Transcending Thought

Doing without planning takes time. Planning without doing kills time.

— William Hamilton
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Life is Good

Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late. Today, this hour, this minute is the day, the hour, the minute for each of us to sense the fact that life is good, with all of its trials and troubles, and perhaps more interesting because of them.

— Robert R. Updegraff

Accept Your Power

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Accept Your Power
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Linda-Ann Stewart

Some people don't accept their own inner power. Many times, they abandon it because they're afraid they'll misuse it. Generally, this is because they've been the victims of other people who abuse their power and authority and don't want to be like the abusers.

They've confused power with control. Power is the energy and ability to affect their own world. Contrarily, control is attempting to dominate the world of others for an advantage. Controllers manipulate, denigrate, discount and put others down to make themselves feel more powerful.

Since they don't recognize their inner power, controllers feel they have to take it from others. This is the realm of bullies and abusers. They're trying to make others do their bidding so that they feel better in some way. This is control, not empowerment.

Finding The Miracle

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We all want life to be miraculous, and it is. We pray for miracles, seek miracles, listen to stories about miracles, and think miracles will happen someday in the future, or happened thousands of years ago. So few realize that the great miracle is happening in our lives, right now. It is necessary to simply wake up, so we can see the miracle in front of our eyes, give thanks and live with it wholeheartedly.

Centuries ago, a physician, faced daily with death and suffering, sought out the guidance of a famous Zen Master, living quietly, inaccessible, in a mountain hut. The physician climbed the mountain, searched for the hut, and after many days, found him raking leaves at the side of his tiny house. The teacher did not look up when the student arrived, but kept raking slowly.

"I have come to understand the essence of life," the physician proclaimed.

The Zen Master looked up for a moment, his eyes piercing the student.

"Go home and be kind to your patients," the Master replied. "That is it."

 

Living Life to its Fullest Potential

Submitted by ctmattice on Sat, 04/25/2009 - 1:43pm.

In my journey through this life, I've learned much. Life has been good to me.

 

Yes, life is good. In the five decades I've lived so far, I've come to realize how we determine our perception of life. As a kid it's great, we play with our friends and are typically happy. I look back at those times and think would I want to do it again? To most of my school mates I was the oddball, I wasn't good at sports, shy, and usually the one the bullies picked on. I resented my parents for forcing me to go to church on Sunday Morning and Evening then again for Wednesday night service. I wanted to do what I pleased and that was to have fun, or what I thought was fun, with my friends. In my teens, this led me down a path of pleasing others instead of listening to myself. I wanted friends and would do just about anything, kinda sickening looking back at it. There was a time period of three years which could have ended my life at it's desire

Be of Good Cheer

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.

— Helen Keller
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