Lessons Learned

One day, the father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the express purpose of showing him how poor people live.

They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.

On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”

“It was great, Dad.”

“Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked.

“Oh yeah,” said the son.

“So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.

The son answered: “I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon.

“We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight.

“We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs.

“We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them.”

The boy’s father was speechless.

Then his son added, “Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are.”

 

 

FROM THIS STORY YOU MAY SEE THAT EVERY ONE OF US POVERTY COMPREHENDS AND PERCEIVES DIFFERENTLY. So at any time do not look down onto another human being, because you truly don't know how poor or rich that person is.
 
Blessings, Jolita Kelias

LIVING TREE by Shirlee Hall

Did you ever stop and ponder
How a tree is much like us?
It begins as roots and completes its movement
As arms stretching toward the sun.

We are Living Trees
Magnificent to behold
Providing, Nurturing, Protecting and Giving
Ourselves to those who need care and love.

A tree takes time to mature
In patience, it passes through seasons
Bears fruit and blossoms as beauty and bounty
We, too, are trees diversified and magnificent.

To appreciate and respect a tree is to
Honor and love our self
Creation is a projection of the one
The sun and his rays light our return.

~Shirlee Hall, 2010

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Dreams Come True... Intention...

I cannot imagine my life without Dreaming and Exploring ways in making those dreams come true. My dreams not only fulfil me but it also serve others in the most beautiful ways.

Everyday I remind myself - I intend - to take one more step forward and to make one more effort towards making impossible possible. I don't say... it is easy - some days are easier than others to follow my intentions and some days are incredibly challenging. By saying days I don't mean the day itself, but a certain mindset that I am on that particular day. However, even that is temporary. All the obstacles that I encounter in my life I transform into opportunities that serve the highest vision of myself and also my highest good and my highest purpose.

I have noticed that practicing an attitude of re-intending my intentions every day throughout the years, it has created a certain habit/pattern, which became a way of life for me. In this way I am keeping the door for universal opportunties open at all times, so that they could popin inside any time they pass by.

By re-intending I mean Deciding to Belief, Surrender and Know that all the Universe conspires in my favour regardless what my dreams might be and that challenges are the part of the journey carrying an important message and lesson within itself. This knowing gives me the strength to continue on my path no matter how crazy or impossible at times it may seem.

So here is my moral: I am not here to tell you that the journey is going to be easy, but I am here to say that your dream/ your soul calling is Worth your time and effort.

Dream it! Create it! Recognise it! And... Make it happen!

Copyright © Jolita Kelias, June 2010
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Oil Paintings and Drawings by ANNA EWA MIARCZYNSKA

"Lifeline is easier to draw than to put into words.

Important meaning, encapsulated in words, becomes superficial, banal, colourless. The crucial....lies hidden between the lines.

Who am I? What do I do? And what for? Well...
I was born in Warsaw (1961), Poland, and I have spent most of my life here, even though I never fully accepted city life.
I loved drawing, so out of admiration to architecture I took up studies at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Conservation of Painting and Polychrome Sculpture (1980-1986).

At first, I worked as a heritage conservator. I was also involved in interior design, exhibitions, presentations and jewellery design. I cooperated with several advertising agencies, preparing story-boards. I painted copies and portrays.

I did not even think of original paintings of my own until the time someone 'accidentally' noticed a draft I sketched for myself. I was encouraged to draw more of these. I never got to see that person again, but I trusted him – or rather – myself.

First exhibitions were organized in Germany. It was the audience who told me, that there was a deep sense behind my work.

When painting my own pieces, I use the techniques of ancient masters, especially Dutch technique (glaze painting). I have been experimenting with it till now, even though it is time consuming and requires patience.

It does not really fit to these days of endless race, competition, with constant pressure to do more, faster... Painting included. (Perhaps I will learn that one day too... Outdoor painting which I love, and orders at short notice, which I avoid, help me to learn.) Will this race ever end? Is there a real winner?

I paint... because I paint. I am because I am." ~ ANNA EWA MIARCZYNSKA

I cannot tell you what was the author's message.

I cannot interfere with your unique perception, feelings, associations...

I cannot impose on you my vision, my interpretation and limit your own.

You look at something, a picture for example - and it becomes yours for the moment (you can even change its title)

As if in a mirror you can see in it a part of yourself...and that's where your story begins...

