Nourishing Nibbles
#NourishingNibbles centers on getting back in touch with your oldest friend – YOU! This offering features a mix of intimate views from the lives of people who are thriving, expanding boundaries, and exploring the power of gratitude and appreciation.
The Buddha
"A day spent judging another is a painful day. A day spent judging yourself is a painful day. You don't have to believe your judgments: they're simply an old habit."
Barbara J. Esbensen
"Day after day, we discover our own lives. Because we never know what we will find, every discovery is an unexpected gift we give to ourselves."
Monday’s Financial Feast: Think Before Buying
Contributed by Stephanie J. Many years ago, when I entered a store I felt obligated to buy something. I had a huge wardrobe and people often commented on how I never wore the same thing twice. But all that shopping added up leaving me with little in savings or...
Julia Cameron
"Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are."
Wallace D. Wattles
"In times of doubt and indecision, cultivate gratitude."
Friday’s Culture Casserole: Environmentally-Friendly Art
Contributed by Tanya Schiavone In my years as an art student, I chose my classes based on materials. Not only was I concerned with costs, I worried about the effects different products would have on my health as well as the planet. I stuck to illustration as it only...
Anonymous
“Every day is an opportunity to be creative – the canvas is your mind, the brushes and colours are your thoughts and feelings, the panorama is your story, the complete picture is a work of art called, ‘my life.’ Be conscious about what you put on the canvas of your...
Thursday’s Nourishing Nibbles: Boston, You are not Alone
Contributed by Noreen Sumpter, Self-Esteem & Confidence Coach I have no words that could express how the people of Boston must be feeling. All I can think of is the day 9/11 happened, when I couldn't find a place in my mind to help me make sense of what...
Majjhima Nikaya
"It's not wealth and power that enslave men but the clinging to wealth and power. If you don't cling to it but use it wisely, then you will be a blessing to people."
Wednesday’s Spicy Morsels: Recipe for Happy Relationships
Contributed by Anna A. I have been married for over 40 years and am often asked, “How do you make it work?” Here is my recipe for having a happy relationship. Ingredient 1 - Don’t look to change your partner, change yourself. I am sure you have a neat little list of...
Cheri Huber
"I sit. I'm silent. I focus attention. I breathe with conscious awareness. I let go. I accept. I have faith. I trust that this will grow into insight, clarity, compassion, wisdom, freedom, and joy."
Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project
“It's about living in the moment and appreciating the smallest things. Surrounding yourself with the things that inspire you and letting go of the obsessions that want to take over your mind. It is a daily struggle sometimes and hard work but happiness begins with...
Monday’s Financial Feast: Be Green on the Cheap
Contributed by Tanya Schiavone I have been environmentally conscious since I can remember. Maybe it was all of the nature shows I watched on PBS when I was a kid. The world is important to me and I want to live in a safe, healthy world. But being green is expensive....
Dr. Wangari Maathai
"We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all."
Eckhart Tolle
"Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry all forms of fear are caused by too much future and not enough presence."
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub."
Friday’s Culture Casserole: My New Year’s Resolution to Write a Book – An Update
Contributed by Nate J. I knew when I made a resolution to write a book by the end of 2013, I would have a long road ahead of me. I just didn't realize how bumpy the road would be. The main thing that contributes to my difficulties is fear and low self-esteem. I know I...
Martin Luther King
"Calmness is not non-feeling ... it is disentanglement from feelings, a clearness which is not disturbed by circumstance. Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal."
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