Have you ever had an imaginary argument with someone who was totally and absolutely not there? You might not know it, but you were planting the seed for some future harvest. Cabbages or cupcakes. All depends on the quality of thought. You’ve set in motion an event to be experienced and if it’s lousy you’ll probably be saying, where the heck did that come from? Nothing to do with me. Years ago, I heard Bob Proctor say, let me talk to someone for five minutes and I can tell you exactly what’s happening in their world. My response. Right! What a load of codswallop. Ignorance, was my middle name! Life as a mirror Today I get that whenever you see me, you see the state of my mind. You see the life I lead, the experiences I have…and you’re looking at the reflection of the arrangement of my mind. Weird…
Have you ever looked at someone whose life so seemed so far removed from yours that you couldn’t imagine experiencing it. Ever. No matter how great it looked ~ no matter that it might be something you wanted, no matter how much you focused on it, or how much attention you gave it, you couldn’t accept you would ever experience it because your reality was so far removed from theirs. I’m putting John Burroughs, naturalist extraordinaire in charge of our bus…he seems to know where he’s going. Don’t know about you, but I’m always happy to have some great guidance. Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world. As my Mum always used to tell me, stop thinking of how you’re going to do it Elle. You don’t have to know how you’re going to get…
[success]Peace is to be found only within, and unless one finds it there he will never find it at all. Peace lies not in the external world. It lies within one’s own soul. ~ Ralph W. Trine[/success] I’ve always been one for full disclosure, so I’m admitting right now, I’m not perfect at walking this path to peace. That’s really good news, though you might wonder how not being perfect is good news. Well it’s good news for all of us recovering or current perfectionists. Yay, it’s a celebration, I’m not perfect and I’m speaking it out loud. A while ago I was visited with the joy of conjunctivitis. It didn’t dampen my spirits, well not too much, but it did give me a really blurry view of life. Not exactly a rose coloured spectacles view of life, more like a damp and misty morning on the moor. And that’s…
We all have our little secrets. And today I’m about to air one of my little secrets. I got to read what I like to call the ‘rubbish’ magazines at the local hair salon. I was reading about an actress (a hint as to what the rubbish magazines are) of whom it was said she would always worry about what people thought about her. And I remembered when. I remembered when it used to bother me what people thought…in fact…full confession… I have been and still have moments of actually being a people pleaser! Don’t allow others to determine who you are What a waste of my precious time. It took quite a few years before I fully realized that what was really important wasn’t what other people thought of me, but what I thought of myself. My very own self concept. You have to decide who you actually are, before…
For those who don’t yet know…I’ve been poorly for the past three weeks. I did mention it here…just a little, but I have a need to revisit it. Ever since we got back from our trip to Los Angeles. In fact the very next day, first one virus hit me right between the eyes…oh no…that was the second one, the first one gave me a cough and a cold and a temperature. Suffice it to say I’ve not been my usual chirpy self. But the good news is I’m no longer contagious and can actually go out and visit the world again and believe me I have…as fast as my wobbly little legs would carry me. The world has many things to share Oh yes, you’ve been on a plane…they’re full of germs and bugs and its easy to get sick when you travel. Ummm no…that’s not it. It’s…