Inspiration Articles

Dare women who are moms and wives admit they don't think about sex often nor take the time to make sure it happens? Dare they confess that by the time they leave work, run three errands, slap dinner on the table, straighten the house, prepare details for the next day, check e-mail, pay bills, ...

Life is a matter of focus. What you focus on grows, whether you like it or not. I say whether you like it or not intentionally, because sometimes we focus on things we don’t want, and guess what we get even more of? You got it, yuck. I re-learned this first hand again this morning.nnI was talking with a friend who was telling me about her day. When she was a young girl, her grandfather used to take her out and have her hand out $100 bills to 10 strangers. Then they would ta

It’s was July 2005 when I decided to change my life completely and work full time at my passion of photography. In that time I have attracted many more wonderful things into my life tha I ever thought possible. I have won awards for my photography nationally and internationally and my ‘online’ ...

Imagine you are standing among 22,000 people. It is 6 o’clock in the morning and you are waiting for a starting gun to fire so you can run 26.2 miles. On June 4, 2006, that is where I was and for me it was a dream come true. It had been almost four years since I received a phone call that ...

Do you want to be happy today? Then I encourage you to ask yourself what you are grateful for today! Studies show time spent being grateful leads to happiness. Gratitude helps many ways. For example, gratitude helps when you want feelings of being happy. Happiness can be elusive. Pursuing happiness directly can often backfire. There’s a bit of an exception, though! Because practicing gratitude can give you those feelings of being happy on a consistent, persistent basis. Tha

It is early and the house is quiet. I do not hear the sound of hard snores coming from my husband of so many years. There isn’t the sound of a small snoring coming from my children. It is just me. Has always been so since my teenage years. When I am ask the question regarding, my status I am often given awwww, looks. When this happens, I want to proclaim to them it is well with me. “No, no, I am good,” I stated this smilingly. The churches Mother’s pet my hand; gently nodding their heads.

How many balls of clay do you know? A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn't look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He liked to watch the spla

Psychics who work for themselves have their own individual lifestyle. They work when they want and have lots of freedom. You can follow in their footsteps if you chose to work hard and follow some practical steps.A Lange & Sohne is very accurate Germany machinery watch brand, its main feature is that the unparalleled superb skills and a high standard of perfect manually. A.Lange & Sohne watches are Mens Watches of technical ingenuity and traditional horological design. The A.

Arlete is my cleaning lady. She is the most positive, loving person I know. And I love her for it. I have to admit I just don’t like to vacuum and mop my floors so I would rather pay someone to do it. So, Arlete comes by when I need her and she creates a space happiness in my life by giving me TIME. But she’s much more than that to me. Arlete always has a smile on her face and has such positive energy that she changes my mood instantly. She hugs me and says “Robert, God

Awareness of human creativity as a fundamental human trait would boost human confidence in a big way. How could the awareness of being creative possibly contribute to trust ourselves more? If we look at what is not creative - repetition, routine, inertia, assembly lines and mass production for ...

My son and I went for a walk today in an oceanfront park in Anacortes, WA, in the San Juan Islands of the Pacific Northwest. Lush green, towering cedar trees and fauna of all kinds surrounded us. This forest receives a lot of precipitation making it a very green sanctuary. Many of the trees were covered with moss and the floor was covered with many varieties of lush plant life, from ferns to fungus. If wet had a scent, this was the place to smell it. My nose was filled with t

Knowing what you want in life generates personal power and arouses you to the magnificence of the universe. It leads you to the core of a spiritual journey as it transforms your views and feelings. Knowing what you want does not guarantee an easy life, but rather a life open to opportunity and excitement. Here are some tips you might take on to improve your life. First of all, know what really matters to you. What do you want in life? What is the thought that really makes you

Creativity involves anticipation mingled with uncertainty. For the record, ideas grow out of your brain through a simple yet complex union of egg and creative energy. What mental soil allows you to become a songwriter, poet, artist or inventor? Why do some of us “pop” with ideas while others merely drink a beer while they pass the time away? Have you ever heard of a “Dream Catcher”? Many people feature them above their beds and on the rear view mirror of their cars. They in

One of my favorite writing assignments in college was constructing a monosyllabic story carved out of pure thought and based on the delectable mind of Dr. Seuss. This provoked inside me a strong curiosity on how to conquer the challenge of experiencing writer's block. In this case, we could employ large quantities of monosyllabic words from dictionaries that pertain to dreams and the imagination. Assembling a list of fictitious places and characters was also helpful and enjoy

