Friday, March 30, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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Monday, March 12, 2012
The Journey Awaits
The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.
Have you ever been on a cruise or looked at one of their brochures? I have been fortunate enough to experience the wonderful journey a cruise can offer. The ships are so magnificently crafted, sculpted for movement, comfort, efficiency, and maximizing the full experience of the trip.
You begin your journey when the ship leaves the dock and moves forward towards its destination. Along the way there is so much happening. There are so many opportunities you can experience and participate in. A romantic stroll along the deck as you look outward to the seemingly endless sea, or maybe you want to go splash around the pool, or maybe enjoy some of the fine food available to you, or maybe you’ll join in some of the dancing and partying going on around you, or maybe it’s evening and you feel like sitting on the balcony and looking out to the splendid moon and clear starlit sky.
There’s so much for you to experience and enjoy from the moment the trip starts that before you know it, you’ve connected to another dock along the way. Perhaps it’s a pristine beach of white sand and breathtakingly beautiful water. Perhaps it’s a tropical paradise with tall trees and lush greens that house exotic and precious animals. Perhaps it’s a mystical location with a spiritual history and engineering wonder that you couldn’t really understand or appreciate until you’ve seen it with your own eyes.
There is so much that happens when this journey begins. From the moment the ship leaves the dock until the time the ship returns to its home dock, the blessings, opportunities, nourishment, love, laughter, entertainment, and experiences are abundant and immeasurable. By the end of the trip, you are sure to be happily exhausted from enjoying all the journey had to offer. You can go home content that you lived and experienced the journey to the max.
I tell you all of this because it’s important to note one thing; One thing that can make or break the trip; One thing that can make or break YOUR journey.
I want you all to understand that NONE of this could happen, not one of those magical experiences could happen if the ship didn’t first LET GO of the dock.
How many of you are still holding on to the dock? Holding the dock of yesterday, the divorce, the bankruptcy, the pink slip, the betrayal, the separation, the insecurity, the abuse, the fear, etc…
LET GO! What are you waiting for? The journey, all the magic, all the romance, all the beauty, all the love, all of the blessings, and all of the sights and sounds of this amazing trip through life are here for you NOW. Free yourself from the dock. It’s not holding you, you’re holding it – let go now! Today is a new day! It’s your day. Enjoy the trip!
©Steve Maraboli
Life, the Truth, and Being Free pg. 113
Have you ever been on a cruise or looked at one of their brochures? I have been fortunate enough to experience the wonderful journey a cruise can offer. The ships are so magnificently crafted, sculpted for movement, comfort, efficiency, and maximizing the full experience of the trip.
You begin your journey when the ship leaves the dock and moves forward towards its destination. Along the way there is so much happening. There are so many opportunities you can experience and participate in. A romantic stroll along the deck as you look outward to the seemingly endless sea, or maybe you want to go splash around the pool, or maybe enjoy some of the fine food available to you, or maybe you’ll join in some of the dancing and partying going on around you, or maybe it’s evening and you feel like sitting on the balcony and looking out to the splendid moon and clear starlit sky.
There’s so much for you to experience and enjoy from the moment the trip starts that before you know it, you’ve connected to another dock along the way. Perhaps it’s a pristine beach of white sand and breathtakingly beautiful water. Perhaps it’s a tropical paradise with tall trees and lush greens that house exotic and precious animals. Perhaps it’s a mystical location with a spiritual history and engineering wonder that you couldn’t really understand or appreciate until you’ve seen it with your own eyes.
There is so much that happens when this journey begins. From the moment the ship leaves the dock until the time the ship returns to its home dock, the blessings, opportunities, nourishment, love, laughter, entertainment, and experiences are abundant and immeasurable. By the end of the trip, you are sure to be happily exhausted from enjoying all the journey had to offer. You can go home content that you lived and experienced the journey to the max.
I tell you all of this because it’s important to note one thing; One thing that can make or break the trip; One thing that can make or break YOUR journey.
I want you all to understand that NONE of this could happen, not one of those magical experiences could happen if the ship didn’t first LET GO of the dock.
How many of you are still holding on to the dock? Holding the dock of yesterday, the divorce, the bankruptcy, the pink slip, the betrayal, the separation, the insecurity, the abuse, the fear, etc…
LET GO! What are you waiting for? The journey, all the magic, all the romance, all the beauty, all the love, all of the blessings, and all of the sights and sounds of this amazing trip through life are here for you NOW. Free yourself from the dock. It’s not holding you, you’re holding it – let go now! Today is a new day! It’s your day. Enjoy the trip!
©Steve Maraboli
Life, the Truth, and Being Free pg. 113
Friday, March 9, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Cultivate Love and Compassion
In this busy world we should never be a stranger to love and compassion. It is the fertile soil in the garden of peace. We must welcome them into our hearts and teach them in our homes. Love and compassion must be cultivated and nurtured like the most precious of our possessions.
Let them embrace all you do. Let them flow like a timeless melody. Embrace love and compassion with all your spirit. Understand that they never hurt or offend, they just heal and empower.
It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in our world. It is only those two blessed things that can begin to heal all the broken hearts.
Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create more smiles in our world today. Smiles, after all, pave the way to a happy world.
A smile can touch a person’s life in ways you can never imagine. It’s infectious and can cause a chain reaction. It can be memorable to someone you pass on the street or the mall or even driving. It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime. We should all smile more often.
So give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.
We need to cultivate true love and compassion.
Remember:
If love is defensive – it’s not love.
If love is offensive – it’s not love.
Love is pure, kind, and compassionate.
Let’s begin today.
©Steve Maraboli
Life, the Truth, and Being Free pg. 117
Let them embrace all you do. Let them flow like a timeless melody. Embrace love and compassion with all your spirit. Understand that they never hurt or offend, they just heal and empower.
It is only with true love and compassion that we can begin to mend what is broken in our world. It is only those two blessed things that can begin to heal all the broken hearts.
Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create more smiles in our world today. Smiles, after all, pave the way to a happy world.
A smile can touch a person’s life in ways you can never imagine. It’s infectious and can cause a chain reaction. It can be memorable to someone you pass on the street or the mall or even driving. It only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet to someone that needed it, it can last a lifetime. We should all smile more often.
So give freely to the world these gifts of love and compassion. Do not concern yourself with how much you receive in return, just know in your heart it will be returned.
We need to cultivate true love and compassion.
Remember:
If love is defensive – it’s not love.
If love is offensive – it’s not love.
Love is pure, kind, and compassionate.
Let’s begin today.
©Steve Maraboli
Life, the Truth, and Being Free pg. 117
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