Articles articles
Showing page 123 of 165 - There are 4943 Articles articles
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A path to peace
- The root of discord and violence between people and nations comes from our tendency to forget our humanity. We "forget" our true nature.Violence is a "learned" behavior. We "learn" it from our environment. When we are born, we do not possess the tendency to violence. As we grow, we become driven by "reactions." Our reactions are influenced by what we witness in our environment. We "copy" wh...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - War, disasters and all is well
- It is not very often that I have an issue with writing an article or even a book for that matter. There are so many things to write about, the world is a goldmine of information and stories.It is 7:35 am on a Sunday morning and I have been staring at my keyboard for over half an hour without typing a single line of text. My mind has been racing over all the possibilities and has not been ab...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anam cara - losing your religion
- I am sitting before a window of morning light "losing my religion."I feel fine about this. I was not aware that I had a religion. All the better then that I am losing it. I have a deep love for religious teachings. I love the words from the Bible, The Upanishads, The Bhagavad-Gita, the Dhammapada and many other beautiful books of love. All these words are useful. They are like the...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anam chara - living a life of value
- Much of our lives we spend comparing what "me" has with what "you" has. Usually this is to the detriment of "me." We take our values from the world of the visible and ignore the values of the invisible. We build our sense of self on the sifting sands of fortune.Our values are mostly those of the society we live in. They are the values of family, race, gender, e...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anam cara - finding a song for the heart
- All this week I have been singing.This week I have been dancing as well. This dancing is a great technique for allowing one to get out of one's head and into the body. This is recreation. At this "place of the briars" there is no one to be disturbed. Even the sheep dance and the cows look up from their feeding. I turn up the volume on the tape deck and play Annie Lennox singing &q...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hope in humanity
- Let us renew our hope in humanity. It's so easy to lose faith when someone cuts us off on the highway, when a 'friend' blows us off (for the second time) and fails to show, when we get burned in a business deal, when a co-worker doesn't do what they said they were going to do, or when a colleague fails to keep their promise, etc.At the same time, we DO encounter people showing heroic acts o...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A dream is just a dream ... or is it?
- Some people dismiss dreams as nonsense, thought patterns running amuck as we sleep because we are not conscious and in a position to control them.Others believe that a dream is meant to serve a purpose and provide information that our conscious mind is unable to recognize.Because so many believe that dreams are meant to serve and guide, numerous books, websites, workshops, etc. have ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - I hate my computer and other inspirational thoughts
- The New Year has not started out very well for Yours Truly. After the first day of the new year, my life went south for the rest of the winter. All I can say is, I hope it has a wonderful winter, and don't forget to write.Speaking of writing, I can sum up my feelings at this moment by saying, "I hate my computer."Perhaps, you may think the word "hate" a little too strong. Under norma...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discover the magic of doing what you love
- Do what you love to do and give it your very best. Whether it's business or baseball, or the theater, or any field. If you don't love what you're doing and you can't give it your best, get out of it. Life is too short. You'll be an old man before you know it.~ Al LopezSince childhood we are coerced to follow the conventional path. Along the way, through happy accidents we discover small...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Create 10 delightful daily habits
- Practising extreme self-care in our life involves practising good "daily" habits. Daily habits involve more than just exercising and eating right. They include all the things that bring us enjoyment and delight.Having ten daily habits is considered the right number to produce the benefits extreme self-care brings. Practising extreme self-care actually produces more time, space and...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Extreme self care
- EXTREME is not a term usually connected to self-care. Self-care usually portrays a picture of gentleness, kindness, loving self or being nurturing. People don't consider it necessary to take extreme action when it comes to self-care. Why?First the word extreme is often only associated with dangerous sports or foolish actions when in reality it relates to any area where you try something new...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The brilliant you, unreleased!
- You're a remarkable person. But, you knew that already. Still, buried among apathy, unbelief and inhibition, is the brilliant "you" waiting to be released. You already knew that, too. A few disappointments here, several temporary defeats there, and POOF! just like that, you settled for being a risk-conscious, opportunity: self-denied, generality. Nobody makes any progress by standing still. You're...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Such love transforms
- Everything was arranged: once the funeral was over, all were to go to Hephzibah's house for the after-funeral dinner. It was the way things were done in Nain, typical of the customs followed by citizens of the Jewish towns of the Galilee.Two hired mourners led the way. One played a dirge on his flute; the other wailed. The town rabbi came next, rehearsing to himself the kaddish, the grav...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A journey of a thousand miles
- There is a Chinese proverb that says, "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."This is certainly true. How does an infant learn to walk? Frist they crawl, pull themselves up, and then take those first few steps, which open open up a whole new world to them. They have learned a new skill, a skill that they shall need the rest of their lives.How as adults do we tak...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The true and magnificent power of giving
- You've probably heard of the popular saying "It's better to give than to receive." But do you actually know what hidden power lies within this magnanimous act known as "giving?"When you give something from your heart without expecting anything in return, you release a powerful force that will trigger your good deed to "bounce" back to you in amazing, and sometimes unusual ways.I firm...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Sixty-second caring
- "How are you doing?" you ask. There's a pause before the reply. "You don't really want to know." The eyes look down. The body language says, "If you turn and walk away, I won't blame you." Often we're unprepared for this golden moment, thrown off balance by the answer. We must pre-think our response to that situation. Response #1: "Want to talk about it?" Listen to understand, not to ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Do you feel headed for shipwreck?
