Sacred Ruminations: WordfulWednesday - Belatedly catching up a bit

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

This is my 342nd post at Sacred Ruminations!
I suppose I could plan a celebration at 350
sometime next week ;--)

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*Wordful Wednesday is for those of us that like to showcase a photo(s) but that just can't seem keep our mouths shut about it(them).

Sharing what greeted me Monday once again!

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If you missed it ... I celebrated my birthday on February 23rd at Small Reflections ... sharing some Stormy Sky & Beautiful Rainbow Photos captured & collaged with PSE6 on Monday morning. Thanks to all who left me birthday wishes there and here on Sunday's post. It was definitely one to remember!

As a follow up to Monday's post ... I'll add here that weather permitted my sister & I to walk the wetlands with our cameras for a few hours without getting soaked ... and we opted for the 'skillet fruit cobbler' after sharing the Tostada Bites appetizer ...

Baked Seafood Enchiladas*
Blackened salmon and tuna, grilled cilantro pesto shrimp, wild mushrooms and baby spinach, topped with Jack and cotija cheeses and a roasted red pepper sauce, served with green chile rice and black beans.

I share my birthday Rainbow Award here as my 'belated Monday Motivator' and Simply Kind Tuesdays posts:

As my gift to all who visit ... please accept this Rainbow Award to enjoy yourselves & pass it along to others who practice gratitude in their lives on a daily basis.

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The quote is a Chinese Proverb that says:
"To know the road ahead ...
ask those coming back."

I'd like to than Drgngirl at Creative Self Belief for this ...

and share it with my bloggy friends
& visitors who leave me comments because
reading them always makes me feel warm & fuzzy.

Thanks to Tricia of Bluff Area Daily
for this Kreativ Blogger award ... I'm honored to be blessed with it once again.

Thought for Today
"As each day comes to us refreshed and anew, so does my gratitude renew itself daily. The breaking of the sun over the horizon is my grateful heart dawning upon a blessed world." Adabella Radici

14 comments:

Lori of I'm no super Mom said...: What beautiful pictures!! Those are amazing!; February 25, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Mom Knows Everything said...: Beautiful pictures! I wish we had some sun and warm weather here.; February 25, 2009 at 7:57 AM
Sandee said...: I so love your collages. Beautiful. Thank you for the Warm-N-Fuzzy award too.

Have a terrific day. Big hug. :); February 25, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Claremont First Ward said...: Happy Birthday and 300 and something post! Beautiful rainbow!; February 25, 2009 at 1:55 PM
Anonymous said...: Rainbows!!! So very pretty!!!
And - Happy Happy belated Birthday - I'm so sorry I missed telling you earlier!; February 25, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Wayfaring Wanderer said...: Rainbows are so magical!; February 25, 2009 at 3:44 PM
George said...: Beautiful captures of your rainbow. I've said it before, but I really like your collages.; February 25, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Unknown said...: I know I already told you how jealous I am of your rainbows. I am truly glad you had a good birthday! My grandson turned two yesterday. :); February 25, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Lori said...: Beautiful Pics...Happy TT and Birthday. Thanks for dropping by:); February 25, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Unknown said...: Beautiful Pics and a belated Happy Birthday. The day of my Dads funeral, I spent the night at my Moms and we were out on her balcony where a beautiful rainbow appeared. I don't think it was coincidence. Glad I stopped by.; February 25, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Joyce said...: Yum! You surely know how to make your readers hungry! Sounds like you enjoyed a delightful birthday. Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!; February 25, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Anonymous said...: I love those rainbows. The contrast with the palms is striking. I think I am going to do WW from now one. So I will be seeing you 2x weekly.; February 25, 2009 at 9:42 PM
SandyCarlson said...: I sure needed those rainbows this morning!; February 26, 2009 at 2:52 AM
maryt/theteach said...: Happy birthday, storyteller! Belated but heartfelt!! I will take the rainbow award and put it on my sidebar if you don't mind! It's lovely! :); March 1, 2009 at 6:41 AM

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