Always love the freshness of each day

A new day, fresh and untouched.  The waves of life can be serene or they can be rough.  My hope is that no matter the size or velocity of the wave that comes a shore in your life that you step into that wave with caution but always step into it with love.  May this day, your day be blessed.

The reality of life and our waves is always in our perception of the waves.

A lake can look so calm but we know very little what lurks beneath the waters.

There could be debris, the could be smooth bottoms but it can never be found out what awaits until we stick our feet into it.

We need to participate in life to enjoy its rewards.

We need to follow our heart and harness our energy to move forward.

We must always love even if we are hurt from the very thing we seek.

Never give up on love or  on the the power of the smile and the kindness of its gift awaits and is prepared to change your moment.

The waters of life await you.  

They could be the calm waters of a lake or the rougher waters of the ocean.  
Don't fear step into them and enjoy what they have to offer.

Sure be cautious and aware of the surroundings but be adventurous and seek out what life has to offer.

Pray each morning

Laugh each day

Smile always and love always

With out love in our heart and laughter in our soul what truly do we have?

Your perception of life, of this moment is everything.  Everything makes all the difference.  Choose wisely your perceptions but always choose with love.

Smiles sent your way   :  )

09/10/11

Staying Focused in a Unfocused World

Wishes sent your way that your smile will never go away, and if it drifts off my hope for you is that it won't go to far.  Smiles sent just in case it has.  : )


Today the conversation is on staying focused.  So many things can happen that sends us out of focus.  Good things, bad things, terrible things.  Things of course we can't always control.  Most of the things in life we can and like I have written before often our thoughts and actions bring about all those things that happen.




For ever action there is a equal or larger reaction.  We also reap what we sow.


Harvest time is all the time.




So if bad things happen to all of us its not what we do its how we do it that will make all the difference.


We will hurt.


We will fail.


We will have bad things happen.


If your not riding a wave in life then surely a wave is about to crash on you.


But we can focus on something other than the hurt.  We can learn from our failure and if bad things happen we can react in a way that is productive and advantageous to our mind, body and spirit.


Tools for that reactive moment.  Lets cover some here.


Tool # 1  Faith


Faith in God, in your higher power, in the energy and spirit around you that wants you to succeed and be happy. Your are a creation of good and you can overcome anything.


Isaiah 54:17 NLV

No tool that is made to fight against you will do well.

And you will prove wrong every tongue that says you are guilty.

This is the gift given to the servants of the Lord.

I take away their guilt and make them right,” says the Lord.

Tool # 2   Love and Belief of Self

Without love and belief of self we are a hampered and troubled spirit.  The number one person in your life is you.  Because with out you those you love are with out your gifts that you can share with them.

Love is the most important asset for self.

Belief in self and what you bring to the table has even more impact on your life and actions.

“If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.”

~ Barbara De Angelis

Tool # 3  Focus and Conviction

To focus and not waiver towards your values and beliefs.  To remain strong even if others try to weaken you.  To believe that you will succeed even after numerous errors.  That is the kind of focus and conviction that one needs to sustain when life's waves get in the way.

Living with integrity means: Not settling for less

than what you know you deserve in your relationships.

Asking for what you want and need from others.

Speaking your truth, even though it might

create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that

are in harmony with your personal values.

Making choices based on what you believe,

and not what others believe.”

~ Barbara De Angelis

Three tools for now.  More on the way but if we can practice, and repeat even after a failure or miscue you will see a better focus in your life and in the life of those you love.

Prayers you bet they are a tool and it goes with out saying that with out prayer and praise we have little faith.

Hebrews 11

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,

the evidence of things not seen.

Smiles sent your way   :  )

09/04/11

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The Reality of Perception

Blessings of gratitude sent your way, may the sun shine kindly on you today.  May your smiles be wide and bright, may your attitude be as high as the stars in the heavens.  This daily wish is for you.


The most common phrase about perception is that perception is reality.  What I believe is that we have a reality about perception that most of us fail to see.

In human relationships the most difficult notion to understand is this:
Our own perception matters very little in relationships of the heart or of the soul.  It is really the perception of the 'other' person that matters most.  When we concentrate more on this all relationships will become more palatable.
A quote:

All we have to believe with is our senses,

the tools we use to perceive the world: our sight,

our touch, our memory.  If they lie to us, then nothing

can be trusted.  And even if we do not believe,

then still we cannot travel in any other way than the road our

senses show us;  and we must walk that road to the end.

~ Neil Gaiman

Truly all we have our the senses that God gave us.  There is of course the sense in our 'gut' that small still voice that warns us or tells us what we should do.  Often in matters of the heart we don't listen to that small still voice.  We run about with our emotions and try to fix what may not want fixin'.

So the 'reality of perception' is quite simple.  Listen to your senses, all of them.  Go about your daily duties with no thought about changing the worlds view on you, or your actions.  Go about your daily duties with the idea that you can make the worlds view on you with a kind word, a smile, your actions, your deeds and your prayer.

The single most effective tool to getting what you need to me is prayer.  The prayer for wisdom, for opportunity to make a difference in another persons life.  To be that light that shines in a world of gray and darkness.

