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee
Together we can inspire 1,000,000 people with this video – please share it with the people you care about!
This video from http://www.Spiritual-Short-Stories.com combines beautiful pictures, inspiring music, and a touching story to help empower people to live more fully. Continue reading
