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Sunday Thought For The Day

Farts Of Love & Cheer
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“Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you won’t be dis­sat­is­fied, you won’t be envi­ous, you won’t be long­ing for some­body else’s things. On the con­trary, you’ll be over­whelmed with what comes back.” ~ Mor­rie Schwartz

Lance writes sto­ries from his heart, aim­ing to inspire and moti­vate, as you align more fully with YOUR true peak. When he’s not here, you can find him hang­ing out with his fam­ily, rid­ing a bike, or just gen­er­ally act­ing goofy.   Sign up for the Thoughts from the Tree­house newslet­ter and get addi­tional inspi­ra­tion in your email inbox!
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Comments

  1. Is it nar­cis­sis­tic to think this was writ­ten just for ME? Of course it is! This is for each and every one of us and lifts my soul in such a song of joy. I’m so happy now, how will I ever get to sleep? :)
    .-= Jan­nie Funster´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Hey, How ‘Bout A Show Tune! =-.

  2. Suzie Cheel says:

    First I Just love the photo is says hello Suzie I love it and then the words fill me with love of how full of Joy I am when I act, do and be from the heart.
    Thanks for remind­ing me
    Namaste
    Suzie??
    .-= Suzie Cheel´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..How An Atti­tude of Grat­i­tude Can Attract Abun­dance! =-.

  3. CG Walters says:

    bless­ings to you and your dear one, Lance. Thanks again for what you give…
    .-= CG Walters´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Smoke and Mir­rors =-.

  4. Caity says:

    Oh what a beau­ti­ful thought. I think we should always think with our hearts and we will always be pleased and happy and sat­is­fied. :)
    .-= Caity´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..A curry and more great ques­tions. =-.

  5. Caity says:

    Oops, and I once again hit sub­mit before my mind has a chance to think and process fully. I loved this quote and it sounded so famil­iar but it took me a few sec­onds after I hit the sub­mit but­ton to real­ize and rec­og­nize the name Mor­rie Schwartz. Tues­days with Mor­rie! I read the book twice but not for a num­ber of years. What an amaz­ing book. I really have an urge to read it again now. It’s one of my favorites.
    .-= Caity´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..A curry and more great ques­tions. =-.

  6. Jeanne says:

    I love this quote so much
    Bless­ings Lance
    Jeanne
    .-= Jeanne´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Joie de Vivre =-.

  7. Dr. Rus says:

    What a great thought, and a great pic­ture!
    .-= Dr. Rus´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Not Sin­ning =-.

  8. Joanna says:

    AMEN! Giv­ing gives back in more ways than I can express. I should do it more often.
    .-= Joanna´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Sun­day School =-.

  9. The hap­pi­est times in my own life are when I give “just because.” With­out any pre­set expec­ta­tions or any desire to have some­thing given in return. This is a great reminder to live like this every day.

    Thank you for shar­ing this Lance.
    .-= Diane Fit to the Finish´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..I Ran the Pink Rib­bon 5K =-.

  10. You know, when I started doing this on a full-time basis four or five months ago, just like the quote said, I was over­whelmed at what came back. I truly believe that every action we take from the heart yields ten­fold itself in return. The best part is, when I’m oper­at­ing solely from love, it doesn’t mat­ter if any­thing comes back or not — I’m sat­is­fied sim­ply with what I’ve done.

    There is no greater energy in this life than love.

    Speak­ing of that, I love the new header, Lance, and your tagline. Hav­ing just come from the moun­tains, I can really relate to every­thing I saw here today! Happy Sun­day!
    .-= Megan “Joy­Girl!” Bord´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..The Unique Gift Awak­en­ing Brings =-.

  11. Yum Yucky says:

    Once again, you’ve chal­lenged me to deeply con­sider the words writ­ten. And so I will.
    .-= Yum Yucky´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Prove Your LOVE, Baby! (please?) =-.

  12. Lance says:

    @Jannie — Are you sleep­ing yet, Jan­nie?? And com­ing from the heart…that is a place of deep joy!

