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Feel Good Today

Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
If there is a thread started here already that is on the same wavelength, by all means move this - I searched and couldn't find one. I wanted to start a thread for positive thinking - quotes and stories to uplift us all. Here is mine for today.

Namaste

Foxfire



THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE:

Living on Earth is expensive,
but it does include a free trip
around the sun every year.

How long a minute is
depends on what side of the
bathroom
door you're on.

Birthdays are good for you;
the more you have,
the longer you live.

Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.

Ever notice that the people who are late
are often much jollier
than the people who have to wait for them?

Most of us go to our grave
with our music still inside of us.

If Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day,
how come nothing is free yet?

You may be only one person in the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.

Some mistakes are too much fun
to only make once.

Don't cry because it's over;
smile because it happened.

We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty,
some are dull, some have weird names,
and all are different colors....but
they all exist very nicely in the same box.

A truly happy person is one who
can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Have an awesome day, and
know that someone
who thinks you're great
has thought about you today!..


"And that person was me."....
Please don't keep this message
to yourself....send it to those
who mean so much to you....


: hamster ::hearts::hugehug:
 
Kathryn

Kathryn

It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Don't fight with the pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed ~
http://www.finestquotes.com/sendanecard.php?id=25013 & author=Edmund Vance Cooke javascript:sndReq(25013) Edmund Vance Cooke

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway ~
http://www.finestquotes.com/sendanecard.php?id=25014 & author=Mary C. Crowley javascript:sndReq(25014) Mary C. Crowley

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. ~
http://www.finestquotes.com/sendanecard.php?id=25017 & author=Charles Schultz javascript:sndReq(25017) Charles Schultz





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Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
Success



To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded.

--- inaccurately attributed to
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
The last three paragraphs of Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" struck an emotional chord with me.




"As the sun rose over Washington, Langdon looked to the heavens, where the last of the nighttime stars were fading out. He thought about science, about faith, about man. He thought about how every culture, in every country, in every time, had always shared one thing. We all had the Creator. We used different names, different faces, and different prayers, but God was the universal constant for man. God was the symbol we all shared...the symbol of all the mysteries of life that we could not understand. The ancients had praised God as a symbol of our limitless human potential, but that ancient symbol had been lost over time. Until now.

"In that moment, standing atop the Capitol, with the warmth of the sun streaming down all around him, Robert Langdon felt a powerful upwelling deep within himself. It was an emotion he had never felt this profoundly in his entire life.

Hope."
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Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
This is the true joy in life,
the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one;
the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap;
the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod
of ailments and grievances complaining that the world
will not devote itself to making you happy.

- George Bernard Shaw
 
Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
SIMPLE WISDOM....

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Don't judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to....whatever
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Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
One more for today, I'm feeling overflowing...:camp:

In The Lost Woods, Edwin Way Teale, the naturalist writes:
"If I were to choose the sights, the sounds, the fragrances I most would want to see and hear and smell - among all the delights of the open world - on a final day on earth, I think I would choose these: the clear, ethereal song of a white-throated sparrow singing at dawn; the smell of pine trees in the heat of noon; the lonely calling of Canada geese; the sight of a dragonfly glinting in the sunshine; the voice of a hermit thrush far in a darkening woods at evening; and - most spiritual and moving of sights - the white cathedral of a cumulus cloud floating serenely in the blue of a the sky."
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Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
Drop a Pebble in the Water
Poet: James W. Foley

Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on,
Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea.
And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be.

Drop a pebble in the water: in a minute you forget,
But there's little waves a-flowing, and there's ripples circling yet,
And those little waves a-flowing to a great big wave have grown;
You've disturbed a mighty river just by dropping in a stone.

Drop an unkind word, or careless: in a minute it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on.
They keep spreading, spreading, spreading from the center as they go,
And there is no way to stop them, once you've started them to flow.

Drop an unkind word, or careless: in a minute you forget;
But there's little waves a-flowing, and there's ripples circling yet,
And perhaps in some sad heart a mighty wave of tears you've stirred,
And disturbed a life was happy ere you dropped that unkind word.

Drop a word of cheer and kindness: just a flash and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on,
Bearing hope and joy and comfort on each splashing, dashing wave
Till you wouldn't believe the volume of the one kind word you gave.

Drop a word of cheer and kindness: in a minute you forget;
But there's gladness still a-swelling, and there's joy a-circling yet,
And you've rolled a wave of comfort whose sweet music can be heard
Over miles and miles of water just by dropping one kind word.
 
Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
Don't let the title fool you, the song's about letting go of your worries ;)
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Hi Shyanekh,

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you're relatively a lot younger than me. LOL! That song may very well be relaying a positive message but it was in a language this 50 year old couldn't understand. And I'm afraid my taste in music does not go where that band goes. There is a lot of banging of symbols though.;)

But a message is a message, eh? Letting go is a wonderful way to surrender and accept what is.
 
Foxfire

Foxfire

It's all about the Light
So it seems that our lives are a journey from knowing, through forgetting, to (hopefully) remembering again. We start out open and free and end up open and free. Somewhere in the middle we pass through a narrow tunnel. This tunnel is our identification with our small-self, "ME", a conditioned-ego, our cocoon.

The Buddhists say, "No self, No problem."

To me, that means no small, false, separate, scared self; no problems.

When they talk about 'dying before you die' I think they really just mean dropping the baggage; getting rid of all our un-natural ways and being natural again, returning to innocence, like a child, living 'in tune' with our own true nature, just as God intended, living love. Living like this you never fear death!

Jesus said that whoever is prepared to lose (their old life, their ego-shell) will gain (a new life, freedom, joy) He also said that the Golden Rule was to "Love your neighbor as your self", because he knew, he'd remembered, at the deepest level your 'neighbor' is yourself.

...There is only One Self. Call it Love, call it Life, call it God or Truth or "The Ground of Being". It doesn't really make much difference. We are all truly, madly, deeply One!!!

Remember, re-member, be a member again of the whole of existence, of everything that is, was and ever will be.

In Hinduism, it's called "Lila", which means play. To be yourself is to be happy. To be whole is to be healthy (to be out of tune with yourself or the whole leads to "dis-ease").

We are each a vital part of something real, magic and infinite. We're each like different instruments in a divine cosmic orchestra. You don't need a reason to be happy and there is no reason to be afraid. Live, love, laugh, and learn.

"...and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
- T.S. Eliot

"Namaste", which (I think) means I honor that place in you, where you and I are one.
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read the whole article here: At One
 
Renji

Renji

Well-Known Member
'In times of trouble, we should never be despaired for the angels are there to assist us. It's good to know that we need not to "look" on the heavens above to see the angels... For there are "angels" here on earth.'
 
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