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- Greatness Is Achieved Through Great Challenge - by Submitted on May 30, 2007 from NancyAnn PicotteGreat achievements arise only with our great challenges. As a nation and as individuals, we are going to be challenged greatly. How well we do depends on our willingness to "dare to be great"; to take the challenges and run with them, rather than be overwhelmed by them. Some pessimists ...
Views: 926 - Handwriting Analysis - by Submitted on May 29, 2007 from Linda VincentHi, Do you know that your handwriting can reveal all your secrets and reflect your true personality? Handwriting is often called expressive, and indeed it is. Your handwriting expresses you and your past. All that is part of the mind is reflected by you in many ways, handwriting being but one. ...
Views: 1297 - Ready to Take Oprah's Go Green Challenge - by Submitted on May 29, 2007 from Therese PattersonReady to take Oprah's Go Green challenge? Make saving our planet a part of your daily life with easy changes. Start today with simple suggestions from Oprah's Go Green show like Eco Bags reusable canvas bags for grocery shopping, Seventh Generation non-toxic cleaners, eco-friendly recycled ...
Views: 1715 - I Can’t Stand This! Or Can I? - by Submitted on May 29, 2007 from Impact PublishersLike practically all humans, when you greatly don’t like something that is happening to you, you often tend to foolishly insist: “I can’t stand it! I can’t bear it!” But you really can and do. Why? Because, first, if you really couldn’t stand painful events – such as failing to find a good job, ...
Views: 1093 - Learning more about yourself - by Finding balance is deciding to notice what goes on in your life. To make conscious choices and to experience life, not just let it happen to you. Learning more about yourself is an important first step in creating balance in your life. It is easy to get caught up in the fast pace and pressing ...
Views: 704 - What You Focus Your Attention on Is What You Get! - by Cheryl Richardson, a favorite author and fellow coach, has written a new book called "Stand Up for Your Life". In this book she talks about how our society tends to "bond over stress instead of success". I see this in action every day in my own life and in the lives of my clients.
We tend to ...
Views: 706 - What You See is What You Get - by H. Jackson Brown Jr. once wrote, “Your mind can only hold one thought at a time, make it a positive and constructive one.” As simple as these words may seem, they are in fact, very true. You see, if you are looking for a way to feel better at any given moment, all you have to do is change ...
Views: 696 - The Personal Development Zombie - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from Craig HarperIt seems we have a not-so-new, but rarely discussed scourge on the Personal Development landscape. We've all met Mr and Mrs fit-in-at-all-costs; the Social Zombie (what would you like me to do, be, say?). But over the last decade or three we have seen the rise of the Personal Development ...
Views: 1017 - The Myth of Choice - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from Robert VibertEach time we are faced with making a decision or choice about something, we may think that we have free will and are using our critical thought processes. That we do this is not surprising, as so much of our experience in the world contains choices. From lunch menus to driving routes to vacation ...
Views: 1441(2 votes) - Creating Something (spectacular) from Nothing - by Submitted on May 26, 2007 from Craig HarperIn 1988 I had the idea of setting up a Personal Training centre in Melbourne. There were no commercial PT facilities in this country at the time. It would be Australia's first appointment-only gym. I was young, had no business experience, no tertiary qualification and not much money. Clearly, a ...
Views: 880 - Your Reasons To Be Thankful Abound - by Tracking our things to be thankful for - Everyone of us has many things to be thankful for. The problem is that we don't always see this to be true. Me included :-). Therefore; playing something as simple as the thankfulness game can do wonders to get us track. This is something that takes ...
Views: 653 - Listen To Your Heart - by Listen to your heart - While our heart pumps the blood that keeps us alive it also accomplishes many other tasks. One in particular being the job of giving us passion for things! When we can follow our hearts passion we in turn make it easier on ourselves with regards to achieving things. ...
