Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides
a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment with using
the cultivation of generosity as a vehicle for deep self-observation and inquiry as well as
an exercise in giving. A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself
gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each
day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these
gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe.”
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
What a powerful thought he has shared with us. What if we practiced letting go and non judgmental.
What if? We worked only on looking within ourselves and working on our own path along life's journey.
The energy that makes up this world flows freely. It responds to our words, it responds to our judgments and often it, that energy does not live in harmony when we speak of dislike, hate, and judgement that has no redeeming value than to just tear down.
When we judge to improve upon, to build up and to enhance we have the best interest in improving something. But when we judge without all the facts, or with hatred or jealousy then indeed we are tearing down instead of building.
The Bible in Matthew Chapter 7 advises us not to judge others. It instructs us to focus on our own flaws first and work on them instead of tearing down or judging another.
We all need to practice more tolerance, more acceptance. Not of anything evil or against our own values but we need perhaps to focus on improving our own actions, sharing love and laughter and not scowls and hate or apathy.
We all need to smile a little more, share love a little more, dream more about the impossible and turn it into the here and now called reality.
Any small group of people can change the world for the better. One step at a time, one smile at time and one act of kindness and love at a time.
Is this day, this moment right here and now your time to make a difference?
A fair question wouldn't you say?
As always smiles sent your way today and everyday : )
What if? We worked only on looking within ourselves and working on our own path along life's journey.
The energy that makes up this world flows freely. It responds to our words, it responds to our judgments and often it, that energy does not live in harmony when we speak of dislike, hate, and judgement that has no redeeming value than to just tear down.
When we judge to improve upon, to build up and to enhance we have the best interest in improving something. But when we judge without all the facts, or with hatred or jealousy then indeed we are tearing down instead of building.
The Bible in Matthew Chapter 7 advises us not to judge others. It instructs us to focus on our own flaws first and work on them instead of tearing down or judging another.
We all need to practice more tolerance, more acceptance. Not of anything evil or against our own values but we need perhaps to focus on improving our own actions, sharing love and laughter and not scowls and hate or apathy.
We all need to smile a little more, share love a little more, dream more about the impossible and turn it into the here and now called reality.
Any small group of people can change the world for the better. One step at a time, one smile at time and one act of kindness and love at a time.
Is this day, this moment right here and now your time to make a difference?
A fair question wouldn't you say?
As always smiles sent your way today and everyday : )
On this day in history
1755 – The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States.
1775 – The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.
1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
1805 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz – French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
1823 – Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.
1845 – Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1851 – French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1852 – Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
1859 – Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.
1867 – At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
1908 – Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
1917 – An armistice is signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began.
1927 – Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
1930 – Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1939 – New York City's La Guardia Airport opens.
1942 – Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1943 – A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbor of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including an American Liberty ship, the John Harvey, with a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
1946 – The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
1947 – Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
1954 – Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
1961 – In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
1962 – Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official not to make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.
1970 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
1971 – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
1975 – Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
1976 – Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1980 – Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a death squad in El Salvador.
1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
1993 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
1993 – Space Shuttle program: STS-61 – NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavor on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
2001 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Your Daily Prayer
Lord, thank you for today and all the good that is about to unfold.
May my eyes see that good in everything.
Help my spirit to be one of non judgement and help my eyes and ears to see and hear the love and kindness in everything.
Thanks you for your promises may my faith and trust affirm them.
Help me to make a difference with a simple sincere smile, a kind word or even a act of kindness or love.
May we become filled with kindness and gratitude that overflows.
May my eyes see that good in everything.
Help my spirit to be one of non judgement and help my eyes and ears to see and hear the love and kindness in everything.
Thanks you for your promises may my faith and trust affirm them.
Help me to make a difference with a simple sincere smile, a kind word or even a act of kindness or love.
May we become filled with kindness and gratitude that overflows.
I give you praise and the glory for all of that
With humility and gratitude I thank you
Amen
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