love Hippygirl's idea :link

Hello Bmindful !

Words/pics I am going to write in notebooks to keep cane from

an idea from

Hippy Girl 

 

I am doing

much more in hard copy.

The atmosphere here 

is so wonderful, what a great place to save upbeat helpful-things. Hope other members enjoy what we love & or create 1 of their own

Thanks Hippygirl for the idea!

Enjoy & Prosper

 

 

 

 

Post 2

QUOTES

 

When you appreciate and embrace it all—including the blessings from your past—you celebrate your most exquisite gift, life itself. Start with what you appreciate most about the present moment. _{Rosalene Glickman, Ph.D., Best-selling author of Optimal Thinking}

Post 3

 Taking care of 

yourself makes you 

Stronger for A 

everyone in your life 
including you
Kelly Rudolph

 

Post 4

 

You 
DON'T NEED TO EXPLAIN YOUR DREAMS
BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUR
DREAMS

PAULO COELHO 

"WHEN WE 

STRIVE TO 

BECOME BETTER 

THAN WE 

ARE, EVERYTHING 

AROUND US 

BECOMES BETTER 

TOO." 

• PAULO COELHO 

Post 5

 

( by Dr David Richo)

I dissolve the boundaries

I have set on my potential,

specifically… 

 

 

Post 6

source of pics 

 

Post 7

 

-posted it  on this site 5 yrs ago(:& still love it!

Twelve Exercises for Mindful Relationships Adapted from Everyday BlessingsBy Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn[cannot locate  link though it said:

• _{Siri Adi Kaur Khalsa Miami Beach, Florida}

 

 

• ~~ 1 ~~
  Try to imagine the world from the other person’s point of view, purposefully letting go of your own. Do this every day for at least a few moments to remind yourself of who this person is and what he or she faces in the world.
• ~~ 2 ~~
  Imagine how you appear, and sound, from the other person’s point of view, i.e.., how it would be to relate to you today, in this moment. How might this modify how you carry yourself in your body and in space, how you speak, what you say? How do you want to relate to this person in this moment?
• ~~ 3 ~~
  Practice seeing the other person as perfect just the way they are. Try to stay mindful of seeing their sovereignty from moment to moment, and work at accepting them as they are when it is hardest for you to do so.
• ~~ 4 ~~
  Be mindful of your expectations of the other person and consider whether these expectations are truly in their best interest. Also, be aware of how you communicate those expectations and how they affect the other person.
• ~~ 5 ~~
  Practice altruism, putting the needs of the other person above your own whenever possible. Then see if there isn’t some common ground, where your true needs can also be met. You may be surprised at the overlap, especially if you are patient and strive for balance.
• ~~ 6 ~~
  When you feel lost, or at a loss, remember to stand still. Listen to what it is being said. Meditate on the whole, by bringing your full attention to the situation at hand, to the other person, to yourself, to the community. In doing so, you may go beyond thinking, even good thinking, and perceive intuitively, with the whole of your being, what really needs to be done. If that is not clear in any moment, maybe the best thing is to not do anything until it becomes clearer. Sometimes it is good to remain silent.
• ~~ 7 ~~
  Try embodying silent presence. This will grow out of both formal and informal mindfulness practice over time, if you attend to how you carry yourself and what you project in body, mind, and speech. Listen carefully.
• ~~ 8 ~~
  Learn to live with tension without losing your own balance. In Zen and the Art of Archery, Eugene Herrigel describes how he was taught to stand at the point of highest tension effortlessly without shooting the arrow. At the right moment, the arrow mysteriously shoots itself. Do this by practicing moving into any moment, however difficult, without trying to change anything and without having to have a particular outcome. Simply bring your full awareness to this moment. Practice seeing that whatever comes up is workable, if you are willing to stand in this way in the present, trusting your intuition and best instincts. The other person needs you to be a center of balance and trustworthiness, a reliable landmark by which he or she can take a bearing within his or her own landscape. Arrow and target need each other. Forcing doesn’t help. They will find each other better through wise attention and patience.
• ~~ 9 ~~
  Apologize to the other person when you have betrayed a trust in even a little way. Apologies are healing. An apology demonstrates that you have thought about the situation and have come to see it more clearly, or perhaps more from the other person’s point of view. But we have to be mindful of being “sorry” too often; it loses its meaning if we are always saying it or if we make regret into a habit. Then it can become a way for us not to take responsibility for our actions. Be aware of this. Cooking in remorse on occasion is a good meditation. Don’t shut off the stove until the meal is ready.
• ~~ 10 ~~
  Every person is special and every person has special needs. Each sees in an entirely unique way. Hold an image of the other person in your heart. Drink in their being, wishing them well.
• ~~ 11 ~~
  There are very important times when we need to practice being clear and strong and unequivocal with another person. Let this come as much as possible out of awareness and generosity and discernment, rather than out of fear, self-righteousness, or the desire to control. Mindful relationships do not mean being overindulgent, neglectful, or weak; nor does it mean being rigid, domineering, and controlling.
• ~~ 12 ~~
  The greatest gift you can give another person is your self. This means that part of your work is to keep growing in self-knowledge and in awareness. We have to be grounded in the present moment to share what is deepest and best in ourselves. This is ongoing work, but it can be furthered by making a time for quiet contemplation. We only have right now. Let us use it to its best advantage, for the sake of the other person, and for our own self.
• _____________________________

