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- My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable - by One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd."
I had quite a ...
Views: 2690(1 vote) - Be Content Yet Never Satisfied - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2003 from Charlene RashkowMany years ago a particular phrase came across my desk and caught my full attention. It was at first a bit confusing to me since the utterance seemed incongruent. The phrase was "Be Content Yet Never Satisfied!" Interestingly enough, as the years go by it becomes clearer to me that they are in ...
Views: 1228(2 votes) - No Title - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2003 from Kathy GatesAs complicated as we all try to make it out to be, successful results depend on just three things: Small steps, focused energy, and consistent action. Permit me to share a real life story with you about this. Almost a year ago, my husband and I went to a baseball game with a couple from his ...
Views: 1300(1 vote) - Manifesting happiness - by MYTH: “I will be happy when...”
What do you think would truly make you happy? Let’s suppose one of your answers would be to make more money. If you were given a million dollars but told that you couldn’t spend it, money would do you no good. If you were allowed to buy a house that no one could ...
Views: 2389(1 vote) - What's Perfect About Imperfection? - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2003 from Deborah MartinLet me try something new but please, please, please, let me do it right and well the first time. If we always do things well, always do things right, and people know us as someone who always gets it right, then we've set ourselves up. It's costing us. As my friend John pointed out just ...
Views: 1940(1 vote) - THE TOP 10 WAYS to KEEP WORKING WHEN SPRING FEVER STRIKES! - by With the coming of spring, who wants to be stuck at work? As the weather warms up, the flowers bloom and the trees blossom, it gets harder and harder to focus on work. (I can hear the local golf course calling at this very moment it's a haunting sound, very similar to the rattle a ball makes as ...
Views: 2382(2 votes) - 10 Causes of Needless Heartaches - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2003 from Guy FinleyOur lives are meant to be bright, noble, and ever ascending. This promise of our True Potential is made good in us by the fulfillment of our possibilities, and not through the interminable struggle of trying to do what is impossible. Most of our sorrows are the offspring of trying to be ...
Views: 4255(3 votes) - 20 Ways to Find, Sustain and Share Happiness - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2003 from Megan McDonoughThe Dalai Lama says that we all share one common aspiration: we all want to be happy; no one wants to suffer. This universal desire binds us together. At some point the realization dawns that no matter how big the paycheck is, no matter how many degrees we get, no matter how nice the house and ...
Views: 4710(2 votes) - Lessons From The Bathroom Sink - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2003 from Liz SumnerAll the great philosophers must have been plumbers. The work seems to lend itself to powerful insights. Plumbers unstop the blockages and get everything flowing. They plunge the depths and get rid of all the crap. Who better to pass along pithy rules of life? I tackled a leaky sink the other ...
Views: 1437(3 votes) - Complete Your Past - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2003 from Dr Joe RubinoSue was totally in love with Jim. The couple met in high school and dated for eight years. Everyone who knew them expected them to get married and live happily ever after together. Then Jim met Karen. Before anyone knew what was happening - including Sue - Jim had eloped with Karen, putting an ...
Views: 3937(2 votes) - Is Life Real? Life Is the Experience You Give It - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2003 from Miami PhillipsHow many times and how many ways can it be said that you have complete control over your life; in any area of your life? This was recently brought home to me in a very powerful way. I was sitting at my computer writing this article. My computer clock read 6:00am, but it was light yesterday at ...
Views: 1244(2 votes) - CLUTTER'S SIDE EFFECTS: How the State of Your Home Affects Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2003 from Stephanie RobertsEach area of your home has a symbolic meaning with which you resonate on a subconscious level. Clutter and untidiness within each of these areas causes constriction and inertia in the corresponding aspects of your life. CLUTTER IN THE KITCHEN The kitchen has been called the "heart of the ...
Views: 1553(2 votes) - CLUTTER'S SIDE EFFECTS: How the State of Your Home Affects Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2003 from Stephanie RobertsEach area of your home has a symbolic meaning with which you resonate on a subconscious level. Clutter and untidiness within each of these areas causes constriction and inertia in the corresponding aspects of your life. CLUTTER IN THE KITCHEN The kitchen has been called the "heart of the ...
