Some Food For Thought

Life & business obligations have been keeping me busy the past few days. I miss writing, but I have been enjoying mornings at the gym, getting things accomplished in the office and reading as often as possible in between.

The Evolution Angel by Todd Michael is a quick read. It is about a former emergency room doctor. He retells stories of conversations he had with angels. After a near death experience, he became a doctor. As a doctor, he was present at many deaths. It was during those times of death, he started hearing these messengers. They conversed with him in a question and answer type forum. The book is thought provoking in terms of spirituality and of life's purpose, here on earth. Like any book or life lesson, you take what you want/need from it.

The Writings of Florence Scovel Shinn (born 1871 - died 1940). I find myself going back to this book when I need faith and courage, to trust in God's/my plan for this life. It is a light read, full of quotes of faith. Her message is "Your Word IS Your Wand". You get what you ask for in life, so watch your tongue. Our minds are constantly thinking negative thoughts and she explains how giving in to them holds us back from receiving all that is ours by divine right. Don't look back and hash over hard times, or you will be drawn back into these conditions. Give thanks for the dawn of a new day. Some days I need her affirmations playing back in my mind. They keep me feeling optimistic and hopeful, instead of depressed and scared when life gets tough.

A Book I would like to check out is; The Nine Rooms of Happiness by Lucy Danziger & Catherine Birndorf, M.D. I saw a quote from this book in Readers Digest. Happiness is a tricky word because it is not a destination you arrive at or a sustainable state of being. It's a feeling that you experience, just like any other and it comes and goes. You can generate it, but you can't keep it; you can make it, but not necessarily hold on to it. The unhappy woman believes she should be happy all the time. The happy woman believes that there will be times when she is unhappy.

Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive.-- Bugs Bunny

Work like you don't need the money.

Love like you've never been hurt.

Dance like nobody is watching.

Mark Twain