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New Moon Meditation |
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Are you in the Calgary area?
Stacey Nealon of Life Balance, is hosting a meditation night.
"Come join in for my first monthly Meditation Night.
Our meditation night falls on the night of the new moon,it is all about intention and manifestation of all the good things we desire!
We will have open discussion about a variety of topics, as well as go through some guided meditations to relax and balance our energy.
Come join in to spend a night with like minded individuals!
Cost is by donation and can come in the form of snacks for the group.
If you would like to bring any friends along please do just let me know ahead of time!"
If you are interested contact Stacey
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By virtue of its name, Peaceful Ponderings, the intention of this e-zine is to pose questions, evoke thought, and give you points to ponder. I would like to include ideas from some of you. What is giving you pause? I have a few gifts to give away to those who are willing to share! Send me an email with a thought, a quote, an article you wrote...
I have some exciting things planned for this year!
I may be looking to take a group to Peru next year. Ever wanted to be part of a Spiritual Retreat to ancient lands? Let me know if you think you might be interested Barbara@PeacefulSpirit.ca
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Do you have a blog or a facebook group? I'd love to see how you are sharing your light with the world!
Add me as a friend on facebook or... if you are on Twitter find me @PeacefulSpirit or of course you can email me at
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Peaceful Ponderings
August, 2009 |
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Choosing Happiness - Finding Peace
On average children laugh 400 times per day and adults only laugh 15 times per day. I don't know the source of this statistic or its accuracy but, I believe it is probably true. Like me, you probably know many adults who would be very hard pressed to come anywhere near 15 laughs per day.
What does the number of times we laugh in a day indicate? Happiness, joy, humour? Finding happiness and joy in your day, having a sense of humour about the events surrounding you, and sharing these with others is how many would describe being happy.
Did you know that there are over 255 studies that have shown that individuals, who describe themselves as innately happy, earn on average $750,000 more in a lifetime than those who describe themselves as unhappy?
Like any other habit if you start doing what you can, in this moment, you move steadily closer to your goal.
What would choosing happiness help you to create in your year - in your life?
Take a moment to brainstorm ways to increase your happiness quotient each day. Some suggestions are:
· identify the friends and colleagues you have that make you laugh and make a conscious effort to spend more time around them (and perhaps less time with those who have the opposite effect)
· watch children and learn from their carefree, unreserved
· be open to laughing at yourself
· watch movies that make you laugh
· remember the activities you loved as a child and rekindle a forgotten pastime
· SMILE, the act of smiling actually changes your brain chemistry
Sometimes what gets in the way of our happiness is taking the world too seriously.
I recently made my way to a blog and this was the subheading
"I don't try to offend people on purpose, but it seems to happen quite often. First of all, I'm sorry. Second of all, get over it. I doubt my opinion really matters, but if it does, I'm always open to listening to reason. Of course if you were reasonable, my blog probably wouldn't upset you." http://becuzican.blogspot.com/
It made me chuckle... isn't it true? Why do we so often get upset about things that really do not matter a whole lot? Is it going to be remembered 10 years from now? (Or even 10 hours from now?) Is it going to change the way your life turns out? Even if the answer is yes to these questions is being upset going to make it better? Probably not. If you feel the situation deserves your time and energy, would coming up with a way to create a positive change improve your outlook? Perhaps... and may even up your happiness quotient at the same time!
Happiness really is a choice albeit sometimes an easier choice than other times... yet still a choice.
"Everything is material for the seed of happiness, if you look into it with inquisitiveness and curiosity. The future is completely open, and we are writing it moment to moment. There always is the potential to create an environment of blame or one that is conducive to loving-kindness." Pema Chodron
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I recently joined a worldwide giving movement called 29 Gifts--there are several thousand others involved in 38 different countries. We are raising our collective voices to revive the giving spirit in the world and I hope you'll join us. Our community has accomplished so much in just one year:
� We helped California 29 Gifts member Elysia Skye fund a much needed cancer-related surgery
� We sent Mbali Creazzo, our 29 Gifts Spiritual Advisor, on a humanitarian singing tour in South Africa, where she and her choir performed privately for Nelson Mandela and raised funds for lots of worthy causes
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� We helped Charity Water build a well that will provide clean drinking water for an African village for decades to come.
I believe there is strength in numbers, so we want to have 29,000 committed 29Givers on board by 9/29/09, which is why I hope you'll say "YES" and join with me to offer your own gifts to the world. This means we need to inspire 25,000 more people to sign up for our 29-Day Giving Challenge in just three months!
The Challenge is so simple. Just sign up at http://www.29Gifts.org and commit to give away 29 gifts in 29 days. Your 29 Gifts can be anything given to anyone... money, food, old sweaters, smiles, your time, kind words, positive thoughts, prayers...
WHY SHOULD YOU DO THIS? To inspire more generosity on our planet. Because to see our world change, we have to do something to change our world. Plus, the best way to attract abundance into your own life is to be in a perpetual state of giving and gratitude.
Visit http://www.29Gifts.org today and sign up to start your giving!
Thanks!
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Abundant Blessings: In this spot each newsletter I will feature a website I feel is worth checking out. They will be sites where you can share your abundant blessings. As we share our gifts with the world, our lives are enriched. This week you might want to check out how you can make a difference through 29 Gifts |
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