When Your Life…

This Sunday’s quotation is from Rabbi Harold Kushner.

As you go about your day today, take the time to look for the beauty and joy around you.

Notice the plants growing in unlikely places and smile as you consider their amazing survival ability. Stop and watch the wildlife of the area for a few moments – even cities have birds and insect life. Smile as you watch their total absorption in whatever they are doing. Smile at the people you meet in the street, and watch their faces change when they smile back. See how many other examples of beauty you notice as you look around you.

How does it make you feel?

Holding…

This Sundays quotation is from the Buddha.

Anger is always portrayed as the bad guy, isn’t it. Of itself, anger is a healthy emotion. It allows us expression in the face of a perceived threat. The problems arise when, instead of expressing the emotions in an acceptable way, we allow them to fester within us like an unhealed wound. The sad thing is that, as the Buddha says, we hurt ourselves by bringing dis-ease to our bodies.

Understand…

Every Sunday I will be sharing with you a quotation that I come across during the week. This week’s quotation is from Mikao Usui.

It’s so easy to get into a certain way of doing things or thinking about things, we all do it especially as we get older. When changes happen we start feeling angry and resentful because our routine or way of thinking has to alter. We direct that anger at whoever we perceive to be the instigator of the change. We would save ourselves and others a lot of dis-ease if we could see change as something positive, a challenge to help us grow.