Tag: thoughts
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Simplicity
Simplicity boils down to two steps: Identify the essential.Eliminate the rest. LEO BABAUTA Welcome back to my series Life: From A to Z and the word Simplicity for the letter “S.” And just for the record, you have no idea how excited I am that there are only SEVEN letters left! Don’t think for a…
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Observations
The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. Bertrand Russell Life: From A to Z After working on the featured image—which is a section of a tall yucca flower that I photographed on my recent…
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MANTRAS
I AM STILL. I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT I HAVE. I CHOOSE PEACE. I TRUST IN THE PRESENT. I RELEASE THE PAST. I AM HAPPY FOR OTHERS. MY HEART IS OPEN TO LOVE. I FORGIVE OTHERS. THIS IS THE MOMENT TO BEGIN. I FORGIVE MYSELF. I GIVE MYSELF PERMISSION TO BE HAPPY. I LOVE…
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Faceless
“You have to look beyond the face, To see the person true, Deep down within my inner space, I am the same as you.” “I’ve seen compassion from the blind, Who think with open eyes. It’s those that judge me quick you’ll find, Are those that are unwise.” —Two excerpts from the poem Faceless, by…
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YOUR OWN DRUM
At the risk of sounding cliché, the letter “D” made me think of “dancing to the beat of your own drum.” I’ve noticed that my thoughts, views, and ideas about things seem to evolve with time, and I’ve looked at this particular phrase from different perspectives—in different eras. When I was young, dancing to the…
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A Curious Thing
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch I didn’t plan to use our cat “Gypsy” for my featured image, but when I thought about the word curiosity, the old phrase “curiosity killed the cat” came to mind. I’ve never cared for that idiom because I think…
a sprinkle of faith 