Category: middle ground

  • Inspiration – Life is an adventure – Tolle

    “Life is an adventure, not a package tour.” ~ Eckhart Tolle This is a great reminder for me today – especially as I will be leaving for Europe on vacation next week. We are not going on a package tour, but I do want to be prepared and feel in control 😉 When we spend…

  • * Haiku – moments

    ~ Find Your Middle Ground Cherish moments to come home Happiness awaits ~ If you are new to this site, welcome! To find out more about finding your middle ground please click here. Today’s post is part of Nurturing Thursday inspired and created by Becca over at “Dragonfly wings and buttercup tea”. You will find…

  • * Inspiration – Gregory Colbert’s Feather to Fire

    Moments that take your breath away … as you pause in awe … and feed your very being. In exploring the shared language and poetic sensibilities of all animals, I am working towards rediscovering the common ground that once existed when people saw themselves as part of nature and not outside of it. The destiny…

  • * From Awareness to World Peace

    To meditate is simply to take time to be aware. When we pause in mindfulness, we open up awareness to new insights about ourselves and life. Our awareness expands beyond our own thoughts, beliefs and feelings, and taps into a deeper consciousness. There is a softening as we acknowledge our frailties and imperfections … and…

  • * First Step to Forgiveness

    So many of life’s experiences challenge us and give us the opportunity to learn and grow – especially in relationship to others and getting to know our authentic selves. As we grow in awareness, we take responsibility for all our experiences and our feelings. With patience and practice we stop blaming others and learn to…

  • * Pondering – Problems and Mind

        “All supposed problems are of the mind. What is mind? Mind is a collection of thoughts. Where are the problems when they are not thought about?” “The most efficient means to destroy any problem is to ignore the problem. In the absence of the energy required to sustain it, it withers and dies.”…

  • Harmony of Being: Returning to our True Nature by Steve Taylor.

    Originally posted on Evolutionary_Mystic Post: Originally published in Natural Health magazine, 2012. From time to time, we all have experiences when restlessness and discontent fade away, and we’re filled with a sense of ease, well-being and harmony. We become free of pressure to keep busy and the need for stimulation, and rest at ease within…

  • Small Gestures

    Originally posted on LIVING IN THIS MOMENT: “It is a serious thing, just to be alive on this fresh morning, in this broken world.” ~ Mary Oliver Years ago, I sat down for lunch, next to a young villager in India, I asked this young man about his work. He smiled and said, “Well, it’s…

  • Thinking Outside the Boxes in Our Heads

    Originally posted on Creative by Nature: “I like to experience the Universe as one harmonious whole. Every cell has life. Matter, too, has life; it is energy solidified. The tree outside is life… The whole of nature is life… The basic laws of the universe are simple, but because our senses are limited, we can’t grasp them.…

  • * Haiku – landing

    ~ Find your Middle Ground Let yourself land softly here Nourish your Being ~ If you are new to this site, welcome! You can find out more about finding your middle ground by clicking here.

  • * Inspiration – Deepak Chopra on Happiness

    Deepak Chopra shared this insight into happiness as a meeting of Harvard MBA’s last year. When asked if money and success brings happiness, he responded with this happiness formula. H = S + C + V This is how he explained what the elements meant from his perspective: S = Is your set point or…

  • * Inspiration – Walking

    This is a Nurturing Thursday contribution.* Enjoy each step and the feeling of loving connection today. 💛 Walk and touch peace every moment. Walk and touch happiness every moment. Each step brings a fresh breeze. Each step makes a flower bloom. Kiss the Earth with your feet. Bring the Earth your love and happiness. The…