Lately, for me, these things have been happening right and left. Just a week ago, I was sorting out some email and found reoccuring messages. Here's some examples:
These two emails were about worry... the first one coming from SparkPeople and the second from The Daily Groove.
"Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles.... it empties today of its strength." - - Aunt Linda, as quoted by Jennifer Cribbs, SparkPeople community member
The destructive power of worry
Legend has it that 90% of what we worry about never comes to pass. Whether that is statistically precise or not, there's probably some truth to it in your life. How much of our lives do we miss because we're agonizing over what might happen down the road? How often do we fail to act--even if it's the right thing to do--because we fear any number of possible consequences? Fretting over the future doesn't solve any impending problems. It only paralyzes your actions of the present. It stresses you out, makes you mentally and physically tired, and saps all the fun out of what could have been another great day. Next time you start to worry about what might happen, think of this: You can prepare, but you cannot predict. So do what you can, and forget what you cannot.
THE DAILY GROOVE ~ by Scott Noelle
www.enjoyparenting.com/dailygroove
:: Transcending Worry ::
Actuality is "what is," in the now.
Possibility is "what could be," in the future.
When you imagine possibilities, wanted or unwanted,
you bring them closer to actuality through the Law
of Attraction.
If you *worry* about the possibility of your teenager
getting in a car accident or your toddler falling
off the slide, you experience it almost as if it
were actual, and you put out a vibe that influences
them toward actualizing those (or similar) unwanted
possibilities.
But when you imagine your teenager getting home
safely or your toddler joyfully mastering the slide,
you attract those desired possibilities instead.
So it's good to shift from worry to a more
positive focus, but the best way to do that is,
paradoxically, to *allow* the worry to be.
When you're willing to be *present* with the
worry -- to *witness* it without judging or
resisting it -- its underlying source begins
to heal.
http://dailygroove.net/transcending-worry
Feel free to forward this message to your friends!
(Please include this paragraph and everything above.)
Copyright (c) 2007 by Scott Noelle
and these two email are about contentment and happiness the first by YogaJournal and the second by SparkPeople;
Find Contentment in Samtosha
Yoga is much more than a physical practice. It is also a philosophy about the way we should live. According to yogic philosophy, we cause ourselves pain by desiring things we don't have but think that we need. In other words, we hurt ourselves by yearning after what's out of reach.
Samtosha is a niyama, or guiding principle of yoga. This principle encourages us to develop contentment. It prescribes the merit of striving to be grateful for what we have rather than yearning for new and different things. The word samtosha is also sometimes translated as "happiness" because, by finding contentment with what we have, we also find joy, relaxation, and peace.
You can practice samtosha in all aspects of your life—toward your family, friends, and your career.
"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet." - - James Oppenheim, short-story writer, novelist, poet
The key to happiness
The secret to happiness is not to get what you want, but to want what you already have. If you think about it, most discontent grows from want. We want more stuff, more excitement, more pleasure. When we don't get those things, we're resentful and unsatisfied. Take away the want, and you take away the unhappiness. When your quality of life is tied to your desires, fulfillment is a shadow that escapes your view. Like trying to imagine a new color, the harder you look, the harder it is to see. Does this mean you stop setting goals and striving for a healthy lifestyle and better life? No. It means you can appreciate life regardless of the outcome. It means you can relish the pursuit while accepting the possibility of failure. It means you can still enjoy the ride. Happiness is not a destination--it's a way of life.
This kind-of stuff just blows me away. It happens to me a lot with reoccuring messages. Many times it will happen to people through music. You'll be going through something and you'll be thinking about it... and the next song that plays seems like it was written just for you. It's wild! And it makes me feel so eternally grateful and blessed.
My point is to tell you what happened to me yesterday. I had two of the awesome incidences. Like I mentioned in my previous post, I've been working on my family ancestry. Remember that when I tell the story. So the story goes... Dancer and I went to the library in between dance classes last night. As we were checking out, I noticed a stack of books behind the librarian. The book right on top was called, "Finding your family on the internet: The ultimate guide to online family history research." So I asked the librarian if they were available for check out and yes, they were. This is brand new arrival book... not even scheduled to be put out on the floor until this Friday the 7th!
The second incidence also started at the library. I had planned on checking out the book, "How to win friends and influence people", so while I was in that section, I thought I'd look and see what other kinds of books were in that same subject area. I ran across this book called, "Out of the box for life: being free is just a choice". It seemed to fit my area of interest, so I checked it out. Then a bit later after getting home from Dancer's dance class, I turned on the tube... watched SVU and then started to flip around (because there doesn't seem to be anything on at 10pm but the news) and ran across Oprah. She was having the author of "Eat Pray Love" on again. I watched her first show with the author a month or so back. I loved it, so I decided to watch this one. Great show... I must read the book... but back to the story. So sometime during the show, Oprah mentions the part in the Wiz of Oz where in the end Glenda tells Dorothy that she's always had the power to go home... the power was inside her. So forward to the end of the show... I decided to take out some of the books I brought home, picked up the "Out of the box" book and started reading and what should happen to be on the first page! Here it is quoted from the book, *In many ways, we are all like Dorothy in the Wiz of Oz, searching all over to find our way home. Although she didn't realize it, all Dorothy had to do was click her heels three times to get there. She always had the power. She just didn't know it.* *Like Dorothy, you probably never dreamed that getting home to your true self could be so simple.*
WOW! WOW! WOW! Yep, I feel eternally grateful and blessed!