"blinds always shut, and so are the shutters, windows, doors, gates...

letters sealed, duplicity, buried tombs...

hidden truths, our lost identity - facts, unknown civilisations, emotions, feelings

behind a curtain of colours... lost identity to unveil... to...

nothing is what it seems

illusionist... each immersed in his own illusion

everyone perceives the world (a picture) differently... noticing different elements,

interpreting the world in a different way

it's the senses (asleep or awoken) that first stroke the strings of emotions - playing different tunes

a thought feeds the emotion with a word... starting movement, the wind or even a gale

maybe the blowing of the wind will move the curtain, maybe the gale will tear the curtain off

let's have a look inside, to the other side...

We wouldn't like to, but there is no turning back...

we can see a different horizon, another world, from a different perspective...

more emotions, we resist, more curtains, more veils fall...

we can't go back, as we can see more, and we know more...

the self-awareness - the world behind the curtain - comes in against our will and...

we only need to surrender"

Copyright by Anna Ewa Miarczynska

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Copyright © Jolita Kelias, June 2010
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When The World Crumbles All Around You...

My best friend rang me today with an urgent question: "I need to talk with an expert! Tell me please, how do you manage to think positively when the whole world seems to crumble all around you and scater into pieces? Where do you find the energy to deal with it?"

And so I answered: "I give myself a permission to be sad or upset ...when I need so, but I don't dwell on it too long. Then, I pick myself up, dust myself off and start all over again."

My friend responded: "Please allow me to ring you again, because I need the Light you spread around."
I said: "You know that I am always here for you no matter what. Love you."
She felt a bit better. Then, she found just enough strength to emotionally and mentally pick herself up, dust herself off and start all over again.

You see, I did not advise her, I simply answered to her question, which I felt was more effective than giving a lecture on positive thinking. I am also a human with all my pluses and minuses and I do tend to go through lows and highs from time to time as well. Because of that I have learned that the more I resist to allow emotion to pass through me, the bigger and more determine it grows. So I ALLOW IT to Be.

However, it does not mean that you have to throw it onto another Living Being. I can guarantee that pillow would be able to handle your anger or tears and God... Oh, God!! She is the most patient and understanding and giving and a fantastic listener.

I have also realized, that actually it can be very healthy to experience all kind of emotions because that's when most amazing truths and treasures of our inner soul becomes revealed. That's when we learn that we are strong and forgiving; that's when we learn about understanding and tolerance; that's when we bit by bit accept our faults as lessons and eventually stop criticising not only ourselves but others, too.

What happens after you allow the emotion to express itself, you may wonder? Try and you will see... But here is a hint... An amazing peace envelopes your heart and mind, the dark cloud slowly disapears and for the first time (perhaps for the first time) you begin to see things as they truly are.

Copyright © Jolita Kelias, June 2010
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Is the Grass Greener Somewhere Else?

"Never judge your brother until you have walked a mile in his moccasins!" ~

Don't you sometimes think that being someone else or taking someone else's life, your life would improve? Don't you sometimes think that for another person certain things are easier than for you? Don't you sometimes think that if you just could have that person's character or looks or money or house or... you would be finally happy?

However, the truth is nothing can improve unless you make a personal effort towards your own improvement regarding your life and yourself or simply accepting situation as it is.

Often I hear people making remarks about others being happier and richer and healthier and more beautiful than themselves. Maybe that's why there is so much jelousy and uncertainty around.

I grew up among people who often used to say that the grass is greener where I am not, but to tell the truth I never believed them. From an early age I understood I am the only one to water my grass and make it grow and prosper and no one else can do it better than me.

How could anyone think that someone else has a better life if they have never walked in that perosn's shoes?! And what if someone else is having a better life, then why don't you ask - what did it take that person to do to be where he/she is now? How could anyone be jealous of another person's assets and lifestyle if they really don't know what it takes to have that life and live it?! How could anyone judge another soul before exploring their own?!

That's where spiritual growth is incredibly important for it encourages you to go deep within yourself to find and experience the hidden and unknown depths of your own soul. Once you do that, you forget about other people and focus on what is that you value within yourself and what makes you truly happy. We all know that true, everlasting happiness cannot be found in material things, because we all one way or the other want to be loved and love in return, to be healthy and live a peaceful and fulfilling life. It is just that we all individually reach for it differently and achieve things accordingly to our efforts and understanding.

I love travelling and exploring, and yet I always love having a feeling of what I can call 'My Own'.

Copyright © Jolita Kelias, June 2010
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