Trashflower » Quotes http://trashflower.com my exploration, ramblings and happenings Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:58:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 True, Deep Forgiveness http://trashflower.com/2008/09/true-deep-forgiveness/ http://trashflower.com/2008/09/true-deep-forgiveness/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:05:47 +0000 admin http://www.brandicjohnson.com/?p=249 From Yoga Journal’s Daily Insight….

True, deep forgiveness accesses the recognition that all humans, however terrible or hurtful their actions, exist with basic goodness. This realization can transcend into an acknowledgement that we are all intertwined as part of a greater whole, and when we forgive someone else we are forgiving another part of ourselves.

I’ve found myself frustrated a lot lately. Frustrated with the way that others let each other down, the way that they let me down, and the way I let myself and others down as well. And while frustration is not the anger that we typically think of when thinking of forgiveness, the way to release frustration is through aknowlegement and release – aka forgiveness.

Do all people exist with basic goodness? Yes, I believe so. In Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice, Memnoch tells God that the best of life and humanity is our capacity to love. We build communities and families based on love, not on species identification. And we should be saved, in this case by being allowed into Heaven, because of this capacity to love. Akin to that capacity to love, we should embrace our capacity to forgive.

Forgiveness stems from love. When we truly find it in our hearts to give a baseline level of love to all whom are a part of our lives, then we can find a greater place to which we come to forgiveness. The basis for that love the basic goodness. Its a cycle of which we are all a part, and to which we all should contribute. As we forgive others (and ourselves) we open up a greater capacity to love as well.

]]> http://trashflower.com/2008/09/true-deep-forgiveness/feed/ 0 It Applies http://trashflower.com/2008/04/it-applies/ http://trashflower.com/2008/04/it-applies/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:57:33 +0000 admin http://blog.brandicjohnson.com/2008/04/16/it-applies/ I’m selfish, impatient, and a little insecure.
I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times hard to handle…
But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.

~Marilyn Monroe

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- Albert Schweitzer

]]> http://trashflower.com/2008/03/lonliness/feed/ 0 FBL Quote of the Day http://trashflower.com/2007/11/fbl-quote-of-the-day/ http://trashflower.com/2007/11/fbl-quote-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:45:22 +0000 admin http://www.brandicjohnson.com/wordpress/2007/11/06/fbl-quote-of-the-day/ We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. ”

- Helen Keller (1880-1968)

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Let It Go
By T. D. Jakes
There are people who can walk away from you.

And hear me when I tell you this! When people can walk away from you: let them walk. I don’t want you to try to talk another person into staying with you, loving you, calling you, caring about you, coming to see you, staying attached to you. I mean hang up the phone.

When people can walk away from you let them walk. Your destiny is never tied to anybody that left.

The bible said that, they came out from us that it might be made manifest that they were not for us. For had they been of us, no doubt they would have continued with us. [1 John 2:19]

People leave you because they are not joined to you. And if they are not joined to you, you can’t make them stay.

Let them go.

And it doesn’t mean that they are a bad person it just means that their part in the story is over. And you’ve got to know when people’s part in your Story is over so that you don’t keep trying to raise the dead.

You’ve got to know when it’s dead.

You’ve got to know when it’s over. Let me tell you something. I’ve got the Gift of good-bye. It’s the tenth spiritual gift, I believe in good-bye.

It’s not that I’m hateful; it’s that I’m faithful, and I know whatever God Means for me to have He’ll give it to me.

Let them go!!

If you are holding on to something that doesn’t belong to you and was

Never intended for your life, then you need to……

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to past hurts and pains……

LET IT GO!!!

If someone can’t treat you right, love you back, and See your worth…..

LET IT GO!!!

If someone has angered you…

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge……

LET IT GO!!!

If you are involved in a wrong relationship or addiction……

LET IT GO!!!

If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents

LET IT GO!!!

If you have a bad attitude…….

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better……

LET IT GO!!!

If you’re stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him……

LET IT GO!!!

If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship……

LET IT GO!!!

If you keep trying to help someone who won’t even try to help themselves….

LET IT GO!!!

If you’re feeling depressed and stressed………

LET IT GO!!!

If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying “take your hands off of it,” then you need to…..

LET IT GO!!!

Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2007!!!

LET IT GO!!!

Get Right or Get Left.. Think about it, and then,

LET IT GO!!!

“The Battle is the Lord’s!”

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“ At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. ”

- Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)

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- Grantland Rice (1880 – 1954)

]]> http://trashflower.com/2007/10/quote-of-the-day-100207/feed/ 0 Lying to Ourselves http://trashflower.com/2007/09/lying-to-ourselves/ http://trashflower.com/2007/09/lying-to-ourselves/#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:35:45 +0000 admin http://www.brandicjohnson.com/wordpress/2007/09/01/lying-to-ourselves/ “The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we’re afraid. We fear we will not find love, and when we find it we fear we’ll lose it. We fear that if we do not have love we will be unhappy.” ~ Richard Bach

Just an interesting thought. Do we need love, especially romantic love, to be happy?

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I’d like to think that I could. That I’m not so stuck in my ways that when push came to shove that I could do what it took to ensure continued not only survival, but thriving.
Of course, after week 1 of teacher training, I’m not so sure. Making the adjustment to spend my nights and weekends learning sanskrit and learning how to get people into and out of various postures is proving much harder than I anticipated. I really like sleep. And I like watching TV and movies. Heck, I like watering my plants and just reading books. They say that yoga changes you; helps bring you to a calmer, more centered place in your life. I haven’t seen that change yet. Right now I’m just feeling more stress and tension from trying to “get it all done.”
Could I change if the change really mattered?
Yes, I could.
Does this change really matter?
That’s yet to be seen.

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Here are a couple of samples:
“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” -Sir Winston Churchill
“Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.” -Harold Kushner
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” -Mother Theresa

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