So, in Terry's blog entry "heart speak", he suggested we start up a discussion forum about the quality of one's life and how it affects those around us and how we can enrich others. I dig the idea so let's run with it. I'll even go first.

What's the quality of my life? It's pretty darn good. I wake each morning inspired and happy.I get to be the hero of an amazing little girl everyday. in fact it still blows my mind that i brought a life in to this world.As she grows i'm helping her on her road of enlightenment and no matter what path she takes i'll still be there to help her up when she stumbles or falls. As my mother has been there for me.I strive to do my best in everything i do  not because i want to be recongized but for my own personal satisfation. i found peace after a long road of chaos. life is good.

I'm supposed to be getting ready for Thanksgiving dinner
but I will make this as quick as I can because I feel like it is important.  

I don't know how or why I got chosen to be his daughter (meaning God). I just know
that as a baby my parents presented me to Him and I was brought up in church ... church
wow the mear word of it still terrifies me. Lots of judgment and bad experiences.. I'm not
in any way saying they are all the same but the ones I have been to were bad enough to
make me never want to visit one again  =(  ... Now, that in no way changed or will ever change
the love I feel for God .. He has shown me mercy and love in more ways than I can count !!


Now to my point ...what's my quality of life? ... I would say as close to 10 as I can try to get !! LOL
I love my life simply because He is in it .. I love the people that He chose to share it with me ...
and I love all the bad experiences I have been through because they have taught me to be a
strong ass independent woman !! Life is goooood !!! Life is awesome !!!! As long as He shares
the rest of my life with me than I know I'm good.  

****Keep up the good work TT ... your awesome and I will be here watching all the wonderful
blessings He has in store for ya !! aight .. Peace !!  =D  ***

Sometimes I am still in the path of chaos and other days in the light. The darker days I have good
friends that help me through in one way or another...they yell at me to get my head high or they support
and love me. I appreciate the smaller things, good coffee, good friends and good conversations. Overall
I would say my quality of life is decent. I don't care who owns what, or what they look like, who they are
wearing it is more important to who they really are. I love getting to the nitty gritty and finding out too . Thats it for my rambling for now. Always end your day with a smile on your face and love in your heart no matter where you are at.

Not gonna say much.  This is my quality of life for the day:

Waking up on a fine day and seeing this out of my window.



Seeing new life coming into the world.


Listening to music I like.
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=rqZlVtQAai8
(Char, enable html in this forum!)

I'm thanking God for what I have.
Bless you all.

Terry's the Mod not me. lol

Wow Jans great Pictures! So all are we blogging a weekly quality of life...daily seems a bit too much. I
really like the mix of photos in so is anyone else up for a photo blog to show us thier world? Did I
mention I want a kitten ? I do not understand why luvli has a fear of churches- can you explain that
further? Ok any other forum thoughts here? Let's keep it rollin!

Your quality of life depends on where you put your attention/consciousness.  Even in the midst of unfortunate things happening, we can keep from going down that tunnel by refocusing on something outside of the immediate situation we find ourselves in.  We can become aware that, while we are experiencing an emotion (whether positive or negative), we can also detach and see that we are NOT that emotion.  We are just a container that holds that emotion.  We can just as easily decide not to identify with that emotion and then it loses its hold on us.  Try it the next time you get angry or annoyed.  With practice, it really works, you can let go of the emotion and don't have to act from within the space of that emotion.  Then you are freer to be master of your own emotional state.  That is the first step to improving the quality of your life.

My fear of churches happened due to people that said they had the love of God
in them and really did not... I'm not here to preach but I was taught that God was love
and I was not shown much love or mercy in any of the ones I went to ... However there
was a lot of judgement, jealousy, and deceit. Like I said before these were just a few I went
to NOT all are the same I am sure.  

Ohhh Java by the way cats are the best pets !!  =)

[ Last edited by  luvli at 2008-11-29 04:47 PM ]

Politics and hypocrisy is everywhere it seems. too many monkey-minded people forgetting what really matters. trading in values for material or position. i'm all about being the change i want to see in the world. I believe always keeping it real is the best (sometimes i keep it too real). I'm feelin what Luvli is saying.it's not just in the church, the but synagogue, the temple and the covenstead. It's sad really and very diassappointing but we can only govern our own actions and not the actions of others

-Char (FF, Xià, whatever)

PS  don't forget to end your day without learning something new..


