It seems that, no matter how many times we hear/read messages like this, they don’t stick. So here’s another reminder presented in a very clever way. There is not much to add to this post beyond wishing you good luck with absorbing this message and reflecting it through every day life.

(Original image found at StevePavlina.com)

Thanks to a retweet I saw the other day, a petition from Tiger Time was brought to my attention and now I share it with you. Please sign this petition to help put an end to the tiger trade in China. I’ve written about the devastation that tigers suffer multiple times here on FLC and it’s about time these majestic creatures start to flourish in the wild once again. Please share and sign, thank you!

(Original image from Tiger Time)

Wow! This video has popped up a few times on my Facebook newsfeed and I finally watched it today. I’ve somehow never watched The Great Dictator, which is the movie that this speech is from and was written by actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin. Take what you will from it. I found it motivational and thought-provoking. The reminder to show love keeps showing itself everywhere.

I hope your new year has started off marvelously! Mine has really been something special and each day brings something new and exciting. Living in the moment makes such a huge positive difference, I wish I’d know this was the way to live from the start of my life. But no worries, I know now and am reaping the benefits. If anything, this is the biggest progress I’ve seen in myself since starting FLC over a year ago.

This year, for me (and hopefully for you, too… if it’s not already), will be the year of love. I recently read that we should approach everyone and everything with love and wondered why I hadn’t been doing this already. It reminded me of my respect post, but specifically with people.

Everyone deserves love and should be shown love. Love others, love yourself, love your life, love the world. Sooner than you know it, you’ll realize that the world has been shining its love on you all along, maybe you just haven’t been open to it.

How has your 2012 been so far? Do you live in the moment? Have you been for a long time? Do you know what the heck I’m talking about? Ha!

Heeello!! I am back, hopefully for good! If you’ve visited FLC within the past few weeks, you may have noticed some issues, but those are all gone now and I’m thinking things will be much more stable around here from now on. Because of all of the technical problems, I didn’t even get a chance to celebrate a year of Four Leaf Clover with all of you. It all began in December last year and it definitely has been a better year than before. FLC and all of you have had a huge part in making that happen. I’m sure 2012 will continue on this amazing path. I sure hope it will be for you as well. Thank you for visiting, sticking around, and I’ll see you in 2012. Happy New Year!!

I realized that it’s been a while since I shared a few adorable and/or interesting animal videos so here are a few I’ve watched and wanted more of the world to see:

The first is of the happiest cow I’ve ever seen. I’m envious of him as I’d love to be doing the exact same thing. Where is my snow!? (Found via Greenderella on Facebook)

This second video made me sad and happy all at once. It’s always amazing to hear about rescue stories, especially when it comes to something as horrible and traumatic as vivisection laboratories. (Found via Ecorazzi)

Have you ever seen an elephant… paint? If not, you’ve got to see this! Words cannot describe how much awe I had the first time I watched this. It’s unbelievable.

This video keeps coming back to me even though I watched it many, many months ago. The fact that these are wild cheetahs and she is able to get so close to them is really something. (Found via Huffington Post)

When I first got here, I’d see this view from my window on most evenings. I’ve not seen it in ages as the weather has gotten colder and filled with clouds. At the moment, it’s hard to believe that this place had sunsets like this and is near sandy beaches.

This quote from an unknown source reminds me of Albert Einstein’s “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I’ve even tested this with blog posts and noticed that the ones which are completely new and different from others usually get the most attention.

If something isn’t working out, no matter how persistent you are, perhaps it’s time to take a different approach. Try something new and different, even if only to experiment, and I hope you’ll be surprised by the results. Have a glorious weekend!

I know I’ve mentioned the Amazon rainforest on here multiple times, but to say it is important to our world is an understatement. “The Amazon is the world’s largest tract of tropical rainforest, containing the Earth’s greatest biological reservoir – around 30 percent of all terrestrial species are found there.” (Source: BBC) And that’s not even the half of it. You can find out more reasons as to why the Amazon rainforest is so important by clicking the BBC link or visiting WWF.

This time the Amazon is under threat of a new Forest Code. “The new Forest Code being proposed severely weakens protections for the Amazon rainforest and opens up vast areas to destruction, which would contribute to accelerating climate change.” Please sign the Greenpeace petition by clicking on the photo above or here and ask President Dilma Rousseff to protect the Amazon rainforest by vetoing this new Forest Code. Thank you!

(Original images from Greenpeace UK)

I found out about Lover Lover back in May thanks to Black Eiffel. I’ve yet to get tired of their song Freebirds (posted below). Lover Lover consists of London friends Eleanor Bodenham, Martin Craft (M. Craft), and producer Nick Littlemore.

Freebirds is one of those songs that I can’t get enough of. It feels too short and so I end up pressing the repeat button again and again. I always want to bust out in song, but unfortunately I’m usually on the bus when I get the urge to listen to this song and I’m not sure the others on the bus would be as enthusiastic as me. It’s a sad song that bursts with passion.

Just today when writing this post I discovered two more ear-pleasing songs of theirs on Myspace: All Through the Night and The Fire

The black and white video for Freebirds looks like a scene from a movie and is unlike any music video I’ve seen. To this day, I’m still trying to figure out why exactly this is what they chose to portray their first single, but I’m not complaining.

(Original images from Lover-Lover.com and Lover Lover’s Facebook page)

See Beautiful, a site dedicated to seeing beautiful in every way (you may remember that I’ve mentioned them before), not only featured Four Leaf Clover as their blog of the month, but chose me as their first See Beautiful Woman of the Month. I’m honored and so happy that others see what I’m trying to do here on FLC and in life.

I was also given the opportunity to write about the way I see beautiful and I did my best to write up a little summary to share. Please do click on over and see what I had to write and browse through all the beauty See Beautiful shares on a daily basis.

Thank you to all who continue to read Four Leaf Clover. You are a major reason for why/how I see beautiful. Happy weekend!