Every morning I excitedly get out of bed. Just a few minutes of goals and visions for the day swirl in my head. No lingering for me, no alarm, no wishful notes too. Just me in my night gown with no hat.
I sit down to enter my dreams and what can notes. In my journal entries that began long ago with a tiny book and its lock and key. I used to dwell on all the icky things back then but now I write God with my cheers and glees instead.
I remember the days I knew not whether I was going to live or die. I also never thought I’d see why cancer came by. I’m glad I had cancer because today I like the who I’ve become. Which would have never occurred had it not appeared.
If I dwell, I can remember the day of an accident that left me in a wheel chair for years. Because I know if I do, today there will be a lot of have nots and heart of tears too.
As a coach I’ve been trained to be in the present moment with me. Thank goodness for apple trees. For if it had not been for growing things fresh air would not have been. And I would not be able to enjoy breathing it all in.
Next I write wisdom, only wisdom that I can share. I know that someone will be here and be inspired because I’d cared. I travel through my day with a soul of glee. Knowing, really knowing, this is the right place for me to be. The excitement occurs when I pick up my pen and get the surprise of how far its all come.
I know there were days long ago when I dreaded my day. I’m glad, I’m glad, there aren’t none of them anymore. For when their inklings first appear, I now have the training and support to make them disappear. Coaching made me work so that I can appear.
When I crawl under the covers at night, I smile with prayer at the difference I made in everyone’s life this day. Just because I was there. Before I drift off to sleep my sugar plums swirl with what next I can do with my pen. I nod off to sleep, gracefully and slow, lingering on the stories yet to be told.
Occasionally there is a 2 am up. Just because what was swirling before needs to be said. So I honor the time with my pen and then its back to la-la-land I go. I’m so glad of my passion, my life. Its allows everything to be said. After my last eye lid shutter, my last thought is tomorrow’s putter.
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In the first stage of Bhakti Yoga, you’re part of the group, but God is really pretty far away from you. God is separate from you and basically your responsibility is to try to figure out what God wants and do it. Then in the second stage, you are part of the inner circle. We’ve had a lot of discussions in various talks about how when I first met Swami Ramananda, I was in the first stage, I was a devotee; and then over time, I got introduced into the inner circle. I became one of the disciples. God is still separate from you but God reaches down or leans over from the cushion and talks to you every once in a while.
In the second stage of Bhakti Yoga, the connection with God is a little bit closer, he might lean over and talk to you from time to time. There is not so much of an intercessor, as in the Catholic tradition, which says, “The priest must be my intercessor. I can’t speak directly to my Creator.” Basically in stage one, you have others who are interpreting what God has to say to you. It’s like the King James Bible, how it’s such a complete departure from the Aramaic that was spoken in the time of Jesus, and so, it became a different book, the way they wanted it that time in England.
The King James translation of the Christian Bible very much supports aristocracy and monarchy, and it was designed to do that. I mean, that was the whole idea, or at least one of the big ideas, as to how it was going to be written. It was that he was going to let them think the way they wanted to think as long as they supported the monarchy and the aristocracy.
It’s quite interesting because in talking with people sometimes, it’s difficult for them when I say, “Well, that’s not really a good translation.” And they want to come back really quickly and say, “Well, it’s God speaking.” “It’s the word of God.” Then I say, “Yes, but my translation of the word of God is this and mine is a little older, well a thousand years older, than yours, so which one is God? Which one is the word of God? Because mine says that the Earth is my heritage. Mine says that it’s humanity’s responsibility as stewards to take care of the Earth, and yours says that I’ll get something when I die, that I just need to put up with everything, and that the Earth is here for me to rule over, to have dominion over. Which one is right?”
Many individuals take gemstones literally at face value, such as Jade cabochons; that is, jewellery to wear just for aesthetical purposes. But gemstones are also believed to have various healing powers; e.g. (depending on the gem) the power to boost self-confidence, concentration, relieve headaches and stress, promote a calm mind, and encourage positivity.