    @Suzie — Hi Suzie. The sky is very mag­i­cal, and so awe-inspiring! I think it’s just how vast it seems. And it’s like it engulfs us, and that is such an awe­some feel­ing! And then — when we do those things that come from our heart, wow! It just feels like the right place to be — and that is very much, a joy-filled place!

    @CG Wal­ters — Thank you, CG!

    @Caity — Hi Caity. “Tuesday’s with Mor­rie” is a favorite book of mine too, and one I’ve read more than once. Even in death and dying, it’s such a mov­ing story of life and liv­ing. And this pas­sage, espe­cially, I find deeply mov­ing — this reminder that doing the things that come from our heart, this is such a good place for us to be.

    @Jeanne — Thank you Jeanne!

    @Dr. Rus — Thanks much, Dr. Rus!

    @Joanna — Hi Joanna. When we give from our heart, we are com­ing from a place that holds so much love. And it’s then and there, where we do it with­out envy, that we feel that deep joy. And then, when it comes back to us, in ways that can be hard to fully fathom — wow! Joanna, you do this, I know you do…

    @Diane — Hi Diane. Yes, me too! Giv­ing “just because”…just because it feels right in our heart. Being in that place is so good for our soul — because it con­nects us to who we are, deep within. And it’s there that it doesn’t mat­ter what we get in return — it’s just in being able to fully give.
    @Megan — It’s so amaz­ing, isn’t it Megan! when we lis­ten to what our heart speaks, and do that fully — with­out feel­ing like we “need” some­thing in return — that’s when we’re so taken aback by what does hap­pen. And how the uni­verse just seems to feed our own heart back in amaz­ing ways! So, so great! And Megan, thank you for your kind words on the header. I think the new tagline fits bet­ter with where I’m at and what I’m doing. Your won­der­ful words are so appre­ci­ated! Thank you!!

    @Yum Yucky — Hi Josie. And that’s such a big part of this, for me, too — that these words that are shared, are also so good for me to read. And to let them soak in to my soul. And really con­sider what their mean­ing is, to me. It’s so good to have you here Josie…

  13. melly says:

    Lance! i love this quote & mor­rie. one of my fave books is tues­days with mor­rie. truly the most sim­ple, hon­est, heart­warm­ing books about life.

    thank you for shar­ing and remind­ing me again just how pow­er­ful love really is. i think i need these lit­tle nudges some­times. not that i for­get but it is easy to let the world lead you. it takes pur­pose and deter­mi­na­tion to live true.

    much love to you, friend :)
    .-= melly´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..*SERIES* “Love & A Photo”: Chris­tine & Scott =-.

  14. Hi Lance,
    This is what I try to live my life by — thank you. I was very much in my head for my whole life — the over thinker.… When I shifted to liv­ing from my heart it brought ease and mir­a­cles. I try and con­sciously live this way each day… yeah, I do have my set backs ;-) Since I now KNOW liv­ing like this enhances every aspect of your life — the set­backs are less fre­quent and shorter. To con­nect with each and every per­son is a bless­ing IF you see it that way — there are always gifts to give even if it is just a smile.

    Lovely way yo begin a Sun­day Lance — thank you! :-)
    Love,
    Jenny
    .-= Jenny Mannion´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..The Love List Project – It is Heal­ing to Say What You Love and WHY =-.

  15. Lynn says:

    Some­one did some­thing nice for my fam­ily yes­ter­day that came straight from the heart. The quote made me think of that instantly. Thank you for another uplift­ing moment, Lance.
    .-= Lynn´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Cheer­leader, how good and the Twi­light Zone =-.

  16. I couldn’t agree more. I have noth­ing to add, this is stated perfectly!

    I love your new header and the tagline…speaks from your heart, I think :-)
    .-= Stacey Shipman´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Happy at Work Action Day – Octo­ber 5! =-.

  17. I started my blog because I wanted to dis­cover what was in my heart. I had to break down the daily strug­gles and joys to fig­ure out what I could do to improve my life. In the process I fig­ured out that it was really about help­ing other peo­ple. When I stopped wor­ry­ing about my own hap­pi­ness that’s when my true hap­pi­ness came out. I’ve been so amazed by what I try to give comes back two fold. The beauty of giv­ing is a won­der­ful gift.

