We so often fill our days with unnecessary stress and strife by focusing on the negative instead of the positive, taking part in mean-spirited and hurtful gossip, making mountains out of mole hills, or bickering over issues that in the larger scheme of things are inconsequential.
Here are a few quotes to help you bring things into better perspective because truly … the time that we spend on such pettiness is too precious to waste. Go to the source: 50 Quotes to Help You Live Like You Were Dying | Psychology Today.
Run to Get Better In Bed
Greatist – Health and Fitness Articles, News, and Tips via Run to Get Better In Bed.
Simple Pleasure
Here’s another wildflower from the forest floor. Delicate…simple…natural beauty. Click on the photo to view a larger version. via Simple Pleasure.
Humor for a Monday Morning
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Being a lefty…
Of course I’m a lefty! Everyone is born right handed but only the truly great overcome that disability… :-D
The Meta Picture via Being a lefty….
I Am Who I Am, and Who I Am is That, and That is That
Are you closer to the aims of your youth, or are you a copy of a copy, a tangent of a tangent, a limit of a limitation? Are you an imitation of your intended path?
If the answer is not:
“I AM WHO I AM. THAT IS THAT.”
then the answer resides in your sea of pain. Whether conscious of it or not—it is still painful in the long run.
The key to remaining powerful and on point; the key to living in the answer, “I AM WHO I AM” is a combination of avid flexibility and daily consistency. Flexibility prevents you from taking offense to the constant offense of time. Consistency allows you to navigate the constant defensive nature of space. For every one of your actions is an equal reaction. Therefore you must consistently and flexibly check your course against that “master map”—I AM WHO I AM—in order for your life to remain connected with the direction of your core intention. Otherwise, it is increasingly easy to become that tangent of a tangent and then a copy of a copy and then the limits of the limitations of your imitations.
You are either moving forward or backward. Life is never stagnant. Change is the only real constant. There is no standing still in this material creation. Therefore, one must apply a strong daily directional intent to remain on point. Otherwise your direction will be chosen for you—not by you.
via I Am Who I Am, and Who I Am is That, and That is That « Positively Positive.
Eating life one bite at a time
“Thank God for the ability to break life down into days.
Gratitude Focus: We can start and end each day by being grateful for everything that happened in it and the help we encountered along the way.” via May 14.
Lewis and Clark depart; This Day in History
One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
Even before the U.S. government concluded purchase negotiations with France, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned his private secretary Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, an army captain, to lead an expedition into what is now the U.S. Northwest. On May 14, the “Corps of Discovery”–featuring approximately 45 men (although only an approximate 33 men would make the full journey)–left St. Louis for the American interior.
The expedition traveled up the Missouri River in a 55-foot long keelboat and two smaller boats. In November, Toussaint Charbonneau, a French-Canadian fur trader accompanied by his young Native American wife Sacagawea, joined the expedition as an interpreter. The group wintered in present-day North Dakota before crossing into present-day Montana, where they first saw the Rocky Mountains. On the other side of the Continental Divide, they were met by Sacagawea’s tribe, the Shoshone Indians, who sold them horses for their journey down through the Bitterroot Mountains. After passing through the dangerous rapids of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in canoes, the explorers reached the calm of the Columbia River, which led them to the sea. On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean, the first European explorers to do so by an overland route from the east. After pausing there for the winter, the explorers began their long journey back to St. Louis.
On September 23, 1806, after almost two and a half years, the expedition returned to the city, bringing back a wealth of information about the largely unexplored region, as well as valuable U.S. claims to Oregon Territory.
via Lewis and Clark depart — History.com This Day in History — 5/14/1804.
Me? I think Lewis and Clark’s journey is right up there with the first landing on the moon and perhaps the greatest adventure of the 19th century…
Creating an Inner Peace That Endures
“Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict from life, but the ability to cope with it.” ~Unknown via Creating an Inner Peace That Endures | Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In.
The Pain of Fighting Our Feelings
Lori Deschane shares this in the aftermath of her recently burglary…
Have you ever exacerbated difficult feelings by responding to them with resistance?
Although I made peace with my recent burglary shortly after it happened, I started feeling down and anxious at the end of last week. In retrospect, I think there was a connection between that and the painkillers my doctor prescribed when my surgical site started hurting again.
But I suspect I was also feeling the residual effects of everything that’s happened over these past two months. At the time, I didn’t fully understand my feelings. I just knew I wanted them to pass, especially since I was due to get my boyfriend at the airport.
I felt guilty for greeting him under a dark cloud of sadness, frustrated for not feeling as upbeat as I had earlier in the week, and confused because none of it made sense to me.
There were tears, and self-analysis, and self-judgment, until Saturday morning.
I planned to work at a coffee shop I love to create a more positive state of mind. But when I got there, I couldn’t find a parking spot—despite driving around for 20 minutes.
After that, I drove to the activity center in my apartment community where I knew I’d see some friendly faces, only to find my computer wouldn’t connect to the internet. While I repeatedly tried different approaches to fix the issue, I found myself feeling frustrated.
I screamed internally, “Come on! I just want to get online!”
Then I stopped, took a deep breath, and asked myself, “Is it possible I’m not getting what I want, but I’m getting what I need?”
I’d been trying to analyze, overpower, and outrun my feelings when what I really needed to do was stop—stop trying to understand and fix them, and instead accept and surrender to them. via Tiny Wisdom: The Pain of Fighting Our Feelings | Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In.
I’ve had internal struggles over my wife’s recent vacation with her family in Italy and have learned more in two weeks of difficulty than I might have in two years of ease. I’m looking to apply Tolle’s wisdom as a mantra in my life…
Forgiveness and Tolerance
“You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything… We don’t have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run.” Lewis B. Smedes via Today’s Quotes: The Best Revenge is Forgiveness!.
Weird Mother’s Day…
Lead.Learn.Live. via Snoopy on Mother’s Day.
Through a rather bizarre set of circumstances, my mother is in Hawaii and my wife is in Rome. We still engaged in our annual ritual of cleaning out the chicken coop for my wife — don’t ask me to explain — to honor the occasion…
How do you like me now?
Boo shows off her fancy new collar that CJ bought her as a gift. Do you think she likes it or is she just humiliated?
Monday morning Mozart…
This will get you going!
Make you feel my love
When the rain is blowing in your face
and the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
to make you feel my love…
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
to make you feel my love…
The top 10 versions of ‘We Can Work It Out’ on Spotify
Which one’s your favorite? I vote Stevie Wonder…
Bright, shiny objects! 
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