tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36199813578340048602024-03-21T17:50:35.746+08:00Treasuring every moment of life...A blog from a Zen living enthusiast. I am into Meditation, Reiki, Yoga and Natural Therapies. <br>Life moments are to be treated like a treasure. After all, life is indeed a treasure!<br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger591125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-13363750450719304782019-08-15T19:25:00.001+08:002019-08-15T19:25:15.367+08:00Quote for Today
“I think that my job is to observe people and the world, and not to judge them. I always hope to position myself away from so-called conclusions. I would like to leave everything wide open to all the possibilities in the world.”
~Haruki Murakami~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-33659666846860128512019-08-14T20:24:00.001+08:002019-08-14T20:24:29.796+08:00Wisdom Gem No. 1
“When you look at a field of dandelions,
You can either see
a hundred weeds
or a hundred wishes”.
~ Unknown
Reflection by Esther
How we view life or a particular situation is entirely up to us. No one can change the way we think of something unless we ourselves allow it to happen. Rather than looking at something, someone or a situation as negative and a hindrance, why don’t we step aside and Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-85299405446870217172019-08-13T20:24:00.001+08:002019-08-13T20:24:10.247+08:00Quote for Today
“And when all that was left was ashes, she would again clothe herself in flame. Rising from the dust of her past to rekindle the spark of her future. She was a Phoenix, her own salvation; rebirthed, renewed, resurrected.”
~LaRhonda Toreson~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-80496541619526450602019-07-29T19:05:00.001+08:002019-07-29T19:05:56.387+08:00Graduation in Our Daily LifeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-23321654514483220152019-07-24T19:04:00.001+08:002019-07-24T19:04:26.069+08:00Quote for Today
“You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth – inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.”
~ Ajahn Chah ~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-57540561599816561892019-07-17T18:50:00.001+08:002019-07-17T18:50:42.817+08:00Quote for Today
“Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart.”
~Rumi~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-13139003313094343272019-07-15T20:08:00.001+08:002019-07-15T20:08:12.811+08:00Quote for Today
“Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.”
~Allen Klein~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-85819580219066915632019-07-12T18:45:00.001+08:002019-07-12T18:45:31.433+08:00Quote for Today
“There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
~ William Shakespeare ~
(Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2)
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-51146995399435335422019-07-11T19:30:00.001+08:002019-07-11T19:30:14.338+08:00Quote for Today
“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.”
~ Dale Carnegie ~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-74885100998754936382019-07-10T19:20:00.001+08:002019-07-10T19:20:25.142+08:00Quote for Today
“You are being presented with a choice: evolve or remain. If you choose to remain unchanged, you will be presented with the same challenges, the same routine, the same storms, the same situations, until you learn from them, until you love yourself enough to say “no more”, until you choose change.
If you choose to evolve, you will connect with the strength within you, you will explore whatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-58419807225967275562019-07-09T19:20:00.001+08:002019-07-09T19:20:08.331+08:00Inspirational and Motivational Monthly Downloadable & Printable CalendarsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-4662415783312897612019-07-08T19:15:00.001+08:002019-07-08T19:15:55.203+08:00Quote for Today
“Loving kindness towards ourselves doesn’t mean getting rid of anything. It means we can still be crazy after all these years. We can still be angry after all these years. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. The point is not to try to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.”
~Pema Chodron~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-74377490100863666512019-07-05T19:53:00.001+08:002019-07-05T19:53:13.259+08:00Quote for Today
“Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell, to look when there was apparently nothing to see, and to listen intently when all seemingly was quiet. A child that cannot sit still is a half-developed child.”
~ Luther Standing Bear, Lokota, 1933 ~
(taken from the book: Words of Power: Voices from Indian America, edited by Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-13109585248334274572019-07-04T19:38:00.001+08:002019-07-04T19:38:20.325+08:00Quote for Today
“Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn’t have the time to sit around and talk about you. What’s important to me is not others’ opinions of me, but what’s important to me is my opinion of myself.”
