http://purpleverses.com A Conscious Revolution. Enlightenment for the Mind Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:41:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanksgiving just passed. And I'm thinking of all the blessings in my life. However, I usually find things that I am grateful for regularly. So let's start with the basics. My family. My friends. Having wonderful people I care about in my life. ... http://purpleverses.com/2011/11/26/thanksgiving-rampage-of-appreciation/ Long vast stretches of doors It's quiet and dim There's no one here but me. I try to open them But they are locked I am stuck In this endless hall. I start banging on them One by one But no one answers I get scared. I finally give up And look up to heaven And cry Pleading for help. As I wipe the tears I ... http://purpleverses.com/2011/10/23/the-open-door-a-poem/ The only thing that really matters at the end of the day is your happiness. To feel good. Yeah everyone is striving to become something or to have something -- to reach a specific goal or outcome in life. Yet, the reason why anyone wants these things ... http://purpleverses.com/2011/10/09/make-peace-with-what-is-how-to-be-happy-now/ A lot of my previous articles talked about love and heartache. Writing about them was a sort of way to release some emotion and it helped me understand the relationship and eventually heal. It took some time, yes, but it can be done. In fact I found ... http://purpleverses.com/2011/09/18/there-is-great-love-for-you/ So I talked to my older sister recently. She was talking about wanting to change careers, possibly start her own business. Currently she is a registered nurse and makes very good money. However, it was never her dream to become a nurse. In fact it was ... http://purpleverses.com/2011/09/08/your-dreams-are-worthy/ Tomorrow is my birthday. ...And I, finally, am turning 21. Another date signifying that I have lived x amount of days and survived y amount of years. Its a wonderful feeling to look back and see the kind of life I've lived.  Each person I've encountered, all the things I've done, and ... http://purpleverses.com/2010/11/17/birthday-wishes-and-wisdom/ Faith. It's a seemingly heated topic these days. Or perhaps it was always that way. So what is faith? The two definitions I want to work with here are 1: confidence or trust in a person or thing AND 2:belief that is not based on proof. ... http://purpleverses.com/2010/06/07/faith-having-faith-and-how-to-keep-it/ running, running through the forest the thick, thick forest, lost. climbing, climbing up the slippery slope and into the cavern the dark, dark cavern scared. searching, searching within the unknown closer to the unknown the water flows. but where is the source? http://purpleverses.com/2010/04/23/mar-adentro-a-poem/ http://purpleverses.com/2010/01/20/nam-myoho-renge-kyo-chanting-for-change/ Have you ever heard of the saying that we are all the same? That the essential part of me is the essential part of you? Yes, I agree that we are made of stars. But go down even deeper and some may say that we are all ... http://purpleverses.com/2009/11/17/we-are-one-unity-enlightenment/