Oct

Antique Wallpaper

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest
that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

~Jan Glidewell

For a few years I’ve had this vision of the house I would consider my “dream house.” I have always been interested in houses and beautiful spaces. I especially love older homes with character. Sometimes I close my eyes and imagine going room to room in this house. The other night I was doing this and I found myself noticing some antique-looking wallpaper in one of the bedrooms. I like the idea of blending old things with the new.

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Jun

16 Thank you’s

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
~Willie Nelson

I am so thankful that I am getting to live at home right now.
I am so thankful that the Utah sky is so blue and from the rain everything is green.
I am thankful to be 33 years old and healthy.
I am thankful for the lack of drama in my life.

I am thankful that I have support around me even when I am in a cocoon.

I am thankful for my blonde hair.
I am thankful that I can get in my car and drive anywhere I want.
I am thankful that I do not have any children.
I am thankful for all the places I’ve lived and the slew of experiences in each one – Portland, Boise, and San Diego.
I am thankful that I have a lovely home base in Utah.
I am thankful that I have such a great and young mom.
I am thankful that I have money in the bank.
I am thankful for my many friends.

I am thankful that the world we live in is so beautiful.

I am thankful for the simple pleasures of life – writing, eating tomato soup for lunch, sipping a latte near a sunny window.
I am thankful for the people around me, even the ones I don’t talk to who just make up my atmosphere.

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life.

And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
~Sarah Ban Breathnach

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.
~Charles Dickens

photos by A. Pagliaricci ◄◄, Capture Queen ™, and cursedthing

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Jun

Making a decision vs. giving up

Believing we can control anything outside of ourselves is an illusion.

My next question is what do you do after you surrender? Do you just try to “go with the flow” even when you’re unhappy? I feel like I’ve been in this passive mindset, and surrender should be active somehow.

This article, How to Surrender Without Giving Up says it nicely:

1.    Surrender keeps you connected. It may involve painful decisions but you can still feel a sense of peace, and a connection with your truth. Giving up feels shallow, reactive, or incomplete inside.

2.    Surrender is a decision. When you surrender, you remain engaged. You step in and chose your role in a situation. Giving up is not so much a decision as a way out.

3.    Surrender is drama-free. Giving up nearly always involves dramatic exasperation and blame on outside people or circumstances. Surrender needs no fanfare. It makes itself known only through its undeniable clarity.

Surrender doesn’t mean you’re weak or you didn’t try. It means you’ve tried all you can and you’re consciously choosing to let go.

Believing we can control anything outside of ourselves is an illusion.

But we do have the ability to choose our thoughts and responses to everything. When things don’t go our way, we can still move forward without collapsing or giving up. Surrender is a deeper path. ~Christine Kane

Surrender means surrendering the ego. Surrender means surrendering all that you know. Surrender means surrendering your knowledge, your mind, Your intellect. Surrender is a suicide, a suicide of the past.
~Osho

photos by her wings and Capture Queen ™

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Jun

Whoosh (the sound a river makes)

Surrender means to live the same way in life as a good swimmer swims in the river. Life is a river. Either you can fight or you can float; either you can push the river and try to go against it. Or you can float with the river. And go wherever the river leads you.
~Osho

I am in a state of surrender to my circumstances. They aren’t what I want, but they are where I am right now. I’m done trying to control things and people and life. Surrender makes the most sense. There is so much I can’t control outside of myself. I can’t control what will happen in the world tomorrow. I can’t control ultimately what will happen to me someday when I die. I am just at this complete mercy.

I have always had this strong longing for truth. I want to know the truth about what happens when we die. I want to know the truth about what is really happening in the world.

And you know what, I CAN’T really know. I can study and read and ask questions and form an opinion, but that’s all it is.

I can choose to believe in the goodness of life.

That seems like a better idea than believing in something terrible.

I can choose to put better thoughts into my mind — even though let me tell you — this is like pulling teeth right now. I can choose to believe that I am going toward what’s next. I have a home that is here for me to find it. Right now, I am seeking to simply understand surrender — because I’ve never understood it before.

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
~Julia Cameron

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Antique Wallpaper

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest
that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

~Jan Glidewell

16 Thank you’s

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
~Willie Nelson

I am thankful that I have support around me even when I am in a cocoon.

I am thankful that the world we live in is so beautiful.

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life.

And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
~Sarah Ban Breathnach

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.
~Charles Dickens

Making a decision vs. giving up

Believing we can control anything outside of ourselves is an illusion.

Surrender means surrendering the ego. Surrender means surrendering all that you know. Surrender means surrendering your knowledge, your mind, Your intellect. Surrender is a suicide, a suicide of the past.
~Osho

Whoosh (the sound a river makes)

Surrender means to live the same way in life as a good swimmer swims in the river. Life is a river. Either you can fight or you can float; either you can push the river and try to go against it. Or you can float with the river. And go wherever the river leads you.
~Osho

I can choose to believe in the goodness of life.

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
~Julia Cameron

Reasons To Live

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Antique Wallpaper

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. ~Jan Glidewell

16 Thank you’s

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around. ~Willie Nelson

I am thankful that I have support around me even when I am in a cocoon.

I am thankful that the world we live in is so beautiful.

You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life.

And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you. ~Sarah Ban Breathnach

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another. ~Charles Dickens

Making a decision vs. giving up

Believing we can control anything outside of ourselves is an illusion.

Surrender means surrendering the ego. Surrender means surrendering all that you know. Surrender means surrendering your knowledge, your mind, Your intellect. Surrender is a suicide, a suicide of the past. ~Osho

Whoosh (the sound a river makes)

Surrender means to live the same way in life as a good swimmer swims in the river. Life is a river. Either you can fight or you can float; either you can push the river and try to go against it. Or you can float with the river. And go wherever the river leads you. ~Osho

I can choose to believe in the goodness of life.

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control. ~Julia Cameron

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest
that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

~Jan Glidewell

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.
~Willie Nelson

And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.
~Sarah Ban Breathnach

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.
~Charles Dickens

Surrender means surrendering the ego. Surrender means surrendering all that you know. Surrender means surrendering your knowledge, your mind, Your intellect. Surrender is a suicide, a suicide of the past.
~Osho

Surrender means to live the same way in life as a good swimmer swims in the river. Life is a river. Either you can fight or you can float; either you can push the river and try to go against it. Or you can float with the river. And go wherever the river leads you.
~Osho

The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
~Julia Cameron