Are you looking or making?

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful. Hazrat Inayat Khan

Would you believe I think this is one of the most beautiful places in the world? Oh sure it has it's ugly spots, it has its dark places, it has its grief but it also has great beauty. Why in the world do I think that? Why do I look at this and long to be there? Because some of the people who live in this slum in East Africa (Mathare Valley, Kenya) have made this place beautiful. They have walked in the dark places, they have touched the ugly spots, they have grieved with the sad and they have introduced beauty to the inhabitants of this place. They looked for a beautiful place in this valley and couldn't find it so instead of moving on they began to introduce beauty. They didn't give up on this place or it's people, they worked - they are still working! - to bring beauty and make it beautiful.

Can't find the beautiful place? How about introducing beauty to the place you are standing in now? Don't go searching for beautiful elsewhere, make the place you are in beautiful!

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The End of Affirmation 365

I've been thinking about it for over a month. Usually, when I'm in it I'm engaged. But this time? I started it indifferent and I've felt indifferent all along. I should have never started. Hindsight is 20/20 they say and they aren't wrong. So when I opened my eyes this morning it was clear. It's time. Time to quit this 365. This is the first 365 that I haven't posted several of the days, the first 365 that I wasn't super excited about, the first 365 that I've quit. I've changed my social media presence and interactions the past year so this is also the first 365 that hardly anyone has been interested in. Is it the topic or my decision to not be as accessible on social media? Or is it some other reason altogether? Well, regardless...I'm throwing in the towel on this one. I can't say if I'll ever do another 365 again. Time will tell and I will know if and when it's time.

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