Keeping in mind that life happens; have you ever heard it said that where you are in life is a result of the decisions you have made? If you are in a good place, you are probably feeling pretty good about that statement. If you are in a negative place, you may be looking for someone to blame. You could blame parents, relatives, girlfriends, boyfriends, husbands, wives, friends, children, even your boss or co-worker. It is true that any of these people could have had an import

Before we get to know each other any further, I think it best to get one of the best-kept secrets about me out in the open right away: I failed grade 10 math class. It was not really due to my inability to learn. It had more to do with my ability to dream away my time, thinking about my future. I had so many questions. How would I work my life out? How would I reach all of my goals? Would I really have to master geometry to be fulfilled? nnMy life really sucked. Not only did

Everyone is using the word REINVENTION. Many have told me not to use it because everyone else is using it. “It’s over-used” they say; or “it’s trite.” Well, that might be true. I mean, it’s on TV when you watch the General Motors ads. I’ve seen it in the NY Times and the Wall Street Jou al. Because things are different now, everyone is taking a stab at ReInventing….. So, why am I using it? Well, I’m very UNCONVENTIONAL. I tell it like it is. I call a dog a dog. I don’t call it a cute little, furry creature that yaps .. I call it a dog. I say it like it is.

I was inspired to write this by a series of events that occurred over the past week or so and when the Muse speaks, what choice do I have, but to oblige? This morning, I received from my old (well, age-less, but long term) friend Scott Kalechstein, his monthly e-muse letter. In it, he beautifully thanked a mutual friend named Stephen Feig. He started out the article in this way: “Did you ever have anyone think so highly of you that you avoided them at all costs?

Dear High Achiever:nnOH, MY APOLOGIES. Since this weekly FYI is intended to mean For Your Inspiration as well as Information , did you think that I had a pretty outrageous typo in the headline of today’s message?nnOr did you recognize this version of a challenge we’ve put forth in this Ezine from time to time?nnActually, I intentionally “forgot” to add a space to capture your full attention.nnIt should read Inspiration Is Now Here!nnBIG DIFFERENCE. nnIt is my belief t

You've taken all the abundance courses, read all the prosperity books, watched the latest and greatest inspirational movies, listened to all the motivational audios, and you're still struggling. Here are some possible reasons why. Perhaps you can relate to some of them. 1. You're stuck in the ...

The OOA's aim is to Petition No.10 to register our profound anger for this apology and to urge the Prime Minister to retract the apology and to confirm that no soldier will face a criminal prosecution in the future regarding Bloody Sunday. The IRA have had their combatants pardoned and released from prison and we have yet to hear any apology on their behalf, therefore we believe that no apology should have been given on behalf of the Parachute Regiment. The further aim of the

"Naval Ravikant " by navalravikant.com is licensed under CC BY 3.0 Naval Ravikant isn’t a traditional self-help guru. He has no book to sell you. No course. No speaking conference. But what he does have is a completely-free Twitter account. He’s used the platform to amass more than one million followers. And while Ravikant’s expertise is in venture capitalism — his early investments include Uber and coincidentally, Twitter itself — he’s instead used the social med

I ended 2007 feeling a little filmy, more than a little occupied, and slightly annoyed with the Universe, if I’m being really honest. I felt far away from the presence of a Caring Intelligence, like staring into the night sky, knowing the moon is somewhere, but feeling thin with shadows. nnI was dismayed: After all the personal work I’ve done, books I’ve read, classes I’ve taught and attended, how could I feel so removed? I was frustrated that the Divine Presence wasn

She was suddenly hit hard. The unexpected impact sent her sprawling to her knees. She could hear the incessant sound of the rain, pelting against her large bedroom window. It was all a strange phenomenon, to her. Dark billowy clouds had gathered, hovering and intimidating. It was an remarkable ...

This is a story of how I was able to overcome a low self esteem, and get more confidence. Have you ever met someone who said they always knew they were going to be a doctor, or an actor, or a mechanic? These people know at like age 4 what they want to be in life. Well, I was not like that, the only thing I knew for sure, was that I wanted be me.

It was a winter wonderland. The tree limbs hung limp burden from the fallen snow. The moon was full, illuminating the night with its revealing presence. Confused, she continued her lone walk. She was hurting, not a physical hurt, she thought; that would have been easier to deal with. This was an ...

