Values- July 8, 2008 It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.-Roy DisneyOur values are passed to our children through our actions.What do your actions say to themhttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/07/values.html Are You Here- July 8, 2008 What are you doingPlanning for the futureWell,It's All Right Now.But later...Forget it baby,That's later.Now is now.Are you going to be here or notIt's as simple as that!-Be Here Nowhttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/07/are-you-here.html The Whole World Belongs to You- July 7, 2008 If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled.If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself.Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.-Tao Te Chinghttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/07/whole-world-belongs-to-you.html A Great Wind- July 6, 2008 Sometimes I go about in pity for myself, and all the while, a great wind is bearing me across the sky.-Ojibwa sayingWe don't do anything alone.What is bearing you across the skyGive thanks for that.Image via Wikipediahttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/07/great-wind.html Let Go of Anger- July 6, 2008 Let go of anger.Let go of pride.When you are bound by nothingYou go beyond sorrow.Anger is like a chariot careering wildly.He who curbs his anger is the true charioteer.Others merely hold the reins.-DhammapadaDo you control your anger, or does it control youImage via Wikipediahttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/07/let-go-of-anger.html Pay Attention To The Obvious- July 4, 2008 Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. -Winston ChurchillAre we willing to see what we are stumbling overhttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/07/pay-attention-to-obvious.html The Great Man- July 3, 2008 It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.-Ralph Waldo EmersonCan you keep that perfect sweetness of your family with you in the worldRelated articles by ZemantaLessons in Productivity from Ralph Waldo Emersonhttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/07/great-man.html Learn To Like What You Get- July 2, 2008 Child: "What kind of weather will we have today"Father: "The kind I like."Child: "How do you know"Father: "Having I found out that I can't always get what I like, I have learned to always like what I get. That's how I know we will have the kind of weather I like."The nature of events does not determine our happiness or unhappiness, but the way we meet them does.Adapted from Anthony De Mello's The Heart of the EnlightenedImage: FreeDigitalPhotos.nethttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/07/learn-to-like-what-you-get.html Monkeys don't know fish.- July 1, 2008 "Let me help you",said the monkey to the fish,"Or you'll drown",as he placed him in a tree.-Alan WattsWe love, and in loving, we protect. Our intentions are good, but we can't live for them. They have to experience it, and we have to accept it.Do we help or hinder when we try to teach themhttp://spiritualfathering.blogspot.com/2008/06/monkeys-dont-know-fish.html |