Oh the beauty all around us... Maya Angelou, one example

"Aging brilliantly" ~ Maya Angelou
"Continue to grow and you develop courage, the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can't practice the other virtues with Consistently." ~ Maya Angelou
"Do it if you can." ~ Maya Angelou

Faith Made Her A Courageous 'Child Of God'

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.
Love Liberates ego holds Love Liberates it doesn't bind

Nobel Prize winner
"On the Pulse of Morning" www.youtube.com/watch?v=59xGmHzxtZ4
Phenomenal woman and the Power of Words

Quotes are all fantastic and everywhere right now

Surprises are everywhere
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” 
Unity Church in Missouri for some study
Videos abound on YouTube and at: http://mayaangelou.com/media/video/
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." ~ Maya Angelou
“You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn’t do anything to the object of its displeasure. So use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it. You talk it. Never stop talking it.” – Maya Angelou
Zora Neale Horston's Dust Tracks on the Road introduction by Maya Angelou

New week, renewed commitment

Assimilation of new ideas #190 of 1,001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom
Become willing
Commitment
Dedication, Drive
"Fire in the belly" p. 99 1,001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom
Home practice Honors this moment
Just do it
Karma cleanup = spiritual houseKeeping p. 241 God is No Laughing Matter
Let Yoga Help #205
Meditation on manipura #186
New perspective (241) p. 114
"Our loves lead us to a sense of wonder and grace." p.249
Protection
"Quietude" ~ May 19 of Simple Abundance by Sarah BanBreathnach
Roll out your mat (201)
Sunrise 5:59 am
Unless... :)
Virabhadra - the fearless warrior
Water your heart so the garden of life can continue to take root and grow there. ~ Julia Cameron
eXperience this NOW momeny NOW
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi (1889-1948), India
Zest for life  #190 of 1,001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom

Truth Monday May 26, 2014

Be. Balance
Coming together and meeting each other
Drop the rock and play a little p. 270
Enjoy Every day
"Feisty, and imaginative, and rich enough to incorporate all the hungers of your heart." ~ John O'Donohue
"God loves to doodle and experiment and actually likes peppy and willful things" p. 272 God is No Laughing Matter
Honorable risks

"...Juice of privilege is absolute integrity toward ourselves, towards our possibilities and to live to the full the life that we'd love and to animate everything..." Eternal Echoes by John O'Donohue
Kindergarten Cop with my girl for her final Legal Credits assignment
Lovely to meet someone who can stand their own ground
Memorial Day
Natural proclivity into a good-paying profession? 81 Tapestry of Fortunes
"One single thing...sit quietly in a room" ~ Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), France
Personal domesticated vortex... vs. Psychological hygiene
thank you for sharing this Kim :)

Relationship with God gives you your own ground
Stand your ground... Sweet Specificity
Truth
Unmourned losses that become scar tissue of the heart ~ Julia Cameron
Veracity : habitual truthfulness
What's driving you? For whom are you Walking?
eXperienceing the truth about the moment is...
Your Divine Motivation (221) "It is through your body that You realize You are a spark of divinity." B.K.S. Iyengar (born 1918 India)
amaZing

Memorial Day, and the ocean is calling...

"As sibilant as the waves of the sea."  pearl #525 of 1,001 Pearls of Yoga Wisdom
Beach
Connecticut
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152488232556613&set=a.10151947102441613.1073741826.639181612&type=1&theater
Facebook Friends often help me, not only with my blog posts, but also my attitude
Home is where the beach is
 Justine...
Ken and...
Lindsay, I am looking forward to your yoga classes :)
Oh Ocean
Quiet timehttps://www.facebook.com/tarabrach/photos/a.133750136697759.27667.133712746701498/647396048666496/?type=1&theater

Remember, we are the Land of the Free BECAUSE of the Brave!
Stonington Village by the sea...
To me they all say "Home" Thank you, Maura
Unwind...
Visiting the shops in ...
Watch Hill with my Mom
eXceptional place to spend my summers growing up on the edge of CT and RI
Zest is definitely on the list of places to check out this summer - and Lis' too, of course!

Randomness - Saturday, May 24, 2014

Bodhisattva Path "Awakened Being"
Compassionate activity... Choose love

Dante, Beatrice,Ponte Vecchio

GOD : Good Orderly Direction
"How wonderfully strange it is that when we stop vehemently excluding what is foreign to us, or different and uncomfortable we practice a little hospitality instead. In the process we find more inner spaciousness, more liberation and more possibilities. These attributes are properties of living in unknowing." ~ Gunilla Norris

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” ~ William ShakespeareAll's Well That Ends Well

Mary Anning's Birthday (author of Remarkable Creatures)


Probability of events is this week's Algebra focus. 

Quincunx

Relaxing
Saturday
Unknowing is a lovely thing...
Veracity = truth = what you believe
eXperiment in Open-mindedness
"Your task will be to learn in what direction to look for your life's riches, and not to deny the veracity of your own vision." Elizabeth Berg's Tapestry of Fortunes

Sunday into Monday am ...

  
But right now I feel kinda
Crappy - I was going to type cruddy, until I looked it up. ok no. not that. ;)
"Desert time can be turned to good purpose if we are willing to listen and endure." ~ Julia Cameron 
Einstein : "Out of clutter find simplicity...
From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity."
Ganesh
Had to make myself go this morning, and am so glad I did
I am also very glad I trimmed roses before going so I could share
Jiaozi : a type of dumpling commonly eaten across Asia (new word from Sue)
Kendall is a great snuggle and a loud snorer
thanks Lindsay
Miracles are happening
Namaste
"Our restlessness, irritability, and depression may be telling us to stop accepting the unacceptable and see what else is out there." ~ Julia Cameron God is No Laughing Matter
Russell Brand... interesting... and true

"Sometimes comparison shopping is a good Spiritual idea." ~ Julia Cameron God is No Laughing Matter
Theodore Roethke : "In a dark time, the eye begins to see."
"Vivid flowering as when the desert floor comes Vibrantly aliVe after a rare and sudden rain." ~ Julia Cameron
"What if our flaws are foibles and not fault lines?"
Xander ripping them on a Sunday morning — feeling great at Meredith College Driving Range.

What to do... Saturday, May 17, 2014

Advice?
Carmen, thank you!
Dance
Elizabeth and her
Friends, Aubrey and Taylor,
Going to prom
Jenna's new blog posts are awesome!
Misty walk at Meredith
Nice day for reunion weekend
Open to
Possibility
Quiet, mostly
Ran into two sweet friends

Twirl
Yoga this morning
Zen?