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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What we believe we create - love is the creation
- I once was told by the Angels that our concept of Love would fit on the head of a straight pin and the size of the Universe and more is the love that is felt for us by God and the Angels. If this is so, and I believe that it is ... just think of what we can create if we allow our concept of Love to grow ... to encompass it ... to become it.A creed to live by I find is the prayer of St. Fran...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Message from an angel - is it yours ?
- This is a message from an Angel. Can you relate? Is it yours?Golden light shining in the darkness. That is how the universe sees you.You give much from the heart and this does not go unnoticed.I am here to tell you this?the Divine is aware of your good deeds.Many think in the day to day living that mostly what they do is of no significance... so they continue to walk in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A rush home to rapture
- Riding a rush, being juiced, flying high-this is the feeling we strive for every day.What's the huge attraction to this heightened state? Many medical authorities would have us believe that the desire for a constant high is an addiction-and an unhealthy and unrealistic one at that.A Built-in Homing DeviceMy life experience reveals the opposite. Such a drive is not only healthy...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Who are the underminers?
- How many of you had the experience growing up of being told in various ways to limit yourselves from being all you can be? The movie "The Incredibles" is a wonderful metaphor for this. In this movie, the superheroes ? the people with extraordinary powers ? are restricted from using their powers.When I was growing up, I was not supported in being all I could be. "Boys don't li...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lisas christmas
- Lisa was born into a loving Christian family and went through life knowing of The Lord and his supreme sacrifice. She was accustomed to Amazing Grace each Sunday and saying grace before meals. Lisa knew of the birth of baby Jesus; that worshippers came from far and wide bearing gifts. After all this was no ordinary birth.One day while in the car with her mother when Lisa was about 8 years o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What footsie taught us!
- We have just inherited a rag, tag and bobtail of a dog called 'Footsie'. She was found three weeks ago wandering around outside a local restaurant for a couple of days looking for food. Paula, a woman who takes responsibility for stray animals in this part of the island, took her in and started to look after her. She soon found that, Footsie has such a quiet, loving nature but is definitely not a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You can quickly and easily solve your problems
- Today I just wanted to write you a quick note to encourage you. Why? Because even as you are doing your best to be motivated there will be days when it all seems too much.No matter how challenging life gets bear in mind the following three points and you can solve any problem you face.1. Your problems are not personalMost of our problems can be solved right away once we learn ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Future prediction
- Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 13, 2004I'm in a long-distance relationship that is five months old; of those five months we have spent a total of 15 days together spread over a two month period. As in all relationships it was wonderful in the beginning. We spent long hours on the phone getting to know each other and catching up on what was going on in each other's life....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Joy in perseverance
- I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult... I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking. ~ Og MandinoPick a big dream, a once in a lifetime dream, a song in your heart dream, a gift to mankind dream, a purpose-filling dream. Th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Lifetime of discoveries: moments of peace and renewal
- There are discoveries all around ussmall gifts of joy that bring moments of peace and renewal.Yet it is easy to miss the small things of uncommon value and inspirationthe cycles of life in a thriving forest, the perfection of a brilliant flower, the purposefulness of a delicate butterfly, or the spiritual beauty within another soul.If we would stop for only a moment to ma...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Whats simple?
- If you walk up to a stranger in the grocery store and ask them to define "simple," as in "simple life," they'll probably say something like "having less stuff." Or they might hit you with a frozen turkey. But probably they'll associate simple with stuff.The thing is that simple is not about how much or how little you have. You can have all the stuff you want an...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - When failure is a gift
- I wanted, for many many years, to be a mystery writer. Finally I wrote a mystery novel. I got a best-selling novelist to be my mentor and help me with the rewrite. I got an agent. They sent the book out. And sent it out. And sent it out. And it went nowhere.I tried writing another book, and my mentor told me to dump it and start a third book. I did, but couldn't get into the idea and the bo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your support network
- Quick. Who's in your support network? Huh? What's a support network? Do I have a support network? Honey, who's in my support network?Your support network is that group of people you can go to with problems, questions, to vent, to cry on their shoulders.Friends, for starters. Who are your close friends? Are they available to you when you need them? If they're not, why aren't you looki...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Five minutes before the miracle
- Even though this article was next on my idea list, and I write them in order whether I want to or not, I REALLY didn't want to write this article. Why not? Because it's about not giving up five minutes before the miracle-and I'm in the process of doing just that.I won't go into a lot of details, but there's something I really want, that I thought was within my grasp. I found out a few hours...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The art of selfishness
- Mature selfishness is the cornerstone of effectively living with passion and purpose. A commitment to self- interest is practical and efficient since you are better able to meet your needs than hope that someone else does. It is the basis for the laws of natural selection and "survival of the fittest." Unfortunately, society has given mature selfishness a bad name.Parents are well intended ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The art of forgiveness
