Category: Meaning in Life

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Gratitude Is a Choice

Every day, every moment, I make choices.
Every day, every moment, I choose between options.
Every day, every moment, I have the option to choose gratitude.

When I wake up in the morning, I can choose to be grateful.
I have a choice to say, “Thank You,” either aloud or in my heart.
I have a choice to think of all I have to be grateful for.

When I choose to be grateful,
I am not oblivious to problems.
When I choose to be grateful,
I am not ignoring pain and suffering.
My inclination is to see what is wrong.
My opportunity is to see what is good.

When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
life is a precious, tender gift.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
the human body and health are to be valued and protected.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
other people, and human connection, are part of who we are.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
I have a place in this world, and you have a place in this world.

When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
the natural world is fascinating and awe-inspiring.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
I am healed by being under an open sky,
sunrise and sunset, the moon and the stars.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
I am healed by being near grass, trees, flowers,
plants, creatures, and natural formations of many kinds.
When I choose to be grateful, I recognize
I am healed by seeing the beauty of a mountain,
an ocean, a desert, and still and moving water.

Life is not without pain, suffering, loss, and grief.
Life is also not without a world of good that is all around.

I have more good than I realize.
I am hopeful when I choose to hope.
I am loved when I choose love for myself and others.
I am accepted when I choose compassion for myself and others.
I am forgiven when I choose forgiveness for myself and others.
I am joyful when I choose to practice gratitude.

Gratitude is a choice.

Joy springs from gratitude,
Count blessings instead of problems
Best Day in the Year
Romanticize your life.
Thank you for bringing sunshine into my life.
10 signs you're doing well, gratitude
Snoopy, love
Gratitude Jar

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Human Connection

We are more alike than we realize.  We are human. We are beings. We are creatures made for connection. We thrive when we love, and we are loved. We grow when we are in relationship with others.

We forget all of this. We focus on how we imagine we are different. We don’t even take the time to listen to each other. We want to be right. How can we all be right? How can each of us believe we know truth, and we believe the ‘other’ has no truth? What if we are looking at the same thing, and we are seeing it from different angles?

Do we not all love our families? Parents, do you not love your children? Children, do you not love your parents? Are there not parents and children all over the world? How do we imagine we have nothing in common?

Listening to each other, with attention, with curiosity, with acceptance, is one way we can bridge this artificial gap we have created. We are human. We are more alike than we are different.

As we learn to love ourselves, and accept ourselves, we can learn to love each other. As we learn to love each other, and accept each other, we can learn to love ourselves.

 

We are the human race. Children happy with friends.
perspective, attitudes, homeless, helping others
older adults are killing themselves, check on your loved ones
Holi, Festival of Colors, Human Connection
Human Connection, Networking
human connection
Toast, Humanity, Skin Color, More Alike Than Different
Love and Respect
One Friend Can Change Your Life
washing feet, love like Jesus
love = worshipping God
Be Kind
The power of kindness.
Friendship Bench
Some people do care.
You don't know the impact you have on others.
Why nice to rude people? Kindness sooths the pain.
Bob Dylan, Jimmy Carter, kindred spirits
Vulnerability
Pooh Bear, Eyeore, Christopher Robin
Powerful Connections between people
Forgive
Some Don't Change
Love - Martin Luther King, Jr

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The Time is Now

One of the biggest mistakes I make is thinking I have more time.

Realistically, all I am guaranteed is this moment.
I don’t have yesterday. I may not have tomorrow.

My challenge is to be mindful in this moment, aware, fully alive.
My challenge is also to believe in the future, and take action now.

The choices I made in the past are part of where I am today.
The choices I make today will be part of where I am tomorrow.

I choose to live now with gratitude and joy.
I choose to to let go of things I cannot change.
I choose to look forward with hope, and make good choices each day.

Not too old. Not too late.
The water is flowing. You can't touch the same place twice.
Ernest Hemmingway, be wholly alive, you'll be dead soon enough
Step forward into growth or backward into safety. Abraham Maslow
Ten After Ten (photo by DH)
Trust yourself… know how to live
May all your dreams come true.
Carrie Fisher quote
Obama quote
The Time Is Now
Martin Buber, secret destinations to our journeys
Affirmation, I can reach my goals.
Your mind believes what you tell it.
Accept what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.
Mindfulness, Acceptance
mistake, thinking we have time. be present kind. love more now.

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Coaching

When you talk with a coach,
you are talking with someone
who will listen to you carefully.

When you talk with a coach,
you will hear wise words spilling out
from your own mouth.

When you talk with a coach,
you will choose what to talk about.
You will decide what you want to focus on.

When you talk with a coach,
you have the opportunity to recognize
you already have answers inside you.

When you talk with a coach,
you focus on what you want to change or do.
You choose what steps to take, how big, and how many.

When you talk with a coach,
you have the opportunity to feel seen and heard.
You have the opportunity to discover your own wisdom.

Small Group Coaching, https://gratefuljoycoaching.com
A relationship between equals, Pema Chodron
Change, Coaches support clients in the change process. Wisdom of the Whole Coaching Academy
Wisdom of the Whole Coaching Academy, connect with a coach
Energy Clearing
Breathe in love.
Wisdom of the Whole, balance, reduce stress
Set a new goal. Dream a new dream. C S Lewis
Don't worry. Believe, create, trust, grow, glow, manifest, heal
You don't have to fix everything at once.
4 steps to change, from https://gratefuljoycoaching.com
Wisdom of the Whole Coaching Academy

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Helping Others

When we help others, we are also helping ourselves.

None of us is totally independent. We need other people.

When we recognize our interdependence, we can ask for help and offer help as we are able.

Each person is important.
Vietnam Nam Vets
What people need is to not be alone.
I choose love.
How do we treat those who are suffering?
The true cost of leaving people homeless and mentally ill
Farmer helps others and helps himself