 

Post 8

 

THE ACT OF 

DISCOVERING WHO 

WE ARE WILL FORCE 

US TO ACCEPT THAT 

WE GO FURTHER 

THAN WE THINK. 

PAULO COELHO 

The word courage comes from the Latin for heart. We give ourselves fresh heart by pulling our attention away from what has been lost. It is not that fear and disheartenment can be willed away, but that we have to turn our focus in a direction most favorable to their alleviation. - Wendy Lustbader in Counting on Kindness

start your own:

HippyGirl's Great Idea: Words I am going to write in notebooks to keep

In response to ˚ confidence in my faith /faith in my confidence's post

"I love the way you do the things you do... especially the way you allow that which is truly meaningful to surface."

That's so beautiful...!

Bless You!

In response to Life is about making excellent choices!!'s post:Thanks LIfe is about making excellent choices!Thanks for dropping by too

Post 9

QUOTES

 

About 50 yrs ago , I had my first apartment . I remember meeting a tenant ..an older adult …a striking widow  … . She was giving me  her beautiful china / tea sets .

I was In my late teens - I couldn’t understand why she was giving these priceless things away… They were in perfect condition / older & a rare beauty of their own - like her. I was so naive - I couldn’t figure out why she was letting go of these treasures .. obviously also great sentimental value too.

She tried to explain it to me. She said she had a wonderful husband. She had a good life and these were just things, she said

I looked at her things and I said they’re so beautiful. They’re so delicate they have a sensitive personality of their own. I could feel it

I was too young to know love like that  I was too young to understand the value of people and deep abiding commitment. While I wanted  that one day …I didn’t have the experience of that, and then I looked in this woman’s eyes, and I saw that she had everything she needed because of where she had been

I saw her.. I saw her wisdom, her love

I love that she didn’t need to hang onto tea cups

.,. no matter how beautiful they were. She had all the beauty she needed inside from where she had been and where she was allowing herself to go whatever that meant.

 

In my new chapter of my life … I spend a lot of time sifting thru my memories… my things . So many things are connected to the tapestry of my life. Will I forget my life if I get rid of my things . No , like the woman I met 50 years ago - I am more than my things . The beauty in me cannot be lost or given away . It’s who I am.

I need not cling to things - I actually didn’t believe I was . I was simply trying to have a better recall of the person I spent my life with … and to remember me for who I was during those many years. I think it helps to share this. I want to remember that I can remember and I will always remember, and I will take all of that good with me and that is part of the beauty that I am.

