You gain strength through your hardships. Whatever you learn easily or master effortlessly tends to be forgotten. The lessons you gain through repeated mistakes are what gives you genuine strength. (PL2014.29)
For more Doors .. visit Dan’s No Facilities https://nofacilities.com/2024/08/29/iowa-farms/
Have a good day everyone!
Oyashikiri
I always come home from a different direction, the other day, I came from the west end of the city, which meant that I saw a part of my yard I don’t usually see. Look! I had roses in bloom!!!
Your surroundings reflect your state of mind. Everything that appears before you is a reflection of your state of mind. If you work to improve your mind and actions, then what appears in the mirror will also be well balanced. (PL2015.28)
hmmm I got up this morning .. walked into the kitchen … and saw the pills I was to take last night, sitting on the counter with my glass of water…. guess I didn’t take them… =^_^= oh dear,
Yesterday was yesterday, today is today!
Oyashikiri
Stop Hesitating
It is more natural for you to be direct and say what is on your mind. Holding back or hesitating is unnecessary (PL2017.27)
The other day on my drive home I saw more than one tree starting to already display fall colours. A sign of what is to come. Fall in this part of Canada is a cornucopia of colour, weather turns a brisk fresh air, with early morning snaps of very cool air that warms to a balmy energizing sun filled day leading into enjoyable star filled nights. Each day is a work of art.
PL Precept # 1 Life is ART
Oyashikiri
The prosperity you will enjoy … must.. be earned
Hexogram 27 (IChing)
Put Makoto (sincerity) into even the smallest of things. Everything is an accumulation of small things, If you do each and every thing with care, a path will open up. (PL2017.25)
PL Principle # 1 I will live paying careful attention, putting Makoto into all I say and do,
Oyashikiri
“Now” is always the start of something new. Leave the past in the past. What is important is “what you are going to do now” Using the present as a starting point, move forward on a path towards improvement and progress. (PL2014.24)
All that we are is a result of what we have thought. – Buddha
Enjoy your day everyone! Smile, This is your day!
Oyashikiri
No two doors are the same, no two people are the same, YET
Discover something new today. Have a willingness and an interest, and start your day with excitement, (PL2023.22)
Everyday, we walk by doors and never see them. How many times have you walked by someone and not even been aware you’d done so… or … you see people all around you YET…. you cannot recognize or identify anyone you just passed. We have become so used to having “busy” around us, that we “tune out” and often are so wrapped up in our own thoughts.. we miss “the” moment.
The picture bottom left, When I first saw it, I was captured by the closed door and the open entrance right beside it. on closer inspection, I saw that they had different house numbers. Right away, I thought, “which entrance would I want to explore?” Do you have a preference?
I have learned over the years… to never judge a book by its cover.… what doorway would inspire a story from you today?
Oyashikiri
For more doors, please visit Dan’s No Facilities site for the Thursday doors! feature https://nofacilities.com/2024/08/22/still-more-from-iowa/
Appreciation is the driving force for progress and development.
Accept everything with Appreciation.
Appreciate not just people and society, but everything that comes your way. You will experience a deeper joy in life. (PL2012.21)
Oyashikiri
*** love is unconditional ***
Value your intuition – Change your mind thinking “it will be alright” Do the best you can without being overly attached. (PL2021/20)
Temperatures have dipped here the last few days, a touch of days to come. The animals react to the change, their chatter is more insistent, the chipmunks have renewed their determination to gather all the goodies they can find. They don’t come out in the dead of winter, but the squirrels who stay active most of the time, are just as active. The floor of the area where I feed is alive with their movements .. I have to be careful, they are focused.
Even the Blue Jays are being demanding, not waiting, but dive bombing the minute the peanuts hit the ground.
What are your plans for today? Whatever you do… do so with the intent of enjoying every moment of your day!
Oyashikiri
Put your heart into whatever you do, and you will find joy in it. If you are going to do something, you may as well do it with enthusiasm. You will gradually begin to see what makes it interesting and learn to enjoy it. (PL2012.19)
” People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” (George Bernard Shaw)
Oyashikiri
a moment in time
does it matter if we are going forward, or if it is where we’ve been
what matters is we are here now
The joy of expression is in the process. Of course results are important but let’s not lose sight of the true joy that be found in the actual process. Face very task/moment with wholehearted enthusiasm. (PL2012.2)
Oyashikiri
photo. D.Renz
dymoonblog 