People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but
when the darkness sets in their true beauty is
revealed only if there is light from within.
: o ) Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
How do you sparkle when darkness sets in? In every life we have all had moments of darkness, a loss of a love, a loss of health, a loss of stability. It happens and if it has not happened to you well, it will so get ready to have your light burn from within.
The moment of truth when everything goes dark is knowing that you have a switch to flip that will get you through such moments.
The switch can be based on faith in a higher power and prayer and meditation.
The switch can be based on having a firm foundation of self worth and self acknowledgment that you can overcome anything.
For some the switch is based on a addiction of sorts and that switch is the worst of all. For that switch is only present to drag you down, hold you down, control you.
No addiction is good. Anything that has control over your actions and thoughts and feelings will only counter attack your wisdom and possibility.
When you develop that burning light that can switch on when you most need it then others will wonder how you do it. You will indeed become a light for another person who may want to seek a better path, a better way or just be given enough hope to move forward and out of the hole they think they are in.
How do I turn my light on? For me its faith, understanding that having gratitude is the key to most things in this life. Prayer and meditation helps. Power of self belief in my abilities as a father, a writer, a sales guy. (PS we are all in sales some just do it for a living)
So thats my path. What is yours? How do you choose to fuel your light within?
The new affirmation for you and smiles as always sent your way : )
I create joy and happiness in the time that I am given. Time is shared with those I care about and I freely give my gratitude to the choices I make. Choices to laugh, love, think, share and create that which will empower my self and others. I create joy and happiness and I empowered by those creations. Love follows me daily and I cherish its attention to my daily actions.
71 words that I hope starts to change your spirit from within. The spirit that says, yes we can and we should make a difference.
Enjoy your week, share a smile, share in some laughter and dream big and love always : ) Smiles to you this day and everyday
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On this day in history
1362 – A storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German city of Rungholt on the island of Strand.
1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language is presented to Queen Isabella I.
1581 – The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
1605 – The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
1707 – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
1761 – The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
1780 – American Revolution: Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
1786 – The Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.
1847 – John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
1883 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is passed.
1900 – The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
1909 – Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
1919 – Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.
1920 – The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris.
1939 – The Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
1942 – Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
1945 – Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
1969 – Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
1969 – Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
1970 – Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
1979 – The Shah of Iran flees Iran with his family and relocates to Egypt.
1986 – First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
1991 – The United States goes to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War (U.S. Time).
2001 – Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
2002 – The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
2006 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
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Your Daily Prayer
Lord, thank you for today and all the possibilities that lay in front of me
Thank you for this year and another day of life and a chance to make a difference
Thank you for the gift of family, of love, of understanding.
Thank you for the gift of gratitude may I use it and speak it daily to inspire others to do the same
Thank you for the gift of gratitude may I use it and speak it daily to inspire others to do the same
Bless our families, our friends, those in need of hope and faith may be in some way help to inspire their lives.
Help them to construct a plan for a path of increased gratitude, enhanced desire to create a environment of more laughter and smiles.
May we have the insight to understand that we are in charge of our product that we produce
Help all us to understand that we create our results, our thoughts, our actions that make all the difference.
May we also understand the power of gratitude and prayer with meditation regarding all of our emotions no matter how large or small
We have the ownership of the thoughts and actions and may we realize that strengths that we do possess that can make the most difference in the lives of others.
Help all us to understand that we create our results, our thoughts, our actions that make all the difference.
May we also understand the power of gratitude and prayer with meditation regarding all of our emotions no matter how large or small
We have the ownership of the thoughts and actions and may we realize that strengths that we do possess that can make the most difference in the lives of others.
May I choose to make a difference in the lives of myself and others.
May I share a smile, a sincere smile and perhaps a kind word or deed.
May I give thanks more.
Show appreciation more.
To share to be that beacon of light.
To share a simple sincere smile.
Help me to understand that a balanced emotional status and let me always produce and perform at a more positive state.
Help me to understand that a balanced emotional status and let me always produce and perform at a more positive state.
With humility and gratitude I thank you
Today I will enjoy what gifts and blessings have been given to me.
Today I will share my gifts with others.
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