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Lately I’ve been going back and revisiting some networking things I started online then gave up on. While doing this I discovered I had never claimed my site on Bloglovin. So this little post is designed to do that. You can now follow this site with Bloglovin. Now to figure out Tumblr… 🙂

Thought for Today

“The greatest of all miracles is to be alive.” — Thich Nhat Hanh [Source: http://www.inspirational-quotations.com/faith-quotes.html%5D

Thought for Today

“God is extremely simple. It is we who think of Him as someone complicated. God speaks the simplest language, only we don’t understand Him. We are all deaf. We have been deaf for millennia. Poor God, He has been talking constantly, tirelessly, but we do not have time to listen to Him.” — Sri Chinmoy [Source:http://www.srichinmoy.org/spirituality/our_path%5D

Reasons to Celebrate May

There are always reasons to celebrate life if you just look around you.

During May we have the obvious holidays we all know about, May Day (1), Cinco de Mayo (5), Mother’s Day (10), Ascension Day (14), Armed Forces Day (US), Victoria Day (Canada) Shauot (Jewish holiday marking the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai) and Memorial Day.

But did you know that May is also:

Date Your Mate Month
Foster Care Month
National Barbecue Month
National Bike Month
National Blood Pressure Month
National Hamburger Month
National Photograph Month
National Salad Month
Older Americans Month

Some of the more unique and fun ways to celebrate May include:

1 Mother Goose Day Read a nursery rhyme to the children in your life.

14 Dance Like a Chicken Day Come on, it will be fun.

31 Save Your Hearing Day You will need it later.

This collection of holidays was put together with help from http://holidayinsights.com

Thought for Today

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery that it is. Touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because in the last analysis all moments are sacred moments and life itself is grace.” — Frederick Buechner

[Source: http://www.inspirational-quotations.com/faith-quotes.html]

Thought for Today

“Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine. ” — Buddha

Follow the Breath

Breathe in… breath out. Isn’t it amazing how this simple act provides life giving oxygen to the entire body? How many times do we do this without even noticing? Unless you have a medical condition that makes breathing difficult you may even take this for granted.

I finally learned how to breathe in my forties. Until then my breaths were so shallow Bob sometimes wondered if I was breathing. Learning to breathe was one of the beginning steps on the road to health for me.

Breathe in… breathe out. Following the breath is one way to calm the mind. We do this in meditation. In a meditation tradition I practice we also follow the breath into the Silence where God awaits.

Please take a few minutes for this guided breathing meditation with Kim Eng.