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Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at Small Reflections. Initially I published daily on both sites, but in mid-January of 2008, I gave myself permission to rethink things.
Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily there, but I'm considering alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.
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Procrastination habit I wish I could break ... perhapsTHISmay help?
Entertaining and thought-provoking musical clip you'll want to view.
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
Intriguing Idea
"Nothing real can hurt you. Nothing unreal exists. Therein lies the peace of God." A Course in Miracles
Sanctuario de Chimayo
Encountered in 2007 on the High Road from Santa Fe to Taos on my way to a Writers Retreat
photos by storyteller -- on the grounds of Sanctuario de Chimayo on the High Road from Santa Fe to Taos, MN
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
"We become what we think about." ~ Earl Nightingale
Welcome to Sacred Ruminations
I hope you'll look around & leave comments then visit me at my new blog ... Giraffe Journal and/or website ... Labyrinth Journal both self-hosted at WordPress where I publish as myself rather than under a pseudonym.
I've not had much time for posting or blog visits, but if you're interested I hope you'll find time to check out my new blog, Giraffe Journal or my Labyrinth Journal website ... both self hosted at WordPress. Thanks for your visit and have a delightful day ;--) Hugs and blessings,
1. I've always liked this pretty blue fountain in my neighbor's garden, but it's especially pretty surrounded by colorful Spring flowers ... yellow Kalanchoe, purple & yellow Irises and an Amaryllis getting ready to bloom are just a few highlights right now.
One last purple & yellow iris before the yellow ones take over this area
LOTS of buds on my Just Joey rose about to burst forth ... and a yellow iris bud ready to open in the foreground My first red rose bud of the season ... Remember the unusual 'unknown' white bloom that I shared a while back? Here are some more of the same ... methinks they're Allium, in the Onion Family
3. I'm delighted that the folks at Dell Tech Support have finally figured out how to make my Inspiron 1720 laptop bright enough to use on battery power. After having me download & install new drivers updating my WLAN card and system BIOS that 'stabilized' my system, I used the 'Set Up' Menu (tap the F2 key repeatedly as you start your computer) to check the Brightness where we discovered the 'battery setting' at 3 of 8. Changing this to 8 of 8 then saving before exiting this menu made all the difference. Now when I unplug the laptop from AC, there's no change in brightness on the monitor even when the settings are for 'Balanced Power' usage and I get about 3 hours of use before I needed to plug in again. After a while the screen does dim a bit (especially when you stop working), but holding down the Fn key (located between the left Control key & Windows logo on the keyboard) and pressing the 'up' arrow brightened it right up again. It only took 20 months to make my Inspiron 1720 functional, but I'm not going to complain because I'm happy it finally works as intended and I might even update the system to Windows 7 when I have the money to spare.
4. I gave brief thought to returning the Sony Vaio to Costco (since I have 90 days to do so) but have decided that since my Inspiron 9100 bit the dust, keeping the Vaio makes sense, in a whimsical sort of manner, and that's what I've decided to do ... just because.
5. Regular reader might recall that my HP Photosmart 6180 'All-on-One' printer developed problems last December when I tried to print my Christmas Cards. After doing just about everything imaginable to solve these problems, I decided to take advantage of the offer to turn it in to Staples for $50 off a new printer ... and I'm now the proud owner of this Canon MX780 'all-in-one' printer:
I'm hoping it will work reliably for years to come and plan to print 'belated' Christmas cards to send when time permits!
45 years ago today Martin Luther King gave the 'Arc of the Moral Universe' or 'How Long, Not Long' speech on the steps of the Capitol Building at the end of the 3rd (and finally successful) 54 mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
Regarding the passage & signing of the Health Reform Act
I love your pretty flower pictures. but even more, I read your monitor fix story with great interest and will print it out, because I have this problem. I always use my Dell plugged in, so it hasn't really bothered me, nevertheless...I think you made a good decision to keep the Vaio, because at some point you will need a new one, anyway. Love, Love, the blue fountain!! Had to click to get the full benefit!
Oops! Forgot to tell you something, so I have to comment again. I print tons of stuff, and we go through printers like crazy. Used to get a new one every year or two. But we always got ones that came free with a computer or cheap ones on sale. But for our latest, I did research and got a Canon. We adore it, and it's the best we've ever had, and it's lasted the longest. I think you will have many,many years of trouble free printing.
