Chase your dreams with love and enthusiasm

Keep alive the hope in your dreams. 

Hope provides the strength against giving up. 

Believe in yourself. Self belief enables you to persevere. Never quit. 

Allow no one to control your happiness. Take responsibility for your reactions. 

Success is not what you have, but how you feel. 

Your feelings are your wealth. 

When things seem bad, focus on the incredible beauty around you. 

All obstacles have their season and time of

passing. 

Ask and you will receive. 

Reach out. No one is an island. 

Accept love that is offered. Love is our deepest wellspring of joy. 

Chase your dreams with love and enthusiasm and allow life to meet you halfway. 

Learn from mistakes and remember your dreams. 

Only do that which increases your self-respect. 

Self-respect allows you to feel good about life. Remember to laugh and cry. Both give balance and fullness to life.

DO YOU CARE?

“People don’t care how much you know

until they know how much you care.”

SHOW KINDNESS

Never underestimate the power of your words and deeds.

With a few kind words,

you can change a person’s life.

Joyce Meyer

MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES

When the choice is to be right or to be kind,

always make the choice that brings peace.

– Dr. Wayne Dyer 

THE GIFT OF COMPASSION

“Compassion is a gift God has placed  

within each of us to turn outward towards someone else who is hurting.”
– Joyce Meyer

FORGIVING THOSE THAT HURT YOU...

Forgive past hurts, and people who may have inflicted them, either knowingly or unknowingly. This is not out of kindness to them, but out of kindness to yourself. You are the one carrying the burden of these hurts. Forgive yourself for mistakes or paths not taken. Release the burden of the past so you can travel lighter in the present.

In times of crisis and radical change, remember that living means growing. I have never seen anything in nature grow backward. So, as bad as you feel, and as much as you doubt it, if you are alive you are growing.

Growth is creative. So, take advantage of the opportunity in these tough times to re-create your life by nourishing yourself, staying present, accepting support, trusting your resilience, visualizing positive possibilities and letting go of the past and perceived limitations.

Even though tough times are hard, they can also be the best times to explore ways to live more harmoniously with yourself and others.

REMEMBER

 We who lived in the concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing:
 The last of his freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

~ Viktor E. Frankl

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY forgive them

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

~ Harriet Nelson

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Love is kind

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous,
it is not pompous,
it is not inflated, it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered,
it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.

St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:4

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - Forgive

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. "

~ Paul Boese

ITS NO ONES FAULT

If we put ourselves in another persons shoes, we understand why they behaves the way they do.  We are all born beautiful babies, wide open, with confidence in life, great self- esteem and a sense of personal worth. If we no longer feel this way it is because somewhere along the way someone taught us to be otherwise. We can unlearn the negativity.
AFFIRMATION "I let go the need to blame others or to blame myself. We all do the best we can with the understanding, knowledge and perception that we have at that time."

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - LOVE

"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal."

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The Fourteen Precepts of Interbeing –Thich Nhat Hanh

1. Do not be idolatrous or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.

2. Do not think that the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice non-attachment from views in order to be open to receive other’s viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life and to observe reality in yourself and in the world at all times.

3. Do not force others, including children, by any means whatsoever, to adopt your views, whether by authority, threat, money, propaganda, or even education. However, through compassionate dialogue, help others renounce fanaticism and narrowness.

4. Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering, by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, and sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.

5. Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Live simply and share time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need.

6. Do not maintain anger or hatred. Learn to penetrate and transform them while they are still seeds in your consciousness. As soon as anger or hatred arises, turn your attention to your breathing in order to see and understand the nature of your anger or hatred and the nature of the persons who have caused your anger or hatred.

7. Do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings. Practice mindful breathing in order to come back to what is happening in the present moment. Be in touch with what is wondrous, refreshing, and healing, both inside and around yourself. Plant the seeds of joy, peace, and understanding in yourself in order to facilitate the work of transformation in the depths of your consciousness.

8. Do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break. Make every effort to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however small.

9. Do not say untruthful things for the sake of personal interest or to impress people. Do not utter words that cause division and hatred. Do not spread news that you do not know to be certain. Do not criticize or condemn things that you are not sure of. Always speak truthfully and constructively. Have the courage to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may threaten your own safety.

