https://www.wolfih.com/inspiration daily 0.75 2019-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558885695008-ZR0X9XE5GUYJ2LREGSEG/Screen+Shot+2019-04-29+at+5.36.42+PM.png Inspiration - Lighting Up the Light Warrior Good afternoon, one and all!!! :D One of the most remarkable things about Light Warriors is their ability to soak in and soak up positive energies such as sunlight and smiling and healthy friendship, save those energies for a later date/time, and then unleash them in Compassion, Kindness, and Selflessness when the time calls for it most. Conduits of Love and Mindful Caring, Light Warriors bring Hope and Joy to those of us in most need at the times most necessary. This is pretty damn cool, huh? Exactly!!! ;) :D Have a delightful evening, friends!!! Strength, Light, and Love... #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558885912598-J79VLK79UAL3GLD7WEYA/Screen+Shot+2019-04-30+at+9.00.43+AM.png Inspiration - Natural Recharging Nature heals, cares, loves Be still and listen for Her Your Mother calls you... Hey there, Light Warriors!! How's your Tuesday morning?? Ready to spread some Love and Light and Magic around the world today?? Hell yeah, you are!! :D :D Sometimes, when we need that extra boost of Positivity, that centering and rebalancing of our souls, that metaphysical meal that sustains us, all we need to do is to look to Nature, our dear Mother Earth and her natural wonder. Breathing in the freshness of clean air, walking amongst the flora and fauna of the forest, swimming in the life-giving waters of streams and seas...all these and so much more await the weary Warrior in need of renewal. Our gentle, kind, and loving Mother is always there to comfort, protect, and nurture us. She is our friend. She is our family. We are one with Her. Join your voice with the rising chorus...sing to the Universe itself in chords of rainbow hues and bright shining beams of Joy!! Praise your Mother, sing as one with her own mighty symphony of Life and delight!! Gather your strength, Warriors. We need every ounce of it we can muster. And, thankfully, Mother Earth has us covered. Strength, Light, and, Love... #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558885951850-Y3U22MZZZ6OJFUAXBFB4/Screen+Shot+2019-05-01+at+6.54.47+AM.png Inspiration - Spiritual Badassery Good morning, Light Warriors!! Halfway through the week and we ain't slowin' down, right? Bingo!! :D Just as when we meditate we focus on our breathing allowing each breath to fill our lungs and then exit once more, so too must we remember that our energy is similar in many ways. As we navigate each day, any of a number of things can threaten to unbalance us somewhat as we go along. But, those things don't know that we have a way of counteracting them...through Mindfulness and Positivity. When we need positive energy, we are the flower soaking up all the goodness we can from those around us, from our world, from our existence. We stay focused on the Light and restore ourselves and our souls, rebalancing our internal framework. When we are filled with such Positivity, we become the sunbeam, shining our smiles and Love around like a beacon in the night for others in need. As we do this, we can remember our own times of need and ensure that we are being the change for those seeking balance themselves. And, of course, oftentimes we are both flower and sunbeam running a constant tally between receiving and giving, restoring ourselves enough to begin helping once again. It is a delicate dance, but entirely possible to accomplish. Especially for a Warrior of Light such as yourself. So, as you make your way through today, rely on Mindfulness to tell you when to shine and when to soak, when to be the sunbeam and when to the be the blossom. Give freely when you can, take what you need in return. Help the world around you balance by balancing yourself. And, of course, this helps you out, too. Naturally. ;) Have a lovely day, friends!! Strength, Love, and Light... #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558885992144-T3YBG8HDE5XDOGXLRF8D/Screen+Shot+2019-05-02+at+7.45.56+AM.png Inspiration - Persevere!! Good morning, Light Warriors!! And a happy Thursday to each and every one of you! PERSEVERE!!! DON'T LOSE HOPE!!! :D :D This morning, a post from a friend was filled with hopelessness and despondency given the current situation the world over. This person wasn't wrong in their assessment of affairs...lots of things are pretty grim right now. However, it was their abandonment of Hope that really hit home. It isn't hard to understand the temptation into this way of thinking and feeling. Why keep fighting, right? The proverbial writing is on the wall... Earth is "over". Bullshit. That's PRECISELY how negative energies and entities want us to think and believe. The sooner that side of things can get us all to surrender, the sooner the wholesale hijacking of our planet will come to fruition. However, if we keep resisting, keep persisting, keep on fighting, then we can and will overcome all of that nonsense. If we join together in