Open Your Arms...

"Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values."

The Dalai Lama

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Teach Meditation...

"If every child in the world would be taught meditation, 

we would eliminate violence from the world within one generation."

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The Dalai Lama...

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered...

"Mankind. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present. The result being that he does not live in the present or the future, he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."

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The Greatness of Things...

Step into your Greatness today...

"Take into account that great love 

and great achievements involve great risk."

Dalai Lama

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Time Alone...

"Spend some time alone every day."

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What is Love?

"What is Love? 

Love is the absence of judgement."

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Education of the Heart...

"My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call 'Education of the Heart.' Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when we can take it for granted that children will learn, as part of the curriculum, the indispensability of inner values. Love, compassion, justice, and forgiveness."

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Education of the Heart...

It could change the world.

Much Loves,

Angela.

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A Wonderful Stroke of Luck...

"Remember that not getting what you want 

is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck."

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Today is the Day...

"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow. So today is the right day to love, to believe, to do and mostly, the right day to live."

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Wings and Roots...

"Give the ones you love wings to fly, 

roots to come back and reasons to stay."

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Morning Thoughts...

"Everyday, think as you wake up, 

today I am fortunate to be alive, 

I have a precious human life, 

I am not going to waste it."

Dalai Lama

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Be Kind...

"Be kind whenever possible. 

And it is always possible."

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Once a Year...

"Once a year, go someplace you have never been before."

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And where would you want to go today?

Reading these words, I don't believe it's only about travelling to far away places that one has never been before. Although that's always a journey I love.

I like to think that what the Dalai Lama truly means here, is also the places that are within you, or simply before you. Right where we stand, there is a world to be discovered.

It might just be, going for a walk in your neighbourhood, and of course,walking down a street that you've never walked down before. It might just mean, breaking a habit. Habits aren't always the things we do, it's also the places we go. The same café, ordering the same coffee. The same grocery store, picking up the same foods. Maybe this is a call to simply try something different. Try a different café, taste a different coffee, taste a different tea. Discover a new recipe and and lose the word inconvenient and drive out of your way to the farmer's market. It might just mean, walking into a church you've never been to before. It might just mean, going to the museum you've so often said you'd visit, but have never taken the time to actually make the time. And to not just think about it, but to do it.

It might just mean, taking a different route back home from work. Consciously saying there is a different way.

And the wonder of it all?

When we take the dare, and we take the time. We discover, we explore, we learn... And you never know who you might meet, or what you might see along the way.

Be playful with your journeys. Let your heart navigate you, your instinct and intuition. At every new crossroad, with every question asked while standing in line and you hear the words "What will it be today?"...

Let your heart answer that question for you.

"Once a year, go someplace you have never been before", could soon be, "Every day, do something you haven never done before."

Much Loves,

Angela.
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The Purpose of Life...

"I want to say without hesitation, 

that the purpose of our lives is Happiness."

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Lovers of All Kinds...

"The world does not need more successful people. 

The world desperately needs more peacemakers and healers, restorers 

and storytellers and lovers of all kinds."

Dalai Lama

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Necessities of Life...

"Because we all share this planet Earth, 

we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. 

This is not just a dream, but a necessity."

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Meditation...

"If every child in  the world would be taught meditation, 

we would eliminate violence from the world within one generation."

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Love and Cooking...

"Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon."

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When You Practise Gratefulness...

"When you practise gratefulness, 

there is a sense of great respect towards others."

The Dalai Lama

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Be Gentle with the Earth...

"Be gentle with the Earth."

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