Happy Birthday, Cinque Cento

My car turns two this month, although I still refer to it as being brand new.  It's a Fiat 500, appropriately named "Cinque Cento". And it's red just like the Fiat on the cupcake.  However, there really should be two candles on the cake.........

Scientific Proof Thoughts And Intentions Can Alter The World Around Us!

Scientific Proof Thoughts And Intentions Can Alter The World Around Us!  

Check out this article posted by my friend Lynilu on Facebook today.  We've been told that our thoughts (and most certainly our words) affect our lives and world, but here's actual proof of it. 

I don't know about you, but I've never been good about being aware of my thoughts.  My thoughts are like breaths - they are automatic and unexamined.  But perhaps that's not for the best.

Meditation teaches its practitioners to become aware of breathing.  Perhaps meditation can also help with awareness of thinking.

I  have been advised to stop worrying. How can I stop worrying if I remain unaware of my thoughts?  I guess I'm going to have to do something. 

I took this photo in my garden this morning of a visitor encountering a meditating Buddha.