Thirty spokes of a wheel all join at a common hub yet only the hole at the center allows the wheel to spin ~ Lao Tzu
-Be your center!!

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.” - H. Nouwen

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that your talents and abilities were used in a way that served others ~ M. Williamson

Be with those who
help your being -Rumi

The greed for fruit misses the flower.-R. Tagore

Food For Thought....

A good life rule: If they tried to destroy you and failed, forgive them. However, don't give them a second opportunity. 

When grooming children every moment is a teachable moment..when you fail to realize that, you fail them -ChyVaughn

They are slowly diluting my ability to inspire thus diluting my reasons for existing -ChyVaughn

If you make friends with yourself
you will never be alone - M. Maltz

Food For Thought...

Every thought is prayer every action is moving prayer. Practice cleansing the thoughts and the actions will become "clean"

Authentic spiritual transformation begins when one is willing to relinquish his position at the center of things. ~ Simone Weil

Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get. ~ Elbert Hubbard

When you wish to instruct, be brief...Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.     -Marcus Tullius Cicero

Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

When a man looks at the ocean, he can only see that part of it which comes within his range of vision; so it is with the truth 
-H Inayat Khan

Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm. - Alcoholics Anonymous

Whether a thought is spoken 
or not, it is a real thing and has
powers of reality. -Frank Herbert

Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it. ~ Oola

Don't seek, don't search, don't ask, don't knock, don't demand - relax. If you relax it comes.If you relax it is there. -Osho

Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits. - Gandhi

Food For Thought....

Remember today that none of the legends sitting on top of the world were born there--they were happy to climb the success ladder. 

Kindness provokes kindness, as surely as injustice produces resentment and evil. 
-A.J. Muste

The gentle outlasts the strong. The obscure outlasts the obvious. ~ Lao Tzu

You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens. ~ Rumi

 Getting where you want to be has 
everything to do with awareness, and nothing
to do with willpower.  -Cheri Huber

As you become more enlightened, the less interest you'll have in getting involved in uninspiring, harmful ideas.

For every amount of stress, there will also be a greater amount of mercy.

Bringing people together isn't a luxury, but rather an essential component to our spiritual well-being.

Food For Thought....

We should never let anyone else's perceived inability to evolve slow down our own development.

Food For Thought....

Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them

Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them

We are not physical beings with a spirit. We are spiritual beings with a body. Operate from inside out .. Todays mantra "abundance"

Food For Thought....

As you become more enlightened, the less interest you'll have in getting involved in uninspiring, harmful ideas.

Don't focus on the amount of harvest, but rather the positive seeds you plant. Trust they will find fertile soil & watch them grow!

Food For Thought....

Whatever you chase will run away from you. So, stop chasing success and realize you already have it all.

Food For Thought....

Sometimes you have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it.

My challenge: make the most effective way for me to move past the obstacles of the world be that I turn inward and accept my imperfections.

We should never let anyone else's perceived inability to evolve slow down our own development.

I will not succumb to a world where so many people want forgiveness, but so few have the courage to ask permission.

Life's goal? Enlightenment. Practice needing nothing, but if we pursue anything it should be freedom from attachment to results!!

Words Of Wisdom From Friends & Family

Getting better without bearing scars is an exclusive feature of those who never lived -W. Jean