“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ❤
I found this little beauty outside in the morning. So cute & fuzzy! 😀 S/he was in a street when I was out walking and I carried her/him for a while then put her in a lot with lots of grass. One of my favorite things about the warmer seasons is the living creatures everywhere. ❤
I hope you are having a wonderful day/night wherever in the world you are!
❤
Much love & light to you,
xoxo Kim
“We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.”
Much love & light,
❤ 😀
xoxo Kim
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.”~Leo Buscaglia
This is my sweet girl, Boobie! She’s a lil mommy! Isn’t she adorable?! She has boy/girl twins!
They are the cutest things! ❤
Here is a beautiful quote, one of my favorites! Dr. Leo Buscaglia is one of the most inspiring, beautiful people who ever lived. ❤
I haven't been putting too much into blogging because I have been working frequently and still haven't grasped time management well. So I have been not responding much to messages(which I will get to), not usually reading blogs I love to read(I will soon catch up!), and just mostly posting very brief posts and usually late at night. But it's still good because at least once a day, even on very busy days, I do post something inspiring that can apply to most people. I still love to inspire people and my goal is to share at least one beautiful thing each day. And I succeed with that goal each day.
Weekends are very busy at work but if I really try, I can be even better with keeping up with the blogging world. It's all about time management! 😀
Today, I have two shifts to work since it's Mother's Day and I'm the only one at work who isn't a mamma!
But I love working & would still love to help even if I did not love working so it's all good!
Happy, Happy Mother's Day beautiful mammas! ❤ 😀
I hope you are having a beautiful day/night wherever in the world you are! ❤
xoxo Kim
(meee at work last night <3)
“The sun shines down, and its image reflects in a thousand different pots filled with water. The reflections are many, but they are each reflecting the same sun. Similarly, when we come to know who we truly are, we will see ourselves in all people.” ~Ammachi
❤ 😀
After putting this heartwarming quote here with this mirrored effect on a photo of me, I started to truly wonder how mirrors and reflections work. I looked it up and can only mostly find info on how mirrors themselves work. But I’m sure it’s not all about the mirror, our eyes and the way they operate must play a part as well. The cones, rods, retinas, the lens in them, the pupil… I want to know how it all works together but it’s hard to find much information on it.
I was wracking my brain trying to understand then my brain started philosophizing and my intention to post a sweet, simple universal love post got diverted.
Here are some fun facts about mirrors:
” Basically, anything with a smooth surface that reflects almost all of the light that hits it — with only very little light absorbed or scattered — can be a mirror. The key factor is a smooth surface, because rough surfaces scatter light instead of reflecting it.
When photons — rays of light — coming from an object (your smiling face, for example) strike the smooth surface of a mirror, they bounce back at the same angle. Your eyes see these reflected photons as a mirror image. The mirror image is reversed, which you can easily see if you stand in front of a mirror with a shirt with words on it. The words on the shirt appear backwards in the mirror.
Of course, not all smooth surfaces act as mirrors. If a smooth surface absorbs the photons, they can’t bounce back and there will be no reflection.
Although calm, dark water has been used as a mirror since the beginning of time, people started making mirrors thousands of years ago. The first mirrors were likely polished stones, such as obsidian (a type of volcanic glass). Large pieces of polished metal, such as brass, were also used as mirrors, although these were very expensive.”
source:
http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-mirrors-work/
Also there’s a rare condition or phenomenon called Mirrored self-misidentification that can result as a symptom of dementia but also can show up in young people without dementia for whatever reason, I don’t know.
A person afflicted with this cannot recognize her/his own self in a mirror. The person thinks the reflection isn’t a reflection at all but a whole other person.
And because our brains are designed to make sense of things, the person makes up a story for who the person in the mirror is.
I read about a man who came down with this condition (maybe after an injury?) and when he looked into a mirror, he did not know it was a mirror and thought it was a window into an apartment next door and that his reflection was his neighbor and they became good friends.
It must be heartbreaking to realize the truth. It’s like losing a friend. Delusions and hallucinations can be so real.
This is not a hallucination and the people with it are healthy in every other way. They can function like anyone else, go to work, hold intelligent conversations, it’s just something wrong in that part of the brain. They can identify the reflections of other people, just not their own.
