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  • Stop Shoulding on Yourself

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 5, 2023March 5, 2023

    Dropping "should" from your thought pattern creates a completely different mindset, and therefore a completely different outcome.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, obstacles, Wisdom
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  • What David Bowie and I Had in Common…

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 26, 2023February 27, 2023

    Buddhist practice has a way of bringing you answers or messages that you need in sometimes very surprising ways!

    attitude, determination, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust
    6 6 comments on “What David Bowie and I Had in Common…”
  • What A Difference A Week Makes

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 20, 2023

    More often than not, the problems we meet with are opportunities in disguise. Opportunities to help us learn and grow and expand our capacities.

    attitude, determination, hope, obstacles
    2 2 comments on “What A Difference A Week Makes”
  • A Date with Destiny

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 12, 2023

    A thought popped into my mind as I prepared to leave home Saturday afternoon to go downtown: "I have a date with destiny."

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, obstacles, Wisdom
    2 2 comments on “A Date with Destiny”
  • Cavorting With The Crowd

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 29, 2023

    O poets, who ceaselessly, constantly write, sitting there, tireless, far into the night addressing your poems to god knows who (and she/he ain’t telling). When will you desist? Give up? Renounce the fight? Take the …

    attitude
    0 0 comments on “Cavorting With The Crowd”
  • Let Hope In

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 22, 2023

    Without hope, we really can't have happiness.

    attitude, encouragement, hope, trust, Wisdom
    4 4 comments on “Let Hope In”
  • Do You Believe in Angels?

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 15, 2023

    I had a recent run-in with a real, honest-to-goodness angel...

    attitude, encouragement, hope
    5 5 comments on “Do You Believe in Angels?”
  • Write on

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 8, 2023January 8, 2023

    This morning Universe spoke directly to me, succinctly and clearly.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
    2 2 comments on “Write on”
  • Gimme 5!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 2, 2023

    It's not the easiest thing to set and keep a new positive habit, so here are some sage words to help you get back on track when you fall off the wagon.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “Gimme 5!”
  • God Rest The Queen

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on September 19, 2022September 19, 2022

    In the last ten days I’ve done a lot of learning, a lot of realising and a lot of growing. And I feel very grateful for it.

    attitude, Respect
    0 0 comments on “God Rest The Queen”
  • The Creation of Value

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on September 11, 2022September 12, 2022

    We all have the urge to create, however buried it might be at the moment...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, Uncategorized
    0 0 comments on “The Creation of Value”
  • Live and Let Love

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 28, 2022

    I'd like to tell you a few stories...

    attitude, Enlightenment, hope, love, Respect
    2 2 comments on “Live and Let Love”
  • It’s about Time!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 21, 2022August 23, 2022

    I bought a book of magic yesterday.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Health, hope, trust, Wisdom
    5 5 comments on “It’s about Time!”
  • R-E-S-P-E-C-T

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 7, 2022August 8, 2022

    Respect is the absolute, bottom line, fundamental attitude I need in my relationship with myself.

    attitude, Enlightenment, Respect, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “R-E-S-P-E-C-T”
  • Let It In

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 1, 2022

    Appreciate whatever comes up in you; it's in your life for you to transform it into "some new delight."

    attitude, encouragement, obstacles, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “Let It In”
  • The Facts and Fiction of Life

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 24, 2022July 25, 2022

    Each person's life is a mixture of what happens (fact) and the stories we tell ourselves about what has happened (fiction).

    attitude, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
    5 5 comments on “The Facts and Fiction of Life”
  • Courage, My Love

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 3, 2022

    Courage comes in many shapes and forms, but always from the heart...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
    2 2 comments on “Courage, My Love”
  • Life Is Worth Fighting For

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on June 26, 2022

    The other week something happened that filled me with delight. For a while...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust
    2 2 comments on “Life Is Worth Fighting For”
  • Hello, Critical Voice

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on June 12, 2022June 12, 2022

    I've been slipping in and out of depression recently. And my Critical Voice has worked overtime at spewing out negativity in my mind. But not forever!

    attitude, Enlightenment, Health, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
    2 2 comments on “Hello, Critical Voice”
  • Today Is My Last Day

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022

    Since actor Ray Liotta's unexpected death - to him and everyone else - I've given serious thought to how I would spend my day if I knew it was my last...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment
    0 0 comments on “Today Is My Last Day”
  • Sinking Like A Stone

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on May 22, 2022May 22, 2022

    the dreadful the dreaded loneliness tugging and tearing at the fabric of life heartlessly shredding every vestige of hope inviting darkness to invade every inner nook and cranny

    attitude, hope
    0 0 comments on “Sinking Like A Stone”
  • The Truth Shall Set You Free

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on May 8, 2022May 8, 2022

    We have long accepted the biblical quote "the truth shall set you free" as a truism. But I wonder how often we think about its opposite: Lies shall imprison you.

