Once again we have been offered the opportunity to focus our attention on fear for our personal safety. Even if we are not traveling, or planning to travel to Europe or even if we have no idea where Brussels is located. The images we are presented are so graphic, and our hearts go out to […]
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Laughter is the the heart smiling, isn’t that a lovely thought/feeling? Look within yourself when you laugh and see if your heart is smiling. Almost certainly your heart will be smiling if it is true laughter. Laughter is known to help resolve many physical conditions, laughter lift spirits, and heals the spirit which has been damaged by
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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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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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.
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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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
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
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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Know how it is; you read a book at some point, enjoy the message, then put it away for awhile, then you are called to open that book again? Well that happened with me recently. Four or five years ago I read “The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz. Its a wonderful book book with
