The DAILY SPARK Blog

YOUR INTENT

“There is a difference between helping someone because if you don’t you will lose their love or some sense of your own image as a caring person, and helping someone because your impulse of heart moves you to their aid.”

Quote from THE BOOK OF AWAKENING by Mark Nepo

REFLECTION:

  • Why do you help others?
  • Examine your intentions… for thier love?… to prove to yourself you are a caring person?… because you want to help them – a loving action?
  • Explore this… ask yourself why you help another.

TRUE TO YOU!

“They will criticize you for what you are, for what you are not, and for what they think you are.  They will judge you for what you do, for what you don’t do, and for what you fail to do.  They will talk about you for what you say and for what you keep silent about.  They will point at you for your successes and for your mistakes, for your decisions and for your doubts.  No matter how much you try to please, there will always be opinions.  So, live for yourself, because in the end, the only thing that matters is being true to your own path.”

Quote by Harrison Ford

REFLECTION:

  • Does the opinion of others influence your behavior?
  • Are you true to yourself – true to your path?
  • Are you living for yourself? 
  • Is there an action you need to take to be in alignment with yourself today?
  • Do it!

SWINGING WITH THE WIND…

Thoughts... wishes, mementos...what to leave behind along the Portuguese Camino

Swinging with the wind

Fighting the shadow

I walk towards the sun

I gain a new life!

 

Swinging with the wind

Fighting the shadow

I am guided by the sun

In the search for meaning

On the journey that is life.

 

Swinging with the wind

Fighting the shadow

I walk towards the sun

I decide my life

 

Swinging with the wind

Fighting the shadow

I walk towards the sun

Searching for a meaning.

Poem by Diogo Macedo – found on the Portuguese Camino in the town of Macieira de Rates

REFLECTION:

  • I had the good fortune to walk the Portuguese Caminho de Santiago.  While walking I found this poem.  It provided me an opportunity to reflect on my life, it’s meaning and purpose.
  • Have you given yourself permission to explore your life… your life’s meaning… a possible new life for yourself?
  • Maybe a long walk is overdue….