9/11 Memorial

I just stumbled upon this in Yahoo News. A national Memorial has been created to honor the lives lost in 9/11. Also there is an entire website dedicated to their memory. Not that a website & memorial makes up for the souls lost to this terrible tragedy, but it is a nice way to honor the near 3,000 people who’s lives were lost that day. We will remember you always…

http://www.911memorial.org/

THE MEMORIAL is a national tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon.

The Memorial design is defined by two reflecting pools, a grove of trees and the names of the victims inscribed in bronze.

The reflecting pools are nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in the North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood.

The names of every person who died in 1993 and 2001 attacks are inscribed in bronze panels edging the Memorial pools, a powerful reminder of the unprecedented loss of life in an attack on U.S. soil and of the iconic Twin Towers. Architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker created the Memorial design selected from a global design competition that included more than 5,200 entries from 63 nations.

No Storm Lasts Forever

Wayne Dyer is one of my favorite authors.  I recently found a small interview he did with another wonderful author, Louise Hays regarding his book “Change your thoughts, change your life”.  It’s a good one, if you haven’t read it I highly recommend it.  I thought this little bit from their interview  was really inspiring, bringing hope in  the midst of whatever troubles one might be facing.  Just a little happy thought to start off the week…

 

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Hays: Seeing you as someone who walks their talk, I found it interesting in the preface ofChange Your Thoughts – Change Your Life where you stated that you find yourself still needing to change your own thoughts to transform your life? How is this? Will this always be true for you?

Dyer: Absolutely! You can’t get away from the cyclical universe. What the Tao has taught me is that no storm lasts forever no matter what it is. Nature builds calmness within its storms. That’s true in our own lives as well. When you reach the zenith of where you are going in your life, or in a relationship; the only place you can go is down or up. That’s the nature of this universe; a cyclical thing. The seasons, the moon; everything has a cycle to it.

Hays: So you think that even when you’ve come to a place of peace in your life you still have to go up or down?

Dyer: Yes! Hidden in all good fortune is misfortune. And in all misfortune is good fortune. It’s never going to stay the same as long you are in the world or unless you die while you are alive and become an enlightened Zen Master. But those people don’t exist. When you study their lives, you find that they had the same struggles as the rest of us. It’s not so much about being able to always have calm. Calmness isn’t just the absence of noise or troubles. It’s being able to find calm within yourself when other stuff is going on.

>>>>>>>>>> http://www.drwaynedyer.com/articles/a-conversation-with-dr-wayne-dyer

“There’s no reason to be upset about anything. It will pass. If it’s really going to pass, why stay confused by it and depressed by it. Just watch it go. It’s on its way out. ”  Dr. Wayne Dyer

Oprah on Life and Death

Like every other women in the US, I’ve been obsessed with Oprah these past few weeks. I can’t believe it’s really over. I don’t know if any of you caught the last few episodes, but oh boy were they sad. What ever will we do without our favorite afternoon lady? In memoriam of her show I decided to do a little research & post on Oprah’s take on life & death.

From what I gather from Oprah she is a woman who fully lives in the present. Her viewpoint on death seems to be one of living life to the fullest and knowing that god (or all that is, source, love) will reconnect with you fully in death and when the time is right.

In her final show she said “”I have felt the presence of God my whole life. Even when I didn’t have a name for it, I could feel the voice bigger than myself speaking to me, and all of us have that same voice. Be still and know it. You can acknowledge it or not. You can worship it or not. You can praise it, you can ignore it or you can know it. Know it. It’s always there speaking to you and waiting for you to hear it in every move, in every decision. I wait and I listen. I’m still—I wait and listen for the guidance that’s greater than my meager mind. ” And it is to that presence which you return in death. So try to remember in loss of life there is also light. They have returned to the light and presence of god. And for those of us left, at least in that thought, we can find peace.

She goes on to say a thought not quite having to do with death so much as life, but something I think is wonderful for all of us to remember none-the-less “The only time I’ve ever made mistakes is when I didn’t listen. So what I know is, God is love and God is life, and your life is always speaking to you. First in whispers. … It’s subtle, those whispers. And if you don’t pay attention to the whispers, it gets louder and louder. It’s like getting thumped upside the head, like my grandmother used to do. … You don’t pay attention to that, it’s like getting a brick upside your head. You don’t pay attention to that, the whole brick wall falls down. That’s the pattern I’ve seen in my life, and it’s played out over and over again on this show. Whispers are always messages, and if you don’t hear the message, the message turns into a problem. And if you don’t handle the problem, the problem turns into a crisis. And if you don’t handle the crisis, disaster. Your life is speaking to you. What is it saying?”

Thought for the day…

What’s your life saying? and perhaps more importantly …    Are you listening?

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/The-Oprah-Winfrey-Show-Finale_1/8