As a lover of opera, I was so happy to read that, after graduation, he used what little money had left to see Bizet’s Carmen and that it “intoxicated and overwhelmed” him on his first trip to the theatre (110).
This was a great column in the New York Times by David Brooks on Monday and it totally reminded me of what I've been reading in Marci Shimoff's book, Happy for No Reason
I have to feel for the guy - imagine having your first encounter with the Divine when you are 12 and to be thereafter convinced that God is an immediate and awesome (in the terrifying sense of the word) presence. Now imagine having that experience 130 years ago in a society where no one was talking about direct experiences of God, where one would feel utterly alone and misunderstood.
I have been captivated by the word 'grace' for a few years now. Both the idea of having grace and the physicality of being graceful. The more I study grace the more I realize that they are the same thing - that to be 'grace-ful' is to be 'full of grace'.
In Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Jung’s No. 2 personality brought him "peace and solitude" and a sense of unity with both nature and God (45). His descriptions bring to mind the archetypes of the Hermit and the Mystic, both of which I use as a Sacred Contracts Coach.
As I mentioned in my previous post, I've just begun Jung's Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Jung's connection with Nature continued to deepen through his adolescence and he refers to it often in these early chapters of Memories, Dreams, Reflections
The first component of vivacious living is a strong, functional, and happy body.
Jim Rohn once said, "You have to treat your body like a temple. A temple! Not a woodshed."
It is much harder to accomplish our dreams when we feel sick all the time. And, quite often, our minds make it harder to be healthy, for instance, they invite us to stay in bed instead of working out. They remind us that we really prefer ice cream to salad.