Just a Reminder

Even within the seemingly most unacceptable and painful situation is concealed a deeper good, and within every disaster is contained the seed of grace. Throughout history, there have been women and men who, in the face of great loss, illness, imprisonment, or impending death, accepted the seemingly unacceptable and thus found “the peace that passeth all understanding.
Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.
—Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks
From my tumblr blog. Must have this tattooed on the palm of my hand :-). XOXO

In a Nut Shell

Whatever the present moment contains, accept is as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.
—
Eckhart Tolle

This is my spiritual practice in a nut shell. I brought this over from my Tumblr blog for my bloggy friends that don't do Tumblr.
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Happy Thursday! XOXO

Time

Dandelion ceiling by Regine Ramseier

To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad. It seems almost paradoxical, yet when your inner dependency on form is gone, the general conditions of your life, the outer forms, tend to improve greatly. Things, people, or conditions that you thought you needed for your happiness now come to you with no struggle or effort on your part, and you are free to enjoy and appreciate them - while they last. All those things, of course, will still pass away, cycles will come and go, but with dependency gone there is no fear of loss anymore. Life flows with ease. -Eckhart Tolle

I love Sundays and today has been one of relaxing, hiking, varnishing and attempting to get photos of two new paintings, but I was unable to get the good photo, so will have to wait for another sunny day, as they are now they bare no resemblance to the paintings :-).

I have also been figuring out what to make for Thanksgiving as I am cooking for a friend or two, I can not believe that Thanksgiving is already next week, does anyone else feel that time is speeding by at an alarming rate?

And I have been thinking about life and death. A neighbor/friend passed away this Thursday, suddenly. We never know when our days are up and it is important for us to live our lives from our hearts and to be true until the end. I want to live each day as if it were my last, I fail miserably, but I do try :-).

I thought I would share a couple things from my Tumblr blog (see side bar) that have moved me in the last few days. Have a wonderful Sunday!XOXO

P.S. My ETSY sale is still going, 15% off all items.

Living and dieing

This is Max on his favorite chair. He likes to talk to me

from this chair :-). I have been thinking a lot about death

and life. Lots of death and sickness has been happening

around me the past few months and then George Carlin

died. It has made me think more and more about how

we (I) get caught up with petty concerns about what has to

be done and how to be and act and what do I look like and

why did so and so do this and that, on and on until I all of

a sudden become present and realize none of any of it means

a hill of beans :-). The thing is any of us can die in the next

second, minute, today, tomorrow or twenty years from now.

No one knows how or when. Eckhart Tolle says, and I will tell it as I

remember it from one of his lectures: It may be two days or fifty

years, but when it comes, it will come too soon and it will be NOW.

What all this means for me is: How long will I waste anymore time

on petty, worthless things? I know it is hard to always

remember my path, I am human after all, so I am kind with

myself when I fail, but I continue to attempt to remember it

more and more and to live in the moment and to find some precious

thing, no matter how small in all my moments. OXOXOXOX

P.S. George, I loved you, rest in peace, dear man.

Moments in time.

I captured this rare photo of all four of my boys at once!

This never happens :-).

I wanted to share with all of you something I read in "The

New Earth" by Eckhart Tolle, just in case you are not

reading it (isn't everyone reading it? :-). He talks about

how to know what your purpose in life is and he says that

your purpose is whatever you happen to be doing in this

moment. So if you are reading a book, that is your purpose.

If you are driving your car, that is your purpose. This little

bit of information has helped me so much in living in the now.

I remember to ask myself what my purpose is and it pulls

me right into this moment. It is a great tool. There is more

to it of course, but this little bit has proved very helpful to

me and I thought you might find it useful too. Have a

magical Monday :-).