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- Nakai, A Renaissance Man - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2008 from Dan LissR. Carlos Nakai, the person responsible for making the music of the Native American wooden flute popular, is a true Renaissance man. I have had the pleasure of hearing him play in person as well as hearing his recordings and interviewing him. I liked the sound of the instrument so much that I ...
Views: 828 - Inspirational Way To Start Each New Day! - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2008 from Krystal KuehnToday let's concentrate on being happy. Live life like a child! If you capture the spirit of a child, life becomes much easier. Never let life's pressures bring you down! This is the day the Lord has made--we will rejoice and be glad in it! ~Rev Run Take a moment and think about how you began ...
Views: 1935(1 vote) - Second Childhood Now Available - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2008 from elizabeth cassidyLast Saturday we went to my brother David’s house for a block party. It was humid. How unusual. It was also overcast and noisy and the streets were filled with kids running around. Some boys were playing basketball and trying to impress some cute girls who would rather be with the Jonas ...
Views: 996 - Unconditional Love - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2008 from Stacey PollockUnconditional love is the path to fulfillment. Is it possible to find in life a love that holds the test of time? That no matter what happens through experience that this love will continually follow us through all that we do. This love comes firstly from deep within, a self love based on the ...
Views: 1042 - 3 Easy Ways To Celebrate Your Home! - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2008 from Melissa GaltHome is truly our external heart and as such it needs a lot of care and attention in its decorating and development. Invite friends and family to contribute to the creation of your home. A house is merely a dwelling; it becomes a home when you use your heart to express your environment in a ...
Views: 1175 - My Buddy's Candle - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from FSB AuthorsWhen I finished writing this story two meaningful events occurred. One day while discussing this with a friend she told me she had the same thing happen to her. She watched her dog be run over by the school bus which was bringing her home from school. Sharing Buddy's story helped her to ...
Views: 601 - Be Still aAd Know That I Am God - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2008 from Paula MarolewskiBe - Come with who you are, as you are. Come knowing that your personality and individuality are safe. Don't try to empty yourself of your selfhood: rather, acknowledge that selfhood and understand that it is treasured in heaven's eyes. Still - Having come as yourself, quiet yourself. Not ...
Views: 756 - What is Greatness? - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2008 from Joel Bryant, Ed.D.Greatness is simply rising to the occasion to meet the needs of the moment -- whatever they are. Ideally it is executing with accurate perception what is needed in the moment. Thus accurate perception and not heroic action is what makes the great great and the moment memorable. To the frantic ...
Views: 4922 - The Flow Of Creativity In Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2008 from Colleen Hoffman SmithFor the last four months I have been weaving a family web day in and day out, spending 4 – 5 days a week up north caring for my parents, as they make a transition from major health challenges. It is amazing how our minds can trick us as we convince and defend our situation making it all ...
Views: 1108 - The Teacher And The Vase - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2008 from John MehrmannWe are never too late to thank our teachers, and never too old to learn from children. Wide eyes stared with rapt anticipation as the teacher strolled between the rows of desks. The teacher carried a stack of construction paper in her arms, handing a single sheet of fresh clean paper to each ...
Views: 1482 - Finding Your Passion - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2008 from Susan Del GattoFinding your passion takes meditating thoughts and honesty. The rewards that you reap are happiness, exhilaration and contentment in finding the meaning of your life. There is a natural balance created within the world and we need every person and their gifts and skills that they were given ...
Views: 1740 - Are You A Game Show Contestant? - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2008 from Cherokee BillieDo you notice when watching a game show how excited the contestants are? They come to the stage and you literally see people break out into sobs or kiss each other and jump around expressing joy and stating that they are going to win the prize no matter what it takes. Guess what? The producers ...
Views: 809 - Life's A Marathon - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2008 from Matt JonesTwenty-five years old and sitting on a hospital bed, upon reaching down to tie my shoes I could not remember how. The week before I had slipped into a semi-coma after cancer spread to my brain. The physical therapist looked on as my dad walked over and just like when I was a boy tied my shoes. ...