    encouragement, hope
    0 0 comments on “The Truth Shall Set You Free”
  • Pay Attention!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on May 1, 2022

    It can be said that life is a balancing act. Where you focus your attention makes a significant difference to keeping your balance.

    attitude, Enlightenment, Wisdom
    2 2 comments on “Pay Attention!”
  • We Live in Two Worlds

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on April 24, 2022

    Perhaps because our eyes are directed outwards, we human beings usually look to our environment as the source of our happiness or unhappiness...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “We Live in Two Worlds”
  • Getting Lost in That Hopeless Little Screen

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on April 17, 2022

    The tendency to believe that only large, grandiose actions lead to change can kill the incentive to make those small changes, little tweaks, that add up over time to something really big.

    Health, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “Getting Lost in That Hopeless Little Screen”
  • Lost and Found

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on April 10, 2022

    I was 36 years old, flat broke, two months behind with the rent, I couldn’t get a job to save my life, and Welfare (Social Security) had turned me down...

    Enlightenment, obstacles, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “Lost and Found”
  • Do The Work

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on April 3, 2022April 4, 2022

    Where there is resolution, there will also be resistance.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, Respect, trust, Wisdom
    4 4 comments on “Do The Work”
  • From Spiritual Worrier to Spiritual Warrior!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 27, 2022March 27, 2022

    We're spiritual warriors. But I was far more accustomed to being a spiritual worrier, because my mind's default programming was fear and dread.

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, trust, Wisdom
    1 One comment on “From Spiritual Worrier to Spiritual Warrior!”
  • A Ship to Cross The Sea of Suffering

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 13, 2022March 27, 2022

    An inner calm is essential in order to realise our dreams. But calmness and I were not very well acquainted.

    Health, hope, obstacles
  • It Will Change

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 6, 2022

    In the midst of the horror and the heartbreak in Ukraine, something very good is happening...

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
  • Smile please!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 27, 2022February 27, 2022

    Just as the body can follow the mind (I feel happy, so I smile) the mind can equally well follow the body.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Wisdom
  • One Step at A Time

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 21, 2022

    I was exhausted last Friday. It felt like torture. After teasing us with a spring-like temperature, melting ice and glimpses of green grass on Wednesday, Mother Nature changed her mind on Thursday and delivered a …

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Health, hope, Wisdom
  • Me Too

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 6, 2022February 7, 2022

    When I arrived in Montreal in 1974 I believed that my new country would treat me well. Less than a month later, I found out otherwise. (Please don't read this poem if you are easily triggered.)

    determination, obstacles
  • Listen, I’ll Tell You Something

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 30, 2022January 30, 2022

    One of the things I love about my Buddhist practice is that it puts my life in rhythm. I'm not just a little microcosmic cog in a big, unfeeling machine.

    attitude, Enlightenment, Health, Respect, Wisdom
  • Bring Back The F Word!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 23, 2022January 23, 2022

    How do you bear with emotional pain in a way that nourishes and nurtures your inner growth?

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
  • Weapons of Mass Distraction

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 16, 2022April 10, 2022

    Do you ever feel that Life is lining you up for something? Stacking the deck for, or against, you? I do!

    encouragement, Health, obstacles, Wisdom
  • One Thing Leads to Another

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 9, 2022January 10, 2022

    A seemingly tiny improvement in how you feel about yourself can make a big difference over time.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope
  • Are You Haunted by Your Past?

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on October 11, 2021October 28, 2021

    We breathe a kind of radioactive half-life into our past experiences by re-membering them, and reliving how awful they were, effectively creating zombie memories, phantom memories, which we use to haunt and frighten ourselves.

    encouragement, hope, obstacles
  • Teachers and Trees and Healing Trauma

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 27, 2021August 13, 2022

    Trauma. PTSD. Nothing warm and fuzzy there. Or is there?

    encouragement, Health, hope, love
  • The Day that Changed My Life

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 15, 2021November 8, 2022

    I thought I had no choice but to suffer the effects of all the bad causes I had made. Fortunately for me, I was wrong...

    Enlightenment, hope, obstacles
  • Devilish Fear Be Gone!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on December 27, 2020December 27, 2020

    Interestingly, our English word “devil” comes from the Greek DIABOLOS meaning that which splits, or divides, us.

    determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, trust
  • Life

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 4, 2023March 4, 2023

    Life is the ultimate adventure.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, Enthusiasm, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “Life”
  • Windows Are Better than Walls

    When your ego dissolves, there’s no wall between you and the world. ~ Michael Pollan

    Photo by Cosmic Timetraveler on Unsplash

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  • Help

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 14, 2023January 22, 2023

    "What's the bravest thing you ever said?" asked the boy. "Help," said the horse. "Asking for help isn't giving up. It's refusing to give up."

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
    0 0 comments on “Help”
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