In this article, I will cast an eye on a handful of gems and their supposed therapeutic properties. A disclaimer before we go any further : The following is founded on widely-held beliefs, and there is no assurance as to the efficacy of such gems and their believed remedial properties.
Haematite
A mighty gem that gives aids willpower and strength. Effective in harmonizing the body and spirit. An anchoring gem which keeps down anxiety and is said to help insomnia.
Malachite
A strong stone which can absorb negative energies and “contamination”. Useful for people under emotional stress.
Moonstone
Heals emotions, improves the powers of intuition and boosts the ability to gain access to the subconscious.
The above-mentioned gems are merely a small pick of gemstones that are believed to have curing properties. The only real way to discover if these stones can help you is to actually put on them if you suffer from a complaint that a gem is believed to help relieve.
A free inspirational e-card is a wonderful way to spread the spirit of encouragement and love to your fellow believers as well as for those who do not believe. Free inspirational e-cards are written and thought of in a beautiful fashion that shares the love of Christ through a story or a poem. A free inspirational e-card works as a sharing tool and an encouragement all rolled into one. Free inspirational e-cards are truly the best option for any card that you can send but they are also cards that you can add your own flair to when you send one.
In order to add to a free inspirational e-card, you have to think about the person that you are sending it to. If this person knows the Lord, then you may want to write about how you have seen the Lord work in their life. Free inspirational e-cards are a place to voice your thoughts. In order to write a good free inspirational e-card, you must be connected to the persons heart that you are sending it to. Free inspirational e-cards are truly one of the ways to open your heart to someone and let them know how they have touched and affected your life.
The best way to pick a free inspirational e-card is to know who you are buying it for. Free inspirational e-cards come in many different shapes and sizes. This means that the person may receive it differently than another card that you will send. Try to find a free inspirational e-card that will say something specific to them. Free inspirational e-cards will speak volumes to a persons heart and soul if they are sent from the bottom of your heart. People will receive them well and love what you have to say to them in your free inspirational e-card.
A free inspirational e-card will help you share the Lord will someone also. As Christians we are supposed to be showing Christ in our actions. Free inspirational e-cards will help you do that. “And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.” (Acts 14:27) This will be a way to share your faith with an unbelieving world. It is also a way for you to share your love with those who are in your community.
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This article reveals an easy to do exercise that helps create (and store) positive energy in your body leaving you feeling refreshed and revived.
Now, if I said to you
“Act like a corpse!”
you would be forgiven for wondering if I needed help! Also, you may wonder what that has to do with energy creation.
Well, it is the body position that is the key. It allows total relaxation and this permits us to focus on ‘pulling’ in energy to our midsections and then, through the use of visualisation of certain colours, makes us spill over with radiant, positive, light.
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POTENTIAL PROBLEMS
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Many people try to relax or meditate in positions they see in films or on T.V. where the person is often kneeling, cutting off the blood supply to their legs, while being ‘quietly’ introspective!
This is a problem that need not exist. You don’t have to kneel. You can stand. You can walk. You can lie. Ask yourself this question.
“How can I calm my mind and body if I am in pain?”
The answer is you cannot. So try the corpse pose for something that allows one to easily and quickly get into a meditative state. It allows a person to lie, totally at ease, and this leads to better, deeper, energy creation and thus makes it a great choice for many people.
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THE CORPSE POSE
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1. Lie on your back somewhere that provides total comfort.
2. Have you eyes closed so you can easily begin to use
your creative visualisation.
3. Inhale a light, vibrant, colour (of your own choosing) into
your belly. Allow it to remain there even after your exhale.
4. With each subsequent inhale you add to this colour.
5. It fills all your body gradually. Approximately six breaths
should suffice.
6. During the final couple of breaths feel and sense the energy
spilling out of your body. You are immersed in it.
7. As you slowly come out of this meditation allow the energy to
stay with you as you go about your day.
