The simplicity of life is always the best part of living. It's the iced green tea latte, with a cheerful breeze to boost the step in a day. It's the smile from a stranger, that says keep going, you never know what is lurking. It's the feeling of sunshine on your face to let you know you are alive. It's the flip floppin' shoes and sand between the toes...that crinkles the nose. It's the beautiful sound of singing a happy tune. It 's the joy of the light in the dark that shines most bright.
Simplicity....isn't just about the matter of fact in life...it's the enjoyment of simple blessings that keep us smiling and pursuing life. Go ahead and try it...embrace the little things that tug at the heart and you might find that life is engulfed with many things that are worth living for!
Blessings...May simplicity shine into your soul and bring forth a smile to your face!
Friday, July 27, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Endure Burning
Viktor Frankl has always been one of my favorite therapist. He has given so much wisdom to this world. What a life he led and a determination to encompass life for all that it was worth. To bridge the correlation of suffering and happiness...is just simply brilliant. His whole concept of Logotherapy is phenomenal. I had the privilege my final semester of college to study this man...his thoughts, his beliefs, and his ideas on life and love. The most profound thing to me were his thoughts on suffering...we all must suffer in this life...but if we ultimately love and give to others amidst our suffering there is a deeper meaning in life to be found. He sought the meaning of life out to its core...and realized that suffering was a main part of the human existence. If we can proceed through our sufferings and be the light through the afflictions ...the meaning of life might just seem a little brighter.
What is to give light must endure burning.
~Viktor Frankl
What is to give light must endure burning.
~Viktor Frankl
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Truth
Recently, I have been faced with some pretty intense revelations that only time, and most of all truth could capture. Life is an ongoing journey in which we establish and create the essence of who we are. Sometimes the hardest thing to endure is embracing the truth of who you have become.
Truth : is living life through honest reality.
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
~ Kahlil Gibran
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
Truthfulness is the main element of character
~ Brian Tracy
Truth : is living life through honest reality.
Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
~ Kahlil Gibran
Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life.
~ Henri Frederic Amiel
Truthfulness is the main element of character
~ Brian Tracy
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Ice cream and Lattes
For sure, today is one of those days that the texture of smooth coffee ice cream and good conversation would have been appreciated. Or what about a refreshing iced latte along with laughter and muse. I know exactly who could have made me laugh today and made me smile through the disappointments of life. Instead, I settled for the memories of laughter, along with the flavors of life, and being thankful knowing life is worth living.
Ice cream and Lattes have become my eating/drinking pleasures in life. They surround memories of many life realizations along with many philosophical discussions. Sometimes I wonder what the mystery is behind the ambiance of these two pleasures and why so often I take the time to enjoy ice cream or a latte.
It helps me keep perspective and brings me to a deeper place of realization. Most Friday nights in college...(at least my first senior year) were spent with a close friend. We could have been out doing numerous things...however we found the simple pleasure of discussing random philosophical banter and searching out the deeper meaning of life. Not sure as to why we made this a weekly tradition that year....but we did. It seemed like every Friday night...at some point we would grab either ice cream or a latte and discuss the depthness of life.
We found ourselves questioning each other for wisdom and thought provoking statements that led to many all night discussions...literally. I had never been able to have discussions like this with anyone...for no one thought about the depthness and ramifications of life like I did...or so I thought. It was a banter that continues on in my soul still today.
Most of these discussions never had a point...nor a reason...they simply were just viewpoints being shared to grasp a deeper meaning of the reality of life situations. I still to this day get by myself and treasure those conversations dearly. We typically never knew what would be said...we just shared from the heart.
So every time I sit to eat my coffee ice cream or drink my refreshing latte...the memories flood... and the wonders of life still captivate my mind and cause me to have profound life realizations.
Delightful joy and smiles abound when I take the time to enjoy my ice cream or a latte. Who knew that ice cream and a latte...would have made such an impact on one's life...or perhaps it was the conversations, laughter, and muse that created such a perfect ending to a stressful weeks...I don't really know...but I do know...that those conversations are still recalled to my mind and allow my soul to flutter amidst all the confusion that encompasses my world.
My friend...the times of joy will one day be known and the conversations of wisdom from the heart will be shared...but until then...I share my moments of writing over ice cream and lattes.
Ice cream and Lattes have become my eating/drinking pleasures in life. They surround memories of many life realizations along with many philosophical discussions. Sometimes I wonder what the mystery is behind the ambiance of these two pleasures and why so often I take the time to enjoy ice cream or a latte.
It helps me keep perspective and brings me to a deeper place of realization. Most Friday nights in college...(at least my first senior year) were spent with a close friend. We could have been out doing numerous things...however we found the simple pleasure of discussing random philosophical banter and searching out the deeper meaning of life. Not sure as to why we made this a weekly tradition that year....but we did. It seemed like every Friday night...at some point we would grab either ice cream or a latte and discuss the depthness of life.
