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10/25/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Taking responsibility is a huge task… Even if we feel hurt or ashamed by something that happens, we can find peace in the knowledge that somehow it’s helping each of us to fulfill our dreams or direct our soul’s journey. We can look at ourselves and say, “the world is my canvas and I drew this event into my life to teach myself a valuable lesson.” We become accountable for everything that happens. We say to the universe, “I am the source of my own reality.” This is the place of power from which you can alter your life.

~ Debbie Ford, The Dark Side of the Light Chasers

Did you catch that last bit? Make note of it. Transformation begins with awareness and the desire for change.

It can be helpful to understand how you might have created what you’re experiencing, but it’s really not necessary. What you most need to do is decide what you want to experience and shift your energy, attention, thoughts, and beliefs into alignment with that. Imagine that new reality and make it your primary focus.

Now, you can’t just think your way there, you have to feel your way there. So let your heart be your guide. When your heart’s in the lead, your thoughts and actions will follow in suit.

Do it now, my friend. Start creating your new reality. You deserve it!

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10/23/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“See someone’s rude behavior in this light:

– Rudeness indicates the intensity of the commitment.
– It indicates their level of stress and insensitivity.
– It attests to the upbringing of the person.
– It indicates a persistent behavioral pattern.
– It shows a lack of knowledge.
– It shows a lack of insight into their own mind and its sensations.
– It shows you behavior to avoid.
– It is an opportunity for you to welcome and absorb the rudeness.
– It strengthens your mind.
– It renders unconditional the love that you are.

The next time someone is rude to you, make sure you do not get upset. Just return a broad smile. If you can digest rudeness, nothing whatsoever can shake you.”

~ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Soak that up, my friend.

There’s no need to stoop to someone else’s level. After all, it’s like Bikram says, “If you let someone else steal your peace, you lose.”

10/21/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Listen with your heart and not just your ears and you’ll find clarity.”

~ Collette Baron-Reid

Too much time spent in your head following your thoughts as they run around in circles does not bring clarity, my friend, it just brings tension and confusion. Clarity will come with a quiet mind — when you can get out of your head and into your heart.

So, breathe, meditate, exercise, do yoga. What does it take for you to quiet your mind?

Head to heart, my friend… make the shift.

10/20/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Traditionally it is said that the root of aggression and suffering is ignorance. But what is it that we are ignoring? Entrenched in the tunnel vision of our personal concerns, what we ignore is our kinship with others. One reason we train as warrior-bodhisattvas is to recognize our inter-connectedness — to grow in understanding that when we harm another we are harming ourselves. So we train in recognizing our uptightness. We train in seeing that others are not so different from ourselves. We train in opening our hearts and minds in increasingly difficult situations.”

~ Pema Chodron

Look below the surface, my friend, and you’ll see that we’re all doing the best we can from where we are with what we have. And those circumstances can be very different from person to person and even moment to moment.

Look deeper below the surface at our own uptightness and judgments and often we’ll find that the very things we accuse others of doing, we’re doing ourselves. This is what happens when we get stuck in our head, in our thoughts and judgments, and lose touch with the calm, clear, caring and compassionate energies of our heart.

Imagine yourself in their shoes, my friend. How would you want to be treated?

10/19/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.”

~ Bryant H. McGill

This is truly a sad state for all involved. Yet we all have to face this challenge at times. And for some of us it takes longer to shift from the thinker and critic in our heads to the truth within our hearts.

Be wary of letting your need to be right interfere with your ability to be at peace within yourself. At the end of the day, my friend, what will help you sleep best?

I think you’ll find that when you let your heart be your guide the tension and stress will drain away. And then… Zzzzzzzz… such a relief…

10/18/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”

~ Albert Einstein

Problems are rarely fun. In fact, they’re mostly just frustrating. And as long as your attention remains focused on the problem, my friend, you’ll just get more problems.

This is when it’s time to let go. It’s time for a distraction, a happy thought. Think of crazy cute kittens or puppies. Think of the most proud moment of your life. Think of anything that will bring a smile to your face and focus on it.

Smiles feel good, don’t they? Enjoy these smile moments. Solutions appear when you feel good.

10/17/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Every person with an ideal faces the danger of being called a fool or madman. Every great cause must be ushered into the world by a small majority of persons often denounced as cracked brains or ridiculous zealots. Somebody said ‘Nobody can be genuinely in earnest without appearing eccentric in a world where intensity is considered bad form.’”

~ Rev. Paul Osumi

How do you feel when you go against the grain, my friend? Are you comfortable with being called a fool or a madman? Or would you rather blend in with the crowd?

Environments are very powerful. Cultural belief structures are very powerful. It takes an even more powerful person to stand up for their truth when it’s in contrast to the accepted norm. Right?

So appreciate the eccentrics (stand proud as one yourself). After all, they might just be on to something that you’ll eventually be grateful for.

10/14/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.”

~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Ever done that, my friend? It’s pretty amazing the way your energy shifts immediately from helpless to helpful.

Not only do you go from empty to full in a flash but you step right back into your power. Many times you wind up helping yourself more than you help the other!

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