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- Only the Strong Survive - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Joan Marie Whelan4 Ways the Manifestation Method can help you Achieve Prosperity There's wisdom in the 1969 hit, Only the Strong Survive, singer Jerry Butler sings “There’s a lot of opportunity out there just waiting for you, but you’ll never succeed if you’ve given up…Only the strong survive, only the strong ...
Views: 1421(1 vote) - SOLUTIONS TO LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT THE STRUGGLE - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2012 from Lynne TiedeOur overweight society is always trying to find a quick and easy fix to the weight loss craze. A Non-Diet weight loss approach does not always seem like a popular solution because it is not one of “Instant Gratification”, but let’s see how we can make it work for you! The Non-Diet Approach is ...
Views: 1420 - 10 Simple Strategies to Improve Your Mind Power - by Submitted on May 09, 2011 from Audie Gaddis, PhDI've heard the complaint numerous times from clients that they don't have the time to do brain fitness. Yet, I would argue that brain fitness is more important than physical fitness. But don't get me wrong-- physical fitness is extremely important- both for your physical and cognitive ...
Views: 1419(1 vote) - Honesty Is Not Something We Flirt With - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2011 from Michele LandersHonesty is not something we flirt with. We must be married to it” As we go about our daily lives, tending to jobs, families and obligations of one sort or another, how many of us stop to examine the path we’re on and whether or not it is truly the one we want to take, or are even meant to ...
Views: 1419 - A Wish for You - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.I wish you love, peace and joy. I want to throw in some strength, comfort, and warmth to help you on your journey through life. I also wish you tenderness and hugs, when life gets cold and your struggles get rough. I wish you a trinket box full of all your fondest memories, to call upon when ...
Views: 1418 - Can You Survive Without Your Phone? - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2015 from Mike RobbinsAs we were rushing around to get out the door for our 4th of July weekend trip to the lake, I misplaced my iPhone and was forced to leave without it...for 4 days! What at first seemed like a curse, ended up being a blessing! After the initial panic wore off, I actually felt free and ...
Views: 1418 - Dysfunctional Families Never Totally Go Away - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2017 from David HarmIt is coming up on a year since I was diagnosed with cancer. An amazing year it has been. A year of strength, as well as a year of fear. It has been filled with a sense of accomplishment as well as disappointment. I have experienced the whole emotional gauntlet for the last 12 months. It ...
Views: 1418 - It's Okay to Feel Afraid - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanOftentimes, when we take a leap and step into the life that we feel we are meant to live, we feel afraid and unsure and unsettled. We wonder if we have made the right choice. We look around us, and it seems that everyone else is confident and entirely sure of themselves and their choices. And ...
Views: 1418 - Organizing for a Crisis... just like the movie JAWS! - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Holly BoydI will never forget the first time I read a book, then saw the movie afterwards. It was "Jaws" in 1975, I was in 5th grade. It was so neat to know what was coming, yet anticipating seeing it come alive in front of you, even if you knew parts were going to be scary. And it's here again, just ...
Views: 1418(1 vote) - Organizing Myths - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Holly BoydGetting Organized is always top on the list of New Years resolutions. It is important because it will decreases stress, increase productivity, confidence, competence, and free us up to focus on what is TRULY IMPORTANT. And you know me, I like to get right to it so... What organizing really ...
Views: 1418 - Angels and Spirit Guides - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from Danielle DaoustAngels and Spirit Guides come in all shapes and sizes, and from many dimensions. The Angels keep us connected with our Source, and our Guides help us find the way back home... all we have to do is ask.... There are legions of angels and guides ready and willing to help us along the ...
Views: 1417 - Best Carpet and Flooring Option Effective for a Basement - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Ma. Theresa GalanDo you wish to remodel your basement into a useful place for multi activity? Of course, the huge area space of a basement can be utilized for myriad activities. It can be used by children for playing, as an indoor entertainment room, etc. For the remodeling purpose, you need to make changes in ...
Views: 1417 - Bible Chronologist says “Time is Fulfilled; God’s Kingdom is Impending” - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2017 from Richard RuhlingPapal visits intersected the jubilee timeline to signal the end of 6000 years when “day of the LORD” prophecies are due; Jerusalem’s destruction is first. “The day of the LORD comes…I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the ...
