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The Peace Of Meditation

𝓢𝓸 𝔀𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽 𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻,
𝓛𝓮𝓽 𝓾𝓼 𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓵𝔂 𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓲𝓷 𝓼𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮
𝓐 𝓜𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓗𝓸𝓾𝓻-
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓖𝓸𝓭’𝓼 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓼 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓭𝓪𝔂
𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓱𝓲𝓶
𝓘𝓷 𝓪 𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂,
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓕𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷
𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵
𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓴 𝓗𝓲𝓶 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮
𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵…
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮’𝓼 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓼
𝓐𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼
𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓯𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓯𝓵𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓼
𝓓𝓻𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵’𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼,
𝓞𝓻 𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓵𝔂
𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵-𝓫𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮,
𝓢𝓸 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓼
𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮…
𝓢𝓸 𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝓾𝓼 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮
𝓣𝓸 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮
𝓐 𝓬𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓭𝓪𝔂
𝓣𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓮…
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓼 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮’𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷,
𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓭𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓭𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮
𝓣𝓸 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓾𝓻𝓮
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓾𝓼-
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓮.

ART & Poetry · Family · Friends · Holidays

A Special Christmas Eve…

                Before you go to sleep, my friends, and dream of Christmas morn, I wish to tell you of a legend that was to have happened around the shortly after Christ was born.

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The Legend of The Holly

The Legend of

The Holly

 

                                                                  In haste from Bethlehem,

                                                               And heard the tread of soldiers

                                                                    Coming in pursuit of them.

There wasn’t any time at all

To find a hiding place,

For Herod’s men approached them

At a swift and steady pace.

So Marry took her Little One

And with a whispered prayer,

Hid Him beneath a holly bush

With gentle, loving care.

The wintered holly put forth leaves

To hide the Infant King,

And grew a guard of slender thorns

About Him in a ring.

King Herod’s soldiers hurried past,

And all were unaware

The Infant whom they sought was safe

Within the holly’s care.

The Christ Child blessed the holly then

So it would always be

Forever green— a sign of hope

And  Immortality.

So now, at Christmas, holly plays

A very special part

Because one night it gently held

The Christ Child in its heart.

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ART & Poetry · Family · Friends

Happiness Is a Gift By Alain

Above all, and this seems quite apparent to me, it is impossible to be happy if one does not have the desire to be happy; one must therefore, will one’s happiness, and create it.
What has not been sufficiently stressed is that we have an obligation toward others to be happy. It is often said that only the happy are loved; but it is forgotten that this recompense is just and deserved; for unhappiness, boredom, and despair are in the air we all breath; and so we owe thanks and a laurel wreath to those who dissipate the miasmas and, in a sense, purify life around us with their energetic example.
There is indeed nothing more profound in love than the vow to be happy.
What can be more difficult to overcome than the boredom, sadness, or unhappiness of those we love?
Every man and every woman should keep in mind the fact that happiness -I mean the happiness one conquers for oneself- is the most beautiful and the most generous gift one can give.

Family · Friends · GREAT COFFEE & FOOD

http://nayanas-kitchen-kreations.blogspot.com/

This is Nayana’s Post Just reblogging it…

Ingredients for the white chocolate layer :

1 1/2 cups ………………..heavy cream ( Used the brand Rich Cream)
3 tbsp………………..white chocolate ( grated )
3 tsp…………………agar agar
3 tsbp………………cold water.
1/2 tsp…………….chocolate essence

Method for the white chocolate layer :
Mix agar agar in  cold water and keep aside for 10 minutes.
Take two vessels one small and one little bigger than the first one.
Now boil water in the smaller one .
In a bigger thick bottom vessel add the cream  and white chocolate .
When the water in smaller vessel boils keep the bigger one on top of the smaller vessel.
Stir the mixture in the upper vessel continuously till the chocolates completely melts.
This is called double boiled method.
Do not heat the cream and chocolate directly or else the cream will start leaving fats.
Remove from the heat and add chocolate essence and agar agar water and mix very well.
Cool and keep aside for further use.
Ingredients for the coffee layer :
2tbsp……………………instant coffee powder
1/2 tbsp………………..agar agar
2tbsp……………………cold water
3tbsp…………………..sugar
1/2 cup water
Method for the coffee layer :
Mix agar agar to cold water and set aside for 10 minutes.
Boil  1/2 cup water, sugar and coffee powder .
Add it to the agar agar mixture and blend well.

Keep it aside for further use.

