Inspiration Articles

One thing middle age has done for me is make me more aware of who I really am and how I respond to life. I can wish I was wired differently, I can somewhat adapt my personality to my environment, and I can’t use my personality as an excuse for bad behavior, but I am coming to terms with how God made me. He made me an Introvert. In recent years I have come to terms with how the public side of me behaves in an extremely extroverted world. On Sundays, because I know and love our

How many of us felt the tension as Jerry McGuire and Dorothy Boyd, fresh from Jerry’s meltdown and Dorothy’s impulsive support, stood in that elevator as the couple beside them shared those romantic words, “You complete me”? Dorothy’s panic over what she had just ...How many of us felt the tension as Jerry McGuire and Dorothy Boyd, fresh from Jerry’s meltdown and Dorothy’s impulsive support, stood in that elevator as the couple beside them shared those romantic words, “You complete me”?

Five Simple Steps to Improve a Child’s Self Esteem and Confidence Do you make sure to give hugs, encouragement, and praise to your child on a regular basis? Or do you sometimes forget to say “thank you” to your child, or apologize to them for something you did wrong? As parents you set a powerful example. You have a great deal of influence on how confident your child becomes. You can contribute to a high level of self esteem in your child, or unfortunately create the exact opposite effect. So what can you do to improve your child’s self esteem and confidence?

The first time I heard of the concept that ‘thoughts become things’ was by Dr. Wayne Dyer. Actually, the exact words were “When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change.” Funny thing is Wayne Dyer’s book was referred to my husband ...

Ending a long term relationship can be devastating, destructive and depressing but… there is light at the end of the tunnel. Having experienced at first hand a 21 year marriage blast apart with a hurricane force, I know that the effect is, to put it mildly, earth-stopping. If you’ve ever experienced being hung, drawn and quartered and then tried to put your self together again into some sort of presentable and functioning human being you’ll know exactly what I mean!

The obvious answer to the question 'what are beliefs' is that they are the opinions and convictions that you hold about your life, and your world view. But there are many layers to the answer about what beliefs are, including the answers to these questions: * Where do they come from? * How do they affect your actions? Where Beliefs Come From

Living an Exciting Expectant Life Your Exceptional Importance in This World We can choose to live into our joys or under our sorrows. We can decide what is best for us. Our health, our well-being and total life wellness depends on the decisions we make. Our careers are directed by our choices, our words and our actions.

Organization in the workplace or anywhere else is crucial to our efficiency and peace of mind. There is nothing worse than being unorganized and running around looking for something wasting valuable time. There is a saying that if you want to get something done give it to a busy man. The busy man has probably learned to manage his work load so that you can count on him to come through. He is organized and doing a whole lot more than the lazy man. You can’t shake him off of his game because he is too organized. He is working while the lazy man has his heels propped up on the desk.

Former Charger-Girl Lindsay Rizzo is the product of a bi-racial marriage. Her mother is Mexican and her father African-American.nnDespite, or maybe because of the racism she experienced, this model and actress learned early to answer the question, “Who am I?”nn“When I was growing up, bi-racial marriages were not as accepted as they are today,” says Lindsay. “I can remember many times in grade school where I’d introduce my dad to my friends

Your focus for the month is to "march to the beat of your own drum". In other words, don't follow the crowd! Doing this takes a lot of courage. At the same time, it will foster a lot more freedom, success and excitement in your life. The fact is, it's only when you march to the beat of your own drum, that you create new and original ideas. nnSo why is going against the grain such a challenge for most of us? The answer lies in our past. Remember in school, when we were taught

Life can be very hard and confusing. It often seems that when you take one step forward, you wind up taking five steps backwards, doesn’t it? It’s okay, and you’re okay. In fact, you’re more than okay. You’re perfect just the way you are because God loves you. That makes you perfect, and strong, and beautiful.rn I know it’s hard to believe this at times. You probably wonder how God could love someone who makes as many mistakes, who falls short on their faith, who

In many of my Stress Relief articles I advise doing ‘absolutely nothing’ ie deep breathing and a simple 5 minute meditation. The purpose isn’t only to de-stress, although it does a great job of relaxing you, but it is also to reconnect us with our bodies and our energy, something that we often lose in our busy, stressful lives. When we are doing; watching, listening, talking or touching, we are concentrating on everything except ourselves. When was the last time that yo

How many times have emotional outbursts destroyed a life or career? Our emotions can either work for us or against us depending on how we handle them. Gaining control of your emotions is a practice which requires maturity and experience. We have to learn to recognize the emotions which seek to propel us into action and respond accordingly rather than to react as they tell us which is often not good. We can’t prevent emotions but we can choose to not allow them to cause us to perform negative behaviors.

