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- Finding Passion in Hawaii - by "THERE ARE ENORMOUS RESERVES OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SPIRITUAL STRENGTH DEEP DOWN WITHIN EACH OF US. THE CHALLENGE IS TO KNOW HOW TO TAP IN AND IGNITE THESE RESERVES."
What do the words, "Hawaii, Sandy Beach, and Passion" have in common with "Bodysurfing, Panic and Drowning"?
While on ...
Views: 827 - The Power of Anticipation - by Permission to use this article for publication is granted provided the bio/contact information at the end of the article is included and no editing of the original is done.
“When traveling at the speed of sound things happen so fast we'd be in a ball of fire on the desert floor before we ...
Views: 852 - Facing Fibromyalgia - by Facing Fibromyalgia
So you have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Bummer, because this is a painful and obnoxious disease. Eighty percent of the fibromyalgia patients are female. It has been classified only in the past 10 years as a disease and still somewhat of a mystery to science. I would ...
Views: 1438 - THE MYTH OF CULTURAL PRIDE - by To assume the proud mantle of our culture or heritage is to perpetuate a lie. Each of our lives is lived in the camp of the enemy, so to speak. If you were an Arab who hated Jews in your last life, you are probably a Jew in your current one. Which heritage are you supposed to take pride in? ...
Views: 827 - THE MECHANICS OF WISHES - by Here is how our physical world works. When we wish for something, that energy goes out into the world and every suitable person around us is given the opportunity to make it happen. The one who follows his intuition and provides our wish, goes through a kind of metamorphosis, because of this ...
Views: 827 - Powerfirmations: How To Affect Personal Transformation FAST - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2007 from Michael MurphyI recently had a subscriber to my daily ezine service who asked a very interesting question. In fact, it was a question that I had never been asked and never felt the need to talk about. He asked me, 'Michael, what is it that makes some affirmations so much more powerful and effective than ...
Views: 1944 - THERE IS NO HONOR IN HARD WORK - by “There is no honor in hard work?was a statement hurled at me many years ago by a hippie-type. I, of course, dismissed it, considering the source, despite the fact that the young man who favored me with that piece of his mind traveled world-wide, and did pretty much as he pleased, while I ...
Views: 2841 - SELFISHNESS IS A GOOD THING - by By selfish, I don't mean that you manipulate or intimidate other people into doing your bidding...That is egotistical. Selfishness means giving yourself permission to do exactly as you darn please, and respecting everyone else's right todo the same. That way, when you come together, you will ...
Views: 3705 - Eliminate Anxiety and Feel Safe Without Drugs - by Can you be still for 15 minutes, not talking, reading, or watching televsion, without jumping up to "DO" something? If not, anxiety is keeping you from relaxing and feeling peace and calm. Everyone has some degree of anxiety in his or her body.
The good news is we do not have to live with ...
Views: 3996 - The Power of Planning Ahead - by copyright Jan Jasper 2000-2002
People suffer needlessly by postponing tasks until the last minute. A lot of tasks we race to finish at the 11th hour could be completed with ease if started early enough. You don’t feel the need to start doing your taxes in January—what’s the hurry? There’s ...
Views: 777 - Alternative Medicine: How to Fight Chronic Disease with Soul Medicine & Avoid Invasive Surgery - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2007 from Dawson Church"I wish I'd researched the alternatives first, Dawson!" moaned my peppy red-haired friend Bill, holding his head despairingly in his hands. "But we just plunged right into surgery and radiation when Janice was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She became feeble. Her immune system is weak. The ...
Views: 1043 - The Main Trigger That Causes Cold Sores - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2007 from Denny BodohWhat causes cold sores for you? What is the one big trigger that causes these painful and embarrassing cold sores in your life? You do not realize it now, but in the next few moments you will learn exactly what causes your cold sores and what you can do right now to eliminate them. Everyone ...
