The I Wish Game

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Do You Play The I Wish Game?

Have you ever played The I wish game? You know the one I'm talking about. I wish I would have spent more time with the family, I wish I wouldn't have made this decision or that decision. We've all played this game and playing this game doesn't get us anywhere other than feeling sorry for ourselves.

I've Played... 

AlyssaI'm not going to lie I have played this game a lot. But then something wonderful happened when I had my daughter. For the first time I believe I finally saw me and the world around me the way I was meant to. She is definitely a true blessing. There is just something about her that makes you just want to be happy all the time and to savor every moment.

Just Be 

Beautiful ColorsI am just so fascinated with the way she sees the world. She hasn't had a chance to be tarnished by our current world. She is always happy no matter what. She doesn't know about the titles or groups or you should feel this way or do things this way because of this reason or that. She knows how to Just Be.

I have figured out that I wasn't blessed with her so that I could teach her about the world. I was blessed with her so that she could teach me about the world. She doesn't see things as black and white she sees all of the beautiful colors and sees them as one. She loves everything and everyone. It is through watching her that I have learned to Just Be.

Past, Future, or Present Which Do You Choose? 

My daughter Alyssa has made me want to not only be a better person, but to see the beauty and love in everyone and everything. She has definitely made me want to stop living in the past, and future, but instead to just live every moment in the Present. I make a conscious effort everyday all day to choose to live in the Present Moment. If you choose to play the I Wish Game then you are going to constantly be living in the past or future and will be missing out on all the happiness and everything going on in the Present Moment. I urge you all to make a conscious effort as I have when you catch yourself doing this to find something that from that day that you can be grateful or thankful for. You will be amazed at how just this one little step will change the way you feel and maybe how you start seeing things. I know it did for me.

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Why Do We Continue To Do This? 

Live, Laugh, LoveTraits such as hatred, resentment, anger and feeling superior to others are among some of the behaviors that are learned. In other words these are the kinds of behaviors we are instilling in our kids. When they are born they do not have these so why do we feel the need to teach it to them? They come into this world only knowing love, peace and happiness. To them everyone is the same which is the way it should be, but we have decided somewhere along the line to change this. So why do we take something so pure and happy and show them all of the traits and behaviors opposite of those they are born with? The thing is these are behaviors and traits that the majority of us do not like. Yet, weather knowingly or not we continue to pass them on. Now, I don't know about you, but I would much rather live a life of pure happiness, love and a feeling of oneness. How about you?

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Let Them Teach Us!! 

inspirationalI've done a lot of thinking and observing how if we were to just sit back an watch how our kids interact with others before we teach them the bad habits and behaviors, and to me they seem to have it all figured out, and they are always happy. It seems to me that they have a better understanding of how we should all be living our live than we do. I think somewhere along the line that we lost that innocence and love we were all born with. I would actually like to try and get that back. I think we would all be much better off if we just stopped and really paid attention to out kids, and let them teach us. You would be amazed at what they know. We should make a conscious decision to really listen to them instead of talking down to them, or at them or thinking that just because they are kids they don't know anything. They actually are born with more knowledge of how we should be living than we know. So please take the time and just listen and watch you may just actually learn something.

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Here are some great books that I have found that have helped me try to get back what we all lost a long time ago. And that's real love, not just love for others, but a true love of yourself so that you are able to JUST BE.

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Your Reality

Here's A Little Inspiration For You 

I would also like to share my favorite quotes and sayings with you. I will be adding to these continuously so please make sure you stop by on a regular basis. Who knows one of them may just help you through the day.

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today
-Cherokee Indian Proverb

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain

Love means to learn to look at yourself the way one looks at distant things; for you are only one thing among many. And whoever sees that way heals his heart, without knowing it, from various ills....Czeslaw Milosz from "Love"

How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.

You can't direct the wind, But you can adjust your sail



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The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives
-William James

you are today where your thoughts have brought you, you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you
-James Allen

If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
-Maya Angelou

Don't try hard to fit in. You were born to stand out!

There is no better exercise for strengthing the heart than reaching down and lifting up another.



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Worrying is like a rocking chair, it takes a lot of energy and doesn't get you anywhere.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
-Dalai Lama

I am happy...not because of where life is taking me...but just that I am going.

Do not Dwell in the past...Do not Dream of the future...Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Built into every storm is the peace you are seeking.

Just breathe you'll never live this moment again!



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Take joy. The beauty of life is that behind every challenge there are hidden gifts just waiting to be found.

Greet eat new day as a magical journey. Wonderful surprises wait around every bend.

Look around you, savor the earth's beauty, and let yourself be renewed by the wonder of it all.

Lift the mask, remove the armor, and let yourself become all that you've ever imagined.

A persons true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.



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To believe is to know that life is a miracle and all that we dream of is within our reach.

Through the eyes of compassion, we are all one in spirit and connected by the gift we call life.

Have faith in the human spirit and in each heart's capacity to make our world a better place.

Hold sacred the enduring gifts of love. Remember everything.

Nothing in the past or future ever will feel like today.

To the world you maybe one person, but to one person you may be the world



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Together we are more than we are alone. Share in the warmth of kindred souls and in those whose hearts you cherish.

Keep hope close to your heart, as a cupped hand protects a flame.

Believe in more than you can see, fo it is faith that brings miracles to light.

