Tag Archive | joy

Compassion

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“In separateness lies the world’s great misery, in compassion lies the world’s true strength.” πŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ’›πŸ’πŸ’“πŸ’•πŸ’ŸπŸ’–πŸ’—πŸ’žπŸ’œβ€πŸ’˜

I hope you are having a wonderful day or night wherever in the world you are! πŸ˜€

 

Xoxo Kim

July Sunrise <3

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(sunrise with a “color pop” effect on it)

“There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.”~
Terry Pratchett

(I don’t know if this source is correct)

Today I woke up early and watched the sun rise. Beautiful & inspiring & magical as always! Β 

Isn’t this a sweet quote?! So empowering. If we create positive stories, maintain positive thoughts and attitudes and energy, it will change the world around us and at the very least, our inner world. But our energy, thoughts, actions….have a ripple effect and go out into the larger world for better or worse. Let’s make it better! πŸ˜€ ❀

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Also, thank you for the recent comments! I appreciate them all and will respond soon! ❀ πŸ˜€

Much love & light,

xoxo Kim

Summer???! <3 {Summer Luvin’}

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So, I heard today is the first day of Summer? I thought Summer always begins on the 21st of June!

Oh, well! Lol πŸ˜‰

Here’s to the beginning of Summer!

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Summer is my least favorite season. I just don’t have a thing for heatwaves, 90 degree weather, heat headaches, air conditioners and stuff and while I love the beach(though I’m no beach bum!), I love snow, cool nights, and crisp Fall leaves more!

Anyway, I’m not here to focus on what is better or what I’m wishing for! I’m here to celebrate Summer, which is also beautiful and brings joy and a thrill that no other season can! To me, each season brings a joy to me that the other three do not. It’s like impossible though to explain in words, the difference.Β 

Here are some things I love about Summer:

1.) Tropical scents like Hawaiian ginger, mango, citrus flavors….

2.) the greenery all aroundΒ 

3.) the countless beautiful insectsΒ 

4.) being able to sit outside without freezing my balls off!Β 

5.) the scent of bbq’s all aroundΒ 

6.) ice cream and iced coffee (all year but they are more like Summer things!)

7.) the chirring of crickets at night

8.) the glow of firefliesΒ 

9.) endless blue skies!

10.) the fragrance of Summer heat outsideΒ 

And there’s many more things too! But these for now!Β 

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Recent sunset. One of the last Spring sunsets this year! ❀ πŸ˜€

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me today. ❀

Recently I met a few Earth angels! I met this girl recently whenever I would go to buy iced coffee and she is super sweet and friendly and I got the strong feeling she likes me (in a platonic way), she seemed to have a soft spot for me beyond the usual friendliness shown to customers in general. She even gave my mom a senior discount even though she isn't a senior, just to be generous!Β 

Then one day she told me she been wanting to tell me she knows me somehow but can't remember how but she remembers me being the sweetest girl! Aww! ❀

Finally we realized we went to middle school together for a while and used to sit together on the school bus when we were little.

She said she felt awkward asking me but decided to get up the courage. I'm so happy she took the chance. When she told me her name, I instantly remembered her and recognized her face even though we're all grown up now.

She's a sweet girl also and so friendly.Β 

This inspires me even more to reach out to people when I experience the desire. Sometimes we may feel too shy, awkward, hesitant….for whatever reason but what's the worst that can happen? We can be rejected, maybe a little bit embarrassed, that's it! It's worth it though because it can make someone's day or be the beginning of a new or rekindled friendship or other relationship!Β 

Let's take the plunge!Β 

And today, I encountered another Earth angel!

I was in the mental health clinic I go to for treatment for depression and I heard a girl talking and recognized her voice and when I turned around I saw who she is as she was turning away.

Then when I walked outside she was in her car and gave me a ride home! She's a girl I know but don't always see very often. We did not know that each other has problems or goes to the clinic. It is a pleasant surprise seeing her and getting a ride home.

She's one of those extremely outgoing, bubbly, kind people, also very generous.Β 

She has an adorable little girl who she said was recently asking about me! How sweet! ❀

At first I said no thanks to the ride because I did not want her to go out of her way.

But she insisted and said "you're not walking home in this heat!"

It was very helpful because it is over 90's today and it's over a half hour long walk. I love to walk but not in this weather! No thanks! Lol

I hope you are having a beautiful day/night wherever you are!Β 

And don't forget to be someone's Earth angel today! ❀ πŸ˜€

xoxo Kim

Good Morning/Night <3

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“There is nothing truer in this world than the love of a good dog.”

This is my sweet girl, Boobie! She’s an old girl. And a lil mommy of boy/girl twins!

She is very cuddly. She usually loves to sleep on my mom. This morning she slept on my pillow with me. ❀

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I hope you are having a beautiful day or night wherever you are! ❀

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xoxo Kim

Hey Man (now you’re really livin’) {May Sunrise}

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“Well, I just saw the sun rise over the hill
Never used to give me much of a thrill
But, hey man, now I’m really living”

This morning I fulfilled my goal of watching the sun rise and getting a picture at least one day. This is my goal for each month this year and I have succeeded up until now!

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While I love early morning(there’s something so magical about it), I’m not an early bird. It takes a lot for me to haul my ass out of bed very early in the morning, especially at some ungodly hour like 5:00am!

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I got myself up a couple of mornings just after 6:00am recently and missed the sunrise! It has been coming up around 5:30!

So today I was prepared and got myself up at 4:30 to watch out for it. It’s not always accurate online when it has the time for the sunrise. One night I checked to see and then got up earlier and it was coming up then, minutes before it was scheduled online.Β 

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Today I succeeded! Yay!!

My goal isn’t just to snap a pic and then share and that’s it but to genuinely and mindfully appreciate the beauty and wisdom.

Each day the sun comes up, why keep missing it! It’s a gift to be alive, a gift to have the sun coming up, and a gift to be able to see it.Β 

Let’s take advantage of those sweet blessings!Β 

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“Do you know what it’s like to fall on the floor
Cry your guts out ’til you got no more?
Hey man, now you’re really livin'”
“Do you know what it’s like to care too much?
‘Bout someone that you’re never gonna get to touch
Hey man, now you’re really living”

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(I think this is the same picture as the one above it. lol I have a different one but can’t seem to find it. Also, the first two pics in this post have a photo effect I put on to blacken the edges a bit and blur them some.)

“Have you ever sat down in the fresh cut grass
And thought about the moment and when it will pass?
Hey man, now you’re really living”

I love this song by the Eels! It’s so uplifting and encourages us to live deeply, appreciating the pleasant and the unpleasant in life.

Check it out!:

Hey Man (now you’re really living) – Eels – mobile

Hey Man – desktop

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(this one also has a photo effect)

I love how they mention both pleasurable and painful things and remind us that all of these situations allow us to truly live.Β 

How wonderful! Β 

And this one isn’t mine! But it is a stunning Philadelphia sunrise!

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I hope you are having a beautiful day/night wherever in the world you are! It’s a beautiful warm, rainy night here in Philadelphia!Β 

❀ πŸ˜€

Xoxo KimΒ 

Earth. <3

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I wrote this yesterday but it wouldn’t post so here it is today!

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“Forget not that the earthΒ delightsΒ to feel your bare feet and the winds long to playΒ with yourhair.” – Khalil Gibran ❀

Here are some pics I took a few weeks ago.

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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.Β 

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!

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Litterbug
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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.Β 

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! Β 

Those messages have been washed off now.Β 

I wonder if the paint is environmental friendly. If not, it seems kind of hypocritical, wouldn’t you say?Β 

Trash all over isn’t good for our environment but certain kinds of paint are not either!Β 

Since it is able to wash off, it may not be detrimental.Β 
I also wonder who washed it off.

Lol

And here are some pretty pictures of the life blooming all around us this Spring! Β 

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My sweet boy, Emmy. ❀

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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.Β 

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.Β 

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. πŸ˜‰ )

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!)

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Xoxo KimΒ 

Magazine… Thursday???

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I totally forgot about magazine Monday! (lol that name is so cheesy! When I come up with something more clever or creative, I will change it!) I remembered when I woke up Tuesday morning thinking it was Monday morning! What a disappointment!

For the last two or three weeks I have been sharing inspiring photos I take of things in magazines. I look for positive things in “trashy” or degrading magazines or things that I put my own inspiring spin on. I meant for it to be every Monday but this week I forgot!

So here instead is Magazine Thursday! lol! ;-D

Some of these I may have already shared but they are the only ones I have access to right now. I’m at work but I have no customers at this moment. I’m getting more organized and prepared and will share new ones Monday (if I remember…)!

So here we are:

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Let’s drop all negative thoughts & habits. πŸ˜€

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What an interesting perspective! I feel that it can be interpreted different ways. What’s your interpretation?

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The magic words! ❀

Let's open our minds to welcome everything good. ❀

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Love everywhere. ❀

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Let every year be the year of magical thinking! ❀ πŸ˜€

Here is the first edition:

https://inspirationalgem.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/magazine-inspiration-3/

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Much love & light to you now & always!

❀

xoxo Kim

Love to Live <3

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“If we look at the world with a love of life, the world will reveal its beauty to us.” ~Daisaku Ikeda

If we maintain a positive attitude, we see beauty more easily and that helps further increase our positive mood and love for life. ❀

I love beautiful reminders like this!

Thank you for the comments, I still have a few to get to! I have been working more/later hours at work and it has been busy! It's an ice cream/water ice place and they tend to get busy in warm weather! So I have been posting here late and mostly just short posts. But I make it a point to post something at least once a day!

I appreciate every comment I receive!
Thank you so much!! ❀ πŸ˜€

Also, I have quite a few wonderful blogs to catch up on! ❀

Much love & light to you, I hope it's a beautiful day or night wherever in the world you are!

It's a lovely Spring night here in Philadelphia! I am so happy many flowers & trees have fully blossomed. It seems to have been happening gradually but then I just noticed today how they seem to have just appeared right before my very eyes!
When I saw the beauty of the green leaves, I was filled (and still am!) with immense gratitude & felt so much love and awe well up inside. ❀

Reminds me of this song:

Baby What a Big Surprise – Chicago – mobile

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One of my favorite music groups!! Always has been! ❀ πŸ˜€

xoxo Kim ❀