The world has a lot of good. A quote shared here:

Instead of the usual standard of good and bad,

ask how beautiful something is

and whether it makes you happy.

~ Author Unknown

There is much more to share on this topic of perception and I will in the coming weeks.  But for today maybe this is enough.

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09/03/11

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Thoughtful Thursday *New* July 14, 2011

Happy Thursday to you all!

Smiles sent your way, this day and everyday.

I truly wish that:

May the road rise up to meet you.

May the wind always be at your back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face,

and rains fall soft upon your fields.

And until we meet again,

May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

~ Old Irish Blessing

This day each week I want to share with you the importance of being thoughtful towards each other.

Taking the time to make a difference and share the fact that kind people do exist on this planet.

I love that old irish blessing, I really do.

May the road rise up to meet you -- What a kind thing huh, the road we travel, each and every step.  May the road rise up to meet your steps.  Notice it leaves little room for the bottom to drop out, or you to step off a short cliff but its there to support and help you. Rising up to meet you.

Sort of like what I do each morning, rising up from my sleep to share a few words, to inspire and to reach out and send a sincere smile.

May the wind always be at your back -- Gently or with force it really does not matter much.  Sometimes we need a strong wind at our back to sort of push us forward during tough times.  But the wind, pushing you forward not slowing you down with a head on gail force.  Taking you to a better place, a new place the wind providing the comfort.

My wind to me is my writing, I enjoy this probably more than you perhaps. Its a automatic writing that I thank the good Lord above for the inspiration and the thoughts that flow so effortlessly.  I am very grateful for the ability to just let it come out onto the screen of my computer.  Gratitude for my gentle and sometimes pushing wind at my back.

May the sun shine warm upon your face -- Nothing like the warm sun shining down.  Warmth almost like the hand of an angel saying today is going to be awesome, keep pushing, don't give up. Feel what God has created for all of us.  The warm touch of another is awesome, that love of a good friend or a partner how great it is to receive a hug, or a pat on the back.  So is the warmth of the sun above easily reaching down to touch our body and our spirit with warmth.

I believe it our not here tend to love the warmth of a hug, or a pat on the back. I believe that to share a hug with someone is perhaps one of the best things that another person can freely give and yet has so much value.

And rains fall soft upon your fields -- Perhaps a little reference to the fields of a farmer, bringing much needed water to his crop. A more inspirational way to look at a rain that falls softly on our fields of decision and harvest of our actions.  Rain is very important and by rain I mean it nourishes our world.  We love water and in fact much of our content as a human is water and our planet is filled with it, so my thoughts here that any soft rain in the literal sense is very important to our survival.  In the non literal manner rain can be the tears of life, some slight alter of course or something else that needs attention. But make no mistake may any of these fall softly in your life, or on your fields.

And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand -- A sincere wish that you allow God to hold you in the palm of his hand.  To comfort, to protect, to secure each step and action that you take.

God is very important in my life.  I do stumble at times, oh heck lets be honest I stumble everyday in some fashion. But I know that I have God to give me everything that I need to carry on, to share love, to be kind in a sometimes unkind world.  I pray daily, I listen in meditation and I hope that the road always rises to meet me.

Sure I watch for those pot holes of life, they happen more than I ever want but if your prepared and thoughtful to God and his creations.  Gentle and kind, to all that God created no matter what the race, sexual orientation, political affiliation, belief in a higher power or not, then you have much of what this Irish Blessing has.

We are one world, full of imperfections mainly because we allow the imperfections to multiply and create havoc.  But the imperfections of life should never impede our desire to make a difference.

And that is my wish and thoughtful words for you today.

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Thoughtful Thursday *New* July 07, 2011

Happy Thursday to you all! 

Smiles sent your way, may happiness spring all around you, and should any strife or sadness spring up, my wish is that another spirit pass along a smile and a kind word to encourage you. : )

This day each week I want to share with you the importance of being thoughtful towards each other.

Taking the time to make a difference and share the fact that kind people do exist on this planet.

But first a quote to start us off and ponder today:

The fact that you are willing to say,

 "I do not understand, and it is fine,"

 is the greatest understanding 

you could exhibit.

~Wayne Dyer

We are not designed to be perfect, nor should we strive to be perfect in everything.  Such a lofty goal is often the reason we have frustration and stress.

To be human is to have error, we had our perfection in the Garden of Eden.  We made the mistake, we chose the apple and the rest as they say was the end of perfection in the human race.

There is however a very large distinction between error and outright wrongness.

When we wrong another spirit we close that openness that was first there.

Take time to life another spirit up, don't harm them.  Take the time to share a smile, a kind word.  What have they really done to deserve anything but.

If your wronged you have to ask yourself first was that the intention of the other.  Is this just your perception?  Talked yesterday about the value of the statement Perception is reality. The point being your perception in any given situation is not of significance in human relations.  It is better to seek to understand the other than force the issue of being understood.

So it is with many things that happen in this world.

The old story of the man who was tired of walking and his feet hurt felt differently after he saw a man with no feet.  His feeling changed about his own pain and discomfort.

