The Power of our Thoughts

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts, it is made of our thoughts. Buddha, Dhammapada

Our thoughts create our lives. So what are your thoughts? If you are unsure look at your life.

If it is filled with happiness, joy and blessings, then I guarantee your thoughts are happy, joyful and positive.

If your life is one of drudgery, darkness, fear, and loneliness, then I guarantee your thoughts are negative and full of angst.

Thoughts are habitual and influenced by others. Which means they can be changed. If you are constantly putting negative news, gossiping about the latest tragedy or illness, then that is what you are creating in your life.

I challenge you to review your thoughts and make an effort to increase the input of positive, uplifting and inspiring stories, ideas, and literature into your mind. This will change your world.

Our mind is like a computer, what comes in is what comes out. You are the operator and have complete control of all input. If you don't like what is manifesting outwardly in your life, change your input.

You will be amazed. It works. My mantra is "God has a plan and the plan is good and only good happens in the life of me and my family." Guess what? This is the truth in my life.

Angels Among Us

At 10:30 this evening my family welcomed to our home a team of angels. They will be with us for a week to enhance and bless our lives.

Yes, I know that angels are ever present and are always looking out for us; but this week we will be much more aware of their presence.

I already feel a sense of peace and excitement. If anything, my family will have an active way to express and experience our spirituality.
I'll keep you posted on the happenings in our life.

Smile

Today at my dad's assisted living facility this was posted on the bill board, "Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened."
This is a powerful message at every level.

The past few months, I have attended too many funerals for my comfort zone. The message at these funerals has been to remember and celebrate the life and not focus so much on the death. I like this. It affirms my beliefs that our life continues into a different realm after we leave this earthly plane. I find this message comforting and freeing.

This message would also help people who have lost relationships with loved ones through divorce, break-ups or moves. Instead of pining away at the loss of the experience, why not smile because of the Love and joy experienced.

Our lives could be different if we celebrated the love and joy found or experienced in the friendship, the experience, the event, and/or the marriage instead of focusing on it's ending.

In life all things are in constant flux. Change equals life. Let's smile because life happens.