“A ship in the harbor is safe, but after a while the bottom rots out.”

Anonymous

“That can happen if we stay too long in our safe zone. I begin to “rot.” Oh, just little indicators. A pound here or there goes on.  A negative way of thinking begins to take root in my brain. Getting the ship out of the harbor is HARD WORK!! (Just go to any major pier.) But the pay off is fantastic.”

Susan Lewis Lally

This weeks quote comes from a book I love by Joan Anderson. She has written several books about her journey of self discovery.

 

Such is my morning ritual, nothing terribly complicated unless I’ve forgotten to bring logs in from the woodpile the night before. I’m deep into my time-out season of life, where it seems best to be actively passive, involved in little, aware of much. Instinct told me to take myself away and look at all the unwrapped gifts nature has to offer. The natural world is hibernating and so am I.

Joan Anderson has written several books and she  holds weekend workshops on self discovery. Her latest book is The Second Journey. You can learn more about Joan Anderson at joanandersononline.com

“If you want to be loved, be loving.”

Dr. Norris Chumley

I’ve always been in the right place at the right time. Of course I steered myself there.

Bob Hope

The beginning of freedom from the pain-body lies first of all in the realization that you have a pain body. Then, more important, in your ability to stay present enough, alert enough, to notice the pain-body in yourself as a heavy influx of negative emotion when it becomes active.

This is such an amazing book, well worth the read.

Encourage others.  Believe in them.  Appreciate them.  See God in everyone.

Dr. Norris Chumley

Renaissance Island

 Renaissanace Island Aruba

“There are three components to the Law Of Dharma. The first component says that each of us is here to discover our true Self, to find out on our own that our true Self is spiritual, that essentially we are spiritual beings that have taken manifestation in physical form. We are not human beings having occasional spiritual experiences – it’s the other way around: we’re spiritual beings that have occasional human experiences.”

From the book “The Seven Spiritual Law’s of Success” Deepak Chopra

Happiness

is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mohandas Gandhi Indian Leader

“Hurt People, hurt people.”

This quote came from my friend Susan who is a counselor, she heard this in a graduate class she’s enrolled in.