  18. Angelia Sims says:

    The heart is a won­der­ful guide. God puts some­thing spe­cial in them. Thank you for a beau­ti­ful post!
    .-= Angelia Sims´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Sun­day healthy reflec­tion =-.

  19. What a great quote!

  20. Srinivas Rao says:

    Great sun­day quote. I think that so many peo­ple say the key to get­ting every­thing you want is to give with no expec­ta­tion of any­thing in return because giv­ing con­di­tions the mind into abun­dance.
    .-= Srini­vas Rao´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..25 of the most use­ful Per­sonal Devel­op­ment Clips on Youtube =-.

  21. Diane AZ says:

    A great reminder to fol­low one’s heart. The mind loves to over-complicated things, then take credit for solv­ing “prob­lems.” The heart is sim­ple and pure.
    .-= Diane AZ´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Sky­watch — Around the Track =-.

  22. Love both the photo and the quote.
    Is this from Tues­day With Mor­rie?
    .-= Akemi — Yes to Me´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Online Grat­i­tude Jour­nal New Home Edi­tion #33 =-.

  23. Really great quote, Lance… Thanks for shar­ing this one! It’s great!
    .-= Pos­i­tively Present´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..words to live by: i am won­der­ful =-.

  24. Caroline says:

    This is the truth! I do believe in fol­low­ing my heart…even when it does not make sense in my head. I am learn­ing this more and more. Some­times I feel a bit reck­less, but it’s always good. And as the quote states: “you won’t be dis­sat­is­fied, you won’t be envi­ous, you won’t be long­ing for some­body else’s things.”

    Thank you Lance!
    .-= Caroline´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Hon­est Scrap =-.

  25. diantha says:

    Such true words. Liv­ing from the heart keeps us ontrack, aligned, and def­i­nitely at the “peak” of our jour­ney! Love the photo, and new tag line.…Great food for thought! xo

  26. Evita says:

    Hi Lance

    Wow — what amaz­ing words! That is so true, when we do things from the heart, the feel­ing we get as we do it, or in return is already some­thing so deep and beau­ti­ful, we do not seek any other con­fir­ma­tion or reward. We do things sim­ply because it feels right and that is gold!

    P.S Beau­ti­ful pic as always — but more so I LOVE, just LOVE the new header of your blog and tag line! I think it is a great rep­re­sen­ta­tion of you and the blog in terms what it stands for :)
    .-= Evita´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Evolv­ing Being In Action: Akemi Gaines =-.

  27. Hi Lance,

    An absolutely beau­ti­ful quote and pic­ture! Thank you so much, Lance. I needed to hear this mes­sage again for it con­firmed to me some­thing that I have been feeling.

    Life is so short and liv­ing from the heart is the best way to go. So often humans life from the head and ignore the heart. No won­der so many are so unhappy.

    Hope all is awe­some with you, my dear friend! :)
    .-= Nadia — Happy Lotus´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..You Are Not Your Past =-.

  28. Carla says:

    That is such a good reminder for me. Another post I need to write down and post on a wall where I can essen­tially view it!
    .-= Carla´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..My Tip­ping Point =-.

  29. Vanessa says:

    Lance: This is incred­i­ble, this quote. I truly believe, in fact, I KNOW, that love must be at the cen­ter of all things, for us to truly be suc­cess­ful and happy. We must love the self that we pos­sess, and go for­ward with eyes of love, com­pas­sion, and under­stand­ing for us to fully be in the throes of life.

    I am putting you on my blog roll, for sure, thank you for your words!!! Vanessa
    .-= Vanessa´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Ice­berg =-.

  30. jan says:

    Won­der­ful! Lance, I have found this to be absolutely true. And it often seems as if the less I con­sider myself or what I will get from some­thing, the more DOES come back. Gen­eros­ity reigns, as does liv­ing from the heart. I am so glad that you lead from your heart. When any of us do, we give oth­ers per­mis­sion to do the same…It seems to send out rip­ples and more rip­ples. I love the notion of rip­ples that become swells that bring pos­i­tive growth and change.…

    And I am so look­ing for­ward to your visit on my blog this week. Do you real­ize that you are my first male guest?