Hooray! Martin Luther King Day is coming soon! That is great, right? Every year, we use this holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and celebrate the ways he brought great change to The United States. The biggest thing he did to develop his legacy was to make it easier for people of all races in America to be given some freedom and respect. King’s wishes include world peace, harmony, love, respect, forgiveness and equality. It is important for us to spend every day of

Many of us have goals and only need a little bit of motivation to get fired up and skyrocket toward where we are. But while many of us have great goals that we could accomplish with a little bit of patience and motivation, only very few of us reach for those potentials. Many of those few people have not even reached the motivation that they sought when they first started and instead, the replaced the illusion with a reality that they decided they could alter as they wish.rnRe

10 Ways You May be Losing Your Brand Integrity I define Brand integrity as the ability to present one’s brand both in words and deeds to be true, respectable and acceptable without compromising on standards (brand’s promise). As Wikipedia has it “Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. It is generally a personal choice to uphold oneself to consistent moral and ethical standards.”

THE PRAISE IS POURING IN FOR rnYOU’RE A WORTHWHILE PERSON IN MORE WAYS THAN A MILLION. rnWhy are First Lady Michelle Obama, President Emeritus Bill Clinton,rnGolf Legend Tiger Woods, and Mayor Michael R. BloombergrnPROFUSELY THANKING SIMEON W. JOHNSON? The philosopher Seneca said it centuries ago: What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you. rnBut in today’s celebrity-worshipping world, we often forget that our ordinary actions can make

Have you ever noticed that people who are cheerful by nature seem to look younger than their counterparts? Carefree people are not affected the same way by the stresses of everyday life as we are. My wife for one seems to have the ability to not notice when things are going terribly wrong while I have the tendency to become stressed or distracted. I don’t become distressed but as the man of the house I get conce ed because I am the head of the household and it is my responsibility to get us through.

Life is a strange thing. We learn as we grow older but the lessons that are the hardest are those of the past. We learn what not to do only after we have done it. Sometimes the lesson will come back around and be useful but most times we can just chalk it up to a life experience. Life’s lessons are good and sometimes they are tough but the best lessons are those that will have some sort of future benefit.

LUCKrnSynonyms of luck are assistance, blessing, fluke, fortunateness, godsend, good luck, kismet, windfall etc. It is believed that luck is a derivation of the Sanskrit word "Lakshmi". She is the original "Lady Luck" - a Hindu Devi of Money & Fortune. In a natal horoscope the 9th house is harmonious for fortunateness or luck. It is stated that propitiation of the deity represented by 9th lord helps in the expansion of fortune. Luck makes anything that one receives by "chance

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I am living in a brand new landscape as of 2 weeks ago. Yet it is the same one where I have been living for almost 2 years. It is a beautiful landscape that is home to the smaller house where I live with my partner and my dog-child Ollie, the larger house of the man who owns the property, and a nice sized pool. It is surrounded by a wooden fence that provides both privacy and a spacious view of the sky, the surrounding mountains and the beautiful trees between us and the moun

“Come on ma'am... time to move on." Kimball peeked at the park worker through sleepy eyes. The morning songbirds serenaded her as she gathered her bags. The singer drew in a deep cleansing breath and glanced at her watch... only an hour until her shift started at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Kimball was a respected volunteer. She was also homeless. Her home that day was a park in downtown Atlanta.rn rnKimball believed there were people less fortunate than he

There seems to be a constant struggle between Impulse and Ambivalence, Intellect over Emotions and Reason over Intuition. With so many choices, how do you make the right decisions? How do you know you are winning at meeting your goals, your desires, your timelines, and your successful outcomes? It’s all about making the right decisions and ALWAYS taking action towards those decisions. You may ask: What is Impulse and how important is it in your decision-making process? Impu

I’m very excited to have been invited to blog on “Intent.com”! As a professional songwriter and recording artist, I have been fascinated by creativity all my life and in the past decade I have been asked increasingly to teach workshops and lecture on the subject. So I thought my first blog should address my thoughts on the mystery of “creativity”: I have to say that in my search for the way to encompass all the traditions and perspectives of the human connection to

Dear Negative Thoughts You've been serving me for a long time. Not necessarily in a good or bad way, but for a long time, anyway. That's why I remember you. And that's exactly the status you have with me now: A memory; an echo. A faded photograph of an old place that's no longer worth visiting for me. I think you're still here because I have a hard time forgetting. Because forgetting would feel like losing an important part of my identity. I don't know if that's right or wron

Are todays worries and jitters of the Stock Market JUSTIFIED ???? ( this is part 1 of a 2 part article)n n Let’s talk about the Stock Market and the fears that we all have. After all,it’s about money, which is a somewhat of a conce to most of us.n n What bothers me most is how the media is ...