Views: 1553(2 votes) - 7 Critical Steps to Achieving Anything You Want in Life - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2003 from John Assaraf1. Truly understand what your spiritual self is, then learn to tap into and utilize the Infinite Power and intelligence of the higher side of your being. 2. Learn about the 6 intellectual functions of your conscious mind and how to utilize each one every day. 3. Learn the 3 ...
Views: 1180(2 votes) - Listen To Your Wisdom - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2003 from Lisa MartinBeing a good listener starts with paying attention to yourself—your own inner dialogue. We all talk to ourselves, but how many of us really listen? Sometimes the inner dialogue doesn’t even shape itself into words. It’s a song that’s been running through your head for a couple of days, or that ...
Views: 1503(2 votes) - The Purpose of Fortune Telling - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2003 from Norman GilbreathIt may seem the purpose of Fortune Telling is to find out about the future, but the real purpose is to find out what to do to improve the future. Rather than predicting the future, Fortune Telling is remembering the past. Real Fortune Telling takes this form: When things have been like "this", ...
Views: 1932(3 votes) - The Purpose of Fortune Telling - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2003 from Norman GilbreathIt may seem the purpose of Fortune Telling is to find out about the future, but the real purpose is to find out what to do to improve the future. Rather than predicting the future, Fortune Telling is remembering the past. Real Fortune Telling takes this form: When things have been like "this", ...
Views: 1932(3 votes) - The Power of Positive Habits - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2003 from Dan RobeyDid you know that habits are incredibly powerful tools for personal growth and success? Let me ask you a question. When is the last time you made a conscious decision to add a new habit to your life? If you are like most people you probably answered...never! The reason for this is that most ...
Views: 3728(3 votes) - The Secret Weapon For Winning Your Fight Against... YOU - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2003 from Alby Besteni© TheMentalWorkout.com All Rights Reserved It’s a constant battle between yourself… and You. You know what you need to do; you need to eat right and exercise more… you need to quit that silly habit… you need to make that phone call… you need to finish that project… maybe… spend more time ...
Views: 1284(2 votes) - THE TOP 10 EASY, PRACTICAL WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR DIET, YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR LIFE - by Because I believe diet and exercise are so important, I'm often frustrated with the recommendations I receive. Nutrition and natural health ideas are often so negative (don't eat this, watch out for that) or so rigorous (be sure to eat some raw, natural, organically grown vegetable I've never ...
Views: 3041(1 vote) - A Perfect Match - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2003 from Alan CohenChris Chrysler was a skilled and devoted violinist who had a lifelong dream to own a Stradivarius. For many years Chris worked hard to earn enough money to buy the coveted instrument. Finally he took his life savings to New York City’s music district and searched many stores. After numerous ...
Views: 1331(2 votes) - Whose Pictures Are You Taking Home? - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2003 from Alan CohenWhile walking through Costco, I noticed the large bin of photographs that had been processed and were waiting for customers to pick up. There were probably a couple of hundred packets listed alphabetically according to customers’ names. I was struck by the fact that all of these personal bags of ...
Views: 1227(1 vote) - Turn Sadness into Gladness - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Ted SchreddSadness is the body’s way of telling you how much it misses being happy. Relationships end, jobs are lost, people die, welcome to the game of life. Sadness is a natural reaction to a loss of some kind. Every person on the planet has situations that can bring on sadness. It can be loneliness, ...
Views: 4069(1 vote) - Mind Poo - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Ted SchreddHave you ever been out in the world and some person or event sends you into a flying hag bag of negative emotions? Or you feel overwhelmed with downbeat thoughts like anger, fear, sadness and all of their cousins, namely guilt, jealousy, revenge and manipulation? This is what my Gramma Schredd ...
Views: 2025(1 vote) - Using Excuses to Avoid Fun - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Ted SchreddExcuses stop you from having more fun, more love and more good times in your life. That’s the only thing they do. We’re presented with unlimited opportunities to do, see and experience life. Go here, go there, go everywhere. The problem is we just can’t do everything so we say no to plenty of ...
Views: 1696(1 vote) - Who has the most fun and why? - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2003 from Ted SchreddAll kinds of research has been done to see if certain kinds of people have more fun than others. The results? No particular kind of person is prone to more fun. There are lots of happy poor people and plenty of dissatisfied rich people. Race, political or religious beliefs, boy or girl, it just ...
