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See the doughnut

Hilda — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:58:06 +0000

A Thought for the Week

“Twixt optimist and pessimist, the difference is drole. The optimist sees the doughnut, the pessimist the hole.” ~ Unknown

“Optimist: Person who travels on nothing from nowhere to happiness.” ~ Mark Twain

“In all things it is better to hope than to despair.” ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Leap and the net will appear

Hilda — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:55:41 +0000

A Thought for the Week

“When you have come to the edge of all light that you know, and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, Faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.” ~ Patrick Overton

“As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.” ~ Emmanuel Teney

“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King

Don’t worry, be happy!

Hilda — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:49:09 +0000

A Thought for the Week

“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

“Worry is like a rocking chair – it gives you something to do but it doesn’t get you anywhere.” ~ Unknown

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.” ~ Leo F. Buscaglia

Step into the field of all possibilities

Hilda — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:56:06 +0000

A Thought for the Week

“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” ~ John Allen Paulos

“Impossible is a word humans use far too often.” ~ Jeri Ryan

“Our aspirations are our possibilities.” ~Samuel Johnson

“Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities.” ~ Deepak Chopra

Be Heart centered

Hilda — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:05:11 +0000

A Thought for the Week

”Most people think the heart is mushy and sentimental. But it’s not. The heart is intuitve, it’s holistic, it’s contextual, it’s relational. It doesn’t have a win-lose orientation. . . At times it may not even seem rational, but the heart has a computing ability that is far more accurate and far more precise than anything within the limits of rational thought.” ~ Deepak Chopra

“No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher

“Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. Ask questions, then feel the answer. Learn to trust your heart.” ~ Unknown

There is only one kind of love!

Hilda — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:16:51 +0000

People think there are all kinds of love: romantic love, familial love, platonic love. But I disagree. I think there is only one kind of love, and that is Unconditional.

If love isn’t unconditional, then it isn’t really love. It’s something else. Probably attachment.

Love doesn’t require people to act in any particular way. It is complete acceptance of the self or another as they are. It doesn’t mean you have to tolerate being treated disrespectfully – that would negate self-love. But you can still love somebody while refusing to tolerate their poor behaviour. If however, you find yourself withdrawing your ”love” because somebody is not behaving as you wish, then you don’t really love that person.

Fear is what keeps us from true, unconditional love. Fear makes us attach conditions to love. And fear is the opposite of love. When you allow your fear to take over, you block yourself from the energy of love – both giving and receiving. Notice when fear arises, and choose to release it and embrace love instead.