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- How to successfully rise to the occasion! - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2003 from Caroline JalangoWhether you are working on fulfilling a dream, launching into business, or selling a product or a service, there comes a moment when all the theory and knowledge you have gathered has to be practically applied and turned into reality. This is the point where the rubber meets the road. The point ...
Views: 1178(1 vote) - Living With Integrity -- Handling Broken Promises - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2003 from Miami PhillipsEach and every day, we all make promises. We make these promises in many different ways, and in a variety of forms. A promise can be as simple as "I'll call you back", or as committing as "I promise to get that done!" Often we can make promises and commitments without thinking through the ...
Views: 1156(1 vote) - Forgiveness - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2003 from Athene RaefielMany people believe that they can leave the past behind simply by not thinking about it. The past, the present and the future are all interconnected and one part cannot exist without the others. When we push the past away we begin to stuff our feelings. We become disconnected and fragmented. We ...
Views: 4244(1 vote) - The Vacuum Law of Prosperity - by The universe cannot put good into your hand, until you let go of
what you are holding in it.
If you walk down the beach, you leave footprints in the sand.
But give the wind and the waves a few minutes, and those tracks
will be filled in. Just as vegetation will cover a field and an
agenda ...
Views: 8481(1 vote) - 10 Magical Steps to Fulfilling Your Prosperity Dream! - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2003 from Melissa ZolloSo you want to be successful, healthy, happily married, and rich? Do you feel like a successful, healthy, happily married, accepted, rich person? Or do feelings of resistance, frustration, anxiety, insecurities and deceit shadow you? Are you still feeling needy, lost, rejected and deprived? Do ...
Views: 2673(1 vote) - STOP TRYING - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2003 from Mark ThompsonHow many times have you felt like giving up? How many times have you thought it's not worth it? How many experiences have you had that made you think, "Why am I doing this?" It could be a small business venture you're going for. It could be a relationship you decided to go into. Maybe ...
Views: 1381(1 vote) - Why be Happy tomorrow When you Could be Happy Today? - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2003 from Ted SchreddLiving in the “Now” is more than just a new-age voodoo ritual or something a guy named Buddha dreamed up 2,500 years ago; it is a fantastic way to live. Being out of the moment is when your mind is somewhere your body is not. Let’s start with the past. The past has passed-it’s done, finito, ...
Views: 2415(1 vote) - The Freedom Solution - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2003 from John BarkerWow, what a great feeling! You woke up day after day, feeling this nagging sense of dissatisfaction. “Is this what my life has become? Trudging from point A to point B with life’s great exhilaration coming from a cup of java?”, you quietly asked yourself, day after day. The days melted away ...
Views: 1189(1 vote) - Quick Fixes: Happiness in a Bottle - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2003 from Priya Florence ShahThis is the age of the Quick Fix - the magic bullets that claim to take away our sorrows, our tiredness, our sadness. You need look no farther than your mailbox to see the range of remedies - prescription drugs and supplements - being plugged for everything from stress to low energy. In the ...
Views: 1498(1 vote) - How To Find, Sustain and Share Happiness - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2003 from Caterina RandoHappiness- you can’t beg for it or buy it or even barter for it. You can however create it and better yet sustain it. If you want to be happier long-term make creating and sustaining happiness a priority and apply the following happiness sustaining principals. Choose it The old adage, "people ...
Views: 2359(1 vote) - What Are You <i>REALLY</i> Communicating? - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2003 from PaulWhen Martin Luther King stood on the steps and proclaimed "I have a dream!" he did more than give a speech. When John F Kennedy told America that he saw a man on the moon, he was not just giving a speech. When these great men communicated, they did more than speak. They projected their vision ...
Views: 988(1 vote) - You have more time than you think! - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2003 from Dave WinsorIt’s occurred to me several times that we don’t have enough hours in the day to finish all the jobs we have. We take the job home with us. After all, we are the embodiment of what we do. Create a fantasy. Smash up against reality. We think up complex games, contest ideas, promotional ...
Views: 983(1 vote) - Anam Cara - Soul Friend - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2003 from Miami PhillipsI am reading a book named Anam Cara-A Book of Celtic Wisdom by John O'Donohue. It is fascinating! Anam Cara in Gaelic means “soul friend”. Your Anam Cara is a person who you could reveal the deepest intimacies of your life to -- someone with whom to share your soul. Do we have friends like that ...