  31. Lance,
    That’s great advice from Mor­rie. I believe Mitch Albom, author of Tues­days with Mor­rie just came out with another book of wisdom.

    To para­phrase the quote the next time I feel, unhappy, envi­ous or greedy I need only to open my heart. It’s a sim­ple solu­tion to feel­ings of “not enough.”

    Com­ing from a fam­ily of 10 chil­dren one of my core beliefs is “there’s not enough for me.” We use to eat din­ner together and if you could see 20 hands grab­bing for food at the same time you’d see why. I’m not count­ing the hands of my par­ents because they were always try­ing to pass things and teach us man­ners. Didn’t work. The pri­vate prayer of us kids was “Father, Son and Holy Ghost who eats the fastest gets the most.” LOL

    Any­way I love the quote, thanks for bright­en­ing my morn­ing and remind­ing me there is enough for all espe­cially the ones with their hearts open and their hands extended!

  32. That’s a much needed quote. I noticed that I feel less regret when I say and do things that come from the heart rather than just say­ing or doing things to impress others—maybe because when I say and do things that come from the heart, they are usu­ally much more mean­ing­ful.
    .-= Tim Enalls — Inspi­ra­tion Central´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..How to Con­trol your Sub­con­scious Mind =-.

  33. lori says:

    Lance, where do you find such awe­some pho­tog­ra­phy and words of wis­dom?
    I appre­ci­ate the time you take to find such pre­cious gems for us!

    I’ve embarked on a mis­sion this year to do as much for oth­ers as I can muster and the results have been astound­ing. And I’m talk­ing about fairly lit­tle things that I’ve changed, like hand-crafted birth­day cards, an extra note or per­son­al­ized photo mailed, extra time to lis­ten to oth­ers (where, nor­mally I’d be “too busy”), or help­ing oth­ers move for­ward in their per­sonal endeav­ors. Once I stopped wor­ry­ing about what I’d “get” from what I was doing and sim­ply do things for oth­ers to lend a hand (or a heart), the beauty in my life mul­ti­plied exponentially.

    Your post today said vol­umes. I LOVE how you do that!
    Hello to every­one at Jun­gle of Life! Cre­ate a great day, every­one!
    :)
    .-= lori´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Are You Uncom­fort­able? =-.

  34. Hi Lance,
    This is a won­der­ful quote and I really like the pic­ture you chose to go with it as well. Just yes­ter­day I had some time to myself. I’m try­ing to ready myself for a small trip I’m tak­ing so I spent the major­ity of my free time run­ning errands. I started to feel depleted–and real­ized I was doing busy work and noth­ing that actu­ally truly mat­tered for my trip prepa­ra­tions. I looked at my list again and asked myself what would truly sat­isfy me-what would fill my heart and the hearts of oth­ers I care for–and ended up hav­ing a much bet­ter day. I did a lit­tle “artist’s date” for me, bought a gift for some­one I care for, bought a book for my boys, read a book, ate an awe­some early din­ner and came home to watch a movie. These are minor exam­ples of what your quote speaks to but the point is the same. Liv­ing from the heart puts every­thing in its proper perspective!

    LOVE your new header! Your tagline is awe­some as well!!

    Have a spec­tac­u­lar week!! Jodi
    .-= Jodi at Joy Discovered´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..My Happy Place, Your Happy Place =-.

  35. Hey Lance, the new header and tagline rocks my friend! Love it.
    I’m very much a believer in what you give out is what comes back to you. This quote is a great exam­ple of that. It also explains why you have so many loyal and car­ing fol­low­ers Lance!
    .-= Sami — Life, Laughs & Lemmings´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..7 Ways to Dec­i­mate Pro­cras­ti­na­tion =-.

