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How We Live Our Lives

Annie Dillard once noted “How we live our days is how we live our lives.”  We all have approximately 365 great days a year.  Make the most of these days given to you, by beginning in the morning.  Start with a good breakfast!

In all seriousness, how you begin the morning sets the tone for the day, which is the time of your life. This is important stuff!  Choose the first hour of your day!

For some people, a great day begins with reading or prayer.  Others begin at the gym, while others start by getting the kids dressed and off to school.  Some make oatmeal, fruit and coffee. I think success requires that you start the day in the way that is right for you.

Our Lady’s Juggler

Many years ago, I used to write Christmas poems, and decided that it would be fun to start that custom again.  Hope you enjoy Our Lady’s Juggler, as much as I did, creating it.

“OUR LADY’S JUGGLER”

Time For Reflection

This is my favorite time of the year.  It is the time for   reflection on what is happening in your life.   While   running errands, I was sitting in traffic, so I turned  on the radio and heard John Lennon’s, “Happy Xmas (War is Over)”.

Unfortunately war and terrorism are not over, yet.  To  people all over the world who are caught up in violence,  often far from home, lonely, hungry and scared, our  fervent wishes that the New Year bring peace.  In this season, may you know the ordinary joy of…

Want To Feel Good Fast?

We recently came across an article by J Brad Britton, about gratitude, and the top ten reasons to adopt the “Laws of Gratitude” in your life:   We enjoyed it so much, that we wanted to share it with all of you, with the  hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

1. Being in Gratitude Only Has Positive Side Effects :
Positive emotions make you feel good and offer a sense of comfort.  When we take a few moments to express our appreciation inwardly or to another, immediately we begin to feel happier, more relaxed, more optimistic…

Plant Your Trouble Tree

As we look forward to Thanksgiving for our US readers,  we found a great story to share with all of you, and hope you will pass it on along to your readers, friends, and family.  You may find that you want to plant your trouble tree today.  We hope  you find this story fun, thought-provoking and up-lifting, and perhaps you will get a nice chuckle….

Greatness Is Your Birthright

Greatness is your birthright.  So, with that in mind, what does a GREAT life mean to you?  That is one of the most important questions an adult can ask and answer.   Here are some thoughts, that I learned from one of my favorite mentors…Philip Humbert.  No one wants to live a life of misery, but in many ways we think it’s even more important that we refuse to live a life of boredom, repetition, or a life  filled with “partly cloudy” days. Too many of us settle for safety.tv, or comfort.com, or convenience.org,  instead of actually living our own unique and wonderful lives.

Dreaming

Part of our paradigm shift power, is dreaming.  Yes, learning to dream again, will help you get “out of the rat race” and spend some time “smelling the cheese” of your own dreams and desires.

For some of us, that is a hard lesson.  Our dreams seem to have been lost in the reality of years ago.  Our goal should be to find a vehicle for fulfilling lifelong dreams, and find a coach to help us dream again.

Life Is Like A Rubber Band Part Two

Several days ago, we looked at Life is a rubber band… “vision and reality”. Let’s explore that further, with part two. We understand the value of goals, and how they will help increase our “vision”.

Think of your goals as a vehicle to the substance, style, and freedom of a rewarding life. Just like you need your “car” or a mode of transportation, to get you from point A to point B … you need your goals to get you from where you are, to where you want to be….

Life Is Like A Rubber Band Part One

Sometimes, life is like a rubber band.  Imagine you are holding a large rubber band, between your hands.  Move your hands apart, and the rubber band stretches…right?  Now, what does that rubber band want to naturally do?  It wants to relax, and come back together.

Taking this a step further, imagine the left hand is your reality.  Everything you are in your life today, and everything you have, including all of your thoughts and feeling about your life.

Now let’s imagine the right hand is your vision….

Three Phrases For Success

Have you ever noticed how you can detect a person’s approach to life, by the words they use in every day conversations?  Are they a pessimist, or an optimist?

The optimist says “It can be done.  We just have to find a way to do it.”

The pessimist will say, “I don’t think it will work.  We’ve tried it before, and it wasn’t good.”  You will find that most people are consistent.

By adding just three simple phrases to our vocabulary, we can all shift our approach to life, create success, and realize our own greatness!  Want to know what they are?

10 Ways To Coach Yourself To Success

10 Ways to Coach Yourself to Total Success!

by Dr. Philip E. Humbert

I have many articles from Dr. Humbert, but I especially enjoyed this one, so I am sharing it with you today.  Enjoy…

Coaching is about being your best.  It’s about performance, about staying the course and, in the end, about creating and living the life you really want.  Many people use coaches to make more money, win the gold prize or do something dramatic.  That’s fun, and when it’s right, it’s wonderful!

But most importantly…

Take Action

Engaging in genuine discipline requires that you develop the ability to take action.  You don’t need to be hasty, if it isn’t required,  but you don’t want to lose much time either!

Here’s the time to act…

Tips To Having A Balanced Life

Tips To Have A Balanced Life:

The next time you start a conversation with a harried business person,
(one of those plenty-of-money, but no-time-to-live type), hand them
these commandments for balancing themselves back to a real life……

What Is Money To You? Part Two

Last week we looked at money, and what it means to each of us.  We discovered that money is just not a “word in the dictionary” .  Money, also represents an emotion to most of us.   Can we have freedom, and independence without money?  Can we have it with money?

What Is Money To You? Part One

When deciding to look at this subject closer…you will want to start with a $20.00 bill, and a dictionary.  Ask yourself, what is money?  The definition I found is: “money — stamped pieces of metal, or any paper notes, authorized by the government as a medium of exchange.”

If money is just stamped pieces of paper, or metal, than WHY does it have such power over our lives?

Abundance Actions

Keep a journal of abundance and acknowledgment. On a daily basis, write in a small notebook these two sentences:

“Today I am grateful for…….”
”Today I acknowledge or praise myself for……..”

Record 10 responses to each. 10 Gratitude’s and 10 Acknowledgments
The entries can be for big or small things. Maybe it is simply:
“I acknowledge myself for washing my face before bed, because I usually
don’t want to!

This exercise is designed to help you begin to focus your thoughts daily, on the abundance around, and within you. It will shift your energy and your reality. So will this next exercise…..

Laughter Is Your Instant Vacation

Laughter has, and will always be the best part of  our lives.  Some of these quotes have been  circulating through email, and I enjoyed them so  much, I wanted to share them with everybody.   It  has been said that “We need 12 laughs a day, to stay  healthy.  So here is your healthy, stress free instant  vacation.

“My doctor is wonderful!  Once , when I couldn’t afford an operation, he …

What Do You Want?

Everyone grows up with dreams.  Remember when  we were young we all had dreams and we literally  thought that the impossible was possible.  Come  back to that place.

This week think about what you truly want.  We all start off creating our goals and writing our WHY.  If you haven’t done that, then do so NOW. Throw your reservations and fears away, and …

A Vision Problem

John Milton Fogg, is one of the authors that has totally changed my vision. I recently saw one his articles, that was published years and years ago, but it applies today, as it did then.   Here is some of that article, for you to contemplate.

Remember when I told you that once you’re committed to your success you’ll immediately have a doubtful thought such as…

Life Is Like A Jigsaw Puzzle

Life can sometimes feel like a jigsaw puzzle.  Out of that, are some interesting life strategies, that can apply to how you can put your life back together.  Here are a few ideas, for you to think about…