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Thursday, August 30, 2018

Saturday, November 4, 2017

12 Little Known Laws of Karma

(That Will Change your Life)

What is Karma? Karma is the Sanskrit word for action. It is equivalent to Newton’s law of ‘every action must have a reaction’. When we think, speak or act we initiate a force that will react accordingly. This returning force maybe modified, changed or suspended, but most people will not be able eradicate it.

This law of cause and effect is not punishment, but is wholly for the sake of education or learning.

A person may not escape the consequences of his actions, but he will suffer only if he himself has made the conditions ripe for his suffering. Ignorance of the law is no excuse whether the laws are man-made or universal.

To stop being afraid and to start being empowered in the worlds of karma and reincarnation, here is what you need to know about karmic laws.

1. The Great Law

“As you sow, so shall you reap.” This is also known as the “Law of Cause and Effect.”
If what we want is happiness, peace, love, and friendship, then we should BE happy, peaceful, loving and a true friend.
Whatever we put out in the Universe is what comes back to us.

2. The Law of Creation

Life doesn’t just happen. It requires our participation.
We are one with the Universe, both inside and out.
Whatever surrounds us gives us clues to our inner state.
Be yourself, and surround yourself with what you want to have in your life.

3. The Law of Humility

You can’t change something if you refuse to accept it.
If what we see is an enemy, or someone with a character trait that we find to benegative, then we ourselves are not focused on a higher level of existence.

4. The Law of Growth

“Wherever you go, there you are.”
For us to grow in Spirit, it is we who must change, and not the people, places or things around us.
The only given we have in our lives is ourselves, and that is the only factor we have control over.
When we change who and what we are within our hearts, our lives follow suit and change too.

5. The Law of Responsibility

Whenever there is something wrong in my life, there is something wrong in me.
We mirror what surrounds us, and what surrounds us mirrors us; this is a Universal Truth.
We must take responsibility for what is in our life.

6. The Law of Connection

Even if something we do seems inconsequential, it is very important that it gets done as everything in the Universe is connected.
Each step leads to the next step, and so forth and so on.
Someone must do the initial work to get a job done.
Neither the first step nor the last are of greater significance, as they were both needed to accomplish the task.
Past, Present and Future are all connected.

7. The Law of Focus

You cannot think of two things at the same time.
Because of this, when our focus is on Spiritual Values, it is impossible for us to have lower thoughts such as greed or anger.

8. The Law of Giving and Hospitality

If you believe something to be true, then sometime in your life you will be called upon to demonstrate that particular truth.
Here is where we put what we CLAIM that we have learned into actual PRACTICE.

9. The Law of Here and Now

Looking backward to examine what was or forward to worry about the future prevents us from being totally in the here and now.
Old thoughts, old patterns of behavior, and old dreams prevent us from having new ones.

10. The Law of Change

History repeats itself until we learn the lessons that we need to change our path.

11. The Law of Patience and Reward

All rewards require initial toil.
Rewards of lasting value require patient and persistent toil.
True joy comes from doing what we’re suppose to be doing, and knowing that the reward will come in its own time.

12. The Law of Significance and Inspiration

You get back from something whatever you have put into it.
The true value of something is a direct result of the energy and intent that is put into it.
Every personal contribution is also a contribution to the Whole.
Lackluster contributions have no impact on the Whole, nor do they work to diminish it.
Loving contributions bring life to, and inspire, the Whole.

Courtesy of Change Your Thoughts

Monday, October 16, 2017

15 colorful Southern phrases and their origins

Have you ever heard your grandmother say, “Well, I Swan” and wondered why she was talking about aquatic fowl? Or described someone as living “high on the hog” but have no idea how the phrase came to mean “living well?”

We southerners are known for our funny turns of phrase. People of all cultures enjoy trying to figure out where we get our colorful phrases. We researched the origins of 15 popular southern phrases so that the next time someone asks, you can tell them the back story.