- The ocean liner Achille Lauro sailed perpetually under a dark cloud. In 1953 it collided with another ship. In 1975 it rammed a Lebanese vessel, killing four people. In 1981 it suffered a fire that claimed two lives. In 1985, Palestinian terrorists grabbed world headlines by seizing the ship, slaying passenger Leon Klinghoffer, and dumping him and his wheelchair overboard. In December of 1994, off...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Commitment to the journey
- I have been a business owner for about a minute. In fact, that would probably be quite generous if you compared me to the business moguls out here or anywhere for that matter. But in spite of that fact, I probably know a lot about business, more than I realize and much more than you would expect, if you knew my background. It is my life as a business owner that has finally made sense of all the da...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Weapons of mass distraction
- Anything that draws one away from the business of living and being worthy ? such as drugs, alcohol, distractions of all descriptions, and sleep when the intent is oblivion, not to mention the idea of killing oneself ? is a means of escaping, a little death, and death itself is the ultimate escape.Anything can be a means of avoiding problems. The means is variable; the end is immutable. Esca...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - As a caterpillar
- "Happiness can be as elusive as a fluttering butterlfy but as easily attainable as a crawling caterpillar. Put aside the net, and let it happen." Brain G. JettWhat an interesting statement this is as well as truthful. There is a phrase often heard today, "Keep it simple." If we could only do this more easily, we all might be much happier.When things are not going well and you fin...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Imprisoned in liberty?
- Robert was so strong that I once saw him pick up and carry a refrigerator up stairs by himself. His strength plus his integrity landed him a job as a guard at a maximum-security correctional facility in a town called "Liberty." The prison's inmates must wince at the irony of that name. As men and women carelessly walk down Liberty's streets, the cons must watch, trying to imagine what it would ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stay with it!
- I walked out of his office inspired. All I could immediately recall were those soft-spoken words, "STAY WITH IT". They were from no less a person than Rev. Sam Adeyemi of Success Power fame, on whom I had gone to pay a courtesy call. The first time we met was two years earlier when he came to my campus to speak to students about success. Then I was an undergraduate with a fledging media ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - There must be a way out!
- He was pushing a cart containing crates of soft drinks and followed closely by his two little boys when their momentum was halted. Noticing the situation, I ? who was on my way to see my printer's - stopped to see what would happen next. Before them stood this mud-filled pothole spanning the entire breadth of the road, providing, apparently, "a-no-way-out" situation for this bunch. His l...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Discovering the art of bending your mindset and manifesting your multiple intelligences
- Discovering the Art of Bending Your Mindset and Manifesting your Multiple Intelligences in selling.Doctor's cant' sell Real Estate! What's your mindset? A number of people related this statement to me when I first decided to get into sellingreal estate over 20 years ago. And you know they were right!It really depends on your experience, attitude and mindset! But what an exciting and ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trusting your genius within
- Comments about New Theories in the Professions and Business!I recall reading an article in The New York Times which fascinated me entitled, "Geniuses, Crackpots and a Grand Unified Theory" by James Glanz. The article basically stated that even geniuses have some crackpot ideas! It was about one genius meeting with other geniuses expounding all types of incredible theories. For instance, Gla...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Make life work: repair the relationship with yourself
- What areas of your life are working well? Career? Finances?Relationships? Health?When life works you enjoy fulfillment, happiness, and a sense of well being. "I know how to do this thing called life, and I'm doing it well."Areas that do not work create stress, fear, and anxiety. We loose sleep. Self-talk quickly degenerates into, "I'm a loser. I can't do anything right. Nothin...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Opening the heart and exploring beneath the surface
- Exploring beneath the surface of a reoccurring relationship issue can be tedious and scary. Seeing beyond a nagging health challenge to the 'deeper issue' requires courage, faith and trust.Unwanted feelings and thoughts are rich territory to dive beneath the surface for fresh insights that open the heart. When we take the time to peel away the layers that have us stuck or paralyzed we reap ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How you can change your destiny
- The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. ~James Allen, As A Man ThinkethThe world you live in arises from the world within.As you think and feel, you create your outer circumstances, relationships, and choices. Your thoughts determine the home you live in, the automobile you drive, the avenues you walk on, the buildin...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The essence of freedom
- Life is too hard and too risky in the eyes of many. By contrast, others are such proponents of a virile existence, demanding great courage and giving great pride, that they are ready to leave the coziness of their home to scale Mount Everest and breast the elements for the sheer joy of conquering the summit. Whatever the perspective, the nature of things remains unchanged. There are rules, necessi...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stop trying to be perfect
- In the moment of completing a thought or action, it becomes "perfect," within our ability to do it. Any process is perfect, in relationship to what it created. In your sojourn in this world you are in a state of perfection trying to get to a place of perfection. Taking the first step on your journey is just as perfect as taking the 100th step or the 1000th. You do not have to try to be p...