Views: 1763(1 vote) - Finding Your Place in the World - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2003 from Norman GilbreathMost people find a place in the world by satisfying certain wants and needs -- of other people! If these wants and needs match your own you are among the lucky few. For the rest of us there is a difficult search necessary, which may not end successfully. To increase the likelihood of success it ...
Views: 2848(1 vote) - Nine Steps To Keep You Healthy and Happy - by 1. Breathe
Oxygen is vital to life. Oxygenating the organs and tissue provides life giving energy and nutrients and removes toxins and wastes. Do this at least once per day: Inhale through your nose to the count of two or three; hold for a four or five count; exhale through your mouth at 4 ...
Views: 2186(1 vote) - 5 Tips To Keep Happy ... Even In Wartime - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2003 from David LeonhardtThe world is going downhill faster than an Olympic skier. Terrorists lurk around every corner. Climate change will soon melt the tundra and turn Iowa into a desert. Frankenstein foods are flooding the market, cleverly masquerading as innocent potatoes and beets. And everybody is planning ...
Views: 1448(1 vote) - When Bad Things Happen - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2003 from Jerry LopperIt is easy to be spiritually positive and philosophical about life when things are going well. Even when exposed to life’s misfortunes from a distance--distant relatives or acquaintances--it’s fairly easy to conclude that life is bringing them the experiences appropriate to their lives. But what ...
Views: 1538(1 vote) - Your Place Or Mine? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2003 from Kathy GatesImagine you’re standing in line at the grocery store, and a person behind you asks if they can go ahead of you. “Sure”, you say. Then person after person asks if they can go first, and time and time again, you let them, even though it’s now become a problem for you. Making things happen in ...
Views: 1409(1 vote) - Coaching is Like Gardening - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2003 from Susan Dunn"A garden in the early stage is not a pleasant or compelling place: it's a lot of arduous, messy, noisome work -- digging up the hard ground, putting in the fertilizer, along with the seeds and seedlings. So with beginning a story or novel." --Ted Solotaroff That's like the beginning of ...
Views: 1249(1 vote) - What is holding you back - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2003 from Joanne NelsonWhat is it you want and desire? -A better life -To have greater prosperity -A better job -A new car -A bigger house -To lose weight -A new relationship -More money -An overseas trip -To send the kids to University -To create more success These and many other outcomes are thought about, dreamt ...
Views: 1782(1 vote) - Letting Go – In my own words! - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2003 from Ashleigh Stewart-GhabiWhat do we mean in healing when we talk about ‘letting go’? Everywhere we turn to get some help in healing, all we hear is people preaching to us “you must let it go!” This probably sounds like a very nice idea to the person who seeks guidance and I do agree with whomever it is that is preaching ...
Views: 1064(1 vote) - How to feel great in a moment! - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2003 from Sean McPheatThe power of the mind is a truly remarkable thing. How you feel in any given moment is linked to: - What you are focussing on - The way that you are moving and using your body - The language you are using Your mind controls all three! If you are feeling lethargic or need an instant ...
Views: 2947(1 vote) - True friends are not dream-slashers. - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2003 from David LeonhardtA friendship poem: Choose friends wisely, the portrait they paint Is who you are and who you ain't. Friendship is life's great support When friends are of the right sort. For all your dreams do they make room, Or bring you down with doom and gloom? You will know a friendship is true When it ...
Views: 1730(1 vote) - Wishin and Hopin - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2003 from Liz SumnerI like a good challenge now and then. A couple of weeks ago I took on Mother Nature in a test of wills. I attempted to clear two feet of snow from my driveway through the power of positive thinking. I also used deep breathing, relaxation techniques, and openness. When those didn't work I tried ...
Views: 1198(1 vote) - Can anxiety be tapped away? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Seamus Hayes© 2003 Seamus Hayes Could you believe it if I told you that you can tap yourself out of an anxiety? Yes, actually tap away your anxiety. Anxiety about your golf stroke, anxiety about your performance at work, anxiety about achieving your personal goals, anxiety about your family, anxiety about ...
Views: 5051(1 vote) - Stop Procrastination Now - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2003 from Kathy GatesHow long did it take you to realize the benefits of removing a splinter right away from your finger? As a child, removing that splinter seemed like an awful thing to do, but experience FINALLY taught us that if we leave it alone, it will only get infected, get worse, and be a whole lot harder ...
