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- We Are All One Family - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Maria Khalife"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity." ~ John F. Kennedy Diversity is the only thing that can do justice to the concept of infinity, and in the Family called Man, the importance of diversity takes first honors. Frequently, because the ...
Views: 613 - Peeling the Layers - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2011 from Maria KhalifeAny idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. ~Napoleon Hill Life Mastery frequently involves repetition. You recognize there's a life problem; you do your level best to deal with the problem; you see the problem appear yet again and you begin to think ...
Views: 723 - My Prayers for Your Peaceful Easter - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2011 from Maria KhalifeLord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. ~ Francis of Assisi On the occasion of Easter, because ...
Views: 724 - Establishing A Sense of Love....And Staying Warmer! - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2011 from Maria KhalifeI'd like to ask you to stroll down memory lane a moment with me. Think back to the early days when you first started dating someone special. Do you remember establishing a sense of love? Oh, how in love you were! You couldn't get enough of one another's company. You were resistant to the cold ...
Views: 598 - Competing With Yourself - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Maria Khalife"The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before." ~ Steve Young The sense of striving and competition must surely be inbred or part of our survival mechanism because each of us does it from the earliest days of our ...
Views: 2097 - Balancing Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2011 from Maria KhalifeI believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. ~ Zig Ziglar What is called "the norm" for today's lifestyle is very different ...
Views: 717 - Evaluating Media - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2011 from Maria Khalife"All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We can vulgarize that society. We can brutalize it. Or we can help lift it onto a higher level." ~ William Bernbach In our era, we are awash in the enormous amount of input in our lives from the media. If you think ...
Views: 607 - The Power of Laughter - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2011 from Maria KhalifeLaughter is the best medicine. ~ Proverbs Laughter is puzzling. We don't know where it comes from, but we do know that we like it. Babies like to laugh, we like to laugh at them laughing, don't we? We certainly don't work to discover in a scholarly way what laughter is or the benefits of ...
Views: 677 - About Being Passionate - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from Maria Khalife"One of the first signs of being depressed is that you lose interest in things. That's why I think it is important to stay passionate." ~ Nicholas Cage The word passion is keenly enticing and brings along many individual visions when it is uttered. In it's many definitions, the word always ...
Views: 841 - Make A Plan For Change - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Maria KhalifeJust do it! ~ Nike Commercial Yes, you CAN begin in February. I've offered you dozens and dozens of ideas throughout the month of January so that you could make a plan for 2011 to accomplish Being the Change this year. I'd love for you to become healthier, wealthier, happier and more ...
Views: 706 - Prepare For Success With New Year's Goals - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Maria KhalifeEvery day holds the possibility of a miracle. ~ Elizabeth David This year, let's prepare for success with the right New Year's goals. How many times have you made New Year's resolutions and then experienced disappointment because you let your commitment to change old habits fall by the ...
Views: 611 - Using Mind Power to Begin Again - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Maria KhalifeWe shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ~ Anton Chekov January is the month we have arbitrarily chosen to begin again. Hopefully, we can put a new twist on them by using mind power to promote I Am Peace and I am Power. Here at Change ...
Views: 653 - Foster Peace in 2011 - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2011 from Maria KhalifePeace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal. ~ Martin Luther King Can you think back to this week a year ago today when I presented the idea to you for forming a nucleus that will foster peace in the Middle East and grant ours and our following ...
Views: 809(3 votes) - Savor the Flavor of Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2010 from Maria Khalife"He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise." ~ Henry David Thoreau The word savor means to enjoy an experience, activity, or feeling as much as you can for as long as you can. It also means to enjoy the flavor of something you ...
Views: 777 - Smile Darn It Smile! - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2010 from Maria KhalifeSmile. Have you ever noticed how easily puppies make human friends? Yet all they do is wag their tails and fall over. ~Walter Anderson, The Confidence Course, 1997 In 1931, a Merry Melodies cartoon had "Smile Darn Ya, Smile" as its title and the lyrics of the background song. You can ...
Views: 618 - Precious Change Ideas - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from Maria KhalifeEach year, when my birthday rolls around again, it serves as a reminder of what I've learned over the past twelve months and how sharing these simple ideas with you is my way of paying it forward. I love Being the Change and I encourage you to Be the Change in your life as well. Here's a little ...
Views: 757 - Dreaming the Impossible Dream - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from Maria KhalifeDesire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. ~ Mario Andretti There is a law governing life that says "Desire is the motivating factor of life." ...
