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Summer solstice tonight – may you all have a sound sleep and beautiful dreams, you all dear friends out there! Blessings to all of you.
Respecting my own journey as well as others. Accompany my own as well as others with Love. Be true to my own as well as towards others. Value my own choice as well as others. Happy and grateful to be on the path I am, wishing myself to fulfill the path my heart is longing for as well as I wish it for each and everyone. Peace be with you all, dear friends.
With tenderness and Love.
As a child, I loved the beech tree close by, it allowed to climb into it, to sit there for a while, feeling it´s strong stem and branches to hold me and give shelter when I was feeling lonely, comforting me so that peace returned. I feel they are most beautiful in all their variety, standing firm, life-giving friends of all colors and shapes. Through their green foliage collecting rays of the sun, they are transforming light into breath, and so enabling life for all living beings. They give ...
As a child, I loved the beech tree close by, it allowed to climb into it, to sit there for a while, feeling it´s strong stem and branches to hold me and give shelter when I was feeling lonely, comforting me so that peace returned. I feel they are most beautiful in all their variety, standing firm, life-giving friends of all colors and shapes. Through their green foliage collecting rays of the sun, they are transforming light into breath, and so enabling life for all living beings. They give home to the birds and shelter for the deer, nourishment for the mushrooms and solace for all. They are interconnected through their roots, communicating with all of life. How alive, and how utterly beautiful.
Countless fellow people, who all do what they do on a daily basis to contribute to the well being of others. All who look after the seeds to sprout. To all of you, I give my deep thanks. To all who work in the fields and on farms so that food, bread, water, electricity, heating, transportation is available so freely. But also all the teachers, spirits, elders who came before and offered their wisdom so that we may use their gifts offered for creating a world where all love to live in. It is w...
Countless fellow people, who all do what they do on a daily basis to contribute to the well being of others. All who look after the seeds to sprout. To all of you, I give my deep thanks. To all who work in the fields and on farms so that food, bread, water, electricity, heating, transportation is available so freely. But also all the teachers, spirits, elders who came before and offered their wisdom so that we may use their gifts offered for creating a world where all love to live in. It is work in progress to do better than before. The ones who offered hope in dark times have helped me a lot, and probably most of them I never have met. They have sent out hope into the world in manifold ways, through wise books, prayers, podcasts, arts, light, thoughts, giving rise to not to give up but to transform what needs to be transformed, beginning within me in order to help creating a world of Love and Peace for all living beings.
Do and be kind, be grateful for any teaching, anything happening is as it is, and probably as it needs to be. Let go of expectations. Grateful anyway. Not easy at all sometimes. Always beginning anew. Don´t lose hope. It will work out well.
This moment. I can only hope, this moment to be just in time. I was deeply grateful the moment before. Hope. Hope to be able to be in time still. I hope. And am grateful for all in this moment also🙏
Seeing my friends being happy and well after a relaxing and recovering break from all routines; the delight when perceiving the roses and other beautiful flowers and the delicate fragrance they gently release into the world; when listening to music played or sung together inspired by the heart.
For me, when taking this thought seriously and discarding my first controlled and thoughtful reply from behind my safe protecting shield, it would break my armor of anaesthesia towards all the painful I perceive which I carry with me. This question allows that then at least, I can give a wake up- call, saying to my fellow people through whatever channel available “Dream! and dream big! please, I beg you, go for Love and Peace, no matter what – it really is the only thing that counts...
For me, when taking this thought seriously and discarding my first controlled and thoughtful reply from behind my safe protecting shield, it would break my armor of anaesthesia towards all the painful I perceive which I carry with me. This question allows that then at least, I can give a wake up- call, saying to my fellow people through whatever channel available “Dream! and dream big! please, I beg you, go for Love and Peace, no matter what – it really is the only thing that counts for each and everyone on Earth, it counts heartbreakingly! it makes all the difference, Wake up please! Go and embrace your neighbor, speak softly to your child, give a tender kiss to your wife, your husband, your partner, please do care for your sisters and brothers. It is so easy what we all seem to have forgotten and which would make this world a thriving, warm and peaceful home for all. and (like it is expressed in the word for the day today) – we have only one life, only one planet to live on, it´s one!
That through your feet on this one square foot, we all can sense our being interconnected. In a meditation given by Jack Kornfield, he inspired the imaging of sensing the roots going down into the earth and branching out widely like the mushroom mesh finding and communicating with each other and the roots of trees and all other plants and living beings on earth being interwoven in fact. In meditation through our feet right wherever we are, we can become aware of it. Amazing!
Thank you, dear Hermann-Josef for your inspiration. May you have a beautiful weekend and be blessed ✨
Yes, dear Holly, they are absolutely beautiful!
Dear Christine, if I may ask, is this true??
Dear KC, this beautiful meditation is a gift and part of the currently almost finishing e-course here at Gratefulness.org, so if you would like to listen to it, it might be a way to ask the Gratefulness team here to send you the link, as I feel it is not me to do so, not being in charge. May be this meditation is available also in the net freely, but this I don´t know. But I am sure if you ask the team here, you will find out if they can possibly send you the link. Hope this helps.
missing her, too, her last post was telling about good progress in recovery, hopefully this went on fine for her. Our prayers for healing are with you, dear Mary. Wishing all a lovely day full of sunshine.
Thank you, dear Diane, for your warm friendship and the reminder of the guiding Truth. Yes, and with all my appreciation, sending heartfelt greetings and blessings to you.
Dear Mica, thank you for all your precious contributions at this evening and for your immediate presence to the story-stuff. You helped me so much to find my way out of this hole of old personal story of which the sticky threads hopefully will be cut so that it all might have a pale, peaceful place of memory in the cupboard of soul´s collections. – later after pondering, I would like to alter this particular sentence: Something to alter… so that things become pale …. is not a good ...
Dear Mica, thank you for all your precious contributions at this evening and for your immediate presence to the story-stuff. You helped me so much to find my way out of this hole of old personal story of which the sticky threads hopefully will be cut so that it all might have a pale, peaceful place of memory in the cupboard of soul´s collections. – later after pondering, I would like to alter this particular sentence: Something to alter… so that things become pale …. is not a good idea. So far I used this image, which I will not any more. The thing is to see and realize that what troubled me is not existing. So simple as that.
Yours and the friendship of all of our dear friends here helped me so much again. You all build trust, and confidence to let go of old stories in all of us, which is so freeing and helps making space for more ideas to contribute to the whole all together. May you have a wonderful day also, dear friend. Thank you dearly, and many blessings to you. 🙏💗🙇
Thank you dearly, dear Pilgrim, for your kindness and care. With a big hug to you, and may you be blessed, dear Pilgrim, sending you heartfelt greetings. Ose
Thank you so much for your kind and heartfelt words, soothing me, the beautiful flowers (a hibiscus?) and for all your presence here in the Lounge. It is a precious gift to all of us. May you have a lovely day, dear friend. Blessings.
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