We may make our future by the best use of the present. There is no moment like the present.
~Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849)
English children's author
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.
~Helen Keller (1880-1968)
American author, political activist and lecturer
A word after a word after a word is power.
~Margaret Atwood (1939 - )
Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet
Old age ain't no place for sissies.
~Bette Davis (1908-1989)
American actress
This is one of my favorite positive affirmations statements:
You cannot bring what you want to you if you are feeling stress. Stress or any tension at all is something you have to remove from your system.
You must let the stress go - it is the only way you can bring what you want. The emotion of stress is saying strongly that you do NOT have what you want. Stress
or tension is the absence of faith, and so to remove it all you have to do is increase your faith!
~Rhonda Byrne
Creator of The Secret
Here is an excerpt from Deepak Chopra M.D. book, Creating Affluence ~ Wealth
Consciousness in the field of all Possibilities
"Y" stands for youthful vigor. We experience health when out identity of who we are comes from reference to the self. When we identify with objects, whether these are situations, circumstances, people or things, then we relinquish our energy to the object of reference. As a result, we feel lack of energy and vitality.
When our identity comes from the self, then we keep our energy to ourselves. We feel energetic, we feel powerful, and we experience youthful vigor.
A lovely quote by author Louise L. Hay ~ An excerpt from her book, Heart Thoughts
MY LOVE IS LIMITLESS
We have so much love in this world, and we have so much love in our hearts, and sometimes we forget. Sometimes we think there isn't enough, or there is just a small amount. So we hoard what we have or we are afraid to let it go. We are afraid to let it out. But those of use who are willing to learn, realize that the more love we allow to flow out from us, the more there is within us and the more we receive. It is endless and timeless. Love is really the most powerful healing force that there is. Without love we could not survive at all. If little tiny babies are not given love and affection, they wither and die. Most of us think we can survive without love, but we cannot. Love for ourselves is the power that heals us.
Practice as much as you can..
One of the bonuses about loving yourself is that you get to feel good.
Have a beautiful day,
Photo: 'return visit' PKM
joy,
Rena
www.talktotheturtle.com
It all started out so innocently. I saw a video shared on Facebook of some porpoises here in Howe Sound, British Columbia. Howe Sound, where this rather large group of porpoises were photographed jumping around is fifty minutes from downtown Vancouver, B. C. Canada. This was special footage because there have not been a lot of dolphins in that sound because of the pollution that had built up over the years. There has been a concerted effort from the various different environmental factions and apparently their efforts to clean up the water so the fish would come back for the porpoises to feed on is paying off.
As the year draws to a close and I am tidying up my computer I noticed that I had accumulated some West Coast whale videos - all close up and personal. Kayakers and boaters out in the water viewing these magnificent mammals in their natural habitat, the ocean. The treasure of my revelation in viewing these videos is the mere fact that these whales are free. Whales love their freedom.
I feel if you want to really understand what a whale is then visit them in their natural habitat. My heart starts thumping with such emotion because I am so grateful for these whales that are cruising around in the cold waters off the West Coast of British Columbia.
Orcas approach boat.
Freedom is important and I wonder what will be saved for the next generation of planet earth lovers. If we push right past through our fear and embrace the kindness of self acceptance as a place to rest and reflect we may find the answer.
I believe if we are kind to ourselves then it invites the possibility for us to be kind to whales too.
Santigold live at BBC radio.
Gray whale, Broken Island off of Vancouver Island, B. C.
Tourists out for a little fishing trip off Tofino B.C. meet a Humpback whale. Flying and free.
Maybe seeing a whale move through the ocean is something for you to add to your life list of things to do? This Sooke B. C. kayak rental company ended up with some orca killer whale footage, that will make you sit up.
Florence and the Machine, Live at KEXP, ( Seattle WA)
Cosmic Love
Ocean footage of a dog in a boat watches pod of orcas. The impact of awe still abounds.
I guess I never realized how much I like seeing whales in the wild. I am so grateful to live here on planet earth. We are caretakers of this planet's amazing gift of waters and mountains to explore. It all comes down to love.
The xx-angels from their album Co-exist
Have a beautiful day,
Photo: PKM
joy,
Rena
www.talktotheturtle.com
I believe the freedom of your mind is quite possibly the most important thing to wish for at any given opportunity. You have met people who have become dreary and downtrodden by their jobs or financial situations. I am sure you have also met the other group who have jobs that create a sense of security. Are they any happier? A false sense of security can be as much of a lifestyle obstacle as a situation that spells a certain "lack of" in our lives. Life's obstacles are an opportunity to open the door to our own unusual bestowal of self-love.
If I were to draw this with a crayon it would be a picture of you with gratitude in one hand a happy vision in your other hand. A drawing of a heart with the words self love would be worn on the t-shirt as the main focal point.
Self love = gratitude & happy vision.
By focusing on your vision, the possibility of success increases. That desire far out there still in the thought energy realm, already has your own self-love of acceptance woven into it. Focus on your vision and regardless of the day to day tests, never give up. Never give up on yourself by accepting where you are today but bask in the lightness of knowing that each day gets you closer to your vision.
This is what I felt what so uplifting about the ending to the movie Shawshank Redemption. The hard work done. You do not have to be in prison to feel locked up and put away in your mind. We have all had the opportunity to serve time in the solitude of our own sadness. We can do that with all the freedom in the world by our very own self loathing. So what are you waiting for? Grab a dream and set the nose of that metaphorical boat of yours into the wind. Don't give up.
This is the question. At the crossroads of your decision making either get busy living or get busy dying...
Giving yourself permission to receive the get out of jail mind card is something to look forward. When you step back into your life of gratitude, you will realize that you can seize opportunities and turn them into your own.
Making it count...
Remember the obstacles can show up and you have the opportunity to transform these temptations in life into a resource that will help. Maybe like Kendrick Lamar's poetically tough song....a reflective treatise on the perils of alcoholism and peer pressure.
Poet, Marie Howe:
PRAYER
Every day I want to speak with you. And every day something
more important
calls for my attention - the drugstore, the beauty products, the luggage
I need to buy for the trip.
Even now I can hardly sit here
among the falling piles of paper and clothing, the garbage trucks outside
already screeching and banging.
The mystics say you are as close as my own breath.
Why do I flee from you?
My days and nights pour through me like complaints
and become a story I forgot to tell.
Help me. Even as I write these words I am planning
to rise from the chair as soon as I finish this sentence.
~From The Kingdom of Ordinary Time (Norton 2008)
Your vision never leaves you. Your gratitude never wavers. No matter what is going on around you, your resolve of self love shining through with joy and enthusiasm. The moving waters calm again as you breathe in deeply. Love is the greatest gift of all...
Shake it out.....
Have a beautiful day,
Photo: 'look up' PKM
joy,
Rena
www.talktotheturtle.com
