Meditating on Cayuga Lake, photo by Janice Brodowsky

Photo by Janice Brodowsky
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Gaining Insight from Obstacles, posted by Janice Brodowsky

 

 

Gaining Insight from Obstacles

Using meditation or therapy to try to shut down parts of our experience is ultimately counterproductive. We do not have to be afraid of entering unfamiliar territory once we have learned how to hold experience within the gentleness of our own minds. Learning to transform obstacles into objects of meditation provides a much needed bridge between the stillness of the concentrated mind and the movement of real life.

- Mark Epstein, "Stopping the Wind"

 

Beebe Lake, Ithaca NY

Photo by Janice Brodowsky

The Meaning of Letting Go, by Melodie Beattie. Posted by Janice Brodowsky

"Letting go doesn’t mean we don’t care. Letting go doesn’t mean we shut down. Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible—controlling that which we cannot—and instead, focus on what is possible—which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.” ~ Melody Beattie
Photo taken from my back deck in Ithaca NY by Janice Brodowsky

Deserving Love, posted by Janice Brodowsky

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

~ Buddha Quote ~

Peace,
Janice Brodowsky

What You Are Now, posted by Janice Brodowsky

"What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now."

~ Buddha ~

Peace,
Janice Brodowsky

Being Kind, posted by Janice Brodowsky

Mark Twain has got it right!
Peace,
Janice Brodowsky

Inner Peace, posted by Janice Brodowsky

Peace,

Janice Brodowsky