Interesting parable from Tolle

A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for thirty years.

One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar.

"I have nothing to give you," said the stranger.

Then he asked: "What's that you're sitting on?"

"Nothing," replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I've been sitting on it for as long as I can remember."

"Ever look inside?" asked the stranger.

"No," said the beggar. "What's the point, there's nothing in there."

"Have a look inside," insisted the stranger.

The beggar, reluctantly, managed to pry open the lid.

With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.

I am that stranger who has nothing to give you and who is telling you to look inside.

Not inside any box, as in the parable, but somewhere even closer: inside yourself.

(Eckhart Tolle)

Quote of the day ;O)

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.

George Bernard Shaw

Letter from Neale

On this day of your life, Penelope Josefine [or you],
I believe God wants you to know...

that positive thinking does not mean turning into an

ostrich. Burying your head in the sand in the name of

"staying positive" is not a good strategy. Wearing blinders

rather than looking right at what's going on right now

is not the way to create your vision for tomorrow.

Sculptors have to look at the block and begin cutting

parts of it away before their vision emerges in the

marble. Look directly at the block if you want to

create the art.

Love, Your Friend....

Neale

From Neale Donald Walsch

On this day of your life, Penelope Josefine [or you],
I believe God wants you to know...

...that tomorrow is the most important day of your life.

Your greatest moment, your greatest achievement, your

greatest adventure lies in the future, never in the past.

There is a new you waiting to be created tomorrow.

That is the joy and wonder of the dawn. That is the

excitement of it!

Forget about yesterday! What is the grandest version

of the greatest vision ever you held about Who You

Are going to be tomorrow? That is the only question

that matters.


Love, Your Friend....

Neale

Quote of the day ;O)

Bad habits fill needs, so find good alternatives for them.

Martha Beck

Quote of the day :O)

Often we don't listen to who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.

Oprah Winfrey