Bookmark this one for the next time you have a bad day.
Source: How To Stop A Negative Mental Feedback Loop – mindbodygreen
How To Prepare Your Body For Fall
Three easy days of wellness.
The House of Belonging
THE HOUSE OF BELONGING
I awoke
this morning
in the gold light
turning this way
and that
thinking for
a moment
it was one
day
like any other.
But
the veil had gone
from my
darkened heart
and
I thought
it must have been the quiet
candlelight
that filled my room,
it must have been
the first
easy rhythm
with which I breathed
myself to sleep,
it must have been
the prayer I said
speaking to the otherness
of the night.
And
I thought
this is the good day
you could
meet your love,
this is the black day
someone close
to you could die.
This is the day
you realize
how easily the thread
is broken
between this world
and the next
and I found myself
sitting up
in the quiet pathway
of light,
the tawny
close-grained cedar
burning round
me like fire
and all the angels of this housely
heaven ascending
through the first
roof of light
the sun has made.
This is the bright home
in which I live,
this is where
I ask
my friends
to come,
this is where I want
to love all the things
it has taken me so long
to learn to love.
This is the temple
of my adult aloneness
and I belong
to that aloneness
as I belong to my life.
There is no house
like the house of belonging.
– David Whyte
©1996
David Whyte is a poet, author, speaker and organizational thinker. He lectures to large audiences throughout the world, as well as offering seminars in organizational development, including his pioneering work in Conversational Leadership.
Use Mindfulness To Improve Your Life, Not Escape It
Although there are various definitions of mindfulness, a workable one, drawn from some of the most respected practitioners, is the nonjudgmental awareness of the richness, subtlety and variety of the present moment . . . . Mindfulness is not the same as meditation, although meditative activities and exercises are often deployed in its cultivation. Neither is it the emptying of the mind; far from it, as the emphasis is on full awareness. And it is not about savoring the moment, which would demand dwelling on the positive. True mindfulness recognizes every instant of existence, even those of great misery, as teeming and sundry. It encourages adherents to be dispassionate and nonjudgmental about all thoughts, including those like, “I am hopelessly defective.” Mindfulness wants us to pause, reflect and gain distance and perspective.
Source: Use Mindfulness To Improve Your Life, Not Escape It | Psychology Today
‘Wonder Woman’ has done it! Top 5 superhero movie of all time
It’ll be truly official sometime on Labor Day.
Source: ‘Wonder Woman’ has done it! Top 5 superhero movie of all time
Our Words Have Power (So Speak Kindly To and About Yourself)
Our words have power. How we think about ourselves and our lives dictates what we choose to do, so choose your words wisely and be kind to yourself.
Source: Our Words Have Power (So Speak Kindly To and About Yourself)
Friendship makes the journey easier and the trip worthwhile
An inspirational photo quote on the value of friendship from Gail Lynne Goodwin.
Source: Friendship makes the journey easier and the trip worthwhile. | Inspire Me Today®
Hurricane Harvey cat shows the internet how to triumph over adversity
Cute cat + angry expression = the ideal projection of our collective rage. The internet had fun at his expense. Go to the source to see the highlights: Hurricane Harvey cat shows the internet how to triumph over adversity
Religion founders have a casual spring barbecue to advertise lamb
Great advertising for one of my favorite foods: Australian Lamb…
“It’s a nightmare catering for you lot with all your dietary requirements.”
Source: Religion founders have a casual spring barbecue to advertise lamb
Literacy Rampage: So, You Wanna Be Literate?
“Learning Disabled,” Exceptional, Special Needs: Deplorable or Transformative?
Source: Literacy Rampage: So, You Wanna Be Literate? | Psychology Today
Why Letting Go of Your Tight Grip Actually Gives You More Control
Control is an illusion, and we exhaust ourselves trying to hold onto it. As hard as this may be to believe, letting go actually gives us more control.
Source: Why Letting Go of Your Tight Grip Actually Gives You More Control
How Our Egos Create Drama in Our Relationships (And How to Avoid It)
Most of us don’t even realize when we’re allowing our egos to run the show. Here’s how I’ve learned to minimize this kind of drama in my relationships.
Source: How Our Egos Create Drama in Our Relationships (And How to Avoid It)
Why I Drank, How It Destroyed Me, and How I’m Healing My Self-Hatred
Can you look in the mirror and say I love you without knowing deep down that you just lied? I’m still learning, but courtesy of sobriety, I’m getting there.
Source: Why I Drank, How It Destroyed Me, and How I’m Healing My Self-Hatred
We are each gifted in a unique and important way
“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our own special light.” ~Mary Dunbar
Source: Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Carl Spackler and the Dalai Lama
So a friend refers to this quote from Caddyshack which I had never heard before: “On your deathbed you will receive total consciousness so I got that going for me.” Here it is:
So years later, a Fox News reporter gets a chance to interview the Dalai Lama. What does he ask? You guessed it:
You’re not a big hitter? Really?
Do you have a special purpose in life?
Navin does!
True Resilience – Part 2: Awakening through All Circumstances via @tarabrach
…conditions that incline us towards or away from True Resilience, & explore practical and powerful practices that nourish this precious capacity.
Listen here: True Resilience – Part 2: Awakening through All Circumstances – Tara Brach
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