A few words of wisdom for you today...
1. Set your own pace........When someone is pushing you, it's ok to tell them they're pushing.
2. Take nothing for granted........Watch water flow, the corn grow, the leaves blow, your neighbors mow.
3. Allow yourself time to be lazy and unproductive........Rest isn't a luxury, it's a necessity.
4. Listen to the wind blow........It carries a message of yesterday and tomorrow........And now.........Now counts.
5. Rest on your laurels........They bring comfort whatever their size, age or condition.
6. Talk slower. Talk less. Don't talk. Communication isn't measured by words.
7. Give yourself permission to be late sometimes........Life is for living, not scheduling.
8. Listen to the song of a bird........The complete song. Music and nature are gifts, but only if you are willing to receive them.
9. Slow down. God is still in heaven........You are not responsible for doing it all...yourself... right now.
10. Remember a happy, peaceful time in your past........Rest there. Each moment has a richness that takes a lifetime to savor.
11. Quit planning how you're going to use what you know, learn or possess........God's gifts just are. Be grateful and their purpose will be clear.
12. When you walk with someone, don't think about what you'll say next........Thoughts will spring up naturally if you let them.
13. Talk and play with children........It will bring out the unhurried little person inside you.
14. Create a place in your home...At your work....in your heart...where you can go for quiet and recollection. You deserve it.
15. Take time to think........Action is good and necessary, but it's fruitful only if we muse, ponder and mull.
16. Make time for play........The things you like to do. Whatever your age, your inner child needs re-creation.
17. Watch and listen to the night sky........It speaks.
18. Listen to the words you speak........Especially in prayer.
19. Learn to stand back and let others take their turn as leaders........ There will always be new opportunities for you to step out in front again.
20. Divide big jobs into little jobs........If God took six days to create the universe, can you do any better?
21. Direct your life with purposeful choices, not with speed and efficiency........The best musician is one who plays with expression and meaning, not the one who finishes first.
22. Take a day off alone........Make a retreat. You can learn from monks and hermits without becoming one.
23. Pet a furry friend........You will give and get the gift of now.
24. Work with your hands........It frees the mind.
25. Take time to wonder........Without wonder, life is merely an existence.
26. Sit in the dark........It will treat you to see and hear, taste and smell.
27. Once in awhile........Turn down the lights, The throttle, The invitations. Less really can be more.
28. Let go......Nothing is usually the hardest thing to do...but often it is the best.
29. Taste your food........God gave it to delight as well as nourish.
30. Notice the sun and the moon as they rise and set........They are remarkable for their steady pattern of movement, not their speed.
31. And as you ramble on thru life my dearest friend........Keep your eye upon the doughnut, and not upon the hole.
32. AND SLOWLY COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS
ONE AT A TIME
Author Unknown
GOOD MORNING !
I was up early this morning as I fell asleep on the couch last night and didn’t wake up to go to bed. The window was open and I got sort of chilly so that woke me up. I don’t like to do that and most of the time I avoid the couch so that when I’m tired I’ll go to bed.
This will be a busy Saturday as it’s the last day of the sale. The weekend will fly by as all the others have and before I know it Monday will be here and a new week will begin.
I’m hoping that after today, life can become a little less hectic for me. It seems that everything I do now takes just a little longer than it used to and I’m not very good at performing any task if I have to hurry. A slow and steady pace is what I need for sure.
I think I must be in the turtle stage of life.
...A goodly and wise turtle takes the time to think things through
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
It is letting go of the old, that which is no longer needed, that makes room in our lives for whatever is to come. ...
Charlotte Bell, The Rhythm of Change
May your day be bless with a few smiles and lots of SUNSHINE to warm your heart !
Ma
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7 comments:
I savored in each morsel of this entry....I needed this and thank you for sharing it. Good luck today and I know you will be ready to put your feet up tonight.
Sonya
Hope you have a good sale today....
Linda :)
I hope today goes well ..love Jan xx
Good one, I printed it out..love the turtles.
Have a good weekend!
Great entry. I hope your day goes well. I took the advice in your entry and am trying to take today for today. I actually slept in this morning -- haven't for ever. Then I spent quite a bit of time in the pool and beside the pool. Swimming and reading. So relaxing. Wanted to take advantage of the good weather before the storms move in this afternoon!
It's not being slower that bothers me.....it's not being as strong as I was. I can't lift things as easily. Like you and everyone else I need to slow down and take things one at a time. You know....stop and smell the roses!
I hope your sale goes well. Enjoy the day and have a good night.
Pam
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