So here is a sweet reminder to look for ourself in each other and look for others in ourself. Oneness.
And some interesting facts.
I love reflections & shadows. They are some of my favorite things to take pictures of. ❤
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Much love & light,
xoxo Kim
“As long as the sky exists and as long as there are sentient beings, may I remain to help relieve them of all their pain.”
One of the best things about Spring & Summer is the life that blossoms and appears all around. Life in the form of sentient beings like insects and dogs and people and other life forms, plants, flowers, trees…<3
Everything is so beautiful.
I saw this little kritter walking home today, outside of a bar on the street where I live. S/he can't or won't fly but can walk. S/he walked right onto my hand when I put it on the ground to pick her up.
S/he was walking towards the traffic and was also in danger of being stepped on by someone walking. I don't always stare at the ground when I'm walking but I look all around and happened to see this beauty. Cute little bumblebee! ❤ 😀
I put her/him in my backyard but not before losing her in my house! lol Luckily I found her again and got her safely outside.
She found this flower and got onto it then walked off again. It’s so cute!
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What a beautiful day! I’m off to work soon! 😀 ❤ ❤
Much love & light to you, always,
xoxo Kim
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is an interesting perspective and I agree for the most part. Sometimes criticism is necessary or good. Constructive criticism that is.
But it’s not always necessary. And not always good. Some of us really do have more advantages or experience than others, experience that helps us make better decisions or contributes to us ending up certain ways that others do not.
We may not even realize it. We all have walked different paths in this life, experienced different things, have different backgrounds and upbringings, biology/genetics, opportunities and things that all contribute to us getting where we are right now. Ultimately it’s our choices (both conscious and unconscious ones, direct & indirect, the choice to do nothing…) that get us where we are, for the most part. But our choices are often influenced by various factors. Let’s try to go easy on the negative judging(not an order/demand, just a friendly suggestion)! This isn’t to justify callous and reckless actions, just to promote more love & understanding. It’s also not to say that some people are victims of circumstance or have no ability to make choices. That’s disempowering. For most of us, no matter what happens beyond our control, we have the power to choose positive things, reactions, attitudes…
For some, it’s much easier to make positive choices than for some others. Like cigarettes, alcohol and other drugs, for example. It’s usually a choice to consume those in the first place no matter what happened to us. We have the power to say no to drugs or to say yes to them. And some take them and never become addicted while others fall prey to addiction. It doesn’t make one morally better for not becoming addicted. Some are just more susceptible.
Anyway, some people are more likely to take illicit drugs than others, maybe someone who experiences trauma or depression or other painful experiences or someone exposed to drug use at an early age.
It’s their choice at first but maybe influenced by experiences that contribute to them giving into temptation.
I never considered taking illicit drugs or getting drunk or even drinking alcoholic things (with the exception of a few sips many moons ago). It’s not at all my cup of tea. But that doesn’t put me in a position to judge people negatively who make different choices than me, even lousy choices or those with grave consequences.
Homelessness is another example where it is so easy for some to judge. None of us are immune to becoming homeless. Any of us can be struck by some tragedy at any moment.
Many homeless people don’t have the advantages that many of us have. Some are severely mentally ill, some are struggling with addiction, some lost everything they own to a financial crisis, a housefire…, some don’t have families or friends who take them in.
I have never been in a position to be homeless. I have always lived with my mom and unlike some people’s family, she wouldn’t ever throw me out no matter how much trouble I can ever be. Not everyone has that advantage.
Homeless people do have the power to make choices even though it is probably very difficult and even if for now the choice is to take one simple positive step for the better and some have made choices to contribute to where they are now, either consciously or unconsciously. It’s not being cold to say that. It’s disempowering to say otherwise. We all, as long as we’re alive, have the power to choose.
Another example is people not having or displaying good grammar skills. I see so many people making fun of them and stuff. Must be great to be so perfect!
Not everyone has access to a good education, some have learning disabilities, some just really don’t care… So what?
We all have the power to make choices if we’re alive.
But not everyone yet realizes that and not everyone has advantages that make certain choices easy.
