A neighbor of mine has that bumper sticker, and it is soooo true! What we think is often the result of what we have been taught over the years. Too often we have not stopped to really evaluate that thought yet we act upon it as though it were written in stone, or handed down […]
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My inner child wants to come out and play. The me who is a public speaker wants to be heard. The me who is a proud Grandpa wants to express love for my grandchildren. Those are just three of the entities within me. How many are within you? It is so important to recognize which
OK, I know I am releasing the urge to get upset about things other people say, still this phrase is one that still gets to me sometimes, you know what I mean? I have gone so far as to give those around me permission to pop me one if that phrase comes out of my
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A neighbor of mine has that bumper sticker, and it is sooo true! We have been handed our thoughts from teachers ranging back to our very first conscious thought. Obviously many of those thoughts have not been examined in our current frame of mind and education, yet we still act upon them as though they
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How much of your time do you spend thinking about what is not working, or working as well as it might, in your life? Now, ask yourself how much time do I spend thinking about things which are going very well in my life. Do they balance out? Are you spending more time thinking about stuff
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Yesterday I was going through my e-mail and found a message telling me that a certain public representative was supporting pornography in schools, denying parents the right to visit the classroom, and closing out public input on school curriculum. Well, that got my attention. . It was well written, it got my blood pumping; (there
Has anyone ever told you that you were weird? If so, how did you react? Did you hope no one else noticed your quirk? There is much to be said for ‘fitting-in’ , and most of it is said by people who want you to behave the way they want you to behave. If you have a
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Have you ever had a great idea, I mean something which makes you so excited you can hardly wait to see it come into being? For a few moments that idea is so crystal clear it is like you can feel it, touch it, smell it, hear it. I have.Then that part of me which is all
One of the most frustrating aspects of my own daily life is trying to undo, or redo the past. How often have I wished I could get a do-over! When I realize what I am doing, hoping to rewrite the past, I just have to laugh at myself sometimes. Living can only be done this
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