Brian Graham

Guilt is a cesspool

Guilt is a cesspool in our lives.  Guilt is junk in our garage.  Guilt is cement waiting to harden.  You would not go into your yard and jump into a cesspool.  We know the junk in our garage needs to be cleaned out, if for no other reason than so we can park our cars. […]

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Muck and Mire

Muck and Mire are what we call fear.  Muck and Mire are what we call gossip.  The result of blaming others for what we have or don’t have is also an example of Muck and Mire.  Just as we banished guilt the other day as having no place in our now, neither is there a place

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I am the expression of new

Affirmations can be a powerful way to change our lives.  I use affirmations as a matter of course whenever I find myself speaking in limiting terms about myself, the traffic, the weather, another person, almost anything. Change is another place where affirmations can be helpful.  I am the expression of new can be a very

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It brings me pain

If it brings you pain, why are you holding on to it?  “oh, i’m not holding on to it, it just is” you reply; but you are holding on to it, and you can let go of it without denying it is there,  it no longer has to cause you pain; unless you want it to.

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You can only be you

Stop for a moment and consider how you have been trained- yes trained just as we domesticate a pet- to be who and what other people want us to be.  Our very first training begins with wanting to please mommy or daddy who are the source of our food and safety.  Then we expand into wanting

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Create Community

Humans are social creatures.  We value community in so many forms. We join churches, fraternal organizations, clubs and groups by the score, That is just the way we are, however have you ever considered that YOU can be the focal point for a community?  By standing clearly in our power; by standing in our truth we can

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Do Your Best

Doing your best seems like such a no brainer.  Of “Course I do my best, I do my best all the time!”  But right here, just between you and I, is there a part of you which sometimes aims for “just good enough?” Don Miguel Ruiz, author of the Four Agreements has an interesting take

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Assumptions

In the book It’s All About Me I have an entire chapter about the pitfalls of Assumptions and Expectations I think you will enjoy, and Don Miguel Ruiz also wrote of Assumptions as his third agreement in the book The Four Agreements.   How many times have assumptions become the bane of your experience? How many

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The noose around my neck

Often in these blogs we have looked at realizing our dreams, and what is holding us in place away from those dreams.  What ever is holding us back is like a noose around our necks; sometimes it seems the harder we try to move forward the tighter the noose gets.  That is exactly how a noose

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Don’t take it personally

As I continue my review of the wonderful book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements, and compare the suggestions contained in this book shamelessly with those contained in my own book It’s All About Me, today we look at the idea of being more impersonal with our work with others. Certainly somewhere along the line

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