 

Post 10

I love these from
DavidHamilton.com
1. I am grateful for all that I am, for all that I have, and for all that I experience.
2. I live each day with happiness and joy, trusting that only good things come to me.
3. I love and accept myself just as I am.
4. I love to cultivate thoughts that enrich my life and my relationships
5. I let go of blame and I speak my truth authentically – without judging myself or others.
6. I love to focus on the good things in my life and I love that doing this brings me more blessings.
7. I have the inner strength to handle any situation that I find myself in.
8. My mind and body are healthy and strong and I nourish them with my spirit, which is infinite.
9. I am flexible. I welcome changes in my life and adapt with courage and ease.
10. I allow myself to feel happiness and joy for no reason at all. Simply because I deserve it.

 

Post 11

Joy is a mystery because it can happen

anywhere,

anytime,

even under the most unpromising circumstances,

even in the midst of suffering,

with tears in its eyes.

~Frederich Buechner

Post 12

Post 13

I want to give credit to where I found this, but I’m unable to find it this moment.
I’ll have it for you soon..

Love Letter

Anyway, it is about writing a letter, you don’t have to send..but helps to free up some possible feelings that might come up when you have “issues” with someone..

1. Anger and blame

I don’t like it when…………. I resent……….. I hate it when…. I’m fed up with……. I’m tired of………..

2. Hurt and sadness

I feel sad when…… I feel hurt because……. I feel awful because…….. I feel disappointed because………..

3. Fear and insecurity

I feel afraid………. I’m afraid that………….. I feel scared because………….. I don’t understand……….

4. Guilt and responsibility

I’m sorry that……. I’m sorry for…….. Please forgive me for……… I didn’t mean to………..

5. Love, forgiveness, understanding and desire

I love you because……….. I love when………. Thank you for……… I understand that…….. I forgive you for……… I want……………

Post 14

→ I allow the actualizing of my Divine Potential. → I AM the allowing of eternal Infinite safety, harmony, peace and love. → I have the ability to feel happy, hopeful and pleased that I have made friends with all of my feelings. → THANK YOU FOR MY STRONG AND HEALTHY BODY → THANK YOU FOR THE AIR IN MY LUNGS → I allow focus and organization because I am lovingly, joyfully efficient. → I love and care for my body and it cares for me. → I love how I dedicate quality time to quality focus. → I AM love and commitment. My love is a true testament of the love I AM. Thank you. → I prepare well incrementally for all things I choose to do in a great manner → I choose to take exquisite care of myself, and I do this mindfully and automatically. I am very good at self care. → I choose food and activities that are healthy for my body

 

Post 15

Post 16

 

 

 

 

Post 17

"What you truly learn best

will appear to you later

as your own discovery."

~ Moshe Feldenkrais

✧

"Movement is life.

Life is a process.

Improve the quality of the process

and you improve the quality of life itself."

~ Moshe Feldenkrais

✧

"Nothing is permanent

about our behavior patterns

except our belief that they are so."

~ Moshe Feldenkrais

 

✧

 

post 18

Love this

So that every day is unique: Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.

Mark Baterson

 

post 19

“Death ends a life,

not a relationship.”

Mitch Album

 

i

Morries Aphorisms

synopsis
_{Detroit Free Press sports columnist Mitch Albom (Hank Azaria) has found success and popularity in his occupation, but emotionally and spiritually he is bankrupt. While watching television one night, he comes across an episode of the news show Nightline and learns that his former university professor Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon) is battling A.L.S. — better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. At first, Mitch is reluctant to pay his former mentor a visit, since, at his graduation ceremony, Mitch promised to remain in contact with Morrie but failed to make good on that promise. Mitch eventually overcomes his uneasiness and, to his surprise, finds a very warm welcome from Morrie. The two begin to discuss the issues of happiness, life, and death, and they soon begin to meet on a weekly basis as Mitch reassume sthe role of student}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 part interview (each part approximately 6 minutes long)

If you’ve read the book or seen the movie…most would give it a high rating. Though…its something uniquely represented with seeing the real Morrie doing this interview before he died.

