Mocha Angels 365. Day 75.

I am paraphrasing President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s quote from his first inaugural address on March 4, 1933. In reference to the economic depression that he inherited, President Roosevelt stated, “…let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself…” That statement is applicable now.

For now, my workplace is staying open. It’s a place that hundreds of people visit daily. I’m not happy about that. However, I am not afraid for my own health. Fear is not going to help me nor my children. If we have to self-quarantine, we will deal with it.

Stay informed, but don’t overwhelm yourself.

Find fun things to do.

Check on your neighbors.

Hug the people you love.

Most important: breathe.

Mocha Angels 365. Day 67.

Ms. Mocha Angel is off somewhere in the United States enjoying her birthday. Please enjoy the Corn, Avocado, and Tomato salad recipe that’s live today for Holistic Saturdays.

Thank you all so much for reading my blog, and for the comments you all leave me. I appreciate all of you. An oldie but a goodie will be up on Sunday. A brand new Mocha Angels post will be live on Monday. Enjoy your weekend. (((Hugs))

Mocha Angels 365. Day 37.

“Our personal attempts to live humanely in this world are never wasted. Choosing to cultivate love rather than anger just might be what it takes to save the planet from extinction.”

– Pema Chodron, The Places That Scare You

I’m reading this book right now, and it is a stellar work. Chodron, an American Buddhist nun, most known for her bestseller When Things Fall Apart, gives clear instruction on how to open the heart (and keep it open) especially when we don’t want to do so. A review is coming soon. If you’ve read the book, or any of her books, let me know what you think.

Mocha Angels 365. Day 27.

Hope is the last thing to die. When all hope is gone, that’s when people check out of life.

Hope is the emotion that keeps us hanging on even when we are bone tired. When the money is gone, there’s no food in the house, addiction has us in it’s grip, grief has us crying every night, children are sick, collection notices are in the mailbox, or layoffs just occurred, we continue to have hope. Without hope, we wouldn’t take a chance on love, bear children, or continue to live. Hope is the belief that life will get better and improve.

Hope is a sister to faith which is the evidence of things unseen. Faith is a cousin to compassion which is seeing the God in the other person. Love is the parent of all three. If your hope is fading, contact someone you love, or who you know loves you. Trust and believe love will lead you back.

Mocha Angels 365. Day 350.

Simple is the way of the spiritual warrior. Align yourself with God because you are like God: loving, peaceful, affirming, calm, and creative.

Mantra:

I keep it simple today.

Mocha Angels 365. Day 349.

FOCUS on what you do today. Make each moment meditation in motion: washing dishes, getting dressed, driving, brushing your teeth, even eating. By employing constant meditation, you will come to see that everything is divine.

Mantra:

I am meditation in motion today.

Bonus: Deepak Chopra gives Lilly Singh a mantra to focus on during meditation.

Click to watch the video.

Mocha Angels 365. Day 340.

Celebrate your accomplishments today. You have achieved more than you realize. Stop being so hard on yourself! If you have made others laugh, comforted someone, or dried tears, then you have contributed to the human race.

Take time to pat yourself on the back today. Life is not the money in your bank account. Life is about how you make other people feel about themselves.

Mocha Angels 365. Day 339.

Kindness begins at home. Be careful not to rush into healing the world before you heal yourself. That will create imbalance within your world and leads to resentment within.

It’s taken me a long time to understand this message. Learning how to slow down, not fill my days with extra “stuff to do” (even though I always have stuff to do), and turning off the TV (see my most recent Year of Living Without post), are slowly teaching me to be kind to myself.