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How To Handle Change…

Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.  – Karen Kaiser Clark

change…

‘Change is inevitable’ was the topic of a thought-provoking motivational program I viewed last night. What does this mean? How does change impact our personal and work lives? How should we approach change or in other words how should we approach Life itself?

acceptance

When we accept truth, we invite peace. There may not be peace at first but acceptance leads to a resting place from where clarity of mind emerges. With a clear mind we can assess the situation and take next steps as necessary. Once we accept the truth that ‘change is inevitable’ then we better understand that our current circumstances won’t last. When we expect change we can be less fearful. When we welcome change growth becomes possible.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM growing while changing!

Recommendation: Life’s Little Instruction Book by H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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What Are We Sowing?

What a person plants, he will harvest. Galatians 6:7

consequences

We all seem to have an inherent sense of the laws that pervade our universe. We know for example that the seasons follow a certain rhythm and that what goes up must come down. Many also believe that we shall ‘reap what we sow’. How might this truth impact our daily living? Why is it important to understand this?

what goes around…

Thoughts come first. And thoughts are as real as physical deeds and actions. Our intentions are thoughts too. So our intentions are important. Our attitude is another form of thinking thoughts and yields its own impact. Thoughts are vibrations and whatever we intend or project is carried across time and space to people and events around us. Nothing is secret to the Universe. All that we do and think is transparent to the laws that govern our existence. What would happen if we live with the full integrity of knowing this truth? In other words what would happen if don’t think ill of anyone and if we conduct our lives knowing that we are an open book?

Daily Affirmation: Today I respect the laws that govern life!

Recommendation: The Law of Attraction by Esther Hicks

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What To Expect?

If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.Heraclitus

getting surprised

The call of adventure, the mystery of the unknown, the scenic view around the next bend of the road, the birthday present wrapped in shiny paper, what would life be without pleasing surprises? How can we be surprised by life all the time?

in the moment

What would happen if we lived truly in the moment and not be straddled by the hurts or memories of the past nor worried about the future? What would be the result of a fearless expectation of the unexpected? A rich hope for that which may happen at any time? What if we expected amazing surprises every day of our lives? What kind of life would that be?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM expectant of the unexpected!

Recommendation: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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Why A New Beginning Is Needed!

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.Little Gidding by TS Eliot

celebrate!

See you back on January 2nd, 2012!

2012 is kicking off real soon! Let’s celebrate our 2011 achievements and be extremely thankful for what is. It’s time to reflect. Here are some possibilities!

  • Why is life worth living?
  • What’s unique about me?
  • Whose life can I impact positively?
  • What’s my next step?
  • What can I celebrate about life today?

a new beginning

Let’s become possibilitarians, because life is all about possibilities that we create and co-create with others. God is a partner too, let’s not forget that. Let’s intend to start afresh after some soul-searching and make 2012 our best year ever!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM thankful!

Recommendation: Gratitude: A Daily Journal by Jack Canfield

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Where am I?

Where am I?Neale Donald Walsch

questions unlimited

Neale calls them the 3 persistent questions and the 4 fundamental questions of life! We started with persistent question #1 here: What Is It That? Fundamental question #2 is presented above. The first fundamental question was ‘Who am I?

where am i?

Where am I along the following dimensions?

  • Life aspirations
  • Relationships
  • Religion, spirituality, God, etc…

We must really mull this question. Where do I exist? What’s my relationship with others, with the groups I interact with, with society, my country, my planet, with my religion, with God and with Eternity?

Daily Affirmation: Today I mull over where I AM…

Recommendation: The Storm Before the Calm by Neale Donald Walsch

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What Can We Let Go?

Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?Questions

baggage

What baggage do we carry around that would best be dropped off? Emotional baggage like the following?

  • Why life hasn’t been fair
  • Why certain people failed us
  • How some folks hurt us
  • Why I’m not good enough

There can be many a psychological baggage that we lug around, let’s discover some and let go!

journal & forgive

If we’re not sure what we’re carrying around then let’s listen to our ‘recorded message’. This is the message we playback to self and others when we’re complaining about life. It’s a message that’ll surface if we either pay attention or journal our thoughts. The surest way to free self and move forward with gusto is to recognize this recording. Pay full attention to it, forgive the other person or self as needed and move on. Doing this daily for a while might be necessary before this emotional charge loses its hold on us!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM letting go!

Recommendation: Choose Them Wisely: Thoughts Become Things!
by Mike Dooley

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¿Quién Soy Yo or Qui Suis-je?

Who am I?Neale Donald Walsch

fundamental questions!

Neale calls them the 3 persistent questions and the 4 fundamental questions of life! Here’s the first fundamental question that we ought to ask self…

who am i?

This question can generate numerous multi-faceted enquiries and possible answers. We may ask from the perspective of biology, sociology, religion, philosophy, country, race, family and the universe! But ask we must. It’s essential that we gain some understanding of how we view self because that will guide how we view others and therefore our relationships with them and the world.

There’s also the question of the little ‘i’ and the big ‘I’. The question can be asked iteratively and through-out our lives! It’s not a question that can ever fully be answered either!

Daily Affirmation: Today I ponder ‘Who AM I’?

Recommendation: The Storm Before the Calm by Neale Donald Walsch

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