Technically Hump Day nuggets :-)

A plethora of long overdue nuggets...ENJOY! :-) 


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The way we pay attention to the world can make a huge difference in the way we experience it.
                        ~ Gabrielle Leblanc

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Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos.
                        ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.
                        ~ Eckhart Tolle

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Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.
                        ~ Osho

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Whenever you go somewhere that speaks to your soul, you are going home to yourself. 
                        ~ Martha Beck 

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I see your life as already artful, just waiting and ready for you to make it art. 
                        ~ Toni Morrison

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Why you? Because there’s no one better. Why now? Because tomorrow isn’t soon enough.
                        ~ Donna Brazile

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Insane people are always sure they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit they are crazy. 
                        ~ Nora Ephron  

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Change is not a bolt of lightning that arrives with a zap. It is a bridge built brick by brick, every day, with sweat and humility and slips. It is hard work, and slow work, but it can be thrilling to watch it take shape.
                        ~ Sarah Hepola

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Returning to Creative Dreams
Return and Reclaim

Take the time to reclaim your creativity and watch your life blossom as a result.
 
As children, many of us entertained fantasies or even goals of being an actor, singer, dancer, artist, or musician. In some cases, we received enough encouragement to develop our abilities in those creative arenas, but somewhere along the way we stopped. This stopping may have been due to circumstances beyond our control or to our own unconscious acts of self-sabotage. Being creative can be scary in a world that seems to value logic over imagination and practicality over dreaming. We can forgive ourselves for shutting down or turning our attention away from our inner artist, but perhaps we can also take steps to reclaim our dreams. 

In certain times and places, developing a creative ability was considered an important part of being a well-rounded human being. It was not necessary to be a professional or a masterly genius, because the act of creativity was valued in and of itself. It gifts are manifold ~ from the sheer pleasure of allowing our imaginations free reign to sharing and enjoying the fruits of our labor. Children share drawings and songs freely, without self-consciousness, and there is no reason why we cannot do the same thing. You may already be remembering some lost form of expression, such as making jewelry or writing songs. Your soul may be responding with an energetic lift as it feels its way back to a time when it was allowed to express itself freely. Your brain, on the other hand, may be throwing up obstacles, like the idea that you are too old or do not have the time.  

The truth is, you are not too old, and if you have time to pick up a pen, you have time to make a doodle or write a haiku. Recognize that the obstacles you find before you have arisen from a place of fear and that they will wane in power every time you do something creative. Each creative act takes you deeper into a realm of beauty and magic, a realm that you have every right to return to and reclaim.
                        ~ Daily Om by Madisyn Taylor 

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Notes from the Universe

The Learning Game:

When there is ease and simplicity in your life, it's because earlier you learned a lot.

When there is resistance and obstacles in your life, it's because there's even more to learn.

And learning even more is pretty much the main reason everyone is still there. 

Classy dismissed, 
    The Universe

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Performing miracles isn't a matter of doing the impossible, it's a matter of redefining the possible. 

Tallyho, 
    The Universe

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It's not how much one gets paid, but how much they give, that makes them rich. 

Bling, bling - 
    The Universe

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Do you think it would be cheating, knowing all that I know, if I placed a bet on your inevitable happiness, success, and saunter? 

Good. Because I have. It was called the "Big Bang," and every moment of every day I walk in your shoes. 

I knew what I was doing. 

    The Universe

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Do you know why it's so easy for us in the unseen to quickly pinpoint your whereabouts?

You leave behind footprints of love. 

Aw-w-w-w, 
    The Universe

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Just an FYI: you're living a temporary life in a temporary world, where nothing makes you less, everything makes you more, and no one is truly "done" until everyone is done. 

Watch your brother, 
    The Universe

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If you knew I answered whenever you spoke to me, would you be still enough to hear me? 

Prepare to be amazed, 
    The Universe

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The Teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks

To hold someone as your object of attention while you're connected to Source Energy, is the greatest gift that anyone could give. When you're not happy, you don't have anything to give. And so, what it literally means is be happy, because you cannot give anyone something that you do not feel 

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There isn't anything that I cannot be or do or have, and I have a huge Nonphysical staff that's ready to assist me, and I'm ready. 

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Your life is right now! It's not later! It's not in that time of retirement. It's not when the lover gets here. It's not when you've moved into the new house. It's not when you get the better job. Your life is right now. It will always be right now. You might as well decide to start enjoying your life right now, because it's not ever going to get better than right now—until it gets better right now! 

