Thought of the day – Page 4

March 1, 2013March 1, 2013

more than our selves

Love and its healing that’s found within its unconditional and nurturing embrace is what we all seek. To be accepted as is and without any condition by another whom we accept in the same way. To Embrace and be embraced with only the other person as our concern. To be selfless and affectionate with the other person as our motive to share love. To find one whom matters more than our selves, to see the kind of love God has given us to share with one another. To see the manifestation of love in the eyes of a child and the wonder within that child’s heart.

The innocence we had lost can be seen in the eyes of the children and our future is within them as well. Children are the seeds of love we have planted and are the saplings we are supposed to nurture. Look to them for the love we have forgotten through the years of exposure to the worlds cold and selfish ways. Only if we could see the world through the eyes we had as children we could see the simple truth that love is the answer as well as the question.

Love and its healing that’s found within its unconditional and nurturing embrace is what we all have within our hearts.

Ray Barbier

February 22, 2013February 22, 2013

Guilt and anger are both heavy weights to bear

Be good to your friends, family and those around you, for you do not know when your time to go will come or theirs. Constantly remind yourself how important your friends and family are so you do not take them for granted. Be kind to others and do it sincerely so when your time comes to go you will be remembered as the great person you are and not for your mistakes. Forgive yourself, and others for guilt and anger are both heavy weights to bear through life. Besides the fact our time on earth is short if not brief, the negative emotions we harbor shortens or lifetime by eating away at the body. Plenty of medical research has been done on the effects of emotions on the human body both positive and negative. Besides what we eat, what we think, say and do can change our physical and our mental health as well. Plus being more of a positive force in the world tends to bring happiness to all involved and that in itself is a reward worth seeking.

We can either be a part of the problem, an unproductive part of society or a part of the solution when it comes to life and its problems. The choice is ours alone which path we follow and how we interact with others on our journey trough life.

Ray Barbier

is love an emotion … (whoisbert.wordpress.com)
Mental Stress in Modern Times (erumsuchistan.wordpress.com)
Anger Management Exercise – 1 Simple Tip To Control Mental Outbreaks Now (lisampippin.wordpress.com)
The danger of guilt (thelundinfamily.com)
What To Do About Fear, Obligation and Guilt (psychologytoday.com)
Our Bodies Have Evolved Over Millions Of Years To Do One Thing: Move (roxcell.wordpress.com)
Animal I Have Become (bumblebeesbooksblog.wordpress.com)
A common problem in love – Passive agressiveness (bondsnbinds.wordpress.com)

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013

Even in cyberspace friendships, love and family can be found and created

Memories of friends both still living and those who moved on to a better place, The lost friends to time and to mortality. To them all I send my thankfulness for having them within my life for the short period they were. I pray for those still living to be happy and at peace with themselves and life. To those who have passed on I pray for their love ones and those they left behind to find the peace they need and for them to be able to cope with their loss.

So many I have known from real life and on the internet in such communities as Active worlds and others have died and did so at such a young age. So many feel pain and hurt from the loss of those wonderful people. Even in cyberspace friendships, love and family can be found and created. God bless those who are still here to feel the loss.

Ray Barbier

How to make a Friend (noahidewomen.com)
Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds ~ Documentary (ascendingstarseed.wordpress.com)
Friendship (momsmissingpeace.wordpress.com)
Hurtling In CyberSpace (infinitesadnessorhope.wordpress.com)

June 16, 2012June 16, 2012

Given the scale of life in the cosmos…

Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a limited time. What greater folly could there be than to spend this short time alone, unhappy or in conflict with our companions? Far better, surely, to use our short time here in living a meaningful life, enriched by our sense of connection with others and being of service to them.

Dalai Lama

A Tiny Blip: Dalai Lama (jharnisch.com)
Selected Quotes and and Inspiring Ted Talk (lifencompass.com)
Thursday Thought – Connection and Service (wemovetogether.me)
Brand ‘to behave’ for Dalai Lama (bbc.co.uk)
The Dalai Lama and the scientists (telegraph.co.uk)
Dalai Lama gives business speech (bbc.co.uk)
prayer ~the dalai lama (pathwriter.wordpress.com)
Dalai Lama at St Paul’s Cathedral: UK was too civil for riots – Daily Mail (dailymail.co.uk)
China suspends ministerial meetings with Britain over Dalai Lama row (telegraph.co.uk)
Arianna Huffington: My Conversation With The Dalai Lama: The Convergence Of Science And Spirituality (Part 2) (VIDEO) (huffingtonpost.com)

November 24, 2010

Blessings, Curses and Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving coming up, I thought I should write about thankfulness. To be thankful for all that you have is to realize that you are blessed even if your life is a mess. Look at me for example, I am 800 miles away from family and friends in several directions and lead a pretty dull life. Yet I am thankful for the family that I still have and for having the friends I do even though they are so far away. Age is catching up to me and my health isn’t as good as I would like I am still generally healthy and thankfully I have awoke to see another day.

Too many of us focus on what is bad or causes us ill in our life way too much and rarely look at the blessings that are in our life. No matter how big or small a blessing may seem they all are equally important and should be equally cherished. Life is way to short not to focus on the blessings we have and defiantly too short to ponder on our curses.

So on this Thanksgiving take a good look at all the things that are blessings in your life and give thanks for them.

Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving

R. Barbier