Assembling : 

In a glass add 1/3 rd of the coffee mixture at the base.
Keep the glasses in freezer for 1/2 an hour for quick cooling.
When the coffee layer is firm to touch add the white chocolate layer.
Again set it in fridge or freezer depending on how quick you want it to set.
Check for the firmness of white layer.
In fridge it will take 4 to 5 hours to set and in freezer about 1 to 1 n 1/2 hours to set.
Now top with the remaining coffee layer and again freeze till the top is firm
Serve chilled garnished with white chocolate scrapings.
Family · Friends · School of Hard Knocks

Thre Rights Of Any Friendship or Aquantence

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I. You have the right to act toward others according to your own beliefs and values (not according to theirs), to live your own life (not to be lived by others), to live out your own decisions and to live with their consequences.

II. You have the right to see others as equal (regardless of how they see you), to esteem others as neither superior nor inferior (in spite of how they esteem you).

 III.You have the right to renegotiate relationships (although the others resist review), to take new positions (though the others prefer the old), to change your mind (even when others doubt you have one).

IV. You have the right to fail (therefore the right to choose freely), the right to make mistakes (therefore the right to take risks).

V. You have the right to see your own perceptions, to feel your own feelings, to think your own thoughts, to act your own actions, to experience your own accountability.

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The Smallest Gift can be the Bigest…

I thought I would Share this again as it is something I personally can no longer do my self but others can. Love to all, Trisha

precious123's avatarLife: The Joy of Family & Friends.

11061250-christmas-decoration-with-bells-backgroundIts Christmas time and we are all rushing around trying to find the perfect gift for friends and family.
well around my house as in the past couple of years money has been tight and only the spirit of Christmas has been what has got us through the holiday. so let me share with you. yes I decorate my Home and I cook dinner but on Christmas Eve we cuddle up on the couch and read the Christmas story from the Gospel according to Luke . and celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ . while Sipping Hot Chocolate.

Yes, webeautiful_christmas_tree-wide believe in Santa. How you ask well it is our way to spread the true meaning of Christmas. we make a homemade gift, it is usually a small box with a packet of hot chocolate, a can of soup, and some cookies, plastic container that can be put in the…

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A Mother Remembering…. part1

I am still very proud of you son . you picked up the pieces after a painful divorce and now are engaged to the most loving young lady I’ve met in an age. I am also very proud you got your degree in Criminal Justice . And now are training to be a paramedic. I always knew you were destined for greatness!! Keep up the good work Son.

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I Remember…

I remember when I found out I was carrying you under my heart, and when I herd your heartbeat for the first time. When you moved the first time how thrilled I was you my child living inside me, apart of my body but separate somehow.
As you grew and we changed together my love
For you grew too, and I couldn’t wait to see you and hold you in my arms.
When I gave Birth it was my Greatest achievement
There you where I called you by name,
(7-3-88 5:55PM 8lbs, 8oz 181/2 long)
Christopher Allen
Is what I said.
When I got to hold you I said welcome to the world and cried, and your Father was so proud.
We took you home three days later and for us life had officially started as a family of three.

As you grew, you dad went into the…

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Useful Info: positive Reinforced Discipline

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Positive Reinforced Discipline:

when you are laying down the law never do it with a raised voice .
stern and strong is good. yelling is Bad.
name calling is bad braking down self esteem is bad .
always let them know that you love them even though you are disappointed in their actions.
let them know that their actions were dumb or stupid while at the same time reassuring them
they are not dumb or stupid.
listening to what they have to say without interruption, unless they are being disrespectful . just say excuse me and interject there but try to stay in in a speaking voice. because when you start yelling their brains shut down and they stop listening. all of your consequences are put in to place with I love you and you know that for every action is an opposite and equal reaction. so these are our…

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I think you can find a Coffee Lover anywhere…(tea,juice, & coco too)

 

 

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Most everywhere I go and where ever I find Friends it seems That Coffee is something to be shared by Most I encounter its common ground. It’s the proverbial icebreaker to start a conversation it might get goofy but you get comfortable enough to have a real talk about anything and everything over coffee.

Not all my friends like coffee but that’s okay,  I don’t fault them because I like tea, fruit juice, & Coco in different flavors and blends.  even though my favorite is Coffee different strokes for different folks. I have a variety of all these things in my kitchen as I have friends over I have many different ways of brewing Coffee and tea and making the perfect Coco. I make fresh fruit juice or have the makings of their favorite blend on hand as I like them too.  So Don’t think Coffee is bitter It’s Like life its what you make of it. and Invite your friends over or out to Coffee get them what they like and have a great time sharing in person for those  who are close to you  or start a chat cafe. Spend time with your friends & Family their all you  have and life is short.4dcc60d21c69bc02e5ab333fdf5d653c9999999999