Lighting the Path Less Taken

now what a great one to begin with!
Quote for Thursday October 1, 2009

When you acknowledge the less than perfect
parts of yourself, something magical
begins to happen. Along with the negative,
you'll also begin to notice the positive,
the wonderful aspects of yourself
that you may not have given yourself credit for,
or perhaps even been aware of.
~ Richard Carlson (Don't Sweat the Small Stuff)
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Trust your own instinct.
Your mistakes might as well be your own,
instead of someone else's.
~Billy Wilder

Sparks of Purity
Words! They are all around me! I see them. I use them.
Harsh words, soothing words, biting words; words that give pain and sorrow; words that give joy and pleasure.

They are vital to communication. When words are spoken there are reactions, negative or positive. Either thoughts are triggered or emotions fired or actions performed.

Words colour our behaviour. And how lovely it is to hear words that are calm and free from rancour and aggression. To hear words that lift the soul and leave it with renewed vigour. Such words are the sparks of purity.

It is important to remember that my speech indicates what is in my mind. As the thinking, so the words uttered.
Mental calmness makes my words calm.
A pure mind makes for pure words.

It is said that speech may exalt someone to kingship or send him to the gallows. I should never let myself indulge in false, bitter and vicious speech. My words should reflect my true, inner nature, that of purity and peace. Words, once spoken, can never be recalled. They reverberate all around, beyond our control.

Today, as I utter words, what effect will they have on those who hear them? Will they be the words that are poisonous and cause pain? Or will my tongue be like that of the nightingale, sweet and so, so very soothing and lovely to the ear?
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By keeping an open mind and inviting new opportunities for growth into our lives, we expand our horizons by creating our life. Growth has the ability to empower us in ways that nothing else can. The act of seeking new opportunities to grow can keep us young and agile, while the accumulation of knowledge helps us grow in wisdom. We then gain the tools and awareness to form our lives into a reflection of our inner vision. Embark upon new pathways of personal exploration today, and your efforts will pay off in increased self-confidence and wisdom.
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You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up.
- Unknown
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We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.
- Winston Churchill

I thought that being faithful was about
becoming someone other than who I was,
in other words, and it was not until
this project failed that I began to wonder
if my human wholeness might be more useful
to God than my exhausting goodness.
~ Barbara Brown Taylor
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Tolerance
Everybody is right from their own stand point ...
hence the need for tolerance.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
- Jim Rohn
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Thought for the day - How to Stay Young

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay 'them!'

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle.' An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's name is Alzheimer's

4. Enjoy the simple things

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help

9 Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity

The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Anonymous
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October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came -
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
~George Cooper, "October's Party"

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
- George Bernard Shaw
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and from our resident poet and lauriat....Hermie. q50

I felt this one fit many of our Path family right now. Love you H. q55

When you walk alone in the glade
And walk alone in the glen
Everything is at peace within you
You are left alone with your thoughts

You are alone with your feelings
The breeze circles you with leaves
You can feel the peace all around you
Then the uneasiness comes over you

You have stopped looking outwards at nature
You are looking inwards at human nature
The peace of where you are is disturbed
As you dig deep into the past

Deep into your heart
Listening to the doubts and fears
Buried deep within your soul
Are hidden things best forgotten?

Best left sleeping alone unremembered
Are the fears of your past?
The fears of growing up
The hurts of your past

When you walk in your glades
When you walk in your glen
You are alone with nature
Alone with your thoughts

When you catch a branch
And cut out a piece of your skin
You are alone again with your thoughts
No one to stick the plaster on you hurt

No one to hold you and cuddle you
Being alone is a state of mind
That creeps up when you think too deeply
When you find that moment you are in pain

You are never alone with nature
You are never alone when the wind howls
You are not alone while you can select you memories
You have friends all around you, just waiting to return that call

"The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly
lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should
not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion
for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and
humanity of mankind."
-- Li Ka Shing
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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
- William Penn

Let others lead small lives, but not you.
Let others argue over small things, but not you.
Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.
Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.
- Jim Rohn
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We don't see things as they are,
we see them as we are.
- Anais Nin

Thoughts have great power, they are like seeds you plant in your mind.

The more you hold onto a particular thought, the more power you invest in it. Positive thoughts give us energy and strength. Negative thoughts rob us of power and make us feel tired and strained.

We are by nature positive. Negativity is the result of faulty thinking. You can change if you want to. You can't control other people, situation or circumstances, but you can control what is going on inside you. It takes time to change and transform those old patterns of thinking.

Be patient with yourself. It starts with a thought..... Today!

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Contentment
To make good use of what you have
and to let go of what you do not use
is to live in a contented way.
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"We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then,
is not an act,
but a habit."
- Aristotle
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The key to everything is patience.
You get the chicken by hatching the egg,
not by smashing it.
- Arnold H. Glasow

Good Heart
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
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What this power is I cannot say;
all I know is that it exists
and it becomes available only
when a man is in that state of mind
in which he knows exactly what he wants
and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
- Alexander Graham Bell
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What a wee little part of a person's life
are his acts and his words!
His real life is led in his head,
and is known to none but himself
~ Mark Twain

What an appropriate one to begin the day with!

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself.
It is not in your environment;
it is not in luck or chance,
or the help of others;
it is in yourself alone.
- Orison Swett Marden
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Whatever you vividly imagine,
ardently desire,
sincerely believe,
and enthusiastically act upon...
must inevitably come to pass!
- Paul J Meyer
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Thoughts have great power, they are like seeds you plant in your mind.

The more you hold onto a particular thought, the more power you invest in it. Positive thoughts give us energy and strength. Negative thoughts rob us of power and make us feel tired and strained.

We are by nature positive. Negativity is the result of faulty thinking. You can change if you want to. You can't control other people, situation or circumstances, but you can control what is going on inside you. It takes time to change and transform those old patterns of thinking.

Be patient with yourself. It starts with a thought..... Today!