Meet the Unknown with Courage and a Sense of Adventure

Know that the greatest fear is fear of the unknown.
Seek to meet the unknown with courage and a sense of adventure.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

In this world there is always danger
for those who are afraid of it.
- George Bernard Shaw

If we let things terrify us,
life will not be worth living.
- Seneca

It is only human to fear change, and to fear the unknown.
Usually, change is for the better. But even when a change is, on balance, painful,
there is always a silver lining to every cloud.
Be grateful for the blessings, and accept the rest as important lessons.
Right now, take a deep breath and welcome change.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Welcome the Unknown

The Edge of All You Know

Not Knowing

Beyond Fear
    

Faith (Trust God) Plus Action (Trust Yourself)

Faith plus action becomes unstoppable.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

To have faith is to trust yourself to the water.
When you swim you don't grab hold of the water,
because if you do you will sink and drown.
Instead you relax, and float.
- Alan Watts

What you are is God's gift to you:
what you become is your gift to God.
- Anthony Dalla Villa

If you have to have it, it's ego.
If you have to not have it, it's ego.
Hold life lightly and it will deliver what you need
and release what you don't.
- Alan Cohen

A good example is the best sermon.
- Benjamin Franklin

Struggle: to make strenuous or violent efforts in the face of difficulties or opposition.
- Merriam Webster Dictionary

To struggle less:
Plan more.
Thoughtfully consider alternatives.
Have more patience.
Have more Faith.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: A Life of Being at Peace

Harmony of the Soul

Dealing with Dark Days

Release the Struggle
   

A Foundation to Depend Upon

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
- Thomas Kempis

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at;
it is the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
- David Allan Coe

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.
- Christine Gregoire

Love is the foundation from which your decisions about
your life should be made.
- Darren L. Johnson

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation
with the bricks others have thrown at him.
- David Brinkley

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship,
we must love our friend for their sakes
rather than for our own.
- Charlotte Bronte

Further reading: Honoring Our Roots

Not By Our Bootstraps

Feeling Blessed

Pay It Forward
       

Work With Life, Not Against It

Resistance creates suffering.
Stress happens when your mind resists what is.
The only problem in your life
is your mind's resistance to life as it unfolds.
- Dan Millman

If we fail to plan, we merely bob helplessly -
like a cork on the sea of life.
If we resist whatever life delivers to us,
we create untold misery for ourselves.
If we act with vision and commitment,
and then accept whatever Spirit provides,
we live a life of purpose and joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

By letting it go it all gets done.
The world is won by those who let it go.
But when you try and try.
The world is beyond the winning.
- Lao Tzu

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes.
Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
- Lao Tzu

What you resist, persists.
- Carl Jung

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
- Jules Verne

Today's affirmation:
I practice non-resistance.
I accept the wisdom of God
in creating the world exactly as it is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Everything Happens In Its Own Time

Acceptance Is Not Resignation

Non-Resistance

Serenity in Times of Crisis
    

The Grandeur of Creation

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be admitted to Nature's hearth costs nothing.
None is excluded, but excludes himself.
You have only to push aside the curtain.
- Henry David Thoreau

Today is a good day to look around at the grandeur of creation.
Whether flower or cactus, butterfly or caterpillar, elk or lizard,
vegetable garden or compost pile.
Our world is magnificent - all of it.
Rejoice and give thanks for all of life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Study nature, love nature,
stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
- Frank Lloyd Wright

Further reading: Everything is a Miracle

Listen to Nature's Messengers

Beauty and Adventure in the Commonplace

One Drop of Water