We found ourselves questioning each other for wisdom and thought provoking statements that led to many all night discussions...literally. I had never been able to have discussions like this with anyone...for no one thought about the depthness and ramifications of life like I did...or so I thought. It was a banter that continues on in my soul still today.
Most of these discussions never had a point...nor a reason...they simply were just viewpoints being shared to grasp a deeper meaning of the reality of life situations. I still to this day get by myself and treasure those conversations dearly. We typically never knew what would be said...we just shared from the heart.
So every time I sit to eat my coffee ice cream or drink my refreshing latte...the memories flood... and the wonders of life still captivate my mind and cause me to have profound life realizations.
Delightful joy and smiles abound when I take the time to enjoy my ice cream or a latte. Who knew that ice cream and a latte...would have made such an impact on one's life...or perhaps it was the conversations, laughter, and muse that created such a perfect ending to a stressful weeks...I don't really know...but I do know...that those conversations are still recalled to my mind and allow my soul to flutter amidst all the confusion that encompasses my world.
My friend...the times of joy will one day be known and the conversations of wisdom from the heart will be shared...but until then...I share my moments of writing over ice cream and lattes.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Happiness
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
~Aristotle
~Aristotle
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Sparks
Life throws little sparks that catch us off guard. The sparks may even perplex our minds and cause the friction of life to collide with reality of life. Sometimes when the road we are on is dark and the unknown way is hidden the sparks are still flashing. Their apparent glare just hasn't caught up with our reality of the unknown.
During a conversation several years ago...a friend of mine and I were discussing the reality of life and friction that can so often arise in life situations. We created the definition of "life sparks" as moments that happen through the fire and cause us to carry on with the reality that is before us. Sparks happen constantly in life and perhaps force us to change our own reality and accept the friction in life. Friction can be defined as anything as simple as: the bad day, to the baristi making the wrong flavored latte;or as dramatic as: the life changing experiences that grasp us in the most profoundest way, to the undefined/complicated relationship. Any of these scenarios can cause a little friction in the everyday suspension of life.
Occasionally, when friction comes along there are sparks that cause that friction to burn. I tend to believe that the sparks are the positive enlightening moments that either show we have been spared from the fire or have walked through the fire, to gain light of the reality in life. Either way the sparks are just mere moments frozen in time to allow the friction of life to bring forth the reality of life.
Sparks fly from all directions and subtly cause friction. When the sparks of life have friction the reality is never far from being revealed. For when the friction of life and reality of life collide the sparks then become alive.
Sparks are then the joyful and delightful golden streaks of life that have refined the mere moments frozen in time.
During a conversation several years ago...a friend of mine and I were discussing the reality of life and friction that can so often arise in life situations. We created the definition of "life sparks" as moments that happen through the fire and cause us to carry on with the reality that is before us. Sparks happen constantly in life and perhaps force us to change our own reality and accept the friction in life. Friction can be defined as anything as simple as: the bad day, to the baristi making the wrong flavored latte;or as dramatic as: the life changing experiences that grasp us in the most profoundest way, to the undefined/complicated relationship. Any of these scenarios can cause a little friction in the everyday suspension of life.
Occasionally, when friction comes along there are sparks that cause that friction to burn. I tend to believe that the sparks are the positive enlightening moments that either show we have been spared from the fire or have walked through the fire, to gain light of the reality in life. Either way the sparks are just mere moments frozen in time to allow the friction of life to bring forth the reality of life.
Sparks fly from all directions and subtly cause friction. When the sparks of life have friction the reality is never far from being revealed. For when the friction of life and reality of life collide the sparks then become alive.
Sparks are then the joyful and delightful golden streaks of life that have refined the mere moments frozen in time.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Discover Oceans
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
~ Andre Gide
~ Andre Gide
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Fruit of Life
Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.
~H. Jackson Browne
But the fruit of the Spirit is :
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS,
GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, SELF CONTROL
~ Galatians 5:22-23
Our fruit is found through our efforts in this life. It's how we live and how we embrace the circumstances that show characteristics of the specific fruits that we possess. When one fears life, it allows our personal fruit to grow and experience the gift of living life. Fear strengthens our fruit and gives notion of how to live in this life. If one goes out on a limb, one tests fear, and enables the fruit itself to grow.
~H. Jackson Browne
But the fruit of the Spirit is :
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS,
GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, SELF CONTROL
~ Galatians 5:22-23
Our fruit is found through our efforts in this life. It's how we live and how we embrace the circumstances that show characteristics of the specific fruits that we possess. When one fears life, it allows our personal fruit to grow and experience the gift of living life. Fear strengthens our fruit and gives notion of how to live in this life. If one goes out on a limb, one tests fear, and enables the fruit itself to grow.
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