"Somewhere out past where you're now comfortable, there's a pleasant surprise. Beyond what you already know you can do, there are exciting and fulfilling and new things you'll be able to do."
"It's a very short distance between what you think you can do and what you don't think you can do. That distance is the size of just one thought.
Once you decide that it is possible for you, it is possible for you. Once you have the thought that it can be done, it can be done.
The world you experience is contained within the world you expect to experience. Expect more, and suddenly a whole new set of possibilities will open up to you.
Ask yourself what you would like to be able to expect. Then go ahead and bring your expectations in line with your desires.
Each day is an opportunity to grow beyond yourself while at the same time more fully expressing your authentic self. Touch your highest vision, expect it to happen, and you'll surely see your way there."
"Somewhere out past where you're now comfortable, there's a pleasant surprise."
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Are You In A Hurry?
Why do we hurry? Especially during these times? Slow down, enjoy life.
Read the quote again...Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Life has it's own rhythm, it's own time. It's called the Law of Gestation, and it just takes time. When you plant a garden or a cornfield in spring, you don't expect to reap the harvest until fall, right? You aren't expecting to eat that corn in the summer are you?
Sometimes we plant something and expect immediate results...it usually doesn't work that way. When we try to speed things up, all we end up doing is creating stress for ourselves and others. If you are experiencing stress now, see if you created it by trying to hurry something or slow something down...everything has it's own time frame.
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
Saturday, November 28, 2009
What Have You Decided?
What have you decided your life should be? Did someone else decide for you, or did you decide for yourself? Think about that...Many people just became what their parents wanted or what some other person suggested would be good for you to do.
Did you really decide what your life should be? If not, IT'S NOT TOO LATE!
"It's never too late to become who you were meant to be."
Too many people are unhappy in their lives because they never decided what their life should be. If that's you, realize that you can change any time you want. It might not be easy, it might be real painful, but if you really want to, you can change your life, now.
Do you feel stuck? If you are content in your discontent, then you will never be able to make a change. You have to become discontented with your discontent to want to make any change. Too many people settle, find little joys where they can and are content to live that way. don't be one of those people! I was...Not any more!
"The principle of life is that life responds by corresponding, Your life becomes the thing you have decided it should be."
Thursday, November 26, 2009
We Get Far More...
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive far more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."~Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We do get so much more than we give...Especially as Americans, we have been blessed. The problem is that other than at Thanksgiving, we are not grateful as we should be.
Thanksgiving should be a daily process, not just one day on the calendar. Imagine what our country would look like if they were thankful for what we had as opposed to ungrateful because of what we don't have. Our society says that to be happy, you have to have the next wiz-bang technology, or the latest car, or the biggest house on the block.
Lose that thinking.
I'm grateful and thankful for everything that I have, especially friends, new and old, who make a difference in my life. You make a difference in my life and I thank you for it.
Play or watch football, eat until your stuffed but remember to be thankful for everything.
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive far more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."
We do get so much more than we give...Especially as Americans, we have been blessed. The problem is that other than at Thanksgiving, we are not grateful as we should be.
Thanksgiving should be a daily process, not just one day on the calendar. Imagine what our country would look like if they were thankful for what we had as opposed to ungrateful because of what we don't have. Our society says that to be happy, you have to have the next wiz-bang technology, or the latest car, or the biggest house on the block.
Lose that thinking.
I'm grateful and thankful for everything that I have, especially friends, new and old, who make a difference in my life. You make a difference in my life and I thank you for it.
Play or watch football, eat until your stuffed but remember to be thankful for everything.
"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive far more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich."
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Want More? Be Thankful!
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”~Jim Rohn
Our consumer society focuses our thinking on the wrong things. Instead of helping us focus on what we already have, it makes us focus on what we don't yet have...Think about it Very rarely does it allow us to think about ALL we have, especially here in America.
We are constantly bombarded with commercials of things that "we just can't live without." Things that will make our lives so much better, so much easier, make us so much cooler, hiper...
What would happen if for 1 day, every advertisement that was run on TV, radio, in newspapers, online, everywhere said "You already have enough, be thankful for what you have?" Wow, would that throw people for a loop!?!