- Forgiveness is a critical element in becoming self actualized and fully loving. Forgiving is the process by which you let go of feeling victimized or having wronged others. It allows you to climb out of the dark well of anger, bitterness, or guilt into which you can easily fall.In a busy life, you are frequently confronted with opportunities to forgive others as well as yourself. With other...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - My journey
- I believe it's important for you to develop a mission statement for your life; one that is unique and articulates your values, goals, dreams; how you want to live.Your mission statement is a living, breathing testimony of the life you are committed to living. It is also a way to pull yourself back from the darkness when you are feeling lost in the minutiae of misery.I read my mission...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - To thine own self
- Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 6, 2004Someone gave me a bit of advice, and I'm doing my best to get my head wrapped around it, trying to understand and comprehend and translate it into my own life. What does it mean to "follow your own heart"?LisaLisa, Dante's "Divine Comedy" opens with the author saying, "Midway in the journey of our life, I found myself in ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Healing the abandonment wounds
- I have counseled individuals, couples, families and business partners for the past 35 years and authored eight published books. Every individual I've worked with has had some abandonment wound to heal, and most relationship problems stem from abandonment wounds.It is not possible to grow up in our society without some abandonment wounds. The following are some of the ways it can occur:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A global empathy deficit- 2 lessons
- "...We've got a budget deficit that's important, we've got a trade deficit that's critical, but what I worry most is our empathy deficit." ? Interview in O Magazine with Barack Obama.Perhaps this is not only a US national concern but a global crisis: people are dividing into camps and fighting one another with no mention of sitting down to dialogue.We, as global human beings liv...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What does it take to make life better?
- What does it take for you to pay attention?You've probably heard this said, or said it yourself sometime, "I just realised how precious life is." Maybe you heard it when a relative died or maybe you said it after an accident or some other emotional event, but did you stop to consider the grander meaning to what you say?What if every experience in your life is sent to you so...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A prison cell?
- Do you have a goal? A focus in life? Have you invested a great deal of time, effort, money to achieve and yet feel you haven't made it yet? For all your effort do you still feel that there is something missing in your life? It is obviously very important to set goals in your life. It gives you a focus a way forward a mechanism for making decisions when faced with a number of options. However, it c...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - If i hurt you, then im sorry
- This statement has stopped many a war in my house. My oldest two children are two years apart in age and would fight about everything and nothing when they were little. One would anger the other and then deny that it ever happened. One would accidentally harm the other during play and not want to accept responsibility for the other's anger. Seldom did a day pass by that one of them wasn't screamin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The art of letting go
- It has been six months since I left the corporate world ? and there are some things I will always miss. Like saying good morning to colleagues on my way to the office where I worked every day. Or getting caught in the excitement as we prepared for another big meeting or presentation.I now realize what a huge transition this was, moving from a corporate headquarters with hundreds of employee...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Bus driver by day, online business success by night
- Janine Wachowski, a long-time resident of South Elgin, Illinois, drives a school bus and is also a Powerseller at eBay (user id: the_w.a.s_ezone). In one year, her gross monthly sales went from $328 to over $45,000.Janine began her wildly successful online business because of a chance conversation in late 2003 with a neighbor. Janine's neighbor, a fan of eBay, noticed her extensive VHS coll...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using appreciation to make a difference
- When in 1996 a local Secondary School opened, the staff decided to create a tradition to prepare Christmas Hampers for those in need. Each advisory class (of around 18 students G9-12) would adopt a family to help out. The students only know how many in the family, ages of the children, and whether they have any food allergies. Every year, 65 ?70 hampers are delivered to families. Inside each hampe...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A key in hand is worth a thousand on my desk
- A key fault I have, and I can only talk about one fault at a time, is the tendency to get busy. I often find myself chasing my own tail. What I will do with it when I catch it is beyond my understanding. However, this notwithstanding, I fall into the trap time after time of getting too busy for my own good.The faster I try to go; the less I seem to accomplish.This past week proved no...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The power of courtesy and kindness
- I'm currently listening to The Secrets of the Power of Intention audio program by Dr. Wayne Dyer. I highly recommend the program. In the program, he speaks a lot about the importance of kindness. When you consistently have thoughts of kindness, you have a clear connection to the way things work well in the world. Good things start to happen to you automatically. Even the chemistry of your body cha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get over emotional misery
- Whether it's a holiday, anniversary, birthday or a time in your life where the rug of life itself seems to have been ripped out from beneath your feet, and you feel the kind of depression where you pray to not wake up, take heart. I have been there, and have learned how to come out of it to the other side of beaming joy, and want to pass this information on to you.You have a view, a perspec...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Create your way out of it
- When life has you feeling less than happy, and you would like to see things different than they are, here are some tips that can help you.I learned that there IS a way out of and beyond any situation that we are less than happy about. This way is genuine, inspired creativity. Our creativity comes from one place only, and that is our connection to Divine Source.We may have looked to o...