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Someone has said, "the Universe has imagined it even better than you have." And we like to add to that: The Universe got all of its information about what you like from you, and it has remembered every piece of it and has put it together in perfect formation. And so, the things that are on their way to you are so much better than you even know that you want. And as you allow them, the essence all of these things that the Universe knows that you are wanting make their way to you and appear in perfect timing for you.

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Is harmony one note that everybody is singing? Or is it a whole lot of notes that are in vibrational harmony with each other? When you give your attention to anything, the Universe responds to it. When two of you are giving your attention to it, and there is no contradiction, it is a powerful vortex. That's why a gathering such as this can achieve a great deal as you come together in greater and greater harmony and take thought beyond that which it has been before.

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One Minute Motivator by Edward W. Smith

What is working for you?  You probably have a number of things that are working for you and some things that are not working for you.  Take some time to step back and sort out the pieces.  Look at what the good, productive things are, and think of how you can do more with them.  Conversely, look at the not so good things and consider how to reduce, eliminate or change them.

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It is not the circumstances, it is you.  Everything bad that happens to us can be blamed on the circumstances. If you want something good to happen to you, take something bad that happened to you, and blame yourself. Once you take responsibility for a problem, even if it wasn't you fault, things will start to go better for you.  You will look at what you can learn from a problem, you will feel more in control and less like a victim and you will work harder on coming up with the fix for it.

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Create a nurturing environment for yourself and others; by placing uplifting, positive messages in places you will see them throughout the day. One of our subscribers in Lake Tahoe, places messages such as "This water will bring success, happiness, wisdom and love" on cups his guests use, and he envisions them filling their bodies with goodness, when they use the cup. He also believes that by being in an environment of positive energy and in doing things that promote self-goodness, that he can carry this energy to others.  There are so many negative messages we get every day.  Why not choose positive messages and share them with those around us?  At first people will most likely be confused, but they'll quickly get used to it, like it and come back for more.  Right action is the key to good living. Why shouldn't we make the choice to live as well as we can?

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Here is something that definitely works.  Getting definite about your plans works.  If you lay out what you want to accomplish is specific terms, they have a greater chance of happening, than if you just have some vague ideas floating around in your head.  Take your vacation for example.  Chances are pretty good that you ended up when and where you wanted to be on vacation.  Chances are also pretty good that you spent some time going over brochures, looking at costs, checking calendars, etc, to get most of the details worked out. The rest of your life is no different.  Any business or personal plans that you give the same amount of effort to, will probably happen.  Imagine, you can really have what you want, you just have to plan for it.  It is true, if you focus on what you want and get specific about how you can make it happen, you will probably get it.  So if you definitely want to accomplish something, get definite about it. 

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Many times you have to do what you have to do, before you get to do what you want to do.  Most people have to be a student before you are a teacher, or an employee before being the boss.  A commitment to a long range goal, can be the secret to getting through all those things you don't want to do, but have to do.  If you are in a small business and doing many, many different things such as sweeping the floors, and doing errands, etc, chances are you aren't too thrilled about some of these things.  And it is easy to get demoralized over this, since these types of jobs always seem to take more time than the stuff you had in mind when you opened the business. So I urge you to find some method of stepping back from the "grunt" work and reminding yourself of your ultimate goal in all of this.  See yourself doing what you ultimate objective is.  Once you do that, you will be able to go back to the things you have to do, secure in the knowledge that you are on your way to doing what you want to do.

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Daily Teaching from The Power

You know when you're driving and you see a police car, you suddenly become more alert. There is a reason that you saw the police car and most likely it is telling you, "Be more alert!" Seeing the police car may mean even more to you, but you have to ask the question "What is this telling me?" to receive the answer. Police represent law and order, so the police car may be a message of something that's out of order in your life, such as you forgot to call your friend back, or you didn't thank someone for something. 

When you hear an ambulance siren, what is it saying to you? Is it telling you to be grateful for your health? Is it reminding you to give love and thanks for the health of the people in your life? When you see a fire engine race past you with its lights and sirens going, what is it telling you? Is it saying there's a fire somewhere in your life that you need to put out? Or is it telling you to fire up your love? Only you will know the meaning of the things that come into your life, but you must be alert to what is happening around you so you can ask questions and receive the meaning of the message for you.

You are being give messages and feedback constantly, and you have been receiving these messages all your life! Whenever I hear something, even if they are words from a conversation of two strangers who are standing near me, if I can hear their words, their words have meaning in my life. Their words are a message for me, they're relevant to me, and they're giving me feedback on my life. If I am traveling and I notice a sign and I read the words, those words have meaning for me, they're a message for me, and they're relevant to me. They're relevant to me because I am on the same frequency as they are. If I were on a different frequency, I wouldn't notice the sign, and I wouldn't be in earshot of a conversation.

