Monthly Archives: February 2012

Quotes - 2012, Stillness

How To Get Anywhere…

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Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein

which mind?

Many of us live in our reasoning minds. It’s the mind that’s run by our brains. We’re conditioned that logic must be applied to every aspect of life. ‘It must make sense’ we’re told. And we buy that ‘logic’! How much time are we spending ‘thinking’ from the head vs. operating from the heart?

the heart

The power to create, the power to imagine, the power to live life fearlessly, the ability to have fun and the place from where we know where to go next, all resides in the heart. Let’s try, consciously, to operate from our hearts. Let’s notice when we’re in our heads, and then move our attention to our hearts and let go!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM heart-focused!

Recommendation: Einstein on Cosmic Religion… by Albert Einstein

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Quotes - 2012

Life’s Big Secret!

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The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work. – Oprah Winfrey

ain’t no secret

There is no big secret. And that’s life’s gift to us. A lot of what we do and create is entirely up to us. We make up a bunch of this. Which also explains why this planet is in the shape it is. There are guiding principles but that’s about it. We are truly creative beings, offspring of the mighty and loving master artist!

art

We are invited to create. We are invited to play. We are invited to experiment. We are artists let loose. How will we approach life? With fear and apprehension or as children in a playground? We are ultimately safe. Let’s rejoice in this assurance! Let’s go out and play!

“Whatever our goal, we can get there if we’re willing to play!”

Daily Affirmation: Today I play like a child!

Recommendation: Thank You, God, For Everything by August Gold

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Quotes - 2012

How Can We Be More Real?

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Do you think crying is a sign of weakness? – Questions…

cry?

Why do so many of us hesitate to cry? Why can’t we fully express ourselves? What are we afraid of? What’ll happen if others see us as we truly are? What’s the worst-case scenario when we are real with others and self?

transparency

There’s real value in expressing who we truly are. When we do that we find self. What we don’t like about self will emerge. What we love will also emerge. We may not be the best judge of what’s good or not so good within us. If we don’t express fully, the best of us will stay submerged inside us just like the worst. Let it all come out. We can be adults, we will deal with it! We will change what’s necessary…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM fearlessly real!

Recommendation: Change Your Questions, Change Your Life by Marilee G Adams

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Quotes - 2012, Stillness

How To Be Safe!

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Life carries you where it will because you are a part of itself; then there is no problem of security, of what people say or don’t say, and that is the beauty of life. – Krishnamurti

attention

We often move through the day hypnotized. We swim in a sea of thoughts, constantly thinking and rarely pausing to clear our minds. When we pay full attention to something, at that moment, we cease to think, we can see very clearly. We are then fully observing and not creating thoughts about the experience. Let’s use the same principle to understand our motivations and fears in life. Life becomes an adventure when we seek to understand self.

life

What would happen if we don’t worry about the future and regret not our past? Life can then happen. When fear is banished and we live more firmly in the present we can flow with the mighty river called Life. We are then connected with Life because we realize that we’re a part of it. And that’s the journey…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM alive!

Recommendation: The Awakening of Intelligence by Krishnamurti

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Dale Carnegie, Quotes - 2012

How To Interest People…

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The really great man is the man who makes every man feel great. – G. K. Chesterton

interesting others

Most people love to talk! We should let them! Not only that, ideally, whenever we open our mouths we should focus on what’s most important to the other person. And lets do so genuinely. Relationship success is thus guaranteed!

life principles

8th Dale Carnegie Principle: Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.

An excerpt from the book:

Everyone who was ever a guest of Theodore Roosevelt was astonished at the range and diversity of his knowledge. Whether his visitor was a cowboy or a Rough Rider, a New York politician or a diplomat, Roosevelt knew what to say. And how was it done? The answer was simple. Whenever Roosevelt expected a visitor, he sat up late the night before, reading up on the subject in which he knew his guest was particularly interested.
For Roosevelt knew, as all leaders know, that the royal road to a person’s heart is to talk about the things he or she treasures most.

Daily Affirmation: Today I focus on others…

Recommendation: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

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Quotes - 2012

What To Handle Boredom?

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Dream different dreams while on the same bed. – Chinese Proverb

bored?

What should we do when we feel bored? Here’s a suggestion, ask some questions:

  • What would we rather do?
  • What is this state of feeling bored?
  • What are we really seeking?
  • What’s missing?

imagination

What we often don’t use is our amazing faculty of imagination! Remember, each moment of our lives is brand new and unique. Never again will such a moment ever come into being! That idea is mind boggling! Change is ever-present, time is passing, so where are we in all this??

The same mind that claims its bored can be turned on its figurative head! Let’s use our power of imagination to dream up a life that’s even worthier of living. Let’s dream up goals that are worth pursuing. It’s only when we think small that we tend to get bored. Let’s unleash the power of this moment, NOW!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM fully present!

Recommendation: Moments in Between: The Art of the Quiet Mind
by David Kundtz

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Why We Must Reach For Big Goals!

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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

worry

There’s no one amongst us who doesn’t lose precious time and energy worrying about life. We worry because we fear life, a next step or what can go wrong. We’re like a diver worrying all the way to the top of the diving board. How well can we possibly perform?

big goals

We’re less likely to worry if we focus on things larger than self and larger than life. Once we learn more about self and know what really get’s us going, what we are truly passionate about and what we care deeply for, then the path becomes clearer! When the destination is clear, all we need to do is place our sights on it and continue moving forward one step at a time. Our focus on the goal keeps us from worrying!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM reaching for my big goals!

Recommendation: Always Looking Up by Michael J. Fox

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