Posts by Pat:
How full is your cup?
“abundance is not measured by what flows in, but what flows over. The smaller wemake the vessel of our need…the sooner we get the overflow we need for delight.”
- We know that we can choose to give love to experience loving relationships.
- We know that when we are willing to speak peacefully and take actions that promote peace, we will experience more harmony.
- We know that we can choose to see the beauty that surrounds us.
- We instinctively know what we can do in eating and exercising to improve our health.
- And we know that working, both smart and hard, is one of the steps we can take towards our increasing financial prosperity.
The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.
We live in a friendly universe. At the heart of all things is goodness. We receive this goodness in the measure to which we cultivate friendship with the universe.
-J. P. Vaswani (author and Hindu spiritual leader)
- People living in scarcity see the cup as half empty.
- People who are positive thinkers see the cup as half full.
- People living abundantly see the cup as overflowing.
- But people living consciously and joyfully ARE the cup.
So where do you find yourself? Are you willing to move up a step? If you already have, was it as difficult as you thought it might be or easier?
Thank God for the Fleas!
I love this time of year! It’s the season we focus on being grateful. The harvest is in and the blessings abound! And it’s easy to be grateful for the sunshine, the good things, plenty of food, meeting our budget, and compliant children. But what about the storms, the money running out before the […]
Ants, a life lesson (or 4!)
We all tend to look up to big people, leaders, gurus, for lessons on how to live life better. But we forget that sometimes the biggest lessons in life come from the smallest folks around us. Take ants, for instance. Would you believe those small creatures can teach us how to live a better life? […]
Aarrg!! Can’t wait for it to be over!
Politics! Politics! Politics! Why are we so cranky? So quick to snap at a family member or co-worker when the conversation turns to the election coming up in the next weeks? At least we can be grateful that the presidential debates are over and we just have the media stuff to wade through! Of course […]
50 Years Ago or Today?
Over 50 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi gave a pretty good description of our current situation in one of his quotes: “The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.” 50 years ago? today? Are […]
Do Thorns Have Roses?
What I want to share today is something I’ve shared on occasion in talks I’ve given, even though I don’t know where it came from originally. I read it somewhere and that author indicated a friend told him it had been shared with him originally by an old friend who didn’t know who […]
Passwords and Passports
Words, words, words… and now in this computer age it’s passwords, passwords, passwords. We seem to end up with a list somewhere with all our passwords, since we can’t remember them or which website or account they go to. Existing to make our life safer, more private, they also are supposed to be changed […]
Got Stuff?
As I move my summer clothes out to make room for my fall clothes, I again have to deal with how much stuff (including clothes) that I have. Stuff that equals clutter.. Do you too have someplace in your home, office, files, closet, garage, car, etc. that might meet this description? It’s interesting that with our larger […]
Chocolate Rules!
My sister and I had a fun business called Chocolate! Chocolate! in Seattle a number of years ago. Since we chose not to make our own, we got to sample great chocolates from all over the world. Sampling and selling chocolate to other chocolate lovers was great fun, plus we also sold other chocolate “paraphernalia” like: […]