Views: 797 - God Gave You A Dream - by You have a dream, an urging to express yourself. Hold on to it for the dream is God's idea eager to be expressed through you. It is God's choice through you the idea should be fulfilled. God gave you the idea with a restlessness to live it and with the tools, passion and joy to see it through ...
Views: 946 - Could Things Have Been Different? - by Happy people never concern themselves with past events, and never question whether they or anyone else could have done something other than what they did.
But unhappy people think that they or someone else could have done something differently, or could have spoken, or thought, or felt ...
Views: 710 - Could Things Have Been Different? - by Happy people never concern themselves with past events, and never question whether they or anyone else could have done something other than what they did.
But unhappy people think that they or someone else could have done something differently, or could have spoken, or thought, or felt ...
Views: 780 - My Body is Not Who I am... It's Just Where I Iive. - by Submitted on May 23, 2007 from Craig HarperIt seems to me that many of us don't really know who we are. We have our very own personal identity crisis. We spend our very busy lives doing stuff, achieving stuff.... but still not really knowing who we are. What's you're identity? Who are you really? If we take away all your stuff... ...
Views: 1302 - Mastering the Art of Forgiveness - by Submitted on May 21, 2007 from Karin NemriHave you struggled with the concept of forgiveness when you were filled with anger and resentment towards someone who has hurt you? Have you ever believed that you did forgive only to find that you were suddenly hit with “break-through emotional pain” that seemed to come out of nowhere? If ...
Views: 761 - A Fire in the Basement - by Submitted on May 21, 2007 from Robert NajemyFrom the book "Contemporary Parables" by Robert Elias Najemy Some of us prefer to hide our problems from ourselves and others. Because it is too painful to deal with them, we lock them up in our subconscious mind and pretend that these problems or feelings do not exist and that all is ...
Views: 953 - Happily Imperfect - by Submitted on May 21, 2007 from Craig HarperMost of us live in a culture and society which is totally obsessed with perfection. An obsession which invariably leads to pain. Emotional, psychological, physical, social and financial pain. The perfection obsession is rampant. It's completely ridiculous. It's unhealthy. It's ...
Views: 1168 - Diagnosed As Ill But Still Finding A Solution For Others - by Submitted on May 21, 2007 from Soozi RowbothamSoozi Rowbotham was diagnosed with a life threatening illness & decided to take action and help herself by finding articles written by people who shared her experience. After exhausting the internet search engines and plunging through vast numbers of websites, Soozi still found nothing ...
Views: 638 - Happiness is a decision - by Happiness is transpersonal divine joy and fulfillment in creating and connecting. It is the outbursting purity of the Universe. In happiness one is opening up to the fullest for life, her gifts, possibilities and challenges. This implies that happiness is not a goal, but a road to travel on, an ...
Views: 1223 - Peace - by Peace is inner stillness, it is the tranquility of the soul in which all motions subside and each thought and desire loses its importance. Peace is fulfillment in Nothingness, your home in eternity. It means resting in the womb of the Void and riding the clouds of the gods. It does not mean that ...
Views: 799 - Your Happiness Is Critical To This World - by I have a theory. No, it’s more like a dream, a hope, a strong desire. It’s not a unique dream. Many have dreamt it. It’s the desire for the all those on this planet to be loving towards each other. For peace and tranquility among mankind. For a song, which if heard by distant planets, would sing ...
Views: 859 - Hi! My name is Donald - by Hi. My name is Donald. Last February I turned 40.
Hey, I didn’t mind. Life has never been better. Personally, I live with a loving and caring partner and my life is rich with family and friends. Professionally, I am in my second season of my column, DISHing With Donald, which appears in an ...
Views: 772 - 7 Surefire Steps to a Positive Attitude - by Attitude, as you have heard many times, is everything. That theory has been written in thousands of books, spoken to millions of people, and driven deep into your mind. Why? It's true.
Your attitude is your own personal filter for everything that happens to you, around you, or within you. What ...
