“Flying starts from the ground. The more grounded you are, the higher you fly.” J R Rim (Companion essential oil: Young Living Grounding™) Today’s post is inspired by the sight of a tiny pine bonsai within a simple metal frame drifting in space. It struck me as both vulnerable and brave, both fragile and strong. And [...]
“Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.” Sarah Ban Breathnach (Companion essential oil: Young Living Build Your Dream™) When we talk about building a dream home, it’s ‘big dream stuff’ to allow our minds to go wandering with no budgetary restrictions or telling ourselves [...]
“I'm a simple kind of guy, so I just envision myself being happy.” Jon Huertas (Companion essential oil: Young Living Envision™) We humans love to complicate things, don’t we? With the best of intentions, we can take something simple like envisioning the life we dream of and add so many whistles and bells and conditions that [...]
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.” Eckhart Tolle (Companion essential oil: Young Living Present Time™) Is multi-tasking overrated? The short answer is “Yes.” And there’s a groundswell of support for ditching it faster than you can say, “Twitterfacebookinstagram”. This great article by the [...]
“Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses.” Alphonse Karr (Companion essential oil: Young Living White Angelica™) Have you deleted any friends from your address book lately? According to commonly accepted and championed Theories of Negativity, our attitude, wealth and outlook is heavily swayed by the handful of people we [...]
“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.” Joseph Addison (Companion essential oil: Young Living Hope™) One of my friends says hoping is a waste of time. I think he graduated from the Yoda school of philosophy, where “Do or do not. There is [...]
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.” Benjamin Franklin (Companion essential oil: Young Living En-R-Gee™) Energy and persistence may well conquer all things, but what happens if your get up and go got up and went and all you feel is exhausted and dog-tired to the core? Your idea of persistence might be pulling the bedclothes over [...]
“Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.” Saint-Exupéry (Companion oil: Young Living Inner Child™) De-cluttering is the flavour of the month right now. All the hip people are doing it. Heck, we’re not hip and we’ve advocated it ourselves! It’s liberating and [...]
"A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity… he said, with a twinkle in his eye, 'because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.'” Garson Kanin (Companion oil: Young Living Longevity™) Is longevity still relevant in a throw-away world? I’m just kidding [...]
“If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.” Bishop T D Jakes (Companion oil: Young Living Magnify Your Purpose™) I was talking with a friend the other day who said, “I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.” [...]
