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- So Many Dreams Are Waiting To Be Realized - by So many dreams are waiting to be realized - Maybe it's a business you've wanted to start, perhaps it's something as simple as growing a home garden, even still maybe it's a trip to another country you've always dreamed of visiting. Whatever it is you owe it to yourself to do what you have to ...
Views: 1564 - Don't Give Up Just Shy Of Your Dreams - by Don't give up short of your dreams - A necessary skill for achieving that which you desire in your life is the ability to give the task at hand that one last go around... Often it is a matter of looking near defeat in the face, and just plain moving forward in spite of all the difficulties ...
Views: 811 - Reach Out For Your Dreams - by Why are we afraid to chase our dreams... Why does one person find it difficult to set out and achieve that which they desire, while others can some how set out, without so much a care in the world. What makes some people achievers, while others remain simply dreamers.
Is it the difference in ...
Views: 1125(1 vote) - Focus On The Positives In Your Life... - by Each day truly ponder the things that have occurred in your life. Personally, I find it easy to sometimes focus on the negatives, (hey don't we all at times?) at the same time I realize that to do so is simply counter productive to my reaching the personal goals I have set for myself.
Think ...
Views: 902 - SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY - by Success is a journey - Often times I find that I have to continuously remind myself of my past achievements in order to keep myself from becoming discouraged (yes even I get discouraged at times :-). Sometimes it feels as though life is moving at 100 miles per hour.
Since many of my personal ...
Views: 923 - 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: 742 - Failures as the measuring stick for success! - by If there's one thing in life I believe is absolutely essential to our achievement it's that we keep in mind that each day offers us the chance to learn from our previous mistakes (and thus make progress as we move towards new goals!). The catch is we have to allow ourselves to put our failures ...
Views: 742 - Meditation and Relaxation - by Our lives are full of stresses and pressures, some we create ourselves, others we cannot control. Coping with the stresses of modern life is an essential skill and there are many techniques available to us, techniques with a long history. Within the pages of this site you will find courses and ...
Views: 824 - PUTTING A BUSINESS ONLINE - by Joel Hill knows what works on the Internet, "Offer what people want and need as opposed to what you think they want and need!"
New statistics show the Internet is soaring. The Internet audience has jumped from 33% last year to a whopping 60% by mid-2000. Internet business is expected to grow ...
Views: 824 - "Within You" - by You are a miracle. You have within you incredible power and beauty. Your inner power and beauty give you the freedom to find success, peace, love, self-confidence, and the joy of aliveness. The moment that you awaken to this fact is the moment that you begin to experience the miracle. It does ...
Views: 2939 - The Candle Light Ritual For Couples - by This candlelight ritual is for couples who wish to have a greater sense of communion with each other through spirit. This ritual can help build a stronger bond of love, understanding, and respect. Many of my clients include this as a daily or weekly ritual. It opens the door to more clear loving ...
Views: 1140 - A Few New Ideas For Developing Relationships. Excerpt from "101 Ways To Romance A Pretty Woman." - by A Few New Ideas Here:
Some Do's:
A. Always keep a good sense of humor.
B. Read novels. That way you will have a new topic of discussion every time you meet. Become a story teller.
C. Talk about the things that are most important to her, but don't be judgmental or give advice unless ...
Views: 1072 - 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: 888 - 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: 660 - 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: 721 - The New Approach to Memory Improvement - by Long before books, telling stories was the only way to pass information from one person or generation to the next. Throughout history, people have sought to improve their memory for storytelling. A variety of mental techniques have been passed down over the centuries as skills for studying. ...
Views: 2192 - No Need For Being Happy All The Time - by I am really shocked at what people do to feel happy. It seems like this is a disease.
Actually I think what's really happening is that we all had this feeling of happiness at least once in our life. When we were born to this planet, at the beginning of our life there was happiness.
Pure ...
Views: 876 - How Coffee Interferes With Losing Weight - by Are you addicted to coffee? You're not sure? Just ask yourself if you can commit to living without it. For most people, coffee is a must have in the morning. Without coffee they don't feel alive. I know some people who instantly get a headache if they don't have their coffee in the morning. ...
