A matter of perception?

 Can the crack possibly blossom?

What idea comes to your mind when you see this image?

I'm all 👁👁

[Source of the image:  https://pin.it/S0CY1A9zs］

Anchors.

What are anchor thoughts?

                                           

Do you recognise any negative anchors in your life?

What positive anchors work on you ?

Practice makes perfect.

Friday.

♥️

Time management, a matter of priorities.

Things I'm learning these days:

For you to plan/priorize:

Good luck!

💚

Mental loops.

Stuck in a loop :

"to get in a situation in which there is no way- out in which the same things keep repeating themselves over and over again following the same order or process"

We are not our thoughts.

Our thoughts do not define us.

Get out of the loop.

Enjoy your weekend.

💗

Body language and coherence.

"Body language refers to the nonverbal signals that you use to communicate your feelings and intentions. It includes your posture, your facial expressions and your hand gestures."

Is your body language coherent with your words ?

The body speaks what the words can't tell.

Saying  the same things with body and voice has something to do with coherence 

and makes communication more effective.

Have a lovely day.

💜

Do-Say-Feel-Think.

People do what they see ,

your life is the message.

 

[Author: Imraan Aziz]

find your balance

find your way

💜

Evolve.

                 What you resist, persists

                 What you accept, transforms

→ about the concepts :

accept: https://www.wordreference.com/synonyms/accept

             https://www.wordreference.com/definition/accept

resist:  https://www.wordreference.com/synonyms/resist

            https://www.wordreference.com/definition/resist

                                          have a lovely day

                                                     

                                                    💛

#BlackLivesMatter

#stopracism

#BlackOutTuesday

Time to influence positive change.

#TheShowMustBePaused

All my love

💜

We are one.

We are energy.

                                                     

Conceptual photography by Drooke DiDonato

[ surrealistic and magnetic ]

About the author: http://www.brookedidonato.com/

♥️

minimalism

less is more

minimalism

"We define minimalism as the process of identifying what is essential in your life  and eliminating the rest"

"Minimalism is about living with intentionality"

[source : https://theminimalistvegan.com/what-is-minimalism/]

less doing  more being

Feeling stuck?

[feeling stuck = being trapped in something ]

Phil Parker, a British osteopath, talks about the LP (Lightning Process).

The LP is a personal training (not treatment) programme beneficial for :

chronic fatigue syndrome

depression

chronic pain

people who are stuck, in general terms

some notes from the speech:

➤ mind - brain - body connection 

          * physical illness can be produced by how we use our brain

          * your brain influences your body

➤ The words you tell to yourself matter.

➤ The LP converts people from the stuckness to becoming "doers".

➤ From "passive statements" (the victim mentality) to the "dô" (break the facts and take control of the situation)

             e.g.    I'm stressed                 ➝    the  situation is X and   I'm" dôing" stress

                       (unconscious, unintentional)                            (conscious, intentional)

                       out of your control                                            break the state of facts

source: https://www.pinterest.com.mx/pin/309692911856028185/

take care

♥️

"Well - being is a skill"

A neuroscientific perspective on well-being by Richard Davidson :

(add subtitles in English is you wish to)

Some notes taken from the speech:

➤ neuroplasticity : the brain changes in response to experience and in response to training.

                                 ➞ we can shape our brains for the good.

➤ the bi-directional highways between the brain and the body.
                                  ➝ cultivating well-being through transforming our mind will
                                       change the brain in ways that can impact the body.

➤ we come into the world with innate basic goodness.
                                  ➝ cultivate kindness and compassion.

➽ The four constituents of well-being:

1. Resilience : 

     - rapidly recover from adversity  ➙ regulated from training

2. Tha ability to have a background glow of positive emotions.

3. Generosity.

4. Attention.

and

take care 

wherever you are.

♥️

     

Fearlessness.

Life always ends up making its way.

                                        Photographer: Consuelo Martínez

We learn fear, all kinds of fears :

Fear (v)

1. fear [death, failure, loneliness]
2. feared for [my life, their safety, her wellbeing, you]
3. fear to [think, imagine, go, lose]
4. fear to [say, ask, tread]
5. feared that you had [left, died, drowned]
6. feared being [left, drowned, attacked]
7. fear [the consequences, a backlash]
8. (he) fears [no one, nobody]
9. feared (that) he [might, would, could]
10. I fear I will [fail, not be able to]
11. I fear not
12. fear the worst (has happened)
13. feared and [hated, respected, revered, loathed, avoided]
14. [you have, there is] nothing to fear
15. fear not!

                              [ Source:  https://www.wordreference.com/EnglishCollocations/fear ]

But

                                              Life always ends up making its way.

                                                                          

                                                                  Stay safe 

                                                                         💛

"We have lost the way"

Charlie Chaplin's speech from "The Great Dictator"

 

Stay safe.

💛

Holding uncertainty.

What if the Universe is totally uncertain ?

Is everything entangled in the universe ?

Entanglement refers to the fact that "particles are always connected and can behave as one"

source: [://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement]

                                           " The surprising power of uncertainty "

A lot to think about.

💚

Alternatives to confinement.

"Silence is a source of  great strength"

               ∼ Lao Tzu 

Take care of you/others.

Lourdes 💛

"Everything will be fine."

Since I saw this illustration by the Spanish illustrator @72kilos two weeks ago,  

I constantly tell to myself this kind of personal mantra:

Everything will be fine

I've got the feeling that if everything goes well ,

everything will change for the better.

It's time to inspire positive change and to build the new.

If not now, then when ?

Lots of love,

Lourdes

Socrates.

Socrates' triple filter test:

👇

Avoid negative vibes of toxic people.

Now more than ever.

All my love,

Lourdes  💛

Heart coherence.

Confined to heart  /  Confined heart.

                                                    Source: https://www.pinterest.es/pin/605312006154297800/

Suggest a caption for this photograph :

💭✏📄

Note

"Photo captions, also known as cutlines, are a few lines of text used to explain and elaborate on published photographs" 

            ➤source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_caption

"Silence is a great source of stength."

              - Lao Tzu

Stay safe.

Lourdes

"This too will pass"

Everything will be fine


To you, dear Reader

On Fiday December, 27th I wrote my last post. It was a long time ago...

Now I am confined to home * as one billion people around the world due to the global coronavirus pandemic. We weren't ready for this, were we ?

These days, I heard a beautiful and thoughtful story which refers to the idea of impermanence : 

"This too will pass".

If you have time you can read some news about the coronavirus crisis to learn English: 

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/03/22/world/science-health-world/global-coronavirus-toll-nears-13000/#.XndNXYhKjIU

                       
Notes:
*  [meaning of "confine" https://www.lexico.com/definition/confine ]

Stay focused and keep in touch.

Bye for now,

Lourdes