Posts from — May 2010

Here is a beautiful, inspirational poem by Rumi:

Like birdsong beginning inside the egg.
Like this universe coming into existence.

The lover wakes, and whirls
in a dancing joy
then kneels down
in praise.

—Rumi

There are essentially two types of travelers in this world. There are those who are consumed by ‘ticking boxes’ and traveling to all the ‘major attractions’ just to say that they’ve been there and done that. Then there are those who truly travel for the experience of traveling and who soak up everything along the way. The real purpose of traveling is not to reach a destination, but to travel.

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A dear friend shared this inspirational video with me. Beautiful horse pictures from the Disney movie “The Young Black Stallion” and touching lyrics from the inspirational song “Together We Are One” performed by Delta Goodrem. Enjoy!

“That’s the story of my life,” said the young woman as she slammed the file on the table and ran out of the meeting. Accustomed to such behavior from her, we resumed without comment. Wherever she went, trouble followed.

“If that’s the story of her life,” I thought, “Then maybe she needs a new story.” On that day, I began thinking about the ways stories teach and form us. Whether we realize it or not, we each have a core of stories we live by. Stories determine the ways we see ourselves and the world, and the principles by which we decide to act. Our internal stories set our intentions, since what we look for, we tend to find. Stories give us purpose and direction. “To tell a story is to construct a life,” wrote Deena Metzger. In other words, we are the stories we tell ourselves.

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Does your past history control your life today? How can you tell if your past is having a negative effect on your life today? Try this: Would you kick a dead horse, then get mad when it would not get up and pull your cart down the road? I don’t think so! But if you’re not achieving the lifestyle you truly desire, it is probable that painful old memories are in control of both your present AND your future.

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In the romanticism of this nation’s early years, the one-room schoolhouse represents ingenuity at its finest. Depicted in the movies as the epicenter of the small, rural communities, this learning environment united the spirits of cooperation, patience, initiative and flexibility. When we step back and look at life in general as a one-room schoolhouse, we see that living and learning together brings out the challenges as well as the possibilities of growing through relationships from the smallest neighborhood to the largest campus in our earthly Academy.

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