Views: 29356(3 votes) - Exercise With A Heart Rate Monitor - by I have been walking and jogging on the beach every morning (minus a day off on the weekends) for the past three months. This physical workout in the morning helps me feel connected with nature. It supports me completely... body, mind and soul. I often feel refreshed and recharged after an hour ...
Views: 4968 - What Does Food Mean To You? - by Do you remember the movie: "Back the Future"? The special DeLorian which ran on bananas and all kinds of other garbage was science fiction. If you were to fill your car's tank with garbage it would probably never start again. There is a chance that you would need a whole new engine.
What a lot ...
Views: 3852(1 vote) - Shifting Your Attention When You Get "Stuck" - by This article discusses of one of the most powerful tools for handling discouraging situations. This tool is 1000 times more powerful than any diet or supplement.
It is critical to be aware that your mind is the most powerful machine in this universe for creating the reality you desire. ...
Views: 1041 - Inner Wisdom Eating - by What happened to our inner wisdom? Lately, it seems that our inner wisdom as it relates to eating, has been changed to following rules, looking at labels, belief in marketing gimmicks and in following diets.
We are following the dictates of packages instead of our wisdom about the content. ...
Views: 851 - Are You Creating or Affirming Your Ideal Weight? - by There are a lot of books out they tell you right away that you should affirm your weight. Just tell yourself 20 times a day "I am the right weight and I feel great" or more on a larger scale, (no pun intended!) "My life runs better every day".
It's a good thing to affirm or to visualize ...
Views: 887 - St. Francis of Assisi and ME - by The tragedy of September 11th and the current crisis in the Middle East have caused many of us to search for peace. How do we create world peace?
Gandhi said, “be the change you wish to see.” Many of us are learning that in order to create world peace, we have to BE peace. So then, the ...
Views: 827 - Staying Centered in Peace - by As a chaplain at a local church I am trained to see the “highest good” even when things on the outside seem contrary. I am trained to see the perfect expression of God in all situations. So for example, I have been taught to see beyond outer manifestations such as disease, and see the inherent ...
Views: 1168 - Living With Spina Bifida - by I grew up with a birth defect known as spina bifida, a disability that affects my sense of balance, causing me to walk with a limp. Not only does it affect the function of the legs, but it also has an impact on the kidneys, causing them to deteriorate.
The disability has had its ups and downs. ...
Views: 958 - Communicating in Stressful Situation - by Deadlines. Commitments. Obligations. Time constraints. Terrorists. Business and personal goals. Wait a minute! Did I say terrorists?
What were your sources of stress on September 10, 2001? How well did you communicate with your colleagues, staff, managers, supervisors, family and friends? How ...
Views: 3353 - Coaching and ADD - by This month we will look at the criteria for Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Six or more of the following criteria must have persisted for at least six months or more to a degree that impairs you in your everyday situations. The six can either be in the first group of questions on ...
Views: 1093 - Simple Ways to Handle Stress - by If you've ever suffered from stress, you'll know how it feels. Tension headaches, back pain, acid stomach are among the physical symptoms. Emotionally stress causes temper outbursts, weepiness, inertia and a mind racing with thoughts about what needs to be done. We know it is bad for our health, ...
Views: 3080 - *** POSITIVE ENERGY (Book Excerpt) - by Are you forever in a rush, staving off exhaustion? Are you desperately overcommitted, afraid to say “no”? Do you have fang marks from being bled dry by energy vampires? Does the onslaught of violence in the news leave you drained?
A hidden energy crisis threatens our world. Our high ...
Views: 1661 - 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: 1149 - 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: 740 - On the heaviness of weight - by Mother goddesses of ancient cultures often are voluptuous figures with pronounced breasts and thighs. A successful nowadays paintress fills her canvasses with sensuous, joyful and overweight ladies, and everyone I’ve showed her pictures becomes happy and starts smiling. To this paintress big ...
Views: 1635 - The Goddess - by Although often depicted as a woman, she is none, and she is all of them. "I am every woman!" And every woman is the Goddess. She is the mystery of the life-giving and life-taking rhythm of nature, the great void and well of endless possibilities. She is the infinite bubbling up of inspiration, ...
Views: 745 - The holy Oak - by The majesty of the Oak has been recognized by many cultures. The Celts, the Germanic and Nordic tribes, and the ancient Greeks all attributed this tree to their main god. To them the Oak represented power, protection and durability. The fiery Oak has strong masculine qualities; it is a symbol of ...
