[Bluerose]

The Ramblings Of A Rose

Every thought you have, every dream, every desire, every hope and every fantasy is a thread in the great tapestry of your life. The quality of those threads will determine the quality of the final picture.

Mornings seem to be a bad time for most people, and if you start off sluggishly, this negative mood can hang around until lunchtime. Put yourself in a positive frame of mind before you even get out of bed.

If something is bothering you, whether it's a person, an incident, or something you did or didn't do, acknowledge it, learn from it and then delete it. It's taking up valuable mind space and undermining your self-esteem.

Others create their own situations for a reason. Therefore, don't be overly concerned for they have lessons to learn, too. Loved ones must be allowed to chalk up their own experiences, and learn from their own mistakes.

Life is too short to put up with unsatisfactory situations. Do things because you want to do them not because someone else expects you to do them. Any decision resulting in a loss of your valuable time or self respect is unacceptable.

Never make the mistake of thinking you know all you need to know about yourself and the world you live in, you may deprive yourself of some very useful information that could change your whole out-look on life and life on this planet.

What you think is going to happen is usually what happens. It's not your faith in God that makes things happen, it's your faith in your own abilities and capabilities. The faith you have in yourself will determine your success or failure.

Making important decisions can be very difficult. Outside influences and friends or relatives with good intentions' often hinder our decision making process and confuse us. You will always make the right decision if you follow your heart.

You are creating and re-creating the world around you. Your thoughts, good and bad, positive and negative, are creating the world you live in; your immediate environment. The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts.

Take full responsibility for your life and you will find peace and become happier in yourself, and be able to move forward in a purposeful way of your own choosing and not buffeted this way and that by other people's desires and expectations.

We often don't give ourselves enough time to process all the things that are going on in our lives. That's why journal keeping is such a good idea. Cultivate the habit of writing in your journal every evening. It will help you sort out some important issues.

Include more exercise in your life. Working out, particularly outdoors, is a great way to generate the ‘feel-good' factor. People who exercise regularly tend to look good, they have better skin tone, better muscle tone and their movements are easier and more balanced.

You have the right to choose for yourself how you will feel at any given moment, about any situation you might find yourself in. You have the right to choose not to lean on or depend on anyone for anything. You always have a choice, and with choice comes freedom.

There is a natural rhythm to the energy inside you; sometimes this energy is strong and outgoing, at other times it's quiet and sensitive. When strong it's time to pursue goals, take risks, and get things moving. When it's quiet you need to take time out to relax and just be for a while.

If you have a serious problem and there seems no answer in sight it could be that your emotions are getting in the way and you are working against yourself, try taking a back seat for a while and see how things are in a week or maybe a month. Nothing lasts for ever - not even the bad times.

In Zen (which is non-denominational) the bases is a return to real spiritual religion, the kind that grows in your heart and reaches out into the universe embracing all living things. It's kindness and caring and compassion. And these things you can teach your children, they don't need labels.

Ask yourself, what is important in my life and what is simply dragging me down? What would I change about my life? Which individuals contribute to my happiness and which do not? Tell yourself, it's my life! And if I am to remain happy and healthy I alone must decide who stays and who goes.

It's easier not to want forgiveness or to expect it. We keep trying to fix the mistakes so we don't have to ask for it. But we end up trying so hard we over compensate and end up making new ones. Then you can never break out of the cycle, you just keep going round and round, no way out, no where to go.

Use your sleeping time positively. If something's bothering you, ask yourself some questions about it before you go to sleep. Make sure you phrase those questions positively, don't ask yourself ‘why am I such a failure?' before you close your eyes. Ask ‘how can I be more successful/confident/happy?'.

Occasionally, it may feel like ‘this is not what I wanted', but there was a time when you thought you wanted it, and it may still be for the best. But if you have changed your mind, you need only acknowledge this to yourself to avoid confusion and then state precisely and clearly what it is you want now.

[Bluerose]

The Ramblings Of A Rose ~ Part 2

Are you a positive person or a negative person? If you have a negative attitude more often than a positive attitude, find what things make you so angry, or bitter, and change what you can. Minimize these occurrences as much as you can, and keep a positive attitude. If you must be a pessimist, be an optimistic pessimist.

