Friday, 8 April 2011

Service

If things are not going well with you, 
begin your effort at correcting the situation 
by carefully examining the service you are rendering, 
and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it.
- Roger Babson

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Feels Right

See where your own energy wants to go, 
not where you think it should go. 
Do something because it feels right, 
not because it makes sense.  
Follow the spiritual impulse.
- Mary Hayes-Grieco

Monday, 4 April 2011

What We Are

We cannot become what we need to be 
by remaining what we are.
- Max Depree

Friday, 1 April 2011

April 1, 2011 Chautauqua



From the Editor's Computer


   I have heard a lot of comments about the weather/winter we’ve been having.  Complaints abound about how long the winter has been, how cold it is, how much snow we have, and...well, you’ve no doubt heard them all, or even said them yourself.

   Have you noticed Mother Nature taking note of any of these comments and dutifully making changes to the season?

   We can’t control the weather in any way, shape or form.  We get what we get - whether we like it or not, whether it is pleasant or not.

   The only thing we can control is our attitude about the weather.  There is a saying that reminds us that if you can’t change something, stop worrying about it.  We can’t change the weather so we might as well accept, with a more gracious outlook, what we are getting

   All the complaints in the world won’t change any of the weather we’re getting.


Beth

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Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Now

Dwell not on the past.  
Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind.  
Nothing really matters except 
what you do now in this instant of time.  
From this moment onwards you can be 
an entirely different person,
filled with love and understanding, 
ready with an outstretched hand, 
uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
- Eileen Caddy

Monday, 28 March 2011

Not Right

Every time I've done something 
that doesn't feel right, 
it's ended up not being right.
- Mario Cuomo

Friday, 25 March 2011

Be

The chief happiness for a man 
is to be what he is.
- Erasmus

Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Childishness

When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret 
and would have been ashamed 
if I had been found doing so.  
Now that I am fifty I read them openly.  
When I became a man I put away childish things, 
including the fear of childishness 
and the desire to be very grown up.
- C.S. Lewis

Monday, 21 March 2011

Season

Live in each season as it passes; 
breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, 
and resign yourself to the influences of each.
- Henry David Thoreau

Friday, 18 March 2011

March 18, 2011 Chautauqua

From the Editor's Computer



   The other day I read an interesting article on a study done in England to end homelessness (http://gimundo.com/news/article/researchers-discover-most-effective-way-to-help-homeless-get-off-streets/).  

   The fascinating part of the article was that the researchers - who used 13 homeless people for the study - discovered that their methods were successful if they gave the people themselves a choice as to what they needed in their lives to enable them to get off the streets.  Each person was treated as an individual with individual needs.  One person asked for a pair of shoes, another a camper van.  Each received £3,000 and was required to meet with a “broker” regularly to budget the money.

   By giving the people more choice and independence, 11 of the 13 in the study are off the streets and living new lives.

   Never underestimate the simple power of choice. 


Beth

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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Good Laugh

 A good laugh and a long sleep 
are the best cures in the doctor's book.
- Irish Proverb

Monday, 14 March 2011

Change

 I wanted to change my life 
without changing my life.
- Gretchen Rubin

Friday, 11 March 2011

Like

I do not like having to try to make myself like things; 
I like things that make me like them 
at once and no trying at all.  
- Samuel Butler

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

My Response

I have come to the frightening conclusion 
that I am the decisive element...
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.  
I possess tremendous power 
to make life miserable or joyous...
In all situations, 
it is my response that decides...
- Goethe

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