[ Last edited by  Fiercefirenisis at 2008-11-29 05:11 PM ]

About churches, spiritual groups or organizations:  a lot of very damaged people are attracted to spiritual things.  They do not always represent the strength and beauty of a particular path.  It is especially bad when these damaged people are also the ones in charge.  If you want to be affiliated with a group, keep looking until you find the group that truly manifests what you are looking for.  But also realize that not everyone is called to be part of an organized group.  If you inquire into this with an open mind and heart, the answer will eventually present itself to you and you will see what is right for you.

Too many people out there running around, beating us over the head with "religion," trying to cram this or than down our throats... They make it too complicated. They turn people off with that approach. Jesus basicaly said you're actually in deep *beep!* (my words not His) if you hinder people from getting to know the Maker. The hipocrites will have to answer to Him eventually. Don't let them stand in the way of you building a relationship with Him.

People are what make it all too complicated. Yes, there is a God. I've experieinced waaaay too many way cool, miraculous things in this life to believe otherwise--I've witnessed "the proof." God loves you and you can't change that no matter what you do or have done. God made each and every one of us for a specific purpose. Figure out what it is and do it. When you're doin' it, you get joy.

This has been a PSA for God.


Quality of life... mine. Good! I'm blesses with everything I needs and a lot of stuff I don't but it sure is nice to have. I'm blessed with an amazing family--biological, through marriage and the ones I've adopted along the way--brother and sister from other mothers and misters. I'm blesses with all these really great people He puts in my path. I'm also blessed with gifts I have the pleasure of sharing. The more I use those gifts, the more I refine them, the more I look forward to each day and feel excited as the next opportunity approaches. Ladies and gentlemen, don't hold back your gifts!

I'm all for God not  religion or churches


My quality of life ? well I have people in my life that love and support me through
thick and thin. I have a mom that has played both mom and dad role and is my
hero. I have an auntie  that loves me so much that is willing to give up all that she
has worked so hard for in Miami to help me achieve my dreams. I also have a brother  that
even though most of the time We can't stand each other loves and supports me too.
I'm young but I have seen and been through enough so far to know that
It could be a lot worse !

Thanks for this Terry you are a cool dude !

I ran across this quote from the Sufi teacher Inayat Khan this morning.  In terms of attaining quality of life, it pretty much says it all:

"We must come to the realization of the one life running through all. To a certain degree we attain to the realization of unity by contemplation, religion, and prayer. But what is most necessary is sincerity in our way of life. What we are is all that really matters. Contemplation and meditation help in this, but our manner of life is what is all important, sincerity in our actions, and living life practically and not in theory."

"What is your Quality of Life?... let's discuss daily how your quality of life is and how we can enrich it together."

Once every 3 years or so, I tend to reach a crossroads in my life... and this year has been a crossroads year for me, but I'm gradually working through things bit by bit... at the moment, my quality of life has to do with the people I spend time with, and whether we are having a good time when we're together, be it online or offline friends and family members... this year has been pretty unbelievable so far, I've made some things happen that I've been wanting to make happen for awhile now, and one of those things was to visit Taiwan, which I got to do just last month (I loved it BTW, and I've never felt more at home in any other place).

That being said though, there are still some things that I'm not too happy with in my life, and sometimes it feels like there is just not enough time in a day to do everything that I would have liked to do... I always wish I had more time... what keeps me "alive not dead" is music and the people I care about... whenever I hit a rough spot, it's always these 2 main things that I tend to rely on to keep me afloat... I do believe there is a God out there, I was brought up Catholic, but I'm not terribly religious or anything like that, and I don't wanna be a hypocrite by claiming to be all that religious, but I do have a healthy respect for the Higher Power up there, and I still pray and speak to God from time to time, constant communication to stay in touch kind of thing... could my life be better? I'm thinking, "yeah, sure it could," but it may take some time for me to get things to a point where I can say that I am truly happy with the way things are.

For the moment though, I'd like to think that things are constantly getting better, as long as I keep working at it... and eventually, I will get to where I wanna be... that being said though, maybe happiness is in the journey and not in the destination??

Hi All,

I totally didn't know about this forum as I am not too well versed with AnD yet.

I am so happy everyone is writing about the importance of their quality of life.

I have read everyone's entry and I feel like everyone has a very good grasp on what it means to have a meaningful quality of life.

In life, you will find that most people seek riches. Riches in the form of success, wealth, reward, fame, etc. I have blessed with the ability to live out a childhood dream. I have plenty of dreams and one of them I kept close to my heart was making music. I felt a great need to make music cause I enjoyed being able to help others accomplish their dream. I did everything and anything I could to do what I do and today I do it for a living.


