"When I started counting my blessing, my whole life turned around." --Willie Nelson … [Read more...] about In the Words of Willie
On the peaceful side
Working on Finding Those ELVES in Ours-ELVES!
Remembering a conversation I had with another SilverSneaker instructor, I decided to go a step further with the smiling idea, and wanting to find a little more elf in each of our s-elves, I add some laughter therapy into our class yesterday. By simply forcing one good bout of laughter out, the group starting doing the same. Inside of one-minute, many of the 40 or so class … [Read more...] about Working on Finding Those ELVES in Ours-ELVES!
Waterfall–River—Lake
In meditation, remember that thoughts WILL come. As you sit down to meditate (and this could be as simple as just a minute or two of total down-time) consider this mantra: Waterfall-river-lake. As your thoughts begin to flow, let them flow like a waterfall, then a river, then a peaceful lake. YOU control your brain, it does NOT control you. It's OK to think. In fact, it's … [Read more...] about Waterfall–River—Lake
Tied to the Ocean
"It's an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we halve salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or to watch it--we are going back from whence we came." --John. F. Kennedy … [Read more...] about Tied to the Ocean
Enjoy the Day!
Another great one from cousin David's Face Book page...Clearly, we are related! "Enjoy the little things in life... for one day, you'll look back and realize they were the big things." --Robert Brault … [Read more...] about Enjoy the Day!