Check out these amazing quotes on fear. See what famous people and even the Bible has to say about fear. 1. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." rn~ Franklin D. Roosevelt Fear is such a debilitating emotion, if left unchecked. It robs us of our ambition and hope. It renders our mind ineffective and saps us of our strength. Franklin D. Roosevelt is right, there is only one thing to fear and that is fear. 2. "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."rn~ Bible – 2 Timothy 1:7 (KJB)

For the purpose of this article let me give you my definition of situational stress. Situational stress is the stress associated with being near or around a particular person, place, or thing. There will always be a negative event associated with this type of stress. One example for me was an event which happened when I was a karate student. One night we were doing a running jump kick into a punching bag and I kicked up instead of into the bag. This caused me to have a terrible fall which was extremely painful.

What is servant leadership? How can you benefit from it? Serving at its core meaning, is setting aside your own needs and desires, in order to aid or assist others with their needs. Notice I did not mention “wants”, it is all about helping others achieve their legitimate needs. The benefits to you are endless. Here are a few examples. It builds trust and enhances your good reputation with others. It creates loyalty and strength in your relationships with your family, friends, and business associates. It exponentially adds purpose and personal growth to your life.

Afraid? Being afraid is normal, and if you are human just as I am then you feel fear from time to time. Feeling fear is not always a bad thing since fear can be healthy or unhealthy. A healthy fear is an emotion that warns us about upcoming dangers, preventing us from making mistakes. A healthy ...

Using feasibility studies to manage your time involves technical details and a lot of logical questions regarding a projected plan. Business establishments, organizational developments, and personal studies involve a kind of study or plan that will create timetables, projections, and strategies to be employed in getting the conclusive result of an activity or endeavor.

As an entrepreneur, there are things you must do in order to accomplish your goals so you can have the kind of business and life you have dreamed of having. From managing a team to handling clients - and everything in between - it can be easy to lose complete control of your day. We all have the same 24 hours available each day; it’s how we chose to use those 24 hours that’s makes the difference. Meetings, client services, and a To-Do List a mile long are frequent daily task

You become lost in your thoughts when you allow them to uncontrollably guide you. You give your power and control of your mind over to your reactions. Take a look at the chart below which exemplifies the difference between feeling from your heart and thinking from your head. Feeling from Your ...

I’ve provided a wonderful collection of quotes about Dad that are great for putting in a card or letter to let him know how much you love and appreciate him. Let your father know you care, not just on his birthday or Father’s Day, but for any old reason. "Fathers are angels sent from heaven."rn~ Author Unknown "My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."rn~ Jim Valvano "The greatest gift I ever had came from God; I call him Dad!"rn~ Author Unknown "One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters."

When Andrea taught first grade, her students would often jostle for the coveted position at the front of the line. Anyone that was “less than” first in line would complain about their position. This is what seven-year-olds do. And guess what? It doesn’t change much as we grow into adults. We live in a world where even the most humble people sometimes look around and take note of what others around them “have” or “don’t have.” We are certain you can go to a store somewhere and purchase a premium quality iWant, or a fancy new iWish, or even better yet, an awesome new iEnvy.

Do you want to have a multitude of friends? If you don’t the only reason is that you haven’t invested the amount of time that you need to. It doesn’t matter how you look. Whether you are attractive or not or how big or small that you are not things that add to or detract from the equation. Have you ever known someone who was not good looking at all but had a multitude of friends? The only thing that made that person popular was the fact that they invested their time in the making of friends. The bible says that he who has a multitude of friends must show himself friendly.

The practice of gratitude can increase happiness by 25% according to Dr. Robert Emmons, author of the book, Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier. In his research, he found that grateful people experience higher levels of positive emotions, cope better with stress, recover more quickly from illness, and benefit in greater physical health.