Views: 924 - How To Use Your Faith To Move Mountains - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2008 from Jimmy RoosMost people believe that faith is something powerful to have and that by having faith they can accomplish great things. However they think that in order to accomplish great things they need to have more faith then they currently have. Jesus' disciples thought so too, hence their request to him ...
Views: 6807 - This Moment - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2008 from Alice GardnerWhat is this moment like if we stop assuming that it needs improving? What if we just stopped trying to make it be different than it already is? This would mean not having an agenda about what it is supposed to be like or NOT supposed to be like. What if we finally let go of thinking we knew how ...
Views: 1068 - You And Your Life Garden - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2008 from Joan Marie WhelanThe parallels between a garden and personal growth and spiritual growth in your life are uncanny. Just like any living thing, you must nurture and maintain it to create an abundant life. In a garden, you must cultivate the soil before you can plant any seeds; so one of the first, important steps ...
Views: 882 - Cancer Conqueror Speaks to Inspire - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2008 from Matt JonesOne quote from one book inspired me in my fight with cancer. “Every adversity, failure, and setback carries with it a seed of an equal or greater benefit.” This quote from Think and Grow Rich became a daily mantra of hope and inspiration during my senior year of college. On September ...
Views: 735 - Insights & Strategies For Writing From Your Heart - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Jeanne RipleyWe all need inspiration, wait to be inspired. In my experience, it does not arise spontaneously. It demands that we take personal responsibility for finding resources such as counselors, books, workshops, energy workers and self-help groups. It takes strength, openness, willingness and patience ...
Views: 915 - Conscious Communication is Attractive - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2008 from Deanna FrazierI'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." Robert McCloskey With conscious communication we can attract the life we want in our personal relationships and in our businesses. Spend time today being conscious of what you say to others and how others react to your words. ...
Views: 930 - From Spirituality Blossoms Change - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2008 from Liz ThompsonDonovan is a successful musician with numerous Top-40 hits including “Mellow Yellow,” “Sunshine Superman,” “Epistle to Dippy,” “There is a Mountain,” “Wear Your Love Like Heaven,” “Hurdy Gurdy Man,” Jennifer Juniper, “Laleña,” “Atlantis” and “Riki Tiki Tavi.” He even worked in collaboration ...
Views: 768 - 5 Ways To Add Joy To Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2008 from Carol Martzinek1. Start the day by listening to music that makes your heart and soul sing. I find that when I do this, it puts me in a much better place the rest of the day. Some days, it may be Strauss waltzes and polkas, and some days, it's the soundtrack to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", but it works. ...
Views: 944 - Walking The Walk - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2008 from Barbara ShanahanThis weekend my daughter and I will walk 60km in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. It brought to mind the whole concept of walking our walk - not just talking the talk. How often in life do you find yourself dispensing your 'sage' advise or voicing your opinion, saying you believe in ...(insert ...
Views: 706 - After The Fall - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2008 from Johnny MorneyLife has sent more than what I consider my fair share of stumbling blocks my way over the years . My great friend and mentor Les Browns says “When you fall try to land on your back because if you can look up, you can get up. But the problem is most of the time the fall is totally ...
Views: 1073 - Running - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2008 from Vanessa RichardsonIt was a winter wonderland. The tree limbs hung limp burden from the fallen snow. The moon was full, illuminating the night with its revealing presence. Confused, she continued her lone walk. She was hurting, not a physical hurt, she thought; that would have been easier to deal with. This was an ...
Views: 857 - I never could have made it - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2008 from Vanessa RichardsonI have heard that song by Marvin Sapp on several occasions; yet I never really paid much attention to the popular song. However, due to the continuous air play of the song, I could not escape from hearing it, be it at church, on the gospel station that I faithfully tune into, or from that of my ...