So before we judge others in cold ways, how about instead we love & encourage them? In non condescending ways.
This quote is a great reminder to connect with our empathy and try to put our own self in someone else’s place as much as we can, and show love, compassion, encouragement instead of cold judgment. This goes for any person in any situation or making choices we disagree with.
Also here is a beautiful Country song! One of my favorites.
“I got rice cookin’ in the microwave
Got a three day beard I don’t plan to shave
And it’s a goofy thing but I just gotta say, hey
I’m doin’ alright
Yeah I think I’ll make me some homemade soup
I’m feelin’ pretty good and that’s the truth
It’s neither drink nor drug induced, no
I’m just doin’ alright
And it’s a great day to be alive
I know the sun’s still shinin’
When I close my eyes
There’s some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can’t everyday be just this good”
(everyday can be! It’s all about that attitude!) 😀 ❤
It’s a great day to be alive – Travis Tritt – desktop
It’s a great day to be alive – mobile
It IS a great day to be alive! Every day is! I feel this way often and it’s great to have reminders like this song!
I’m at work right now and the wifi is working for once! Lol
I hope you are having a beautiful day or night wherever in the world you are!
Much love & light to you now & forever!
Always remember, I love you! ❤ ❤
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xoxo Kim
Since this is a post to me by me here is a pic of me! 😀
I have been nominated by the lovely Sonali at
Howling With the Wolf:
https://howlingwiththewolf.wordpress.com/about/
To write a letter to me one year into the future!
https://howlingwiththewolf.wordpress.com/2016/04/08/dear-future-me/
Please check out her blog! She is a very sweet girl and an amazing writer with a passionate spirit.
I love when I’m nominated for things like this! (even though it sometimes takes me forever to get around to posting it! :-))
It kind of doesn’t really make sense to me to provide wisdom to my future self because my future self will (hopefully) be just as wise, and hopefully even wiser than my current self. Lol I realize that’s one of the blessings of getting older, we have all the wisdom we previously have and even more realized.
So I will just remind myself in the future to cherish the memories of all the beauty I have encountered previously, to intentionally recall and often record simple but profound moments I have experienced. Many moments are easy to forget even if they are beautiful, inspiring, amazing. The simple moments that aren’t part of a holiday or vacation or other socially important event. Just everyday, simple occasions.
I want to remind my future self to savor each cool breeze upon my skin in the Summers, cherish the warmth of cozy pj’s in Winter and the heat that surges through me while holding a steaming hot cup of cocoa or tea, I want to encourage me in the future to keep on taking photos of all the colorful beauty in Fall & Spring but remember to also live in the moment and truly feel the beauty, not just try to capture it in photos. It’s more important to experience.
I encourage me to write down simple but profound occasions on ordinary days to always look back on and remember.
Like the things I mention here:
https://inspirationalgem.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/best-days-3/
https://inspirationalgem.wordpress.com/2015/03/17/the-simple-unidentified-moments-3/
reading a thrilling novel, drinking hot tea, basking in the beauty of the rain…
I want to inspire myself to keep letting go of old pain and creating more and more space for new beauty.
I think the most important thing is to “remind” my future self to “live to the fullest” as the old cliche goes, making the most of each moment while holding onto all the pleasant memories and letting the not so pleasant ones inspire me to evolve and learn. In two, three, four, and more decades(i guess I’m planning to live a long while! Lol), I want to be able to think back to now and still remember some of the simple, beautiful moments I now experience.
I also want to remind myself that Life Is Beautiful!
I often feel that way but when I get into severe depressed moods, I sometimes tend to forget it. And one thing that helps me keep hope alive is to remember that I once felt that way, that life is simply beautiful, and so have it in me to feel that way again.
Sometimes the person who can inspire us the most is our own self! It’s great to be inspired by others, to be lifted and carried by their wisdom but sometimes it’s even greater to allow our own wisdom to inspire us. Always remember that if you once felt happy, alive, beautiful, peaceful, calm, even if only for a brief occasion, you CAN feel that way again. And even if you have never felt happy, you are alive and it’s never too late, there’s always hope as long as we are living and conscious or have the ability to be conscious if we aren’t currently.
