Find Your Middle Ground

Tag: connection

  • * Live Life Backwards

    I love this perspective … and its wisdom from George Carlin. I want to live my next life backwards:
 You start out dead and get that out of the way.
 Then you wake up in a nursing home feeling better every day.
 Then you get kicked out for being too healthy.
 You enjoy your retirement…

  • * Inspiration – Build in the Light

    “If you build a house it takes a few days, a few weeks or a few years. And everyone can see the result. But when we create something in the spiritual realm neither you nor anyone else can see anything. So nothing is certain. Nothing is clear. And you become unsettled, uncertain and assailed by…

  • * MM Moments

    I was thinking about the little rituals and moments that I have during my days that bring me back into the present moment. We don’t need to go on retreat or drive to a studio for group meditation or yoga. Although it is really beneficial to have a formal daily practice, it can be difficult…

  • * Reaching Out…………….

    Originally posted on SwittersB & Exploring: “Funny thing how when you reach out, people tend to reach right back. Best, then, to make sure your hand is open and not fisted.” Richelle E. Goodrich “Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to…

  • * Everything is Neutral

    The world we live in is one of energy and elements. In this world everything is neutral. It is our thinking that creates the idea of good and bad. Our thinking creates distinctions such as  “me” “us” and ‘them”. Our thinking creates attachment to things that give us pleasure and aversion to things that bring…

  • * Holding up the sky

    Originally posted on Lady Fi: Inside iron, you can find velvet; Inside the hard, a soft centre — And in the petal, there resides The strength to hold up the sky. For more stories, please visit: Skywatch.

  • * Hidden Secrets #7 – Courage

    Originally posted on Source of Inspiration: It is impossible to eliminate all fear from our life. True courage is the ability to act positively when we are most afraid.

  • * Learning to Play

    Originally posted on Source of Inspiration: I had forgotten how to play to laugh for the sheer joy of life, to be silly, to growl at a shadow, toss a sock ball in the air, wag my tail, make tiny leaps of delight, smoother others with puppy kisses full of the promise of love without…

  • * Accept the Seasons of Your Heart

    Here is some more powerful and inspiring wisdom from the heart of Kahlil Gibran in “The Prophet”. This moved me deeply and draws me back again and again. Val x “Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Just as the stone of the fruit must break, so that its heart…

  • * Make the Earth Your Companion

    * Make the Earth Your Companion

    Originally posted on Teacher as Transformer: Nature teaches and is always present for us to learn. When we pause and are present with the universe, we can learn. J. Patrick Lewis wrote this poem as a reminder of lessons available when we take time and make the Earth our companion. We do not live separate…

  • * Engage in the Life You are Living

    I am touched and inspired by the Andrew Solomon TedMed talk that Louise at Dare Boldly shared over here. Although Andrew has done research into different population groups, I think his message is a powerful reminder for every one of us. This is my interpretation as a loving kindness meditation. I want to engage in…

  • * A Mindful Moment on Life Purpose

    Eckhart Tolle tells us our purpose is to awaken. Awaken to what? Awaken to the realization that we are all connected. We are not separate. We are part of a larger consciousness. We are connected to, and are a part of the Divine, Source, God, Presence, Universe, Consciousness, Love or whatever word works for you. When…

  • * Lift Up Your Hearts – a tribute to Maya Angelou

    This is a wonderful tribute to Maya Angelou from Gina.

  • * A Message for you

    In this journey of mine I have always thought that the main reason I blog is in order to express myself and share what I have learned along the way. I am inspired to touch your lives so that you can return to your center,  connect to your inner wisdom, and find your Middle Ground.…

  • * Your True Nature

    “When you look upon another human being and feel great love toward them, or when you contemplate beauty in nature and something within you responds deeply to it, close your eyes for a moment and feel the essence of that love or that beauty within you, inseparable from who you are, your true nature.” Eckhart Tolle…

  • * Break the Chain

    This message came round on Facebook this morning. I wanted to share with you too. Val x “Hurt people hurt people. That’s how pain patterns get passed on, generation after generation. Break the chain today. Meet anger with sympathy, contempt with compassion, cruelty with kindness. Greet grimaces with smiles. Forgive and forget about finding fault.…