Philosophical wonder woman

It's so easy to get caught up in our every day lives... things that seem important but when compared to the people we love and dramatic world tragedies - just seem ridiculously unnecessary. With Memorial Day just passed - I am also reminded of recent tragedies. There was a very dear friend my age who I never expected to die so young who passed May 4th.  Even though he had health problems and quite often was in and out of the hospital... it's still hard to believe.  I'm grateful he's at peace and will no longer suffer... But I am trying to let go of the regret I have from not spending time with him the last couple times I had a chance. Another family friend very suddenly died leaving a devastated family.  A truly tragic accident that no one ever could expect... it's a reminder of just how fragile our bodies can be and how we never really know how long we have on this earth. Of course we are always reminded when there is a massive tragedy such as in Oklahoma, ...

It costs so much to be a full human being that there are very few who have the enlightenment or the courage to pay the price. One has to abandon altogether the search for security and reach out to the risk of living with both arms. One has to embrace the world like a lover. One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a stubborn will in conflict, but apt always to total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying. Morris West Australian novelist 1916 - 1999

Love interprets itself to everyone who knows love, comes to everyone who senses love, impersonates itself in forms which are human, in experiences which are divine. As we experience this indwelling divinity, it becomes real. It is not an illusion; it is the great motivating power of the universe. We touch it, revealed through this man, that woman, this child, and because they reflect our love to us, we “fall in love” with that person. This is God expressing through us. Dr. Ernest Holmes

Messages of Hope Poem #160 : Tempers flare, passions rise In the heat of anger. Healing wounds should be your goal Whenever there is rancor. There is no need for enmity, No sense in feeling hate. So patch up all your differences Before it is too late. For love’s a very precious thing, The most treasured gift you’ve got. And when you waste your time with hate You wither on the spot. Your time on earth is very short, Oft measured just in hours. So spend it exercising love-- The strongest of your powers. Hate and fear will weigh you down, But love it has no weight. You’ll feel the lightness of the air When you do banish hate. So pack your bags. The trip you’re on has many twists and turns. But joyous is the journey For he who this lesson learns: Love’s the only thing that’s real. It lies there at your core. Your job’s to bring it to the light And shine forever more. By Suzanne Giesemann (this means loving yourself too y'all!) ~hugs~

This is a phrase I keep seeing on dating profiles... to me, "no drama" has begun to be code for, "no feelings"... or "please God NO FALLING IN LOVE." I realize we all view this phrase differently. So I posed the question to the twitter-verse and here are some answers I got: 1. No drama = no unwanted display of emotions and no undesired unpredictability. It's a major red flag if you want a giving partner. 2. I'd say it has more to do with no craziness, undue jealousy, possessiveness... And women say it too. 3. answer: No, it's code for: when we fall in love and you get issues, please solve them yourself and don't burden me with them :P. 4. I have found that "no drama" usually means they bring plenty of their own drama and resent the competition. 5. "no drama" = red flag. Either he wants a girl with no opinions or he has crazy exes (& is probably a bit crazy too) 6. I think it means no dating at all. Like, "Le...

Reposted from Heal Your Life Website Published: March 10, 2010 By Dr. Wayne W. Dyer Be a loving person and you’ll find a loving partner. You must be that which you desire. There’s no point whatsoever in an unloving man or woman bemoaning their inability to find a partner. They’re doomed to endless frustration because they don’t recognize the perfect match when it appears. That loving person could be right there, right now, and their resistance doesn’t allow them to see it. The unloving person continues to blame bad luck or a series of external factors for their not having a loving relationship. Love can only be attracted by and returned by love. The best advice I can give for attracting and maintaining spiritual partnerships, is to be what it is that you are seeking. Most relationships that fail to sustain themselves are based on one or both of the partners feeling as if their freedom has been compromised in some way. Spiritual partnerships, on the other hand, are never about making an...

today's source comes from: http://www.viewonbuddhism.org/attachment.html I am continually struggling with this and sometimes I wonder if I'll ever really learn or get it right. Once you start dating someone, the fires of desire are sparked and it's wonderful. It's so easy to get wrapped up in that and want more. It feels so good and we are so happy, we just want to exist in that state for as long as possible. "Grasping at things can only yield one of two results: Either the thing you are grasping at disappears, or you yourself disappear. It is only a matter of which occurs first." Goenka I've come to realize that becoming attached to someone happens so quietly and subtly that sometimes we don't really even realize it's happened, until the object of our attachment is suddenly gone. It happens in my mind ever so slowly... at first it feels under control and at some point, the idea of that someone you're attached to takes on a life of its own. ...

some days i just can't express in concrete thought the abstract flow of my mind, so i let a poet like e.e. cummings do it for me: since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a better fate than wisdom lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry --the best gesture of my brain is less than your eyelids' flutter which says we are for each other: then laugh, leaning back in my arms for life's not a paragraph And death i think is no parenthesis ~ e.e. cummings

Which I'm blogging so I don't forget and can keep coming back to my new mantra from the amazing @cupcakemafia : Firstly there's this pearl: "Never ever be with a man who says "I don't want to hurt you" It means that a. they have a track record of hurting women & b. they probably already have forseen how they will hurt you" NEVER thought of this before but it's sooooooo true! and I have the history to prove it. then some more observations she had on my patterns in relationships: "I think we may have discovered why you get so wrecked during break ups. It's not just losing a loved one; you have a history of these broken wing birds that you want to nurture. So the end of the relationship is not just a romantic dissolution but almost feels like you failed at saving them. I know because I have been there. I used to stick it out in relationship until it got super ugly or I was just a mess because I hate failing." Just give yourself a ...

A saying by Mahatma Gandhi: "The need of the moment is not one religion, but mutual respect and tolerance of the devotees of the different religions." after all, isn't that intolerance and disrespect the reason for many wars? what makes you so sure YOU'RE right? love is my religion and it includes EVERYONE.