Namaste Sweetie! 122217

I am running there as fast as I can move!

:  )

Namaste Sweetie,

Happy Friday

and

MERRY CHRISTMAS

This is my last post of 2017

My plan is to resume posting on

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2018

I hope something I've posted

Will Refresh Your Spirit

Brighten Your Day

and

Nourish Your Soul

I wish you and yours

A Very Merry Christmas and

A Healthy, Happy New Year

May we all dedicate ourselves

To take the Spirit of Christmas-

The Message of Jesus-

Love, Peace, Joy, Charity, Forgiveness-

Throughout the year

Throughout our lives

May we take this message

And make the world a better place for all

I send you Hope, Peace and Love, my Friend

Thank you for the gift you've given me each day

By your Love and Support

Thank You

I hope to see you next year!

:  ) 

Let us continue to promote

Peace and Love

and continue to build

The more Beautiful World

Our Hearts know is Possible

Peace and Love,

AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer

Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings

Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind

And focus on the here and now

This present moment

Now

Breathe in

Filling your being with peace and love

As you begin each line, breathe out slowly

Breathing these thoughts into the world

Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love

Sending them from your heart

Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings

Breathe in and repeat the process for each line

AOM Meditations: 122217

The Road to Giverny (1885) by Claude Monet

Thanks to a Friend for sending us this beautiful art

~*~

“Want to keep Christ in Christmas? 

Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, 

forgive the guilty, welcome the unwanted, 

care for the ill, love your enemies, 

and do unto others 

as you would have done unto you.”

~Steve Maraboli, 

(Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience)

~*~

“How many observe Christ's birthday! 

How few, His precepts!”

~Benjamin Franklin

~*~

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, 

and try to keep it all the year.”

~Charles Dickens

~*~

“My idea of Christmas, 

whether old-fashioned or modern, 

is very simple: 

Loving Others. 

Come to think of it, 

why do we have to wait 

for Christmas to do that?”

~Bob Hope

~*~

“Peace on earth will come to stay, 

When we live Christmas every day.”

~Helen Steiner Rice

~*~

“If you take Christmas to heart and get past the anxieties in arranging for gifts and parties, you will rediscover yourself every year at this time and experience a birth in yourself, just like the one so beautifully described in the Gospel stories. It will be a celebration of both the birth of Jesus and the birth of your soul”

~Thomas Moore

MUSIC: "Closing Of The Year" by Wendy & Lisa

MERRY CHRISTMAS

From me to You

Great song from a wonderful movie

If you have not seen TOYS (1992)

Starring Robin Williams and Joan Cusack

I highly recommend watching it

Lyrics

(I suggest reading along with the song)

The Closing Of The Year

(Written by Trevor Horn and Hans Zimmer)

performed by Wendy & Lisa

"If I cannot Bring you Comfort,

Then at least I bring you Hope

For Nothing is more Precious

Than the time we have, and so...

We all must learn from small misfortune

Count the blessings that are real

Let the bells ring out for Christmas

At the Closing Of the Year.

Let the Bells Ring out for Christmas

At the Closing of the Year

(Children's Chorus)

--'Up on the knees of a sergeant major

ride through the woods with the wind in your hair

silver bells on a stolen reindeer

While we race to the castle over there

If I cannot Bring you Comfort,

Then at least I bring you Hope'--

Now all the winter bells are ringing

Hear them Echo through the Snow

And the children's voices singing

on the street so far below

This is a Time to be Together

And the Truth is somewhere here

Within our love of People

At the Closing of the Year.

We'll Walk in a Sun

With All of the Pain

and All of the Patience

All of the way

and all of us right

and all of us same

Love one Another.....

We'll Fly in the arms of Time

Walk in the Waves, never fall

Dont Fall.............

(At the Closing of the Year)

At the Closing of the Year

"If I cannot Bring you Comfort,

Then at least I bring you Hope"

~*~

Wendy & Lisa (featuring Seal)

"Closing Of The Year" 

(Main theme from the 1992 film, Toys)

(Written by Trevor Horn and Hans Zimmer)

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/I9EAqDe9DMI

Artistry of Male: 122217

Stocking Stuffers for Christmas: 122217

JINGLE BALLS! 122217

 JINGLE BALLS, JINGLE BALLS, 

JINGLE ALL THE WAY!