~ C. Joy Bell C. ~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-90856851553487966962019-07-03T20:02:00.001+08:002019-07-03T20:02:31.792+08:00Quote for Today
“Death must be so beautiful.
To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence.
To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow.
To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”
~ Oscar Wilde, “The Canterville Ghost” ~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-32735142681183069352019-07-02T20:02:00.001+08:002019-07-02T20:02:57.242+08:00Quote for Today
“You do not have to seek out loneliness – it is always there…
Loneliness is a reality that you experience…a part of the journey.”
~Chögyam Trungpa~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-8126649102209688262019-07-01T20:03:00.001+08:002019-07-01T20:03:32.930+08:00Benefits of Earl Grey TeaHappy July my friends!
It has been a long time since I posted something. Today I want to share on my favourite after lunch tea, Earl Grey. I know not all are tea fanatics or have special love for tea only. I do not drink coffee. I love tea. Not all teas are my favourite. Among the teas I consume, Earl Grey is one of my favourite, stress-reliever tea. It works well for me as “pick-me up” after a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-20392512405010984622019-01-22T18:40:00.001+08:002019-01-22T18:40:22.671+08:00Today’s Quote
“Do you know what you are?
You are a manuscript of a divine letter.
You are a mirror reflecting a noble face.
This universe is not outside of you.
Look inside yourself;
everything that you want,
you are already that.”
~Rumi~
(taken from Hush, Don’t Say Anything to God: Passionate Poems of Rumi)
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-33960549813701140752019-01-15T18:39:00.001+08:002019-01-15T18:39:40.213+08:00Tribute to my Zen cat, SesameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-84127662809628987602019-01-14T18:24:00.001+08:002019-01-14T18:24:23.749+08:00Quote for Today
“You wander from room to room
Hunting for the diamond necklace
That is already around your neck”
~ Rumi ~
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-8662816371660933722019-01-10T18:42:00.001+08:002019-01-10T18:42:24.275+08:00Sharing the music pieces I love…part 3Madonna – La Isla Bonita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpzdgmqIHOQ&index=28&list=RDMiMF2Wy6Chk
Culture Club – Karma Chameleon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw&list=RDMiMF2Wy6Chk&index=33
Madonna – Frozen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS088Opj9o0&list=RDMiMF2Wy6Chk&index=37
George Michael – Careless Whisper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ&Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-24053427366021390142019-01-08T23:52:00.001+08:002019-01-08T23:52:13.928+08:00Celebrate our existence…Today I celebrate my entrance into this world (that is my birthday). I take this time to wish anyone celebrating their birthdays on this day and for the month of January. And of course, wishing “Happy Birthday” to myself too!
Most importantly, I thank everyone (including the “Big Boss”, the Creator) who has and will be part of my life always…
Why wait for the world or someone to celebrate your Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-60109078979957703422019-01-08T18:42:00.001+08:002019-01-08T18:42:17.153+08:00Today’s Quote
“You can accept or reject the way you are treated by other people, but until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex, but eventually, it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hands inside, pull out the core of Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-47479999985649539872019-01-03T19:29:00.001+08:002019-01-03T19:29:19.900+08:00Sharing the music pieces I love…part 2Deep Forest – Sweet Lullaby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmBOnMJJkE&list=RDMiMF2Wy6Chk&index=42
Alphaville – Forever Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1TcDHrkQYg&index=27&list=RDMiMF2Wy6Chk
Scorpions – Send Me An Angel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UUYjd2rjsE&list=RDMiMF2Wy6Chk&index=26
Bon Jovi – It’s My Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx2u5uUu3DE&Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3619981357834004860.post-26117198514456612592019-01-02T19:29:00.001+08:002019-01-09T08:43:03.736+08:00Travels to Langkawi, Malaysia – Dec 2018December 2018 is my first time flying or travelling to a destination via airplanes. Okay, that might sound “ancient” to some people. I am the type who prefers to travel via cruises instead of airplanes. Not sure why…but the idea of travelling via cruise is always pleasing to me than to travel via airplanes! Okay, the furthest I have travelled from my home country (Singapore) is to Thailand (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com