We already do have everything we need...Our challenge is our wants. Deal with your wants as most of your needs have already been taken care of. We are so fortunate to live in America. Never forget that. Never.
Want more? Be thankful more often.
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”
Our consumer society focuses our thinking on the wrong things. Instead of helping us focus on what we already have, it makes us focus on what we don't yet have...Think about it Very rarely does it allow us to think about ALL we have, especially here in America.
We are constantly bombarded with commercials of things that "we just can't live without." Things that will make our lives so much better, so much easier, make us so much cooler, hiper...
What would happen if for 1 day, every advertisement that was run on TV, radio, in newspapers, online, everywhere said "You already have enough, be thankful for what you have?" Wow, would that throw people for a loop!?!
We already do have everything we need...Our challenge is our wants. Deal with your wants as most of your needs have already been taken care of. We are so fortunate to live in America. Never forget that. Never.
Want more? Be thankful more often.
“There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Are YouThankful For Your Friends?
“I awoke this morning with a devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Are you really thankful for your friends? Both new and old? Really? In our whiz-bang, technologically happy society, its really easy to send an email or a text and think that we are making a difference in the world...Why not just pick up the phone and talk to someone?
Think about how our society has progressed. In the early years, if you had never met someone, it wouldn't be until you did that you could create a relationship...The the telegraph came and then the telephone. You could talk to people and never have to meet them...Now we have Facebook and Twitter and we can have all kinds of "Friends" that we have never met!!
I'd like to add to Emerson's quote..."the old and the new and those soon to be." Our society is going back to where we were a fifty years ago, where relationships MATTERED! We kind of got away from that, but we realize now that "it's not what you know, but who you know and even more importantly, who knows you!
“I awoke this morning with a devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
Are you really thankful for your friends? Both new and old? Really? In our whiz-bang, technologically happy society, its really easy to send an email or a text and think that we are making a difference in the world...Why not just pick up the phone and talk to someone?
Think about how our society has progressed. In the early years, if you had never met someone, it wouldn't be until you did that you could create a relationship...The the telegraph came and then the telephone. You could talk to people and never have to meet them...Now we have Facebook and Twitter and we can have all kinds of "Friends" that we have never met!!
I'd like to add to Emerson's quote..."the old and the new and those soon to be." Our society is going back to where we were a fifty years ago, where relationships MATTERED! We kind of got away from that, but we realize now that "it's not what you know, but who you know and even more importantly, who knows you!
“I awoke this morning with a devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
Monday, November 23, 2009
What Are You Selling?
"We are our most important product."~George Foreman
Listen to the man who has sold over 150 million products since leaving the pugilism ring. Do you realize that you must always sell yourself before you sell your product or service?
How do you sell yourself?
Our economy, while becoming more technically advanced is moving back to a relationship economy. It used to be the best whiz-bang thing won, now people want to know more about who is selling them the stuff, want to know more about how you do, what you do and if you are worthy of their business.
Have you thought about that lately? I hope so, because if you haven't then the "economy" is going to be getting you down. A shift is happening and you need to be aware of it or it will pass you by and without knowing it, you'll blame the economy for your lack of success...And not know the real problem with your business.
"People don't care about what you know, until the know how much you care." It's an old saying that is coming back into vogue. Start caring about your customers. Start building those relationships. Start by selling yourself.
"We are our most important product."
Listen to the man who has sold over 150 million products since leaving the pugilism ring. Do you realize that you must always sell yourself before you sell your product or service?
How do you sell yourself?
Our economy, while becoming more technically advanced is moving back to a relationship economy. It used to be the best whiz-bang thing won, now people want to know more about who is selling them the stuff, want to know more about how you do, what you do and if you are worthy of their business.
Have you thought about that lately? I hope so, because if you haven't then the "economy" is going to be getting you down. A shift is happening and you need to be aware of it or it will pass you by and without knowing it, you'll blame the economy for your lack of success...And not know the real problem with your business.
"People don't care about what you know, until the know how much you care." It's an old saying that is coming back into vogue. Start caring about your customers. Start building those relationships. Start by selling yourself.
"We are our most important product."
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