Views: 1417 - Do not grow old, just grow - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2012 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieI wish someone had told me this when I was in my 20s: Do not grow old, just grow. Whatever age you currently are, there is still time to just grow. SEEING INTO THE FUTURE As you get older you will not look the same. In fact, if you look at your parents and grandparents you will know in ...
Views: 1417 - BeSimply…Carpe diem with Self Reliance - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Suzanne Toro'She' met Quinn, Cathy and Paul through a friend and has been blessed by this family’s grace, openness, love and stamina. The Doctors have determined that Quinn has a disEase; however, every time ‘She’ is around Quinn...‘She’ sees otherwise. It appears this journey is beyond her diagnosis and it ...
Views: 1416 - BeSimply…Solitude Loving from Within - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2011 from Suzanne ToroSelf Love...Finding Your Inner Sanctuary Today, I embark on a journey inward and drive across the desert to find some solitude. Taking the time to commune with Self. Solitude ...one of the many vehicles, I like to drive in to find my center and reconnect with my landscape. Often times, ...
Views: 1416(1 vote) - Developing Self-Awareness Enables You to Understand How You Harm Your Relationships – and Change - by Submitted on May 13, 2011 from Doron GilIt is very likely that your attitudes, reactions and behaviors in a relationship harm it, causing conflicts and arguments. Often, you don’t even know that that’s the case. When your relationship fails, you tend to blame your partners. Developing Self-Awareness will help you notice that many of ...
Views: 1416 - Islamic Professor: “No such thing as slavery” - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2017 from Richard RuhlingGeorgetown University Professor, Jonathan Brown, a convert to Islam. told an Islamic group “there is no such thing as slavery…what really counts…is whether those who were enslaved were treated well or poorly – not that they were enslaved.” (WorldNewDaily.com) Georgetown University may be ...
Views: 1416 - Regain your Inner Power - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Joan Marie WhelanHave you ever strolled along the beach and spied a treasure hunter with his metal detector? It is kind of funny when you think of it. After all, what are the chances that someone will actually find a huge hidden treasure? In fact, more often than not, the treasure seeker may just be lucky enough ...
Views: 1416 - The Healthcare Bill and the Automatic Brain - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from CHARLES GLASSMANThe tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs, and explosions, and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, ideas, prejudices, to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy. A thoughtless, frightened search for a ...
Views: 1416(2 votes) - Age like a super star, the 10 Best things you can do right now, that won’t cost you a cent! - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2012 from wendy mickleWe all are aging every second of every day that sounds depressing doesn’t? It does not have to, you can age like a super star and below are 11 ways you can do that and it won’t cost you a cent. 1. Walk-One of the easiest forms of exercise is walking; most of us do it every day. I walk 5 to 6 ...
Views: 1415(1 vote) - Educating Our Young - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Linda ThompsonAt a recent meeting of the Future Business Leaders of America Advisory Council, I heard some interesting, or should I say, disturbing comments. At least they were to me. We were discussing the need for a new program in high school education titled "Business Operations Support and Assistant ...
Views: 1415(1 vote) - Let's Talk About Resolutions - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2012 from Dirrick WilliamsThe book “LAUNCHING A LEADERSHIP REVOLUTION” written by: Chris Brady & Orrin Woodward, has in it an interesting story about Ben Franklin, one that I will paraphrase. The authors wrote, when Ben Franklin was a young man, around 20 years old, a friend told him he was so disliked people would cross ...
Views: 1415(1 vote) - ***Networking As Healing - Part 2. - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe Council for Healing (CfH) The CfH is a non-profit North American organization including representatives from diverse healing modalities. The Council is a hub for sharing healing experiences, training and wisdom that crosses the boundaries of professional training. Too often, caregivers are ...
Views: 1414 - Are You Stuck in the Gap? Getting Unstuck… - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2014 from KG StilesA common issue clients come to me with is getting unstuck and moving forward in their life. They may have been stuck and unable to change for years. And… the pain of being stuck is costing them dearly. Your power to choose is your greatest power. Your ability to decide is what moves you ...