Views: 1433(1 vote) - Exquisite & Working: A Recipe for Life - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Liz SumnerWhat if everything in your life was exquisite and working? What if you didn't tolerate anything that wasn't-- you fixed it, replaced it, or got rid of it. What if you only had around you things that pleased you? Everything else gets tossed, returned, or given away. I have a sense that putting ...
Views: 1326(1 vote) - Flow With The Present Moment - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Guy FinleyFlow With The Present Moment Into The Fullness Of The Free Mind Here's an inner life exercise of immeasurable value. Think of these new instructions as a kind of special cleansing agent, but not as a way to improve yourself. Let me explain. When we wash a window, to clean away its ...
Views: 1663(1 vote) - DUH! - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from George SewellYou’ve done it, I know you have. Is there anyone, at one time or other, who hasn’t opened their hand, popped their forehead and said, or thought, “DUH!” It’s intriguing, the “Duh” moment. The word may be contemporary, but the sudden awareness of “foolish me, I knew that!” is nothing new. ...
Views: 1402(1 vote) - Your Best Is Plenty Good Enough. - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from greg hickmanThe best are a fearless group. You’ll never catch them running away or backing down from an imposing challenge. As a matter of fact, these top performers look at challenges as golden opportunities to put their best to the test and really find out what they are made out of. They have come to ...
Views: 1364(1 vote) - Perfection - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2002 from Charlie Badenhop"Om. This is perfect. That is perfect. From the perfect, comes the perfect. If from the perfect the perfect is taken away, Only the perfect remains. Om, peace, peace, peace." This sense of perfection, is the inherent blessing that exists as the essence of everything. This sense of perfection is ...
Views: 1290(1 vote) - How to Use Humor to Improve Your Relationships - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2002 from Mike MooreHumor has long been considered one of the most effective tools to judge the quality of any relationship. If there is laughter present you can assume that the relationship is a healthy one. When the laughter ceases you can be quite certain that the relationship is on the down slide. This ...
Views: 2716(1 vote) - Eleven Keys to Constant Happiness - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2002 from Hale DwoskinThe following article is based on principles from the recent #1 best-selling book, Happiness Is Free and the Sedona Method Course. These principles will show you how to access your natural ability to let go of any unwanted thought or feeling on the spot, even when you are right in the middle ...
Views: 3326(1 vote) - Wiggle Room - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2002 from Deborah MartinI was paddling a new river a couple of weekends ago and came up behind a beaver. He didn't know I was there. I spoke up, trying to give him fair warning, but by the time I saw him, I was on top of the poor fellow. We were both pretty surprised. As we went down river together at about the same ...
Views: 1508(1 vote) - Is Your Court in Session? - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2002 from Jerry LopperIs your courtroom in session? That is, are you acting as prosecutor, judge, and jury for your fellow humans? Do you evaluate the actions and behaviors of your loved ones, reminding them even silently that they’re doing things the "wrong" way? I thought my courtroom was closed, but I was fooled ...
Views: 1546(1 vote) - IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2002 from Sharif KhanIt is very easy in today’s ‘quick fix’ society to sacrifice quality and give in to mediocrity. There are too many products in the marketplace that are nothing more than crap with a pretty package, (sometimes even the packaging is garbage) put out by individuals with false hopes of making a ...
Views: 1540(1 vote) - Focus On The JOY! - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Kathy GatesIt’s the Holiday Season --A new year is upon us! I’ll bet you’re already thinking about how you’d like next year to be a little different than the last, right? (yes, I see hands raising!) But instead of thinking of performance, and efficiency, and control, I’d like you to take this ...It’s ...
Views: 1538 - God doesn't say "No"...YOU do. - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Bob DoyleThere are a couple of things you've probably heard said over and over. The first is, "Why doesn't God answer my prayers?". What you'll generally hear next is the response which goes something like, "God DOES answer your prayers. Sometimes he just says 'No'". The fact is, it's not God who says ...
Views: 1979 - When It Was Fun - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Liz SumnerWhen did it stop being fun to try things we're not already good at? There must have been a time when it was okay to experiment, before self-criticism paralyzed us with its withering attacks. It's so unfair to expect perfection the first time out. Wouldn't it be great if performance didn't matter ...
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