10. Do not use the religious community for personal gain or profit, or transform your community into a political party. A religious community should, however, take a clear stand agains oppression and injustice, and should strive to change the situation without engaging in partisan conflicts.

11. Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to live. Select a vocation that helps realize your ideal of compassion.

12. Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.

13. Possess nothing that should belong to others. Respect the property of others but prevent others from enriching themselves from human suffering or the sufferings of other beings.

14. Do not mistreat your body. Learn to handle it with respect. Do not look on your body as only an instrument. Preserve vital energies for the realization of the Way. Sexual expression should not happen without love and commitment. In sexual relationships, be aware of future suffering that may be caused. To preserve the happiness of others, respect the rights and commitments of others. Be fully aware of the responsibility of bringing new lives into the world. Meditate on the world into which you are bringing new beings.

Thought for the day - ARE YOU WEALTHY?

Being wealthy isn't have pots of money. It is an attitude. Be grateful for good health, a full stomach and clean water.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY -Things that matter

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King Jnr.

THIS PICTURE BROUGHT ME TO TEARS

TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE

Being human, we make mistakes. We may have been to dark places in thought or deed at sometime in our lives. It is most important- rather than to judge, blame or condemn ourselves for these things - that we recognise, acknowledge and forgive them. This allows us to let them go and to change.

Everyone can experience dark energies or traits and if unrecognised, they can be repressed or denied within, and projected out to be witnessed externally in the world. 
The problems come when we identify with these shadow aspects and label ourselves as bad or wrong - either consciously or subconsciously - carrying guilt and shame which can obscure and cloud the light within and the truth of who we really are.
Negative energies like envy, self-pity, control, anger, revenge etc are pathways of experience BUT they are not who we are. Being conscious of this is an important step in letting them go.
Making the choice to change and having the willingness to change are powerful allies in giving up the things which are not serving us.
Being aware of negativity does not mean focusing on it or giving it a lot of attention. It is more allowing it to come to light and to be shed and discarded so that we can reveal and embrace our own innate goodness, magnificence and beauty.
If we do not forgive ourselves - we are inflicting self-punishment by keeping ourselves in a prison of judgement, guilt, shame etc.


Forgiveness releases and heals negative emotions and returns us to a state of love. It allows us to release the past, so that we can embrace who we truly are.
Let us allow ourselves to acknowledge our inherent value, worth and innocence and give ourselves the gift of forgiveness.
 It is also important to forgive others, as doing so sets US free. 
Forgiveness blesses and cleanses us and our world. It is an extremely powerful force and is an essential key for new and brighter levels of happiness and joy.

Find yourself a place of safety

The fact is none of us can feel love when we are feeling unsafe, fearful or in flight or fight mode. One way to combat our stress response and replace it with a feeling of inner safety is to sit down quietly and start mentally recalling our support network, whether it be Emotional, Spiritual or Physical. Review our Internal and External Resources - family, friends, our abilities and talents, our work, our hobbies, our faith - all we can call upon to help us deal with whatever life is throwing at us. In other words 'anything' or 'anyone' we love and would feel strengthened  by. 

Spend time thinking of each one individually, savouring the feeling of support. Allow yourself to consciously FEEL that feeling of being supported, loved and safe.

On a physical level this positively helps create new neural pathways to your brain.

Keep the Faith

You must not lose faith in humanity.
Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops
of the ocean are dirty,
the ocean does not become dirty.
Mahatma Gandhi

Just visiting...

We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to LOVE....and then we return home.
Aborigine Philosophy

Love, Compassion and Forgiveness

Is it possible to live your life from an inner wellspring of love, compassion and forgiveness?


It is if you stay connected to the deeper, wiser, more loving part of you. If you hold an inner `knowing´ that you are whole, complete and brilliant no matter what others do or say, and if you take responsibility for your own self-love, security and inner peace.


When you become aware of the "limitless" flow of divine love within you, not only do you feel joyful and free but you are also eager to share that love with others because you know that the more you give away, the more you will receive back.

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.


This is my simple religion. There is no need for Temples, no need for complicated philosophy.


Our own brain, our own heart is our Temple. The Philosophy is Kindness"


The Dalai Lama