Don’t talk about me until you talk to me.
Don’t under estimate me until you challenge me.
don’t judge me until you know me.
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Dec29
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Dec19
Thoughtful Thursdays #44 Christmas Wish
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To you and your family I wish you health, wealth, wisdom and peace in this holiday season.
I wish that everywhere you plant your feet you are steady as a rock.
I wish that for every hand you hold you guide them in the right way.
I wish every time you put your arms around some one you made them feel safe
I wish for every kiss you gave you to feel the sparkle.
I wish for every tear you wipe away you gave comfort.
I wish you golden moments and clarity of mind.
I wish you everything that’s good and every happiness that life brings.
And I wish for your world to explode with joy.
From my heart to yours I wish you love.
I wish for you to have your hearts desire.
Merry Christmas
Dec16
Vampires
Here’s a post from Seth Godin.
Here he explains the influence of negative people in your life and how to handle them.
Seth always had timeless advice. Pleasssse read.
The care and feeding (and shunning) of vampires.
Vampires, of course, feed on something that we desperately need but also can’t imagine being a source of food.
You have metaphorical vampires in your life. These are people that feed on negativity, on shooting down ideas and most of all, on extinguishing your desire to make things better.
Why would someone do that? Why would they rush to respond to a heartfelt and generous blog post with a snide comment about a typo in the third line? Why would they go out of their way to fold their arms, make a grimace and destroy any hope you had for changing the status quo?
Vampires cannot be cured. They cannot be taught, they cannot learn the error of their ways. Most of all, vampires will never understand how much damage they’re doing to you and your work. Pity the vampires, they are doomed to this life.
Your garlic is simple: shun them. Delete their email, turn off comments, don’t read your one-star reviews. Don’t attend meetings where they show up. Don’t buy into the false expectation that in an organizational democracy, every voice matters. Every voice doesn’t matter–only the voices that move your idea forward, that make it better, that make you better, that make it more likely you will ship work that benefits your tribe.
It’s so tempting to evangelize to the vampires, to prove them wrong, to help them see how destructive they are. This is food for them, merely encouragement.
Shun the ones who feed on your failures.
Posted by Seth Godin on December 16, 2013
Nov28
Thoughtful Thursday #43 Thanksgiving
In the spirit of Thanksgiving I have made a list of things I am thankful for and below that is a gift to you:
I am thankful for:
My kids
My dog and four cats
My problems
My life
My creativity
All the people I know, the good and the bad
My computer
My car
My spirituality
My success and failures
My Gift To You:
I wish you happiness, peace, and prosperity
I wish for your suffering to end immediately
I wish you every benefit that life can give you
I wish you tremendous love
And if that is not enough
I wish you a forever understanding of your self.
Happy Thanksgiving
Nov26
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oct17
Thoughtful Thursdays # 37 Feelings
You will not break or die or disappear if you feel your feelings. There’s no need to run away or distract yourself with some substance or panic. Wait at minute. Just stop.
Feelings are scary. We don’t want to face them because we fear the depth of our magnificent selves. Deep in the well of our being is where the truth is.
That’s the reason you are feeling something. Your inner wisdom is telling you a truth. So why are you afraid?
Take a moment to just feel without judgement, without reacting, without running away. Let your feelings come out. Turn down the chatter in your mind, silence the inner critic that dishes out fear as if it were candy. The critic is not your friend when it comes to personal growth.
Your heart is calling you. Your feelings are calling you. You are a wonderful human being. Start acting the like it.
Don’t be so selfish. The world is waiting for your wonderfulness.
Go ahead love your self and others in your world. Say good things to yourself.
Give your self credit for getting as far as you have in this life. Your life may not have been perfect. So what if your life is not perfect. Welcome to the club because no one’s life is perfect.
Stop making the world wait for you. You are important.
Go ahead be happy, gorgeous, wonderful and a rock star.
Blessings to all.
Sep25
Affirmations #17 Relationships
In my life, I attract only those people who are in sync with me and who love me unconditionally.
I love my children unconditionally and accept them as they are.
I love my children unconditionally and accept them as they are.
My brother/sister and I are a perfect foil for each other. We love, respect and appreciate each other always.
My life partner/lover and I are soul mates. We compliment each other, respect each other and love each other immensely.