Tim Webb © 2006
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My friend Donald said to me one evening, “this is what I admire about you, whenever you say you’re gonna to do something, YOU DO IT”! People always ask me how do I stay motivated? How do I stay encouraged? Whenever I am asked this question my answer is always the same. I tell them that I stay focused and motivated by remaining in an autopilot mode. However, when I ponder that question on a deeper spiritual level, I come to the realization that the true answer is much more involved than the “auto-pilot” response. Would you like to know what the real answer is? Keep reading.
For those of you that follow my writing, you may have read a story that I wrote entitled Zenobia’s Life Lessons A True Testament of Love. In that narrative, I briefly tapped on the fact that I once lived in a shelter. How I ended up in a shelter in the first place was because my job downsized and relocated to Atlanta. My employer offered me the chance to keep my job by moving with the company, but unfortunately, they only offered financial relocation assistance to the higher ups. So there I was. Two young children to support and the future for employment looked grim.
I applied for unemployment and ultimately had to apply for Welfare for the first time in my life. During this time, I began to prepare my children to live in a place that in my opinion at the time, was the worst case scenario in the WORLD. My children were about 7 and 8 years-old. I knew how impressionable young children were at that age, so it was acute to their emotional development the manner in which I informed them of the news.
My children and I used to have what we called “family rap sessions”. These sessions took place once per week, usually after dinner while sitting in a circle on our living-room floor, or during dinner seated at the kitchen table. My children grew to love and look forward to these sessions because it gave them the opportunity to vent to me anything, in any manner (remembering that I was still the parent of course), and I could and would not reprimand them for what we discussed afterwards. We simply would talk and I would offer suggestions and solutions for them to handle any of the small problems that a child would encounter at their young age. I learned years later that this was the enzyme for the open relationship that I maintain with them to this day.
This is when I broke the news. We would be moving soon so I paid careful attention when describing the shelter to them. It was significant that they quickly developed a positive outlook on where their new home would soon be. I centered their attention on a few of the key things that they could do while living there that I disallowed or did not provide to them while living in our home. I figured that this was a way to encourage them to become excited about our move.
I told them what happened with the job and that we had to move out of our apartment soon. After each of them asked me where we would be moving to, I described this wonderful place, where kids could all play together after school (my children were “latch-key kids”, and weren’t allowed to go outside after school having to come home and do homework). I described a place where they would get unlimited food and snacks, (I never bought sugary; drinks and limited the amount of snacks that I kept in the house). I told them how we each would have our own beds (they used to share a bed), and they would get the opportunity to meet and play with other boys and girls. At the shelter, bedtime was moved back an hour later to 10:00. If you have ever been 7 or 8 years-old, when a parent tells you that your bed and playtimes were going to be extended, that was more than enough reason to look forward to going to this place wouldn’t you think?
The “Place”. That is the code-name we agreed to use when speaking about the shelter (I trained my children to be really good at keeping a secret, and they were. I am sure that this was due to the fact when I was young, I was such a BLABBER mouth. As a result of growing up and understanding the significance of “keeping a secret”, I developed an inbred disrespect for those who could or would not keep their mouths closed.). That was our code word used when we were discussing the shelter amongst people that we knew. I did not want anyone to know that we were living there. I was ashamed. During this time, no one ever found out. I was extremely mortified for being in that situation and I was still trying to come to grips with hitting rock bottom and having to go there in the first place, even though my children adjusted impressively well.
Until I had to experience life in a shelter as an eyewitness, I looked at those who lived in these alien places and wondered what happened in their lives that put them there? That would never be me, or so I thought.
Usually when you hear the word SHELTER, at least for me, I envisioned and related those places to the types of people that I expected to live there. People taking food from garbage cans, dirty, grimy people begging for money, bodies covered with paper bags while lying on park benches. Others sleeping in subways, walking the streets pushing shopping carts filled with what appeared to me to be nothing more than garbage. Not realizing that to the person pushing the cart, the contents often held their entire life. How do those sayings go? One man’s garbage is another man’s gold? Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes? No truer sayings were ever penned.
