Peace-filled mornings.... and Dandelions

Chapter 50 of audio book The Book of Joy "Generosity"  

Dandelion puffs or fluffs keep coming across my path in various ways and forms

"Every now and then, when the world sits just right, a gentle breath of heaven fills my soul with delight." ~ Hazelmarie Elliott

From the book I was listening to on my way up to CT/RI May 17, 2018

"Generosity: We are filled with Joy" practices from The Book of Joy 

"How a Dandelion Transforms" By Neil Bromhall 

video here

I have completely redone this post from May 26, 2010 to be able to post on May 26, 2018

John B Law Jacquelyn B Law

Kitten named "Dandelion"

 photo by Hannah Mangum '18

Logan LOVED caring for this baby May 11 and 12, 2018

Now it is Saturday morning, May 26, 2018, and I am quietly enjoying this time.

Old Souls... There is a beautiful thing inside you that is thousands of years old. Too old to be captured in poems. Too old to be loved by everyone. But loved so very deeply by a chosen few. ~ Nikita Gill

 "Peace-filled snail"  is I named this photo and is the only piece of the original post from May 26, 2010

Quietly

Reconnecting with my own soul

"Time lapse Dandelion flower to seed head" video by Neil Bromhall

Usually thought of as a "weed" but these facts reveal so much more

Vitamins K, A, C, and B-6

"Wildflower, Weed Or Something In Between?" article 

detoX  Dr. Josh Axe article here 

"...Yellow weeds that pop up every spring, and must be kept at bay for months, are actually plants that have a number of powerful health benefits." ~ Dr. Josh Axe article here

and then...float away on a light breeZe

 source

Peace at the end of a busy day...

my day off began with a very long todo list that included car in the shop, eye doctor appt and preparations for Elizabeth's 14th Birthday, but it also included a realy long walk with Misty and ended with a trip to Trader Joe's for my favorite wine and dark chocolate covered pomegranate seeds. yum!

Holding on and Letting go : November 2017

 and now we fall into December...

Bett Padgett   on Soundcloud

Christ's  dynamic and creative ideas and teachings:  "Man's ultimate destiny depends not on whether he can learn new lessons, or makes new discoveries and conquests but on his acceptance of the lesson taught to him close on to two thousand years ago." -Inscription at Rockefeller Center, NYC source

Dendrolatry : the worship of trees 

Empathy is the secret to most things in life - including magic" (530). ~ Shadow of Night 

Face your deepest fears so that you can work your magic freely..." (313). ~ Shadow of Night 

Gertrude Jekyll

He who worships at the shrine of brotherhood shall find his unity with his fellowman." The Gentleman From Heaven, Chapter 2

"Joy is a divine multiplier." ~ The Gentleman From Heaven, Chapter 2

"Keep walking, though there's no place to get to. Don't try to see through the distance. That's not for human beings." ~ Rumi

"Life is teaming is just teaming with inspiration all about you." ~ The Gentleman from Heaven, Chapter 2

Namaste Café

Opportunities abound to Optimize Our internal Operating systems

“Qu’ils mangent de la brioche!” 

Raw Food for Life's Facebook post:

Silent Secret devotion.

 thank you, Alisa

"Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And find that we cannot. For all darkness in the world stems from darkness in the heart. And it is there that we must do our work." ~ Marianne Williamson

Veneration : great respect; reverence

Walk with God - live it quietly and rejoice in it. Rejoice silently when you feel God's presence... Worship is the wand of mastery." ~ The Gentleman From Heaven, Chapter 2

eXercises in this little book at big: 

"Yin mellowness... Yang go time... balance" ~ Pedram Shojai, day 18 deceleration time the art of stopping time

"Zee signed. 'Denial is a powerful thing.' " p. 283 The Fifth Petal