There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit.nn “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically.nn “We’ll see,” the farmer replied.nn The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses.nn “How wonderful,” the neighbors exclaimed.nn “We’ll see,” replied the old man.nn The following

I just want to take this time and opportunity to write this article to the friend that I have never seen. One thing about life is that we can live for all of our life and think that we don’t have any friends but regardless of who you are you do have one friend that you have not seen. Thank you so much for protecting me over the years, even when I didn’t know that you were there. I am still standing here today only because you have been there for me. Now I trust you more because you have brought me through so much. I have learned to trust you with all things that pertain to my life.

You can make great changes in your world by doing simple, small acts of kindness. Mother Teresa once said, “God does not command that we do great things, only little things with great love.” Guisepi, from FreeTeaPary.org is a perfect example of Mother Teresa’s words – ...

Those jaw dropping images of the earth from space have the same thing in common with our old photographs we bring in to be restored: Barbara Askins, who invented the technology that allows us to do both. Barbara was a teacher, and once her children were in school she returned to college. After receiving her bachelor’s and master’s degree in chemistry, she was hired by NASA. Though the technology to take pictures from space had already been invented, those pictures often c

When it comes to love we all tend to do what comes naturally, we go along with it. We then attempt to love others without knowing how to love ourselves. I’ve personally learned about self-love through my own mistakes. Those mistakes have helped me identify some common patterns we tend to ...

Life After Divorce: Choose Your Own Ending While divorce can be a heartbreaking event, the key to healthy adjustment is to accept the realities of your new situation and move on. The future lies in your hands because you have control over your choices. One of the hardest things to do is to choose to forgive. Difficult, but essential for your healing and emotional health. Forgive yourself and forgive your spouse. In any divorce there is fault on each side, not always equal fault, but fault nevertheless. Take time to examine your flaws (without beating yourself up).

Syntax describes the structure of a language and how it is used to communicate. The importance of Syntax when we communicate is absolute (whether we are talking to ourselves OR someone else). In this brief article I want to share: • ‘How’ syntax can change the meaning of a sentence • ‘Why’ this is important • And how to best create a positive message In these two sentences for example notice how a change in syntax completely alters the meaning: “The dog bit John.” “John bit the dog.”

I decided to write this article as I was nearing the last few days of one of my Success Summits and was receiving many emails and inquiries regarding future guest presenter options. I regularly feature top experts and best selling authors on my transformative Your Path to Success Summit series. Sometimes I work with experts who have never participated in a virtual event. I thought I would share information with you on how to be a great telesummit guest.

Today’s sunshine carries with it the promise of spring. It reminds me of a Vancouver Sun article I read a few days ago about “The Rejuvenated You,” which highlights the endless ways we can re-energize mind, body, and soul – from vitamin-enriched water, to belly dance cardio, to aerobic oxygen. ...

Motivational speakers are the type of people who provide you with speeches that are meant to motivate and inspire people. Numerous businesses hire motivational speakers to cheer their employees and see the prospective future with a positive outlook. A lot of people do get confused between inspirational and motivational speakers. Most individuals could very well be labeled one and same however they are not always same. Inspirational speakers provide constructive messages, norm

As a Virgo (well known to be perfectionists and way too fussy!), I used to have the need to plan every single aspect of my life, and I did - right down to the extent where I would decide which route to take from point A to point B to save the most time ("...down the stairs and turn right, or turn left and cut through the garden, or..."). Nothing wrong with that right? It's GOOD to plan, and to know things in advance. Then we can always be in control, that means we are safe a

“It’s none of your business what anyone thinks of you”, Love Who You are With Pride! A bold statement I know but a very true statement. A statement that I have begun to truly live my life by, because why would it be your business what anyone else thinks of you? We spend our whole lives worrying about what others think. It affects our whole reality from what we wear to what we say and even sometimes what we choose to do with our lives in regards to education or even empl

The question on the table today is.. How good is Y O U R word? Do you follow through with what you tell people you will do? When you say “ I’ll call you next week”, do you? When you say “Let’s get together soon”, do you mean it or are you just saying it to be CORDIAL? In business, when you ...

