30 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in Emotion School, Inspiration, Life Mastery Skills, Motivation, Quotes, Resilience, The Power to Do, Wellness
Miss Sophiella at the Utah Art’s Festival
We do our best work when we compete against ourselves — not others.
~Richard Lavoie
29 Friday May 2015
Posted in Emotion School, Mindfulness, Resilience
I declared today a “vacation day” and drove to one of my sacred spaces in the mountains. A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to see a bald eagle perched atop a tree. It was a beautiful sight to behold; especially when it lifted off and flew away with fluffy white legs blowing in the wind.
Today I longed to see the majestic bird again. I kept my eyes up, searching the treetops as I drove. It wasn’t meant to be.
How many other birds and wildlife did I miss searching for what I thought to be the prize?
How often in life do we search for what we believe to be the answer, when there are miracles right before our eyes…eyes that do not see because they are looking for something different.
Therein lies the gift of mindfulness; to be present for what life is offering up. Tara Brach asks us to clear a path in the forest of our mind. What might we find if we sit and wait for what appears?
Look what I found when I came home.
Sending love,
Barbara
25 Monday May 2015
Posted in Emotion School, Life Mastery Skills, Mindfulness, Resilience, Wellness
Step Off the Merry-Go-Round
How many times have you heard the idiom, “ Get me off of this merry-go-round!”?
It’s an expression that conjures up a familiar, commonly shared image of someone “mindlessly” attempting to run faster than their legs can carry them; often but not always, directed by someone other than the person who is doing the real running. Around and around we go, doing, doing, doing; believing we don’t have a choice and resenting the demands placed on our time that keep us from doing what we think we would “rather” be doing.
One mother complains, “I don’t even have time to go to the bathroom.” A college student says, “It’s like being in prison; my time is not my own; if I’m not studying, I’m working, and if I’m not working, I’m studying.” A grandfather says, “I want to write my family history, but my kids count on me to babysit…
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24 Sunday May 2015
Posted in Caregiver's Storyboard, Emotion School, Mindfulness, Resilience
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Aging, authentic self, Compassion, Courage, Emotion, empathy
The peony life cycle is not unlike our own
“Every stage of life is beautiful”
Barbara Scoville
25 Saturday Apr 2015
Posted in Emotion School, Life Mastery Skills, Mindfulness, Resilience
A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to walk this beautiful labyrinth and I learned an important lesson. If my eye was on the goal…that is reaching the middle, I got dizzy and frustrated; but when I was fully present and kept my eye on the path, I saw the beautiful rose petals laid beneath my feet along the way. I smelled the honeysuckle and heard the song of the birds.
Sending love,
Barbara
25 Monday Aug 2014
Posted in Emotion School, Quotes, Resilience, Wellness
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“Home is a place we all must find, child. It’s not just a place where you eat or sleep. Home is knowing. Knowing your mind, knowing your heart, knowing your courage. If we know ourselves, we’re always home, anywhere.”
-Glinda, The Wiz
23 Saturday Aug 2014
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09 Saturday Aug 2014
Posted in Emotion School, Life Mastery Skills, Mindfulness, Pioneers of Peace, Quotes, Resilience
The Criteria of Emotional Maturity
by
William C. Menninger
The ability to deal constructively with reality
The capacity to adapt to change
A relative freedom from symptoms that are produced by tensions and anxieties
The capacity to find more satisfaction in giving than receiving
The capacity to relate to other people in a consistent manner with mutual satisfaction and helpfulness
The capacity to sublimate, to direct one’s instinctive hostile energy into creative and constructive outlets
The capacity to love
13 Tuesday May 2014
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Compassion, Grief, Loss, Sadness, Self Compassion, Tiny Buddha
Compassion
Greetings Friends,
As promised, here is the link to my latest post published on Tiny Buddha. It’s called, 7 Steps to Move Through Sadness (and What We Can Learn from it).
http://tinybuddha.com/blog/7-steps-to-move-through-sadness-and-what-we-can-learn-from-it/
15 Tuesday Apr 2014
“The first thing to remember is to start where we are. How could we start where we are not? And yet, how often we try to start way ahead of ourselves. That leads nowhere. But wherever we are, help is there. Life provides all the help we need. If we trust and look for it, we shall find it.” ~Brother David Steindl-Rast
Barbara Scoville, LCSW 