Let love be the seet elixir that awakens your spirit and moves your soul to dance.

We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go. Something in us knows that we are not just here to toil at our work. There is a mysterious pull to remember.Jack Kornfield from After the Ecstasy, the Laundry

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. James M. Barrie



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Simple Pleasure

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When we share joy and happiness, we give two of the most powerful healing medicines in the world.

Happiness is perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Here is the simple but powerful rule...always give people more than they expect to get.

You can only be as happy as you allow yourself to be.

True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else. It's about being better than you used to be. Wayne Dyer



Always Believe



Do not travel along your path, BE your path. Do not search out your journey. BE your journey. The univers is waiting to show you the way...You already have the map!! Taiya K. Evras

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched, but are felt in the heart. Helen Keller

That which we do for another, we do for ourselves. Joe Keane

What a liberation to realize that the "voice in my head" is not who I am.
Who am I then?
The one who sees that.
Eckhart Tolle

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, is the greatest accomplishment. Emerson



Always Believe



The simplest of miracles are far too often the easiest to miss. Taiya K. Evras

When yoy judge another, you do not define them. You define yourself. Wayne Dyer

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. Lau Tzu

We do not quit playing because we grow old. We grow old because we quit playing.

Be the change you wish to see in the world. Ghandi

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Maybe if we all try a little harder to Just Be and in away live and act as we did before we were introduced to hatred, division, resentment and others, we would be able to all play the I'M GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR... instead of the I WISH GAME. I know I'm much happier playing the "I'm grateful and thankful for..."

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Life Lessons 


The Waitress and The Short Order Cook
The waitress has worked here since time began. Ageless and calm, her eyes see through to the end of the world. She smacks her gum, gives the customer a lopsided grin, and smoothly asks in her professional voice, "May I take your order now?" She stands there expectantly, pencil poised to write on her order pad.
"I don't know exactly what I'm hungry for. I can't make a mistake. I'm really sorry this is taking so long-I'm so stupid!" In discomfort and confusion, the customer gropes for the right words and the right order.
"One don't, one can't, and a side order of shame!" the waitress hollers to the cook. He stands behind the counter, ready to serve up another batch of cold reality. He's heard this order before. In a second, the plate is prepared.
"I really want to help people. I don't care about the money," the customer explains.
"Hold the money!" the waitress hollers.
The cook silently removes the money from the plate.
A new customer bursts into the diner: "I'll have the talent, drive and determination to be a top caliber professional writer, I write a book that helps many people and easily makes me rich and famous!"
The waitress laughs and gives the order to the cook: "One successful bestseller smothered in money and a side order of fame!"
"It's already been delivered," smiles the cook.
This is Earth's Universal Diner, where you always get exactly what you ask for. Would you like to change your order?



Happiness or Unhappiness?
"One evening a Cherokee elder told his grandson about the battle that goes on inside people. He said 'My son, the battle is between the two wolves that live inside us all. One is Unhappiness. It is fear, worry, anger, jealousy, sorrow, self pity, resentment, and inferiority. The other is Happiness. It is joy, love, hope, serenity, kindness, generosity, truth, and compassion.' The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather. 'Which wolf wins?' The old Cherokee simply replied. 'The one you feed.'"





Beauty, Peace, Harmony
-Chinese Proverb
When there is light in the soul,
there is beauty in the person.
When there is beauty in the person,
there is harmony in the house.
When there is harmony in the house,
there is order in the nation.
When there is order in the nation,
there is peace in the world.




Woman With Flower
I wouldn't coax the plant if I were you
Such watchful nurturing may do it harm
Let the soil rest from so much digging
And wait until it's dry before you water it
The leaf is inclined to find it's own direction
Give it a chance to seek the sunlight for itself
Much growth is stunted by too much prodding,
Too eager tenderness
The things we love we have to learn to leave alone.




George Bernard Shaw
"The great secret...is not having bad manners or good manners...but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another"



Native American Saying
We are all one:
No tree has branches so foolish as to fight amongst themselves.

 

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    WhiteOak50 WhiteOak50 Aug 12, 2009 @ 8:51 am
    Love, Love this lens!! Fantastic Job!!
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    Ramkitten Ramkitten Jul 22, 2009 @ 2:05 am
    This is a perfect lens to lensroll to the one I have about 100 things I'm thankful for. I've read this just before bed, and it's an uplifting, positive way to end the day. I really enjoyed it.
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    ArtByLinda ArtByLinda Jul 17, 2009 @ 1:34 am
    Beautiful lens, my favorite quote here is "your perception creates your reality"...isn't that so true? Great lens!
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    Sojourn Sojourn Jul 14, 2009 @ 8:21 pm
    Great lens! I was enthralled with the quotes until I hit the Earth's Universal Diner story! Eek...that will make you stop and pay attention, won't it? :) Nicely done.
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    sittonbull sittonbull Jul 1, 2009 @ 1:14 pm
    Tasha... this is a revisit to this wonderful lens ( I love the positive spirit of love and goodwill you are channeling from, to and with your daughter Alyssa!). I also love the inspiring quotes throughout the lens. I am so honored that you are featuring my lens on yours and thank you for such a nice comment. You "Rocket Moms" are incredible and are providing all the fireworks I need for Independence Day week!
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