Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Think On This

Living In Joy

When we are not attached
to who we think we are,
life can move through us,
playing like an instrument.

Understanding how everything is in
a continual transformation,
we release our futile attempt
to control circumstances.

When we live in this easy
connection with life,
we live in joy.

James Baraz "Lighten Up"


Sharing words that
spoke to me
in a special way
early this morning...
at

13 comments:

  1. BalishaApril 29, 2014 at 10:13 AM

    I was reading DIY Stress Relief and found a quote by the same....

    Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won’t)."

    Sometimes when I read these quotes etc. I feel like it's something that I could have said....but didn't have the words. Simple quotes are sometimes better than reading a whole book.

    Enjoy your day,
    Balisha

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  2. TaborApril 29, 2014 at 11:07 AM

    And thus today my post is the exact opposite of this!!!

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  3. SharonApril 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM

    These words speak to me this morning too, Ernestine. Thank you~

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  4. JudyApril 29, 2014 at 11:49 AM

    I'm trying!

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  5. lil red henApril 29, 2014 at 12:19 PM

    I need to learn....

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  6. One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods.April 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM

    Balisha, Tabor, Sharon, Judy and Charlotte,
    I think on this
    have not arrived
    and may never :)
    Gives me something to think on..

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  7. kerrdeluneApril 29, 2014 at 2:52 PM

    "When we live in this easy connection with life, we live in joy." Wonderful words for this day...............

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  8. MsGrayseaApril 29, 2014 at 4:46 PM

    Very meaningful words this morning....thank you, and Balisha, too.
    Hope you are safe from tornadoes!!

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  9. thewiildmagnolaApril 29, 2014 at 6:39 PM

    thank you for sharing this.

    the easy way is letting go....i think a difficult way, may become easier, as we age.

    in my younger days, i would have payed no attention to this.

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  10. PienosoleApril 30, 2014 at 4:46 PM

    These are very wise words and a good intention, if not goal, to have.

    Thank you.

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  11. nancy at good food mattersApril 30, 2014 at 4:59 PM

    beautiful poem---perfect for this last day of April--national poetry month!

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  12. MarcieApril 30, 2014 at 10:01 PM

    Those words really are meaningful. So hard to "let go, and let God," isn't it?

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  13. WisewebwomanMay 1, 2014 at 2:18 PM

    So much easier said than done. We are all about attachments, aren't we?

    XO
    WWW

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