Evolve or Die

Collective consciousness by individual world leaders is the way to "world peace." 

The step to "my" peace is to become conscious myself.  It is not my job to change others but it is my job to change myself.

Thankful to know that change however hard while going through it, is worth the effort.
The other side of confusion is clarity and unity. Thankful for Eckhart Tolle and Byron Katie Mitchell and the ability to read and practice presence at my will.

How will you get there? Clue: It does not come to you through anger and rebellion.
Study Eckhart Tolle's book, "A New Earth." 

Buddha in the Elevator

Two lies we learned living in this world:

1) Life should be perfect

2) Life should be easy

Neither of these are true. Life is not always perfect, is not always easy, but in our mind we can meet the challenge and overcome.

In the elevator of Yale Medical Hospital yesterday I entered, "Hi, How are you?"

The response from a young man, (about 20 something), answered, "The morning started off rough but it has to get better right?"

So I told him, "Two lies we learned somewhere, life should always be perfect and easy. Truth is, life is neither and the challenge of each day's problems keeps life interesting and fun."

He did not answer he looked flaccid.  Simple truths I have come to know might be helpful to another but it is not my job to interrupt his journey. Just my job to be present and kind.

Thankful.

  

If You are Human You are Going to Experience Pain

As long as we have a human body, you will have pain.

The body may have pain but only your mind can make you suffer.

If you have pain and you cannot control it with your mind, let the pain come. Keep your mind calm as much as possible for as long as you endure the physical pain.

This will enable you to let the pain pass quicker through you.  If anyone has experienced this you know it makes the pain easier to bear.

To keep your mind calm, focus on your breath, let your mind space out in no thought.

Practice.  It works. Thankful that I am getting really good at spacing out. Who knew slowing down, turning off TV, social media, could be so peaceful?  Focus on space, peace will come.

Scutoid

The scientist have discovered a new shape while studying epithelial cells.  Scutoid is geometry's newest shape.

The scutoid shape was named after this top-down view of a beetle’s scutellum.

Image: Pedro Gómez-Gálvez et al. (Nature Communications)

The scientists decided to name the scutoid after the scutellum of a beetle (a part of its thorax), because the two look similar from a top-down view.

Javier Buceta, systems biologist at Lehigh University and co-author, was grateful for the chance to name a new geometric shape.

Learn something new everyday.

Meditating Standing Up

You cannot focus on your breath in, out, and worry about anything, at the same time.

Just for today, focus on your breath more instead of your feelings, and watch how the day changes.

Your mind cannot do two things at once.

Simple way to gain control of your mind momentarily. Now do this all day, every day, now you are meditating standing up with your eyes open. Now can we do this for a week? A year? How about the rest of our life?

Personally, I prefer it. I think I will focus on my breath, thankful to know the benefits.

I love Mister Rogers' Wisdom

"It came to me ever so slowly that the best way to know truth was to begin trusting what my inner truth was...and trying to share it-not right away-only after I had worked hard at trying to understand it."                                          ~The World according To Mister Rogers~      by Fred Rogers


The inner truth is only found through peaceful thoughts, this I know for sure. 

Inner peace is the choice I made. Thankful to have found ways to practice it daily.

Tour de France Winner

Geraint Thomas from Wales won this year. He watched the "Tour" since childhood and dreamed... and here he is today.  He encourages kids to dream big and work hard, believe in yourself.

We cannot believe three weeks of cycling has gone by, we watch every year and the older we get the faster time flies by.  If you ever want to do something, do it now.

So absolutely excited for Geraint and his family to win.  Congratulations!

Thankful to have a Sweetheart to watch the Tour de France with every year and to be creating more fun memories with him as the days go by. Life is good in the woods.