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D73: Life is Good

3/17/10Beautiful Words to Live By   Greet everyone you meet with a warm smile.No matter how busy you are, don't rush enounters with co-workers, family and friends.Speak softly. Listen attentively.Act as if every conversation you have is the most important thing on your mind today.Look your children and your partner in the eyes when they talk to you.Stroke the cat, caress the dog.Lavish love on every living being you meet.See how differe...

March 17, 2010 | comments (3) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

~ The Eagle ~

So, I am totally into animal symbolism, especially when I see an animal in an area I haven't noticed them before.  Last fall I saw a Beautiful heron at a park I walked a million times but never saw him before.  The symbolism of the heron was that you are on the right path (and also some transformation is found in there).   Yesterday while walking Spanky I happened to look up and see a huge bald eagle circling overhead.  I...

March 16, 2010 | comments (3) | 2010 ~ Notes along the way...

D72: Silent Inner Anger

3/16/10Beautiful Words to Live By   An acorn doesn't worry, "I don't know if I have an oak tree in me." So do you have potential greatness within you. God put it there. Marianne Williamson   Daily Gratitude~  I am deeply thankful to be alive HERE and NOW. ~  I am grateful for the adventures every day brings. ~  I am grateful for loving and sharing friends. ~  I am grateful for the chance...

March 16, 2010 | comments (12) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D71, Florida, Baby!!! :)

3/15/10Beautiful Words to Live By   "I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit." Jacqueline Cochran  Daily Gratitude~  I am thankful for God’s patient, transformative, unconditional love. ~  I am blessed, I am so blessed and I am thankful for all!!~  I am thankful for my husband and I pray for him to find in...

March 15, 2010 | comments (7) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D68

3/12/10Beautiful Words to Live By   The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend ~ Aristotle  Daily Gratitude ~  I am thankful for true friends. ~   I am thankful for God’s love and awareness. ~   I am thankful for humility. ~   I am thankful for my Mom calling just to say “I love you.” ~   I am thankful for a nice weekend with my husband. ...

March 12, 2010 | comments (5) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D66

3/10/10Beautiful Words to Live By   Today you can choose to regret or choose to rejoice.  Which will it be??  Daily Gratitude ~  I am thankful for another day. ~   I am thankful for life’s lessons. ~   I am thankful for the money we have to pay our bills. ~   I am thankful for light and heat and internet access.  ;)~   I am thankful for fresh rain...

March 10, 2010 | comments (6) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

Assignment 8

Meditation is something I believe in, I just admit that I have not actually been practicing it on a regular basis.  I recognize we do not reap the benefits from agreeing something "sounds good," we actually have to PRACTICE IT to truly see how it can enrich our lives.  So, I am excited about this assignment.  I am ready to make this a daily practice. One thing I have been doing for awhile now, though, is practic...

March 9, 2010 | comments (2) | 2010 ~ Assignments

D65

3/09/10Beautiful Words to Live By   Just because something is easy to measure doesn’t mean it’s important. Seth Godin   Daily Gratitude ~  I am thankful for Divine Love. ~   I am thankful for this time of learning and growth in my life. ~   I am thankful Spanky who is keeping my feet warm as he sleeps on them. ~   I am thankful for my work week, I really do hav...

March 9, 2010 | comments (7) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D64

3/08/10Beautiful Words to Live By   Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains. Paulo Coehlo   Daily Gratitude ~  I am thankful for God’s love and lessons in our lives. ~   I am thankful for getting all my tedious paperwork done today. ~   I am thankful for new clients. ~   I am thankful for the fact I get to go grocery shopping to...

March 8, 2010 | comments (4) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D61: Annoyances and Starved Cows (almost)

3/05/10Beautiful Words to Live By  I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Kahil Gibran  Everyone we may meet in any given day is a gift to us and a teacher, be thankful for them.      Daily Gratitude ~  I am thankful for God’s love and lessons in our lives. ~   I ...

