MAY YOU HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR!

"Kindness is more important than wisdom,

and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom."

Theodore Isaac Rubin

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark;

The real tragedy is when men are afraid of the light"

Plato

HOLIDAY GIFT FROM SAM ('I AM")

 

 

 

For the Child in All of us!

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.

If you can dream it, you can become it.”

William Arthur Ward

“By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future.” Thich Nhat Hanh

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. 

  The mind is everything. What we think we become."

- The Buddha -

 

 

“Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence, and face your future without fear.” Unknown

“Everyone creates realities based on their own personal beliefs.

These beliefs are so powerful that they can create

expansive or entrapping realities over and over.”

Hope Bradford

A film by Jonathan Rutsch. More at SidewalkStory.

Video from KarmaTube

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” Buddha

The human heart feels things the eyes cannot see,

and knows what the mind cannot understand.

- Robert Valett -

 

 

 

A film by Go Inspire Go.

Video from KarmaTube

“All the wonders you seek are within yourself.” Sir Thomas Browne

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my

Character and the quality of my life. I can choose to

Sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the

Gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise

From the pain and treasure the most

Precious gift I have—life itself.”

A film by the Contemplative Alliance. More at Global Peace Initiative of Women.

Video from KarmaTube

"When I let go of what I am I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need." Lao Tzu

Taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments

Gives you the power to change them.”

Byron Katie

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle -

“The real measure of your wealth is how much

You’d be worth if you lost all your money.”

Unknown

Video from KarmaTube

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. Mahatma Gandhi

All darkness in the world cannot 

extinguish the light of a single the candle.

St Francis of Assisi

This is Love

All darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single the candle.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. 

The mind is everything. What we think we become."

- The Buddha -

All darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single the candle. St Francis of Assisi

An eye for an eye only ends up 

 

making the whole world blind.

 Mahatma Gandhi

A film by Michelle Moore.

Video from KarmaTube

“When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.” ~Miguel Ruiz

“Accept your past without regret, 

handle your present with confidence, 

and face your future without fear.” 

Unknown 

A film by KarmaTubeShimi Cohen.

Video from

“Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response.” Mildred Barthel

   “The heart is like a garden: it can grow compassion or fear,

Resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?”

Jack Kornfield

“Don’t let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

Anger and hatred are the real enemies

That we must confront and defeat,

Not the "enemies" who appear

From time to time in our lives.

The Dalai Lama

Video from KarmaTube

Until you make peace with who you are, You will never be content with what you have.” Doris Mortman

“If we look at the world with a love of life,

The world will reveal its beauty to us.”

Daisaku Ikeda

Video from KarmaTube

“Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” Kahlil Gibran

“At the end of life, our questions are very simple:

Did I live fully? Did I love well?”

Jack Kornfield

Video from KarmaTube

“We do not heal the past by dwelling there; We heal the past by living fully in the present.” Marianne Williamson

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time,

And always start with the person nearest you.

Mother Teresa

“One word frees us of all the weight And pain of life: that word is love.” Sophocles

Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.

Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute

With love, grace, and gratitude.

Denis Waitley

“One word frees us of all the weight And pain of life: that word is love.” Sophocles

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.

Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

Dalai Lama

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu

“Accept what is, let go of what was,

And have faith in what will be.”

Sonia Ricotti

“Concern yourself not with what is right and What is wrong but with what is important.” Unknown

We can do no great things, 

only small things with great love.

 Mother Teresa 

“If we look at the world with a love of life, The world will reveal its beauty to us.” Daisaku Ikeda

“Concern yourself not with what is right and what is wrong but with what is important.”

Unknown

Historic Week

In Remembrance 

“What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” Ralph Marston

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking

 

Creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Lao Tzu

 

A film by RSA Animate.

Video from KarmaTube

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu

“Accept your past without regret, handle your present

With confidence, and face your future without fear.”

Unknown

“Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not uncommon for people to spend

Their whole life waiting to start living.”

Eckhart Tolle

“Change is inevitable. Growth is intentional.” Glenda Cloud

Our lives begin and end the day we

Become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King Jr

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. - Confucius -

“Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”

Basho

“Remember that happiness is a way of travel—not a destination.” Roy M. Goodman

“It’s not the events of our lives that shape us

But our beliefs as to what those events mean.”

Tony Robbins

“You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.” Yogi Bhajan

“Every really new idea looks crazy at first.”

Abraham H. Maslow

“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.” Raymond Lindquist

“In daily life we must see that it is not happiness that

Makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy.”

Brother David Steindl-Rast

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Update 01/21/14

  

Let us remember the past, so we don’t have to repeat it!

If you are too young to remember this, you must watch

This historic speech by Dr. Martin Luther King! As a side-bar

I was part of the group of broadcasters that helped to bring

About the national King holiday.

Video from KarmaTube

“Change is not a process for the impatient.” Barbara Reinhold

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

William James

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” William James

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

 Nelson Mandela 

Video from KarmaTube

 

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Update 01/07/14

 

It’s a new year and I intend to provide more information like this which follows. I received this from my neighbor, Ms. June Rodricks, and found it to be uplifting and share it here.

 

I wish you enough...........................

 

Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport as the daughter’s departure had been announced. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said: “I love you and I wish you enough.”

The daughter replied, “Mom, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom.” They kissed and the daughter left.

The mother walked over to the window where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?” “Yes, I have,” I replied. “Forgive me for asking but why is this forever good-bye?”

“I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is the next trip back will be for my funeral,” she said.

When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, “I wish you enough.” May I ask what that means?”

She began to smile. “That’s a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.”

She paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even more.

“When we said ‘I wish you enough’ we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them”.

 

Then turning toward me, she shared the following, reciting it from memory,

“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.”

She then began to cry and walked away.

Nurture Relationships.

As they say, It takes a minute to find a special person.

An hour to appreciate them.

A day to love them, and an entire life to forget them.

 

PEACE & BLESSINGS,

 

SAM