“When we are unable to find tranquillity within ourselves, it is
useless to seek it elsewhere.”— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Thought for Today
Thought for Today
“The world is full of cactus, but we don’t have to sit on it.” — Will Foley
Thought for Today
“Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right.”– Oprah Winfrey
The answer to yesterday’s trivia question is B. 1979.
For more information check out a December 22, 1982 Canadian news story about the game.
It’s National Trivia Day
I am a big fan of what may seem like useless information. I try to
hang on to as many facts, figures and little tidbits of information as I can, because you never know when you might need them. So National Trivia Day is right up my alley.
Let’s celebrate with a trivia question about trivia. The answer will be in the regular blog post tomorrow.
Trivial Pursuit(R) was the idea of two Canadian journalists who were tired of playing scrabble. In what year did they decide to create a new board game?
A. 1975
B. 1979
C. 1982
D. 1985
Thought for Today
“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.” – G.K. Chesterton
Thought for Today
“The beginning is the most important part of the work.” -Plato
Thought for a New Year
“I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.” ~John Boyton Priestley
Letting Go to Move Forward
Don’t you love that life is full of second, third, fourth, fifth chances
and even more if we need them? The Universe seems to be continually encouraging us to get it right.
New Year’s Eve can be a time to let go of the things that have not served us well, or have held us back in the old year. Some traditions hold a “burning bowl” ceremony where everyone writes down one thing they are ready to let go of and then the individual pieces of paper are actually burned. There is a profound sense of release that takes place as the paper burns.
So what is holding you back this year?
I release and let go of the things that have held me back and move into the new year with love, peace and gratitude. And so it is. Thank you God.
Pray for Peace
“In every moment you have the option to choose peace for yourself.” — Dr. Wayne Dyer
Please join me tomorrow on the eve of another New Year by praying for peace in the world, but first in our hearts. If there is a Peace Vigil or World Peace Meditation in your community please join with your friends and neighbors in praying for peace. Of course you can also do this on your own. Some people actually welcome the New Year with prayer and meditation at midnight while others join in the World Peace Meditation at noon GMT. For some of us this means getting up in the wee hours of the morning but is well worth making the effort.
“Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.”
Thought for Today
Don’t look further for answers: be the solution. You were born with everything you need to know. Make a promise to stop getting in the way of the blessing that you are. Take a deep breath, remember to have fun, and begin. -Jonathan H. Ellerby
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