One four four zero

Every day, every day is a beautiful day
Every day, every day ...

A day counts 1440 minutes
Millions of things can happen in a day
Millions of thoughts will cross our minds
Millions of good deeds can be done
Millions of inspiring words can be spoken

Isn't it a pity that all too often,
we let full days just pass by,
just pass by.

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But tomorrow, I do not want the day to just pass by.
I will take 10 minutes to actively look for some beauty:
some beauty in nature, on a picture or even on the net.
I will take 10 minutes to think some nice positive thoughts
actively looking for the good in anyone, in anything
I will take 10 minutes to speak some soft and loving words
speaking some encouraging words a bit of inspiration

I will take 10 minutes to reflect and pray.
to let my heart be grateful and refilled with love
I will have still 1400 minutes left for anything else. 


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Note by author:
Maybe worth to take 10 minutes to read a few essays on good things.
Easily and safely accessible on this link:  https://abcofvirtues.blogspot.com/

Talent

While reading in my "thoughts-collection"-book, I encountered the following amazing quote by Leo Buscaglia: Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

I think this is so inspiring, so motivating.
We each have our own talents.
Do we really know what they are?
Do we really use them for a good cause?

When we manage to use our best talent for a good cause,
we feel so good about it, it makes us feel that we make a difference,
it makes us feel true peace of mind!

Whenever, I read fantastic quotes like this,
they put me in a thinking mood.

The above quote on a wonderful picture, I found on the internet:

Let us all read this quote slowly again,

Let our brains absorb it completely and let

it be a source of inspiration. :)


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Another quote by Leo Buscaglia:

"The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises."

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And wonderful story by the same author, animated on Youtube:
The fall of Frieddie, the leaf 
 

Fire!

A man fell in a septic tank.
He was up to his shoulders in the dirt
No matter how hard he tried, he could not get out.
He called for help but nobody seemed to hear him.

Then he shouted: "Fire, fire, fire!"
A passer-by heard something and called the fire brigade
The fire fighters arrived and searched for fire but found none.
Then they found the man and helped him out.

"Why did you shout fire?" asked the firemen.
If I would have shouted "shit", you would not have come!

Simple joke. I hope it makes you laugh a bit
Laughing is healthy.
Every day, we should at least laugh a bit

Back to gratefulness

All too often we go on and live a busy life
not having, not making any time for reflection.

A good way to start reflecting on our day,
is to think back about what it is that we are most grateful for.
To find and choose what we are truly most grateful for,
we have to go over all the good things and make a choice: what was best.
To relive all the good things of our day, will have an effect on our mood.

Even on the most dreary days,
we tend to see a thing of beauty;
we tend to hear a word of love;
we tend to do an act of kindness.

Our small and big achievements;
our interaction with the world;
a small fact we learned anew;
a mighty tasteful bite;
a bit of friendship;
a caring soul;
a wonderful sky,...

The bench

I am on a holiday in the Black Forest.
Yesterday we made a long walk.
A long walk until my feet hurt, until my legs were really tired.
There were not a lot of benches along the way.
But when a bench appeared in a distance, I knew, I had to stop for a while
just to let my muscles restore for a short while, to let my heart take a bit of extra oxygen.

While my frequent "pit stops" were like a bit of an embarrassment in front of my much fitter and trained family members who had also joined the walk, now I reflected for awhile and became aware that these small stops were the moments of the walk that were most enjoyable part of the walk.

They gave us all some time to truly sit and enjoy to the fullest, the beauty of the surrounding, to truly connect with my family members. Often we tend to get engulfed by the desire to reach the finish,
to prove our own fitness and set down a reasonable time to finish our walk/trip.
If we manage to forget about the performance measures surrounding the walk,
and manage to turn the walk into an adventure to inhale inhale the beauty of the surroundings, it becomes a bit more leisurely, a bit more truly exploring, a bit more memorable, a bit more... It ads a bit to the experience, a bit that is difficult to fully name.