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My daily aphorisms. Reflections on life, death, beauty, change, love, happiness, etc., written in a poetic and whimsical style.
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- The beauty of this day doesn't depend on its lasti...
- The heart like a lamp must lead the way.
- Like Noah I built my ark, but the floods never came.
- One is never wounded by the love one gives, only b...
- The mountain is there, and not because you see it.
- Beware of those who aren't content with soup and b...
- When the train stays on the tracks you don't ask why.
- The best advice is what the skylark gives by singing.
- The feeling of being unappreciated is a failure to...
- The deep roots never doubt spring will come.
- Everything in life is a surprise, starting with be...
- Writing is talking to yourself-with the hope of be...
- For every locked door one encounters, another open...
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Excellent way to start a fresh new year. Glad my doors at the Boomer Muse sparked this.
ReplyDeleteI put the mouse on your blog and clicked it with my eyes closed..and in my heart i made a little prayer that it will give me an insight into my personal issue.....let me say, this is the perfect insight for my situation...
ReplyDeleteNow i wait for another door to start opening itself to me :)
In the past, I have worked with all my might, putting my hands into things and trying to make the outcomes come out my way to get what I wanted. Then I found myself working with all my might to get rid of the thing I thought I wanted. Now I just let good things come to the waiter.
ReplyDeleteYes, the locked door can open the mind. Obstacles can induce expansion.
ReplyDeleteIt's a matter of re training yourself to perform a differnet job. Kick the habbit now , you can start right after reading this post. After a few days you wont believe it took you so long to do it.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good reminder that "is that all there is?" can almost always be answered with "no". I do think though, that as much as there might be many doors that open by themselves, it still takes a consciousness on our part to go through them. Or, to recognize which ones we need to close and walk away from.
ReplyDeleteYes it's my experience that usually when a door closes a window of opportunity presents itself.
ReplyDeleteMarty, you change your comment settings and I can now only post as if I am anonymous. timethief http://thistimethisspace.com
la la la stupid comment setting! here we go again > Yes it's my experience that usually when a door closes a window of opportunity presents itself.
ReplyDeleteI've often found that, too. Not all paths are obvious. Others are so obvious you forget to look for the sideroads until the main path is blocked.
ReplyDeleteSo, if there's one for another one (locked door and open one), I'll start to appreciate as many blocked doors I'm going to encounter because of this promise of another opening by itself. Smart, Marty!
ReplyDeletewell, for the general something happens when you try hard, but i think you make your opportunities but need a little of luck, opportunities must come too when you have something to give to change. I trust in this rule too, can be easy to say that you make all the job for yourself, you need the chance too. A hug. Mario.
ReplyDeletei guess, life is about choices - learn when we should take chances and when should work hard on creating opportunities by our own is one of the most important way to practice happiness.
ReplyDeleteFor some, that's true.
ReplyDeleteI am not always anonymous in my apreciation of these aphorisms here, but if I were I'd call myself Frank Funk, named after the aphorisms here...and in particular the one wrirten above.
ReplyDeleteFrank Funk.
In the spirit of learning life's lessons by taking the difficult route, I have many bumps on my forehead by trying all the closed doors.
ReplyDeleteI like this one; very zen. Guess I should stop pounding...
ReplyDeleteIt's "only" a matter of seing it!
ReplyDeleteEnjoying your thoughts...
ReplyDelete......and your blogs ......
Makes you appreciate the ease of the open door.
ReplyDeleteMy granny always used to say:
ReplyDelete"When God closes the door, he always leaves the window on the latch"
A very optimistic and still practical line of thinking, we should understand life's not out there to get us, encountering a disappointment we should try to understand what happened and know that there are always solutions to any problem. Many more alternatives and many more options.
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