Every single thing that surrounds me in my day is speaking to me, giving me constant feedback and messages. If I notice that the people around me aren't as happy or smiling as much as they were, I know my feeling frequency has dropped, and immediately I think of things I love, one after the other, until I feel happier.
                        
                        "We need to be the change we wish to see in the world."
                                        ~ Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948)
                                        Indian Political Leader 

Freedom Day Nuggets!!!

Happy 4th! Enjoy the holiday and let these marinate :-) 
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Find yourself and express yourself in your own particular way. Express your love openly. Life is nothing but a dream, and if you create your life with love, your dream becomes a masterpiece of art.  
                        ~ Don Miguel Ruiz  

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Show kindness whenever possible. Show it to the people in front of you, the people coming up behind you, and the people with whom you are running neck and neck. It will vastly improve the quality of your own life, the lives of others, and the state of the world.
                        ~ Ann Patchett

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By respect for life we become religious in a way that is elementary, profound and alive. Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.
                        ~ Albert Schweitzer

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Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
                        ~ Muhammad Ali

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I'm very much a believer in knowing what it is that you love doing so you can do a great deal of it.
                        ~ Nora Ephron

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Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.
                                ~ Rita Schiano

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Let It Roll off Our Back
Dodging and Deflecting

When we are criticized or attacked it is important to not take it into our heart space.

One of the most difficult challenges in life is learning not to take things to heart and hold on to it. Especially when we‚re younger, or if we‚re very sensitive, we take so much of what comes our way to heart. This can be overwhelming and unproductive if it throws us off balance on a regular basis. When we are feeling criticized or attacked from all directions, it becomes very difficult for us to recover ourselves so that we can continue to speak and act our truth. This is when we would do well to remember the old saying about letting certain things roll off us, like water off a duck's back.  

Most of the time, the attacks and criticisms of others have much more to do with them and how they are feeling than with us. If we get caught up in trying to adjust ourselves to other people‚s negative energy, we lose touch with our core. In fact, in a positive light, these slings and arrows offer us the opportunity to strengthen our core sense of self, and to learn to dodge and deflect other people‚s misdirected negativity. The more we do this, the more we are able to discern what belongs to us and what belongs to other people. With practice, we become masters of our energetic integrity, refusing to serve as targets for the disowned anger and frustration of the people around us.  

Eventually, we will be able to hear the feedback that others have to offer, taking in anything that might actually be constructive, and releasing that which has nothing to do with us. First, though, we tend ourselves compassionately by recognizing when we can‚t take something in from the outside without hurting ourselves. This is when we make like a duck, shaking it off and letting it roll off our back as we continue our way in the world.  
                        ~ Madisyn Taylor - Daily Om

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Notes from the Universe

And while on the subject of "Whoohooos!", they always return louder than when they were first sent out. 

Matter manipulation secrets of ye old happy dancers, 
    The Universe

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One of life's most elusive lessons, saved for only the wise and peculiar, is that there's nothing, ever, to be unhappy about. 

Unless, of course, you lose sight of the big picture, think the illusions are real, or forget there's no such place as far away. 

Whoot,
    The Universe

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For all things and non-things that you may ever want, understand that sometimes the fastest way to get them is to forget them, and to focus instead on just being the most amazing human being you can be. At which point all of your heart's desires, spoken or unspoken, will be drawn to you more powerfully than a magnet is drawn to steel. 

Have an amazing day, 
    The Universe

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The older the soul, the softer the glance, the quicker the smile and the sooner to say "I love you." 

Utterly fearless, 
    The Universe

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Please help spread the word. Here are the top 10 ways people give away their power:

1.  Asking others what they should do.
2. Thinking God decides who gets what.
3. Worrying about how their dream will come true.
4. Thinking they have dues to pay.
5. Attaching to unimportant details and outcomes.
6. Believing in soul mates.
7. Thinking karma or spiritual contracts are absolute.
8. Fear of anything, especially falling in love.
9. Waiting for their ducks to line up before acting.
10. Choosing to be unhappy.

Understand the truth, little bird, and you will soar. 

Caw-caw, 
    The Universe

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The Teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks

Most people have a hard time delegating, or even wanting to delegate, because you have been justifying your existence through your hard work, and you equate success with struggle; you equate results with struggle. And so, you sort of wear your struggle like a badge of honor. And all of that is opposite of allowing the Well-being. The only thing that ever matters in success or achievement is your achieving the things that you want to achieve. So if you are setting standards and you're feeling uncomfortable about the standards that you've set, tweak the standards back a little bit. Ratchet it back a notch. Give yourself a break. Give yourself the benefit of the doubt. Lighten up. Be easier. Go slower. Take it easy. Have more fun. Love yourself more. Laugh more. Appreciate more. All is well. You can't get it wrong. You never get it done.

