think loud: Jan 16, 2013

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

...that it is well to think well. It is divine to act well.

Horace Mann said that, and he was right. Thinking is

just the first step in creation. You've had some

wonderful ideas lately about changes you want to make

in your life. Now it's time to put those thoughts into a

action, yes?

......that all of life is animated by a single fantastic energy,

which is the essence of everything that is -- including you.

Isn't that amazing? Now, because this essence is who you are

and what you are made of, it can obviously never leave you.

Perhaps not so obviously, it can also be wonderfully helpful.

It can bring you peace in moments of stress,

strength in moments of weakness,

courage in moments of fear,

wisdom in moments of confusion,

forgiveness in moments of anger,

and love in all the moments of your life.

All you have to do is know that this is true,

and it will be true for you, right now.

I think that's terrific, don't you?

.....that every day is a new beginning, and that nothing

from yesterday has to affect who you are today.

It does no good at all to bemoan what you may have

done on a day prior to today -- or even, for that matter,

a moment ago. You don't have to carry that into the

Present Moment, nor is your guilt about it going to do

you any good at good.

Simply resolve to become a different version of your

self right here, right now. Use yesterday to inspire

tomorrow, not to discourage it.

from the facebook of Chithra Patil