July 2010
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Coincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and pulleys. Emma Bull
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Kim – Day 210; 155 to Go
Call it coincidence or synchronicity, but it is still amazing to see when everything lines up at just the right time for what is best for us. I have always believed that whatever happens, happens for a good reason. I remember being so disappointed after not getting the first house we wanted, only to end up getting a much nicer house in a great neighborhood months later. It has happened with...
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“Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude. Gratitude is the completion of...”
– Henri Frederic Amiel
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Cheryl ~ Day 210; 155 to Go
Today was one of those days when you jump in and get what needs to be done, done. There is a sense of satisfaction that comes from gathering all the information you have spent a week collecting and seeing all come together. It is amazing how all the various little details we need to do certain things sometimes seems overwhelming. Then when the finish product is complete you set back and realize...
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“Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be,...”
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Cheryl ~ Day 209; 156 to Go
We are what we think. If our part of our day goes off track and we allow ourselves to follow we will see the entire day go off track. We have the potential to step outside of the moment of stress. To breathe in and out and notice where we are placing our energy. To own where we went off and focus on our day being on the track. Life isn’t stationary, however, we can still our minds and in...
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. ~Jean Houston
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Kim – Day 209; 156 to Go
A good friend emailed me tonight and reminded me of a movie I had seen years ago - Signs. They had just been watching it again and she remembered how hard I laughed at the scene where they are sitting on the couch with aluminum foil hats on to keep the aliens from reading their minds. Not sure why it struck me as so funny then and again as I remember it (I kept laughing anytime I thought of it...
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If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world. - Sri Chinmoy
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Kim – Day 208; 157 to Go
I was watching only about 5 minutes of a DVD, Warrior Yoga by James D’Silva, today. It was a section about meditating and as I was listening I started doing what he was saying. I have never really formally mediated before; I have sat in silence and reflected, but never focused so intently on just my breathing. It was amazing to me that in just a few minutes I felt energized and refreshed. I am...
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“The more I reveal the more of the person I want to be, the more I realize how I...”
– Cheryl Nordyke
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Cheryl ~ Day 208; 157 to Go
There is the possibility to live our life with minimum risk. We can follow the rules, stick to the plan, and live a good life. Over the last 3 years I have meet some amazing people. I would say there are those that are comfortable with their lives, they have achieved success, family and happiness and lead a fulfilled life. Then there are those I have meet that have taken risks. That have put...
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“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the...”
– Kahlil Gibran
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Cheryl ~ Day 207; 158 to Go
Who needs sleep. I have been practicing the Gap meditation from Wayne Dyer and know that it has the power to provide rest similar to sleep, however, 3 hours past my bed time seems a little much. However, it was well worth. For $10 I got to see I thing 6 bands play at a little place in New Hampshire. One of the bands was my daughters friends band, and it was my first time that type of venue. ...
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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~e.e. cummings
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Kim – Day 207; 158 to Go
Another beautiful day here in New England! Just the right summer temperature with low humidity. Nature’s little gift. Little things like this sure do lift my spirits and put me in a good mood. I need to notice more of the small things that just make life pleasant. There are many of them all around us that sometimes we take for granted or we are just too busy being busy to notice. I suppose...
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“We should give thanks for those perfect days louder than we give anger to our...”
– Cheryl Nordyke
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Cheryl ~ Day 206; 159 to Go
Today I started off with my mind in the right direction. I expressed my gratitude for the day before I opened my eyes. I meditated, exercised and had a good breakfast. I made a list of what I wanted to accomplish with my day and stuck to my plan. I found great deals and had no hang ups or traffic. My entire day seemed to be unfolding in some synchronistic way. Then I got home and my ego...
Kim – Day 206; 159 to Go
I am reminded today that we have to sometimes experience unpleasant things in our lives in order to appreciate when something good happens. We can’t know how good the good is unless we have known some degree of its opposite. After days of hot, very humid weather, a cold front has brought in cool, dry, refreshing air. To open the windows wide and let that flow through the house made me very...
A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them. – Vernon Howard
“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” — Donna Roberts
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Kim – Day 205; 160 to Go
Had a wonderful day with an old friend who used to live nearby but moved away several years ago. We drove around to places where there were memories for both of us and places where she shared memories with me of what seems like a lifetime ago. It was apparent to me that we can never go back to a past time, but we can still have some of the same feelings of happy times in the past in remembering...