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Begin telling the story of your desire, and then add to it the details of the positive aspects that you can find that match those desires. And then embellish your positive expectation by speculating with your good-feeling Wouldn't it be nice if . . . ? examples. You can say things like: Only good things come to me. . . I'll figure it out as I go along. . .. Every time you tell your better-feeling story, you will feel better and the details of your life will improve. The better it gets, the better it gets.

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Everything that has ever been lived, everything that has ever been written down or documented, has been vibration first. Everything has been conjured in vibration first before it manifests. So if something has manifested and you continue to give it your attention, the fact that it is true should really hold no weight with you. The question that we would ask is not, is it true, or is it undeniable? The question that we would ask is, how does it make me feel when I focus upon it? And if the answer to the question is, it doesn't make me feel very good when I focus upon it, then we would say, true or not, it does not serve you. And if you will activate a different part of your vibration—the "truth" will shift.

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By Default, I Could Have Attracted Unwanted Relationships... Many of the relationships or experiences you have attracted you would not have deliberately attracted if you had been doing it on purpose, but much of your attraction is not done by deliberate intent, but rather by default. . . . It is important to understand that you get what you think about, whether you want it or not. And chronic thoughts about unwanted things invite, or ask for, matching experiences. The Law of Attraction makes it so.

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Children coming forth today have a greater capacity to deal with the greater variety of information that is coming forward than you did. They deliberately are coming forth into this environment where there is more to contemplate. This generation gap that you are talking about, it has ever been thus. Each new generation, every new individual, that comes forth, is coming with you having prepared a different platform for them to proceed from. There is this thing that gets in the way of that that says, "I'm the parent. I got here first. I know more than you do." From the children's perspective, and from the purity of their Nonphysical Perspective, what they are saying is, "You're the parent. You got here first. You prepared a platform that I am leaping off from — and my leap will be beyond anything that you have ever known.

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One Minute Motivator by Edward W. Smith

It is not what happens to you, it is what you do about it.  Ed Agresta says that what happens to you, happens to everybody, so the difference is in what we do about it. If you pick yourself up after having a problem, and work on a solution and then actually do something to fix it, you can move your life ahead.  Realize that you are in control of much of what you do with the events that come your way.  Taking charge of a response, stops you from feeling like a victim, and gives you the self-confidence to handle the situation.  Take what life hands you and deal with it in some way, then you can get your life back on track.

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Maybe it is time to buy your mind a larger pair of shoes.  Your mind grows and changes over time as you gain experience, knowledge, maturity, etc.  Some times we get stuck in values, beliefs, goals, etc that no longer fit us, because of these changes.  Just like a child that has outgrown his shoes and gets a larger size, maybe it is time for you to get a larger size of goals and dreams that fit who you are today.  Strive to be really into the things in your life, or to change them. It is not normal to be average.  The average person is not really into anything, they go through life, just going through the motions, and they don't feel anything strongly. You on the other hand, should find fascination with the things in your life.  Look for things to spark your interest in your job, or your studies, what can you add, what questions can you ask, what can you change for the better. Things around you are constantly changing, just as your own body and mind are changing. Pay attention to all these changes and become fascinated by them.  Get into the things in your life and get more out of life. Don't be average, be yourself.

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Proven successes can work for you or against you.  If you have a proven system for something that works and you try to change it, chances are you will not do as well. The message here is that if it works, leave it alone.  The other thing about proves success is that anyone can copy it and have it work for them.  So if you see a successful system, if you do the same thing, you will get the same results.  The message here is that you don't have to reinvent the wheel to be successful; you just have to copy someone who is already successful.

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Daily Teaching from the Power

Watch the Movie of Your Life!

Life is magical! What happens in one day of your life is more magical than any fantasy movie you can see, but you have to look at what is happening with the same concentration as when you watch a movie. If you're watching a movie and you get distracted with a phone call or you fall asleep, you miss what happens. It's the same thing with the movie of your life that is constantly showing on the screen of your day. If you are walking around asleep and you're not alert, you miss the messages and synchronicities that are constantly speaking to you, guiding and directing you in your life!

Life is responding to you. Life is communicating with you. There are no accidents nor coincidences: every single thing has a frequency, and when anything comes into your life, it means it's on the same frequency as you are. Everything you see - every sign, color, person, object - everything you hear, every circumstance and event is on your frequency.

                "So astounding are the facts in this connection that it would seem as though the Creator himself had electrically designed this planet."
                                        ~ Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
                                        Inventor of the Radio and Alternating Current