A Smattering of Love Books (Courtesy of Amazon)
*Heart Stones by Josie Iselin
http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Stones-Josie-Iselin/dp/0810994658/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328103459&sr=1-6 […]
(My Favorite Poem) “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
| How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of everyday’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. |
Cyma’s Picks: How Do I Love Me? The 31 Days of Self-Love Challenge by Daylle Deanna Schwartz
Day 1: Begin the New Year with Self-Love
Day 2: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Day 3: Self-Love Habits
Day 4: Law of Attraction in Action: Self-Love
Day 5: “I Love Me” Tip: Buy a Brand Name Product
Day 6: The Right Best Friend–YOU
Day 7: What You’re Not vs. What You Are
Day 8: “I Love Me” Tip: Say “I Love Me” As Often As Possible
Day 9: Boost Self-Love with Self-Care
Day 10: Why We Stay Stuck
Day 11: Law of Attraction in Action: Your Body
Day 12: Losing Weight with Self-Compassion
Day 13: “I Love Me” Tip: Say Schedule a “ME Day”
Day 14: Do You Choose to Be a Victim?
Day 15: “I Love Me” Tip: Self-Hugs
Day 16: Using Meditation to Fall in Love with You
Day 17: Self-Love Tip: Learn from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Day 18: Law of Attraction in Action: Resistance
Day 19: Lowering Resistance Part 2
Day 2: Finding Self-love in a Challenging Life
Day 21: “I Love Me” Tip: Let Faith Support You
Day 22: Stop Being So Hard On Yourself!
Day 23: “I love me” Tip: Take a Break from Stress
Day 24: “Why Am I Choosing to Do This?”
Day 25: Law of Attraction in Action: Jealousy
Day 26: Unstoppable in Stilettos–Interview with Lauren Ruotolo
Day 27: How Do I Love Me? Here Are Some Ways
Day 28: Redefining Love Life
Day 29: Be Your Own Best Diplomat
Day 30: […]
Mindful Meditations for Mothers
by Rachel Snyder
Receive
Offer someone the gift of giving to you. For once, let yourself be the one who receives. Receive a gift of helping hands, of food, of money, of love, of recognition. Sit back and accept a gift of tender loving care. Don’t argue, don’t refuse, don’t make excuses. Receive graciously and with gratitude. If you’ve always been a giver, now is the time for you to receive. Voice what you need. A tricycle? Clothing? Connections? A friend? Let down your defenses and your tough-gal exterior. Prepare to receive all that you deserve and know it will be provided. Let go of your white-knuckled, stressed-out grasp on life and let your palms fill with overflowing abundance. Someone wants to help you receive. Drop your foolish pride and tell him or her you’re willing. Willing and ready to receive.
10 Ways To Love Yourself
“no one is going to love you if you don’t love yourself”
You’ve probably seen the words above countless times before. It’s one of those things that gets thrown around, usually when someone is in a down-and-out state and struggling to understand why he or she doesn’t feel loved. If they’re being said to you they can be painful, but the pain underlines a telling fact: those words are true. Whether or not you want to believe it, if you don’t love yourself, no one else can truly love you. Certainly you can be in relationships and experience varieties of emotions similar to love, but if you don’t love yourself, if you don’t respect yourself, I can guarantee you that no one else can really, truly love or respect you either. […]
Valentine’s Day…All Year Long
by Cyma Shapiro
Valentine’s Day is my most favorite day of the year. I love hearts, I love red, I love love. I have various types of hearts all over my house; in my car, at my office. I keep hearts around to remind me of what’s most important in this life: to love and be loved.
This month, we’ll focus on the many facets of love leading up to and following Valentine’s Day, February 14. I hope this month’s posts inspire you, provide you with ideas and allow you to imagine what bringing more love – whether it be to yourself, your partner, your child or children, and/or community/world – would create for you…and for others. For now, love on.
Paying It Forward
by Peg O'Neill
Motherhood costs us. There’s no question about it. Parenthood requires sacrifice – not only financial, but also physical, emotional and in many other realms. For “older” mothers, this may be particularly true. The harmonic convergence of mid-life and raising young children creates numerous opportunities for growth, but also many challenges. Of course, most of us would agree that whatever the price, our kids are worth it. Whatever we pay in terms of lost sleep, delayed retirement, worry over aging parents while still raising our own families, and other costs, our lives are enriched in countless, priceless ways by our children. […]
Excerpts From the New Book,”In Our Time: The Invention of Middle Age”
by Patricia Cohen
For the first time, middle-aged men and women are the largest, most influential, and richest segment in the country. Floating somewhere between 40 and 64, they constitute one-third of the population and control nearly seventy percent of its net worth. In booms and recessions, a trillion-dollar economy feeds and fuels their needs, whims, and desires. Better-educated and healthier than their predecessors, these early and late midlifers are happier, more productive, and more involved than any other age group. Women are part of the first generation to enter their 40s and 50s after the feminist movement, and they have options that their mothers and grandmothers could barely imagine. […]
A Word About Winter
by Karen Hug-Nagy
The Winter of 2011-2012 has been what us Midwesterners would call tolerable, to date. Our weather has been mild and the kids haven’t had any snow days, yet! My kids are beginning to show some signs of maturity, yes, even at eleven years old, therefore our family activities have changed, too. […]