Views: 717(1 vote) - Learning How to Succeed - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2010 from Maria Khalife"Two men looked out of prison bars. One saw mud, the other stars." ~ F. Langbridge All human beings get to define "what success means for me." Our ideas about success unfold over the years. Once we've mastered using eating utensils, how to walk, the subjects taught in schools, relationships, ...
Views: 747(1 vote) - All About Beliefs - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Maria KhalifeAn old belief is like an old shoe. We so value its comfort that we fail to notice the hole in it. ~ Robert Brault What do you believe in and how did you acquire these beliefs? When you were a baby, your parents, family and friends took care of you. All you had to do was exist and think your ...
Views: 632 - Three Tips For Controlling Your Emotions - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2010 from Maria KhalifeLet's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it. ~Vincent Van Gogh, 1889 I have always believed emotions are part and parcel of my life and my experiences, and are a means of survival. I can see that emotion is a mental and ...
Views: 974 - Ten Ways To Improve Your Life - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from Maria KhalifeYou all know how passionate I am about facilitating change in my life and in the lives of my clients, family and friends. I'd like to share a list with you this week so you can look closely at your own life and find some new ways to improve through changing. 1. Silent Observation. Quietly ...
Views: 940(1 vote) - Discover The Meaning Of Your Life - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2010 from Maria KhalifeWhen I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me. ~Erma Bombeck I have worked to embrace "meaning" all of my life. I tried to understand those smiling faces over my cradle. I learned ...
Views: 1007 - Handling Distractions in Our Busy Internet World - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2010 from Maria Khalife"By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination." ~ Christopher Columbus If you do any work at all on the Internet, you are vibrantly aware that we are inundated with a steady stream of distractions: emails, blogs, pop up ...
Views: 1099 - How Attached Are You to Things Outside Yourself? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2010 from Maria Khalife"Life is the sum of all your choices." ~Albert Camus Each one of us strives to be happy. We also strive NOT to be unhappy. Over the years, each of us has developed habits that we think will make us happy or will not make us unhappy. We all cherish our habits. We hold fast to them, and ...
Views: 1238 - Action Without Effort - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Maria Khalife"The stages of the Noble Path are: Right View, Right Thought, Right Speech, Right Behavior, Right Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration." ~ Buddha In our hurry worry world of demanding activity, wouldn't it be wonderful to develop a method of accomplishing all ...
Views: 790 - Is Your Life Balanced? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Maria Khalife"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony." ~ Thomas Merton Everyone with any degree of sensibleness wants his life to be balanced. The tips for how to achieve this or for the Key Ingredients that make it demonstrable vary from opinion to ...
Views: 858(2 votes) - Relationship Advice - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Maria KhalifeI've spoken often about Be the Change. I love the idea of Change. Change is our privilege, a function of our free will, and it exercises autonomy in our lives when we learn how it functions and how to use it wisely and well. It works especially well in the mind body connection, or the body, ...
Views: 1361 - Are You A Quitter? - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2010 from Maria Khalife"Winners never quit and quitters never win." ~ Vince Lombardi On a scale of one to ten, ten being the best, how motivated are you to be a winner? Somewhere inside your mind, is there lurking a concept called "I might not succeed at this?" We need to address this up front, and right ...
Views: 2330 - I Love To Change - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Maria Khalife"Awake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving." ~ Teilhard de Chardin In his mythical adventure "Illusions," Richard Bach told a story of creatures who clung to the roots growing out of the sides of a creek. Their entire life was about "clinging to the side" ...
Views: 878(1 vote) - Focusing Your Attention - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Maria KhalifeFor what is the state of either prayer or meditation? It is the restraining of the mind to a single act, state, or thought. If we sit down quietly and investigate the contents of our minds, we shall find that even at the best of times the principal characteristics are wandering and ...
Views: 932(1 vote) - Does Your Moodiness Keep You From Forward Progress? - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Maria Khalife"Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods." ~ C. S. Lewis Moods are frequently blamed for our lack of action. I know you've both heard and said "I don't feel like it." That's a generic and evasive saying that can have many other ...
Views: 877(3 votes) - What Is the Role You Are Playing in Your Life? - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Maria Khalife"I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role." ~ Edward de Bono As we live our lives, we have the option of playing a lot of different roles. Some we choose. Some, we just seem to slide into, like the role you played in your family. We ...
