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Quotes - 2009

Seize the moment

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When you do nothing you’re doing something. – Linda Kaplan Thaler & Robin Koval

When you sit on your tush and do nothing, you’re sitting and doing nothing. That’s the choice you’re making at that moment. It might be good for you, because let’s say you’re such a doer that you need to just sit! Or it may not be so good for you because in this case you might be a perennial procrastinator! And because you sat on your butt; you missed out on a golden opportunity!

Be awake, seize the moment, take that small action, dot that last i.

I recommend Linda’s book (below) because it highlights the power of undertaking small actions which can lead to some big results! In particular it’s Truth #4 in her book!

Recommendation: The Power of Small

The Power of Small: Why Little Things Make All the Difference

Quotes - 2009

Forgiveness a gift…

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Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. – Suzanne Somers

Forgiveness enables deep healing to occur inside you. It’s a healing that makes the mind sane and the body healthier. It’s a soothing salve that works wonders. At a spiritual level forgiveness allows for a smooth flow of energies in your body that might otherwise be hampered. Once you free that energy up, via forgiveness, you feel better in all respects!

Another way to achieve similar results is to use EFT: a form of affirmations and acupressure tapping. More info here and here.

Recommendation: The EFT Manual

The EFT Manual (EFT: Emotional Freedom Techniques)

Quotes - 2009

Be patient…

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Be patient. Be wise in your counsel and eloquent in your lives. – The Urantia Papers

What does it mean to be patient? To me it means being patient first with yourself. Don’t have expectations that create a life that’s too hectic, one that allows not for true rest and reflection. It also means be patient with all others; don’t want others to live at the same pace you want to live. It means being patient with all other things in life. Flow with life; don’t feel anxious when things don’t transpire just the way you expect them to. Try to see the lesson in everything.

Be wise in your counsel to others; give advice only when asked for it; even then be to the point and apply your words to the person and situation.

Eloquence in our lives comes from living the life that you preach or want to preach. Let others imbibe in what you most want them to know through how you live your life. Words are not necessary.

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power

The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power

Quotes - 2009

Go within…

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If you aren’t used to going within, you will need to be patient with yourself… – Barbara De Angelis

Patience will be necessary because you will lack self-knowledge. In other words you won’t understand too well why you act the way you do in various situations. Your buttons will be easy to push, you will be in less control of your fulfillment and happiness. You will be more a re-actor rather than an actor on the stage of life.

When you go within, you enquire about the nature of your mind and your actions, which leads to clarity around your life goals. Going within can also yield you the peace and quiet that you seek. That citadel of comfort can only be found within.

Don’t neglect it.

Recommendation: How Did I Get Here?

How Did I Get Here?: Finding Your Way to Renewed Hope and Happiness When Life and Love Take Unexpected Turns

Quotes - 2009

A child of God…

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Difficulties may challenge mediocrity and defeat the fearful, but they only stimulate the true children of the Most Highs. – The Urantia Papers, (48:7.7)

You are a child of God, a product of the Universal Mind. God would not have created us without a grand purpose.

If we remind ourselves of this essential truth often, we will be unafraid to face life, its challenges and be motivated to take anything on! This is the secret that will pull us out of the doldrums and activate us for the destiny that we are designed to undertake.

Recommendation: The Center Within

The Center Within: Lessons from Heart of the Urantia Revelation

Quotes - 2009

Be silly…

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If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

Being silly is all about being playful. Play leads to creativity. Creativity occurs more readily in the fertile soil that silliness and play create!

It appears that God him/herself created it all in an amazing never ending playful burst. Which is reason enough for us to do the same thing. Reason enough to never worry about life, but instead to spend the eternal Now moment in love, play and endless fun!

How silly are you?

Recommendation: The Playful Way to Knowing Yourself by Roberta Allen

The Playful Way to Knowing Yourself: A Creative Workbook to Inspire Self-Discovery

Quotes - 2009

Unlock the path…

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Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the "right stuff" to turn our dreams into reality. – James Womack

Commitment is the key to getting the self moving.

Commitment to what though? Are you careful about what you commit to? If not you’ll be spinning wheels that don’t need spinning. You’ll be detracting from your ‘Life Purpose’ or that which you were designed to do and be. Which means that any activity not aligned with your Life Purpose will be an energy drain at the very least or worse, one that takes you away from a fulfilling/happy life.

How will you discover your Life Purpose?

Recommendation: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful