Methods Of Meditation To Improve Your Health .

We all know there are many different methods of meditation to help relieve stress and to relieve tension and relax you. The first thing you want to do is remember that there are ways to meditate that will fit your lifestyle. You may have a friend that has used meditation to help them relax and would want to give you advice on how they meditate. You must realize that the person you are talking to has a whole different lifestyle then you do. Your friend can suggest ways that help him or her but will it help you? If you are an active person exercise can be a very good and healthy way to meditate. Walking can be very relaxing and it can give you time to gather your thoughts while getting healthy at the same time. If you are not the kind of person that is not use to a lot of exercise and you feel walking would help you meditate make sure you start out slowly. Do not try and walk 2 or 3 miles starting out. You want to meditate but you want to relax while doing it. If you are not use to exercise you do not want to ware yourself out.Walk slowly and take time to gather your thoughts. One of the most relaxing ways I find to meditate is by prayer. I will be the first to admit I do not know a lot about the bible and probably do not actually pray in the way that most people do who know a lot about the bible. My point is I want to relax and have time to myself by meditating and I take my comfort in the lord. I guess you can say I talk to the lord more than I pray. Meditation can really turn your life around. I actually feel that me talking from my heart is the same as saying a prayer from your heart. I remember my mother would take the prayer list from church and no matter how many peoples names were on the list she took the time to sit and meditate and say a prayer of healing and comfort for each and everyone on the prayer list. My husband finds he can meditate and relax by listening to music. He actually has hundreds even thousands of different types of music he listens to. His nerves are not really good so his comfort is in his music and he plays the radio day in and day out. He mostly listens to classic country and the oldies station. The music helps him concentrate and keep his thoughts together.Another way I find of meditating is through animals.You can talk to your pet without worrying about him talking back to you like a child would. You can curl up on the couch turn the television on low and just communicate with your pet. You may think how do you communicate with an animal? Animals are very smart. They understand what you are trying to do. If you have had a bad day they can comfort you by just being there for you.If you have a dog or a cat let them sit or lay next to you and pet them and you will be so relaxed you will forget about the stress your day has brought. So whether you are meditating by a method of exercise, or a method of communicating with your animals or by prayer take the time to just relax your mind and your body and you will be physically and emotionally stress free. Remember meditation is basically taking the time to collect your thoughts and when you take the time to get your thoughts together your mind will then be able to concentrate on the things that are important in your life.

Great Ways to show Gratitude

10 Great Ways to Show You're Grateful Today By Leo Babauta Have you said thank you to someone to show how grateful you are for them today? It's such a small thing, but it can have a huge impact on your life, and the life of that person. Find little ways to incorporate gratitude in your life, and you'll be much happier ... and you'll make the people around you much happier as well. That will have a ripple effect that will make the world a better place ... with such a small gesture! Saying thank you isn't hard at all. But the words can lose meaning if they're just words. You need to say them with sincerity, or show your gratitude through little actions. Can you imagine a world where everyone showed gratitude? If someone did you a kindness, you'd give them a warm smile and say thank you. If you were having a bad day, someone else would take time out of her life to comfort you, out of gratitude for a kindness you did her yesterday. People would still get angry, or sad, but would know to find ways to be grateful, even in difficult situations. I know, I know ... I'm an idealist, and such a world will never exist. But that's OK. I can accept the world as it is ... and at the same time, show my gratitude for what a wonderful world we have. And what wonderful people are in my life. And in doing so, my little acts of gratitude will radiate throughout the world, changing it in subtle but profound ways. Corny? Perhaps. I can be corny at times. But let me tell you: incorporating gratitude in my life (even if I'm not always successful at it) has changed me and has made me happier. I recommend it heartily. For those who'd like to do little things to show their gratitude, to a specific person or to life in general, here are a few ideas that work for me: Create a Gratitude Ritual. As I described before, on many mornings I do a little ritual: I just close my eyes, and take a couple of minutes to think of the people and things I'm grateful for. Send a thank-you note. You know, it's nice to get a little note thanking you for something you did. You don't need to send someone a formal thank-you card (although that's a nice touch), but just a little note (or email) saying thank you for a specific thing the person has done for you can go a long way. And it only takes a minute! Give a free hug. OK, only do this when appropriate ... but if you have a loved one in your life, give them a hug! Often we can go too long without showing our affection and gratitude, even to those who are closest to us. Don't neglect this important part of your relationship. By "free" hug, I mean don't expect anything in return -- just give it as a gift of gratitude. If you give a hug to a stranger, be prepared to run very fast afterward. Give thanks for today! You don't even have to thank a person ... you can thank life itself! Wake up, and greet the day with gratitude. Be thankful you're alive! Do someone a free favor. Without expecting anything in return, do something nice for someone. Just something small. Get them a drink or a coffee, do a chore for them, offer to do an errand, anything they'd appreciate, really. Think of what the person likes, wants or needs, and try to do something (even something small) to help them. Actions speak louder than words, and doing something nice will show you're grateful more than just saying it. Give a little gift. It doesn't have to be fancy or expensive, but a little gift can be a tremendous gesture. Give someone a list of all they've done that you're grateful for. Take 5 minutes and make a list of 10 or 50 things you love about someone, or things they've done for you that you appreciate. Acknowledge them publicly. Who doesn't love public praise? Find a way to acknowledge the contributions of someone, to show your gratitude, in a public way ... in your office, among friends and family, on your blog, in your local newspaper. Surprise them with kindness. Actually, this is mostly the same as Item #5, but with a twist: surprise the person. That little extra step of surprising them can make a big difference. When your wife comes home from work, have a lovely dinner prepared. When your mom walks out her front door in the morning, have her car nice and clean. When your daughter opens her lunch pail, have a little note and a treat waiting for her. You get the idea. Say thanks even for negative things in your life. This is the hard part, in truth. When things go wrong, when we're not happy, when people are mean to us, when we are worn down by the million slings and arrows of everyday life ... we don't want to say thank you. But in truth, this is the time when it matters most. If you've mastered the first 9 items on this list, you're ready to master this one. When life gets you down, when you're hurt or angry or confused or frustrated, take a moment to stop and close your eyes and find things to be thankful for. Your health, your family, your job, the roof over your head, the fact that you'll have a next meal, the beauty of the world around you, the good people in your life, your new Macintosh computer. Whatever you can think of, be thankful for them ... and express that gratitude somehow. Realize that all is not bad in this world, and be happy for that. And then, when you've mastered that skill, think of the negative things in your life ... and give thanks for them. That person who was mean to you? Thank them for teaching you patience and understanding. That dog that tore up your trash? Thank him for teaching you humility as you pick up the trash. The natural disaster you went through? Thank it for reminding you of what is important in life. The illness you are going through? Thank it for making you stronger.

