Contemplate this by Ernest Holmes...

"What if we are confused and distraught and upset and all out of sorts? What if the pressure of the past has appeared to cloud the sunlight of the present? The past is gone and the sun is shining on the other side of the clouds. And so let us deliberately resolve to change our thinking today, and make up our minds that we can have confidence in life.

No one can be hurt by doing this. We have everything to gain and nothing to lose. We can uproot all the unhappy thoughts of the past, all the thoughts of failure, all the doubts and fears, all the little petty animosities and disagreements, if we really want to. And we can create our own future today just be carefully guarding our thoughts. But how can we do this unless our faith in Life is greater than our fear, unless hope rises triumphant over despair, or until Love cancels everything unlovable?"

Those are some strong words. I am happy to have come across them! Now for some implementation... :-)

Learning to respect the paths of others.

Buddhist Boot Camp wisdom:

"...you can't want something more for someone than they want for themselves... some people simply don't believe in the light. (How could I have been so naive as to not know this before?) It doesn't matter if you shine light in their faces, because if they don't believe in it, they won't see it.

I realize now that it's way more important to open our hearts than our eyes. If our hearts are closed, then it doesn't matter what we're looking at - we would never see everything as it truly is: [beautiful]."

~Timber Hawkeye

This conversation last night:

Mini me: My friend always gets green in school. She has never had a yellow.
Me: But you've had a yellow a few times.
Mini me: It is okay. I now get greens everyday. Bygones are bygones (as she said with a wide sweeping arm motion).

Precious. My baby is growing up way too fast! AND her behavior continues to improve. She is learning manners. Some days parenting is tough, but most days I appreciate every second of it. She continues to be the light in my life. Bless her heart.