Crown

"You don't have to have the crown to be the king."
- Anthony Williams, Project Runway

Destination

I never really connected with the saying "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?". I guess that is because I don't much like the word fail (defined as- to prove deficient or lacking).

I think I have found the equivalent of that saying, in terms that I can get behind.

"What would you do if you knew that the universe would continue to provide for you?" (I get excited when I think of my answer)

The universe is abundant, not lacking. It always provides for us, and always has. Although sometimes it may not turn out the way that we had in mind. If you expect that things will always work according to your highest good and the highest good of others, then I am pretty sure that means that you will always end up exactly where you should be-- satisfied, at peace, and happy.

So if no matter what you do you will end up exactly where you should be, then why not always do the things that make you happy?

I ask you, "What would you do if you knew that the universe would continue to provide for you?"

Underneath

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.
- James Openheim

Character

If someone tells you who they are, believe them.
-Maya Angelou

Policy

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
-Abraham Lincoln

Release

Sincere forgiveness isn't colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don't worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time. Realize that now, in this moment of time, you are creating. You are creating your next moment. That is what's real.
- Sara Paddison

I have been ruminating about the concept of forgiveness. All levels of forgiveness, from forgiving things that are deemed unacceptable to things that are merely a minor infraction. I find that if I am really going to practice forgiveness with one person, then why not all people?

Wikipedia describes Forgiveness as the mental, emotional and spiritual process of ceasing to feel resentment towards a person that has wronged you. It’s ceasing to demand punishment or restitution.

Whether or not you choose to associate with that person in the future is up to you. Forgiveness is a choice.

Sounds simple. Sounds peaceful. Sounds like something that a happy person does.

Love

Love is thicker than water.