It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come. ~ Dalai Lama   To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have…

It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.      ~ Eric Roth   You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it’s all right. ~ Maya Angelou   The prospect of…

“Forever is composed of nows.” ~ Emily Dickinson   “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.”  ~Buddha   “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the…

“I learned that the interior of life was as rewarding as the exterior of life, and that my richest moments occurred when I was absolutely still.” – Richard Bode   “Be still Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity” ~ Lao Tzu   “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher…

“Spirituality is not adopting more beliefs and assumptions but uncovering the best in you.” ~ Amit Ray   You’re a spiritual being having a human experience. ~ Wayne Dyer   You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own…

May I remind you ~ Reflection ~ thought, thinking, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, pondering, meditations, musing, rumination ~ as defined by Wikipedia and for my purpose allows me to throw just about anything your way.  Reflections from the Rideau Lake continue this week as I managed to survive the heat and humidity without air conditioning.  I…

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” ~ Confucius   “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to…

“Who you are can depend on who you meet.” ~ Unknown   “Don’t walk behind me, I won’t lead. Don’t walk in front of me, I won’t follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” ~ Albert Camus   “If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go…

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill   “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Benjamin Franklin   “The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving…

“A real conversation always contains an invitation.  You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.”             ~ David Whyte   “Soul connections are not often found and are worth every bit of fight left in you to keep.”             ~ Shannon…