The Newness of Life
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The Newness of Life
In order to learn something new you must first accept that you do not know it. To fully understand another person, you must let go of your desire to make blind assumptions and judgments about that person.
Turn down the volume and intensity of your own chattering thoughts, and you can hear the music of life. Stop expecting to see what you've always seen before, and new and wondrous beauty will appear in front of your eyes.
When you continue to perform a task the exact same way you've always done it, your effectiveness cannot improve very much. Be open to new ideas and techniques, and you can vastly accelerate your performance.
If you cynically think you've experienced it all, you'll close yourself off from much of life's richness. If you consider yourself smarter than everyone else, you'll be supporting and advancing your own growing ignorance.
Open your mind and your heart to the newness of life that comes with each moment. There is always more to learn, more to experience, more to appreciate and enjoy, no matter how much you've already done.
With each dawning day, a whole new world of possibilities is born. Allow yourself to know and acknowledge their newness, and bring the best of those possibilities to life.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright ©2007 Ralph S. Marston, Jr.
Turn down the volume and intensity of your own chattering thoughts, and you can hear the music of life. Stop expecting to see what you've always seen before, and new and wondrous beauty will appear in front of your eyes.
When you continue to perform a task the exact same way you've always done it, your effectiveness cannot improve very much. Be open to new ideas and techniques, and you can vastly accelerate your performance.
If you cynically think you've experienced it all, you'll close yourself off from much of life's richness. If you consider yourself smarter than everyone else, you'll be supporting and advancing your own growing ignorance.
Open your mind and your heart to the newness of life that comes with each moment. There is always more to learn, more to experience, more to appreciate and enjoy, no matter how much you've already done.
With each dawning day, a whole new world of possibilities is born. Allow yourself to know and acknowledge their newness, and bring the best of those possibilities to life.
-- Ralph Marston
Copyright ©2007 Ralph S. Marston, Jr.
Nature Girl
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Turn down the volume and intensity of your own chattering thoughts, and you can hear the music of life.
The world hadn't changed....I had.
Just for today I will listen carefully and in gratitude for the music of life.
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The Newness of Life...
"There is always more to learn, more to experience, more to appreciate and enjoy, no matter how much you've already done."
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I find that if I Stop, Look, & Listen before coming to a conclusion I will learn how to appreciate and enjoy life each day. :comfort
Since being sober I can see the sky, the birds, the flowers & trees and am amazed at the beauty of it all. I can learn something new every day if I keep an open mind and don't let the world pass me by. :praying
kelsh
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I find that if I Stop, Look, & Listen before coming to a conclusion I will learn how to appreciate and enjoy life each day. :comfort
Since being sober I can see the sky, the birds, the flowers & trees and am amazed at the beauty of it all. I can learn something new every day if I keep an open mind and don't let the world pass me by. :praying
kelsh
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