Views: 2737 - Buddha and Reiki - by The Buddha and Reiki are in a beautiful way related in my life. Perhaps not so amazing, since the man who discovered reiki, Mikao Usui, was a Japanese buddhist.
About three years ago I bought a bronze with gold plated buddha statue in Ladakh. It sits on my altar on a heavy marble socle, ...
Views: 1217 - Analze and Drive Your Organizational Enterprise - by What is a "Revenue Critical" Employee?
There has been such a focus on cost reduction in recent years that many organizations take the employees who bring in revenue for granted. A Sales Person is Revenue Critical because if sales force production slows, then cash flow is negatively impacted. But ...
Views: 698 - Claiming YOUR More than 15 Minutes of Fame! - by You are a small business owner, alternative health care professional/doctor, and/or selling health-care related products. GETTING AND KEEPING THE WORD OUT that you exist IS and should be your Number One Top Priority. As part of your total marketing plan, you probably advertise in various places, ...
Views: 793 - Are You Ready for True Love? - by Have you ever thought 'This is THE one for me' and discovered sometime later you couldn't bear the thought of staying with him or her a moment longer? Has this happened more than once? Do you want to stop the heartbreak cycle? Do you want to meet your soulmate and enjoy a lifetime of lasting ...
Views: 776 - Top Ten Steps to Focus on Achieving What You Really Want - by 1. Write a list of everything you want in all 8 areas of your life. Physical environment, Health, Friends/Family, Work/Business, Partner/Relationship, Fun/Recreation, Personal Development, Finances. When you can clearly see everything you want, your choice of focus is more balanced.
2. List ...
Views: 768 - I Don't Have Enough Time - by How often do you hear yourself saying you don't have enough time? Even if you're not saying it out loud, I bet you think it. "I wish I had more time" or "There's never enough hours in a day" are statements voiced every day by most people. It's a fact of life that there just isn't enough time. ...
Views: 901 - Don’t Set New Year’s Resolutions - Take Action in The New Year - by It’s that time of year again when we start talking and thinking about New Year's Resolutions even though they’re old hat and we instinctively know they don’t work. Because your friends, family and colleagues may chat about what Resolutions they’re going to make, do you find yourself wondering ...
Views: 798 - What is Tachyon Energy? - by An important difference between other subtle energy devices and the energy that they use and Tachyon energy is that Tachyon cannot be influenced in any way whatsoever by any other form of energy. All other forms of subtle energies that are used in energetic medicine can be influenced, for ...
Views: 949 - Introduction to the Symbolic Language of Astrology - by Astrology is a symbolic language.
Astrology is the study of the motions and relative positions of the planets, Sun and Moon, interpreted in terms of human characteristics and activities.
Astrology attempts to reduce life experience into a series of ordered cycles.
The Earth as Symbol of the ...
Views: 1319 - How Honest Are You In Relationships? - by I had always thought myself to be a fairly honest person, and by society's standards I was. But what society considers honest and what true honesty really is, are two separate things. We've been systematically taught in our culture to make lying a part of our lives. We do it so often that we ...
Views: 828 - What Is Love? - by For some reason, throughout the history of mankind, we as a world culture have made love out to be mysterious, complex, difficult, and un-definable. It’s the subject of endless poems and literary works. There is an enormous amount of material available out there about love, allot of it ...
Views: 1171 - Is Love Painful? - by Who hasn't experienced the pain of love? Or is it the pain of love or the pain of rejection? This is where we start getting into all the “add-ons?of love. The love baggage, we might call it. For some reason, many people assume negative emotions are a PART or element of love. Love is not painful. ...
Views: 995 - Be Selfish In Love - by Who comes first, you or your relationship? Although answering “the relationship?may sound honorable and based on a deep level of love and commitment, its an unhealthy and destructive way to live. It is only when you can honor and love yourself first, that the relationship can be a truly loving ...
Views: 1045 - 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: 803 - KIDS IN CYBERSPACE A Guide for Parents and Teachers - by Introduction
The Internet is a wonderful tool for communications, education or leisure. It is a library with an incredible 100 million books on every topic known, easily accessible for research and study . It gives you the ability to chat in real time to anyone, anywhere across the world. Its ...
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