We should always error on understanding another persons pain and error before we take it as a personal attack.

As you go forth today, try to seek to understand first and share that simple sincere smile with another.

Smiles to you and yours : )

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Walking Through Wednesday *New* ~July 06, 2011

A very happy Wednesday to you and yes the middle of the week as arrived. A few days to the weekend and yes many of you just had a 3 day weekend a day ago, how good does this week get?

I know it is hard to believe but there are many who went to work on Tuesday and felt exhausted, and frustrated that Tuesday was really that Monday of a shortened work week.  They could not get over the idea that they had to work 4 days just to get to the weekend. I just hope that person was not you.

I mean come on, a four day work week. Lets be happy, cheerful and full of energy.  Lets have that gratitude attitude that says what a wonderful day, look at the awesome creations right outside the door and 'I' get to share in them.

It is the choices we make that makes us feel happiness or joy.

So what choices are you about to make today?  Choose wisely not just for yourself but for those around you : )

It is really all about the choices we make each morning and how we choose to walk through our day. One step at a time, one smile and kind word gently place before another.

Don't forget to start this process with you, the person in the mirror, the one who has the power to choose.

My thoughts for the new format for this post is around adversity that at times we all feel but many times we have created.  On Wednesday I set aside this day to inspire you to overcome and focus on a more positive outcome.

This quote will start us out on the subject of perception:

Reality is what we take to be true.

What we take to be true is what we believe.

What we believe is based upon our perceptions.

What we perceive depends upon what we look for.

What we look for depends upon what we think.

What we think depends upon what we perceive.

What we perceive determines what we believe.

What we believe determines determines what we take to be true.

What we take to be true is our reality.

~ Gary Zukav

So how do we truly view this word perception and reality.  I have heard this quote that says perception is everything and I submit and addition to that quote:

Perception is everything

But your own perception matters little

In life we interact with others, we don't hide out in a bubble.

We have our partners, spouses, children, co workers and friends.

We have so many interactions and everyone has their own beliefs and perceptions of their own reality.

But truly we have 2 ears and one mouth.

The quote seek first to understand before we can be understood fits in how we interact with another persons perception and reality.

Our own perception means little to another person unless they agree with it of course.  But in any conflict another persons view is often the start of any objection or negativity towards another.

Seek first to understand why the feel that way, or think that way. Listen with a sense that they have a right to that opinion.  But be aware that opinion's are like _______ (you know the rest).  Rated G post here...... LOL.

But if we want to have our opinion's understood or heard and have any input on the matter we have to seek to understand another persons view first.  I know it takes a little time, but is conflict a time waster?  Is hatred and energy drainer? Is love the mender of all?

Some things to think upon the next time you start to get in any conflict.

Listen....

Think....

Understand....

Share....

Smile....

Move on if you must....

Not a bad way to stay out of conflict, and in life would we not rather share in the good and not waste our energy on the less productive.

Enjoy your day and keep those smiles shared :)

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Walking Through Wednesday *New* ~June 22, 2011

Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to the middle of the week, some call it hump day as in over the tough part of the week. But really by now you have heard me say everyday is the same its how we allow the day to be viewed and used.

Think about this everyday has the same amount of hours, minutes and seconds.  We all get the same amount of time we just choose and decide to use it differently and with different people.

My thoughts for the new format for this post is the word adversity and on Wednesday I set aside the day to inspire you to overcome and focus on a more positive outcome.

This quote will fit this post nicely on this subject:

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you 

wanted but getting what you have, which once you have

 got it you may be smart enough to see is what you 

would have wanted had you known.

~Garrison Keillor

So much truth to this quote.  Goes in line with be careful what you wish/ask for because often when you get it, turns out that you didn't really want that in the first place.

Thinking before we take our first step can avert a slew of problems.

When fireman fight a fire, they plan it out and have quite a few weeks of training before they step into that burning building.

A surgeon has quite a few years on applying his skill before cutting into his patients body to cure his sickness.

So should we take some time when we step into our day.  Walk steady but know what you really want from the steps your taking each day, each hour, think and ask what is that I really want from this experience.

Ask better questions you will get a better answer.

It is all in your initial perception and thought about that topic that often dictates YOUR reality.  Noticed I put a strong emphasis on your. Because another person may see that same thing differently.

Now what he/she is wrong, always wrong, really?  No before you try to point that belief of yours out try to look at from a different perception.

Ask better questions you will get a better answer applies here as well.

There is much luck in life, some call it opportunity but you first have to show up and participate in life to take advantage of that luck.

You have to take the first step and show up with the right attitude and preparation.

The right attitude towards life, with an open mind, an open heart and open arms.

The right preparation towards your day/moment with a plan that says today I will succeed, I will prosper, I will plan and execute to the best of my ability and if my plan was not the best, I will adapt and push forward.

Because when we push forward we at the very least don't fall back, we keep moving ahead.  With the right heart and spirit ahead is always a new and fresh opportunity and just may have the 'luck' that brings you a brighter day, and a better life.

For yourself and those around you thats really what we all want!

Have a great day everyone!  Enjoy your walk.

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