Views: 1414 - How to Identify Your Life Lessons - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2009 from Lyn McDonaldFor those people on a quest to unlock their life lessons or those that have had some spiritual awakening the path to your purpose can easily be identified when you know what to look for. Mystical masters and self proclaimed psychic gurus have been able to tap into another realm, dimension or ...
Views: 1414 - The Wordallogic: "Love or Security; A Personal Decision" - by Submitted on Apr 03, 2013 from Aleasa WordThe Wordallogic: Love or Security - A Personal Decision by Aleasa M. Word Copyright 2012 All Rights Reserved Each day we are faced with choices. Sometimes it’s very hard to decide which road to travel on. On second thought forget that I said sometimes and instead replace that with most of ...
Views: 1414(1 vote) - Not Good Enough - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2011 from Joan Marie WhelanToday you may have a financially-sound career and you may have earned the respect of your colleagues. But when you get home at the end of the day, you feel like something is missing from your life. Perhaps your personal life is empty – even if you have a significant other or “friends” on ...
Views: 1413(1 vote) - The Value of Journaling - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from ROBERT RIDEOUTI guess you could say I started journaling when I was seventeen years old and took a sailboat trip up the coast of British Columbia with my friend’s dysfunctional family. I chronicled our trip, calling it “To Hell and Back in a Sailboat”. This was my first attempt at writing; my mother loved it ...
Views: 1413(1 vote) - Clap Your Hands and Have a Great Day - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Nick GrimshaweWhen I talk to people about starting a daily practice just about the first objection I encounter is: "I don't have time to do that." For someone just beginning their search for self-improvement and growth that is a valid argument. For anyone who wants to find success, however they might ...
Views: 1412(1 vote) - What Are You Thinking and Feeling Right NOW? - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2012 from Linney ElderYour body silently communicates with you on a continuous basis in the form of physical sensations or feelings. This is sometimes referred to as the mind/body connection. When you experience physical discomfort like pain, back ache, tightness in your muscles, or tension headaches, your body is ...
Views: 1412(1 vote) - You Deserve Better - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.I’m not here to tell you what you don’t need, I’m here to tell you that you deserve better. You are stopping yourself from moving forward because you can’t get over the hurt that someone close to you has caused you. I’m telling you to stop feeling sorry for yourself. People are meant to come ...
Views: 1412(1 vote) - 8 simple strategies to make your New Year’s resolutions last. - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2012 from Tatyana KrychkinaOne of the main reasons why most New Year’s resolutions fail is because we don’t look at them as making life changes. When we give our resolutions the title of “life-changing” events, we need to approach them in a different way. We should set them as goals, and make plans to reach these goals. ...
Views: 1411(1 vote) - Walking with the Wound - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from John PayneFrom the depths of our deepest wounds emerge our greatest gifts. Similarly, contained within the fate we were given, emerges a destiny when we choose to work with the fate. However, destiny cannot emerge until our fate is submitted to. That means standing back and looking at everything that was ...
Views: 1411(1 vote) - Forgiveness Sets YOU Free - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Rhonda JonesWhen I was a teenager, I used to fight with my sister a lot and it was almost always about using the computer. At that time, we only had one and I was somewhat addicted to an online game. Every day without fail, we would quarrel about who gets to use the computer first and for how long. Every ...
Views: 1410(1 vote) - LEARNING THE LESSONS OF LIFE - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2010 from Jo Anne MeekinsPASS OR REPEAT Learn the lesson or repeat the class. If you do not learn the lessons in your life, you will not pass the test. You might get a little further along than you were before, maybe even get more answers right the next time around, but you will ultimately still fail the test if you ...
Views: 1410(2 votes) - Streamlining Our Life through Awareness of the Wider Consciousness - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranOur lives can be enriched by paying attention to the wider consciousness beyond the limited cocoon within which our habitual mind revolves. We get a glimpse of its greatness by looking into the descriptions of Oneness in that pervasive awareness. Consciousness, the basis for our being ...
Views: 1410 - Maybe An Addiction Problem? - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Keith BrayDo you have an addiction problem? You’re reading this because you are looking for information about “addictions”. I address this to two groups of people in particular. * The person who thinks s/he has a problem. * The person trying to drink/drug/behave in moderation. Many are here because ...
