That it is always possible to undergo a process, which turns sadness into a positive perspective and even joy.
It requires some openness and to be willing to pause in front of feeling for example hurt or maltreated. After having reflected on the true purpose lying in a given situation, this pausing gives space for positive responses.
Very often, we react out of yesterdays imprints. So this sadness or hurt feeling can be changed into positive experiences through pausing.
That trust can be fo...
That it is always possible to undergo a process, which turns sadness into a positive perspective and even joy.
It requires some openness and to be willing to pause in front of feeling for example hurt or maltreated. After having reflected on the true purpose lying in a given situation, this pausing gives space for positive responses.
Very often, we react out of yesterdays imprints. So this sadness or hurt feeling can be changed into positive experiences through pausing.
That trust can be found again when listening to the heart´s signals, whom to trust. The heart knows.
To follow faith and not fear.
That awareness of our completely interconnected existence and living together in respect and gratefulness brings healing and starts ending suffering.
And in doing so, we chose for love.
I think the seeds of wisdom I can harvest right now are gratitude in what I have, and for those who have been in my life for my entire life. I have friend going through a lot of marital conflict, which is where I can harvest gratitude for my strong marriage. My 95 year old grandmother is looking at going into a nursing home, with a limited number of people who are willing to help her. I have struggled with frustration for those who won't help out, but I can have gratitude in being able to tal...
I think the seeds of wisdom I can harvest right now are gratitude in what I have, and for those who have been in my life for my entire life. I have friend going through a lot of marital conflict, which is where I can harvest gratitude for my strong marriage. My 95 year old grandmother is looking at going into a nursing home, with a limited number of people who are willing to help her. I have struggled with frustration for those who won’t help out, but I can have gratitude in being able to talk with my grandma 2 times per day in our check-ins, and in all that I can help out with, even though I live further away from her.
Right now, I am wrestling with some difficult scientific questions and am having to revise my beliefs based on what I am learning. This is kind of a struggle right now, but I believe it will lead me into further insights about the nature of reality and how to navigate through it. I have also started my semester at Doane, so all the knowledge I gain can lead me to discover my values and understand my dharma.
Recently gleaned from a particularly thorny emotional plant:
‘There are no victims, only volunteers’
We have the responsibility to choose the energy in which to live. Choose love over fear. Choose surrender over conflict.
Choose action over despair.
Lead with the heart, not the mind.
can I ask what your username means please? It’s only because, a couple of years ago I saw this stenciled on the ground and on a stone in the park. It would give me a great lift whenever I saw it.
Thank you, Javier. It IS Latin. The concept is connected with Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius (in Greek), and Neitzsche.
I like to interpret it as delight in my own fate. I strive to accept each sentient being and situation given to my experience as sacred and useful to my growth. I wish to cease fighting everyone and everything.
The seeds of wisdom I can harvest right now :
Slow down and enjoy the flowers.
Patience is a virtue.
What might feel like loss can also be an opportunity to grow.
Look for the good in everything.
Appreciate the small things in life.
Less is more.
With age often comes wisdom.
Go win the flow.
Say yes to this too.
Smile more and love as much as you can.
A seed is worthless unless nurtured or thoroughly considered. Such are our life experiences. Will have to be personally mindful to not live my life collecting seeds …
I would say open to life and having an idea of blessing, and wisdom coming forth in a harvest gives me a lot of strength and comfort. I say this in relation to difficult feelings. I often try to push them away and carry on without honoring them. However if I invite them in the door as Rumi says and entertain them all they may be clearing me out for a better future.
I don't know. To know this is perhaps wise. Lately, I have been noticing seeds everywhere in nature. It is easier to see in winter, maybe. Tiny seeds in open hemlock cones, in the dead flower heads of goldenrod and ironweed that was so profusely massed this fall, in the prickly pods of jimsonweed and milkweed, in the feathery tips of grasses. Even without my noticing or understanding, these seeds will do what they are designed to do -- bring forth new flower, fruit. Maybe it is so in a met...
I don’t know. To know this is perhaps wise. Lately, I have been noticing seeds everywhere in nature. It is easier to see in winter, maybe. Tiny seeds in open hemlock cones, in the dead flower heads of goldenrod and ironweed that was so profusely massed this fall, in the prickly pods of jimsonweed and milkweed, in the feathery tips of grasses. Even without my noticing or understanding, these seeds will do what they are designed to do — bring forth new flower, fruit. Maybe it is so in a metaphysical sense as well, in my own life.
I’m duly impressed with folks who identify the plants around their homes, especially in winter! I worry how many of us still tune in to landscapes around us because largely it’s the same sense of discernment with which we come to know the landscapes of our own hearts. Can we recognise the possibilities in frost-bitten, shriveled experiences even after they show up in the garden of our time here as weeds?
