Helpful tip

This passage is from the book "Quantum Wellness Cleanse" by Kathy Freston a book I highly recommend. I am in the middle of this cleanse and found it hard at first, however I am loving the cleanse now. I feel better, more alert and am developing a heightened sense of awareness! Thank you Chris for recommending this book and doing the cleanse with me!

"Remember the importance of little things - remember how you feel when someone cuts you off in line, or drives aggressively or behaves rudely to you. And remember how you feel when you encounter someone who is light and caring, who does you a small favor. Remember the ripple effects of your behavior, both positive and negative. We can be lights to others, with very little effort and the practical positive effects can be far beyond anything that is obvious to us."

"Remember also that if something is not going to matter to you in 30 minutes, it shouldn't matter to you now. Will you even recall the person who didn't say please or thank you an hour from now? Don't allow small things to bring out any unkindness in you."

"Throughout the day, in every decision you make, ask yourself what your highest Self would do. If you were already completely enlightened, how would you handle things? How would you respond? What energy would you extend? And then act as if you were that person."
Namaste.

Everything has its Season

I was reading from a book my friend Chris had given me called "Simple Abundance" by Sarah Ban Breathnach. The entry was September 28 "A Time for Everything".
It starts out:
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven." - Ecclesiastes 3:1

The author comes back with: "Yes, but they are not the same time. You cannot raise happy, secure, emotionally well-adjusted children, revel in a fabulous marriage and work a 60 hour week. You want to, I know. So do I. But we can't. It is physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually impossible. We have tired. We have failed."

She continues: “We can not circumvent the laws of Heaven and Earth just because it would be convenient. Just because it would fit nicely into our plans. We have tried. We have failed."

"When we cannot do it all at the same time, we are meant to do only some of it. In order to find out what the 'some' is to be, we need to ask: What is it I truly want right now? What is it I truly need? How do I get it? How much does it cost in life's currency?" (This is where I am at in my own life.)

"This might be the season for you to wipe a runny nose. That doesn't mean the season of running your own business won't occur. This might be the season of ......."

"You probably can have it all, just not at the same time. You might have to make certain compromises when your children are small. But your children are going to be small for a very short period of time... It will go by in a blink of an eye and you will only be 40, 50, or 60 with another 15 or 25 years ahead of you. A quarter of a century to do what you want to do, the way you want to do it."

"Blessed is the woman who know her own limits."
Namaste.