Each Day a New Beginning <!--011026-->
A complete revaluation takes place in your physical and mental being when you’ve laughed and had some fun. —Catherine Ponder— Norman Cousins, in his book Anatomy of an Illness, describes how he cured his fatal illness with laughter. Laughter recharges our entire being; every cell is activated. We come alive, and full vitality restores us […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010926-->
The Chinese say that water is the most powerful element, because it is perfectly nonresistant. It can wear away a rock and sweep all before it. —Florence Scovel Shinn— Nonresistance, ironically, may be a posture we struggle with. Nonresistance means surrendering the ego absolutely. For many of us, the ego, particularly disguised as false pride, […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010826-->
When people make changes in their lives in a certain area, they may start by changing the way they talk bout that subject, how they act about it, their attitude toward it, or an underlying decision concerning it. —Jean Illsley Clarke— Acting “as if” is powerful. It leads the way to a changed attitude, a […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010726-->
The greatest gift we can give one another is rapt attention to one another’s existence. —Sue Atchley Ebaugh— We all want to matter to others. Very often in the past and sometimes in the present, our behavior screams for the attention we seek from others. Perhaps, instead of trying to get attention, we ought to […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010626-->
There are as many ways to live and grow as there are people. Our own ways are the only ways that should matter to us. —Evelyn Mandel— Wanting to control other people, to make them live as we’d have them live, makes the attainment of serenity impossible. And serenity is the goal we are seeking […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010526-->
Instead of concentrating on why we can’t do a thing, we would be wise to change our “Yes, but . . .” attitude to a more positive one. Saying “yes” means I really do want to change my life for the better. —Liane Cordes— We truly can do these things that are our “hearts’ pure […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010426-->
Once I knew that I wanted to be an artist, I had made myself into one. I did not understand that wanting doesn’t always lead to action. Many of the women had been raised without the sense that they could mold and shape their own lives, and so, wanting to be an artist (but without […]
Each Day a New Beginning <!--010326-->
Like an old gold-panning prospector, you must resign yourself to digging up a lot of sand from which you will later patiently wash out a few minute particles of gold ore. —Dorothy Bryant— Sometimes we feel buried in sand, blocked, clogged, unable to move. Then we must remember that we are not alone. Help is […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--010226-->
I believe that true identify is found . . . in creative activity springing from within. It is found, paradoxically, when one loses oneself. A woman can best re-find herself by losing herself in some kind of creative activity of her own. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh… Our creative activity might mean bird watching, tennis, quilting, cooking, […]
Each day a new Beginning <!--010126-->
We don’t always understand the ways of Almighty God–the crosses sent us, the sacrifices demanded . . . But we accept with faith and resignation the holy will with no looking back, and we are at peace. —Anonymous— Acceptance of our past, acceptance of the conditions presently in our lives that we cannot change, brings […]