1) For the ability to travel to and fro and for the kindness of strangers, ready at every turn to lend a guiding hand and crack a smile in my direction, and for the ability to do so for others;
2) for open arms and hearts to greet me open reaching my destination, and for the ability to give back;
3) for The Divine, Creator of planes, trains, and automobiles and more, souls, hands, smiles, arms, hearts and the rest of All That Is.
#TheGratitudeMovement #GratitudeBringsJoy #OdeToGratitude #kippinitreal
Ode To Gratitude
“I do not want to step so quickly
Over a beautiful line on God’s palm
As I move through the earth’s Marketplace
Today.
I do not want to touch any object in this world
Without my eyes testifying to the truth
That everything is
My Beloved.
Something has happened
To my understanding of existence
That now makes my heart always full of wonder
And kindness.
I do not
Want to step so quickly
Over this sacred place on God’s body
That is right beneath your
Own foot
As I
Dance with
Precious life
Today.”
“Today” by HAFIZ (translated by Daniel Ladinksy)
#getyoursparkon #feeltherapture #kippinitreal #wuvip
with gratitude to Ilse Lore-Trunk for providing me this quote
“If we want there to be peace in the world, then we have to take responsibility when our own hearts and minds harden and close. We have to be brave enough to soften what is rigid, to find the soft spot and stay with it. We have to have that kind of courage and take that kind of responsibility. That’s true spiritual warriorship. That’s the true practice of peace.”
– Pema Chodron, from “Practicing Peace”
#PeacePractice #PeacePod #kippinitreal #wuvip
with gratitude to crumpledenvelope.tumblr.com for the image
The Wave, Utah
Be yourself. Dare to be and BE. Live to fully express all and everything that is within your potential. Take your time. There is nowhere to go, since you are already here, right where you belong. Breathe long and deeply. You could search from one end of Earth to another – and yet some day you will be here no more, for you will leave. You might seek to hear any and all people say the words you wish to hear, but only you can ever answer to your own conscience. In the end, the only question really is – once I realized my truth, did I listen and follow it?
#getyoursparkon #feeltherapture #kippinitreal #wuvip
with gratitude to mylovelyquotes.com for the image
1) For blue skies, sunshine, and gentle warm winds from the south;
2) for the creatures returning from their winter grounds to set up their spring nesting here, and for the sheer wonder and awe their rituals spurs in me every year at this time;
3) for The Creator – Creator of colors, skies, suns, winds, creatures, zest and wonder for life – and the rest of All That Is.
#TheGratitudeMovement #GratitudeBringsJoy #kippinitreal
Open For Gratitude
Have you ever seen a tree in all of its magnificence, open to the world and letting the life force coded inside of it to fully expand and express itself? Though we may not have seen the trials and adversity that buffeted this seemingly unprotected tree, we can surely appreciate its grace and strength. Let us find the courage to fully unlock the life force within us, whatever the path we have travelled to get here in this moment, and find ourselves able to expand fully into and express our self.
#getyoursparkon #feeltherapture #kippinitreal #wuvip
with gratitude to histoiresdelin.canalblog.com for the image of Ginko (a tree that is a living fossil)
Physical, emotional, spiritual – the brain processes all pain the same – as a signal “it hurts”. I am retraining my nervous system when I feel such a signal. Or even this – a strong and intense sensation… that my mind screams to me, “This is too much!” It is safe to feel. I am not being annihilated. Whatever happens, I am okay. I turn to my breath and presence myself in the moment. I am fully capable of handling what I am feeling. I tell myself a new story. This is not ‘overwhelming’. This is what it feels like to be ‘whelmed’. And I am nestled firmly and forever in the safe and loving arms of The Universe. I put my attention on my breath and what I am feeling. I will sit with this. I will let this sensation course through me and fully feel it. I will not try to dodge, stuff, avoid, smother, medicate or look outside of myself in any other way to change, dull, or otherwise effect this. I will face it. Turn into it. Invite it in. Accept it. Welcome it. I will consciously bring in the breath as my faithful companion while I open to and allow this, untethered, to run free throughout me. I am dancing with it. Ahhhh….hhhh.hhhh. This is what it means to be me. To be. Thank you, Universe, for bringing me this assignment. Thank you for this gift of life. I bow to Your wisdom. I am here, open, ready to take on whatever You bring me. Thank you for this remarkable gift of life.
#ToolsForBetterliving #TakeABreath #recovery #kippinitreal
with gratitude to www.healthandlovepage.com for the image
“Do not fear the contrast of the light. For we need the contrast to know what we want and where we are heading. It grows our desire to experience the other side of the coin. Know that the contrast is all a part of the journey and if you are uncomfortable, you are in the fire of transformation.” – Sukhdev Jackson www.sukhdevjackson.com #FireOfTransformation #FallinLoveWithTheContrast #peacepod #kippinitreal
With gratitude to stevendaluz.com for the image