My cover photo on Facebook says “Life is beautiful.” It’s the only cover photo I ever had and I intend to keep it that way. It’s true, life is beautiful. And when I seem to forget that, I look at my own cover photo (it’s not actually mine but one I found online) and remember that I felt that way when I set that photo as my cover photo and I am inspired to keep on living and loving. ❤
So, future self (and everyone else), always remember life is hope. If you felt it once, you can feel it again!
And one last thing, Future Self, always remember to surrender to universal love, all encompassing love, love for everyone and everything, all sentient beings, life itself, the whole uni-verse…keep going, keep loving, always & forever!!
❤
I'm thankful to be nominated for this and one reason is that it reminds me to better keep up with my one word journal. I have been doing great with my one word challenge, seeking and finding beauty and inspiration everywhere, sharing it with others, posting on the blog things that have to do with beauty…but I haven't been keeping up as much as I planned with the journal I have. But it's never too late to begin again! And this post is a great reminder!
Here is my post on the one word challenge:
https://inspirationalgem.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/one-word/
“This is the time to remember
Cause it will not last forever
These are the days
To hold on to
Cause we won’t
Although we’ll want to
This is the time
But the time is gonna change”
These Are the Times to Remember – Billy Joel – mobile
❤
Thank you, Sonali!
I'm supposed to nominate a few people but instead I would like to just invite anyone reading this to give it a try! 😀
Much love & light to you always,
❤
Xoxo Kim
I wrote this yesterday but it wouldn’t post so here it is today!
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“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with yourhair.” – Khalil Gibran ❤
Here are some pics I took a few weeks ago.
This is a place close to where I live near stores like Rite Aid, Applebee’s, Wawa… people throw trash all around the fence quite frequently. They have been doing that for a while.
Some open up their car doors and just throw all kinds of shit all over the ground.
Someone did that one day where I work recently, before I got there, threw all kinds of stuff on our pavement for me to have to clean up. Stuff out of the car like beer cans, broken sunglasses, chip bags, and so much more. How rude!
Litterbug
Litterbug
It looks like someone doesn’t like it! Lol
I don’t know who wrote this but for a couple days in a row someone spray painted a couple of messages to the litterers. The messages do not seem to have a tone that is very kind.
Lol!
Something tells me the messages aren’t official government ones. I can’t imagine government officials would spray paint on a fence and call people idiots in public. It doesn’t seem very professional!
Those messages have been washed off now.
I wonder if the paint is environmental friendly. If not, it seems kind of hypocritical, wouldn’t you say?
Trash all over isn’t good for our environment but certain kinds of paint are not either!
Since it is able to wash off, it may not be detrimental.
I also wonder who washed it off.
Lol
And here are some pretty pictures of the life blooming all around us this Spring!
My sweet boy, Emmy. ❤
I like the reminders about not littering. I have never been one to throw trash on the ground but I can probably be more conscious of our environment in other ways. I think many of us can.
We can read labels on cleaning supplies, makeup, and other things to check if they are healthy for the environment around us and check to see if the companies test on animals.
We can be mindful of recycling and put things in the appropriate containers. Use less paper when we can (I hear it’s good for trees!), and so many other things.
It’s not just about trends and being preachy moralists. It’s about being true to our home, our Earth who gives us life and sustains life. Earth is living, breathing and it’s up to us to take care of it as best as we can.
(but I don’t freak out on people who buy things I don’t buy, like things tested on animals. I’m not stuck up about it. 😉 )
I hope you are having a great day/night wherever you are! It’s a lovely breezey but warm Spring afternoon here in Philadelphia! There’s nothing much more inspiring than seeing all the beautiful colors and trees and flowers all around. (of course I’m at work so can’t see much of it right now except for a couple trees across the street! Good enough!)
😀 ❤
Xoxo Kim
Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the wrong. Sometime in life you will have been all of these.” ~
Lloyd Shearer
xoxo Kim
“Lift your head when you go outside and remember that
if you can feel the sun on your face or the rain gets you wet or you are cold,
then you are alive … and that’s a great feeling.” ~Sherrie Carroll
Much love & light, ❤
xoxo Kim 😀
