Find Your Middle Ground

Category: Self Discovery

  • * What are you waiting for?

    When you pause, is it something that is imposed or are you drawn to it? Are you alert and waiting for something to happen? Is there an expected outcome? Are you pausing in order to take a break from thoughts that stimulate or frustrate? Or do you pause as the gateway to stillness and as…

  • * Be Kind with your Practice

    “Living in the now is a natural practice, because the present moment is the natural state. We’re always in the now, even if we don’t totally know it. If we are remembering the past, where does that take place except in the now through present awareness? If we are thinking about the future, we are…

  • * Listening

    * Listening

    This is a lovely reminder to take time to listen, come home to ourselves and find our middle ground – From Carrie over at Lead Our Lives.

  • * Keep Close to Nature’s Heart

    “Keep close to nature’s heart … and break clear away once in a while and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” John Muir John Muir grew up close to where my family is in Scotland. His legacy is a series of wonderful walks along the coast. Not…

  • * Tao Inspiration – Excess

    On tiptoes is no way to stand tall. Walking over others is no way to get ahead. Showing off is no way to shine. Self-righteousness is no way to respectability. Boasting is no way to achievement. Complacency is no way to endure. Minimalism is the way of Tao . Too much indulgence, Too much interference,…

  • * Reflections

    “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are” Anais Nin Everything we see is a reflection of ourselves. We can only see in others that which we have knowledge of, based on our own experience. What we admire and love most in others is a reflection of the parts of…

  • * 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 – Self Observation

    A reminder for all of us who are working on self observation and dealing with our inner critic. Be gentle with yourself on this part of the journey. Self-Observation Without Judgment  Release the harsh and pointed inner voice. It’s just a throwback to the past, and holds no truth about this moment. Let go of self-judgment,…

  • Learning Something New – Be Like a Toddler

    This re-post is dedicated to the people I have the privilege of teaching and mentoring. As adults we are so used to being competent and knowledgable…. at least in some areas of our lives! So when we take on a new challenge or want to learn something new it can be difficult. I teach new…

  • * Wake up Peeps

      If you are one of those people that notice this photo can’t be real because: (a) penguins and polar bears live on the opposite ends of the earth or (b) penguins can’t hold cymbals or (c) the polar bear is just pretending to sleep …. Then this post is especially for you! Wake up…

  • * Haiku – essential you

        ~ Let go and be still Finding the essence of you in your Middle Ground. ~ If you are new to this site … welcome! To find out more about finding your middle ground click here.

  • * February 14th Anniversary

    Today is not only a day to celebrate the love we have for those closest to us. It is also an anniversary of an event that changed my thinking  about the world I live in. February 14th is the anniversary of the first photograph of the earth taken from outer space. This was the beginning…