Secrets to Life
Secrets to Life articles by Chris Emmanuel.
Tsunami Dream Landing
“Other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.” - Oprah Last Friday at the Sunbreeze Hotel, there was a great commotion around five pm. The manager of the hotel rushed passed me in the hall shouting. “He’s landing now!! Pushing the hotel door outward, I watched as she darted across coconut drive to the airstrip. A bewildered tourist standing by turned to me asking. “Is there a famous person landing in San Pedro? “Yes!” I replied, as I rushed out the lobby behind the manager to be one of the many greeters from the hotel.
For the Love of Fish!
Be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi I love fish!! I remember as a boy when my older brother took me fishing for the first time. A stick, fishing line, a hook made of bent wire - one end filed sharp to a point. A rock with groves to hold the line tied to it was the sinker. We would sit on the dock near the shore, chattering as we used bread, snails, crabs, whatever we thought the fish might eat as bait.
Radical Relationships
Why is it we lose our health to gain our wealth, then use our wealth in a effort to regain our health. -unknown It is said that health is wealth and love is the most important aspect of life. Words are not the same as practice. Many people will say money will keep you healthy, still others say health, love and money is in a close race. Yet all the money in the world can’t stop you from death. Being physically healthy does not always make you feel love. Life is a passage to another place.
Enduring Gracefully
Joy & Madness side by sideExisting under common sky Life & death a path designed Like love & hate thus intertwined Make man & woman so inclined Nature sees not differences Comforts both in subsequence Choice is yours to procure Planted seeds in time mature Marked by hands with true intent
Sacred Moments
As child to man Stone to land Silent knowing Goes hand to hand Time and time we are told Stories brave, sad, small and old Life slips through, a story unwind Tapestry woven with pleasure and pain Love reveal eternal mind Every moment yours to find
Survival Handbook 2010
It’s the beginning of a new year and I think it’s a good time to look at ways to improve your quality of life for next year. An acquaintance of mine sent me this email and I feel compelled to pass on to you. He offered simple rules to succeed in 2010. -Emmanuel For everyone who has worked, played, or touched my life in some manner over the past year I offer a sincere wish for a very prosper and happy New Year. To help start you on that path I offer a simple handbook for the New Year. Health:
Real Unconditional Love
Love isn’t something that happens to you; it’s something that you choose There is a pure love That renders one speechless When you come upon it It asks nothing; it takes nothing It is the stillness of an orchestra Before the first note A flower about to burst into petals An endless silence that Can only be the unknown Mystery called God -Emmanuel
Facing the Passage
Face which stands before me With glowing praise adore thee Tormented cheeks with shriveled smile Speak of distant traveled mile A soul whose body consent to rent Now bent, broken life spent So as thy journey comes to end Remember angels God did send In you the light of life still shines And in our art all ties still bind To lead you on to greater place Of rest & peace with silent grace Emmanuel
Wisdom of the Third Eye
That soothes your soul Time and time I am told It’s the sounds of waves gently rocking Wind through trees talking Shifting sand marks where walking Sparks of lights on morning wakes Sailboats rocks at mooring gates Dancing masts to mark the skies Clouds like snow drifting by Timeless distant sunny haze Clears the mind on cloudy days Liquid life that flows before me Nature nurture touch of glory by Emmanuel
Keep Peace Daily
“Be in the world, but not of the world.” The other day I put my t-shirt on inside out. I never noticed what I did until much later. I stepped out my door, and wandered down the beach to the coffee shop. Passing locals on the way I exchanged good morning nods. Some smiled and others responded with good morning back to me. Leaving Ruby's after buying my orange juice when someone joked about my shirt, was when I actually became aware that, indeed, I had put my shirt on inside out.
Never, Never, Give Up!
“Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure. By Edward Eggleston” Once on a boat trip to Xitapa, Mexico we came upon a flock of pelicans flying in unison as these big birds do. The flock formed a perfect “V” alongside our boat. At the apex of the V the first bird flapped its wings, then the second two behind him and so on down the line of the ten or so birds. The ebb and flow of their wings reminded me of how our economy does the same cycle.
2012 is it The End?
“Choose thoughts and beliefs that support a positive outcome.”
Your Authentic You
“May you always swim in the ocean of abundance while manifesting your own divine destiny. Listen to your friend” Fish swim alone. They might be in a school or in a twosome, but they always swim alone. Many of us are susceptible to change. We do not handle it easily, we go kicking and screaming, fighting against what is always best for us. Our fear of the unknown disrupts into anxiety as we try and know the outcome. We struggle to control that which we cannot-change is inevitable.
Make Everyday Friday
If you have one eye on yesterday and one eye on tomorrow, you're going to be cockeyed today. - Anonymous
No Father Thinks His Child is Ugly
“Developing deeper understanding that leads to wisdom means suffering sometimes.” We are all familiar with prejudice; it has many disguises, culture, religion, male/female roles, racism, nationalism, sexuality, etc. Many of us are disgusted by this injustice. As long as there is prejudice we claim we will never be equals. We shout out against judgment.
Everyday Miracles
“You can live your life as though everything is a miracle, or as though nothing is. One way gives you appreciation and gratitude, the other leaves you constantly searching. The choice is yours.”
Authentic Quality Time
“If you truly want to love someone, learn what love means to them.”
Acceptance & Resistance
Suffering is wanting things different when it’s outside of your control - Emmanuel
Hidden Values
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts - Albert Einstein
Why, Love?
“If I speak with tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all the mysteries and all knowledge; And if I have faith, so as to move, mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, But do not have love, it profits me nothing. -1 Corinthians 13:1-3