Views: 1389(1 vote) - Signs Along the Road to Achievement - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2003 from Steve BrunkhorstOne of the first things most of us remember hearing when learning to drive an automobile was "Keep your hands on the wheel." Then there were other precautions like, "Keep your eyes on the road, drive defensively, buckle up for safety, and watch the road signs!" These basic precautions would ...
Views: 1173(1 vote) - Forward-Living Legend - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2003 from Mark ThompsonThis FORWARD-LIVING Legend has taken his abilities and energy and focused them in such a way that enabled him to overcome many obstacles throughout his life. His childhood was one of poverty, slavery and some of the most debilitating work known to man. He was born in 1856. During his years of ...
Views: 1127(1 vote) - Polishing the Mirror - by Submitted on May 30, 2003 from Judith PenningtonSeveral years ago, during an interview with Bernie Siegel on precognitive intuition and the role it plays in his life, this distinguished doctor and bestselling author recounted a story about a patient who criticized him for his anger. Siegel responded, "I was angry because of what I had to do ...
Views: 1132(1 vote) - Having It All: Why some people make the leap—and others don’t! - by Submitted on May 28, 2003 from Keith VarnumWe are each beings of light. Within that light are all the colors of the rainbow—all the aspects of God and humanity—all the power of our natural spiritual abilities. Why do some of us open to the full spectrum of our magnificence and power? Why do most of us continue to see only black and ...
Views: 1138(1 vote) - ***10 Steps to Jump-Start Your Life Today! - by Submitted on May 08, 2013 from Jim Allen1. Now is the time to be honest with yourself and others. If you're trying to revitalize yourself, you have to be honest about what is and is NOT working in your life. Self-deception is like driving around in circles: you're moving, but you're not getting anywhere. 2. The only person you ...
Views: 3819(2 votes) - Just Allow. But How? - by Submitted on May 24, 2003 from Michael LosierIf you've been practicing the Law of Attraction, then you're probably familiar with the expressions, "just Allow" and "it will come." Well, technically, both expressions are true. However, Allowing is not just thinking that you can have your desire - it's also knowing and feeling that it is ...
Views: 1440(1 vote) - Get To Know Yourself - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2010 from Kimberly FulcherEight Baby Steps To Knowing Your "Self" Who are you? What do you stand for? What do you believe in? What engages your passion? What brings tears of gratitude and joy to your eyes? Do you know, or have you lost yourself? In my work as a professional coach, I’ve helped many people ...
Views: 1131(1 vote) - Being Committed - by Submitted on May 21, 2003 from Liz SumnerA number of years ago at my first personal growth seminar, the wise group leader asked if I had problems with commitment. I clearly remember my thought processes. "Commitment? I'm not sure I understand what that means. Oh well, it's probably not important." That was a pivotal realization for ...
Views: 1194(1 vote) - Potholes on the road to success - by Submitted on May 19, 2003 from Nicholas DixonHowdy folks, today I would like to speak to you about the journey to success. Potholes on that road to be more exact. Success is the one thing that everyone aspires to attain in life. But for many it has been very elusive, leaving them to believe it is a matter of luck or a gift. Success can be ...
Views: 1605(1 vote) - Decisions, Decisions - by Submitted on May 14, 2003 from Thelma MarianoIt was the hardest decision of my life. Was now the time to put my mother in a nursing home? My mother, at 83, is fiercely independent and lives on her own. Unfortunately she is becoming more and more confused due to Alzheimers. After the low score on her last geriatric evaluation, the ...
Views: 1230(1 vote) - Ten Steps to an Easy Life--Without Struggle - by Submitted on May 14, 2003 from Jerry LopperWhat does it mean to you to live an easy life? Do you envision a life on the beach or around a pool, surrounded by everything you need for relaxation and entertainment? I’m talking about something else--to me, an Easy Life means a life that is easy to live--a life without struggle or hardship--a ...
Views: 13257(2 votes) - Love, Fear and Reaching Out - by Submitted on May 13, 2003 from Julie HargreavesWhen you are "full of love" is there any room for fear? What is love exactly anyway? What is fear? We feel them, but what are they? We perceive light with our eyes, so what is it that we use to sense love or fear? Our body? Our mind? Our soul? Well, just as we're aware of the rays from a lamp ...
