Honoring All Experiences …

I found this on the Daily Om today, and it’s words speak such wisdom, there is little to add.

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When Pain Comes Our Way
Honoring All Experiences

“Honoring the experiences we have in our lives is an invaluable way to communicate with life, our greatest teacher. We do this when we take time at night to say what we are thankful for about our day and also when we write in a journal. Both of these acts involve consciously acknowledging the events of our lives so that they deepen our relationship to our experiences. This is important because it brings us into closer connection with life, and with the moment. Only when we acknowledge what’s happening to us can we truly benefit from life’s teachings.

It is especially important when pain comes our way to honor the experience, because our natural tendency is to push it away and move past it as quickly as possible. We tend to want to brush it under the rug. Yet, if we don’t, it reveals itself to be a great friend and teacher. As counterintuitive as it seems, we can honor pain by thanking it and by welcoming it into the space of our lives. We all know that often the more we resist something, the longer it persists. When we honor our pain, we do just the opposite of resisting it, and as a result, we create a world in which we can own the fullness of what life has to offer.”

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Where Will You Be?

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.”

- Mark Twain

In 20 years, what of your life will you remember?

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The Possibilities …

“I am where I am because I believe in all possibilities.” - Whoopi Goldberg

Think about it …

All of us are exactly where we are because of what we choose to believe. Where ever that may be. And whether it’s the possibilities - or the im-possibilities - we choose to see, it makes no difference … it is what has put us where we are today.

We choose where and what we are, even if we do it by default. By NOT choosing, we have indeed also made a choice, as well.

The question has to be asked … where are you now … and where will you be tomorrow?

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A Reminder

I’ve seen this a few times, but a friend recently sent it to me again … I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Twinkies and Root Beer

A little boy wanted to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to where God lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-pack of Root Beer and he started his journey. When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly man. The man was sitting in the park just feeding some pigeons. The boy sat down next to him and opened his suitcase. He was about to take a drink from his root beer when he noticed that the man looked hungry, so he offered him a Twinkie.

The man gratefully accepted it and smiled at boy. His smile was so pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he offered him a root beer. Again, the man smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word.

As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired he was and he got up to leave, but before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the man, and gave him a hug. The man gave him his biggest smile ever.

When the boy opened the door to his own house a short time later, his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face.
She asked him, “What did you do today that made you so happy?
“He replied, “I had lunch with God.”
But before his mother could respond, he added, “You know what? God’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen!”

Meanwhile, the elderly man, also radiant with joy, returned to his home.
His son was stunned by the look of peace on his face and he asked,” Dad, what did you do today that made you so happy?”
He replied, “I ate Twinkies in the park with God.”
However, before his son responded, he added,” You know, he’s much younger than I expected.”

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Embrace them all equally!
~ author unknown ~

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One moment …

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” - Charles Darwin

Our journey here in life changes moment to moment. It is our willingness to trust that the road ahead has been laid for our best intent which will allow us to follow that path with exuberance and joy. Letting go, and adapting to the changes needed, opens our eyes and heart to the brilliant trail-markers blazing the road ahead.

One moment - one step - at a time.

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Experience …

“You cannot help but learn more as you take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is an old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.” - John Updike

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New Endings

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” - Carl Bard

Like water that passes by us in a stream, each moment past is gone. We cannot change what is gone … nor can we start again as if these things had not existed, and there was no past. What we can do is allow the lessens and wisdom given from those moments gone to become a part of us now. Much as the seeds that fall from a fading blossom, if nurtured and loved, what is past can give birth to newness and life. We always have the choice to give ourselves the beautiful gift of a brand new ending.

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Go with it …

“It’s a romp. Just go with it.” ~ George Clooney

I’d bet that many of you who are accustomed to the more typically serious undertones of TheSpiritWalk are surprised to find a “Clooneyism” posted here. But look a little deeper, and I think you’ll see there is more depth to this than meets the eye.

On the surface - and most likely the way Mr. Clooney intended it - the thought is akin to a well-known phrase … “don’t take life too seriously - you won’t get out alive”. But let’s attach it to another aspect of our lives … our gut instinct. Our intuition. Our HeartSpirit. How often, when our gut tells us something, we turn away from it, retreating into our heads to “think things out”? And how often, by doing so, have we diverted our pathway, realizing later that we should have, indeed, listened to that instinct?

How often do we prohibit our true intelligence - our intuition - from ‘romping’?

Yes, there are times when careful, thought-out analysis is needed … and important. Times when decisions made between several courses of action require weights and measures. But there are also times when our gut … our HeartSpirit … knows exactly which path to take. Think back … remember those times … you know the little twist, the grip, that moment you knew … but didn’t let it romp. As human beings we often prefer to pride ourselves on our logic - but tell me, when logic and intuition clash, where is the “logic” in choosing what we know (via our true intelligence) is the wrong choice for us? Why are we so afraid to go with it?

We are all created with a path - with a purpose here in this life. And in that moment of creation - no matter how you believe that came about - the intelligence and knowledge of that pathway was intertwined in your genes. Deep inside our body lies all we need to know about how to find and walk that path. But we have to listen - and trust it. We have to let it romp.

“It’s a romp. Just go with it.” …. good words.

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