Lovely shots of spring. I like the bird bath/fountain. I read that birds prefer to bath in flowing water and now I see that it is true in my own garden.
Beautiful Springtime in Beautiful Coastal California! thanks for sharing as always.
Also for the link to Rachel -- I will go there -- we gave up DISH and the Tivo that accompanied it and so I've missed a lot of favorites. I've been listening to NPR -- it's always there.
I'm glad to hear that your problems with technology have been solved. I hope you don't have any other 'tech' problems. I would be interested in learning how you like your new Canon printer. I hope you'll do a review at some future date.
I tried to leave a comment but not sure it went through. I love your beautiful flower shots and am so glad you got a new printer. Wooohooo on finally getting a health reform act. I am so happy about it.
What lovely flowers! You always have such lovely things to show us that are blooming. I like the bird bath, too. It's such a nice feeling that things are starting to bloom here, too. I've missed my flowers in all the cold we've had.
Yaay on the new printer!! I so love your garden--though I'm trying to become more appreciative the beauty that is here in this part of the country--not the same, but still lovely. Your posts often remind me to do that--be thankful for what I have, and not so wistful about what I want.
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I love your pretty flower pictures. but even more, I read your monitor fix story with great interest and will print it out, because I have this problem. I always use my Dell plugged in, so it hasn't really bothered me, nevertheless...I think you made a good decision to keep the Vaio, because at some point you will need a new one, anyway. Love, Love, the blue fountain!! Had to click to get the full benefit!
Oops! Forgot to tell you something, so I have to comment again. I print tons of stuff, and we go through printers like crazy. Used to get a new one every year or two. But we always got ones that came free with a computer or cheap ones on sale. But for our latest, I did research and got a Canon. We adore it, and it's the best we've ever had, and it's lasted the longest. I think you will have many,many years of trouble free printing.
I love the Iris in your outdoor photos... gorgeous... and your energy is a breath of fresh air.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I am grateful I found you today!
Lovely shots of spring. I like the bird bath/fountain. I read that birds prefer to bath in flowing water and now I see that it is true in my own garden.
Love all the flowers!
Beautiful Springtime in Beautiful Coastal California! thanks for sharing as always.
Also for the link to Rachel -- I will go there -- we gave up DISH and the Tivo that accompanied it and so I've missed a lot of favorites. I've been listening to NPR -- it's always there.
Beautiful garden photos. Love the blue fountain too. Have a good one. :)
I guess it wouldn't surprise you to know I am drooling over that blue birdbath! Good luck with the printer!
Spring is here!! Gorgeous flowers :)
I have some of those white allium too, they are so pretty & delicate looking.
*hugs*Deb
I think that you're right about the unknown white blooms!
I just dropped by to say thank you for the Earth Hour reminder - I had forgotten all about it! I'll be participating
YOUR FLOWERS ARE GORGEOUS!!!
Glad you got the Dell fixed and thank you for the Earth Hour reminder...March has just flown by.. Michelle
I'm glad to hear that your problems with technology have been solved. I hope you don't have any other 'tech' problems. I would be interested in learning how you like your new Canon printer. I hope you'll do a review at some future date.
I tried to leave a comment but not sure it went through. I love your beautiful flower shots and am so glad you got a new printer. Wooohooo on finally getting a health reform act. I am so happy about it.
I'm surprised to see buds on your red rose bush already. I like your dainty little white blooms. Not much is blooming in my area yet.
What lovely flowers! You always have such lovely things to show us that are blooming. I like the bird bath, too. It's such a nice feeling that things are starting to bloom here, too. I've missed my flowers in all the cold we've had.
Thanks for your prayers. Much appreciated...
XO,
Sheila :-)
Your outdoor and watery scenes are delightful.
Happy to hear that your printer is finally fixed.
Very informative posts, thanks for sharing.
Yaay on the new printer!! I so love your garden--though I'm trying to become more appreciative the beauty that is here in this part of the country--not the same, but still lovely. Your posts often remind me to do that--be thankful for what I have, and not so wistful about what I want.
I like your neighbor's fountain too. :) I bet you're having fun with your new toys! :)
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