Sacred Ruminations: Sunrise-Sunset - BYBS

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

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Sunrise-Sunset - BYBS - Sacred Life Sunday

Click on photo to embiggen for better viewing
and the logo above for others participating in Sunrise-Sunset.

Almost 5 o'clock
but I have created and
printed Christmas cards ...

This is my 31st BYBS ...

Tomorrow I shall
address envelopes and add
personal notes then

stuff & stamp and mail
them off at the Post Office!
With luck they may reach

folks before Thursday's
Christmas celebration. If
not ... then they'll be late.

You can see a copy of the component parts
and the finished Christmas card at Happily Retired Gal.

For others who 'Blog Their Blessings'

go to My Blog Rolls and/or click on the
Blog Your Blessings logo
above Really Good Things.

For those who participate in Sacred Life Sunday
click the logo below:

Blessed Be ... and so it is!

I heartily recommend you take a few minutes to watch an amazing gift at Maithri's blog ... created & shared by this medical doctor (living in Melbourne Australia) as he prepares himself to spend several months in Swaziland starting in April of 2009) ... entitled Love the World Into Change. I suspect you'll be glad you did, and you'll want to invite others to view it as well. I'm grateful to Dianne at Forks Off the Moment for bringing the video and Maithri's blog to my attention.

Monday Morning Addendum
I'm writing notes in the cards this morning so I won't be visiting until I'm finished, but I wanted to leave a note here ... just because.
I created two new awards for my bloggy friends to express my gratitude to all who have visited & left comments on any or all of
my blogs during this busy holiday season during December.
You'll find them here and here. Please snag, enjoy, and pass them along to friends as you choose as my holiday gift to each of you.

I hope you're enjoying the holiday season!

Thought for Today
"Christmas - that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance - a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved." Augusta E. Rundel

11 comments:

Mike Golch said...: Grerat photo.thanks for sharing.; December 21, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Maude Lynn said...: Congratulations on conquering the Christmas cards!; December 21, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh my...mine aren't done yet. I don't seen out many anymore, but I guess I should get on it. Your card looks beautiful...Happy Holidays..; December 21, 2008 at 9:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Just want to wish you a very Merry Christmas and all the best in 2009!; December 22, 2008 at 3:26 AM
George said...: Thanks for the warm sunset photo -- it certainly helps on a cold morning! The photo is beautiful and so are your thoughts. Merry Christmas!; December 22, 2008 at 7:23 AM
Debbie@Like a Rose said...: Thanks for sharing about the Maithri post. It was a great way to start my Monday.; December 22, 2008 at 7:25 AM
Karen said...: I'm glad to hear that despite working hard, you're okay with them possibly being late--it's too easy to drive ourselves crazy about that kind of stuff!; December 22, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Tumblewords: said...: Great job! I gave up this year - so I'll do double duty next! Merry Christmas!; December 22, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Michelle said...: Wishing you a wonderful Christmas.; December 22, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Anonymous said...: Hello! Just stopping by to tell you I answered your questions about blogger backup on my blog.

All the best during this season and the new year.; December 24, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Mary P Jones (MPJ) said...: Ok, I just wanted to say that it cracks me up that you use the word "embiggen." I use that all the time! :)

I'm behind in my blog reading since Christmas, but wanted to wish you a belated Happy New Year. And hey, your page is snowing! ;); January 14, 2009 at 7:55 AM

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