Sipping my first cup of morning coffee, chomping down a sugary snack of Channel 5’s cast They feel like your friends in the living room, the sugar rush I know they will always deliver, came through big time.
A rather shocking study via something called Voucher Cloud, found that, among 2,712 men and women age 18-30 the NO.1 BREAKING UP METHOD was … via text message. This is how the results fell into place.
25% Text
20% Social Media
18% Face to Face
15 Phone Call
11 Email
eeegjgjgjjjjhhhhh is it just me, or is that all … messed up?
“I know we live in a warped “future is now” era in which nobody bothers to open their mouths to emit actual sounds at each other — we prefer to do it all, EVERYTHING, via little screens. But still! We’re talking about breakups here — love and war and the soul-pummeling death of real-world entanglements!I wonder sometimes if we have so disconnected from others through technology we have replaced vulnerability and intimacy with a virtual world of our design. “
“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
The thought for today is HARMONY. The basis of the word is to be of one heart. It is difficult to be of one heart when you are blaming another for anything. This includes gossip, criticizing, scolding, rebuking, condemning yourself or anyone else. As Brene Brown says “if blame is driving, shame is riding shotgun”. Blame in whatever form, has it roots in anger, hurt, grief, pain and shame.
It is only when you connect from your heart to another’s heart that harmony flourishes. When you recognize the common nature that you have with every other person you are able to honor this nature in yourself and those around you. Being in harmony with your surroundings, people, places and things will allow peace to flourish. When you have a vision for your life and for humanity you strive for “the greatest good for the greatest number of people.”
Choosing NOT to engage in any form of blame today contributes to harmony. Choosing to see the good in others rather than finding fault leads to peaceful relationships. Look for the good in yourself and in others rather than finding fault. By making these choices, you are contributing to a culture of peace, compassion and abundance.
Today choose to see the good in others instead of finding fault. Spend the entire day without criticizing anything or anyone; if you are tempted to criticize, write down the criticism rather than speaking it, then later discover where the criticism is coming from within you.
Think About It
How do you know when things are in harmony?
Take Action
Decide on three areas of your life that could be more harmonious. What steps are you willing to take to be an agent of more harmonious interactions in those areas.
Major Do: Ask yourself constantly, “How am I seeing the commonality” in others.
Major Don’t:
Don’t justify your feelings with a “I’m right and you’re wrong”. This plugs up the flow of higher energies to all other areas of your life.
Words to Live by:
Harmony is a beautiful balance between mind, body and soul measured in tender peaceful moments. – Melanie Koulouris
Debbie, the concept of “harmony” or perhaps on YOUR blog we should say “harMoney” tee hee, is one I’ve seen in action over the years. The opposite, being stressed and in a state of imbalance, stops the flow of abundance. We can all benefit from harmony (and harMONEY!). Nice post. 🙂