I am a model student. My teachers are the best. I love them and their teaching.
self-help-and-self-development.com
Peaceful relationships are very important. No one wants burdensome relationships. Feel free to change around the words to make the affirmations believable and accommodating to your relationships
Write them 10 times each, say them many times during the day especially in the morning and bedtime. Also say them in the mirror.
Sep23
Affirmations # 15
When I breath, I inhale confidence and exhale timidity.
I love meeting strangers and approach them with boldness and enthusiasm.
I approve of myself and love myself deeply and completely.
I live in the present and am confident of the future.
My personality exudes confidence. I am bold and outgoing,
I am self-reliant, creative and persistent in whatever I do.
I am energetic and enthusiastic. Confidence is my second nature.
self-help-and-self-development.com
Self confidence is the belief that you can do something. Write these 10 times each say them many times during the day especially in the morning and bedtime and in a mirror.
Sep9
Affirmations
I have read Louise Hay’s book “You Can Heal Your Life” at least four times in the past and the affirmation thing never really impressed me. I realize it didn’t impress me because I wasn’t ready for it.
Lately my life is not going well personally, financially and almost every other way. It’s been like this for a long time.
I am constantly fitful with worry which is most of the time. Of course nothing changed because of the constant worrying.
After tremendous frustration and deeply analyzing the situation I started reading Pema Chodron’s book “When Things Fall Apart” which is an excellent book about change based on Buddhism. When I returned Pema Chodron’s book to the library I strolled over to the self help section and picked up Louise Hay’s book to give it another try.
I think because I was so desperate with frustration for answers and guidance that I became willing to try anything including affirmations.
Half believing what I reading was true I said the simplest affirmation. “I accept myself just as I am”. As Louise instructed my ego was fighting me for control of my thoughts. I was scared I’d go crazy. But I persisted. Again and again I said the same affirmation. It took one day for me to feel something shift. A tiny light feeling that my worrying was lifting.I was ready and willing to try to change.
In the past I have searched for peace of mind and a purposeful life. Since I am an avid reader I have tried many traditional and new age information for answers to my life’s many questions. Each new thing I tried worked for a time then no longer filled my original purpose. So I moved on searching again for what was next.
In my recent frustration finding Louise Hay’s book is my new avenue for moving my life forward because as I practice affirmations I feel so much better. Here’s why, I didn’t realize it but I have a problem with constant negative self talk. When I realized what I was doing it made perfect sense. Yes, I was hurting myself first.
Affirmations replace negative self talk with positive self talk. It was not easy to change my negative self talk to positive but as I have persisted I am changing for the better. I am losing a lot of fear and self doubt. I am trying to be more outgoing and courageous in every day things like looking strangers in the eye instead of lowering my eyes to the floor. I am calmer. I know all is working out for my highest good. Affirmations is the original “The Secret” and “The Law of Attraction”.
I am having so much success with affirmations that I am posting one affirmation every day for 30 days. Please give it a try. Say the affirmation as many times as possible silently or out loud or in a mirror. Or try writing it ten times.
Just try. You won’t be disappointed. Affirmation #1 will be in the next post.
Aug8
Thoughtful Thursdays #28
e.e. cummings said: “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting”.
When I read this it was almost too much to bear because it was true. It is a fundamental truth that no one talks about or even realizes till it’s almost too late. The truth is that society has set up rules so that if you don’t follow a particular like-minded tribe you will be lost and alone to the point of death. This mentality comes from the ancient survival mechanism in our brains that looks for safety. And it’s also has a clear undercurrent of power and control of a group under the guise of safety. I don’t know about you but I have been a loaner most of my life and I know that lost and empty feeling of not fitting in. I fooled myself for a long time with relationships, jobs, incredible ideas, trusting those I should not have and fabulous fashions but they all faded. The only thing left is me. Warts and all.
I have had sweeping changes and disappointments galore and guess what, I have survived. I still stand-alone and I enjoy being alone as much as I enjoy company.
Society has its own truths. I would never give up my truth to be myself. No matter what.
Be forewarned that acting true to yourself brings lots of jealousy and criticism. It’s a small price to pay for your own happiness. Be content and improve yourself regardless of what others think.
It will take a great deal of courage but you can do it. When there’s opposition, express it by doing something creative. Writing, painting, running what ever makes you happy.
Is this selfish, you may ask. No, because how can you be functional and productive when you have that feeling of uneasy boredom, are unhappy and living by habit?
No one can do your life the way you do so be proud of you and your life.
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