A friend of this page sent me this today and I thought it was great…it also reminds me of my own evolution about the word NO, which goes like this:
1) For most of my life I never said NO to anything or anyone, because I didn't know how.
2) Slowly I learned how to say NO to people I didn't like, and to things I did not want to do. This felt for a while like the highest teaching. But there is a higher teaching still…
3) Recently I have learned the hardest lesson of all: How to say NO sometimes to people whom you do love, and to things that you do want to do — based upon a compassionate comprehension of the limitations of your own energies, time and emotional capacity.
Which is to say: Sometimes you must gently refuse even some things which appeal to you, so that you can focus your limited human attention not only on what is important, but on what is possible.
All love,
LG
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Such a beautiful HAPPINESS JAR, all the way from Poland! Thank you for sharing, Agnieszka!
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Dear Liz! After watching your TED talk today, I decided to share my Happy Jar with you. 🙂 You may notice today's contrast between the happy sunny inside and the gloomy rainy outside. Don't we need both to appreciate life? 😉 Outside, you can see the lavender and my favorite flower of all, now in season and blooming in the background – the violet lilac tree.
I have taken up this gratitude practice this year that I had learned from your page and have been placing my happy thoughts in the jar right before bedtime. It gives me a sense of content and appreciation before I fall asleep, which is priceless and I thank you for it! And btw, your TED talk was so much in line with what I have written an hour ago in my journal – it gave me goosebumps and happy tears. We are all so connected at some inexplicable level and the support and motivation we can all give each other without being real world friends is amazing and real, even in the cyberspace. Thank you dear for being you and sharing yourself with us! <3 PS. I am trying to get your original SOAT here to read it exactly as you wrote it – can't wait! 😀 — in <a href="https://ift.tt/1hAJRuD; data-ft="{"tn":"P"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=102173906491082&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3Anull%7D">Czestochowa, Poland</a>.
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I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!
Take a moment to watch this wonderful video about two Dutch grandmothers and their first experience on an airplane.
So beautiful. Made me cry. And made me want to see the world with new eyes…
https://ift.tt/1kppT9j
An & Ria's #First flight – the full film
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I needed some Dolly today. Actually, every day.
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My new TED talk, everyone!
Just released today…enjoy!
https://bit.ly/1k1jnRu
🙂
LG
Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
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Elizabeth Gilbert was once an "unpublished diner waitress," devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failur…
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