Category Archives: Positive Truths

Kindness and Compassion

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Be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible.
~Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
~Dalai Lama

Gratitude Now

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"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
- Thornton Wilder

To be conscious of our treasures is to be grateful.  And gratitude brings us into the Present Moment, where we are fully alive.

What are you grateful for, right NOW?

Mmmmm, delightful!

Choosing Your Thoughts

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Changing your thoughts changes everything.  

The nature of our thoughts determines the quality of our life.  This is not an overstatement.  Your thoughts will determine whether you are content or discontented,  optimistic or  depressed.  Many times, you will find that simply by having an "attitude of gratitude" and changing your thoughts to focus on your many blessings, will change your entire feeling about your life -- even though the circumstances in your life haven't changed at all.

What did change?  The way you chose to think about your life.

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The Present Moment Is All There Is

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This moment, here and now, is all there is.  The past and future are in a sense, illusions; yet we tend to spend much of our time fixated on them, obsessing over what has happend in the past or projecting what may happen in the future.  But where we actually live is in our one precious NOW. Be here.  Take a moment to really feel yourself PRESENT right now.

“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions,
that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
~ Alan Watts

What does being fully present feel like? 

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