I obviously can’t speak for everyone…though it is my belief, as sad as death can be… Morrie gives new meaning to living …And I’d like to share it with anyone who may be interested.

I was so grateful to have been been literally instructed to learn of this man. I believe out of the many possible mentors I look to…his simple teachings not only resonate with my heart…they’ve led my heart to even greater places.Glad to create the thread. & so glad it was appreciated too, 

 

 

________________________________________________________________

 

On Most Important Thing in Life:book quotes/Quotes from Tuesday’s With Morrie on Love & Life:

•  

• 

 

• “So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning”. Morrie Schwartz, in “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom

• “…if you’re trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you’re trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.” (p.127)
  • • _{“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn’t. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.”“A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. And most of us live somewhere in the middle” “A wrestling match. Yes you could describe life that way.” “Which side wins?” “Love wins. Love always wins.” ~Morrie Schwartz}
    • 
      _{If you hold back on the emotions–if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them—you can never get to being detached, you’re too busy being afraid. You’re afraid of the pain, you’re afraid of the grief. You’re afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails.” ~Morrie Schwartz}
    • ~

•  

   

  • • 
      _{“Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won’t be dissatisfied, you won’t be envious, you won’t be longing for somebody else’s things. On the contrary, you’ll be overwhelmed with what comes back.” ~Morrie Schwartz}
    • 
      _{“There is no point in keeping vengeance or stubbornness. These things I so regret in my life. Pride. Vanity. Why do we do the things we do?”
      pg 167 ~Morrie Schwartz}
      

       

      “We’ve got a sort of brainwashing going on in our country, Morrie sighed. Do you know how they brainwash people? They repeat something over and over. And that’s what we do in this country. Owning things is good. More money is good. More property is good. More commercialism is good. More is good. More is good. We repeat it—and have it repeated to us—over and over until nobody bothers to even think otherwise. The average person is so fogged up by all of this, he has no perspective on what’s really important anymore.

      Wherever I went in my life, I met people wanting to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car. Gobble up a new piece of property. Gobble up the latest toy. And then they wanted to tell you about it. ‘Guess what I got? Guess what I got?’

      You know how I interpreted that? These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. They were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can’t substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship.

      Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you, as I’m sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you’re looking for, no matter how much of them you have.”
      ― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie

      • • ~
          “Make peace. You need to make peace with yourself and everyone around you.” _{Morrie Schwartz}

       

      • ~

       

Some of you may be familiar with the true story of Morrie Schwartz…from the book or movie Tuesday’s With Morrie

 

 

[book link moved…will replace soon]

 

Morrie: Lessons On Living (with Ted Koppel)

9 part interview (real Morrie) Morrie Schwartz and Ted Koppel…

 

 

 

 

 

This is the real Morrie

 

 

 

& this is the real Morrie-  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV -Mitch

 

synopsis
_{Detroit Free Press sports columnist Mitch Albom (Hank Azaria) has found success and popularity in his occupation, but emotionally and spiritually he is bankrupt. While watching television one night, he comes across an episode of the news showNightline and learns that his former university professor Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon) is battling A.L.S. — better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. At first, Mitch is reluctant to pay his former mentor a visit, since, at his graduation ceremony, Mitch promised to remain in contact with Morrie but failed to make good on that promise. Mitch eventually overcomes his uneasiness and, to his surprise, finds a very warm welcome from Morrie. The two begin to discuss the issues of happiness, life, and death, and they soon begin to meet on a weekly basis as Mitch reassumesthe role of the student}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is TV Morrie played by Jack Lemmon(:

 

picture is of Jack Lemmon who played the real life Morrie