I learned from this experience just because you live, and maybe even sleep in the street, does not necessarily mean that you are dirty or grimy for that matter. You just do not have a descent place to call home. The average person is just a paycheck away from being homeless anyway aren’t they? That is what I was told most of my life.
Immediately, and I mean “as soon as I put my hand on the doorknob to open the doors” to the “Place”, I began to see just how wrong my perception of the homeless and shelters really were.
“How did I get here?” I asked myself, as I led my children inside. I was neither dirty nor grimy. I did not beg others for money. My body was never covered with paper bags to shield the evening wind from my person, nor did I push a cart filled with what appeared to be garbage. I just did not have a place to live. I became one of the very people that I grew up loathing. I was one of THEM now. I had become one of the homeless. TALK ABOUT THE SHOE BEING ON THE OTHER FOOT!!!!
Life was always and continues to be my BEST teacher, coupled with final exams that are powerfully honest.
I remember for the duration of my stay at the “Place”, especially around shower time, when my children would play and eagerly jump into the stall to wash their little bodies, I stood in the shadows as a guard ensuring no harm would come to my little life sources. Nonetheless, after the little ones were snuggled in bed, I too stood in the shower. However, I was not lathering my body to simultaneously relieve my mind of the tribulations that I contended with day-to-day as I should have. Nor was I luxuriating in the gratification that one feels as you allow the rhythmical current of warm water to cleanse away your “9 to 5″ anxieties. Uh-uh. Not this time. Want to know what I was doing? Crying.
I knew in order for my children to continue to have a “positive perception” of the “Place”, I had to become their compass. Subconsciously they received their direction of how they were supposed to feel about living in this new environment from my actions and/or reactions. Hence, I had to put on my game face. I had to be ready to play my “A” game “e-a-c-h”-and-”e-v-e-r-y” morning. Miraculously I trained myself to remain in autopilot mode. I did not allow myself to think about what had to be done. I just did whatever had to be done for the emotional betterment of my children. I did not want them to walk away from the “Place” feeling “less than” or “not as good as” because they had to live in a shelter. I did not want them to feel the shame and guilt that I was saturated with 24-7. After all, I was the adult. I was supposed to be able to rationalize my situation and handle it wasn’t I? I was supposed to take charge, make everything better. Essentially, on the outside I performed as though my stay there was as gratifying as drinking an ice-cold glass of lemonade on a lazy, muggy Sunday afternoon. I should have won an Academy Award for my performance.
For weeks each night, while everyone was fast asleep, in the darkness, I stood. Barefoot, in the corner of a damp, rusty, stale smelling shower stall, swallowed up by my aloneness, I cried. I stuffed my washcloth deep inside my mouth to muffle my robust sounds of hopelessness. I would repeat this late night ritual for the duration of my stay at the “Place”.
My children never knew the anguish and torment that I withstood because of our living arrangement until approximately several years later when I decided to once-and-for-all justify us living in a shelter. I was still harboring guilt for placing them in such a place. Even then, years later while sharing and clarifying my grief to them, I cried. This time we all wept together. They were growing up. They understood.
The real answer to how I stay motivated and encouraged is due to my perception of life. The way I perceive life is indicative to the way that I respond to life’s challenges. During my stay at the “Place” life so affirmatively atoned me in an earth shattering way. Today, when faced with a situation, a task, or a problem that initially appears to be too much for me to handle, I am reminded of my stay at the “Place”.
Today, I ALWAYS ensure that I have a job, I ALWAYS ensure that I have my OWN house or apartment. I ALWAYS try to exude a “rock-of-Gibraltar” persona when forced to mesh with life’s ups and downs. I have to. There is no alternative for ME.
In conclusion, I believe if a person can live on the streets and survive off of the remnants found in the pit of a garbage can, if they can, make gold from discarded junk and generate heat to warm their bodies from plastic and/or paper bags on a day-to-day basis, my life and the slings and arrows and uncertainties that I must brave are as easy as taking candy from a baby. My perception in and of itself, is what motivates ME to survive.
