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More Harmony in Your Life is the Best
Is stuff getting you down? Is turmoil a word you use more now than ever? Know this - you will survive; you are doing that now, and you will thrive - some of you are thriving right now. Let's all get better together. When you have a harmony of body, mind, and spirit,...
Be Extra Kind to Someone Today
“In the Buddhist tradition, compassion and love are seen as two aspects of the same thing: Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness." - The Dalai Lama. Today is a good day to be compassionate with...
Have You Ever Experienced Joy?
It is time to feel some joy in your life. Joy is experienced through selflessness; that makes joy different from happiness. Happiness has a range, joy stands alone. Joy is a cause. Joy is the cause of how we feel after we have experienced reaching out to others and...
Is Confidence in the Genes or is it a Skill?
When I watch ten, eleven up to thirteen-year-olds composing music, playing instruments, singing songs, and writing readable books, I realize that the most important ingredient they have is confidence. Whether it is in their genes or they have developed confidence at...
Thoughts are the Forerunner of Our Actions
Thoughts are the forerunner of our actions said Max Muller and he was right. What we think more than what we say or do is who we become. If we follow our thoughts, based on our current state of mind, we may surprise ourselves and find that we are not in a very good...
Creativity Does Not Present Itself Well When You Are Under Stress
If you are a creative person and strive for even more and greater creativity, slow down. Creativity does not present itself well under stress, although you may think it does. In fact, creativity does not require thinking at all. "The lash may force men to physical...
Your Inner Journey to Self-Knowledge
Most people are unfamiliar with themselves. They have yet to hold themselves up to the mirror and ask the hard questions. Questions hold power; they draw out answers that usually surprise. And the answers change, especially if you are on the path to higher and clear...
Are You Afraid of the Question or the Answer?
Many are afraid to ask questions; they think questions are invasive. Some questions may appear to be invasive, yet all someone is asking is for the other’s truth. How else will we know who we are dealing with if we do not ask questions? How would I know if I wanted to...
Sometimes it is Hard to Keep Your Commitments
I recently made the acquaintance of a bird, a Willow Goldfinch, measuring about 4 inches from beak to tail, who visited me very early in the mornings, early enough to wake me up. How nice, Summer has arrived in my area of Washington State and the birds are singing!...
Don’t Give Up Yet
I am sure some of you just want to cut and run and let go of what you doing right now. Sounds great and maybe even easy for you to do. To go off to that peaceful place of no or fewer responsibilities. To remove yourself from all the chaos life is presenting right now....
Can Hope be a Beneficial Part of Your Life Plan?
What is the Big Picture for your life? Do you even have a bigger view of who you are or what you want to do next? I ask questions as it is sometimes the only way to know what is going on in one's life. Ask yourself questions and get these thoughts out of your head and...
3 is a Magical Number
3 strikes and you are out! One, two, three go! 3 is the number of time: past, present, future. 3rd time lucky. There are 3 primary colors. The Holy Trinity. The 3 leaf clover. The list goes on. The only important 3 to focus on today are these 3 questions. Ask...
Sometimes We Are Distracted From Our Path
You are the best you in the world, however, if you are constantly distracted by either boredom or what is going on in the world, it is time to get back to your life plan or vision or both It appears to be very easy to be distracted right now. You may be glued to your...
Stop Complaining and Start Being Creative
In my book, 'Vision with a Capital V - Create the Business of Your Dreams', I have a Twelve-step program to help get you where you want to be. We all have muddled lives, filled with distractions. Our attempts at clarity require conscious attention. I say, as part of...
Are You a Busy Bee or a Slow Sloth?
How you live your life is entirely up to you. You could be a slow sloth or a busy bee; you could care or not care – the choice is yours. If you are a busy bee, for example, you may have a very long list of things to be completed or started or anything in between....
In Dismal Times Anything Positive Will Help
In dismal times, most anything positive will help. Let gratitude help you even more, especially now. ‘Gratitude is the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.’ (dictionary) To be grateful lets you feel good about yourself....
Teams Provide All the Help You Need
Being part of a team reduces the stress you place on your shoulders by going it alone. A team starts out with two or more people with the same end goal in sight. Each member hopefully has a skill different from the other, yet in alignment with each other. This is the...
The Butler Didn’t Do It
'I can do that!' Well, no, I can't really; however, others have. Did you know that several of the participants on the Food Network show 'Chopped' were either a college student, graduate, or working in totally different worlds than culinary arts? Former biotech...
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