Daily Ramblings – Spiritual Sunday – Visualization

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Daily Quotes, Spiritual Exercise, spirituality, Sri Harold Klemp, Truth, Visualization, wisdom

As a spiritual exercise, take yourself into a larger room. For example, if you have a desire for self-discipline, leave the room of self-discipline that you’re in. Go down the corridor, and go into another room. This room will be larger. It will be much larger. Just live within the awareness that you want to be in this room of more self-discipline. Then let the Holy Spirit, the ECK, bring about the changes in your life that will accompany such a resolution.

Sri Harold Klemp – Truth Has No Secrets

This is a really neat spiritual exercise if you are lacking discipline in any area of your life. This is a technique you can use, regardless of religious background. This is a quote from the daily inspiration page of the ECKANKAR website. Here’s the link if you’d like to get access to these daily quotes. I visit each day: https://www.eckankar.org/engage/daily-inspiration/

I use this technique for a multitude of things. Things like focus, discipline, or even open-mindedness. If you try this and it works, stick with it. You can create anything you like for yourself. We all have this ability. It is not dependent on intelligence, wealth, good looks, or any of that. You simply close your eyes and visualize a better life for yourself. Once you do this for a bit, you’ll start getting ideas or epiphanies that will guide you.

I hope all of you have a terrific Sunday.

May the blessings be.

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Indira Gandhi

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Assassination, India, Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, Quotes, Wednesday, wisdom

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Indira Gandhi

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

Indira Gandhi

I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. I shall continue to serve until my last breath, and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

Indira Gandhi

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.

Indira Gandhi

I am not a person to be pressured – by anybody or any nation.

Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi served as India’s prime minister. Her occupation of this office ended when she was assassinated. If you’d like to read more, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi. I’d like to warn you if you are going to read this article. The assassination was described in detail. That being said, there is a great deal of information in the article that I was unaware of.

Well, happy Wednesday, folks. I hope all of you have a terrific day!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Free Writing Friday – Introduction

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Freedom, Gaming, Learning, motivation, Overview, Reading, Spiritual, Ted Talk, Topics, Watching, wisdom, Writing, Writing Schedule

It’s so nice to be back at my desk and creating content. I love to write, and this medium allows me to express myself in specific ways on a daily schedule. Over time, however, I began to get the nudge to write about anything and when you’re on a tight schedule like my blog requires it takes away a little freedom, which I crave. So, from now on, Fridays will be my free writing days. I’ll write about popular topics, but don’t be surprised if I go off on a tangent into other topics just to keep things fresh and interesting. Over the last 4 years, I’ve gotten very good at finding interesting topic areas that I enjoy that many of you have enjoyed too.

Today, I just wanted to explain what Fridays would bring, so you would not be surprised that my funny Friday postings had disappeared. I will still inject some humor or may drop a Youtube video here that I find funny, but wanted to have an opportunity to write about anything that comes to mind on Friday.

For those of you who are new to my blog, here is my weekly schedule of writing. If you see any topic that is interesting, feel free to visit me on those days.

Monday Motivation

Ted Talk Tuesday

Wisdom Wednesday

Reading, Watching, and Learning (Thursdays)

Free Writing Friday

Gaming Saturday

Spiritual Sunday

Well, that’s it for today. I hope all of you have a great Friday and have some nice plans set for the weekend. For me, it’ll be running some errands, going to the gym, reading my books, and GAMING! I’ll be exploring the DMZ this weekend on Call of Duty MWII. It’ll be great fun!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – F.D.R.

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FDR, Happy Wednesday, Michigan, president, Snow, Thanksgiving, Wikipedia, wisdom

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

For more information about Franklin D. Roosevelt, check out his Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

We got snow in Michigan! I’m so excited!! Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – e. e. cummings

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American, Author, E. E. Cummings, Poet, Wednesday, Wikipedia, wisdom

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

e. e. cummings

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

e. e. cummings

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.

e. e. cummings

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

e. e. cummings

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

e. e. cummings

Happy Wednesday, folks! Today we are highlighting the American Poet e. e. cummings. You may be wondering about his lower case first and middle initial and last name. You’ll find the answer here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings I hope you find the answer to this puzzle interesting.

Well, that’s all I got for today, folks. I hope you all had a great Day of the Dead and Halloween.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Calvin Coolidge

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30th President, Calvin Coolidge, Conservative, Effort, Persistence, Republican, Roaring Twenties, wisdom

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

Calvin Coolidge

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Calvin Coolidge

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

Calvin Coolidge

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Calvin Coolidge

I had a hard time picking these because this American President had so many good ones. I hope all of you are having a terrific Wednesday. Here’s a Wikipedia link to learn more about him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Edgar Allan Poe

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Coffees, Cold Temperatures, Edgar Allan Poe, Fall, Halloween, Macabre, Scary, Trick or Treat, wisdom

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

Edgar Allan Poe

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Edgar Allan Poe

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

Edgar Allan Poe

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

Edgar Allan Poe

Well, October is right around the corner and the beginning of my favorite time of year. October is my birthday month, Halloween celebrations will commence, and I get to spend a week watching all the scary movies I enjoyed as a child. Then there are the trick-or-treaters, and the seasonal coffees at all of the local coffee shops. Yay!!!

I figured Poe would be a great pick to get us ready for the upcoming month of spooks, goblins, ghosts, wraiths, and all those things that go bump in the night. Here is his Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Dale Carnegie

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Dale Carnegi, History, Learning, Lecturer, Quotes, Wednesday, Wikipedia, wisdom, Writer

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Dale Carnegie

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Dale Carnegie

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Dale Carnegie

Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.

Dale Carnegie

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Dale Carnegie

If you’d like to learn more about this American writer and lecturer, here is his Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie

Have a great Wednesday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Henry Miller

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Attention, Banned books, France, Henry Miller, Life, Love, moments, Quotes, wisdom

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

Henry Miller

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

Henry Miller

Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

Henry Miller

The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.

Henry Miller

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

Henry Miller

Miller was an American Novelist. Here’s his Wikipedia page for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Miller

Have a great Wednesday, folks. My Nephew left today. I just got back home from the airport. He had a good time and his grandmother (my mom) loved every minute of his stay. My brother is still here. We’ll hang out today. He heads back home tomorrow.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Joan Rivers

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Actor, Comedian, Funny, Hilarious, Joan Rivers, Johnny Carson, Jokes, wisdom

I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.

Joan Rivers

I don’t excercise. If God had wanted me to bend over, he would have put diamonds on the floor.

Joan Rivers

I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive.

Joan Rivers

The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.

Joan Rivers

Part of my act is meant to shake you up. It looks like I’m being funny, but I’m reminding you of other things. Life is tough, darling. Life is hard. And we better laugh at everything; otherwise, we’re going down the tube.

Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers was a comedian when I was growing up and quite popular. She used to appear quite a bit on Johnny Carson, a staple in my home. The folks loved Johnny. Anyway, for those of you who are not familiar with her, here’s a Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Rivers

Have a great day, folks.

Until next time…

Dave