Posts Tagged as: prayer
The Subtle & Abiding Sense of Failure Angel. Know her?
Ry Cooder is considered to be one of the greatest bluesmen of all time. Yet, on more than one occasion, with a sold out concert and multiple encores, he asked promoters to refund the audience their money because he felt, “I could have been better.” I have a painter friend whose art sells for $10,000...
timelessly blessing now (a poem for starting and continuing)
you will never arrive over there because you are here now always in truth more light than dark bothness enough wanting more plentiful there is no need to split ambitions, my love it’s all the same and it’s all precise and it’s everywhere you find yourself be fiercely tender and still grow wild
a prayer for expectation addicts: show up. shine. let it go.
I have willed stuff into being. Lot’s of it. Will will willing willfulness. And if you dared to tell me (brave soul, you), in the midst of my willfulness, that I should let go of my expectations, (gasp!) I would have gone stone cold, or snortle-laughed you off, or pressed delete. Because I thought expectation...
in honour of the fact that life is short: ecstatic sex, quitting, and wearing your best
wear your white shirts. get them pressed. use your good dishes — everyday. shave on weekends. do not wait for special occasions. do not tuck your best away in the drawers, in the back of the closet, in your heart. don’t wait for holidays or invitations. declare that your today is the special occasion. call...
give up hope (it’s a good thing to do. really.)
Hope: noun, verb. • the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. • a person or thing in which expectations are centered. • a four letter word that doesn’t amount to much. Every word you speak or think lands somewhere – it’s heard by you,...
creativity, the corpse pose + what to do in between projects
Savasana, (often pronounced “sha.vas.nah”,) is also known as the “corpse pose” in yoga. Typically, Savasana is done at the end of your practice. Lie flat on your back, palms to the sky, eyes closed, relaxing every part of your body, focusing on your breath rising and falling. Savasana is not so much about chillaxin’, as...
a sentiment for blazing
close your calendars of regret smash clocks and barriers with your better knowing throw soft light on the doom clingers let your pure faith burn the way 2011 blessings,
beware of possibility thinking: how to leverage your manifestation ju-ju
I was at an event that kicked off with a group meditation. (Before I tell you how it went down, allow me to say that I think you should approach all meditations guided by strangers with caution. I’ve been to many a gathering where someone wants to lead us down the golden path – and...
refuse to worry (and how to be more useful for your friends)
Worry obstructs possibility. Concern is pro-active.
Worry weighs things down. Concern can rise to the occasion.
Worry is wistful. Concern is penetrating.
Worry tangles. Concern peels back the layers.
Worry gossips. Concern enrolls.
the manifesto of encouragement
right now: There are Tibetan Buddhist monks in a temple in the Himalayas endlessly reciting mantras for the cessation of your suffering and for the flourishing of your happiness. Someone you haven’t met yet is already dreaming of adoring you. Someone is writing a book that you will read in the next two years that...
- She has the knowledge you need to succeed. What she has to say is what our spirits need to hear.
— Martha Beck | Steering By Starlight - ... ignites the mind in ways that could change your career and life.
— Scott Belsky | Making Ideas Happen - Danielle's passion leaps off the page, and reading a few chapters of this book will ignite you into action.
— Gretchen Rubin | The Happiness Project - ...the revolution you've been waiting for, it will shake-up and wake-up every aspect of your life.
— Kris Carr | Crazy Sexy Diet - ... the new, bad-ass Artist's Way.
— Linda Sivertsen | Generation Green - ... shows us how to do what the world tells us we can't: be unapologetic about our deepest desires.
— Gabrielle Bernstein | Spirit Junkie - The Fire Starter Sessions is a revelation. A virtual road map to more engaged state of being.
— Jonathan Fields | Uncertainty - Money, failure, power, appreciation — The Fire Starter Sessions doesn't leave anything out of the mix.
— Barbara Stanny | Overcoming Underearning - Danielle is one serious Fire Starter, and you'll be one too after reading this masterpiece.
— Chris Guillebeau | The Art of Non-Conformity
there’s more in the hot shop
including freebies
- i renovated the temple! fresh site + new treats! for everyone!
- in honour of the fact that life is short
- focus, failure, assumption antidotes + surprise success: january roundup
- what is your relationship to…life?
- how to love the inevitable pain of getting focused. it hurts so good.
- the manifesto of encouragement
- the “What I Trust List”. why you need one, and how to do it.
- 20 personal money practices that got me to a place of grooving prosperity. (part 1)
- the grand pep talk: decide to rise (refer to this when in doubt, or sick & tired.)
- The Subtle & Abiding Sense of Failure Angel. Know her?
