Friday's Purposeful Question

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

“In order to stay awake and be able to create a future that reflects our goals, we need to question the present. We need to question every choice we make and look at the positive or negative consequences of our actions if we are to align our daily actions with our deepest desires.” ~ Debbie Ford, The Right Questions

Author and teacher Byron Katie says that when you question your stressful thoughts, the freedom that comes out of that graces the world for all of us.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your questions. So, what questions are you asking? 

"Look closely at your life. Are you satisfied with the choices you are making? How can you choose more wisely?"

"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question." ~ Decouvertes

It's Your Choice!

"There are two ways to look at life and the world. We can see the good or the bad, the beautiful or the ugly. Both are there, and what we focus on and choose to see is what brings us feelings of joy or feelings of despair." ~ Lloyd Newell

One way to look at life and the world will bring you happiness, peace and joy. The other way will bring sorrow, gloom and doom.

It is all about choice. You have that power – to choose.

You can either choose peace or you can choose this – this, being gloom and doom.

Choose wisely.

Friday's Purposeful Question

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

“In order to stay awake and be able to create a future that reflects our goals, we need to question the present. We need to question every choice we make and look at the positive or negative consequences of our actions if we are to align our daily actions with our deepest desires.” ~ Debbie Ford, The Right Questions

Author and teacher Byron Katie says that when you question your stressful thoughts, the freedom that comes out of that graces the world for all of us.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your questions. So, what questions are you asking? 

"How are you exercising the Power of WE in your life?"

"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question." ~ Decouvertes

Blog Action Day ~ The Power of WE

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead

Founded in 2007, Blog Action Day brings together bloggers from different countries, interests and languages to blog about one important global topic on the same day. Past topics have included water, climate change, poverty and food with thousands of blogs, big and small, taking part. This year, close to 2000 blogs from 108 countries, using 43 different languages, have registered to take part in Blog Action Day.

This year, the theme is the Power of We. The Power of We is a celebration of people working together to make a positive difference in the world, either for their own communities or for people they will never meet half way around he world.

What I particularly love about Blog Action Day is it is the Power of We. Blog Action Day partners with some amazing organizations that are working to create a more peaceful and loving planet. This is the Power of We in action; people and organizations working together to make a positive difference in our world.

Just a few of the organizations are Greenpeace, founded in 1971, a small team of activists sailing from Vancouver, Canada, ignited their vision of a green and peaceful world.

Oxfam, an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty. Oxfam works directly with communities, seeking to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them.

As a child, I thought a heifer was the nickname for an aunt. Then, I found out that every woman my mother was pissed off at was a heifer. Needless to say, Heifer International, founded in 1944 with just one cow, has a mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth.

These organizations, along with the many people who work, fund, and service them, are the Power of We. There are many things that are going on within these and other organizations, but I believe the Power of We begins with awareness. None of these organizations would survive if it were not for people power, "we" power.

So, how can we continue this power of we? Volunteer, donate your time, talent or treasure to any of the organizations that tirelessly work to make a positive and peaceful difference and care for creation.

Just think, almost 2000 blogs posting about the Power of We, calling attention to, raising awareness of, and creating a global shift in our world. Now that is the Power of We.

Blessings of peace,

Friday's Purposeful Question

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

“In order to stay awake and be able to create a future that reflects our goals, we need to question the present. We need to question every choice we make and look at the positive or negative consequences of our actions if we are to align our daily actions with our deepest desires.” ~ Debbie Ford, The Right Questions

Author and teacher Byron Katie says that when you question your stressful thoughts, the freedom that comes out of that graces the world for all of us.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your questions. So, what questions are you asking?

"Which of your friends are toxic and which are nutritious?" 

"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question." ~ Decouvertes

Be A Friend

If you call on your friends only when you need something, you will soon find yourself without friends.

There is a great deal of wisdom in the old saw, “If you want friends, be a friend.” Friendship means giving without expecting anything in return. Busy, successful people are not searching for new friends. If you want to be their friend, you must make the effort to befriend them. Let them know that you are interested in them as people, not in what they can do for you, and you may find that you have made a true and loyal friend.  ~ Napoleon Hill

Friday's Purposeful Question

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Author and teacher Byron Katie says that when you question your stressful thoughts, the freedom that comes out of that graces the world for all of us.

The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your questions. So, what questions are you asking?

"What are you willing to do to create total and full belief in your dreams?"

“You can tell whether a woman is clever by her answers. You can tell whether she is wise by her questions.” ~ attributed to Naguib Mahfouz