Thank you for your thoughts, Javier, which bring more fullness to mine. I intuit a resonance between the inner and outer landscape. That it is, as you say, largely the same sense of discernment which can lead us to know both, had not occurred to me and I take it as affirmation.
I am grateful for our Cub Scouts. Working with them I see them grow from the little ones they were when they joined us to the confident youngsters they are by the time they move on. They are always a reminder to me to stay young at heart. For the seed of their joy within me, I am grateful
People in power try to control the masses with fear. There are really only two paths for us to chose from in life…fear or love. Love is the answer to combating this “us” versus “them” mentality. We can join together in non-violent ways to show our love for what we value.
Humility … its a long story…. but I am learning to accept what I can do, offer, contribute and tho it does not feel like much it IS what I can do and I am learning to accept that…
At 4:40 AM and still waking up, it’s too dark to see the field in which the new day dawns. Besides, I seldom harvest anything at dawn. Instead, I watch with wonder, humbled by the bounty and the thought that I am living in it.
Thank you, my friend….not sure about the wisdom piece, but being reasonably healthy, I’m still waiting for the wealthy! Let me know when I can pick that up, okay? Haha!! > Cheers, love and friendship to you, Antoinette.
I had very disappointing news recently. The old me would have reacted poorly. The current me reached down deep and remembered that I have been through some equally trying times and came out of it okay. I believe we are on our roads for a reason, that it will bring us to a good place. We don’t know it yet, but it will.
The wisdom of never giving up. Every life occurrence works together when viewed in a positive light.
to acknowledge heartache (and not be stuck in anger or fear)
That it is always possible to undergo a process, which turns sadness into a positive perspective and even joy.
It requires some openness and to be willing to pause in front of feeling for example hurt or maltreated. After having reflected on the true purpose lying in a given situation, this pausing gives space for positive responses.
Very often, we react out of yesterdays imprints. So this sadness or hurt feeling can be changed into positive experiences through pausing.
That trust can be fo...
That it is always possible to undergo a process, which turns sadness into a positive perspective and even joy.
It requires some openness and to be willing to pause in front of feeling for example hurt or maltreated. After having reflected on the true purpose lying in a given situation, this pausing gives space for positive responses.
Very often, we react out of yesterdays imprints. So this sadness or hurt feeling can be changed into positive experiences through pausing.
That trust can be found again when listening to the heart´s signals, whom to trust. The heart knows.
To follow faith and not fear.
That awareness of our completely interconnected existence and living together in respect and gratefulness brings healing and starts ending suffering.
And in doing so, we chose for love.
I think the seeds of wisdom I can harvest right now are gratitude in what I have, and for those who have been in my life for my entire life. I have friend going through a lot of marital conflict, which is where I can harvest gratitude for my strong marriage. My 95 year old grandmother is looking at going into a nursing home, with a limited number of people who are willing to help her. I have struggled with frustration for those who won't help out, but I can have gratitude in being able to tal...
I think the seeds of wisdom I can harvest right now are gratitude in what I have, and for those who have been in my life for my entire life. I have friend going through a lot of marital conflict, which is where I can harvest gratitude for my strong marriage. My 95 year old grandmother is looking at going into a nursing home, with a limited number of people who are willing to help her. I have struggled with frustration for those who won’t help out, but I can have gratitude in being able to talk with my grandma 2 times per day in our check-ins, and in all that I can help out with, even though I live further away from her.
Your grandma will treasure your care for her, Christie.
To be open hearted during the times when I don’t think that I have the capacity to be generous, patient, kind, or nice.
humility.
Right now, I am wrestling with some difficult scientific questions and am having to revise my beliefs based on what I am learning. This is kind of a struggle right now, but I believe it will lead me into further insights about the nature of reality and how to navigate through it. I have also started my semester at Doane, so all the knowledge I gain can lead me to discover my values and understand my dharma.
Recently gleaned from a particularly thorny emotional plant:
‘There are no victims, only volunteers’
We have the responsibility to choose the energy in which to live. Choose love over fear. Choose surrender over conflict.
Choose action over despair.
Lead with the heart, not the mind.
This handful of seeds you share, I take in as powerful nourishment. Thank you.
can I ask what your username means please? It’s only because, a couple of years ago I saw this stenciled on the ground and on a stone in the park. It would give me a great lift whenever I saw it.
Thank you, Javier. It IS Latin. The concept is connected with Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius (in Greek), and Neitzsche.