Personal development has a profound effect on our successes as human beings. Often I would come across books at home when I was a teen that momma would have and i’d scan over them. I believe she read some of them. All us are that way on some level. She said, when we don’t have real purpose and drive to do a thing you won’t do anything to change it. Whatever that thing is, we only do what we know. As a child I grew to believe what momma told me. That you could do anything you

She was a very quiet, modest, middle-aged lady. He was a young clergyman, probably in his early thirties, who was sitting beside her in the midtown doctor’s office. I was there in the same room, reading my book, hoping to kill time while waiting to see my practitioner.nnI’ll admit my crime: I couldn’t concentrate on the book. I was listening to the conversation between these two people. I know, my behavior was totally unacceptable, but I hope that the quiet lady and you

Orlando, Florida, January 28, 2006nnThere is a ride at Disney World called the Tower of Terror, and on the weekend of January 28, 2006, my four children, even the twin five- year-olds, begged me to go on that ride over and over again.nnHoused in a re-created aging Hollywood hotel, the ride begins where you climb into a creaky elevator that snakes its way through the creepy premises. An electrical storm kicks up, and right on cue something goes wrong with the power. The elevat

Do you have people you admire? I do. People I admire inspire me to become better. In fact, I’ve observed that much of life is often in the modeling of small things. Even modeling WITHIN ME works! When I’m modeling for myself what I need to do to move forward, it gets done even on rough days. Small things influence my attitude. So, I seek patterns that influence better attitudes. Because when I get my attitude in a better place, life tends to become adventure rather than

As March and the season of spring comes upon us, it is critical that you start planning and equipping yourself for change. As you know, life has four seasons: summer, fall, winter and spring. However, most people are unaware that success also has four seasons: summer success, fall failure, weary winter and spectacular spring. So every three to four months, expect change to occur in your life. You must understand it has always been this way and it will continue to be this way. Circumstances, are the storms, the cold, and the rain that comes out of nowhere into your life.

We commit to real change, and then we resist it. This cosmic dance has been going on forever in every ballroom since the beginning of time... nnI’ve committed to write more this year. It’s what I want. Now that I’ve said it, I know I will drag into my writing room, and it will feel as though I have to hoist a dead body out of the way, just to sit down and type out a sentence. I’ll want to wash my hands, and then research how soap got invented, and then

Recently, I was reading an interesting case of a mobile phone manufacturing company that until a couple of years ago was the world’s leading and most preferred brand and suddenly it is struggling to keep pace with the competition. The reason? Well, the competitors have been successful in introducing better, cheaper and faster products with superior technology. It happens all the time. Nothing remains forever. Products, ideas, Services , everything changes. The best-selling

"I don't 'feel' like it", is a common chant we often say to ourselves or to others when we're tired, not in the mood, or simply procrastinating. No doubt feelings are important and need to be acknowledged, yet at the same time, they often prevent us from taking the action we need to take, at the time we need to take it. Consequently, in the end, because we didn’t do what we needed to do, we tend to feel worse.nnIt takes courage to act regardless of your current mood. It's e

In 1897, a musicologist and music critic for the New York Tribune named Henry Krehbeil wrote a book titled, “How to Listen to Music.” Henry said it was for the “untaught lovers of the art.” Perhaps, that is what many of us may be, untaught lovers of the art…of life. And, just as Krehbeil’s eloquent explanation of each instrument’s role in the resulting harmony gave his readers a newly found interest in the concerto, so too, can we become better listeners of our daily experience.

If within your resolutions for this year is the purchase of your home, the first step you must give is to hold an initial interview with a representative of your mortgage, to guide you about the details of the process and the different financing alternatives that They fit your needs.rnMortgage loans are subject to qualification, a satisfactory appraisal, income verification, and information on the assets and debts of the applicant.rnIt is the responsibility of the mortgage ba