Views: 611 - Outflow Love and Blessings - by Submitted on May 17, 2007 from Joann AngThe universe returns what you have given freely a thousand times over. What you sow is what you reap. In order to receive you must give. If you wish someone to have more blessings and love, you will receive blessings and love a thousand times more. If you wish someone illness and misfortune, you ...
Views: 2165 - The Social Sheep - by Submitted on May 17, 2007 from Craig HarperGrowing up in Australia means growing up with sheep. Well, kind of. Not that we have them sleeping in our lounge room or running around our front yard or anything, but Australia, amongst other things, is a farming nation and at some stage, most Aussie kids (although less these days) have spent ...
Views: 1349 - The Keys to the Freedom of Life - by Submitted on May 16, 2007 from Sjef van de LaakA lot of people believe that real happiness is an utopia, or something that happens only for a short period of time. Many people still believe that life is a battle. However if we investigate our inner beings, we will be able to get more out of life. We have now come to a very important ...
Views: 591 - Maybe the Beatles Were Right - by Submitted on May 16, 2007 from Craig HarperYa gotta love love don'tcha? Maybe the Beatles were right. Isn't it great that so many people from so many places can come together (blogospherically) and connect and reach out to someone else. No agenda, no ulterior motive. Just love, compassion and care. Nice. Sometimes us personal ...
Views: 869 - How to -Law of Attraction - by Submitted on May 15, 2007 from Sjef van de LaakHow do we use the LOA in daily life? The LAW OF ATTRACTION is the most powerful law in the universe. Everything end every person is affected by it. It is the basis of everything that comes into your experience. The LAW OF ATTRACTION responds to your thoughts always. Everything that is in ...
Views: 720 - Excuse Me While I Sing Into My Hairbrush - by Submitted on May 15, 2007 from Craig HarperYesterday I went for a run along the beach near my house. Burned a few cals, got a bit of sun... no biggie... except for the fact that I got a life-lesson from a five year-old. Here's the scene: The ex-bodybuilder with the dodgy lower-back running (for want of a more descriptive or accurate ...
Views: 1124 - Sharing some more Thoughts/Writings on Peace (Part Two) - by Submitted on May 14, 2007 from Craig LockSharing some more Thoughts/Writings on Peace (Part Two) To continue (on from Part One)... I believe to effect change, we ordinary people, have to raise the bar of what we will and will not tolerate - by our leaders and authorities. At a local level, a national level and at international ...
Views: 708 - 20 Ways to Make Your Life Better - by Submitted on May 13, 2007 from Tanja Cilia1. Admit it when you’re wrong; it will actually impress people. 2. Delegate when you can; when you can’t, don’t even try. 3. Do as you would be done by. 4. Don’t worry what others are thinking about you; they are too busy worrying what you are thinking about them. 5. Even sentences have ...
Views: 851 - THE SMILING GAME - by THE SMILING GAME
It's been said that a smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head and the heating system of the heart. But a smile is also a powerful weapon against negativity of all kinds.
Lisa Gurnsey, of Portland, Oregon, wrote to me about a man whose smile ...
Views: 2922 - Optimizing America - by Do you describe yourself as a positive thinker? We all know that positive thinking can motivate us to be productive, efficient and successful, but have you ever considered that there are varying shades of positive thinking? For example, some positive thinkers think in mediocre terms and are ...
Views: 661(2 votes) - Passengers and Cotravellers - by We can liken our life to a travelling train ,or a sailing ship , or ambling along a path . We are travelling in the same general direction , we are all subject to the vagaries of nature , we are sharing available resources . We are getting the same general experiences while the individual ...
Views: 6557 - Re-Decorate Your LIFE! - by Does your life sometimes feel like a storage room where everybody else has dumped their mess and it seems there's no room left for you? Maybe it's time to forget about the living room...and Re-Decorate Your LIFE!
Here are the 4 key factors to an effective system in Re-decorating your LIFE. ...