How you view a situation dictates the outcome. Perception is everything. Whether you want to believe it or not, and everything is perception.
(c) 2005 by C.V. Harris. All rights reserved.
C.V. Harris pens with ease about topics others would rather forget. She has the unique capability of drawing insightful parallels from real life scenarios forcing one to think, think and re-think again. She lives in New Jersey with her two young-adult children Michael and Ashlei, and her favorite family member of all, her dog Mitzi. View her Blog at http://www.onewriterwriting.blogspot.com, or send an e-mail to her at onewriterwriting@hotmail.com. She is currently working on her Memoir and a book of short stories.
Do You Seem to Get Caught Up in the Same Old Reactions?
Have you ever blown up at your spouse only to realizeafter the smoke clearedthat you might have over-reacted just a tad? Maybe you learn that you haven’t been invited to your uncle’s friend’s sister’s birthday party and you behave as if it’s the slight of the century.
Sometimes even the most minor snafu can send us storming out of the room, slamming down a phone, or just shutting down entirely. It’s like we just can’t help itthe reaction is as automatic as a mallet to the knee.
Science Reveals It May Not Be Your Fault
New research indicates that these habitual, knee-jerk responses go way back to our childhood. As youngsters, we learned to adapt to our families’ idiosyncrasies as a way of survival. Psychologists used to refer to these coping mechanisms as our baggagebut what science has now shown us is that these responses are actually hard-wired into our brains. And because our responses are so ingrained, they have become our filtering system for future incidents. In other words, if something happens today that the brain reads as being similar to something that happened in the past, it will respond as if it were the first time, even though you may be in your 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and beyond.
Bringing This to Life
For example, let’s say a child comes from a home where the parents fight frequently. That child is going to associate yelling with bad feelings. In later years, if his spouse raises her voice, he’s likely to shut down like when he was a kidmetaphorically running to his room, closing the door, and essentially blocking out the noise.
Does this mean if you come from a family of yellers you’re doomed to hide under your bed every time someone raises a voice? Luckily, recent research indicates that the brain continues to grow throughout our livesand old patterns can be released as new ones are formed in your boomer years..
Help Is On the Way
The way to managing your anger and knee jerk reactions is to establish new connections by refocusing your attention to a different outcome or possibility. But, before you can foster these new connections in your brain, you have to be aware of the old brain triggers.
When I try and distinguish whether someone’s reaction is a past association, I look to see if their reaction to the situation is automatic and intense. Additionally, when I try and offer an alternative to why they’re behaving that way, the person is resistant and reluctant to consider any other view or interpretation of the situationother than their own.
In my practice, I work extensively with clients to help them rewire and rewrite their lives. Here is an easy exercise to get you started on rewiring your brain to control your anger and over-reactions that will bring about positive changes in your life-today!
1. Thinking of Alternatives:
a. When you’re projecting your past experience onto a present one, try and imagine alternative ways to handle the situation. For example, let’s say you have lunch plans with a friendwho cancels at the last minute. Immediately, you feel an overwhelming sense of hurt and rejection. Which is how you always feel in similar situationsindicatingvoilaa past pattern! Be conscious of this and take a step back to recognize it.
b. Then, approach the situation from an entirely different perspective. Maybe you use humor to deflect the bad feelings, thinking to yourself, “Gee, I guess it’s my deodorant.” Or, you choose the direct approach and ask your friend if you’ve done something to upset her. Or, you take the practical route and figure your friend just overbooked, overextended, or over-promisedand give her a get-out-of-jail-free card. (Hint: If you have difficulty coming up with alternative ways to handle the situation, think about how someone else - your mother, a childhood friend, an admired acquaintance - might handle the same situation.)
