Expressing Gratitude

The poster says:  I am happy because I’m grateful.  I choose to be grateful.  That gratitude allows me to be happy.  —-Will Arnett (from Country Living Magazine)

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 Thank you Universe

Thank you, Universe,for your grace and guidance.
For intuition, luck, hope and dreams.
Thank you for the ever-present abundance
that is reflected in each moment of my life.

From the former site, www.my-thank-you-site.com.  

###Note that this site no longer exists but was wonderful when it was active.  

Blessings,

Judy

Grow Old Gracefully

The poster says:  Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,   But beautiful old people are works of art.  —— Eleanor Roosevelt

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 I was in a seminar a while ago where the facilitator talked about most people in developed countries will live well into their nineties or into their one hundred years plus.  He said this is due to lifestyle, changing medicine towards aging, and, the new belief that we do not have to die in our sixties or seventies.

I found his comment on the ‘belief’ of dying quite profound. I started wondering about what other beliefs are limiting us.  And, it struck me that we all have a belief that youth is the ideal.  It is shoved at us in movies, on media, and in style.  

Today, make peace with your age and what is ahead for you.  It is glorious!

Blessings,

Judy

About Bliss

 

The poster says:  Bliss lies in balance.  — Buddha Groove

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In my Qi Gong class the other day, several of us had a discussion about what bliss is… a concept, a state of being, a type of energy, or even something that is drug induced.  We did not arrive at a conclusion and agreed that each of us had a  different experience of bliss.  The writing below summarizes bliss in a wonderful way.

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                             The Ultimate Bliss

Blissful is solitude  for one who’s content,      who has heard the Dhamma,      who sees.  Blissful is non-affliction  with regard for the world,      restraint for living beings.  Blissful is dispassion  with regard for the world,      the overcoming of sensuality.  But the subduing of the conceit 'I am'—     That is truly      the ultimate bliss.

- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, "Do Nothing"

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May you find bliss in your life.

Blessings,

Judy