:  )

Daily Dose of Naturism: 122217

 “Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair and let us huddle together as darkness takes over. We are at home amidst the birds and the trees, for we are children of nature.”

~Susan Polis Schutz 

Parting Thought: 122217

Parting Shot: 122217

I wish you a very Merry Christmas

and a

Happy, Healthy New Year

Hope to see you again on

JANUARY 2, 2018

((((HUGS))))

Namaste Sweetie! 122117

Marcus Mojo

Namaste Sweetie,

Happy Thor's Day!

This is the penultimate post of 2017

I say that because I like using the word "penultimate"! 

:  )

So that nobody needs to look it up

Penultimate means "next to last"

I am so grateful to you

For writing comments and E-mails to me

I really appreciate your love and support

You encourage me to keep on blogging

I hope you will enjoy your visit

I wish you a Glorious Day!

Let us continue to promote

Peace and Love

and continue to build

The more Beautiful World

Our Hearts know is Possible

Peace and Love,

AOM

~*~

I invite you to join me now in this short Metta Prayer

Radiating the energy of peace and love out to all living beings

Take a few deep breaths to clear your mind

And focus on the here and now

This present moment

Now

Breathe in

Filling your being with peace and love

As you begin each line, breathe out slowly

Breathing these thoughts into the world

Reading, thinking, and feeling the words with peace and love

Sending them from your heart

Giving the energy to yourself and to all living beings

Breathe in and repeat the process for each line

AOM Meditations: 122117

California Spring by Albert Bierstadt

Thanks to a Friend for sending us this beautiful art

~*~

"That the birds of worry and care 

fly above your head,

this you cannot change.

But that they build nests in your hair, 

this you can prevent."

~Chinese Proverb

~*~

"You can't always control circumstances.  

However, you can always 

control your attitude, approach, and response.  

Your options are to complain 

or to look ahead and figure out 

how to make the situation better."

~Tony Dungy

(Quiet Strength)

~*~

"Your attitude is your choice. It always is. We live in an age that has developed the art of shifting blame to very high levels, and sometimes we get caught up in that same tendency. "Well, if you had my job you wouldn't be so positive." "If you had my kids, you wouldn't feel so good." "If only my boss were different, I could be a positive person."  In other words, "My bad attitude is not my fault!"

The truth is, however, your attitude and mine are always our choice. No matter how bad things are, no one can force you to have a bad attitude if you don't want to. Now that should come as really good news because it says our attitudes don't have to be victims of our circumstances or of other people. We choose our responses."

~Mary Whelchel

~*~

"We who lived in concentration camps can remember the people who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."

~Viktor E. Frankl

(Man's Search for Meaning)

~*~

"The simple things in life can bring much joy if you look at them with a positive attitude. Flying a kite with a child can be fun, or it can be time wasted if you wish you were doing something else. Receiving a compliment from your employer, your teacher, or a family member for something you did especially well can make you feel wonderful. Facing each task with the determination to do the job to the very best of your ability can bring something positive to the actual doing and a solid feeling of accomplishment after the job is completed.

You can get out of bed in the morning, ready to make the day an adventure. Or, you can stay under the covers as long as possible and rush to work with mind and body already weary and your thoughts possibly scrambled from hurrying. Your attitudes can help create your life's circumstances. Attitudes may make you either a happy or an unhappy person.  Of course, the inevitabilities of life can bring problems, troubles, and sadness to us all, but if your glass remains half full, your attitudes can help you triumph over those times."

~John Marks Templeton

MUSIC: "Spanish Dancer" by John Tesh

Feelin' Good Fun

I really like this tune

Great Guitar - Great Rhythms

Makes me get off my ass and dance naked around the house

(That's around INSIDE the house - not AROUND the house : )

I like to close my eyes

And strum along with the guitars

John Tesh

"Spanish Dancer"

from the album, Guitar By The Fire

YouTube Direct Link: https://youtu.be/c-FER7bBgK4

Artistry of Male: 122117

model: Joseph Sayers

Duane J. Moreno by photographer Joseph Bleu

model: Den Wok

model: Josh from Corbin Fisher

by Robert James Photography