Kick Back and Relax

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.
- Sydney Harris

If your home is not a place where you can truly
kick-back and be yourself - both physically and emotionally -
consider making some changes in your way-of-life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability
to choose one thought over another.
- William James

There are days to take on the troubles of the world,
and there are days to kick back and be grateful for your own blessings.

Today's Affirmation:
Slowly and Deeply, I Inhale a Calming Breath.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further readings: 12 Ways to De-Stress Your Life

Daily Renewal

Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

Smell the Flowers

Take Time

Rest and Relax
     

Inner Life - Outer Life

The outer conditions of a person's life will always
be found to reflect their inner beliefs.
- James Lane Allen

It is those who have a deep and real inner life
who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
- Evelyn Underhill

Begin with your own inner peace.
Then use that inner peace
as a platform from which
to approach the outer world
with perspective, understanding, and patience.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances
but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.
- Joy Page

We're so engaged in doing things
to achieve purposes of outer value
that we forget the inner value,
the rapture that is associated
with being alive, is what it is all about.
- Joseph Campbell

Further reading: What Really Matters

Master of My Emotions

Your Attitude is Your Window

Mastering Time

Renewal

Life Really Is Good

Eyes on the Heavens

Life is an adventure.
I can only wonder what treasure
awaits at the top of the path.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The journey between what you once were
and who you are now becoming
is where the dance of Life really takes place.
- Barbara De Angelis

Come dress yourself in love, let the journey begin.
- Francesca da Rimini

Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.
- Peace Pilgrim

Trust your own inner guidance.
Have faith that your steps are
carrying you toward your dreams.
Keep your eyes on the heavens
and believe that your feet will carry you well.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: An Unknowable Future

Trust the Flow

Wander, but Not Aimlessly

Trust in the Light

Blaze Your Own Trail

Enjoy the Journey

It is good to have an end to journey towards;
but it is the journey that matters in the end.
- Ursula K. Le Guin

Look deep into nature, and then
you will understand everything better.
- Albert Einstein

The journey between what you once were
and who you are now becoming
is where the dance of Life really takes place.
- Barbara De Angelis

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward
is to move toward perfection.
March on, and fear not the thorns,
or the sharp stones on life's path.
- Khalil Gibran

Life is a Journey - Enjoy the Journey.
Life is not a race to test
who can finish first or who can end up with the most loot.
Rather, life is best enjoyed as a meander -
watching the view to left and right - above and below -
as the days slowly move past in dress review.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: The Secret of Happiness

Choosing to Love Life

Be Flexible

Simple Pleasures

Traveler

Loving Life

Travel

Enjoy Life

Goal

Life Purpose

Be Prepared

Today's message comes from page 190 of Simply An Inspired Life: Consciously Choosing Unbounded Happiness in Good Times and Bad with permission of my publisher Conari Press...

“Be Prepared.”
“Be prepared for what?”
“Why, for any old thing.” said Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting.
[as quoted in the Boy Scout Handbook]

For Baden-Powell, the motto, “Be Prepared,” meant more than just being ready for emergencies, it meant being ready for all challenges to mind and body - meeting all of life’s struggles with courage - happily and without regret - having done your best.

Pretty smart, those scouts. The motto of the Boy Scouts, could profitably be a way of life for all of us.

Further reading: Eight Points of An Inspired Life - Keys to Happiness

Mark Twain quote: Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ...

Eleanor Roosevelt quote: The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

I create Today as a celebration of my life - jlh