Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing at all. Allow yourself some time for rest.
Take rest and avoid being overwhelmed.
The twenty third of May 2019
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The twenty second of May 2019
goatsDream big and dream often. If your dream doesn’t pan out, you can always dream of something else. The adventure is the best part anyway.
Debbie Harry said, “Dreaming is free.”
The twenty first of May 2019
goatsToday is World Meditation Day. You don’t have to be a Buddhist or a master yogi to reap the benefits from a few moments of silence. Meditation has been found to improve your health, reduces inflammation, increases your capacity for compassion and can even improve your brain! The positive effects of regular meditation have been well documented for nearly two thousand years and have been verified by recent science. So give it a go, perhaps start with just two minutes and see where it takes you! You never know, you just might become even better friends with yourself.
“There is nothing greater than the delight of sitting, just sitting in silence with nothing to do” – Carol Trevor
The twentieth of May 2019
goatsEverything has to come to an end sometimes. The closing of one chapter, or the end of a beloved television series just opens up the world to new, and probably better possibilities.
Be kind, you can share your enthusiasm without giving away the end.
The eighteenth of May 2019
goatsSometimes, the best way to achieve happiness and contentment is to keep your expectations realistic. The less you expect, the more things will fill your being with joy.
Keep you expectations reasonable, this is a blog that brings you a goat everyday, and here is a goat.
The seventeenth of May 2019
goatsSometimes, the world is a very challenging place. Make sure to be extra kind to yourself when the going gets tough.
The truly tough take some time for self care before, during and after the “getting going” bit.
The sixteenth of May 2019
goatsSometimes, the best strategy is to detach yourself from the gratification of achievement, but focus on the benefits of the work itself. If you focus too much on the end result, you might miss something amazing along the way.
It is ok if it takes awhile to complete a goal – enjoy the adventure!
The fifteenth of May 2019
goatsIsn’t is amazing that compassion for others is a major theme of every major world religion? Everyone, no matter what choices or circumstances they have in life, experiences suffering. Not only is compassion featured prominently as a way to be in the world across all religions, but there is an evolutionary component. When we experience compassion, our hormones secrete oxytocin in parts of our brain activating our pleasure centres. I’m not going to promote a specific religion – or lack thereof – I’m just saying that we suffer far less when we are willing to suffer together.
Live compassionately and spread joy.
The fourteenth of May 2019
goatsOne of the best things about the Goat of the Day blog is the friendly reminders that even in our fast-paced, technological-social-media-driven world, people are still keeping tabs on you. I was an early adopter of Facebook way back in 2005 and can say with confidence that I have personally met all 615 people who are my friends. Sometimes, friends that I have known ages ago who I otherwise would have lost complete contact with, send me messages with personal goat photographs. Today’s goats are one such picture, from a high school friend of mine, Tiffany. Tiffany was super cool and liked vampires and drove a Saab. She joined the army and we lost touch, but thanks to Facebook we’re able to keep tabs. Thanks Tiffany, for sending me a picture of two fabulous angora goats from Deanna Rose Farmstead in Overland Park, Kansas.
What a time to be alive!
The thirteenth of May 2019
goatsPress on and persevere – don’t worry, the view from the top is worth the struggle.
Resilience can be as simple as taking a step forward.
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