  36. Yes! Yes! Yes!
    With­out ever speak­ing it seems as if you know me so well! I recently had an episode of “how come it’s not me?” Oh, I was so sick of myself! Luck­ily I have a great sup­port sys­tem within my home and online (my blog friends). Every­thing I do is from the heart, but just for a split sec­ond I loss my sanity.

    I’ve got­ten it back now and every­thing is back on track (:
    .-= Tabitha@ichoosebliss´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Sun­day Citar 10/4 =-.

  37. Laurie says:

    Great quote Lance! That’s what my mis­sion is, to live from my heart. There is where I am most authen­tic and feel the most pas­sion for life. I think that is what you are about too!

  38. Keith says:

    Hello Lance!

    Whoa! Awe­some photo!

    You know, every time an oppor­tu­nity comes my way to give of myself and I don’t do it, I feel my spirit weaken and my heart is crushed. On the other hand, when I embrace those oppor­tu­ni­ties my heart swells with joy, my spirit feels light and a won­der­ful peace washes over me.

    Thanks Lance. :-)
    .-= Keith´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Don’t Quit! =-.

  39. Sim­ply GORGEOUS! Thanks, Lance!
    .-= Jess (Fit Chick in the City)´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Good Reads =-.

  40. Lance says:

    @Melly — Hey Melly! “Tuesday’s with Mor­rie” is a favorite of mine, too — and one I’ve read more than once. It’s so real, and so true — not sugar-coated. And filled with so many won­der­ful thoughts. And I agree, it’s so easy to be swayed in the ways of the world — and those direc­tions may not be the direc­tions of our heart. Melly, it’s so good see­ing you here today…much love right back to you, awe­some friend!

    @Jenny Man­nion — Hi Jenny. I see this so much in you…so it’s much more than try­ing, it’s love in action! And sure, we all have set­backs, no mat­ter where we are along this path. And that’s okay, espe­cially when we can rec­og­nize them and move beyond. You give so many beau­ti­ful gifts, Jenny. So, really — thank you for being the car­ing and com­pas­sion­ate per­son you are! And much love to you too, Jenny…

    @Lynn — Hi Lynn. And what a won­der­ful thing, and look how it’s just stayed with you. When some­one does some­thing directly from their heart, it is so touch­ing. Thanks so much for shar­ing this story…

    @Stacey Ship­man — Thanks much, Stacey! And thank you, very deeply, for your com­ments on the header changes. It’s inter­est­ing how it all hap­pened. I decided to play around with some changes, not sure exactly where I’d go with it. And I was bounc­ing ideas around, solid col­ors, pho­tos, jun­gle, etc, etc. And I wasn’t find­ing any­thing I really liked. Then I decided to just look through some of our own pic­tures, and the Mount Rainier photo really jumped out at me…and then almost instantly, so did the idea to change the tagline. And it just all seemed “right” and “good”… So, thank you, very much for noticing!

    @Karl — What a great story, Karl! And I see it, too — you’re work out there show­ing your heart, shin­ing through! And that is a gift to the world! Keep on lis­ten­ing to your heart, and the great things you’ve already started will just con­tinue to multiply!

    @Angelia — Ah, what a beau­ti­ful thought, Angelia! Our heart IS such a beau­ti­ful guide because it’s touches upon the Spirit within us, and to what God has given. Wow! Pretty amaz­ing stuff, isn’t it!

    @South Beach Steve — Thanks much, Steve!

  41. Lance says:

    @Srinivas — Hi Srini­vas, and thank you! When we give with­out expect­ing some­thing in return, an amaz­ing thing happens…and we are blessed in more ways than we ever knew pos­si­ble! Isn’t that great!

    @Diane AZ — Hi Diane. I love the line “he heart is sim­ple and pure.”. Thanks so much for writ­ing this! It’s so true, our heart knows…

    @Akemi — Hi Akemi. Yes, this is “Tuesday’s with Mor­rie”, a great book! Thanks much!

    @Positively Present — Thanks much, Dani!