When I wrote this blog entry about the quality of life, I wanted to share with everyone reading what I came to realize last week as I laid at home during my "once a year catch a flu" week. But I was extremely happy, I wrote and sold songs in the recent weeks where I have been traveling. Life was beginning to shed its dark shadow over me and I realized the true joy to my life was the quality.

The trials and tribulations that are laid in front of you are dissolved of any relation to the actual quality of your life. In this I mean, how are you living to improve the lives of those around you, yourself included. How do you sleep at night? Do you lay and fall asleep with no worry or do you think a lot of the future?

I have come to learn that one must be confident of his/her existence. He or she is a child of the Universe, a child of God, and he/she is blessed with a skill and a purpose. Your purpose is exactly THAT thing you have been guessing your whole life. The universe holds no secrets. God is clear in his will for you. It is undeniable.

Once you get familiar with that, you become sure of yourself. This immediately sheds most of the "issues" or "baggage" from your life. To allow this to happen, allow your ego to dissolve. It is not about whether it's about you or not, an ego harms yourself from being honest with yourself. You know what you need to accomplish your mission and you need to go get those so you can effectively give back to society.

Getting what you want and need has to be done in humility. Being greedy is a habit that we recognize once we behave like that. You will recognize it, which means you can also tame and nuture that greed to be of a pure and good cause.

The quality of life we live automatically improves when you are rewarded for your good faith to all around you..


peace and light

tye

Hey Terry, so glad you found us here in your forum! :-)

Yeah, we've been busy in discussion here... good to hear from you too... you really threw out a lot of food for thought for us to nourish ourselves on here... I for one, would love to carry on this journey of peace and light with you.

Cheers and no more fears,
Jean doll.

Hey T i'm glad you found your way here.I'm with Jean Da Jie. i would like to continue this journey as well. I noticed something really cool. So much religous diversity in this group yet a widely universal view. That is awesome. infact it's made my day.


Love Light and Blessed Be
-Char

Yep .. like I said before I'm all for hearing anything that will shed
some light into people's lives !!  Let's keep sharing !! woo hoo !!

If ya write it We will come bro ...

A little something to add to this...

Everyone who's ever been hurt by another person raise your hand. The world will tell you it's your right and resposibility to get them back. The world teaches us to hold onto that hurt and use it to fuel anger, respentment and hatred toward that person. Truth is, ladies and gentlemen, this is some of that baggage TTL mentioned above. As a matter of fact, it's probably just a garment bag that goes with a whole set you're carrying around or have carried around. Each piece has a bit fat label giving a name to one more thing that drags you down and adversely affects your quality of life.

Question: What good is it doing you to carry that stuff around? Don't you go trying to rationalize. Your heart knows the truth. Time to lighten the load, friends. Open each piece, take from it what's useful--most of the time that's knowledge and lessons learned--leave the rest of it and walk away. No, don't look back. And don't you dare pick that heavy thing up again! You don't need any of that stuff.

I certainly hear where you're coming from Miss Scarlett.  In fact, we can even catch ourselves at the beginning of the cycle and choose not to get emotionally roped into something to begin with.  You just have to be awake enough to be aware of what is happening to you and to stop and say "no" (a hundred times, if necessary) when you feel that hook snagging you.

Case in point:  at work, we are in the middle of this huge fund raising project.  I was promised lots of help with it this year.  We were down to the last day and a half.  I had been out a day with a broken furnace (yeah, on the coldest weekend of the year) and a cold.  I came back and asked my boss if this promised help had done what I had asked them to do in my phone message the day before.  She looked at me like I had lost my mind and told me to get to work.  This was not what I had signed up for.  I was getting pretty angry that I had been offered this help and, when it was time that I really needed it, it was no where to be found and I was told that I was expected to do the work of 2 people, myself, in a day and a half, and I was sick to boot.

I thought I was justified in being ticked at everyone at work for having this dumped on me like this.  (I felt so self-righteous, I must say, and wanted to hold everyone to what they had promised.)  But I had very little energy.  So little, in fact, that I knew I could do one of two things:  either be angry and not get the job done before we shut down for Thanksgiving, or not let myself get angry and put that energy into doing the task at hand.  It didn't take me but 30 seconds to realize that option one was no option (not if I value my job).  So, I just told myself that I couldn't spare the energy to be angry every time I felt myself going to that comfortable place of being pissed at my co-workers.

I did end up getting the job done, exactly on time.  I also saw that it wouldn't have mattered one little bit to be angry about this.  No one at worked cared whether or not I was angry.  They just expected me to get the job done.