Monthly Archives: July 2009

What I Say or Think: I am

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What I say or think:  I am…  what does this mean when I judge another?  When another judges me?  Or when someone slanders another?  Or admires another? 

If the man saying another is evil is judging himself, what does this say about negative political campaigning?  Hmmm?

How much of my mirroring focus lately is influenced by Michael Jackson?  I watched the tape of Reverend Al Sharpton yesterday saying to Michael’s orphans,  “Wasn’t nothin’ strange about your father. … “What was strange was what your father had to deal with.”   I was all there with Reverend Al and am aware not all folk were on that page.   What does this say?

There is a great deal of controversy surrounding Michael.  I choose not to enter into it.  I choose rather to appreciate the gifts which Michael’s art have lavished into my life. 

What do those who say most loudly, “child molester!” in thoughts they share regarding Michael say about themselves?

I’m asking questions.  The depth of the answers lie in how much we believe “What I say or think, I am.”

How much do you believe it?   If you do believe it, how will it flavor how you see judgment from others?  And, how will it impact judgments you make of others?

This is another facet of my recent post on mirroring exploring the concept of what I see in others, I have to work on in me.   Link:  http://choose.ws/2009/07/06/what-is-reality/mirroring/as-i-see-it-in-others-i-must-work-on-it-in-me/yucel/

These stir any thoughts?  Looking forward to hearing them.

Peace and loving thoughts,

Yucel

A Kind and Gentle Place

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“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

—Marcel Proust

 In the daily business of living we are each thrown in with a wide cast of others, some of whom bless our lives immeasurably by tiny acts of kindness that impress and change and help us make a difference in the world. When we spend just a moment or two out of any given day expressing our appreciation to those who have gone out of their way to help us, we not only make them feel better, we change our own vibration, as well, raising it to reflect the goodness for which we are grateful. The first step in making the world a kinder and gentler place to be is to acknowledge the kindness and gentleness we’ve already been shown.

May you always be willing to show your appreciation.

 Love

 Bill

Unaffordable At Any Price

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“People who are optimistic see a failure as due to something that can be changed so that they can succeed next time around, while pessimists take the blame for the failure, ascribing it to some characteristic they are helpless to change.”

—Daniel Goldman

 Most, if not all, of us are aware of the old saying that the pessimist sees the glass half empty, while from the optimist’s perspective, it appears half full. Far too few, however, realize that optimism is actually a key building block to a brighter future.

May you always be willing to see the glass half full.

Love

 Bill

Standing Still

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“There was a man that hated his footprints and his shadow, so one day he thought that if he ran fast enough, his footprints and shadow would not be able to follow him and then he would never have to look at them again. He ran and he ran as fast as he could, but the shadow and the footprints had no problems keeping up to him. And he ran even faster and all of a sudden he fell dead to the ground. But if he had been standing still there wouldn’t have been any footprints and if he had been resting under a tree his shadow would have been swallowed by the tree’s shadow.”

—Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

 Many times we hate our problems and do our best to run away from them, but no matter how fast we run or how far we go, our problems follow, appearing behind us like footprints and shadows. Little do we realize that if we will just stand still and wait, breathing deep and relaxing both body and mind, the solution, in similar fashion to the shadow of the tree, will swallow up the problem whole and leave us free to celebrate.

May you always be willing to stand still and wait.

Love,

 Bill