Good morning. When an animal is content…. even if he is in the way. Do we move him? or let him stay?
Don’t let circumstances sway your decision. It does not help to overthink things. Sometimes we just need to make up our minds and move forward. (PL2022.6)
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Appreciate the strengths as well as the shortcomings in others. Even though you may not agree with someone, complaining about it doesn’t help. Remember, we are all human….. and accept each person for who they are. (PL2019.22)
update on how Quincy is doing.. a picture tells it all.
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open spaces – quiet places
the moment you realize
because words are spoken
does not make it real
actions speak louder than words
Kuei ( hexagram 38) I Ching
This is a time when you may meet with dualism in your own nature.
This sense of wholeness in a world of contradiction can bring you great depth of character and peace of mind
PL Precept #16 All things progress and develop
PL Precept # 18 Each moment is a turning point
Pl Precept #20 Live maintaining equilibrium between mind and matter.
People who like to make an effort can enjoy anything. Those who spare no effort for anything and anyone know the joy of making art. Make an effort with willingness. (PL2023.6)
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Cloudy, overcast, rain, fog, heat and humidity. Summer has arrived.
Smiles are the world’s treasure. If you smile more, there will be more smiles in the world. Be one of those who makes more smiles. (PL2023.23)
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“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)
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Put all your effort into the “now”. You can only do your absolute best right this moment, not in the past, not in the future, but now. (PL2018.27)
A mustard seed is a very small seed, that when planted it becomes a tree producing millions of mustard seeds. It doesn’t “think” “Oh, I’m really a tree, and I know I can be one, ” Once planted – if properly nurtured, it will just do it. When we believe and have faith that everything will turn out all right, it will be as it should be. The moment is fine, just as it is. whatever that may be.
PL Precept #16 All things progress and develop.
PL Precept #17 Grasp what is most essential.
PL Precept #18 Each moment is a turning point.
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In my wandering yesterday, I came across a book at charity. I don’t need anymore books, but you know how it is.. your eye falls on something, and after you pick it up to look at it, it somehow stays in your hand.
The life 101 series – You can’t afford the luxury of a negative thought. by John-Robert and Peter McWilliams
“Tis the good reader that makes the book; in every book he finds passages which seem to be confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakably meant for his ears; The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart. Emerson
Value your intuition. (PL2014.19)
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Photo. Shirley K.
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
It’s easy to place the blame on others and society for the problems you encounter in life. But you are the one with the power to change the outcome. (PL2019.28)
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