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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Born Artist, You Are

Every artist was first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

born with it, you are

You are a born artist. How you might ask? In two ways I will retort.

  1. Because you are unique and your take on life has no duplication, anywhere.
  2. An artist looks at the world, sees meaning, often deep meaning and expresses that meaning in ways that are true, beautiful and good. You can do that daily in whatever you create. You can do it when you express yourself while communicating, in cooking, any writing that you do, via any self-expression for that matter. If that self-expression is pleasing to you and to others then you are an artist.

state of mind, it is

So if you’re an artist already how come you and others don’t quite know it? That’s just a state of mind. Know when you express yourself that you’re an artist. Also realize that the Universal Intelligence craves to express through you. Allow that. Live that mindset, express yourself with that same mindset and be amazed at what you create!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM an artist in the way I express myself.

Recommendation: The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

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Quotes - 2010

We Will Overcome

The river may be wide but it can always be crossed. – African Proverb

see the far side

Can you see the other side? If you can then you know that the destination isn’t very far. Else, keep the vision of that end goal ever clear, in your mind’s eye. There isn’t a goal worth achieving that we can’t achieve if we set our heart, mind and soul to it! So ‘see’ the end, and take the first step…

then step by step

The journey of a thousand miles has thus started. Lately I’ve been bike riding with my 12 year old daughter. Together we discovered that it’s best to keep our sights on the next few yards rather than the top of the slope which seems so hard to overcome. As we focus on the present moment and the step we take, we can do our best, and in good time, the destination looms! That is the way, until we spot the next great peak that beckons us. We can then ‘see’ that peak and take our first step…

Daily Affirmation: Today I climb, step by step.

Recommendation: Beyond the Summit by Todd Skinner

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

Born To Be Alive!

He who is not busy being born, is busy dying. – John Dillon

stagnation

Shunted growth or stagnation is the result of our disinterested outlook to life. If we thrash about life like waves, what chance do we have that our ‘life’ boat will head in a fruitful direction?

only option

The only way is the way forward. Any other direction, for too long, is just not enlivening. We can either be re-born, continuously, or we can wither away wallowing in our own ‘sorryness’ for the cards that life dealt us. What will you be; a sorry-self or a dynamic child of God who can never truly be defeated?

Daily Affirmation: Today I swim strongly, I breathe deep, I smile!

Recommendation:  One Month to Live: Thirty Days to a No-Regrets Life by Kerry Shook

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Quotes - 2010

Independence Day!

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.  – Albert Camus

July 4th!

July 4th is the day Americans celebrate Independence Day! Here’s to everyone’s freedom! Are you freer today than you were a year ago, 10 years ago? Are you happier today than you were last year this time?

freedom

If not, what’s holding you back?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM free.

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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Quotes - 2010

Courage First!

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. – Maya Angelou

uncovering potential

That’s a scheme of the Universe. Create imperfect creatures with a boatload of potential! That potential is largely sitting untapped inside us. We’ve dug some and and unearthed a bit, but there’s a lot more. It’s an ongoing quest!

ignite courage

We may decide to be true for example but without courage we could falter in the first tough situation that we face. Constant vigilance with a solid foundation of courage is what’s needed in our attempts to be virtuous. What’s your challenge?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM courage itself. I pursue Truth, Beauty and Goodness.

Recommendation:  Release Your Brilliance by Simon T. Bailey

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Articles, Quotes - 2010

The Double Ouch

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.  – William Shakespeare

we try and be someone else

I was reading (actually listening) to Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen this morning and one of the key principles she espoused was around ‘being yourself’. She mentions this concept of the ‘double ouch’ as it relates to public speaking. It essentially means that most of us have the potential to fail twice, once as we try to be someone else and a 2nd time when we fail as our own selves!

fail as ourselves

Instead try the single ouch where you allow only your own self to fail or prosper! Give you to yourself completely, that would be a lifetime’s journey all by itself!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM me. I succeed as myself.

Recommendation: Transformational Speaking by Gail Larsen

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Quotes - 2010

Your Word

Hold firmly to your word. – Maimonides

promises

Promises that you make to others and yourself are important. They represent a creation that emerges from you. They reflect intention and thought. The words you speak to yourself, become your life programming. Often these words and promises are uttered by you even when you’re not fully conscious of them. So watch what you create, watch what words you use and watch carefully what you explicitly or implicitly promise others or self!

flexibility

Hold to your word but not to your own detriment. Stay flexible. As you become more aware of the words that you create and the self-programming that you allow to happen, become increasingly intentional about it. That way you’re aware of what you do to yourself, you’ll know where flexibility is necessary or where you must keep your word.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM my word. I will watch what I feed myself.

Recommendation: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

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