    @Caroline — Ah, yes…not always easy, for sure — fol­low­ing your heart when your head is say­ing some­thing dif­fer­ent. I know! And it’s a jour­ney, for all of us, get­ting closer to that spot of lis­ten­ing truly to our heart…

    @Diantha — Hi Diantha. And I LOVE the way you used the word “peak”! This new tagline just really came to me as I was look­ing at the pic­ture I ended up using, a pic­ture I took while vis­it­ing Mount Rainier last sum­mer. So, thank you, very much, for all of this!

    @Evita — Hi Evita. When we do things from the love within our heart, beau­ti­ful things hap­pen. And that is indeed gold, and even more! Because it’s so real, and so alive within us, this feel­ing of love — how con­nect­ing that is to our soul. And I really loved this photo too, espe­cially with the light shin­ing through the clouds — like the love shin­ing from our hearts. And thank you, so much, for all you’ve said about the changes to the header. It wasn’t even some­thing I thought about and planned out, so much, as I just really lis­tened to my heart in bring­ing it together. And then the tagline just flowed so freely once I con­nected with the image I was going to use. And I knew…as soon as I wrote it, that it’s what the tagline should be, for me — with where I’m at right now. Thank you, very deeply, for your car­ing and kind thoughts…

  42. Lance says:

    @Nadia — Hi Nadia. Thank you! I love how the light shine out from this pic­ture, much like our hearts when we really lis­ten to them! You do this, in every­thing I see, Nadia. The heart is where true hap­pi­ness resides, and being there is so deeply good for us — because it con­nects us to what really matters..to us indi­vid­u­ally. And as I read all these won­der­ful com­ments today, I am assured that all is awe­some, and our world is filled with so many deeply car­ing souls.…

    @Carla — Hi Carla. And…I think this is a good reminder for all of us, no mat­ter where we fall on this con­tin­uüm. If we could all just let these words per­me­ate our, even just a lit­tle bit, each day — what a beau­ti­ful world we would live in, as we all con­tinue to move toward more authen­tic living…

    @Vanessa — Hi Vanessa. When love is at the cen­ter, wow! It’s such an amaz­ing thing to witness…seeing love in action. Real love. Love that doesn’t boast, or envy, or want. Love that just is… So, so incred­i­ble! Thanks so much for vis­it­ing and shar­ing here!

    @Jan — Hi Jan. And when we’re not so con­cerned about what we’re get­ting back, life and it’s beauty seem to give us back so much more than even seems pos­si­ble some­times. And that is the beauty of gen­eros­ity and love work­ing in tan­dem. And I love the “rip­ples” thought here…so good to think about, and how what each of us does, how that can go out and spread itself into the world. Which begs to ques­tion, what kind of rip­ples are we send­ing out? I know that you, Jan, are send­ing rip­ples of love that reach to so many places! And it’s so great to wit­ness this! And thank you for your kind and gra­cious words here today. And…no, I didn’t real­ize I would be your first male guest — very awe­some! I’m really look­ing for­ward to shar­ing this piece!

    @Tess — Hi Tess. And thanks for the heads up on a new book from Mitch Albom — his “Tuesday’s With Mor­rie” is a favorite of mine. Open­ing our heart when we have those feel­ing that aren’t so positive…Tess, I love this idea. I know this could be hard for me to do, too. Still, even if it only works 1/3 of the time, that’s still bet­ter than none. Awe­some! And thanks much for shar­ing our your fam­ily expe­ri­ence grow­ing up. The prayer you shared did make me laugh out loud!!!

    @Tim Enalls — Hi Tim. Yes, if we could all just even do what this quote says just a lit­tle bit more, how much bet­ter that would make our whole world. Com­ing from the heart has so much more mean­ing. And thank you for shar­ing that thought, it’s one that’s good for all of us to embrace, just what our hearts are saying…

    @Lori — Hi Lori. Well…the truth is, some­times a quote or pic­ture comes quickly, and I just know it’s the right one to use. More often, though, it’s a look at what my heart is say­ing to me, at that moment, and then try­ing to find some­thing that matches that. And that’s not always easy. It is, though, always worth it. Because I believe that when I can con­nect deeply with what I’m shar­ing, that’s the right place for me, and maybe this sounds weird, but I also think that other peo­ple some­how con­nect onto that…like there’s some sort of bond between your heart and mine, when these words are read by you. And that’s very mov­ing for me…whether it really hap­pens or not, in my heart, it does. And Lori, thank you for shar­ing about your own per­sonal jour­ney over this past year. What a beau­ti­ful story of your year! Lori, thank you so much for being here, and for giv­ing all that you do — you are an amaz­ing woman!