OxyContin killed my son. This drug is handed out like candy. Every year families everywhere are suffering the loss of a loved one from accidental overdoses from this addictive drug. "The Arizona Republic" newspaper reported that Purdue Pharma L.P., the makers of OxyContin, have agreed to pay ...OxyContin killed my son. This drug is handed out like candy. Every year families everywhere are suffering the loss of a loved one from accidental overdoses from this addictive drug.

Despite all the doom and gloom in the world, I feel there has never been a better time to chase down your desires and realize your dreams. Challenging, difficult times bring about opportunity. Opportunities to grow, improve, and build strength and character. "Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat." Napoleon Hill Despite tough times presenting you with opportunities, you nevertheless still need to be equipped with a resilience and res

I read something the other day that was extremely disturbing. Apple founder Steve Jobs was quoted as saying… “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, people don t read anymore. Forty percent of people in the U.S read one book(1) or less last year.” To me, this is a VERY SAD ...

This is worth it's weight in reading! Those of you who read May's newsletter would know that spirit had been warning me that I was listening to my ipod too much on more than one occasion, & that eventually I lost my ipod! Becasue I wasn't heeding the message. (For those that want to read the whole story it is published on my blog at www.transcendentaltemple.co.uk & titled "a walk on the dark side".) Well what happened then was incredible, situations manifested in my life that forced me to listen to spirit really carefully & take full responsibility.

Seeing a great performance inspires me to no end. I'm moved by others' dreams and by their devotion and courage in the pursuit of excellence. I get choked up when I see a kid, or anyone else, fighting hopeless odds - someone who goes out there to run the lonely roads with a dream in the heart, ...

It is very easy to thank God When things are going your way The car is in good conditio And the spouse or children are okay When the sun is bright and shining The rain cools off a hot day When someone politely greets you An unexpected blessing comes your way Is it only on bright sunny ...

What stimulates your creativity? Do you create from your intellect, from technique and learned skills? There are a multitude of resources available to learn the technique: of pottery making, of photography, of sculpture, of almost any creative endeavor. We all know Einstein’s comment that says ...

I believe that a low sense of self-worth is a major problem plaguing most people today. It often underlies many other problems we face. Without a healthy sense of oneself, we feel unworthy of respect and of good things in our life. Our society has often taught us to value others and to devalue ...I believe that a low sense of self-worth is a major problem plaguing most people today. It often underlies many other problems we face. Without a healthy sense of oneself, we feel unworthy of respect and of good things in our life.

Our destiny is written before us in the stars...***** Astrologically, we now have gathered our harvests & we are entering a time to review those seeds that germinated well & those that maybe need to be let go off before they bring down the rest of our well nurtured crops. Astrologically speaking, Mercury turns retrograde on 7th of September & stays that way until 29th, this will help us greatly in reviewing our crops all over September as Mercury normally goes into storm a few days prior & after (storm is where it appears to speed up & become chaotic). Most people groan when they fin

journal writing can sometimes seem to corner you. While on most days, your pen scribbles without hesitation, sometimes you can't think of a thing to say. Or sometimes you have the opposite problem: there's so much you want to explore in your writing that you can't decide where to start. In these cases, using someone else's insightful words to encourage your own words to start flowing freely can be helpful. Keep your journal close at hand so that whenever you come across a t

For the most part, we've all experienced personal issues, circumstances or storms. I am not an expert or a fancy writer. I have a voice and I want to spread it to the world. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to write. I would like to offer you some friendly words of encouragement and that is to not give up and to persevere through your storm. The sun will shine in your life and you'll be elevated to a higher positive point in your life. What do you do when life throws l

The happiest people ever - can include you or it can describe someone else you heard about someplace. The person standing next to you could be extremely happy. I want to be known as happy. Through struggles and tragedy I am promised that God only wants good for me. I believe it's a choice to learn and know happiness. There may be degrees of happiness some days. Sometimes I seem more or less happy but generally we must decide to be happy and grateful; just do it. We may not happy about a situation or a sadness but in spite of it all, we can live happy lives.

What is Leadership? Leadership is influencing others to make positive changes. Having a position of authority does not make a person a leader. Leadership isn’t about gaining titles; it’s about attracting followers. Leadership must be earned. Here are a few leadership tips on how to earn followers: Integrity The more credible you are, then the more confidence people place in you. Consistency in your actions, values, principles, expectations, and outcomes is how you verify your integrity. Entrust Problem Solving