Views: 1409 - What We Can Learn from Living on an Island - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Neil TepperThere’s just something about an Island. Looking out from here, from this tiny speck of sand in the middle of the ocean – and from where I live, in Hawaii, the largest ocean on the planet - it’s easy to feel isolated. Way …… out …… here … In the middle of nowhere. Separated from everything ...
Views: 1409 - 5 Habits that will give you the energy to accomplish more in life - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2011 from Ryan LoweDon’t you hear people say, “I wish there was more time in the day!” We all live a very fast-paced lifestyle. It seems like everything is happening at a hundred miles an hour. We’re being pulled in a hundred directions – all at the same time. We have our family, business, career, church, hobbies, ...
Views: 1408(1 vote) - Getting in on the Secret: The Law of Attraction for Baby Boomers- part 4 of 6 - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2011 from Steve TaylorMaking the Law of Attraction Work for You, the Column- Part 4 By Steve Taylor Happy snow day-to all of you. As I write this column, my aching body is bemoaning the Herculean effort that was required to move 18 inches of snow in 50 mile per hour winds from one spot on the driveway to ...
Views: 1408(9 votes) - How To Speak Up - and Be Heard - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2013 from Danielle DaoustSpeaking up can be risky... on the upside, it can open terrific opportunities for growth and harmony in your life... on the downside, it can push a teetering relationship into a complete breakdown, or make life so difficult on the job that you quit - or worse yet, you get fired... It is no ...
Views: 1408 - Never Give Up! - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Susan SheppardOverwhelm is something everyone faces at one time or another. When things seem like they are insurmountable, what do you do? I was at Bridesworld Expo talking with hundreds of brides to be, their mothers, sisters, bridesmaids and husbands to be. It was very interesting to observe how ...
Views: 1408(1 vote) - The God Particle - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2013 from Robin RobertsScientist’s recreated the big bang in an attempt to find the God particle haven’t heard how that went but given I wasn’t sucked into any black holes I would assume all is okay. I am sure Creator is upstairs thinking he/she has tuned into the Universe’s version of extreme makeover. Lets tear her ...
Views: 1408 - 3 Easy Ways To Make The Best Choice - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2013 from Gia CilentoThe Best Choice - Gia Cilento - The Peace Doctor, Life Coach, Author, Speaker, Reiki Master, Healer Making the best choice can sometimes be difficult. Sometimes there seems to be far too many things to choose from, such as breakfast cereal, and sometimes there are far too few, such as choosing ...
Views: 1407(1 vote) - Fixing Our Thoughts - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Frances LucasOur minds are always busy thinking about things. We sometimes think about what all we have to do. We may think about what someone else has done. We may form opinions about others in our heads or talk back to someone in our minds. We tend to think things we really wouldn’t say out loud. If we ...
Views: 1407 - It's Okay for Things to Be Easy - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Mike RobbinsA friend of mine called me out on something important last week. He said, "Mike, this 'story' you have about things being 'hard' for you isn't really true. It seems to me that things come pretty easy, you just make them hard by saying they are. What if you started saying and owning that ...
Views: 1407(1 vote) - Leaving Your Legacy - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Julie PhillipsOver the past few weeks, there has been blanket coverage over the tragic death of Michael Jackson. There have been vigils, memorial shows and gatherings across the globe, where fans have united in their grief to mourn the loss of the "King of Pop". Jackson was known and applauded around the ...
Views: 1407(1 vote) - Manipulation by our Televisions - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Vincent TreacyI remember Boy George's appearance on Top of the Pops. Like many others I sat and watched in disbelief. Was this a boy or was this a girl? It was a pivotal moment for transvestites and cross-dressers as the BBC had opened the floodgates and just about everyone has entered the TV screens ever ...
Views: 1407 - The Buddha Says... - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2017 from Lisa BoussonThe Buddha Says: “Young man, be aware of these four good-hearted friends: the helper, the friend who endures in good times and bad, the mentor, and the compassionate friend.” The Helper can be identified by four things: by protecting you when you are vulnerable, and likewise your wealth, ...
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