  43. Walter says:

    Hmmm. I wish I can over­ride my mind, it always gets in the way of my heart. :-(
    .-= Walter´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Why are we hav­ing prob­lems with prob­lem? =-.

  44. Lance says:

    @Jodi — Hi Jodi. I love this pic­ture, too! Some­thing about the light shin­ing through just feels like the light that comes from our heart, when we really lis­ten to what our heart speaks. And thank you, so much, for shar­ing about your day yes­ter­day. What a won­der­ful exam­ple of get­ting back to those things which mat­ter the most…recognizing that…and then liv­ing from your heart. Beau­ti­ful! And thank you so much — about the header and tagline. It’s some­thing that really speaks to me right now, and feels so much like the “right” thing. You too, have a won­der­ful week, and enjoy the trip you have com­ing up!

    @Sami — Hi Sami. Thank you! The new tagline and header were really some­thing that came about almost by acci­dent. I was play­ing around with the header, and just loved the moun­tain scene when I was try­ing that out…and then, the whole thought of the tagline just came about. And it felt so right. So, know that your notic­ing this means the world to me! Sami, you are a great friend, and it’s an honor always to have you here!

    @Tabitha — Hi Tabitha. Your heart shines, and I’ve wit­nessed that in the many beau­ti­ful ways you give so freely. So…we all have moments where we feel like we’ve “lost it”. And what a great sup­port sys­tem you do have, and that’s some­thing that can make all the dif­fer­ence in the world! So glad to hear you’re “back”, my friend…

    @Laurie — Hi Lau­rie, and thank you! I’ve seen this in you, too — liv­ing from your heart, and car­ing deeply. And it’s such a won­der­ful thing to wit­ness! You shine, my friend!

    @Keith — Hi Keith. I love the color and light in this photo…so amaz­ing! And I think that’s what shines from our heart, when we really con­nect. And I love the thought you’ve shared — about what you notice in your­self depend­ing upon how you respond to a given sit­u­a­tion. So true… thanks much for sharing!

    @Jess — Thanks much, Jess!

    @Walter — Hi Wal­ter. Yes, the mind…something that can eas­ily over­ride our heart’s desires. And that isn’t nec­es­sar­ily some­thing easy to over­come. Maybe it’s in tak­ing small steps toward lis­ten­ing to your heart…in those moments where it feels safe to do that. Wal­ter, you can do this…I know you can. And in what­ever hap­pens, keep always believ­ing in “you”…the amaz­ing “you” that you are!

  45. Marelisa says:

    Hi Lance: This is so true. Being jeal­ous of oth­ers for what they have not only makes us feel bad, it also inter­feres with our abil­ity to get what we want. When we put our atten­tion on giv­ing value based on our own unique gifts and tal­ents, every­thing that we need and want is given to us.
    .-= Marelisa´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Lessons from “The Sci­ence of Get­ting Rich” (Part 3) =-.

  46. Wilma Ham says:

    When you give, you expe­ri­ence abun­dance, because you will find there is enough to share.
    When you do kind things, you access the heart and you access your own love and abun­dant good­ness. It is like going into the store room and find­ing all kinds of hid­den good­ies you did not know were there.
    Oh if only when we were mis­er­able we would remem­ber this.
    This morn­ing things did not go well and until I got a hug, I was on the way to a not so fine day.
    First I did not even respond to the hug, too annoyed, but when I did respond to the kind­ness I accessed my own heart too and the day was fine and the prob­lem solv­able.
    Ha, you are spot on Lance, in the jun­gle we need a heart. Love Wilma
    .-= Wilma Ham´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Access­ing the wealth that has me BE a wealthy base camp. =-.

