Just Be
Take a day and allow yourself to just be, to let the day unfold as it may without a list of things to do or places to be. I day to listen to your favorite songs or catch up on a show you love. A day...
View ArticleNew Blessings
Everything that begins ends and life doesn’t exist without loss. However, what I have learned is that often where one things ceases to be life offers something new. Where once was a home, may...
View ArticleThe Definition of Success
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” George Bernard Shaw I...
View ArticleThe Picture of Health
Health is something many people take for granted until they no longer have it. I have been around people who are in excellent health yet seem to have plenty of complaints about having to exercise...
View ArticleForgiveness
We are taught to forgive and forget and for good reason. When we don’t forgive we do more harm to our own emotional health and even physical well-being. Rarely does the person we need to forgive even...
View ArticleStepping Back To Step Foward
I heard somewhere that in order for an arrow to soar towards it’s target it must first be pulled back far enough to have the power to reach it’s target. Sometimes in life we fail to recognize the value...
View ArticleWe All Put Things Off ~ Now Do Something About It
Monday Morning Thoughts ~ We all hit the alarm sometimes. We all make lists and say tomorrow. We all put off things and come up with reasons why. Yet, there comes a point that we have to step up and...
View ArticleThe Moments Matter
Seek the sweet surrender of simplicity. Listen to the sound of faith like a flute playing inside your chest. Go within. Serenity lives always within your reach. ~ Ching Ou lam There are moments we...
View ArticleThinking From The Inside Out
Sometimes we know more than we think, we just aren’t thinking from the inside out. Cheryl Nordyke Here is what I know. I don’t know all the answer, heck I don’t even know half of them. What I do know...
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It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.”- Dale Carnegie In the movie Eat Pray Love there was a line...
View ArticleLiving Life In Reverse
One of the advantages of being aware of the ending is you appreciate the moments that previously you had taken for granted. via Living Life In Reverse.Filed under: Life
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Reblogged from The Messenger's Story: Hi, my name is Jake. In case you didn't figure it out from the images on the site, one of my favorite things is running. I started running at a very young age....
View ArticleWe Haven’t Seen The Same Things Yet We See With More Than Our Eyes
My eyes have seen things other eyes have not seen. Yet, there is so much other people may have seen which I have not seen. Too often we judge ourselves and others without considering this very simple...
View ArticleThe New Beginning ~ Post By Jake
Reblogged from The Messenger's Story: "Everything in life is breakable; the question is what we are willing to do to keep that which we love from breaking." C.Nordyke As I sit here watching the rain...
View ArticleToday I Will…make up a new recipe using a “little of this…a little of that”...
Seriously who hasn’t, once in their lifetime, dreamt of being a master chef living in Paris cooking for the rich and famous? I know I have and I don’t even like to cook. Don’t get me wrong, I can...
View ArticleSouls Which Have Departed ~ Reader Post
Reblogged from The Messenger's Story: Reader Post: Thank you for sharing your story and in essence, your life Jake. As I whisper prayers of hope for you, I remember the souls that have departed in my...
View ArticleJust Because I Don’t Agree Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Support You
“I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” ~Voltaire There is an internal conflict we often have with ourselves if we are honest. Sometimes our...
View ArticleWe Define Who We Are
“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.” ~ Buddha As I have grown older I...
View ArticleWe All Need To Speak Up
“I can’t hear what you’re not saying” ~ C.Nordyke We all have those friends that say what is on their mind. We often wonder is it necessary to always say out loud what you are thinking. Recently my...
View ArticleSpeak Up
Reblogged from Serene Reflection: Ever had thoughts and feelings that you wish you had the courage to express, but didn't? Were you too afraid that you wouldn't be heard or wouldn't be understood? Or...
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