Quotations.

"Unless you are prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it." - Orison Swett Marden, best-selling author and New Thought leader. "Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself....His task was to discover his own destiny - not an arbitrary one - and to live it out wholly and resolutely within himself. Everything else was only a would-be existence, an attempt at evasion, a flight back to the ideals of the masses, conformity and fear of one's own inwardness." - Hermann Hesse, best-selling author. "You Are In the Right Place, At the Right Time, Doing the Right Thing, With the Right People, For the Right Reason, Everything is Perfect. You Can Have the Right Results! All you need is a Right Heart & Mind... an Open Heart & Mind. & remember to keep your Eyes Open too!" - Anon "Synchronicity is an ever present reality for those who have eyes to see." - Carl Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of analytical psychology. "There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny." - Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. "Though we can't always see it at the time,if we look upon events with some perspective, we see things always happen for our best interests. We are always being guided in a way better than we know ourselves." - Swami Satchidananda, was an Indian religious teacher, spiritual master and yoga adept. "With Synchronicity, all the resources we need are made available to us at the precise moment that is appropriate. The people who come into our lives are the ones we need at that moment in time. Everything is perfect. We only need to recognise this to tune into the flow. Everything happens for a Reason and Every Experience is a Learning Experience." - Alex Chua, author and life coach.

Old Person's Prayer

Old Person's Prayer God, you know that I am growing older. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and particularly keep me from falling into the tiresome habit of expressing an opinion on every subject. Release me from craving to straighten out everyone's affairs. Keep my mind free from recital of endless details. Give me wings to get to the point. Give me grace, dear God, to listen to others describe their aches and pains. Help me endure the boredom with patience and keep my lips sealed, for my own aches and pains are increasing in number and intensity, and the pleasure of discussing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally, I might be mistaken. Keep me reasonably sweet. I do not wish to be a saint (saints are so hard to live with), but a sour old person is the work of the devil. Make me thoughtful, but not moody, helpful, but not pushy, independent, yet able to accept with graciousness favours that others wish to bestow on me. Free me of the notion that simply because I have lived a long time, I am wiser than those who have not lived so long. If I do not approve of some of the changes that have taken place in recent years, give me the wisdom to keep my mouth shut. GOD knows that when the end comes, I would like to have a friend or two left.

INVITATION

The Invitation It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, And if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, For your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, If you have been opened by life's betrayals or Have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own; If you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you To the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, Be realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human. It doesn't interest me if the story you're telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself, If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul. I want to know if you can see beauty Even when it is not pretty every day, And if you can source your life from God's presence. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, And still stand on the edge of a lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!" It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have, I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, Weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done for the children. It doesn't interest me who you are, how you came here, I want to know if you will stand in the center of the Fire with me and not shrink back. It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away, I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, And if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP

What is friendship? It is a door that opens, an outstretched hand, encourages you smile, a look that you understand, a tear that attaches to your pain, a word that encourages you, and critique you better. It is a forgiving embrace, applause stimulates you, an encounter that will rejoice, a favor without reward, a giving without demanding, delivery without calculating, and wait ... tirelessly. I value friendship blessed with all my heart. Much love from heart to your heart..

Touching of heart

Whatever our hands touch--- We leave fingerprints! On walls, on furniture, On doorknobs, dishes, books, As we touch we leave our identity. Oh please where ever I go today, Help me leave heartprints! Heartprints of compassion Of understanding and love. Heartprints of kindness and genuine concern. A person who cannot Love people starts loving objects. Have A Loving Day.....Friends Take Care...... YOU ARE PRECIOUS There is a light that shines beyond all things on earth, beyond the highest, the very highest heavens. This is the light that shines in your heart."