force in Love, Mindfulness, Compassion, and Respect, our ranks will swell to outnumber them in short order. All they have is hate and greed and selfishness and fear and grief and war to sell us while we have so many positive things to freely give away. Ours is the better model, we just have some work to do waking people up from the nightmare of consumerism and the imprisonments of modernity. PERSEVERE!!! DON'T LOSE HOPE!!! Our main job is to keep the sacred fires of Hope burning brightly for all to see! We must stoke the coals in our hearts daily to ensure that the beacon will be visible to those still lost in the dark. And, if we find our Hope flagging, even just a little, our job is to reach out to fellow Light Warriors for Support, Strength, and Love. Please don't lose Hope, friends, don't lose heart. Humanity has survived all its "dark nights of the soul" because of Light Warriors like you all!! And it will survive again for the same reason!! Strength, Light, and Love, #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886032131-YNCD5OVKPZW8A2F4836I/Screen+Shot+2019-05-03+at+7.39.53+AM.png Inspiration - Disappointment Happy Friday, Warriors of Light!! Here's hoping you've all had a lovely week. And now, onto the weekend!! But first...there's this: Life isn't fair. And that's not fair. And that sucks. All of this is true. This is one of the reasons we all work so tirelessly at things like Fairness and Balance and Community. Life will also dash our hopes from time to time...sadly. Disappointment, that ugly brute, trouncing through our lives at inopportune moments causing all manner of grief, fear, resentment, and anger as it mucks about. This can be a daily occurrence...or even worse. Plainly put, disappointment is a pretty crappy thing. However, if you put a spin on it, you just might find it to be a handy Mindfulness instructor. When we become disappointed, it is because part of us has been living in the future by hoping for a certain thing or outcome...maybe a little too much? Possibly. And when those hopes do not become realized due to any number of unforeseen circumstances, that's when the negativity sets in. But, what if it didn't have to? What if we used Mindfulness to help us through those frustrating moments? What if we allowed disappointment to teach us valuable lessons in living in the present moment? What if we learned that disappointment only means we need not focus our energies in one direction the same way anymore? What if we began to view disappointment as an opportunity for a fresh start instead? What if we could rally from the "failure" with Positivity and thoughts of how to try different things in pursuit of a better outcome? Transmuting negativity into things we can use -- now THAT is some metaphysical alchemy, friends!! Of course, this isn't easy. Rewiring your brain and heart never is. But it is so worth it. Mindfulness is the key, as with almost everything. Being present with yourself and your thoughts and feelings during times of disappointment, being honest with yourself, this will help guide you to the Positivity you need to start things anew. Meditation can be a massive help here as well. Mindfulness. The answer to disappointment. Chin up, good people!! Don't let those moments of frustration get you down. Certainly don't let them keep you down!! You can always reach for the hand of another Light Warrior...we will always help pick you up, dust you off, and get you going in the correct direction once more. Have a magnificent Friday!! Wishing you Mindfulness, Compassion, and Joy!! Strength, Light, and Love... #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886073136-5G3I5MG4X322RJRFQYM8/Screen+Shot+2019-05-04+at+11.14.23+AM.png Inspiration - Sunlight Happy Saturday, everyone!! Wishing you all a fantastic day of Joy and Life!! :D So, sunshine. Pretty awesome stuff, right? You got it!! Yeah yeah yeah!! So much poetry is out there about sunshine. So many songs. So many cultural references. And why not? It is our Earth's energy source. But, beyond the science of it all, sunshine has lovely, curative powers. For Light Warriors like us, sunshine is a ready source of Positivity and Light, an ever-present well which we can tap into over and again. And if there is no sunshine? Well, we can work with that, too! On cloudy days, try meditating on the sun, on sunshine, on sunrises and sunsets...bring that Light to your mind and soul. Nourish yourself with the sunshine inside of you. As such, good people, if you can today, get out there and soak up some sunshine!! Recharge your batteries a bit, solar panel style. Enjoy the feeling of warmth on your skin. Enjoy the bright white nature of the Light. Enjoy being alive. Enjoy and be grateful... Have a marvelous weekend!!! #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886126900-HSGRIUQT9HYLNCIQIOL2/Screen+Shot+2019-05-05+at+9.25.01+AM.png Inspiration - Laughter Top o' the morning to you, Warriors of Light!! What a nice relaxing weekend it's been. A perfect time to reflect on the important things. Such as Laughter for one! Self-care