What’s your favorite southern phrase? If we missed it this time, we’ll try to get it on the next list.

Courtesy of It's a Southern Thing

And just how many of these did you know?

How many of you used? 😀

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

States

I have an inbox full of goodies from our Meredith's Jack so you will be seeing a lot more from him. BTW...I didn't fact check any of this so if it's wrong...just enjoy it for the giggle.

This is really interesting and quite surprising at times…

STATES AND WHAT THEY ARE FAMOUS FOR (DID YOU EVER IMAGINE?)

ALABAMA...Was the first state to have 9-1-1, started 1968.
ALASKA...One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
ARIZONA...Is the only state in the continental U.S. that does not follow Daylight Savings Time.
ARKANSAS...Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.
CALIFORNIA...Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.
COLORADO...In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics.
CONNECTICUT...The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University
DELAWARE...Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.
FLORIDA...At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S.
GEORGIA...It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola....interesting!
HAWAII...Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than residents of any other state.
IDAHO...TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
ILLINOIS...Has a Governor in jail, one pending jail, and is the most corrupt state in the union!
INDIANA...Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which gets a half million letters for Santa every year.
IOWA...Winnebago R.V.s get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it is the only state name that begins with 2 vowels.
KANSAS...Liberal, Kansas has an exact replica of the house in "The Wizard of Oz".
KENTUCKY...Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.
LOUISIANA...Has parishes instead of counties because they were originally Spanish church units.
MAINE...It is so large that it covers as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.
MARYLAND...The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892… Bet you didn't know that!
MASSACHUSETTS…The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN...Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of the world.
MINNESOTA…Bloomington's Mall of America is so big, that if you spent 10 minutes in each store, you'd be there almost four days.
MISSISSIPPI…President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here. The most lied about state in the nation.
MISSOURI...Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.
MONTANA…A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England .
NEBRASKA...More triplets are born here than in any other state.
NEW HAMPSHIRE...Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.
NEW JERSEY...Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.
NEW MEXICO...Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.
NEW YORK...Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk...Surprised?
NORTH CAROLINA…Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NORTH DAKOTA... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of North America .
OHIO...The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
OKLAHOMA...The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.
OREGON...Has the most ghost towns in the country.
PENNSYLVANIA...The smiley : ) was first used in 1980 by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University .
RHODE ISLAND...The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673.
SOUTH CAROLINA...Sumter County is home to the world's largest gingko farm.
SOUTH DAKOTA...Is the only state that's never had an earthquake.
TENNESSEE...Nashville' s Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world.
TEXAS…Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The hamburger was invented in Arlington in 1906.
UTAH...The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in 1952.
VERMONT…Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald's.
VIRGINIA…Home of the world's largest office building, The Pentagon.
WASHINGTON...Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.
WASHINGTON D.C...Is the first planned capital in the world
WEST VIRGINIA...Had the world's first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.
WISCONSIN...The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sunday. Also the American Water Spaniel was created there and is the state dog.
WYOMING...Was the first state to allow women to vote.

I hope you enjoyed this. Just proving no matter how old you are you can still learn new things~

Friday, July 21, 2017

Perfect Female Body

Ran across this article and thought this was very interesting…what do you think?

How the “Perfect” Female Body Has Changed In 100 Years
Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, the mainstream idea of the “perfect body shape” for women has shifted almost as often as fashion trends. In some cases, the contrasts between decades are shocking, and speak volumes to public attitudes at the time – which, basically, depended on whether or not people thought it was okay for women to have curves.

Countless diets, pills, and celebrity icons later, we’re still going wrong in 2017 by encouraging women and girls to constantly compare themselves to others, rather than loving themselves in their own right. At the very least, however, we’ve come farther than using cigarettes and Wonder Bread to slim down.

Take a walk back in time with us, and marvel at the varyingly ridiculous expectations placed on women over the years.

More info: (h/t: Vintage Everyday, DM)

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