Views: 828 - God knows my name and he knows yours, too! - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2008 from Vanessa RichardsonSuddenly, she was hit hard. The unexpected impact sent her sprawling to her knees. She could hear the sound of the rain pelting against her large bedroom window. It was all a strange phenomenon, to her. Dark billowy clouds had gathered hovering and intimidating. It was a remarkable sight. The ...
Views: 911 - Success is a Marathon - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2008 from Matt JonesImagine you are standing among 22,000 people. It is 6 o’clock in the morning and you are waiting for a starting gun to fire so you can run 26.2 miles. On June 4, 2006, that is where I was and for me it was a dream come true. Two years and four months earlier I was twenty-five and sitting ...
Views: 670 - Cooking Without A Recipe - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2008 from Renee BaribeauLately, I've felt like I'm cooking without a recipe. In the kitchen, I trust my instincts and knowledge of the chemistry of food. However, even on this familiar turf, I have felt a growing uncertainty about the nature of the food sources themselves. Last month, I went on retreat for a few days. ...
Views: 1176 - 7 Extraordinary Things That I Learnt In The Gurumaa Ashram - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2008 from Vijay RaisinghaniThe Gurumaa Ashram is an outstanding and unique place for self transformation for a better self, better health and wealth. It is the residing place of the enlightened Mystic – Shri Anandmurti Gurumaa, and the place where she imparts her spiritual guidance and knowledge to all visitors and ...
Views: 1079 - A Celebration To Remember Forever - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2008 from Timothy SmithThis past weekend my family and I had the PLEASURE and HONOR to attend a Farewell Ceremony to 70 Soldiers who are being deployed to The Iraqi Freedom mission. Courtesy of the family and friends of the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion, US ARMY, Mattydale N.Y. To witness this LIVE, was an ...
Views: 1034 - Success Means Being Comfortable In Your Own Skin - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2008 from Anthony VultaggioFormer Charger-Girl Lindsay Rizzo is the product of a bi-racial marriage. Her mother is Mexican and her father African-American. Despite, or maybe because of the racism she experienced, this model and actress learned early to answer the question, “Who am I?” “When I was ...
Views: 2910 - Listen...Is Spiitual Geography Calling You? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2008 from Reggie OdomWhen we step onto our soul's path and into our greatness, every area of our lives wakes up and we are guided to our highest good in many different ways. One of these ways is through spiritual geography. Spiritual geography is the geography that we are called to for our next stage of growth, ...
Views: 700 - Why Don’t We Do What We Know We ‘Should’ And Do What We Know We Shouldn't? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2008 from Anyaa H'redullaHave you ever had the experience of knowing you should do something... but you didn’t? Or conversely, doing something that you know you shouldn't... but did? Recently, I had such an experience. When I returned from an appointment I checked my phone messages and there was a call from a ...
Views: 701 - Life's Defining Moments - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2008 from Anyaa H'redullaWhat prompts a defining moment in life? Are we always aware of its significance? Some events are definitely easier to identify than others, such as a marriage, or the birth of a child. Others are less obvious. Take an innocent thought I happened to think more than twenty years ago. I was ...
Views: 5388 - Wanting To Grow - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Cory KempStrolling up to the deli at my local grocery I didn't expect a conversation about the recession with the kind man plopping my tofu burger into its plastic take-out container. But that is what I got, an informed opinion about how the store was no longer carrying some items that hadn't been great ...
Views: 882 - Seven Specific Action Steps - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Johnny MorneyYou are about to begin a journey of challenge and growth. Without healthy self-esteem, you could have 'everything' but your life could still be a wreck. Who you believe you are is the foundation for everything you will do and experience in your lifetime. A poor self image can literally ...
Views: 789 - Sophia And Sam: Life Lessons From Little Ones - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Judy RingerRecently, I had a delightful visit with my friend, Linda, and her four-month-old twins, Sophia and Sam. Oh my. What joyful little beings. Tiny centering machines. I'd gotten lost on the way to Linda's house and arrived half an hour late, uncentered and stressed. Sophia and Sam were asleep in ...