Views: 766(1 vote) - You Can Be Bigger Than Your Problems - by Submitted on May 11, 2010 from Maria KhalifeThe secret to success is not to try to avoid, get rid of, or shrink from your problems. The secret is to grow yourself so that you're bigger than any problem. ~ T. Harv Eker We learned in high school math class that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. I think the ...
Views: 898(1 vote) - Act, Even If Fear Has Frozen You - by Submitted on May 04, 2010 from Maria Khalife“Inaction breeds doubt and fear.” ~ Dale Carnegie The way to experience success in every endeavor in your life is to learn how to make things happen. Now each of us has his own methods, and I think that beneath each method there is a universal law at work. If we understand that law, we can ...
Views: 1102 - Be An Agent for Change - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Maria KhalifeA change agent is someone who is easily able to make changes in their lives and the lives of others. They are considered to be people of great influence and very likable. They seem like natural leaders. These desirable traits can be built and enhanced in just a single step. That step is to learn ...
Views: 1025 - Top Tips for Conscious Eating - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from Maria KhalifeOur world is so fast paced, and fast food driven, that the main reason for food - enjoyment and nutrition - has fallen to the wayside. I think it's a great idea to return to a slower time, prepare more meals at home, eat with family and friends and make better choices about eating. 1. Begin ...
Views: 768(1 vote) - Top Tips for Conscious Eating - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from Maria KhalifeOur world is so fast paced, and fast food driven, that the main reason for food - enjoyment and nutrition - has fallen to the wayside. I think it's a great idea to return to a slower time, prepare more meals at home, eat with family and friends and make better choices about eating. 1. Begin ...
Views: 920(1 vote) - Don't Die With Your Music Still In You - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Maria Khalife"One's real life is often the life that one does not lead." ~ Oscar Wilde Each of us is alive; therefore, each of us is Life Itself and it needs each of us. We are here to discover what we are supposed to express while we are here; which life lessons we are supposed to learn; what our ...
Views: 1290(2 votes) - Are You Feeling Trapped? - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Maria Khalife"Worry compounds the futility of being trapped on a dead-end street. Thinking opens new avenues." ~ Cullen Hightower Feeling trapped can leave us vulnerable to more and more dissatisfaction. I believe our lives should be lives of fulfillment and satisfaction, so let's see what we can do to ...
Views: 1881(2 votes) - Refreshing Your Intention During the Easter Season - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Maria KhalifeEarth's saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart! ~ Susan Coolidge The celebration of Easter is replete with so many messages that it is challenging to focus on just one to share with you during this ...
Views: 1062 - Before I Became A Mother - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Maria KhalifeBefore I Became a Mother ... There was never a problem sleeping whenever I felt tired. The time I crawled into bed wasn't dependent on anything but my own schedule. I never dreamed there'd be a day when I wouldn't even have time to brush my teeth or comb my hair! Before I Became a Mother ...
Views: 2971 - Our Choices Affect Our Lives - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from Maria Khalife"It's choice, not chance, that determines your destiny." ~ Jean Nidetch We sometimes forget how the choices we make carve out particular paths in our lives. Our first trip down a particular direction following a choice we male can be a brand new, innovative and exciting direction. If it's a ...
Views: 5753 - Are You Expressing the Fullness of Your Life? - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Maria Khalife“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.” ~ Kahlil Gibran I believe that each of us is called to enjoy life fully. I believe that health, wealth, success, happiness and joy are our natural, born-with inheritance. We have formed mental databases, and what’s in them ...
Views: 807(3 votes) - We Teach People How To Treat Us - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Maria Khalife"We teach people how to treat us. " ~ Dr. Phil McGraw, Life Law #8 I believe you and I teach people how to treat us. We do this constantly by the silent signals we send out, and we seldom become aware of it until our discomfort forcefully bring it to our attention. Let's investigate how to ...
Views: 1593(2 votes) - The Importance of First Impressions - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Maria KhalifeDo you realize that first impressions are important? I’d like to tell you that, important or not, you make them and you receive them every single day of your life. Impressions have become habitual and you are no longer conscious of those you get when observing new people in your experience, ...
Views: 14989(2 votes) - A Meaning of Love - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2010 from Maria KhalifeLove one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. ~ Kahlil Gibran Love is a mystery element. Defining it has challenged mankind for centuries. I think that defining love has to be left for each individual to accomplish, but there ...
Views: 884 - Does Your Past Repeat Itself? - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Maria Khalife"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt Does your past really repeat itself or could something else be going on? If we look backwards into world history, we might see certain trends repeating themselves. If we examine these trends, we ...
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