and spiritual health involve lots of things that help keep the soul fresh and ready. One of these things, a wonderful and delightful tool in the toolbox, is Laughter. Having a good giggle or guffaw is so lovely, helpful, and healing. Laughter is a human expression that transcends all barriers. It is natural and automatic for our species as evidenced by the way very young infants laugh heartily and often. Additionally, a byproduct of laughing is smiling which is always a plus. If we are feeling down or miffed, we can access Laughter as a way out of such feelings. Master Thich Nhat Hanh advises us to "smile, breathe, and go slowly". Laughter brings us back to the present moment, Mindfully. It adds a smile to our faces and also causes us to focus on our breathing. Besides, it is an ever-present source that can restore us and fill us up again when we are depleted. There is even laughing meditation out there if that sounds pleasant to you. Plainly put, Laughter is our dear friend. And we are grateful we have a friend such as that. :D So, tell a few jokes today, spread some Laughter around. Ask for a few chuckles in return, why not? Laughter is one of the sweet spices of Life...let us all savor it as much as possible!! To that end, a joke for you: Q: "What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back to you?" A: "A stick." And there you have it, friends!! Have an amazing day kicking ass like the Light Warrior you are!!! #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886176578-8FV7A8MW1FYGPDCPN9W9/Screen+Shot+2019-05-06+at+7.12.42+AM.png Inspiration - Mindful Awareness Welcome to a brand new day of a brand new week, Light Warriors!! Times like these are so wonderful because they are full of raw, positive potential. All we need do is make healthy, Mindful choices to help manifest upbeat and fulfilling experiences. And, as usual, Mindfulness is the answer here. It is rather important after all... ;) Today's quote from Master Hanh is a very favorite. Useful in meditation and in Life in general, it reminds us to focus on Awareness and Mindfulness as much as possible. Smiling improves the psyche every time, helping to bolster a good mood or to help transmute a dark one. And, if we take the time to smile on purpose, we are already into Mindfulness, smiling in the moment. Breathing is always good, too...right? ;)But, in this instance, focusing on our breath is another act of Mindfulness Practice. Filling our lungs and bodies with rich oxygen we focus on ourselves and our immediate health and well-being, practicing our Awareness and reaping instant benefits. Finally, Master Hanh reminds us to slow down and abandon the "hurried, harried human" role for a quick minute. And maybe someday for good... When we slow down, we are afforded opportunities we cannot have when we rush so quickly around, worried about myriad things. Opportunities such as looking at the Nature around us: a tree, a mountain, the ocean, a bird, a patch of green grass, the sky filled with clouds...anything that helps you get out of your head and deeper into this natural marvel of a planet we call home. A few blessed moments of Peace and Stillness achieved simply by smiling, breathing, and going slowly. So simple, right? Because it is!! :D :D Please try this mantra out -- you might find it is just the right thing to help ease the daily frustrations of Life. :) Happiness to all today...have a lovely Monday, friends!! Smile, breathe, and go slowly... #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886238861-TX9V7ZR44V4ONBORNI3T/Screen+Shot+2019-05-08+at+9.49.59+AM.png Inspiration - The Best? Simplicity Good day, good day, Warriors of Light!! All the hopes for each of you to have a lovely day!! Today, we're focusing on Simplicity and the powers therein. It would be a bit counter-productive to wax on and on about Simplicity, therefore, we shall let the Dalai Lama himself teach us instead: "If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have, is very vital: satisfaction with just enough food, clothing, and shelter to protect yourself from the elements." :D Wise words, indeed. Have a delightful experience, friends!! #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886296833-6IV6YODJ2F3KRWY3FG88/Screen+Shot+2019-05-09+at+8.51.54+AM.png Inspiration - Superpowered Kindness "Make Kindness Your Superpower!!" Good morning, Light Warriors, and a happy Thursday to all!! This mural hangs on the wall in a very favorite cafe nearby. The colors and the entire spirit of it are so bright and energetic. It's as if one is looking into the faces of Joy and Light and Love themselves. Art like this that inspires us to Elevate and Smile, to forget things like fear and resentment for awhile, and to relax our souls and just ENJOY the moment. It's like unto a breath of fresh air represented in pigment and paint. Lovely... :D And then there's this mural's amazing message: Make Kindness Your Superpower. Yes. Yes. A billion times YES to this statement!! Kindness is so very very important for us in our lives, for us as a species, for our very