Sacred Ruminations: HF #44 & OSI: Week 13

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
Barbara De Angelis

"Whatever can come to a woman can come to me
Whatever can happen to anyone can happen to me."
Muriel Rukeyser

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much."--Mother Teresa

"It is better to ask some questions than to know all the answers." James Thurber

"Forgive yourself for everything you did not know in the past but do now. Don't waste any of your precious energy beating yourself, or anyone else, up. Your power to change your life is in the present, regardless of your past."
Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Your purpose is to heal yourself first in mind and intent. Declare this principle to yourself -- I intend to walk the highest path to my awakening. I am fearless in the face of learning to discipline my mind and actions so they are attuned to my true divinity." Doreen Virtue

"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has a purpose." Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

More thoughts ...

"It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker." Henry David Thoreau

"It is no small task to change one's focus from what can go wrong to what can go right and to empower women to shift from destructive behaviors to those that are generally associated with health. I want to awaken that still, small wise, intuitive voice in all of us, that voice of our own body that we have been forced to ignore through our culture's illness, misinformation, and dysfunction. I want to give you the courage to listen to that voice and act on it." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place." Maya Angelou

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. Diane Ackerman

"No one needs to know that you've shut the world out and are meditating as you stroll down the street. Twenty minutes to a half-hour every day is a good amount of time to restore a sense of serenity." Sarah Ban Breathnach

"One of the marks of an intelligent person is to be able to distinguish what is worth doing and what isn't and to be able to set priorities." Anne Wilson Schaef

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." Sophocles

More thoughts ...

"Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength." Sigmund Freud

"I need to understand the dynamics of effort & success. I will spend my energy on things & and activities that bring me the most fulfillment. I will spend less energy on the "stuff" that ultimately has no meaning to me." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do if you do not act upon them?"
Buddha

"The greatest contribution that you can make is the aliveness that comes from simply being yourself, living your truth, and doing what you love. The passionate expression of who we are will heal the world." Shatki Gawain

"It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the result of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared." Henri H. Nouwen, theologian

"I am ready to supply the earth's needs with my riches. I seize upon my wealth within and give freely as I am replenished." Doreen Virtue

"... perception can be given a new purpose. ... Follow His Light, and see the world as He beholds it. Hear His Voice alone in all that speaks to you. And let him give you peace and certainty which you have thrown away, but Heaven has preserved for you in Him." A Course in Miracles

More thoughts

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." Rumi

"I believe I'm here to speak my truth and that's all I have to do. I don't have to make people understand it... I just have to speak the truth." ~Anne Wilson Schaef

"A woman is like a teabag-only in hot water do you realize how strong she is." Eleanor Roosevelt

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever."
Mahatma Ghandi

"...We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. ... And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Nelson Mandela

“Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.” - Maya Angelou

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Rumi

"A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place, but a seed to be planted and to bear more seeds toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea." ~ Henry David Thoreau

"I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things." Socrates

Welcome to Sacred Ruminations

Friday, May 30, 2008

HF #44 & OSI: Week 13 - Reflection

The prompt for Week 13: Reflection

Thanks to Scylla at Law & Motherhood for this cool Haiku button

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Henningsen Gardens - Taos, New Mexico

Mirrored images
captured with my digital
camera ... I sat

on the bank & wrote
reflecting upon the week
filling pages with

memories & thoughts
with my pencil on the page
precursors of my

Small Reflections 'blog'
late October of last year ...
2007

in addition to
Sacred Ruminations. Now
each 'reflects' who I

am as I explore
a transition from 'closet
writer' to Blogger.

Gradually my
comfort level grows with each
piece I choose to share

and your responses
left in comments as you stop
by for a visit.

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Click for Volume #43
(3 challenges in a single post)
at Small Reflections
and for others participating this week:
One Single Impression

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For a Mr. Linky to other Haiku Fridays
go to A Mommy Story or
Playgroups are no Place for Children.

To see more previous Haikus,
click on the Haiku Friday label below this post
or in the sidebar under About Me.

Thought for Today
"Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action." Peter Drucker

13 comments:

Mike Golch said...: I like the garden,thanks for the photo.; May 30, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Mariposa said...: Beautiful words...resonates that beautiful photo!; May 30, 2008 at 3:09 PM
SandyCarlson said...: I love the way you bring this world into your poetry. You make everything beautiful.; May 30, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Raven said...: What a lovely photo and a lovely reflection on your blogging experience. Well done.; May 30, 2008 at 8:53 PM
storyteller said...: Mike – Finding this garden in Taos (within walking distance of the retreat center) delighted me … especially when I encountered a Chocolate Lab with a tennis ball … looking for someone to play with much as Molly does. I’ve a photo in the sidebar at Small Reflections of him.

Mariposa – Thanks for lovely the feedback on my reflective ‘Ku and photo ;--)

SandyCarlson – I so appreciate your supportive comments as I struggle with myself to share (rather than hide) what I write. I am gradually gaining some confidence & an increasing comfort level on each of my blogs … and that’s such a relief.

Raven – I found this spot near the Mable Dodge Luhan house in Taos quite inspiring last summer, and this week’s prompt seemed like the perfect opportunity to ‘reflect’ on my journey as a ‘blogger’ … while revisiting those memories.

I hope you’re each enjoying your weekend. Finding your comments here generated a smile on my face and warmth in my heart. I’m grateful …
Hugs and blessings,; May 31, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Roswila said...: You are most welcome, storyteller. You do all the work. :-) We just get to enjoy it.; May 31, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Eve said...: Beautiful reflections - both verbal and non.; May 31, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Anonymous said...: "with each
piece(of life) I(u) choose to share"_ it's another ray of sunshine..thank u..; May 31, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Joyce said...: I'm so glad you're blogging, Storyteller. :)
I'm really enjoying getting to know you. :); May 31, 2008 at 9:43 PM
Karen said...: What a lovely photo--and lovely garden! I can't believe I didn't see it!; June 1, 2008 at 12:03 PM
storyteller said...: I appreciate all your supportively encouraging comments so very much and sincerely apologize for being so SLOW to respond here. If I’ve not been to your blog recently, I’ll do my best to drop by today … though that said … I’m headed for Retired Ladies Lunch this morning no matter what because I need this ‘monthly connection’ with friends in the REAL world!

I hope all is well with you and yours … that your days are peace-filled and interesting every day.
Hugs and blessings,; June 9, 2008 at 7:38 AM
Anonymous said...: wondering where the Hensington Gardens are! I stumbled upon your blog through my friend's gratitude journal blog - I think you left a comment there - enjoyed reading through your blog and seeing your lovely pics.....; June 27, 2008 at 9:34 PM
storyteller said...: Kierstenfigureski – Hensington Gardens is located next door to the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House and Reteat Center in Taos, New Mexico where I attended a week-long Writers Retreat last summer. You might also enjoy a collage of other ‘garden photos’ I shared here shortly after this post. I've been learning to use Photoshop Elements and practicing new skills ... sharing as I go.

Thanks so much for dropping by Sacred Ruminations and I hope you'll visit again. I highly recommend the MDL Retreat Center as a vacation destination. You can find out more about it online.
Hugs and blessings,; June 28, 2008 at 6:40 AM

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