Thoughts of the day

Since this blog is not only dedicated to healthy, mindful, and balanced eating, but to living an overall healthy, mindful, and balanced life as well, I thought I'd share with you some random tidbits of wisdom that I happened to come across today. Some are quotes, some are pictures, and others are thoughts I conjured up while walking to and from work, class, and the gym.

I think it's important to never assume we know everything. Every single day, there are new discoveries to be made, especially where we least expect them. If we view life as a series of lessons, it appears that we're always learning and growing. Humans are like students, and our life's coursework is determined by the choices we make. Life is a series of decisions. Dwelling on the too-far-ahead or the too-far-behind only distracts us from the millions of forks in the road that we unknowingly encounter hour by hour.

For me, baking and cooking bring my full attention to the present moment. It's such an adventure for me because I hate following recipes. Every single time I make something, it turns out different than the time before. And I don't make the same thing many times over. The discoveries I make and the lessons I learn in the kitchen keep me sane.

Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. - Margaret Young

from Oh She Glows this morning

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. -Sam Keen

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own; if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being a human. -Oriah Mountain Dreamer

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living. -Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Comments

[Marly]

What a beautiful post - and so true! I love the pic too!