BE like an autumn leaf and LET GO

  in the "Foreshock" of Erwin McManus' book Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment

Contemplation leads to Clarity, Compassion, joy, strength, creativity, and purpose. One of my next reads: Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment by Erwin McManus

Daily... Deliver in Demonstration of the Holy Spirit operating through me and His power stirring the minds of listeners and persuading them so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom and rhetoric of men, but on the power of God. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 paraphrased

     

 thank you, Pamela

Finding the ways our soul can breathe cleanly and completely is our career - where that happens is our occupation." p. 252 Mark Nepo Endless Practice

Guided by His thoughts and purposes. 1 Corinthians 2:15-16 and "Golden Glow Moth" by

 Harold Lyons: 

"Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" The foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom" 1 Corinthians 1:20,25

 "I choose the power of passion, love, and kindness." ~ Day 7 Deepak 21 Day Meditation 

"Journey to reclaim my eternal identity." p.40 The Journey Home by Radhanah Swami

Kensho (Japanese) is a term used in Zen traditions meaning "seeing into one's true nature. " Ken means "seeing," sho means "nature" or "essence. "

"Only God Himself can teach you everything you need to know about your giftedness. Only the Holy Spirit can do the work of shaping and coordinating all areas of your life so that they brightly reflect the light of the Lord. Take some time...

"... Prayerfully asking the Father to reveal to you how He’s gifted you and how you can use your gifts and talents to fulfill the purpose He has for you on this earth." ~ Charles F. Stanley

Quirky Momma: "Don't let the ugly in others kill the beauty in you." thank you, Kristen

Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment by Erwin McManus

Start every day with an act of LOVE, it is an action verb, after all.

 thank you, Buddha Doodles

"The Two of us were like leaves carried by the wind, neither knowing where or how the wind would blow us..." p. 40 ~ Radhanath Swami The Journey Home

Unlimited support from nature the...

Voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls." ~ Nietzsche

Water Street Cafe; hostess, took this on my Way into my very first shift

Xerces.org check it out here 

 Yogi tea tag said: "You're never too old to jump in a leaf pile"

Zen and the art of a leaf pile made for the sole (soul) purpose of jumping in them and thereby spreading them out again. :)

The week in review: Nov 1-8, 2019

“As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.” As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought." ~ James Allen

"Behavior is the Blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits. We reap the harvest - sweet or bitter - of our inner garden." ~ James Allen

Choice. Choose wisely: “Average is always a safe Choice, and it is the most dangerous Choice you can make...We Choose a career or job; we choose a city or place to live...but in all the things we factor in as we Craft our futures, we make the people in our lives a commodity of, at best, secondary importance. We would take a job and give up our people rather than Choose a tribe and give up the job... If we Choose to live a small life, we do not make enough room for a big GOD.” ~ Erwin Raphael McManus, The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life

Dilemma: "The life you want may not be the life God wants for you. This is why the process must begin by loving God first. It is in loving God with all your heart and mind and soul that he begins to shape your passions. When God has your heart, you can trust your desires. His will is not a map; it is a match. He shows you the way by setting you on fire..." * see "Y" for the rest of the quote from:

Erwin Raphael McManus' book, The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life

 FRESH New London to celebrate the end of the growing season, share food and fun, and begin to plan for 2020!

Gratitude for connectedness and "seeds" that are even better than breadcrumbs for leading me ...

Home to the place in my Heart 

"I wish..." Final line from the musical Into the Woods Important meditation: what do we truly wish?

James Allen: "Mind is the master power that molds and makes; We are min, in one of the guises it takes. Taking the tool of thought, we sculpt what we will, Shaping our lives for ills. We think in secret, and it comes to pass; The world is our reflection -- the mind's looking-glass."

"...Keep underestimating how much God wants to do in us and through us. Too many of us have believed the lies we have been told: that we’re not good enough, we’re not smart enough, we’re not talented enough, we’re just not enough. One of the facets of God that makes him extraordinary is his ability to do the impossible through ordinary, everyday, common people like you and me.” ― Erwin Raphael McManus

Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life

Maple key:  source in honor of Aunt Madeline

 November 7, 1897 to November 16, 1988

Open door: "Every moment is an Open door to fulfillment" ~ Deepak Chopra's 21 Day Meditation Experience

Quiver empty: a very important message from The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life

Room with a view indeed! Reminds me of where I get to sit on Thursday evenings of late

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Shakespeare Sonnet 104: 

"To me, fair friend, you never can be old / For as you were when first your eye I eyed / Such seems your beauty still." 

Unitarian Universalism (UU) is a liberal religion characterized by a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning". source

Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts

"Which Way?" But I keep thinking and typing as "Which Why?"
eXpect miracles is step 2. Asking for them in prayer is step 1.

"You will know God’s desire for you by the fire in you! The fire in you will light the way.” ― Erwin Raphael McManus, The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life

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"Zunzuncito: the world's itty bittiest birdie"

What does "a decade or two ago" even mean...

As the plant springs from, and could not be without, the seed, so every act of a man springs from the hidden seeds of thought, and could not have appeared without them. This applies equally to those acts called "spontaneous" and "unpremeditated" as to those, which are deliberately executed. Act is the Blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry. source

"Christ ignored is Chaos" was not only in something read/listened to recently, but also experienced

 Demand of myself this great experience

Enter into the greater Experience with Efficacy and Embrace choice

 "Field of Love" is what I've decided to name this moment captured 20 years ago.

Go forward by the Grace of God

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

“In this moment, I am free... the rules of the Divine, the laws of the Universe. I can live my life in peace and not be encumbered by any process, for any process is only another lesson and growth." ~ Alan Seale

Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Keep Knocking. Keep seeking.

Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."

Now what? Nearness to God

 

Peace means unity with our good. Peace. Be still and know that I am.

Quiet the lies of my ego based crazy thoughts with the promises of God

Strength to walk the way Jesus demonstrated

"Together with the Beloved I create my life. I spread my wings and fly in freedom through Love.” From Intuitive Living: A Sacred Path by Alan Seale

Understanding

Virtue of "my" Vision for my life, according to God's will

 

"Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

eXpectancy in God's will for us instead of eXpectations of myself or others to "be" a certain way

Zechariah 8:12 " For I am planting the seeds of peace and prosperity among you. The grapevines will be heavy with fruit. The earth will produce its crops, and the heavens will release the dew. Once more I will cause the remnant in Judah and Israel [that means all of us] to inherit these blessings."