Views: 1058(1 vote) - A Homebuyers Checklist of Common Feng Shui Problems - by Submitted on May 09, 2003 from Kathryn WeberBuying a home is usually a stressful experience. So much rides on a new home because this is where you relax, have fun, sleep, eat; in short, it's the place central to your life. Not only that, but homes usually cost a whole lot of money and represent our single largest investment. Most ...
Views: 10136(1 vote) - Massage Your Mind!--A Spontaneous Woo to You - by Submitted on May 08, 2003 from Maya FrostAs I was driving to a friend’s house recently, I passed the Dublin Pub, a local watering hole known for its live music. On the reader board, one band’s name caught my eye: Spontaneous Woo. Hmmm, I thought. What a cool concept. There is nothing quite like letting out a joyous, spontaneous ...
Views: 995(1 vote) - The Power of Focus - by Submitted on May 07, 2003 from John AssarafMany years ago, I coined the terms "Bull's-eye Thinking" and "Bull's-eye Action" as a way to get the businesses and individuals I was consulting with, to focus only on the most important activities every day, instead of the "stuff" that shows up on a daily basis. Some of them were forever ...
Views: 1084(1 vote) - 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: 2659(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: 1185(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: 1259(1 vote) - Learn - Do - Teach - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2003 from Michael RawlsLearning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers and teachers. Richard Bach How Insight Becomes Example Most lessons in life come as "lightbulb moments" - a flash of ...
Views: 1439(1 vote) - What are Soft Addictions? - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2003 from Judith WrightExcerpt The following is an excerpt from the book There Must Be More Than This: Finding More Life, Love and Meaning by Overcoming Your Soft Addictions by Judith Wright Published by Broadway; March 2003; $23.00US/$35.00CAN; 0-7679-1339-6 Copyright © 2003 Judith Wright What are Soft ...
Views: 3169(1 vote) - Boost Your Luck With These 6 Simple Strategies - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2003 from Vicky WhiteIn life some people appear lucky. In Feng Shui it often appears as if things happen by magic for some. Co-incidences seemly appear from nowhere. You're thinking about a new direction for your business and you just happen to be introduced to the perfect person to help you move in that ...
Views: 5222(1 vote) - RELEASE, SHIFT & MOVE ON without Analysing - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2003 from Michael CohenHi, I'm Michael Cohen, Bioenergy Healer and Teacher...welcome to the world of energy medicine and energy healing. I work within the field of Bioenergy using a technique known as Bio Plasmic Manipulation (BPM). My website will take you through the different applications and techniques that i am ...
Views: 1318(1 vote) - Success (A Perspective) - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2003 from Mark ThompsonI've been thinking a lot about success and achievement lately. I've come to believe that our success is not something that “just happens”. Our success or lack of success is a direct result of the decisions we make. If we want to become wealthy, we must make wealthy decisions. If we want to ...
Views: 1090(1 vote) - Find Passion In What You Do - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2003 from Josh HindsFind something you feel passionately about - Ok, I'll readily admit that on the surface this seems like a no-brainer. Yet it never ceases to amaze me by how many people I talk with that feel as though they're just going through the motions with regards to the events in their lives (both business ...
Views: 1423(1 vote) - What Do You Believe is Truth? - by The Universe is Love. Love is the only reality. This may not be new, but an awareness of an incredible process may be. We are here to remember, or, rediscover, ourselves as part of the Universe – as Love. We remember who we are as we experience what Love is and what Love is not. Both help us ...
Views: 1063(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: 2355(1 vote) - Who Are We, Really? - by Whether I’m gazing at a majestically sculptured building, reading of a startling medical breakthrough, or soaring over the earth during a transcontinental flight, I’m always awed by the genius of humanity.
The world is millions of years old, and yet, in only a comparatively short period of ...
Views: 1232(1 vote) - Healing From the Inside Out - by There is a consciousness movement around the world that reflects an advancement in human evolution – a growing recognition, or, more rightly, a remembrance that we are spiritual beings first, and in physical form, second. Many have surged past the limiting belief in body and mind alone, forging ...
Views: 1201(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: 1896(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: 2351(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: 4228(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: 4667(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: 1415(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: 3887(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: 1201(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: 1506(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: 1506(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 ...
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