Happy Earth Day!

                            I came across several posts today on social media about 15 things to "give up" in order to be happy.  Always preferring to frame things in the positive, I thought about my teachers guidance regarding growing and expanding, which is that the easiest way to remove (give up) something is to replace it with something better:
      So, I rewrote the suggestions and offer you this today.
DON’T GIVE UP!  FROLIC IN GIFT WAVES FROM THE OCEAN OF LOVE & MERCY
     
      Let's all

1.      Enjoy being human even when that means being wrong sometimes

2.      Let others make mistakes knowing we are all strong enough to handle all results

3.      Own our part in any problem and give each other compassion

4.      Increase positive self-talk

5.      Expand our beliefs to all possibilities

6.      See the good and proclaim it.

7.      Give praise unsparingly and receive it graciously.  

8.      Welcome and embrace change

       9.   Identify with our true & perfect selves

     10.  Relish diversity 

     11.  Be courageous in the face of mind's fears

     12.  Find reason to dive in, knowing we are loved and cared for no matter what.

     13.  Be here now
     14.  Be free to receive and let go to be in the ebb & flow.

     15.  Live life playing for the fun of it.

                                                     

Happy Earthday!

The Cosmo I Am

I live in lands of love and laughter,
In realms of radiant reverence
That explode from clouds of fog and frolic
In meadows of merriment
And sometimes sorrow streaks
Hand in hand with occasional anger
Arching over inordinate evil
Until karma reveals its kindness
From the peaks of mountains’ mysteries

The world is in me
The dark and the light
The silence and the symphony
There is nothing I cannot contain
No burden too big to abide
No joy too small to celebrate
With shooting stars;

Goodness, mercy, and beauty
Within and about me

Sheila April 2013

 Talk about synchronicity! April 22 is my birthday and within moments of writing the above, I was notified of the following: