Let bygones be bygone....

.....Life's too short for rancour and recrimination. Build bridges, don't burn them. Reach out the hand of reconciliation. Let loose the white dove of peace and tolerance. Be big-hearted and generous. Remember that a grudge is the heaviest thing to hold.  And look a little more forgivingly at that person in the mirror, after all, there but for the grace of God goes you!

Things happen from time to time, we have to learn from them and move on.

We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds 

and nursing old grudges.     (T. D. Jakes)

It's easy to feel....

....thankful when all is going smoothly. Not so, though, when you feel restless or unhappy. Under such stress, an enlightened perspective can vanish faster than a politician's promise. If you have something to complain about, no matter how justified it is make a special effort to see the beauty and magic that exists in your world. 

Each time you lose track of it, stop for a moment, breathe deeply and find it again. What's wrong won't go away if you do this... but it will back off and leave you alone long enough to regain the clarity that you need.

Let deeds match words.  (Plautus)

Inspiration is rude....

....and badly behaved. It strides boldly into our life without knocking and, once it forces its way into our mind, it acts as if it owns the place. Then, when it feels inclined to depart, it just vanishes without so much as a by-your-leave. It won't, though, ever come when we call for it.

This elusive force gets away with such outrageous activity because it knows that it is always welcome.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible;
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.   (St Francis of Assisi)

How do you reach a state....

....of happiness? How do you become truly comfortable? How do you fill your heart with so much enthusiasm that you can overcome any obstacle, override any negative development, overthrow any unhealthy habit pattern? By relaxing. By trusting. By making a real effort not to get stuck in old fears. By trying hard not to get emotionally drawn into new dramas.

But mainly, by asking/praying for the ability to be appreciative of all that's so wonderful in this world!

              

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark;

the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.   (Plato)

What's more crucial....

....than life itself?  Nothing. If the angry people of this world ever finally understand this, they might grow less angry. And the confused people might grow less confused. And the depressed might be less sad. Life is not meant to be thrown away for a cause any more than it is meant to be wasted in emptiness or greed. 

It is a gift. The most precious gift you will ever be given. Appreciate it. Don't seek 'Life Plus...' or demand 'Life Minus...' Love it for what it is, and the more you love life, the more life will love you.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.  (Philip James Bailey)

Space is infinite....

....So is time.  We all know this, yet none of us truly understands it. We can't. Our brains can only operate in the context of an artificial limitation. We can only think about the space we already know and the time-frame of our own identity. So, no matter how often we hear the truth, it makes no sense to us.

These are not the only factors that blow our minds. Sometimes a point that is hard to grasp needs to be grasped again and that can worry us.  Maybe we shouldn't worry at such times, but come at it from another angle.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing colour of the waves that break upon the idle

seashore of the mind.    (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

You may not know this....

....but shortly after you were born, you were issued with a handbook. I suspect that the angels gave it to your parents at some point in your first year.  Now, you're not telling me that they didn't pass it on to you on your 13th birthday; are you?
Haven't you poured over the carefully phrased instructions about how you must lead your life? If not, how do you know what's good for you? On what basis are you making your most crucial choices?

If you have read it, remember the bit where it says that there are times when you just need faith.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen   (Ralph Waldo Emerson)