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Quotes - 2014

Why Joy?

He simply said, “Choose joy.”   – Jeff C. Olsen

mood

We choose our mood. Period. Through our general temperament we also attract what eventually shows up in our lives. That’s how important it is to manage our moment-to-moment mood and temperament.

joy

The mood with the highest vibration is one that can be described as ‘love-filled joy’. That’s our goal, for every day and in fact for every moment. How can we get there?

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM joyously loving!

Recommendation: I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story… by Jeff C. Olsen

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Quotes - 2014

How To Handle Any Situation…

I knew that there are no accidents in this life. That everything happens for a reason. Yet we always get to choose how we will experience what happens to us here.  – Jeff C. Olsen

life

Life happens, some ‘good’ and some ‘bad’. When a child can’t find their toy we as adults can see that it’s not a huge problem, but the child can’t see that. We also hope that the child can grow from such an experience and that’s where the incident might be valuable.

choice

With some experience the child learns that losing a toy is not a life-ending situation. Often the toy can be found or a new one might appear instead. The child learns that there might not have been a real need to overreact Smile! The choice on how we react and process any incident is always up to us.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM choosing my reaction.

Recommendation: I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story… by Jeff C. Olsen

I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story of a Journey Beyond the Veil to Learn the Silent Language of the HeartKindle Paperwhite, 6

Quotes - 2014

What’s Life All About?

I realized that no one ever really dies. We always live on. I had experienced a God as real and tangible as we are. He knows our every heartache, yet allows us to experience and endure them for our growth. His is the highest form of love; He allows us to become what we will. He watches as we create who we are. He allows us to experience life in a way that makes us more like Him, divine creators of our own destiny.  – Jeff C. Olsen

jeff olsen

Bio

In 1997, Jeff experienced a horrific automobile accident which inflicted multiple life threatening injuries, including crushing both his legs. His left leg was amputated above the knee. The most devastating outcome of the accident was the loss of his wife and youngest son, both killed instantly. At that time, Jeff had profound experiences, which deepened his spirituality and gave him insights and gifts not common in today’s world. He found the courage to carry on, heal, care for his living son and eventually thrive in his career and community contributions.

discover you

Few people suffer as much as Jeff did. I just finished reading his book and it’s a must read in my opinion here’s why:

  • Think life is tough? Some others have had it much ‘worse’.
  • Don’t know how to find joy in daily life? Then read a story like Jeff’s.
  • Don’t know where life is taking us? Get some clues by reading near-death accounts on this site http://www.nderf.org/ and this one http://ndestories.org/.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM alive and well!!

Recommendation: I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story… by Jeff C. Olsen

I Knew Their Hearts: The Amazing True Story of a Journey Beyond the Veil to Learn the Silent Language of the HeartKindle Paperwhite, 6

Quotes - 2014

What’s Forgiveness?

Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.  – Lily Tomlin

the past

We’re all married to the past in some fashion or another. Because of this tie to the past we consciously or otherwise are unable to forgive others or self. This is the root of most unhappiness.

let go

Love this quote because it encapsulates the main learning when it comes to the topic of forgiveness. The past is irreversible. At some point we have to consciously recognize each fixation we have about past incidents and let go. We can then be at peace!

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM giving up all hope for a better past!

Recommendation: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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Quotes - 2014

Why We Rock!

You are loved and cherished, dearly, forever. You have nothing to fear.  – Eben Alexander

dr. eben alexander

Dr. Eben Alexander had an almost deadly case of sudden bacterial meningitis and fell into a coma. He was in the coma for a whole week. During this time his neocortex was totally in-operational. Without this essential part of the brain in working condition there’s no scientific explanation for his vivid and life transforming near-death experience (NDE). Not only was he able to describe in detail his whole experience he recovered completely from the debilitating disease. The doctors had given him almost zero chance of survival and were certain that he would be a vegetable for life if he did survive.

bottom-line

During his near-death experience (NDE) he experienced one-ness with God and was convinced that we are children of a God who infuses all creation. Dr. Alexander was adopted as a child and meets an angelic person during his NDE who he later recognizes as his birth sister who he had never met in real life! This account is an almost perfect case that non-believing scientists may study if they have an open enough mind. Btw Dr. Alexander was himself a non-believer until this incident.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM alive and forever!

Recommendation: Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander

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Quotes - 2014

What Are Life’s Real Attainments?

Reason, wisdom, and faith are man’s highest human attainments.  – The Urantia Papers, (103:9.6)

life achievements

These attainments have nothing to do with career, business or fame, at least directly; instead they involve those aspects of life that we will carry with us even beyond this life!

life quotient

These 3 areas cover the major aspects of life:

  • Reason: Is about developing our mind and intellect. Reason guides us regarding the things of this world. A well developed intellect is essential for any kind of worldly achievement. Reason is about IQ.
  • Wisdom: Wisdom is all about finding truth, dealing with others and relationships. And thus is a crucial quality to have, it’s about Emotional Quotient or EQ!
  • Faith: Opens the door to everything else that’s essential to our lives. It’s the path to a life of religion; knowing God or Universal Mind, it leads to the very source of everything. Faith is eventually about LQ, Love Quotient, because the real fruit of ‘true religion’ is the blossoming of a pure love, from within and for the benefit of others.

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM smart, wise and faithful!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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Quotes - 2014, Stillness

What’s Wrong With Our Thoughts?

Consider how much more you suffer from your anger and grief than from the very things for which you are angry and grieved.  – Marcus Aurelius

suffer

We worry and grieve about a lot of things, even on a daily basis. Actually we’re experts at it! Why do we suffer so much?

thoughts

Our incessant thoughts and our inability to step away from their manufacturing process is the big culprit here. Let’s mull over that…

Daily Affirmation: Today I AM giving a pause to my thought creation engine!

Recommendation: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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