Sacred Ruminations: BYBS and Sacred Life Sunday

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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"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Cherokee Indian Proverb

1. Tomorrow is my birthday. I'll be 64 years young ;--)
I'm grateful to be in good health with energy to learn & do new things ... pursuing learning all the time. I'll be celebrating at Small Reflections on Monday so I hope you'll drop by if time permits.

2. Last Thursday afternoon my Writer's Workshop finally started and it seems like it will be a good group. The course runs through the end of April ... meeting weekly ... and I'm excited by the interactive feedback we'll be giving & receiving one another.

3. My sister & I continue to learn about our Nikon Cameras in the photography classes at the Ritz store in Irvine and yesterday we walked together at the beach snapping many photographs ... some of which I shared today at Small Reflections.

4. If you're buried under snow and need a glimpse of Springtime, drop by Small Reflections to see the floral collages I shared there Friday ... and if you can help me identify the orange, yellow, & white blossoms, I'd be grateful. The purple blooms are early Irises.

5. For additional blessings, I continue to add something daily to my 'thankful list' in the sidebar at Small Reflections.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

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Blessed Be ... and so it is!

Thought for Today
"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." Cynthia Ozick

11 comments:

Joyce said...: I wish you a most wonderful birthday, Virginia!

I am so happy that the writing group looks to be a good one. I know you'll take full advantage of all there is to learn. :); February 22, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Happy Birthday! May you stay forever young, healthy and at peace with yourself and others. Blessings.; February 22, 2009 at 5:53 PM
PERBS said...: You already read my best belssing this week . . .

For you . . .

Many happy returns to the day of thy birth
May sunshine and gladness be given.
May God in His mercy prepare you on earth
For a beautiful birthday in heaven!

If I rememebr, I will drop by tomorrow to see and read about your celebration.; February 22, 2009 at 6:27 PM
PERBS said...: I apologize for my typos I didn't see before sending. Since you were a teacher, you can probably figure out the words anyway. I will try better next time.; February 22, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Pamela said...: A beautiful birthday to you! May your day and year be blessed!; February 22, 2009 at 10:05 PM
SandyCarlson said...: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! May the blessings continue to flow...; February 23, 2009 at 2:49 AM
Sandee said...: Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Dear Virginia,
Happy Birthday to you.

Have a wonderful birthday honey. Big hug. :); February 23, 2009 at 7:29 AM
Unknown said...: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!; February 23, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Momisodes said...: Happy Birthday!

I hope you're having an absolutely wonderful day and enjoying something you love :); February 23, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Mom Knows Everything said...: I'm sorry I missed your birthday! We had a huge snow storm here yesterday and my connection keep dying. Happy Birthday!; February 24, 2009 at 1:33 PM
lucy said...: happy belated birthday!!! may your celebration extend throughout the year!!; February 26, 2009 at 3:05 PM

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