TICK TOCK when will the clock stop

The trouble is, you think you have time. Buddha

We all know that time is ticking. The days are passing by and the seasons are changing. The days seem long but the years are fast….

I have been thinking the last week about my past, my present and my future. I try really hard not to get stuck in the past….some parts of it were not that great….why would I want to stay there….

I also try not to get too far into the future…causes worry and anxiety…why would I want to go there…

Many lives have been lost recently…..suddenly…sadly..

As I sit in the present I am reminding myself of things that are important….

 I am asking myself….

Does everyone know how I feel about them…those who are important to me….

What would be the last memory my children have of me….

Was I kind to strangers….

Was I living as selflessly as possible…

Did I give and accept love…

Was my spiritual self in tack..

Did I help when asked…

Was I available to others…

Was I good to myself...

I can honestly say that some of these areas are stronger than others for me….a good reminder to myself that I need to be aware at every moment, every step, every decision, every word I make…could be my last….our last..…

Time of reflection and reminders….

The trouble is, you think you have time. Buddha

We may or may not….

Keeping it Real with Dr. Mary G

 

I love you only if you do what I say and be who I want you to be...

But I love you sounds better than……..I love you but…..

                Tiffany William

What does this concept of unconditional love actually mean?

I haven’t, until recent years, really understood it…

Some of us spend our lives searching for unconditional love from our parents, our partners and our friends….

Some of us try and buy it…

Some of us spend thousands of dollars reconstructing our faces, our bodies, our wardrobe and our outer appearance in the hopes that we will get that “unconditional love”

We search high and low…sometimes really low….

The beauty about unconditional love is that it doesn’t have to be earned, bought, bribed or held hostage....

It is more simple than that....it is much cheaper than that...

Unconditional love is a love without expectation

It means that you love someone for who they are….not for what they do for you or what they have or how they look….

It has nothing to do with the tangible….

In general I have unconditional love for humanity…for people I don’t even know….

I care about people's wellbeing...I care about if they are hurt, if they are injured….if they are hungry...if they need help…

Does this mean I like the behaviors of people who hurt others.....no I don’t….but behaviors and people are different…

Because people do not behave in the ways I think they should does not make my compassion or my hope or my care for them...any less...

We might choose to distance ourselves from people who are hurtful and mean and negative…that is understandable....

Even if we disengage we can still show love and compassion....often people are missing that...which causes them to act in ways that are hard to love...

I am trying to practice this on a daily basis and it isn’t always easy…but what I know is that I have experienced unconditional love in my life and grace from above....

I think it is worth our time and attention to treat others with as much grace as we have been given….

Let’s try and give and receive love unconditionally….who knows what can happen in our lives if we do…

Keeping it Real with Dr. Mary G….

Words to Live By....What are Yours??

For those who know me and for those who don’t…………I love quotes! I read them every day. I think about how they apply to my life. How they can help me during my day and longer….

I don’t know if it is cheesy or not but they help me….

Here is a list of some quotes. Think about how they apply to you. How they can help you. What thoughts come to mind when you read them…..

Over the next few weeks I will be reflecting weekly on some of my all-time….life changing…life guiding mottos and quotes…until next week…enjoy these and hope they brighten your days ahead……..

The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love and to let it come in. Morrie Schwartz

The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned.

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential and fight for your dreams. Ashley Smith

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. Risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right, you’ll probably never do much of anything. Win Borden

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.

The most important things in life are not things at all. Anthony D’Angelo

We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Fredrick Keonig

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha

 

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Stop being a Twit...get off Twitter and Let's Talk

Hello

Are you out there???

I am not sure because I deactivated my facebook account...and that is usually how I connect with my readers...

I am not going to be off FB forever....just a few months

I am starting the new year by focusing on being present…

Toward the end of last year I found myself too involved with technology….

I don’t like that…

I love people. I love to talk to people….I love to hear their voices; listen to their stories and hear their laughter and sometimes their sorrow…

There is nothing like human to human connections...

I love the whole experience of connecting to another human being….

What I don’t love….but what I found myself prisoner to….is twitting, twitting, twittering, fittering, facebooking, texting, skyping, chit chattering over the internet……..

How connected…………yet unconnected is that…

How engaged but unengaged is that….

For the next couple of months I have decided to try to make a strong effort to connect with people…not technology…

Being present and available....not distracted...

How unfortunate of a culture we live in that we are so "connected" yet missing the most important thing...being a real part of each other's lives..

Not sure how it will go; not sure if anyone is even reading this now since I can’t post it on facebook…

But for myself….

I am here

Let’s talk….for real...let's connect

P.S. Feel free to post this to Facebook LOL :)

Keeping it Real with Dr. Mary G