Views: 31363(1 vote) - Weight Loss Pill : Is There Such Thing As An Effective Diet Pill? - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Martin MölstedIf you are planning to try diet pills to slim down, you wouldn’t be the first. Hundreds of thousands of people get on pills with the hope that they can get to the weight they once were. Unfortunately, many people reach the conclusion that there is no simple way to lose weight. Just taking a ...
Views: 1307 - Addiction and Spirituality: The Way Home - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Julie RedstoneThere is a time and place in which the soul begins to seek a path of return to its lost home, and, finding the way blocked or invisible, yearns once again for the sense of peace and love that it remembers as having been part of its deepest longing. In that moment of time, when the soul turns ...
Views: 1059 - The Power of Reality - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Michelle MorovatyDear Loved Ones, Welcome to Spirituality Inside and Out. We honor your presence. Great day to you all on this magnificent day to be alive. I love you. I love you. I love you. FOR WE ARE ALL ONE. The Power of Reality The Power of Reality in the most optimistic way possible is to be in ...
Views: 683 - Behavioral Therapy For Autism: An Overview - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from Sandra Kim LeongBehavioral therapy for autism is becoming popular due to its reported high rate of success. Using this therapy, your child quickly learns that his previous inappropriate behavior will be ignored and not encouraged. He finds that only appropriate behavior is rewarded and will be motivated to do ...
Views: 3337 - Dolmens. A new Opportunity for ancient Spiritual Guidance. - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Yuri SmirnovA new Opportunity for ancient Spiritual Guidance. Can Dolmen-Stones offer Re-Connection to Universal Mind? Aren't we humans the most curious of all creatures inhabiting this wondrous yet challenging world? We are forever asking questions about our origins and want answers to our never-ending ...
Views: 2622(2 votes) - Women And Self Esteem - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Aurelia WilliamsSelf-esteem, as defined in the dictionary, is “pride in oneself; self-respect.” All too often, young girls who lack self-esteem carry the same subjective view of themselves as they become adult women. What tools can be used to develop pride, self-respect, and self-esteem? One unique way is to ...
Views: 1065 - How to Develop a Sincere Personality - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from NancyAnn PicotteThe Ten Commandments for developing a sincere and persuasive personality are these: 1. Thou shalt determine to develop the art of sincerity. 2. Thou shalt observe other sincere and persuasive people and learn from them. 3. Thou shalt ask questions to find out more about people. 4. Thou shalt ...
Views: 10148 - Law of Attraction - Three Secrets of Controlling Your Thoughts - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from karen limThe Law of Attraction states that we become what we think about most. This means if we can control what we think about, we can choose the type of people, event, and experiences we attract into our lives. You can be thinking many thoughts randomly each day. So how can you control your thoughts ...
Views: 931 - Feng Shui Real Estate - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Carole ProvenzaleI have had the pleasure of speaking to Real Estate Agents about the benefits of applying Feng Shui into house sales and attracting listings for years now. They have a profound interest, now more then ever, on the ancient principles we have been using for years to get that house off the market ...
Views: 1335 - Addiction: Searching for Answers - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Dr. Barbara SinorWe need to do more than just tell our troubles to God. God already knows. What we do need to learn to do is sit down with God and look for solutions: What actions to take, choices to make, directions to turn. In our conversation with God, we need to hear both the joyful and painful aspects ...
Views: 1773 - You Are Being Guided - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Steven SadleirWe human beings are instinctively being guided to evolve. As with all creatures, we must adapt to changes in our environment to survive and flourish. We can see evidence of this evolutionary trend in our physiology, our society, and in our technology. Our brains continue to develop, an ...
Views: 1137 - Nutritional Diet Health Focus - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Carolyn JonesNutritional Diet Health Focus by Cari Jones The importance of maintaining a healthy nutritional diet cannot be overemphasized or stressed enough, and like most habits, good or bad, start at a very early age in the home. I was fortunate coming up in a small midwestern community at a time ...
Views: 881 - Public Speaking: Creative Visuals the Old-School Way - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Lisa BraithwaiteBefore speakers used PowerPoint, there were overhead projectors, flip charts, handouts and white boards. Before that, there were slide projectors and movie projectors. Sometimes people used props. Before that, there were chalkboards and before that, well, there were just speakers! And believe it ...
