Start the new year well

…. without judging

Go into your new day with open eyes and an open mind.

Meet everyone without without judging, without labeling them.

Start to meet people with curious eyes and get to know them again with fresh eyes.

I learn more about them this way.

Over Christmas I read the book Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine.

(as recommended via Beth’s blog)

A brilliant book:

 

Meet Eleanor Oliphant: she struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding unnecessary human contact, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy.

But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen, the three rescue one another from the lives of isolation that they had been living. Ultimately, it is Raymond’s big heart that will help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. If she does, she’ll learn that she, too, is capable of finding friendship—and even love—after all.

the only way to survive is to open your heart

 

I loved the book, it opens your eyes in how you see people,

we often judge people but never know why they are the way they are.

What you go through in your life shapes your life.

How you grow up, what you hear, your friends everything influences your life and the way you are.

Read the book you’ll love it.

 

Today is …. #48

… a day for gratitude….

 

Another year comes to an end.

Reflecting on the past year.

We have dealt with ups and downs,

family or work related,

maybe illness, loss and sadness.

We are growing stronger every year dealing with emotions

and difficult situations.

 

I wanted to express my gratitude to all of you

my wonderful friends around the globe.

You helped me cope with many things,

you made me happy,

you were there for me.

My heartfelt thank you.

I am so grateful for you being here.

I send you so much love and many hugs.

Thank you for being with me on my journey!

Today is …. #47

… a day for being a positive change…

 

If each one of us is a drop of rain,
Together we will form an ocean of kindness.
Together, we will be the positive changes,
we wish to see in the world.

Let’s be the start of the ripple in the ocean!

Today is …. #46

… a day to be a beginner…

Where could you practice to be a beginner in your life today.

What don’t you know how to do.

Bake a cake?

Ride a bike?

Try a different language?

Make your own bread?

Make Christmas decorations?

There are many ideas you can try,

and perhaps you love it and do it more often.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today is …. #45

… a day for a dream journey…

I sit down comfortably,

close my eyes and

go on a journey in my mind.

Go anywhere you like,

somewhere where you have been

or somewhere you like to go, imagine how it could be.

Let your imagination go.

Enjoy the sights, smells, colours and sounds.

When you open your eyes,

you feel happy and relaxed.

 

 

Today is …. #44

… a day for dancing in the rain/puddle…

put on your wellies,

go outside and walk consciously through puddles,

dance through them,

it is fun,

feels good

and relieves stress.

found on google

 

Today is …. #43

… a day for sending warmth through words…

 

Say something nice,

something happy,

something kind,

to people around you

without special reason.

These words give warmth

from your heart to their heart.

 

 

 

 

 

Today is …. #42

….. a day for Mother Teresa’s Anyway Poem

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;

Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;

Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;

Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;

Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;

Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;

Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;

Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;

Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;

It was never between you and them anyway.

 

 

 

 

Today is …. #41

….. a day to create a good future…

Think about the future today.

What would you like it to be.

Can you influence it now?

Here is good advice:

“You create a good future by creating a good present.” 

Eckhart Tolle

 

Today is …. #40

….. a day to do enjoy Autumn ….

Today walk with open eyes and enjoy Autumn.

Smell the Autumnal air.

Find a wonderfully coloured leaf.

Pick it up and take it home to admire Nature’s colourful canvas.

You can even press it to keep for longer.

… or just play in the leaves and have fun!