2. Plugging in New Choices:
a. Now, replay the actual situation as vividly as possiblethe phone ringing, the sound of your friend’s voice, the awkward goodbyesand imagine yourself carrying out one of your new solutions. Maybe you decide that being understanding of your friend’s busy schedule is the best choice.
b. Replay the phone call and plug in your new behavior, the understanding you, rather than playing out your old behavior of feeling rejected and hurt.
Making it Last
Before long, you will begin to see a slight shift in how you feel. By doing this exercise again and again, you will refocus your attention on a new outcome. This will rewire your brain and make a new neural connectiona connection to positive change!
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“Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me.”
Do these words have meaning for you? Are you able to live them? Is your faith that strong? For most of us, the answer is probably no. Many people go through life in worry and fear. “Is that project I’m working on gonna fail?” “Where’s Johnny? He’s late! Do you think something happened to him?” “Is [he, she] ever going to love me like I do them?” “Why hasn’t he/she called?” “I’m late for work. Is the boss gonna fire me?”
I note that all fears are based on thoughts about the future. Even when someone has a gun pointed at you, the fear concerns that future moment when they pull the trigger and the bullet is propelled into your body. When you are worried about Johnny being late, you are actually thinking about the moment you find out why. When you are living in the future, you can’t enjoy the present. It is difficult to avoid worry and fear. We are only human, aren’t we?
Fear of failure is a common fear for many, though not always recognized as such. Most would simply say that they are worried, not afraid. But, the feeling is basically the same. Maybe it’s not as strong in one word’s definition as the other, but it is still the same kind of feeling, at least for me. It seems that it is always about some future event. Maybe that event is important, maybe not. Sometimes the importance is very much exaggerated, especially by young folks.
Most worry is a fruitless expenditure of time and energy. Most of the imagined disasters , never materialize. Sometimes we tend to bring about the very disaster we fear, simply because we fear it. Worrying about making a mistake during a recital, job interview, book review, stage performance, or about any physical effort such as bowling or golf, can actually cause you to make that mistake. That’s the picture in your mind as you go into the event. Experience suggests that picturing what you want to happen, instead of what you don’t want to happen, works much better.
The same goes for life in general. When you picture the results you want, you can often achieve them. Dorothea Brande stated in her 1936 book, “Wake Up And Live”, that you work best when you “act as if it’s impossible to fail”.
“. . . I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me.” Remember, the Lord is with you every step of the way. You can always ask Him to help, regardless the challenge. He will help. It may not be the way you thought, and it may take longer than you want, but He will answer your prayers, if you believe, i.e. “know” he will. If you know He will help, then why worry?
© 2004 David M. Butcher
Dave Butcher works a musical ministry with his wife, Carolyn Richards. They are full time and travel the USA presenting their programs at churches, gospels sings, revivals, RV campgrounds, fairs, festivals, and other events. Carolyn is the #5 “Most Played Overseas Gospel Artist” according to a chart published in the Oct & Nov, 2004 issues of Glory Train Express. Carolyn was in the top three percent “Most Played” of mainstream and indie country artists in early September according to a chart compiled by Western Heart Promotions of Phoenix, Arizona WORLDWIDE MAINSTREAM “MOST PLAYED “MAJOR & INDIE” ARTISTS CHART” 01-15 Sept.2004
According to the chart, she got more airplay in that time period than Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, and Loretta Lynn. She has had at least one song on the charts every month in 2004. Dave & Carolyn ask that you remember this: The Lord is gonna see that Everything’s Alright! Trust Him! http://CarolynRichards.net
We are in a world where so many people are looking for the magic
formula to change their lives. It amazes them that there are
people around them that are successful in one area of their lives
and they just couldn’t figure out how they did it or how
they can do same in their life.
People in this situation always resign themselves to fate and
believe that those who have being successful, are just lucky or
that some fortune was bequeathed to them. I was in this position
myself and was thinking I will never amount to anything in life.
I was just thinking I am not worthy of being successful in
life.
