Don't Forget to Brush Your Teeth

In trying to be a whole or balanced individual, sometimes we tend to overlook certain areas of our lives. I for instance made a goal of waking up 2 hours earlier than I normally do to have more time to pray and meditate. While this is a healthy habit to incorporate, I was not getting enough sleep and my health was suffering for it.

It can be difficult to find balance or to compromise, even with ourselves. We want wake up earlier to exercise but don't go to bed earlier to offset the loss in sleep.

To be in balance is to be considerate of all aspects of your life- physical, spiritual, mental and emotional. It is a constant challenge to stay in balance, but by making small adjustments and being mindful of thoughts, feelings, emotions- we are more adaptable and can begin to incorporate new ideas and ways of thinking into our lives.

Thought for the Day- Sit and be still. The grass grows all by itself- Zen Wisdom

Swing for the Fence

Never be afraid to chase your dreams. We were all told as children that we could become anything we want in life when we grow up. I think most of us believed that but lost our faith somewhere along the way.

Often we settle in life- settle for a job, settle for a mate- we don't analyze what we really want and then go after it.

As far as I know, we only get one shot at this, why not swing for the fences.

Thought for the Day- Hit the ball out of the park. Then you can take your time running around the bases- ??

Miracles in Life

Many of us look to the sky for a great message- expecting to have a divine spiritual experience or expecting to see 'the light' all the while missing the ant crawling across our leg.

Miracles are not something of divinity or something performed by man. Miracles are every breath and every waking thought.

Thought for the Day- There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
-Albert Einstein

Letting go of Attachment

It seems funny that we strive so hard for certain things in life. We work all day to pay for a house that we live in in which we are never there because we are busy working to pay for the house.

It's almost backwards if you think about it. We work all our lives and then retire to enjoy the fruits of our labor. By the time we retire we are to tired to enjoy fruit, we are to busy going to the doctors and taking medications.

I don't know that there is any easy solution to this dilemma, I just find humor in the irony of it all.

Thought for the Day- The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.
-Albert Einstein

Overcoming Adversity

We are all faced with challenges daily. We will continue to struggle in the midst of adversity.

Overcoming adversity is a one step process- keep moving forward. No matter what the obstacle, if you want the just reward, then you must persevere. You must continue putting one foot in front of the other.

It is easy to quit. Though it is not easy to accept the consequences of defeat. Yet there will and cannot be defeat if we continue to move forward.

Thought for the Day- I will Persist Until I Succeed
Og Mandino-The Greatest Salesman In the World

Never Lose Hope

When the bills become overwhelming- 48 hour electricity cut-off notices, low on food, no more diapers- or when things just don't seem to be lining up for you. These are the dark moments in life where it can seem almost impossible to see through the dark cloud to a brighter day.

Life is not always easy, and definitely harder for some. Despite the situation, we always have a choice. We may not like the outcome or be satisfied with our decision, but we always have a choice.

Hope is the one thing, amidst all situations in our lives that we can hold on to. It may seem grim but there is always hope.

Don't be afraid to have hope, to dream of something better- a better life. Miracles happen all the time, just look at a newborn baby and you'll know what I'm talking about.

Thought for the Day- Never lose hope, even in the darkest of moments

Zen is Doing the Dishes

It are those quiet moments in life when peace is ever present. Even doing a menial task such as the dishes can become a Zen moment.

When we reflect on the moments in life when we were most at peace, it is often overlooked without question those moments of true bliss that go overlooked that can only be found in the present.

Go do your dishes and you will know what I'm talking about.

Thought For the Day- Washing dishes is not only a Zen exercise, but you get the dishes clean too.
-Robert Allen

Don't Forget Yourself

I think we've all compromised ourselves at one time or another. Maybe you went along with the crowd or dressed a certain way or listened to a certain type of music.


We all want to be liked, to fit in; but at what cost? Is it worth losing ourselves in hopes of making friends or getting others to like us?


I think these type of things happen more specifically in adolescence; searching for acceptance or the right clique. It's too bad there wasn't a class that taught the coolness of being you.


You are the only 'You'. You are unique- there has never been another you nor will there ever be another you.


When you think about yourself in those terms...Man 'You' are pretty freakin cool, right?


If you've found that you lost yourself somewhere along the way or never really found 'You', spend sometime alone. Re-evaluate who you are and what it is you want out of life-what type of people you want to hang with-what type of clothes you want to wear. Don't be a people pleaser-f that, be your own 'You'.


Take time to enjoy you-you are a rockstar...even if no one else knows it.


Thought for the Day


We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.-Arthur Schopenhauer