"A 10 minute vacation for the soul."
Bob wondered why I was taking a picture of the sky. When I said, “There’s a cloud feather,” he replied, “Hey there is a cloud feather, I see it.” Bob doesn’t see so well these days, so I was glad we could share this together.
Do you see the cloud feather?
“Do all the good you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.” —
John Wesley
[Source: Letters (1915), Rule of Conduct]
“To see World in a Grain of Sand,
And Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.”
— William Blake [Source: Auguries of Innocence]
“For renewal of human values and attainment of lasting happiness, we need to look to the common humanitarian heritage of all nations the world over.” — His Holiness the 14th Dali Lama of Tibet [Source: A Human Approach to World Peace]
“The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.” ~Michael Josephson
This is the time of year when we make promises and plans to do better in the next year. Be sure to check out this article on Go Red for Women: 5 Heart Healthy Resolutions for the New Year.
I have a hypothesis that emotional intelligence is a function of imagination. In other words, your ability to imagine the future is what drives your decisions today. — Scott Adams, Creator of Dilbert comic strip. [Source: Imagination and Emotional Intelligence Sep 30, 2013]
The first follower of the month for 2014 is Julianne Victoria. She blogs at Through the Peacock’s Eyes where she offers insights for spiritual living. http://juliannevictoria.com/ Please take a minute to visit and say hello.
Living from our Heart
The new year is a time of new beginnings. Many of us will make our New Year’s resolutions to better ourselves. These goals of betterment often include things like losing weight, eating better, looking better, working out, etc. Those are great goals, but often driven by external influences.
Instead if we turn within and begin living from our hearts, we can transform our resolutions, our goals in live, into acts of love. When we love ourselves, we take better care of ourselves. When we love others, we have compassion for their struggles and goals.
Living from the heart is living from the inside out. May we all in the new year emit Love and Light from our hearts and Be who we all truly are: Beautiful from the inside out! That is the only resolution we truly need.
About Julianne Victoria:
I am a writer, healer and spiritual counselor. I hope to teach and inspire others on their journeys and in this life. My main blog is: Through the Peacock’s Eyes, Insights for Spiritual Living
Bob thought you might like to see the annual report for Espirational from Word Press. Thank you for your help in contributing to these numbers.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Click here to see the complete report.
“The real purpose of meditation isn’t to tune out and get away from it all but to tune in and get in touch with your true Self – that eternal aspect of yourself that goes beyond all the ever-changing, external circumstances of your life.”— Deepak Chopra M.D. [Source: Seven Myths of Meditation]
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