Wednesday Jan 21, 2015

“Attention without feeling … is only a report.” ~ Mary Oliver 
 Beautiful Window
Deepak Chopra: "Your being is the greatest gift you have to give...
...Express who you are, your being flows out into the world and then others can bask in your personal Expression and feel inspired to find their own way of Expressing themselves."

Give voice to our truths
"Human is a state of infinite potential waiting to be awakened." ~ Deepak






"Join [this community of the spirit] and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise." ~ Rumi
Keep it in perspective people

 Letting in the Light

"My sunrise faith because no matter what, as long as we’re on this planet, the sun always rises." ~ Oprah

Owl images keep appearing along my path this week :)
Quotes from Rumi always help: "The unseen presence keeps saying to us, ‘You are Joy!’"
Respect everyone's essence... Radiate truth ~ Deepak
Simplicity at it's finest


"...There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us..." ~ Marianne Williamson

Universe is calling, listen, and then...
Voice your truth with Vitality and Vibrancy

"When you're happy for yourself, it fills you. When you're happy for someone else, it pours over." 
~ Sarah Addison Allen

“You are so busy being YOU that you have no idea how utterly unprecedented you are.” ~ John Green

Celebrating MLK day

https://www.facebook.com/djheavygrinder/photos/a.85963791111.80105.6258151111/10153011866071112/?type=1&theater
Blue sky and a Blue roof. lovely combination for...

Community Garden

Ego gets in the way of growth by holding on to Emotional residue
Growth is Gained in the letting Go... Giving up the hope that the past can be any different
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203408327038914&set=a.1359258311549.2045279.1534273224&type=1&theater&notif_t=likethank you, Doug

“It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.” —Hermann Hesse
Joy can flow effortlessly and life can become a rich and treasured adventure. ~ Deepak
Keep the faith
Letting go is a choice filled with healing Light, Love and Liberation
Now is the time
Piqued: curious
Quintessential summer photo of Nick recently, but now I can't find it to put here - oh well :)
“Renewals, returns, reconnections, reunions…are promised by this retrograde.”by ROBERT WILKINSON
Spirit
True self can be felt when we are lost in the quiet steady moments
Unburden your mind and release your Spirit

“...Whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings.” ~ Thomas Merton
Zen Mama's MLK Day Inspiration

A blog dedicated to the genius that is Shel Silverstein

- Where the Sidewalk Ends Flickr / Doug Lewis / Via Flickr: 75403782@N02

“All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas / Layin’ In The Sun, / Talkin’ ‘Bout The Things /
They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done… 
But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas 
All Ran Away And Hid From One Little Did.” - Falling Up
"The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and first recorded by American  Dr. Hook in 1972,
Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein

"Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball"


“He wasted his wishes on wishing.” ~ Where the Sidewalk Ends
"Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too" ~ Where the Sidewalk Ends
Julia Pugachevsky, BuzzFeed Staff
 Kris Kristofferson - The Winner (Shel Silverstein tribute, 2010) on YouTube
Loving all these new tidbits - I had no idea - Love Learning!
My first favorites were The Missing Piece, and The Missing Piece Meets the Big O
No dedication to Shel Silverstein would be complete without: The Giving Tree


"Oh Daddy, what would happen if the sun stopped shining?"
"Please get your rags And your polishing jars, Somebody has to go polish the stars.” ~ A Light in the Attic
"Quick Trip" ~ A Light in the Attic
"Ridiculous Rose" ~ Where the Sidewalk Ends
“There are no happy endings./ Endings are the saddest part, So just give me a happy middle And a very happy start.” ~ Every Thing On It
“Underneath my outside face There’s a face that none can see. A little less smiley, A little less sure, But a whole lot more like me.” - Every Thing On It
"...Voice inside of you That whispers all day long, ‘I feel this is right for me, 
I know that this is wrong.’ 
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend 
Or wise man can decide 
What’s right for you 
 just listen to the 
Voice that speaks inside.” ~ Falling Up

"You're Always Welcome at Our House"
"Zebra Question" ~ A Light in the Attic