My blog posts are usually scheduled ahead, but today I feel the need to step in and comment on world events. My heart is heavy with all the major outbreaks of violence and war in the world right now. So what can we do? How should we react? First we must remember that war doesContinue reading “Creating Peace”
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Thought for Today
“Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. ” — Shakti Gawain [Source: quotationspage.com]
Thought for Today
“Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting is a very valuable like skill and we do it all the time.”— Meryl Streep, Barnard Commencement Speech 2010 [Source: Quotationspage.com]
Cool Smoothies for a Hot Summer: The Chocolate Monkey
This makes a thick, creamy chocolate smoothie that tastes like a milk shake. I add flax seed meal for a nutritional boost. We think this is plenty sweet, but you may add a little Stevia if you think you need it. But how healthy are these ingredients? Almond milk is low in calories but highContinue reading “Cool Smoothies for a Hot Summer: The Chocolate Monkey”
Thought for Today
“You are the sum total of the people you meet and interact with in the world. Whether it’s your family, peers, or co-workers, the opportunities you have and the things that you learn all come through doors that other people open for you. ― Tanner Colby, Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The StrangeContinue reading “Thought for Today”
Thought for Today
“True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an essential part of the relationship. — Eckhart Tolle [Source: Weekly Present Moment Reminders]
Talking about the Weather
“Don’t knock the weather: nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.” — Kin Hubbard I don’t usually comment on quotes, but today I couldn’t resist. When I first read it I laughed. It is funny. It is also true. But as far as I am concernedContinue reading “Talking about the Weather”
Thought for Today
“All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
Thought for Today
“There never was a good war, or a bad peace.” — Benjamin Franklin, Letter to Josiah Quincy (1783).
Thought for Today
“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. I you can do that, and live that way, your are really a wise man.” — Euripides at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/balance.html#rFAPteUPr2TfUSwD.99
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