New and Improving

" Never stop learning, 

because life never stops teaching."

It is about the most perfect Spring morning.

I am sitting at my kitchen table, door flung open,

the mockingbird belting out variable tunes,

and the sunshine streaming in to meet me.

I am sitting here reflecting.

Lately I've been in rediscovery mode.

Is it a mid-life crisis?

Perhaps!

At times it has certainly felt like a crisis.

However, I choose to call it....enlightenment.

Thing is...I suspect I've been going through it most of my adult life!

The good news is....I was teachable.

I searched for & found helpful guides.

(still)

I paid attention.

(still)

I learned a lot.

(am still...and always....)

Sometimes I want to share everything on here...

and sometimes I feel I want to go back and delete everything I've shared.

I won't. I can't. It is part of my process.

Today I felt like sharing. 

Because there is sense of newness this Spring.

I feel it in a big way.

I've done the hard things.

Dug deep in the dirt.

(literally and emotionally)

After hitting some skeletal remains and some scary bits

along the way....

I see growth,

and I am excited!

With that I will share a few quotes I read today, out of a wonderful book 

my friend Moe gifted me, and I have gifted to others.

The Language of Letting Go Journal

by Melanie Beattie

" Our happiness is not a present someone else holds in his or her hands."

"In those moments when we are trying to reach out and force someone to stop our pain

and create our joy, if we find the courage to stop flailing about and instead

stand still and deal with our issues,

we will find happiness."

"We will heal from the past. We will receive insights that can change

the course of our relationships."

"We will see that, all along, our happiness and our well-being

have been in our hands."

Prayer:

"God help me remember that I hold the key to my own happiness.

Give me the courage to stand still and deal with my own feelings.

Give me the insights I need to improve my relationships.

Help me stop doing the codependent dance and start doing the dance of discovery."

Much love,

xoxo

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" Forget the former things: do not dwell on the past.

See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up;

do you not perceive it ?"

Isaiah 43:19

 

Good Thoughts

In the morning we talked about

the dreams we had. He dreamt of his family.

I had a dream that he took off his shirt and had major abs!

And then I went and had coffee with Scott Glenn (actor).

We both laughed.

" Happiness is that occasional moment when

we forget what we deserve

and let what we have be temporarily enough."

xoxo

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A Parable

I read this parable this morning and

 it's good food for thought.

"The Fisherman and the Businessman

Once upon a time,

there was a successful businessman, who was passing

by a beach in a small village in the middle of his

busy, stressful workday.

He looked out, and saw a lone fisherman with his fishing pole

cast out into the water.

Beside him, were several large fish.

The businessman was impressed.

He stopped to compliment the fisherman

on his catch.

He asked, "How long does it take you to catch all these fish?"

"Not very long," the fisherman replied. "I am good at 

catching fish!"

The business man was confused, he asked the fisherman

"Why he didn't stay out longer, than he would be able to catch even more fish?"

"I catch enough fish to feed and support my family.

I don't need anymore."

To which the business man inquired,

"But what do you do for the rest of the day?"

"Well when I've caught all the fish I need by mid-morning,

I go home, kiss my wife, play with my kids, take a nap,

read and do what I please."

The businessman couldn't help but see an opportunity.

"Let me help you!" he said. "I'm an expert in business,

and I can help you become much more successful.

If you spend longer fishing each day,

and catch as  many fish as possible,

you can make much more money. 

Then if you work hard, eventually you can buy a big boat,

and catch even more fish.

And then after that you can set up a whole fleet of boats,

and have your own company. You could start and distribute

and grow a fishing empire!"

"And what would happen after that?" the fisherman asked.

"Well, you would be a millionaire!"

"And then what?"

"Then you could retire, and move to a house by the sea,

go fishing in the morning and enjoy your time however

you please."

Puzzled the fisherman replied, "But isn't that what

I am already doing?"

                                                              ~Daily Inspiration~

" It is rare that we achieve happiness by increasing

our supply of something that has nothing to do with it."

xoxo

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Only Two Days

" There are only two days in a year that nothing

can be done.

One is called yesterday, and the other is called tomorrow.

So today is the right day to love, believe, do, 

and mostly, live!"

Dalai Lama

xoxo

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