March 5, 2010 | comments (10) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D60: Time to Feed the Cows

3/04/10Beautiful Words to Live By  Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?- Jim Rohn    Daily Gratitude~  I am grateful for this joy I feel in my heart. ~  I am grateful a quiet morning talking with my husband. ~  I am grateful for this simple little life. ~  I am grateful for appreciative clients and happy kids and especi...

March 4, 2010 | comments (12) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

Lovingkindness Awareness

I am just floored today.  I have been reading book after book after book on "mindfulness" and "living in the now" and other such topics.  For a good solid year, mind you.  I was getting it, but the practical side of it was missing for me.  Well, last night an hour long phone conference with Marty and I do believe... I GOT IT!!!  :)   Marty did what all those books didn't do, he showed me how ...

March 3, 2010 | comments (7) | Lovingkindness Awareness

D59 of 126: Pivotal Day

3/03/10Beautiful Words to Live By  You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.Henry David Thoreau   Daily Gratitude~  I am grateful for the wisdom and enthusiasm of others. ~  I am grateful for the love and energy I feel flowing through me. ~  I am grateful for morning coffee with my husband (I can have morning coffee with him, if I show up!)~  I am grateful...

March 3, 2010 | comments (10) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D58 of 126

3/02/10Beautiful Words to Live By  “Give others a piece of your heart, not a piece of your mind.”  (Author unknown, saw it on facebook)   Daily Gratitude~  I am grateful God’s steadfast and transformative Love, always, always, always. ~  I am grateful for the fact I will be in Florida with friends in a couple weeks. ~  I am grateful for the sun, even if it means I don’t want to ...

March 2, 2010 | comments (5) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D57 of 126

3/01/10Beautiful Words to Live By“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.” E.E. Cummings Daily Gratitude~  I am so grateful for a New Day. ~  I am grateful for the Love in my heart. ~  I am grateful for This Moment. ~  I am grateful new growth and changes. ~...

March 1, 2010 | comments (8) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

Week Eight Review ~~~

Week Eight was a roller coaster one, as far as my emotions and feelings go.  I did not feel as steady or content as I have.  I had a lot of junk to deal with in my own mind.  I feel I handled things "okay" with the help of friends, however I am noticing how long I hold on to junky-stuff.  I am also noticting I still continue to beat myself up long after a situation is over.  I think I am doing well, but then som...

February 28, 2010 | comments (1) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

D53 of 126

2/25/10Beautiful Words to Live ByYesterday I was singing the BeeGee’s version of “How can you mend a broken heart.”  I swear, the BeeGees bring me to God with their lyrics (more than once).  As I was wailing away, I then realized we mend our broken heart by giving all the pieces to God.   I can think of younger days when living for my lifeWas everything a man could want to doI could never see tomorrow, b...

February 25, 2010 | comments (0) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

I am not Perfect, and that's Okay.

This week’s Lesson for me seems to be based around this need of mine to constantly be “understood” correctly.  It’s really starting to grate on my nerves so I have to deal with this NOW.  It seems as a child I was never good enough, no matter how much praise my family gave me.  I didn’t get it elsewhere.  I was picked on in 5th grade so bad, by today’s standards those girls would have b...

February 25, 2010 | comments (2) | 2010 ~ Notes along the way...

D52 of 126

2/24/10Beautiful Words to Live ByHappiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude. Dennis WaitleyNot just a pretty qoute, I feel the power in those words, I am experiencing the truth of the message and my heart feels about to burst from sheer joy.      Daily Gratitude~  This morning I am deeply grateful f...

February 24, 2010 | comments (3) | 2010~ Daily Accountability

Out of the Darkness

I have been called a spiritual seeker for many years.  I especially started seeking after Dad died.  I have dabbled in a little of this and a little of that when it comes to spirituality.  More than once I thought I was "enlightened."   But, things got a little crazy in the last six months.  What I found myself in was just pure darkness.  I kept one foot in the light, though.  I would "once i...

February 24, 2010 | comments (4) | Spiritual Fitness

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