I like to interpret it as delight in my own fate. I strive to accept each sentient being and situation given to my experience as sacred and useful to my growth. I wish to cease fighting everyone and everything.
Latin for “Love of Fate”
Thank you both
The seeds of wisdom I can harvest right now :
Slow down and enjoy the flowers.
Patience is a virtue.
What might feel like loss can also be an opportunity to grow.
Look for the good in everything.
Appreciate the small things in life.
Less is more.
With age often comes wisdom.
Go win the flow.
Say yes to this too.
Smile more and love as much as you can.
Oh my! I forgot meditation and gratefulness are good for you!
It is deep winter and I am in hibernation mode. This is not my time of harvest, but time of waiting patiently for spring.
A seed is worthless unless nurtured or thoroughly considered. Such are our life experiences. Will have to be personally mindful to not live my life collecting seeds …
Patience and understanding.
I would say open to life and having an idea of blessing, and wisdom coming forth in a harvest gives me a lot of strength and comfort. I say this in relation to difficult feelings. I often try to push them away and carry on without honoring them. However if I invite them in the door as Rumi says and entertain them all they may be clearing me out for a better future.
When I remember to do so, I try to sit with these feeling before me in the Light of Love, I in the Light and invite them in too
Beautiful, Kathleen. Thank you for your thoughts. To hold those difficult emotions with compassion is something I am trying to learn.
I don't know. To know this is perhaps wise. Lately, I have been noticing seeds everywhere in nature. It is easier to see in winter, maybe. Tiny seeds in open hemlock cones, in the dead flower heads of goldenrod and ironweed that was so profusely massed this fall, in the prickly pods of jimsonweed and milkweed, in the feathery tips of grasses. Even without my noticing or understanding, these seeds will do what they are designed to do -- bring forth new flower, fruit. Maybe it is so in a met...
I don’t know. To know this is perhaps wise. Lately, I have been noticing seeds everywhere in nature. It is easier to see in winter, maybe. Tiny seeds in open hemlock cones, in the dead flower heads of goldenrod and ironweed that was so profusely massed this fall, in the prickly pods of jimsonweed and milkweed, in the feathery tips of grasses. Even without my noticing or understanding, these seeds will do what they are designed to do — bring forth new flower, fruit. Maybe it is so in a metaphysical sense as well, in my own life.
I’m duly impressed with folks who identify the plants around their homes, especially in winter! I worry how many of us still tune in to landscapes around us because largely it’s the same sense of discernment with which we come to know the landscapes of our own hearts. Can we recognise the possibilities in frost-bitten, shriveled experiences even after they show up in the garden of our time here as weeds?
Thank you for your thoughts, Javier, which bring more fullness to mine. I intuit a resonance between the inner and outer landscape. That it is, as you say, largely the same sense of discernment which can lead us to know both, had not occurred to me and I take it as affirmation.
For sure it is! And how lovely to have had your eyes opened to it in such a splendid and wonder-filled way!
I am grateful for our Cub Scouts. Working with them I see them grow from the little ones they were when they joined us to the confident youngsters they are by the time they move on. They are always a reminder to me to stay young at heart. For the seed of their joy within me, I am grateful
Seeds of joy, that is lovely.
People in power try to control the masses with fear. There are really only two paths for us to chose from in life…fear or love. Love is the answer to combating this “us” versus “them” mentality. We can join together in non-violent ways to show our love for what we value.
Love is the answer to the “us” versus “them” mentality. I join you in this belief.
We are in this world but we are of Love. We are all of us in this Love together, though we may not yet realise this. Keep sharing
Humility … its a long story…. but I am learning to accept what I can do, offer, contribute and tho it does not feel like much it IS what I can do and I am learning to accept that…
I heard this once: Sometimes there’s only so much we can do, but have to do that much.
At 4:40 AM and still waking up, it’s too dark to see the field in which the new day dawns. Besides, I seldom harvest anything at dawn. Instead, I watch with wonder, humbled by the bounty and the thought that I am living in it.
Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise!
Thank you, my friend….not sure about the wisdom piece, but being reasonably healthy, I’m still waiting for the wealthy! Let me know when I can pick that up, okay? Haha!! > Cheers, love and friendship to you, Antoinette.
I had very disappointing news recently. The old me would have reacted poorly. The current me reached down deep and remembered that I have been through some equally trying times and came out of it okay. I believe we are on our roads for a reason, that it will bring us to a good place. We don’t know it yet, but it will.
Good luck on the road ahead.
May you feel safe, May you feel healthy, May you be happy, May you be at peace.
Joanne (kindred spirit)
Wishing you ample measures of grace, and fortitude, Kathy, on your road ahead. > Kevin
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