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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Release The Brakes!

Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. – Mary Manin Morrissey

what brakes do you have on?

What extra baggage are you carrying around? Examine the flow of negative thoughts that you might experience daily. Those are your clues to the burdens that weigh you down. Journal these negative thoughts and uncover the pearls of wisdom that you will thus uncover.

let go and cruise

As you become more aware of that which holds you back, join the free flowing stream of the river of life. Enjoy the exhilarating freedom of living a fearless, forgiving and soaring life!

Daily Affirmation: Today I am free, I consciously leave my hurts and fear behind, I surge ahead!

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Self Observation

Self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening. – George Gurdjieff

hypnotic state

Our lives are lived in a state that’s best described as hypnotic. Often we don’t catch a breath in our daily super busy lives. We’re not aware of where the day went, what we set out to do, what we noticed along the way if anything. There’s not likely to be a moment when we sat down and reflected on what’s going on, no chance we actually smelt a rose!

catch and hold your breath

Catching a breath is actually a great place to begin. Find times during the day when you can breathe deeply for a couple of minutes. Even hold your breath for a bit and let all the oxygen be absorbed into your lungs. Now look around, notice where you are, what you set out to do and collect your thoughts. What kind of thoughts are you creating?

Daily Affirmation: Today I am aware of my body, actions, thoughts and purpose.

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Book Idea (your support requested)!

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Expectations & Assumptions

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.  – Henry Winkler

our experience wells

We’re born into families, cultures and stories; through them we shape our lives which include our fears, assumptions and expectations about everything and everyone. I call these our ‘experience wells’. The benefit of staying in these wells that we’ve created is safety and familiarity. If we have to grow, get along with others and break away just as butterflies do from their cocoons, we must be able to climb out of our wells.

breaking away

First recognize that everyone else lives in their own experience well. For your own peace and sanity you must come out of your well, see the world and reality for what it is, and not from the circumscribed view from inside your well. For a relationship to be healthy, all involved must come out of their respective wells and be able to embrace each other in love and forgiveness.

Daily Affirmation: I am embracing truth. My focus is on forgiving and on appreciating the beauty that lies within all.

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

The Creative Place

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself. – Alan Alda

be brave

We must leap from the cliff, knowing that we’ll fly, that the winds will carry us, and that we’ll reach a place beautiful.

discover yourself

In making such a leap, in taking the necessary risks, in going out on the limb, we’ll discover new lands and new values, we’ll discover what causes us fear, we’ll know how to overcome it and increasingly we’ll know our own selves.

Daily Affirmation: I am brave now. I am jumping off the cliff, beyond my comfort zone, and embracing new possibilities today!

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Feeling Blue?

I just believe that optimism is the best policy. But, sometimes it’s difficult to be optimistic when you feel a little down. At those times, I’ve found that a small act of kindness, whether it’s performed by you or someone else, can really help boost your mood up. – SaraVera

feeling down?

When you feel down, the first step is to fully become aware of this feeling. Where is it in your body? Try to trace your thoughts back to how it all started. This will help you build a practice to uncover how and when you get the blues.

be kind

One great way to get out of the blues is to help someone who needs your help. Even allow someone else to be kind to you. Try not to snap back at such an individual, receive their help graciously. Smile.

Daily Affirmation: Today I will watch as I become sad. I will take back control of my mind. I will be loving and kind, to myself and others.

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Happier

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.  – Martin Luther King Jr

resentments weigh us down

They occupy real-estate in our mind. We dwell on negativity. We lose precious time and fail to notice new opportunity. We go backwards.

forgive and forget

Feel lighter. Feel way better. Focus on positive expectations instead. Choose the new found time and attitude to pin-down new opportunities. Dwell on the silver lining.

Daily Affirmation: Today I refuse to be weighed down by resentment. I forgive one and all, I forgive myself. I travel in my lighter being to grander destinations. I’m smiling!

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