planet. Treating each other kindly...treating ourselves kindly...these things are paramount to a Life with smaller and smaller amounts of agony, pain, confusion, hate, and sadness. And we all want less of all that stuff, right? Precisely! Making the choice to be kind (and remember, it is a choice) as often as possible will have positive ramifications that ripple outward from that Kindness like powerful waves of compassionate energies, anointing all those who come in contact with Light and Love. Choose Kindness today. Choose to be gentle and nice to another Human today. Choose to be kind to our planet, to our animal friends and neighbors, to our Universe. Choose Joy!! :D :D :) :) Your Kindness matters. It does and never let a single person persuade you otherwise. Fight the temptations into selfishness, greed, meanness, and cruelty. Those are the easy, hateful paths to travel down because they require so little effort. Kindness, on the other hand, has true power because of the power it takes to exercise it. Power that you have mountains of, Light Warriors!! Choose Gentleness and Niceness today!! Warriors Of Light, Forward Into Kindness!! Strength, Light, and Love... #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886350536-FCUTOIJ69HEZWAK2A9G2/Screen+Shot+2019-05-11+at+1.11.16+PM.png Inspiration - Rejoice in Joy!! And a delightful Saturday to one and all, Light Warriors!! Sending you tons of Positivity and Light today and always, sisters and brothers!! Joy...Joy. JOY!!! What an exultant feeling is Joy! To be bereft of chaos and fear and anxiety and anger and to be there, fully in the moment, enjoying the Human experience through a lens of utter mirth and merriment! To have that respite, that glorious feeling of everything being right with your world -- we need this so much in Life. Life is suffering...the saying is true enough. But it never said that Life is JUST suffering. Not even remotely. That adage is more about lessons in Acceptance anyways. :DNo, Life is also about Joy. Life can feel joyous and happy and worth living, friends!! And these moments of Joy can serve as excellent resource points to access when things get tough. Meditating on the contented and magical moments that we savor can really help us out of a rough situation whether emotionally, psychologically, spiritually, existentially, or all of the above. Therefore, remember to exercise your Mindfulness in moments of Joy as well! Lean into them with relish and abandon. Store up so much happy and positive energy that the forces of chaos and evil cannot but scratch you. Joy...Joy. JOY!!! Wishing you all the loveliest Joy in your hearts!! Strength, Light, and Love... #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886393955-L38ZU98A287CGN02LK9W/Screen+Shot+2019-05-12+at+9.18.30+AM.png Inspiration - Smile! Good morning and a very happy Sunday to one and all, Warriors of Light!! Wishing everyone the most peaceful and tranquil of days!! Ours is the challenge of synergy with the Universe. We are comprised of cosmic particles, stardust, and ancient elements made manifest as homo sapiens. One day, we shall all go back into the Universe as those same elements. There is so much that keeps us from communion with everything around us. Our modern lives are often so busy it becomes almost impossible to take the time we need to take care of ourselves adequately. Such as working to harmonize our souls with the frequencies around us as opposed to preferring the din and dissonance instead. We struggle so hard against lots of good things we have in our lives, opting to join the chaotic race swirling all around us everyday sometimes or often in place of aligning ourselves with Peace and Tranquility. But, the Universe is there, all the time, literally everywhere we look brimming with reminders to Smile and enjoy Life and the Human Experience. Eyes open, ears open, soul open...breathing in the Joy and Light. What a lovely way to approach a day!! :) Strength, Light, and Love, friends... #WOLFIH PS - For those celebrating Mother's Day today, a very happy and delightful one you all!! Sending Gratitude and thanks!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886446768-LATL0N5N900E7K2RX04A/Screen+Shot+2019-05-15+at+9.13.20+AM.png Inspiration - The Way of the Light Warrior Good morning and a very happy Wednesday, Light Warriors...good people...friends!!! Wishing you all an especially bright day filled with Light and Life! We are warriors, all of us. A very special kind. Not the kind that resorts to violence and hatred and worse... The kind that fights for Right and Good and Love and Compassion and our planet and our fellow Humans... We are champions of fairness and balance. We are repositories of Positivity and Joy and Mindfulness and other incredible energies from which to draw and which to share! And we are recruiting more and more Light Warriors all the time!! :D :D What wonderful news!! Everyday when you smile at someone who's clearly having a hard time, when you choose Kindness over cruelty or apathy, when you treat yourself with Compassion allowing for that care to flow out to others, when you take time to make time to just be in the moment...all these things and more serve a positive example for others to follow a path of Love and Awareness and Gratitude like us, friends!:D Embrace your calling, good people! Embrace Peace and Gentleness!! Be the Light Warrior you are and never stop fighting the good fight!!! Thanks for being your amazing and awesome self!!:D :) Strength, Light, and Love... #WOLFIH _______________________ Painting by: Rene Aigner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886495458-P5UMUK9WD0XM2I4UAMVL/Screen+Shot+2019-05-19+at+7.03.32+AM.png Inspiration - Togetherness Top of the morning to you, one and all, Light Warriors!! Here's hoping you've all had a great weekend thus far. Sending out Kindness and Hugs all around the world today!! Compassionate Togetherness. What a lovely concept. That wonderful convergence of being with people who are committed to being Kind to one another, to being Gentle to each other, to speaking their Truth with one another. Ours is a Human Family. Our species is one. However dysfunctional we may be, we are still family. And, the sooner we can all help one another realize this fully and act on it, the sooner we will alleviate so much suffering and fear and pain and anger in this world of ours. Togetherness is a cure for toxic loneliness -- just getting out into the world and out of our houses/heads and interacting with our sisters and brothers can be all we need to re-center and move forward in Joy and Light. Togetherness reminds us just how much we have at stake in this Life, that our own actions and thoughts are interconnected with the entire world around us, that causality and consequence are real things to be respected Mindfully. Togetherness rewards us with Laughter and Music and Dancing and Merriment and so so much more that recharges us and sustains us. Togetherness provides us with myriad opportunities to Love and to be loved, to expand our hearts and minds about the concept of Love, and to grow closer to our Human Family as a result. Compassionate Togetherness is a gift to be enjoyed and treasured. Let's all reach out today in Love, friends. Connect with our sisters and brothers around us. Enjoy a bit of time reveling in our fellow Humanity. Feel our metaphysical batteries recharge...feel our hearts fill. And then, we'll have that very feeling of Happiness and Contentment as a resource point we can access whenever necessary from that point forward. Pretty neat, huh? Yeah, it sure is... Now, let's get out there and get come together right now over Light, Warriors!! Strength, Light, and Love, #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1558886568130-CBLXK86RTAGTD1P9PU6W/Screen+Shot+2019-05-21+at+9.06.14+AM.png Inspiration - Respect, Compassion, Peace, Love Top of the morning, Warriors of Light!! And a mighty and magnificent Tuesday to each one of you bright souls!! Today seemed to lean towards the concepts listed in in the image from many directions and so, here we are. Now, more than ever, in this world we need mountains more Respect. Respect for ourselves, Respect for one another, Respect for our children, Respect for our planet, Respect for our Future, et al. There is such a lack of this thing so basic and so easy to extend...it has become a true plague upon us. It costs us so little if anything at all to show Respect to someone or to ourselves. We are all of us deserving of Respect from our fellows and from our own minds and spirits. Sacrifice a bit of ego, a bit of pride...so what? The benefits are endless!! When we Respect, we honor and validate and celebrate all at once. Respect goes such a long way and it is contagious. Just like Compassion and Love. When we lack Respect or disrespect, we deny ourselves the opportunities of Compassion and Love in that moment. And the world needs much much MUCH more of both of these, too, at present. And, Respect + Compassion + Love = Peace...or at least VERY far along the way to Peace. If we Respect ourselves, have Compassion for ourselves, and Love ourselves, inner Peace is there for the taking!! When we apply these concepts outwardly, Peace is the outcome as well!! It's never as easy as it sounds, of course. All of this takes a lot of work and dedication to change and to the concepts of Respect, Compassion, Love, and Peace. But it is so worth it -- so worth it to help heal our planet and our people. As such, won't you choose Respect today? Won't you choose Compassion and Love? And Peace? Light Warriors, the choice is ours!!! Let us choose on behalf of Light!! Strength, Love, and Light... #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1559117629833-O60XGDLCF7XU6HRW055D/Screen+Shot+2019-05-27+at+7.25.37+AM.png Inspiration - Never Give Up Hope Good Monday morning, Warriors of Light!! Here's hoping that everyone's weekend was lovely!! So, Warriors, right? Fighters for Good and Decency and Humanity. Good people doing Good works. But all that can be very fatiguing on the soul and mind and heart. The efforts we expend in the pursuit of