These kinds of thought always weigh me down whenever it comes to
my mind. Despondency is the best word that can describe my
condition back then until I discovered a secret that I believe
anybody can apply to his/her life. It turned my life around
completely and I have experienced so many changes in my life.
The fastest way to experience change in your life, is so simple
you may not even think it important. So many people have
overlooked it and cannot even reckon with it. The magic formula
is to read the story of somebody that has achieved success and
copy the steps they have followed.
There is no experience in this world that somebody has not passed
through. When we are passing through a situation, we tend to
personalize it and make it feel we are the first person to
experience it. This is not true.
If you want to make so much money and you seem to have none at
present, there are a lot of people who have started with nothing
and have gone ahead to achieve so much in their lives. If you
are facing difficulties and you are not able to decipher the way
out, there are people out there who have faced situations that
are worse than yours and have been able to overcome at the end of
the day.
Have you being told there is nothing you can do? You will believe
so much in yourself when you know that the likes of Ted Turner,
Bill Gates, Henry Ford, Walt Disney and their likes have once
being told that they cannot achiever their heart desires. Getting
to read the stories of these people tend to have an instant
effect on your life than what anybody else can say.
Are you feeling discouraged now? Are you in a situation you think
you won’t be able to get out of? Are you in dire need of
inspiration? Why don’t you pick up a book that addresses
your situation! Why not visit your local library to read about
Henry Ford, Dr. Schuller, John Foppe, W. Mitchell and so many
other people that have been where you are now? You won’t
believe the effect that will have on your life.
I did this several years ago and I still do it till today. Today,
I just can’t imagine the transformation that has occurred
in my life. The same boy that used to be despondent then is now
helping a lot of people with their lives all over the world. The
word unemployment seems to be a word I just couldn’t
understand any longer. Tough times is now seen as a challenge to
overcome and impossibilities is a non-existent word in my
dictionary.
I can tell you this works because I know it works. When will you
pick up the story of somebody you want to be like? Tomorrow may
be too late, NOW is the time to get started with changing your
life.
This is to your success as you do this.
Adebola Oni
Adebola Oni is the author of the just released Super
Inspirational Stories, a book containing several stories of love,
overcoming challenges and achieving your dreams. You can visit:
http://www.super-inspirational-stories.com to learn more about
this book. You can also get a free copy of this book by mailing:
storylover@aweber.com
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The right thing and the easy thing are rarely the same. This is a truism that transcends subject, gender, economics, or culture. Life is funny that way. There is an opportunity cost to everything that we do. Despite the persistent search for the elusive “win/win” solution and despite the prolific claims of corporation executives that they deliver the “win/win” solution, the typical solution is either “I win/you don’t and can’t do anything about it,” “I win/ you don’t do so bad” or “nobody gets anything really good.” Consider the Constitution of the United States, World War II, the shift from 1 parent working to 2 parents working outside the home in the average household and “paper or plastic” in this five part series.
Before we begin, I should make a disclosure. I have an aunt that has said that if a mountain appeared in the middle of my path, I will always choose the more difficult choice to climb the mountain instead of the easier path of simply going around. I can see why she would think that about me. It isn’t true but it is a reasonable and frequently arrived at conclusion by those that don’t reside in my head with my thoughts like I do. I like easy as much as anybody, maybe more. I live by a code; not “the code” like Ernest Hemingway but a code that I made up myself.
Now, my code isn’t anything weird and off the wall. I don’t start each day licking a frog. It is a series of rules that pretty much everyone agrees on but many people find colorful and creative ways to provide caveats that create a list of exceptions a mile long. It’s not that I am not flexible. I just require a compelling reason to revisit the code. It makes it a lot easier for me to make decisions because I have rules. I compare any given scenario to the rules and the necessary action reveals itself. I have told you this about myself so that you know that I am aware of how improbable what I am about to suggest really is. I want you to know that as improbable as it is, I suggest it all the same because I believe it. And, although I don’t always make the right choice; I don’t just talk about it. I have spent a lot of time paying the price for living it.
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