Views: 2381 - The Secrets to Lifelong Love: Brought to You by Two Bachelors - by Throughout our search for America’s greatest marriages, the record for the longest interview Jason (my best friend since third grade) and I have done goes to Ruth and Eddie Elcott, a feisty and vibrant couple married 62 years.
Three hours into the interview, I wanted to know the Holy Grail of ...
Views: 866 - How to Easily Set Your Financial Goal - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Amy BassIf you truly desire your money to work for you then you need to tell your money what to do. If you do not know what you want your money to do, you will find your money going to waste month after month. Knowing what you want needs to be step one in the process of creating wealth. When deciding ...
Views: 1045 - 5 Questions to Catapult out of “Stuckville” and Into Massive, Focused Action - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Melanie Benson StrickIf you were already a millionaire, what would you be doing differently? Got you thinking didn’t I. That’s the power of a question. So really, what would you be doing differently if every day you got up and went about your business as if you were already a millionaire? Most people who come to ...
Views: 1016 - Slow Down - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from Stephanie MarstonSanity Saver# 6 Slow Down There is more to life than increasing its speed. Gandhi Most of us live as if we are careening down a freeway. Think about how much you miss when you’re traveling at warp speed. We need to take the first available exit and pull into a quiet country lane, slow ...
Views: 1039 - 24 Gold Coins - Teachable Moment - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from John BishopA man I know was given six months to live, yet his outlook on life was inspiring. I asked how he could stay so positive knowing he only had a short time to live. He shared these thoughts with me. “Each day when I wake up I receive twenty-four gold coins, one for each hour of the day. I have ...
Views: 1758 - 10 Things Anger Steals from You - Teaching Moment - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2007 from John BishopAnger is a natural emotion that each of us experiences. When used correctly it can motivate us into action to complete a task or right an injustice. This type of anger can give us a strong sense of accomplishment when we take immediate action to correct the injustice or perceived ...
Views: 1575 - The Daily Homework - by Submitted on May 31, 2007 from Harry HenshawWe learn much of what we learn initially through repetitious exposure. It is by becoming present to something repeatedly that space is created for us to learn anew. It is by taking that which we are exposed to and bringing it forth into our life, committing it to action, that we begin to change ...
Views: 2323 - How to Become Sensitive to Other People's Needs - by Submitted on May 31, 2007 from NancyAnn PicotteAndrew Carnegie paid Charles Schwab a million dollars a year as president of U. S. Steel. When criticized by some of the board members for paying this salary to a man who knew nothing about the steel industry, Carnegie replied, "We have the greatest steel minds in the world, now we need a man ...
Views: 1099 - Teachers Become Part-Time Entrepreneurs - by Submitted on May 31, 2007 from Laurie HurleyTeachers and educators, are you finally ready for a change? You have successfully handled a classroom full of rambunctious kids all year and successfully taught them their lesson plans and how to do their ABCs and math. You encouraged, taught, and showed them exactly what it takes to learn and ...
Views: 2156 - Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? - by So often, when something “bad” happens to us, it appears to be purposeless suffering. But what if our most difficult experiences are actually rich with hidden purpose – purpose that we ourselves planned before we were born? Could it be that we choose our life’s circumstances, relationships, ...
Views: 1003 - Discipline And Order On Board Of Air Mauritius Flight - by Submitted on May 31, 2007 from André LeeThe Minister has warned the passengers to Fly but don’t get drunk. There is an issue with the number of drunken passengers on Air Mauritius flights, according to the Minister of Tourism and External Communication. They cause problems to other passengers and staff and now Government wants to put ...
Views: 1425(1 vote) - A Journey to the Soul of Your Business - by For the small business owner marketing truly is the soul of the business.
I know, I know, a little heavy this week, but why own, operate, and slave over a business if it can't enhance every aspect of your life?
Look, this year over 1 million people in the USA alone will start businesses and ...