making this world a better place can leave us exhausted and worn out. It is at these times when we are weakened from spiritual battle that the temptation to give up and abandon Hope can set in. Voices in our minds will try to convince us to throw in the towel and plug back into the Matrix. These voices can be all too strong as well. However, that's when we choose to reach out to our fellow Light Warriors for Strength, Support, Love, Joy, Laughter, Compassion, Understanding, Forgiveness, etc.!! Our sisters and brothers will always be there to help pull us up out of the tired mire and put us back on our feet once more. Mindful self-care is a huge element of recovery, too. Light Warriors must rest and recuperate when not in metaphysical combat with the forces of chaos. Meditation, exercise, Nature, a wholesome diet, fellowship...all these and so many others can and will help as well. There's an old adage from recovery circles that goes "H.A.L.T. - Never let yourself get too hungry, angry, lonely, or tired". This is fantastic advice for us all and to be taken to heart. This is self-care at its most basic and important. Remember we are out here for you when you need us...never be afraid to ask for help. There is no shame in it...no matter how bleak things seem. Rejoice, sisters and brothers!! Rejoice knowing that you have a vast network of like-minded and like-hearted folks who will reach back when you reach out!! Rejoice in your fellow Warriors of Light!! Sending everyone huge hugs for their day!! Strength, Light, and Love, #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1559704138034-AULKYQZU35ZJAEY1KDED/Screen+Shot+2019-06-04+at+6.22.07+PM.png Inspiration - Messages Good evening, Light Warriors!! We sincerely hope that you are having a lovely day!! Today's selection has quite a bit to say by itself. As such, we'd like to shine the focus on the messages found therein. Sending out Hugs to everyone in need!! Have a fantastic night... Strength, Light, and Love, #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1559923736080-LSUCTCLTP1S0TPPZMKKL/Screen+Shot+2019-06-05+at+9.38.23+AM.png Inspiration - Happy Everyday Good Thursday morning, Warriors of Light!! We hope that your week is going smoothly thus far! Life can sure throw a lot at us at a time. Some positive, some negative, some neutral, it can all add up to be overwhelming. When we are assailed like this, our Happiness can surely fall under the scythe. That is where the power of Choice comes in. While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our response to each and every happenstance. When things get negative, choosing to focus on the positive instead will help bring us back to Center and help us find our Happiness once more. There are reasons all around us to be Happy...we just need to Smile, Breathe, and Go Slowly to help us recognize and celebrate them. Mindfulness is our best friend in these efforts. And let us not forget Laughter, either. So, when Life gets us down, choose Happy. Choose the Light. Choose Love. The goal is to keep the negativity from gaining the upper hand. Choose Happy. Hope you have a marvelous day, friends!! Strength, Light, and Love, #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1559923758838-XGQDGOG3NRNZTWRJNNBO/Screen+Shot+2019-06-06+at+6.57.27+PM.png Inspiration - Nature Nurture Good Friday morning, everyone!! Sending out tons of great vibes and positive energies to all of you amazing Light Warriors out there!! Our spiritual and metaphysical batteries are our life's blood. They are the spaces inside each of us where we store up all the Love and Compassion and Kindness and Serenity and Beauty and Light for whenever we need such things in our journeys through Life. And, just like all batteries, they drain and must be recharged. But where to go? There are no electrical outlets just hanging about waiting for us to plug ourselves in. Or are there? We offer you Nature as one such outlet. Removing ourselves, even if briefly, from the din of modern living and the chaos of the Human world to the powerful and restoring arms of the natural world can mean so much for ourselves, our souls, our bodies, our minds, and our hearts. Just being still for a few moments amongst the trees and flowers and birds underneath the skies above, breathing in healing breaths of clean air, and living in the moment can all have a wonderfully beneficial effect on us and help to reenergize us down to our cores. We all need to put more Nature into our lives...maybe try a bit today? The benefits are endless and are perfect for the Light Warrior's practice. Naturally speaking, of course. ;) Nature is our Nurture!! Strength, Light, and Love, #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1560094430642-JCP5OOO4XXYKFJ5U20QO/Screen+Shot+2019-06-08+at+7.29.28+AM.png Inspiration - Grateful Attitude Good Saturday morning, Warriors of Light!! Today, we're talking about Gratitude and how powerful a force it can be in our lives. Gratitude can bring necessary Perspective, it can engender Respect, it can produce Joy. But, let's not just talk