Monday, August 29, 2016
The Life of a Child
Marc and Jacob
These two little guys were inseparable when they were small and
yes they really were
" Best Buddies "
yes they really were
" Best Buddies "
The Gerber Family
The Gerbers are a very active family that live in San Diego, Ca. and enjoy all kind of sports and outdoor activities! They are blessed to live in a climate where the weather is near perfect all year round. Christopher, Angela , Finn and Scout enjoying a fun day together.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
The Roller Coaster of Life!
In the roller coaster of life there are ups and downs ....
Slow starts, unexpected turns and abrupt stops..
Frightening heights and breathtaking views.
Sometime you Scream,
Sometimes you Laugh
Sometimes you Cry
Sometimes you close your eyes and
throw your hands up in the air!!
Now tell me who wants to ride that thing alone?
Slow starts, unexpected turns and abrupt stops..
Frightening heights and breathtaking views.
Sometime you Scream,
Sometimes you Laugh
Sometimes you Cry
Sometimes you close your eyes and
throw your hands up in the air!!
Now tell me who wants to ride that thing alone?
They grew up!
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
WHEN IS IT ENOUGH?
The secret of life is to know when
enough is enough!!
This was my father's favorite saying in his final years, and one of the last thing he said to me before he died
"I was contemplating selling my house and moving" he said. It was kind of ironic, since there he was, a family doctor for forty years, gasping and wheezing over the phone, barely able to speak, dying from smoking too much. But the fact that he learned the lesson late doesn't negate the truth. And it goes straight to the heart of the issue of gratitude; namely, that gratitude makes us feel like we have enough, whereas ingratitude leaves us in a state of deprivation
in which we are always looking for something else.
"the gratitude attitude"
"Gratitude has to do with feeling full, complete, adequate - we have everything we need / we approach the world with a sense of value."
Addictions of all sorts come from a sense of deprivation, a feeling of lack that we believe can be filled with a substance or activity, whether it's drugs, shopping, alcohol or food. Caught up but never feel truly satisfied because our substance of choice can't fill the lack.
Consequently we want more and more.
Our society owes its very existence to its ability to fuel a sense of never being satisfied. If we were happy about the way we looked, for example, why would we spend billions on cosmetics and plastic surgery? Or on expensive cars that supposedly convey a image.
An attitude of gratitude gets
us out of the rat race!
As we cultivate a true and deep appreciation for what we do have, we realize that the sense or lack of is for the most part, an illusion. No matter our gain of material circumstances, the richness of our soul is ultimately what brings happiness, not another car, Martini, bigger breasts, or the latest video game.
In the words of Lao Tzu,
"He who knows enough is enough will always have enough!"
I loved article and its so true!
enough is enough!!
This was my father's favorite saying in his final years, and one of the last thing he said to me before he died
"I was contemplating selling my house and moving" he said. It was kind of ironic, since there he was, a family doctor for forty years, gasping and wheezing over the phone, barely able to speak, dying from smoking too much. But the fact that he learned the lesson late doesn't negate the truth. And it goes straight to the heart of the issue of gratitude; namely, that gratitude makes us feel like we have enough, whereas ingratitude leaves us in a state of deprivation
in which we are always looking for something else.
"the gratitude attitude"
"Gratitude has to do with feeling full, complete, adequate - we have everything we need / we approach the world with a sense of value."
Addictions of all sorts come from a sense of deprivation, a feeling of lack that we believe can be filled with a substance or activity, whether it's drugs, shopping, alcohol or food. Caught up but never feel truly satisfied because our substance of choice can't fill the lack.
Consequently we want more and more.
Our society owes its very existence to its ability to fuel a sense of never being satisfied. If we were happy about the way we looked, for example, why would we spend billions on cosmetics and plastic surgery? Or on expensive cars that supposedly convey a image.
An attitude of gratitude gets
us out of the rat race!
As we cultivate a true and deep appreciation for what we do have, we realize that the sense or lack of is for the most part, an illusion. No matter our gain of material circumstances, the richness of our soul is ultimately what brings happiness, not another car, Martini, bigger breasts, or the latest video game.
In the words of Lao Tzu,
"He who knows enough is enough will always have enough!"
I loved article and its so true!
Monday, August 22, 2016
One of dad's favorite pictures and verse!
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Its sung as a Beautiful song also!
So Funny!
Will try to get it in bigger so its easy to read.
