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Only you can let it in.

November 7, 2011 by April

Feel the rain on your skin. No one else can feel it for you. Only you can let it in.

Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield

Lyrics
I am unwritten, can’t read my mind, I’m undefined
I’m just beginning, the pen’s in my hand, ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, oh, oh

I break tradition, sometimes my tries, are outside the lines
We’ve been conditioned to not make mistakes, but I can’t live that way

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Oh, yeah, yeah

Your life IS golden. God is proud of you.

November 7, 2011 by April

I’m strumming my own freedom, playing the god in me, representing his glory. Hope he’s proud of me.

Golden by Jill Scott
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I’m taking my freedom,
Pulling it off the shelf,
Putting it on my chain,
Wear it around my neck,
I’m taking my freedom,
Putting it in my car,
Wherever I choose to go,
It will take me far,

[Chorus]
I’m livin’ my life like it’s golden
Livin’ my life like it’s golden, [X3]
Livin’ my life like it’s golden, golden,
Livin’ my life like it’s golden, [X4]
Livin’ my life like it’s golden, golden,

[Verse 2]
I’m taking my own freedom
Putting it in my song,
Singing loud and strong,
Grooving all day long,
I’m taking my freedom,
Putting it in my stroll,
I’ll be high-steppin’ y’all,
Letting the joy unfold,

[Chorus]

I’m holding on to my freedom,
Can’t take it from me,
I was born into it,
It comes naturally,
I’m strumming my own freedom,
Playing the god in me,
Representing his glory,
Hope he’s proud of me,

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
I’m living my life like its golden, golden, golden, golden, golden, golden, [X2]

[Chorus]

[Jill Scott:]
Livin’ my life like it’s golden,
It really matters to me, Ohhh

[Bridge X5]

You gotta be good to yourself, you can’t wait on nobody else.

November 7, 2011 by April

Oh, when you’re traveling through the highs and the lows, make sure you listen to your spirit. You gotta take care of your soul

Be Good To Yourself by Ledisi

Lyrics
Be good to yourself

Sometimes we don’t listen
To what we already know
Take time to hear me
‘Cause you’ve got to be told

So busy looking for love
Like you don’t know your worth
Get it together
Even when it hurts

You gotta be good to yourself, yeah
(Be good to yourself)
You can’t wait on nobody else
(No one else)

Baby, be good to yourself, yeah
(Be good to yourself)
Oh, you can’t love nobody, ooh
(Oh, you can’t love nobody else)

Some days you feel like running
From everyone you know
The things that you thought might be right now
It ain’t necessarily so

So much on my mind
Need a break from it all
To get myself together
So I don’t fall

Gotta be good to yourself
(Be good to yourself)
You can’t wait on nobody else
(No one else)

Baby, you gotta be good to yourself, yeah
(Be good to yourself)
Oh, you can’t love, yeah
(Oh, you can’t love nobody else)

Oh, when you’re traveling
Through the highs and the lows
Make sure you listen to your spirit
You gotta take care of your soul

Hold on, never give up
You can get through whatever
Always make time
For yourself, whoo

You gotta be good to yourself, yeah
(Be good to yourself)
You can’t wait on nobody else
(No one else)

Baby, be good to yourself
(Be good to yourself)
Oh, you can’t love nobody else
(Oh, you can’t love nobody else)

Be good to yourself, yeah
(Be good to yourself)
You keep looking for the love from somebody else
(No one else)
You gotta find it from within

Yeah, be good to yourself, yeah
(Be good to yourself)
Oh, you can’t love nobody
(Oh, you can’t love nobody else)
Be good, be good to yourself

It’s a beautiful day.

November 7, 2011 by April

There are no mistakes, just chances we’ve taken.

It’s a Beautiful Day by India Arie

Lyrics
Life is a journey,
Not a destination,
There are no mistakes,
Just chances we’ve taken
Lay down your regrets cause all we have is now

Wake up in the morning
And get out of bed
Start making a mental list in my head
Of all of the things that I am grateful for

Early in the morning
It’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes new dreams new ways
I open up my eyes and
I open up my mind and
I wonder how life will surprise me today
Early in the morning
It’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes new dreams new ways
I open up my heart and
I’m gon’ do my part and
Make this a positively beautiful day

La la la la la la la la la [x3]
It’s a Beautiful Day [x3]

Life is a challenge not a competition
You can still smell the roses and be on a mission
Just take a moment to get in touch with your heart
Sometimes you feel like you’ve got something to prove
Remind yourself that there’s only one you
Just take a moment to give thanks for who you are
Early in the morning
It’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes, new dreams, new ways
I open up my eyes and
I open up my mind and
I wonder how life will surprise me today

Early in the morning
It’s the dawn of a new day
New hopes, new dreams, new ways
I open up my heart and
I’m gon’ do my part and
Make this a positively beautiful day

La la la la la la la la la [x3]
It’s a Beautiful Day [x2]

Let’s make this a wonderful
Let’s make this a powerful
Let’s make this a Beautiful Day
It’s a Beautiful Day

Life is a journey,
Not a destination,
There are no mistakes,
Just chances we’ve taken
Lay down your regrets cause all we have is now

Selective watering of seeds is a helpful practice and it does not take a long time. You can transform your situation very quickly.

October 9, 2011 by April

If you live in a couple, if you live in a family, if you live with another person or several persons, you may ask them to be careful. You may ask them to be aware of the seeds you have in your store consciousness. “Darling, I know that I have these negative seeds in me. And every time these seeds manifest, I make myself suffer and I make you suffer, also. So, please, if you love me, if you care for me, be careful not to water these seeds in me.” Among lovers, there should be such an agreement. That is the practice. “Darling, if you really love me, water the positive seeds in me, because I do have the seeds of understanding, of compassion, of forgiveness, of joy in me. Even if they are still small, if you know how to touch them in me every day, I become a much happier person and when I am happy, you don’t have to suffer as much.”

If you really understand what your store consciousness is, you understand yourself. If you understand the person you love with her weaknesses and her strengths, you would know what we call the practice of selective watering of seeds. Refrain from watering the negative seeds in him. Try your best to identify and to water the positive seeds in him every day, and you will see the situation will improve in just one week. The degree of happiness will increase very quickly, especially when you are supported by brothers and sisters within the practice to show you the way.

– From a Dharma talk by Thich Nhat Hahn

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