Inspirational Short Story, Female Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

Inspirational Short Stories, Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,

the answer is blowin' in the wind.

-- Bob Dylan

A family is like a wind chime; each member hangs in delicate balance with the others.

When a problem develops for one family member, the rest of us often take on roles to try and deal with the situation.

But what happens to our wind chime when we're all pulling and pushing in different directions?

Our balance is lost and we either all clash together or none of our chimes connect at all and there is only painful silence.

If we let go and trust in that spiritual force beyond ourselves, we discover that it is like the wind.

It moves our wind chime gently with a soothing breeze that allows us to relax in our places or move together as the force directs us.

It brings out the beautiful harmonious notes we weren't able to produce ourselves.

Inspirational Short Stories, Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

Never turn down a job because you think it's too small;

you don't know where it can lead.

-- Julia Morgan

Inspirational Short Stories, Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

How short is our vision of where an invitation might take us? Any invitation.

Of one thing we can be certain, it offers an opportunity for making a choice, which means taking responsibility for who we're becoming. Choice-making is growth-enhancing because it strengthens our awareness of personal power.

Our lives unfold in small measures, just as small as they need to be for our personal comfort. It's doubtful that we could handle everything the future has in store, today; however, we will be prepared for it, measure by measure, choice by choice, day by day.

We need not fear; what is meted out to us in the invitations offered is for our benefit. We are on a pathway to goodness.

The thrill of making choices is new to many of us... We'd opted for the passive life, all too often, and we became increasingly aware of, and often depressed by, our self-imposed powerlessness.

Free at last! We are free at last to fully participate in our lives.

Inspirational Short Stories, Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

I will, I will accept myself

With hope and fear and wonder

And what I have joined together

Let no man put asunder.

-- Dory Previn

Inspirational Short Stories, Fantasy Art, Relaxing Music

There is a wonderful freedom in acceptance. When we accept ourselves, with all our imperfections, we can then begin to accept others just as they are.

This is especially exciting when we apply this discovery to our own families. A family is like a bouquet of flowers arranged in a common vase. Each flower is different.

One might be blue, one white, one a rose, one a chrysanthemum. But each adds to the beauty of the whole bouquet and enhances the vase that holds it.

It isn't important that we know why one flower is blue and one white. We don't have to understand how a rose becomes a rose to appreciate the arrangement. We just accept it for what it is.

Acceptance of others does not mean agreement or approval.

How boring if we only accepted those who reflected our own ideas and opinions!

How dull to look upon a bouquet of exactly the same flowers.

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03/01/2014

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Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

Meat Loaf

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Baby we can talk all night

But that ain't gettin us nowhere

I told you everything I possibly can

There's nothing left inside of here

And maybe you can cry all night

But that'll never change the way I feel

The snow is really piling up outside

I wish you wouldn't make me leave here

I poured it on and I poured it out

I tried to show you just how much I care

I'm tired of words and I'm too hoarse to shout

But you've been cold to me so long

I'm crying icicles instead of tears

And all I can do is keep on telling you

I want you, I need you

But-there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach

You'll never drill for oil on a city street

I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks

But there ain't no Coup de Ville hiding at the bottom

of a Cracker Jack box

I can't lie, I can't tell you something I'm not

No matter how I try

I'll never be able to give you something

Something that I just haven't got

There's only one girl I'll ever love

And that was so many years ago

And though I know I'll never get her out of my heart

She never loved me back

Ooh I know

I remember how she left me on a stormy night

She kissed me and got out of our bed

And though I pleaded and I begged her not to walk out that door

She packed her bags and turned right away

And she kept on telling me

She kept on telling me

I want you, I need you

But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad

I want you, I need you

But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad

Now don't be sad

'Cause two out of three ain't bad

Baby we can talk all night

But that ain't getting us nowhere

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