If something is not working for you change it! Your environment reflects the way you feel. So, in order to change the way you feel, change your immediate environment. Look at your surroundings and think about what you can do to improve it. Begin by clearing out the clutter, get rid of everything you no longer need or want.

Take time to smell the roses, the coffee, the fresh cut grass, the real leather, a fine wine... Whatever rocks your boat! Play the 'When I grow up I want to be..' game with your partner. Or the 'If I were rich...' game. Or 'If I had three wishes...'. It's fun. Dream big dreams - in colour! No matter your age there's always room for more fun!

Learn to overcome negative attributes - jealousy, greed, hate, control, selfishness, etc. Learn patience, compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness. Learn to be happy for others. Learn to live each day to the fullest. Learn to love yourself. Learn to give unconditional love. Search within yourself to understand the lessons before you.

My experiences have shown me that life truly is a journey, and the less baggage we carry the easier the ride. I also define baggage as being in the company of people that you don't like, don't trust, or just find annoying. Clearly, it isn't always possible, but consider how great it would be to go through a day only speaking to people you truly enjoy.

To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to effect their own destinies. To let go is not to be protective, it's to permit another to face reality. To let go is not to deny, but to accept. To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes. To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

How you think will depend on whether you are an optimist or a pessimist; one differs from the other as night from day and yet both are right, each is right from his own point of view, and this point of view is the determining factor in the life of each. It determines as to whether it will be a life of success or a life of failure. If you must be a pessimist, be an optimistic pessimist!

Life is too short to put up with unsatisfactory situations. Do things because you want to do them not because someone else expects you to do them. Any decision resulting in a loss of your valuable time or self respect is unacceptable. Don't do things because they are expected of you or because you think you should or because you will feel anxious or guilty if you don't. It's later than you think.

Depending on how you choose to use it, electricity can be constructive or destructive. Used positively it can fill a room with light. Used negatively it can give you a nasty shock. Mind is creative. All thought, good and bad, is creative and tends to become a material thing. And, like the electricity, it can be constructive or destructive, depending on how you choose to use it; positively or negatively.

Contrary to popular belief, there is no one waiting to bring down fiery sheets of rain upon your head for wanting nice things in your life. Money may be the route of all evil, but it is a necessary evil. We need it in order to take care of all the necessary evils that make life worth living - like food and drink, light and gas, cars and houses. It's having these things that put us in a position to help less fortunate people.

When you sip a glass of Brunelo; savor a piece of chocolate; wash the dishes; vacuum the carpet; take a shower; call on a friend; flirt with a new and tantalizing person; cook food; make love; go shopping for a suede shirt or silk underwear; or, hit your thumb with a hammer - enlightenment is there. We are never separated from it. There is no need to look for enlightenment in any place other than where we are.

An action plan is a brief list of tasks that you have to carry out to achieve an objective. It differs from a To Do list in that it focuses on the achievement of a goal, rather than focusing on goals to be achieved in a period of time. Wherever you want to achieve something, drawing up an action plan allows you to concentrate on the stages of that achievement, and monitor your progress towards that achievement.

You need to revers the evidence of your senses; trick your senses into believing things are better than they are, until they are. Think about what you want, create a picture of it in your mind, and make it very clear and precise. Hold it there and focus on it in a gentle, positive way until it becomes more and more of a reality to you. The secret of successful visualisation is to think about what you want, not what you don't want.

Attitude is a reflection of the person inside. Having a great attitude is not the result of having a great life; having a great life is the result of having a great attitude. Cultivate a great attitude. With a great attitude you can choose the kind of day you're going to have. Today you can cry because roses have thorns or you can celebrate that thorns have roses. Today stretches ahead of you, waiting to be shaped. And here you are, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.

We are all capable of becoming tired, selfish, resentful and fatigued to a child-minded state in which our judgment and reasoning is impaired, causing us to dwell on unreasonable fears and paranoias, even causing panic attacks. When you feel like this it is important to stay calm, get plenty of rest, and think positive. Try to distract yourself by doing something that calls for concentration and one-track mindedness, and stick with it until you are feeling stronger.

[startover22]

Bluerose, this is an inspiring post... thank you AGAIN and AGAIN...

[Jiser]

Good stuff !

[Bluerose]

Worth re-posting.

Do you think?

So many people just looking for some answers.

Have a great weekend!!