~ Søren KierkegaardIt took the sunrise quite a while before it came brilliantly shining through the clouds this morning. And wow, my mind is just blazing with thought. Made it hard to sit for my meditation, but this is exactly what sitting is all about. Call it emotional command. Being able to sit, when mind is thrashing about, and quickly coming into stillness and letting those thoughts bubble away, even if for just a brief time 😉
As things are winding down here, so is my work with my clients. And as it’s crunch time, I’ve been amazed at what has just magically appeared.
I cannot re-iterate enough how important it is to journal, to dream board, creatively doodle, etc. And keep all of these things organized, to be looked through at least once a year. When we are truly tied into our divine higher being, which appears when the thinking mind lets go, I believe the creations that come of it hold the answers to our true purpose and passion here on this planet.
Yesterday, I also unpacked from my storage unit the few books that I have carried forward with me from my early days as a young adult in New York City. Here’s what has always made the cut:
- 5,000 Quotations for all Occasions, by Lewis C. Henry
- The Penguin “Dictionary of Proverbs”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson “Selected Essays”
- Lou Tzu “Tao Te Ching”
- Marcus Aurelius “Meditations”
- Robert Frost’s Poems
- Henry David Thoreau’s “Walking”
- The Dhammapada (Unillustrated Penquin Classics)
- The Children’s Living Bible, Paraphrased by Tyndale (given to me by my Grandmother)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald “Afternoon of an Author” (one of favorite fiction authors, I’ve read most of his books)
- Chopra “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success”
So today, here’s some fun quotes on the past. What do you think? Is the past better left alone and forgot, or explored and made peace with?
Have a wonderful weekend. And the next time you find yourself stuck indoors on a rainy day, go gather up your little scraps and pieces of self-exploration. You just might be amazed at what you’ll find there.
“The past is never where you think you left it.”
~ Katherine Anne Porter
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”
~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
“Your past is always your past. Even if you forget it, it remembers you.”
~ Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye
“Study the past if you would define the future.”
~ Confucius
“Frustration and Love can’t exist in the same place at the same time, so get real and start doing what you would rather be doing in life. Love your life. All of it. Even the heavy shit that happened to you when you were 8. All of it was and IS perfect.”
~ Jason Mraz
“My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.”
~ Steve Maraboli, “Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience”
P.S. Any one read any Steve Maraboli? He’s been coming up much too often, so I must be being called to read something by him??
“The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”
~ Andre Maurois
“When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.”
~ Bernard Meltzer
“You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.”
~ Johnny Cash
“What you had yesterday is only memories; what you will have tomorrow is your dreams and what you will do today, let it be love.”
~ Santosh Kalwar
