Season Poem

Hey life,

Sunny Side Livin'

"Look for the silver lining 

Whenever a cloud appears in the blue 

Remember, somewhere the sun is shining 

And so the right thing to do is make it shine for you 

A heart, full of joy and gladness 

Will always banish sadness and strife

So always look for the silver lining 

And try to find the sunny side of life 

So always look for the silver lining 

And try to find the sunny side of life"

TRUST/THANK THE UNIVERSE

If there's something your heart is telling you to do, do it. Don't tell anyone about it. It's your own intimate vision. Just make a plan and GO! Trust yourself and the universe to carry it out and it will happen. 

LIFE IS MEANT TO BE LIVED!

"Doubt is a virus that attacks our self-esteem, productivity and confidence. Faith that you and your life is perfectly unfolding is the strongest vaccine."

Free Your Mind

"Meditation is the art of inturning, focusing, and balancing the forces of your mind to a point of peace and tranquility. In the calmness of the meditative mind, all polarities are harmonized into a stillness, which is the wellspring of mental creativity. Meditation is a way of freeing the mind from past compulsion so that you might be truly "born again"; it is the art of touching the real you, beyond name and form, which is eternal, unchanging, and ever blissful."

- Goswami Kriyananda

Near Death Experiences

This is a link to a full episode of the show 'I Survived... Beyond and Back.' 

People who were legally dead for minutes tell their stories of what they saw and how they felt. It's really interesting to me that although they all have somewhat different experiences, all of them describe feeling so much love, light, warmth, happiness, peace and contentment. One man described his experience as traveling light years in just a few short moments. This is what a woman named Dea said about her experience:

"When that happened to me all the colors just faded away and all the sudden I was out in the cosmos. I saw the stars, I saw the universe, I saw the past, I saw the present and I saw the future all at once. It was like I understood, and it was so beautiful."

Life is meant to be loved. It's our choice when we want to realize this. Why spend your life suffering and worrying, when the inevitable is love? 

Instead of getting lost in life's labyrinth of dramatics, get lost in loving every single moment of your life!

Incase you've forgotten, here are a few simple ways to enjoy your life:

- Sit under trees all day.

- Eat fresh, raw, colorful fruits and vegetables.

- Run around in the rain.

- Swing on swings.

- Laugh.

- Tell yourself you love yourself everyday. (Some people think this is strange, I don't get it.) 

- Tell the people you love that you love them as much as you can.

- Do something nice for someone as much as you can.
- Look at the sky on a clear night.
- Smile at anyone and everyone! You'd be surprised how often strangers will smile back and it's such a beautiful moment when it happens. 

- And for further reminders, pay attention to children. They have no qualms about loving life. 

Wake up, we're in heaven.

City Livin'/Lovin'

"The city becomes a giant novel and suddenly we are omniscient narrators. Standing at this height, it is easy to see the unconscious poetic collaboration between people. Watch how the guy unloading a truck full of eggs is carrying a tray of them into a store where a pregnant woman is working behind the counter. Note how people walking fast need the people who walk slow in order to feel fast. Experience fully the spotlight that the man directing traffic must feel and feel entirely the salaciousness shared between a hot-dog vendor and the hunger of passersby."

-Excerpt from Speedology: Speed On New York On Speed

By: Timothy "Speed" Levitch

Focus, balance.

Remember to be kind and patient with yourself. A tree doesn't grow in a day. Even the smallest effort matters, if it's with good intentions. Don't waste your time with negative thinking of any kind. The next time you catch yourself thinking a negative thought, ask yourself what it's doing for the mood of your day, for the people around you, for your soul?