Handmade Mom: Mindful Mondays

Mindful Monday...

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I made several greeting cards last week for retirements, weddings, pre-school graduations, baby showers. One blessing seemed to fit every occasion. It is what I want to tell each of them, but don't have my own words to use.

May the sun bring you new energy by day,

may the moon softly restore you by night,

may the rain wash away your worries,

may the breeze blow new strength into your being,

may you walk gently though the world and know it's beauty all the days of your life.

-Apache blessing

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Mindful Monday...

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle

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Mindful Monday...Drink your tea.

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I'm inspired by this handwritten quote.

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Mindful Monday...

When we seek money, or a good relationship, or a great job, what we are really seeking is happiness. The mistake we make is not going for happiness first. If we did, everything else would follow.
~ Deepak Chopra

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Mindful Monday...

"Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living right now."-Paulo Coelho The Alchemist

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Mindful Monday...

"Tragedy urges us to honor life by connecting even more deeply with each other- to locate our fiercest compassion, to do the soul-work required to endure unbearable grief in times of suffering. We can hold our families and communities close, share our vulnerable hearts, light the candles, sing the old songs, beat the drums, to raise the vibration of human consciousness and our potential for healing."
~ Pixie Campbell

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Mindful Monday...

Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.

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Mindful Monday...

I'm going to try to bring back Mindful Mondays. This blog is a personal documentation and journal of my life and I've lacked on the spiritual side here lately. I've noticed that when I don't journal about being mindful, I forget to practice mindfulness in my everyday life. So my goal for Mondays is to post a quotation, a thought for the day or inspiration I've found.

I am free to decide how I respond to life.

When an obstacle blocks a stream, the water finds a way to flow over, under or around it. Sometimes the stream gathers strength and moves with force and speed through narrow passages. Other times it collects and rests in shallow places. I am free to choose the course of my life's stream and to determine the flow of my life.

When I rest in the Silence, it may not look as if any forward movement is occurring. Nevertheless, I am tapping into a wellspring of spiritual resources and gathering strength to maneuver around any obstacles that may arise. I have what I need to move through the tight spaces in my life. I can access peaceful pools of stillness or move at a brisk pace. I choose the flow that best suits me.

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