Views: 903 - Botox: Reducing fine lines and wrinkles, and now curing migraines? - by Most people are familiar with Botox. Many of us have seen the footage on television showing a doctor injecting this clear wonder solution into the facial skin of some patient searching for the lost fountain of youth. But did you know that Botox has also moved into the arena of helping people ...
Views: 874 - Take Control - by In today's world, having a stress-filled daily schedule is normal to most people. It seems that we have a million things to do and only a short rime in which to do them. Most people want to improve their health, relationship, financial state, and quality of life, but fail to realize that the ...
Views: 1268 - Take Control - by CHAPTER 1
THE POWER OF CONTROL
Man is still responsible. He mast turn the alloy of modern experience into the steel of mastery and character. His success lies not with the stars, but with himself He must carry on the fight of self-correction and discipline. -Frank Curtis Williams
In today's ...
Views: 4430 - How to Diffuse Hostile or Aggressive Behavior - by The hands of the clock (tha pages of the calendar) are going faster than we would like. How in the world am I going to finish this -- in time? How am I going to get through all this traffic -- in time? How am I going to be able to pay my bills -- in time?
I'm dreading class tomorrow. I have to ...
Views: 2105 - Breaking the Habits that Limit Dreams - by I find that there is little difference between creating money, self-love, rewarding relationships, fulfilling work or any other thing I can imagine. The key is not in what I want, but rather in how I feel about what I want.
Things that come easily and quickly to me are things that I don’t ...
Views: 1067 - Is Your Shampoo, Toothpaste, and Soap Destroying Your Health? - by Have you read the ingredient label on your shampoo lately?
How about the label on that bottle of bath gel?
Or toothpaste?
Or moisture cream?
If you have, you most certainly ran into a practically endless list of hard-to-pronounce, even harder-to-decipher chemical names.
Have you ever ...
Views: 2914 - THE TRUTH ABOUT HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE The Real Story Behind Growth Hormone: Can It Safely Reverse Aging? - by Have you been hearing a lot about the Human Growth Hormone (hGH) lately? It’s been hard to avoid hearing about its ability to reverse the aging process and restore the aging body. Study after study has detailed the rejuvenating effects of hGH on almost every system of the body.
Just what is ...
Views: 7305(1 vote) - Fear or Confidence: Which Are You Choosing? - by Fear can be the greatest motivator, but it is also the number one cause of stress,
which leads to effort, struggle, suffering, accidents, pain and disease. Fear wears
many masks, some of which include:
¡¤ Fear of rejection
¡¤ Fear of failure
¡¤ Fear of losing ...
Views: 725 - So What? - by * So what if I am confused, I can seek clarity.
* So what if I feel overwhelmed, I can always change my point of focus.
* So what if I am upset that I didn’t know that sooner, I know it now.
* So what if that didn’t turn out okay, I gained new knowledge and wisdom from it.
* So what if I ...
Views: 754 - When the Chips Are Down, That's When You Know - by I have long thought that when the chips are down and things are not going my way is the perfect time to see who I really am. Recently, I had an incredible opportunity to find that out and to take a huge leap in evolution at the same time.
I completed a project, for which I was partially paid, ...
Views: 855 - A Message from the Big U - by I am your confidant. You can tell me anything at all and I will always understand and love you. I know that you always do your very best and that sometimes your fears get the best of you. I know that you have come a long way and have grown and matured in immeasurable ways. To me, you are a ...
Views: 817 - Pendulum Power - by When a Pendulum was introduced to me on 1981.I was fascinated with its simple Yes and No signal. For many years pendulums have been used in various ways.
During our lifetime we all have ambitions and Goals, which we want to achieve. My short Article will introduce you to a UNIQUE way of ...
Views: 4852(3 votes) - Making Difficult Decisions with Ease - by Have you ever struggled to make a decision? Do you sometimes base your decisions on what you think you will get as a result of a given choice? For instance, "If I take that job, I will have more money, and when I get more money then I can stop worrying about my bills."
The problem with a "If I ...
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