  47. Joy says:

    Lance,
    What a beau­ti­ful picture–so radi­ant and full of light, love, hope, peace…all of the fruits of Spirit just burst forth from it. Thank you:)
    My entire life I’ve lead with my heart, it’s what I do and how I live–along the way I’ve been hurt, mis­un­der­stood, mis­led, discouraged…ah but I’ve been loved and blessed abun­dantly, expe­ri­enced true bliss and joy in every day, stretched beyond imag­i­na­tion by faith… now recently my heart has been “awak­ened” and it is an absolutely amaz­ing stage to be in:)

  48. Tim says:

    Hi Lance:

    Thanks for shar­ing the quote. Mor­rie Shwartz was an awe­some teacher. I remem­ber watch­ing his story on ABC’s Night­line before he passed away…one of the most touch­ing things I’ve ever seen. BTW, Lance I really like your new header and tagline.
    .-= Tim´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Friendly Fri­day: Get­ting Spir­i­tual =-.

  49. Hi Lance,

    There’s all kinds of beauty here today. A new header, a new tagline, a beau­ti­ful image and a fab­u­lous quote to go along with it all.

    You make Sun­days fan­tas­tic. Thank you for that, Lance.
    .-= Bar­bara Swafford´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Blog­ger – The Unin­ten­tional Expert =-.

  50. Lance says:

    @Marelisa — Hi Mare. Right on, we’re all dif­fer­ent and have dif­fer­ent gifts to offer. So, jeal­ousy only takes us away from the true depths of our heart. And then we lose focus on what makes us uniquely who we are. Get­ting that focus on our inner being, and act­ing out in love…and amaz­ing things began to happen!

    @Wilma — Hi Wilma. Yes, a men­tal­ity of abun­dance vs scarcity. There is enough for every­one! And I know…it’s not always easy to “live” this out. Some days, in the throes of life, lis­ten­ing to our heart can be the last thing from our mind. If we can some­how get back there, to where we con­nect with our heart, though, wow! What a turn around that can be! Just like the story you’ve shared — thank YOU! Much love back to you too…

    @Joy — Hi Joy. “…fruits of the Spirit just burst forth…” ~ what a beau­ti­ful descrip­tion of that pic­ture! And thanks so much for shar­ing what you have, Joy. When we lead with our heart, that’s not to say it’s all going to be rosy and per­fect — it’s not. Bad things can still hap­pen. But very won­der­ful things will hap­pen too. And it’s so worth it, to live from our heart…in true con­nec­tion with our soul…

    @Tim — Hi Tim. I’ve only read about Mor­rie Schwartz, and haven’t heard him speak. I can only imag­ine how mov­ing that must have been to have watched. Such an amaz­ing man, and with his view of life! And thanks much, Tim, about the changes here. It feels like the right direc­tion based upon where I’m at on this jour­ney, the mes­sage this new header portrays…

    @Barbara — Hi Bar­bara. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and thank YOU!! Bar­bara, I appre­ci­ate so much all you’ve done to help me along the way — you’re awesome!

  51. Love this quote, so very true.
    Cameron from
    Con­quer The Monkey

  52. janice says:

    Lovely quote and photo, as always, Lance. Liv­ing — and writ­ing — from the heart is the key to a great life and a great blog. You and many of the folk above are the proof!
    .-= janice´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Berries and Birds =-.

  53. Lance says:

    @Conquer the Mon­key — Thanks much, Cameron!

    @Janice — Com­ing from the heart, that’s com­ing from a spot of deep mean­ing for us. Thank you! And know that you are too — a won­der­ful exam­ple of the heart speaking!

  54. Hilary says:

    Hi Lance .. what a fan­tas­tic pic­ture from bub­ble dump­ster! & what a name! I love the quote — we should be doing things from the heart — as we do them, we’ll be expe­ri­enc­ing the plea­sure and share the fun .. bring­ing those attrib­utes to others.

    Great Sun­day Thought — Hilary Melton-Butcher
    Pos­i­tive Let­ters Inspi­ra­tional Sto­ries
    .-= Hilary´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..The Rhythm of Life .… =-.

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