Maybe so, Maybe not
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
--Helen Keller
Very often, when an event takes place that everybody thinks is good luck, the end results are disastrous. In the same way, an unlucky event can bring about happiness. Therefore, you should not lose your will to continue if an unlucky event happens, nor should you be too overjoyed or feel too self-satisfied because of a lucky event, or because something that you desire comes very easily to you.
Maybe so, Maybe not. We’ll see.
A Chinese ProverbA farmer and his son had a beloved stallion who helped the family earn a living. One day, the horse ran away and their neighbors exclaimed, “Your horse ran away, what terrible luck!” The farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not. We’ll see.”
A few days later, the horse returned home, leading a few wild mares back to the farm as well. The neighbors shouted out, “Your horse has returned, and brought several horses home with him. What great luck!” The farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not. We’ll see.”
Later that week, the farmer’s son was trying to break one of the mares and she threw him to the ground, breaking his leg. The villagers cried, “Your son broke his leg, what terrible luck!” The farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not. We’ll see.”
A few weeks later, soldiers from the national army marched through town, recruiting all the able-bodied boys for the army. They did not take the farmer’s son, still recovering from his injury. Friends shouted, “Your boy is spared, what tremendous luck!” To which the farmer replied, “Maybe so, maybe not. We’ll see.”
The moral of this story, is, of course, that no event, in and of itself, can truly be judged as good or bad, lucky or unlucky, fortunate or unfortunate, but that only time will tell the whole story.
Every event is part of a larger whole. The meaning and nature of any event, what is judged to be "good" or "bad," is only relative to the changing circumstances and conditions surrounding it. How often do we take into consideration the "Whole" picture?
Fundamentally, people become stuck or stagnant by closing down their hearts, ceasing to listen to their deepest creative evolutionary potential for guidance. Often people learn to resist change by utilizing the intellect, will power, and ego, trying to control, suppress/repress, and manipulate their minds.
Human beings change and evolve by emptying the mind and opening the heart – When the heart leads that takes into consideration a greater *REALITY*
This classic story of the farmer's son is not one of passivity, but rather about how to be free from (unattached to) the limited results of logical efforts – conditional happiness and unhappiness ... which is when obstructed vision ,see only the small picture .
In the everyday scheme of things, we organize and plan our life on strategies centered upon secondary causes and events, but how often do we take into consideration the larger picture.
When it comes to emotional situations, we try to create ideal situations. but how often do we know the cause of happiness and unhappiness. The normal discursive mind is constantly chattering, maneuvering, craving, thinking and planning while trying desperately to obtain what we want/avoid what we do not like. But no matter what we do, we can't control our future that way, because there are too many factors.
We do what we have to do to live our everyday lives, but we should not be attached to the outcome, or spend so much time and emotion on controlling a future that can't be controlled. Do your best, and leave the rest to the multiverse – consult with it as often as you can, rather than the intellect or Cartesian brain (frontal cortex). Wise men and women are not attached to results, but rather live beyond time in the eternal present! That is here they move from, abide, and live. Whether the result of our actions is negative or positive, we have to let it go and move on. The essential point is to let the light that illumines the mind flow through us and guide our way. Then we can treat each moment, each situation, as a new beginning. Then, we will be "seeing", hearing, sensing, and feeling from a deeper more open space -- with and from our hearts, so to speak.
The best that we can do, is to do our very best -- to act from that vast space of great happiness and spread/reflect that as best we can. Always do your best in loving happiness! That feels best!
May Good Fortune be Yours! May All of us be Happy and live in the present!
Donna and our two BIG finds at a thrift store...
Dottie's find........The Big " S "
Sunday, August 21, 2016
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Donna's Flower's
pollinate from flower to flower. A beautiful sight!!
Andre the Seal
This was the most heartfelt documentary true life story I have seen in along time. Jen and I cryed ....it was that emotional!Dad found this and guess it touched his heart and said you gals might like this....wow was he ever right!
What a bond Harry had with this little baby seal from the very moment he layed eyes on him and for 25 yrs. it never changed!
Harry Goodridge found Andre near Robinson’s Rock in Maine.... a place where seals would often go and haul ashore at low tide to lie in the sun. At the time Andre was swimming alone, and Goodridge figured he had been abandoned by his mother. They looked at each other, Goodridge told Lew Dietz in the book “A Seal Called Andre,” and something totally unexpected happened.
“Instead of submerging, the pup just swam directly toward the boat. Harry swooped down with his net and swung the orphan aboard,” Goodridge said in the book.
“Even as I changed a wild seal’s life by deliverance, so he changed mine. Certainly life has not been the same for either of us since.”
Oh how I loved this story!!
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