Views: 724 - Stopping To Listen: The Precious Present - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Judy Ringer"Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his ...
Views: 1082 - Your Perfect Design - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2008 from Richard CawteIn the acorn resides the whole plan of the oak tree: the roots that will reach in time deep into the soil: the trunk that will grow thick and strong to support its branches: the leaves that will open out and flourish: and the acorns that will grow in years to come. In the egg resides the whole ...
Views: 656 - Believe In Your Dreams - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2008 from Kenia Payano "Morales"Believe in your dreams was the encouragement all over Disney World. What a great message to share with the visitors enjoying a fun family vacation! It was a great addition to the excitement of witnessing how the world of fairytales unraveled right before our eyes. Funny thing, but I believe that ...
Views: 1259(1 vote) - How to Turn Your Ideas Into Actions - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2008 from Alison FadoulDid you ever stop to think that every thing that you see around you started out as an idea? When I reflect on how far I have come in my journey I am overcome with immense gratification and a great sense of fulfillment. My book, my Ezine, and my consulting business all started out as ideas! ...
Views: 616 - Self Confidence - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2008 from Stefanie MillerNotes to Myself I have always struggled with my self confidence. For whatever reason I never really felt worthy or good enough. I would see what other people achieved and thought I am not capable of having or doing that. I didn't believe in myself. My mother would tell me, "you shouldn't ...
Views: 876 - Fight Apathy - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2008 from Mark BlackWhen was the last time that you went to the grocery store, airport, video store, bank, or any other place where you are “waited on”, and the person working behind the counter failed to say, “hello” and “thank you”? Sadly, I bet it wasn’t long ago. ...
Views: 944 - The Only Way To Be Truly Inspired Is To "Be There"! - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2010 from Daniel St-JeanJim Rohn is one of my favorite motivational speakers. And here is one of my most cherished Rohn’s quotations: “Wherever you are, BE THERE!” It was Jean Webster who said, “It isn’t the big pleasures that count the most; it’s making a great deal out of the ...
Views: 1176 - Hope Quest - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from Cory KempRemember the old days? So many answers for one simple question. In this case, I am reflecting on how far we have come in securing directions from here to there, wherever here and there may be. Used to be that maps were needed, sometimes several maps, all spread out on the kitchen table or the ...
Views: 901 - Cut Loose Your Sandbags - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2010 from Scott GreenbergIf you’re weighted down by fear, cut it loose. If you’re weighted down by anger, cut it loose. If you’re weighted down by hatred, cut it loose. If you’re weighted down by stress, cut it loose. If you’re weighted down by insecurity, cut it loose. If you’re weighted down by greed, cut it ...
Views: 1646 - Personal (and Professional) Success Tip: Do Not Do What Mr. Will And The Pizza Man Did - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2010 from Daniel St-JeanI’ve got some bad news for you; you won’t get the opportunity to read this incredible book entitled The Stevedore in the White Fedora. This novel, filled to the brim with stirring passages, was going to captivate your imagination and take you on a breathtaking adventure to some of ...
Views: 1332 - Why Is There Pain - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2008 from Pullikattil SimonThere are many questions the answers to which we don’t know. Why did God create us and why is there pain? We have to go for an interview with God to find out the answer. Why did he not leave us in the spirit instead of making us a physical being? Why did he not make man a good person, ...
Views: 662 - Beam Me Up Scotty - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2008 from Laurie BrennerEach moment of our life is a gift. The very fact that we are breathing in and out means we deserve to be here. It means that whatever we want to create in our lives is there for the creating. It means that you are a child of the universe, a divine child of the manifestation of source energy ...
Views: 951 - Inner Spiritual Intelligence! - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2008 from Gregory DrambourAbout a month ago, I had big breakthrough around our inner spiritual intelligence or our innate wisdom. I was having a week where I was finding myself frustrated and impatient, which was unusual for me because these feelings are not my norm. I learned a deeper sense of patience from my journey ...
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