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“Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any...”
– Hermann Hesse
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Cheryl ~ Day 205; 160 to Go
There is a certain kind of appreciation I have for lazy days. The days we get to hang at home and watch movies with comfort food, the ones you love and then to top it off a nice hard rain. Life moves at a fast pace and sometimes we need to just take time to not move. Playing card games even if my daughter never lets me win, and laughing at movies just makes the day even better. Everyone needs...
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“Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last....”
– Wayne Dyer
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Cheryl ~ Day 204; 161 to Go
I am grateful that the experiences we go through in life are there to help others. That we can take the tough times in life and turn them into a tool that can assist others is a great opportunity. Lif comes at us from multiple directions and when it happens we always get to decide how we respond and how we let things affect us. I am grateful for what I have learned from my past and hope that...
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama
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Kim – Day 204; 161 to Go
I saw an interesting program on TV. It was called, “What Would You Do?” It was a social experiment of how people would act if they were asked to help out a stranger or what would they do if they saw an injustice. One segment has a person walk up to others at a suburban gas station with a gas can in hand and ask to “borrow” a few gallons of gas. They did this when gas prices were at their high...
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“If your day and my day both have the same hours, then why would I spend my time...”
– Cheryl Nordyke
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Cheryl ~ Day 203; 162 to Go
There are 24 hours in every day yet somehow, some days seem to fly by and others seem to drag on forever. I am grateful for them all, the ones that last forever typically involve something that didn’t go according to plan. In that I learn that I have the strenght to go and the support of friends and family to lean on. The ones that seem to fly by I am grateful for I think in those days I...
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My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. -Clarence Budinton Kelland.
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Kim – Day 203; 162 to Go
As parents we often wonder if we are doing what is really best for our children, at least I do. They tell me they hate the rules and wonder why they can’t pierce, dye, or tattoo whatever they want. They want to know why they should eat this or shouldn’t drink that. They question what the big deal is about being out past midnight with friends, or driving with someone that’s only had their...
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“There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an...”
– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Cheryl ~ Day 202; 163 to Go
The amazing thing about summer is with kids is that time seems to not be as important. I am not sure when we are individuals decided to live life around time. Here is why, we spend the first 18 years trying to get out on our own. Then we do or don’t do college in which case we are then possibly working. We then spend the next 20 to 30 years saving, money, plans and ideas. While spending...
Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his emotions.” David Borenstein
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Kim – Day 202; 163 to Go
So many emotions going through my head… sleepy but too excited to sleep…nervous but somehow calm…happy but missing sharing the fun with loved ones not here. It is amazing that we are capable of feeling so much. I guess it’s what makes us alive and human and able to know the difference when things are all perfectly aligned. My daily inspired thoughts.
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“Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail...”
– Fitzhugh Dodson
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Cheryl ~ Day 201; 164 to Go
Today I realize that sometimes things don’t happen in the order we plan or in the time frame we want them to. In these moments we can choose to adjust our sails and try to go in another direction or we can just wait. Me I prefer an action approach. In this situation what would be the next best approach. What can I do differently that allow me to move forward. Life always presents us...
“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” Orsen Swett
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Kim – Day 201; 164 to Go
It is the little opportunities that present themselves each day that can lead us our big break. I think that we sometimes look at only the opportunities that will make a huge impact. By doing this we may miss one opportunity that leads to the next, then the next and the next. If we don’t take each one as it comes, we will never know which of those will lead to our ultimate goal. In Deanna...
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“Good sayings are like pearls strung together.”
– Chinese Proverb
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Cheryl ~ Day 200; 165 to Go
I almost forgot to blog tonight. Not because there aren’t things I grateful for, it is actually the complete opposite. I was working on an ebook that Kim and I are putting together and in writting I have been doing some research and got caught up in reading some amazing books by some very inspirational people. We read and watch the news. We get data sent to us immediately via text and...
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“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.” Mahatma Gandhi
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Kim – Day 200; 165 to Go
It’s good to take a little time each day to read or listen to something that helps you grow. After all, everyone can improve, expand, and become a little more enlightened by exploring the ideas and ways of living of others who are also looking to fulfill their purpose. It is very easy to get so busy with details that we miss the big picture. If we don’t take some time to just think, mentally...
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“Life without a friend is like death without a witness”
– Spanish Proverb