Post by SunnyGirl on Apr 5, 2013 13:29:29 GMT -5
Friday, April 5, 2013
I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . .
must mean, not a sergeant-major-like drilling of thoughts, but
a continual readiness to look and readiness to accept whatever
came. —Joanna Field
Resistance to the events, the situations, the many people who
come into our lives blocks the growth we are offered every day.
Every moment of every day is offering us a gift: the gift of
awareness of other persons, awareness of our natural surroundings,
awareness of our own personal impact on creation. And in awareness
comes our growth as women.
Living in the now, being present in the moment, guarantees us the
protection of God. And in the stretches of time when we anxiously
anticipate the events of the future, we cheat ourselves of the security
God offers us right now.
We are always being taken care of, right here, right now. Being
mindful, this minute, of what's happening and only this, eases all
anxieties, erases all fears. We only struggle when we have moved
our sights from the present moment. Within the now lies all peace.
The most important lesson I have to learn, the lesson that will
eliminate all of my pain and struggle, is to receive fully that which
is offered in each moment of my life.
From: Each Day a New Beginning
by Karen Casey
I came to the conclusion then that "continual mindfulness". . .
must mean, not a sergeant-major-like drilling of thoughts, but
a continual readiness to look and readiness to accept whatever
came. —Joanna Field
Resistance to the events, the situations, the many people who
come into our lives blocks the growth we are offered every day.
Every moment of every day is offering us a gift: the gift of
awareness of other persons, awareness of our natural surroundings,
awareness of our own personal impact on creation. And in awareness
comes our growth as women.
Living in the now, being present in the moment, guarantees us the
protection of God. And in the stretches of time when we anxiously
anticipate the events of the future, we cheat ourselves of the security
God offers us right now.
We are always being taken care of, right here, right now. Being
mindful, this minute, of what's happening and only this, eases all
anxieties, erases all fears. We only struggle when we have moved
our sights from the present moment. Within the now lies all peace.
The most important lesson I have to learn, the lesson that will
eliminate all of my pain and struggle, is to receive fully that which
is offered in each moment of my life.
From: Each Day a New Beginning
by Karen Casey
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.