about it, let's ACT, shall we? If you would be so kind, please read the following aloud to yourself and for yourself: <<"Today, I choose a heaping hopeful helping of grateful Gratitude!! I choose to reflect upon all I am thankful for, all my many and myriad joyful celebrations of Life and Love and Happiness. Today, I choose to smile upon my wonderful fortunes and the fruits of countless labors throughout my wanderings...I choose to be overjoyed and contented with my lovely lot in this Life and to deny the negative any purchase in my soul. Grinning from ear to ear I waltz forwards in Mirth.">> It is so easy to be drawn into thoughts of failure and misery and hopelessness at the hands of this existence, however, there is so much good and loving and compassionate and beautiful that befalls us each and every day! But, it's all about Focus. And Perspective. Exercising our Gratitude muscles is not only healthy for us and our aching spirits, but for all those around us who might find themselves surrounded by feelings of darkness and despair. Grateful. Why not be Grateful? Why not, indeed? ;) Have a marvelous weekend, everyone!! Strength, Light, and Love, #WOLFIH https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cea9bb12412f20001d4b8e1/1560094450506-2BPYIF693L6VCICOYBOD/Screen+Shot+2019-06-09+at+9.01.04+AM.png Inspiration - Compassionate Backstory Happy Sunday, Warriors of Light!! This morning we want to discuss a method of exercising our Compassion successfully when coming in contact with others. “Today, I choose the ‘compassionate backstory’. I choose to develop a narrative for people with whom I come in contact in this Life that helps me to understand their actions from a place of Compassion.” <<From a close friend of #WOLFIH: A few years ago I was struggling with road rage and allowing myself to get insanely upset by the actions of others whilst driving. I was far too busy being concerned with what was going on in OTHER people’s cars that I was ignoring all the nastiness and hatred and anger that was going on in my car…much less how all that self-imposed out-of-sorts was affecting my own driving. I needed to shift this unsustainable paradigm for myself and so, at some point, the idea popped into my head of the “compassionate backstory” in terms of how and why things might be for another driver at that point in time. For me, it became the crossroads of choosing to look at the situation of another Human Being with Compassion or continue on in resentment and seething rage. I liked the new idea better. So, I started thinking about the fellow that cuts me off as less of a jerk and one who might have just received the news that a parent or child or other loved one is dying and this fact might be affecting this gentleman’s driving. Compassionate backstory. I started thinking about the lady who didn’t see me waiting in the parking lot and “took my spot” as someone who might have chronic pain of some sort that tampers with her situational awareness. Compassionate backstory. I began to look at all manner of behaviors around me in a new Light and I discovered something miraculous: all that Compassion that I was exercising regarding other drivers seeped back into my own car and into me and I found that utilizing such “narrative” understanding of others had a much more profound effect on me that I could have realized. As such, I began to use the concept much more broadly than before and I found that, if I could generate even a small compassionate backstory for those whose behavior comes perpendicular to my own in any facet of Life, I was able to more successfully navigate through, around, or away from those behaviors in new ways so that I was much more unscathed than before, much less negatively affected on a personal level. And this was/is awesome. Ultimately, we don’t want someone else’s bad mood or attitude or behavior to rub off on us or to negatively affect us, right? Well, this is yet one more way that might help you with precisely that. Why not?> “Today, I choose the compassionate backstory because I hope that others might do the same for me when I am compromised or upset or tired or hungry or lonely or hurt or any of another number of things that can negatively affect myself entirely.” We can, all of us, have those “all-too-Human” moments and it can be the kindness and compassionate actions of others that can help mitigate the internal damage to us and also help us find our way out again in the Light. “I choose this strategy because it helps me maintain Hope. For, I know without Hope, Life is a bleak and murky place. I much prefer the Light.” We at #WOLFIH wish for you the power and Strength this day to see people with Compassion and for you to understand their actions more fully through that lens. We wish for us all to give one another the benefit of the doubt and the desire to reach towards those in pain with Compassion as opposed to recoiling or running away (unless that is the only option to keep us safe). We wish for you the compassionate backstory!! 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