Views: 950 - Top 7 SECRETS to a Great Life - by A great life doesn't happen by accident. A great life is the result of allocating your time, energy, thoughts, and hard work towards what you want your life to be. Stop setting yourself up for stress and failure, and start setting up your life to support success and ease. These 7 SECRETS can ...
Views: 893 - One Small Adjustment - by I know that a lot of advice pundits often instruct you to focus on the “big picture”. And it certainly has it place in helping you move toward a better life. But it runs the risk of letting you think that you need to totally redesign your life. And that’s just not true! Often it only takes one ...
Views: 905 - Impress Yourself! - by Do you find feeling good about yourself difficult? You may have learned to talk badly to yourself, or you may have let criticism stop you from trying anything new. So you find yourself in a rut, doing nothing, wishing for something better.
But there is one sure fire way to lift your spirits ...
Views: 861 - How To Find Your REAL SELF Again - by On the surface it seems an odd idea that you could actually be anything other than who you really are. But from the time we can talk, we’re being programmed to “fit in”. We find ourselves conforming in order to please the people we love, and who love us. “ But sometimes that means that you have ...
Views: 10521(1 vote) - 10 Ways To Spring-Clean Your LIFE! - by 1. Clean out the anger, hatred, jealousy, and self doubt.
2. Move out the frustrations, and lack of communication. Wash away delay and procrastination.
3. Dust off your attitude, and put on a fresh coat of positive.
4. Throw out misunderstanding, and lack of patience. Sweep out the dirt of ...
Views: 800 - 7 Ways to Make 2002 Your Happiest Year Possible - by 1. Starve a bad habit; feed a good habit. Things that you nurture, and support, and give energy and time to WILL grow in your life. And in contrast, things can’t exist if you don’t support them. If you have something in your life that you don’t want there, identify how you are supporting it. ...
Views: 807 - SADNESS IS A STATE OF HAPPINESS - by One day when I was seven–years–old my father allowed me to choose our Sunday family activity. He said we could either take a drive across the Mississippi River or ride on the last streetcar in St. Louis. At that time of my life I had never seen an ocean or even a great lake and I was awed by the ...
Views: 812 - A Shortage of Grownups - by Submitted on May 11, 2007 from Bette DowdellBabies show the world what selfish looks like. On a whim, they set up a wail loud enough to wake the dead–or at least it sounds that way at 2:00 a.m. No matter that others may be tired or sick or have to go to work. Babies want what they want when they want it. So stop sniveling. Some ...
Views: 1400 - Happiness and How to Pursue It - by Submitted on May 11, 2007 from Sue BrennerHappy people don’t just wait for chance—they focus on and generate happiness. They know what makes them happy and engage in activities that put them in “the zone.” They also give generously of themselves. Use these 4 techniques to experience more happiness in your life. 1. Set out to be ...
Views: 997 - The Resume - by Submitted on May 11, 2007 from Wayne MisnerThe Resume Who are you? No, I don’t mean the job you have. Share with me your dreams, desires and values. Are you trusted, honest, respect others, loyal to family, and friends? How old are you? No, not your age, but your thoughts and acts; are you cast in cement or taking a journey where you ...
Views: 1579 - 3 Steps To True Happiness - by Let’s face it. We all want to be happy. And we all realize, sooner or later, that outer success does not produce lasting happiness. So what does? Loving ourselves and loving others. In fact, we can only love others authentically when we are loving ourselves. So why is it that some people ...
Views: 960 - What are panic attacks good for? - by There is much written about anxiety and panic attacks. Why? - because they are an essential part of being human. Panic attacks and anxiety are abilites that have kept us safe for millions of years, allowed us to survive, evolve and succeed as a species. When the world was a dangerous place, ...
Views: 6335 - Distilling Thoughts - by Submitted on May 08, 2007 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorPart of my ritual is to write the same I Am statement 20 times in order to focus on what’s intended, claim it, and do so until it’s the result that’s lived. Rather than doing this by rote, I allow my mind to engage with what’s taking place. I listen to what’s happening at the inner level as I ...
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