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- True Beauty - Seeing Beyond Appearances at Midlife - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2009 from Toni LaMottaBeauty is so much more than physical appearance. Of all the definitions of Beauty that I found in my research, the one that appeals to me most is by a man named George Bancroft : Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the infinite. Webster's Dictionary defines Beauty as "Pleasing to the ...
Views: 3000 - Stages of Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2007 from Toni LaMottaThere's an old saying from the Talmud that every blade of grass has an angel watching over it constantly whispering, GROW, GROW, GROW... If that's true about Grass, what must be true about us? Eric Butterworth in his book, Spiritual Economics wrote, Life is fundamentally a matter of growing, ...
Views: 2549 - Loving Yourself First - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2007 from Toni LaMottaToday I want to share with you letters I read in Essence magazine – written to and from Iyanla Vanzant - DEAR IYANLA, At 46 I've got three kids and four grandchildren. I also have three ex-husbands. Looking back, I realize I wasn't in love with any of these men. After my third divorce, ...
Views: 2069 - Reinventing Yourself – Eliminate the Shoulds - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2007 from Toni LaMottaDo you know what you really want? You may have difficulty with this question because the answer is hidden deep within you buried beneath a sea of shoulds. Most people make decisions about their life and work based on what is generally considered “right” and “good.” What they think they are ...
Views: 1783 - Visualization or Visioning? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Toni LaMottaMost of us live our lives moving back and forth between being victim and believing that life is happening to us and being manifestors or co-creators and knowing that we are responsible for what is coming into our lives. (stages 1 and 2 are known as TO ME and BY ME) The third stage of spiritual ...
Views: 1768 - Midlife Spirituality: Choosing Your Spiritual Path - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Toni LaMottaI read sometime back about an architect who designed and built an office 'campus' complex. He did not put in any sidewalks, or footpaths between the buildings. He just planted grass and waited with patience. After a few months there were well trodden paths between all of the buildings, which he ...
Views: 1536 - How Much Joy Do You Want? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2007 from Toni LaMottaDo you know what you really want? You may have difficulty with this question because the answer is hidden deep within you buried beneath a sea of shoulds. Most people make decisions about their life and work based on what is generally considered “right” and “good.” What ...
Views: 1421 - Reinventing Yourself - Follow Your Bliss - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2007 from Toni LaMottaWould you like to be following your bliss? What are some ways you can figure out what it is that you really want? I’ve been coaching clients for years with what I call the Smile test. I simply ask them to tell me what they are now doing or being and then what they THINK they might want to ...
Views: 1362 - How Much Is Enough - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2007 from Toni LaMottaI’m always looking at the ways people reinvent themselves and how they live. One of my mantras in life has been “how much is enough”. It seems that most of us never feel like we are enough, or have enough. I’m also clear that it is the very nature of our spirit to grow ...
Views: 1359 - Make Me A Channel - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2007 from Toni LaMottaMost of you are probably familiar with the Prayer of St. Francis which begins, Make Me a Channel of Your Peace. It’s a beautiful prayer and fits perfectly into stage three of spiritual growth. This is the stage where we recognize that while we do create things by our thoughts, we are actually ...
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