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Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
Sometimes it seems letting go…
is easier than holding on.
Sometimes it seems holding on…
is better than letting go.
Sometimes the see-saw of life…
leaves you pondering;
which end to let go
and which end to hold on to…
©Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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I’ve fallen;
far too many times
than I can count,
that the only way
for me to fall again
is to rise up.
© 2018 Jacqueline
Mama said to me, baby,
when you find yourself stuck in a deep hole
just look up and see how tall you are
©
Jacqueline
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She knew that
She had to fight
To conquer
Or roll over
To concede
and die.
She chose
To fight
and
she
won
♦
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
The Daily Post prompt fight.
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Nature teaches us a lot of lessons if we open our eyes to see them and learn.
One of the reasons that I enjoy my little walkies as often as I can fit it in, is that I am always rewarded by stumbling on glimpses of the simple things that inspires my mind and gets me thinking.
My family have grown used to my two steps forward, two steps halt or back and a pause to assimilate something.
These little things are the best things in life and they are totally free. They bring me so much contentment and stimulation.
I took a not so brisk walk off my usual route and this scene of two pigeons trying to pick at crumbs which were scattered on the road caused me to pause, find a leaning spot and watch.
Why was it interesting? It interested me because they both courted danger with cars moving around them. Of course they could easily fly off if a car got too close and one of them did run off when the heat got too much.
The determined one doggedly kept darting back to the pecking spot at every given opportunity , vigorously filling itself while the scared one stood by the sidewalk cooing.
I think I spent a good five minutes or more observing this antics and taking a few photos.
As I watched them, I had several thoughts running in my mind and some of the lessons I learnt and I will write them in quotes are:
‘A little more effort and a little more persisting, that which seemed like it was a hopeless case, might actually become an opportunity for a resounding success.’
‘We should not give up on our quest at the very first sight of a barrier.’
And the last quote from William Eardley IV came to my mind:
‘That ambition is the path to success and persistence is the vehicle that you arrive in.’
One bird ran off, the other stood his ground and was well rewarded.
I want to thank Amra and Spiritual Journey for inviting me to take part in the quotes challenge and I would like to extend the invitation to these three bloggers:
These are the rules:
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
The Miracle is in You!
In my second quote of the 3 quote series, I would like to share the often forgotten sense of ourselves as miracles.
I love to remind myself of this quote, which unfortunately, I have no idea where I learnt it, but when I started meditating on it with regards to myself, the sense of awareness of the miracle in me, simply grew and keeps growing.
Most of the time, we are seriously enmeshed in the entire drama of trying to eke out a living, the drama that unfolds around us everyday, the stories of our lives and the wishes that things should be different, that we lose sight of the fact that our mere existence, our every moments, are ”miracles in action.”
Our miracles start to happen when we channel as much energy into our dreams and being as we channel into our fears and shortcomings.
Leannenz, I thank you for inviting me to participate in this quote series. It is a good opportunity to reflect on those things that matter.
I would like to invite 3 awesome bloggers to share their favorite quotes in the series of 3.
Kind regards to you all.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
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