Since I was a small child, I have noticed and appreciated comforting voices.
Yesterday, I saw a new specialist about the discomforting noises I hear in my head when I talk and his comforting voice described another possible diagnosis: Middle Ear Myoclonus.
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It’s comforting to believe that there is a possible solution to my own voice being less comforting to me.
Let’s see if there are any comforting voices in my blog post for today.
Ahhhhh. The comforting voice of the Daily Bitch.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I look for “comforting voices”.
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Thanks to all who have comforting voices, including YOU.
Whenever I invite people to stay in the moment, rather than thinking about the future or the past, I acknowledge how difficult that is to do. Every moment, people agree with me. It’s difficult to stay in the moment — the human mind wants to go into the past and/or the future.
In this moment, it occurs to me to ask the question: Why is it so difficult for people to stay in the moment? When people do stay in the moment — experience the present with all their senses — they appreciate the break from regrets about the past and worries about the future. And yet it remains so difficult to stay in the moment.
Because I can’t answer the question I posed in the moment, I just tweeted this:
Before I finish this post, I’ll check back on Twitter to see if I have any answers.
In the meantime, notice the focus on the future and the past in these other images I am sharing in the moment.
In the moment, I think the Daily Bitch is inviting us to stay in the moment.
There are no answers to my question on Twitter, so I’ll see if there are answers on YouTube to “Why is it so difficult for people to stay in the moment?”
Here is Eckhart Tolle with “Accepting the Present Moment not the Life Situation!”
Yesterday, I surrendered to a therapy group member’s suggestion that people express their thoughts and feelings about “surrender.”
What does surrender mean to you? What’s your personal experience of surrender? What would happen if you surrendered? What would change in your life?
Ann shall now surrender to her wish to quote others about “surrender.”
It took me a while to learn the true meaning of patience and surrender, but I have finally accepted that healing doesn’t happen on our schedule. It doesn’t have a clock or a calendar.
Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware lest you fight a rearguard retreat against the evidence, grudgingly conceding each foot of ground only when forced, feeling cheated. Surrender to the truth as quickly as you can.
Always say ‘yes’ to the present moment… Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life – and see how life starts suddenly to work for you rather than against you.
There are also many quotes about the negative side of surrender, including this one:
Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.
— Keith Ellison
Please vote for your favorite photo in today’s post, including these:
Soon I’ll be surrendering my shoulder to my physical therapist, Matt, who was devilishly happy on Wednesday when I added a chorus, just for him, to my original song “Triggers.” Here are some of the lyrics I’ll be surrendering up to an audience tonight at an Open Mic performance of “Triggers” in Arlington, Massachusetts:
Always say ‘yes’ to the present moment… Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life – and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you. — Eckhart Tolle
When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.’ — Dalai Lama
Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes. — Eleanor Roosevelt
A nice person is a ‘yes’ person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn’t afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful. — Miranda Kerr
Learn to say ‘no’ to the good so you can say ‘yes’ to the best. — John C. Maxwell
A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. — Mahatma Gandhi
The oldest, shortest words – ‘yes’ and ‘no’ – are those which require the most thought. — Pythagoras
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say ‘no.’ But saying ‘yes’ begins things. Saying ‘yes’ is how things grow. — Stephen Colbert
Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes’, otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life. — Ian Fleming
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. — e. e. cummings
Yes! That last quote is a nice segue to other pictures from yes-terday.
Would you say “Yes!” to things that are almost funny? What do you say “Yes!” to, here and now?
Yes! I love Yes. Here they are, when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame said “Yes” to them this year:
I always say “Yes!” to gratitude. Thanks to all who helped me create today’s post and — yes! — to you. Yes, you!
