Find Your Middle Ground

Category: Lighten Up

  • You are Not the Problem

    “The central problem is not that You think too highly Of yourself. Nor is it that You think too lowly Of yourself. Instead, it is that You think constantly Of yourself.” Wu Hsin from The Lost Writings of Wu Hsin (This was long before John 3:30 and C.S. Lewis with their definition of humility.) Is…

  • * Lighten Up … control

    It was a sad and disappointing day when I discovered my Universal Remote Control did not, in fact, control the Universe. (Not even remotely) 😎  

  • * Good Morning Patio!

    ~ Morning sun comes up What a welcome to the day Thankful to be here ~ Take a moment to pause and look around. What catches your eye and fills your heart with gratitude this morning?

  • * Lighten up – man’s best friend

    “Outside of a dog, a book is probably man’s best friend, and inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” -Groucho Marx  Don’t try this at home … Trust me!

  • * Teddy’s Haiku

    Yes Teddy Spring has come! … now please stop eating the mulch 😉 Teddy’s Haiku Find your Middle Ground Soak in possibilities Taste the earth and pause.

  • Inspiration – Bright Day

    Bright Day The hill of daffodils shines like the sun come down to drink its fill of light. Spring unrolls its leafy carpet, the whole world going green, reminding me that miracles are not just vague possibilities, but real as mockingbird melodies, obvious as dewdrops flashing like prisms in the grass. Danna Faulds in “From…

  • * The Power of Now – from a pets’ perspective

    I love The Guardians of Being – a collaboration between Eckhart Tolle and comic strip artist Patrick McDonnell. In Guardians of Being reminds us of not only the oneness of all life but also the wonder and joy to be found in the present moment. McDonnell has created a new comic strip based on The Power…

  • * May the Force Be with You

    Can’t wait 😍 When you get it you get it.

  • * Mantra for Today – find the funny side

    Find the funny side in every bad hair day Make it work 😎

  • * Be Foolish

    I used to have mixed feelings about being serious. A part of me thought I should be more like the earnest people around me. That I should try harder… should apply myself… should focus more… should set serious goals… I was “shoulding” all over myself. … And in doing so I was not accepting the…

  • * Dinna Fash Yersel

    Last week I met a woman at a supermarket check out who had lived in Aberdeen (Scotland).  She asked me where I was from in Scotland. This is pretty unusual here in the US. As an aside –  People will remark on what a cute accent I have, and will then ask … Are you…

  • * Life is like … cake

    Life is like … cake. The ingredients don’t seem like much, but when they are put together with love, it transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. We learn its okay that it sometimes sags in the middle and crumbles at the edges. The sponge is the foundation which fills and nourishes us. The filling is…

  • * Delight in Waking Up

      Believe in the goodness of your soul. Acknowledge how well it has guided you. And yet know that you will fall asleep along the way. When you sleep, Take no delight in blaming yourself. Take delight in waking yourself up once more. Self blame is the deepest injury, The deepest sleep of all. Wake…

  • * Inspiration – meditation

      Meditators should be seen and not heard

  • The 11 Commandments Of The New-Age-Ego

    Originally posted on superaalifragilistic: The ego, as you know, is clever, very clever. It can utilize everything for its own protection and perpetuation – including spirituality. With the very tools created for its dissolution, it can etch out a new version of itself. And since the old big-bad-ego has got more bad press than Kim…

  • * Mantra for Today – how to be

    This mantra works as a reminder and a guide to be yourself and be authentic in the world. If you are unsure about how to be…. then this is a powerful one to apply any time 🙂 Go on, give it a try today! Express myself joyfully!