Pride Weekend Nuggets!!! :-D

TGIF! Have a glorious weekend! :-) 

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The greatest act of courage is to be and to own all of who you are—without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are.
                        ~ Debbie Ford

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 The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.

                        ~ Kahlil Gibran


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Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.
                       ~ David W. Augsburger

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Life is a field of infinite possibilities and an opportunity to evolve in the direction of truthfulness, beauty and harmony.
                        ~ Deepak Chopra

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A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.
                        ~ Joan Didion

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Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.
                        ~ Tony Robbins

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Daily Om

Leaving a Relationship
The Direction of Happiness

Leaving a long-term relationship is hard but a necessary step to receiving what you want in your life.

One of the hardest decisions we ever make in life is leaving a long-term relationship that just isn‚t working. When attempts at repairing and working out issues aren't working, it may be time to examine moving on. We are emotional creatures, and when our heartstrings are tied to those of another, separating from that person can feel like an act of courage. It is not something most of us will take lightly, and many of us will struggle with our desire to stay in a relationship that is unfulfilling simply in order to avoid that pain. We may question whether the happiness we seek even exists, and we may wonder if we might be wiser to simply settle where we are, making the best of what we have.  

On the one hand, we almost relish the idea that true happiness is not out there so that we can avoid the pain of change. On the other hand, we feel within ourselves a yearning to fulfill our desire for relationships that are vital and healing. Ultimately, most of us will follow this call, because deep within ourselves we know that we deserve to be happy. We all deserve to be happy, no matter where we find ourselves in this moment, and we are all justified in moving, like plants toward the light, in the direction that leads to our greatest fulfillment. First, though, we may need to summon the courage to move on from the relationship that appears to be holding us back.  

Taking the first steps will be hard, but the happiness we find when we have freed ourselves from a situation that is draining our energy will outshine any hardship we undergo to get there. Keeping our eyes trained on the horizon, we begin the work of disentangling ourselves from the relationship that no longer fits. Every step brings us closer to a relationship that will work, and the freedom we need to find the happiness we deserve. 

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Saying Yes to the Universe
Making the Decision 

Saying Yes to the universe opens the gate to receiving what your soul really wants.

The hardest thing about saying yes to the universe is that it means accepting everything life puts in front of us. Most of us have a habit of going through our days saying no to the things we don't like and yes to the things we do, and yet, everything we encounter is our life. We may be afraid that if we say yes to the things we don't like, we will be stuck with them forever, but really, it is only through acknowledging the existence of what's not working for us that we can begin the process of change. So saying yes doesn't mean indiscriminately accepting things that don't work for us. It means conversing with the universe, and starting the conversation with a very powerful word: yes.

When we say yes to the universe, we enter into a state of trust that whatever our situation is, we can work with it. We express confidence in ourselves, and the universe, and we also express a willingness to learn from whatever comes our way, rather than running and hiding when we don't like what we see. The question we might ask ourselves is what it will take for us to get to the point of saying yes. For some of us, it takes coming up against something we can't ignore, escape, or deny, and so we are left no choice but to say yes. For others, it just seems a natural progression of events that leads us to making the decision to say yes to life.

The first step to saying yes is realizing that in the end it is so much easier than the alternative. Once we understand this, we can begin examining the moments when we resist what is happening, and experiment with occasionally saying yes instead. It might be scary at first, and even painful at times, but if we continue to say yes to every moment through the process, we will discover the joy of being in  a positive conversation with a force much bigger than ourselves. 

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Notes from the Universe

It's not the steps that matter, but the path. 

All is well,
    The Universe

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The best way to forgive, is not to blame. 

Lovin' you, 
    The Universe

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Always, the strong carry the weak, the rich carry the poor, the healthy carry the sick, and the happy carry the sad. 

And whether or not they remember it, this was once their promise, to thank those who carried them. 

I'm totally goose bumped, 
    The Universe

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Do you know what I'd really, really like?

For you to know that I think about you every moment of every day. 

K?
    The Universe

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Rainbows and butterflies, cattails and dandelions, waterfalls and rain forests, puppy dogs and dragonflies, sea foam and orcas, sunshine and comets, snowflakes and icicles, wildflowers and You... 

Did I think of everything, or what?  

Crazy, sexy, cool, 
    The Universe

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No one can see into your heart.

Which is why you sometimes have to show them how you feel. 

Happy Valentine's Day, 8 months early -
    The Universe

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Are you practicing your "Whooohooooo!"?

Are you practicing as if it were to be heard by millions upon millions? 

I think you might consider it,
    The Universe

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The Teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks

Do you have to think specific positive thoughts about your body in order for your body to be the way you want it to be? No. But you have to not think the specific negative thoughts. If you could never again think about your body and, instead, just think pleasant thoughts — your body would reclaim its place of Well-being. 

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Relative to our children or any children with whom we would interact, our one dominant intention would be to give them a conscious understanding of how powerful and important and valuable and perfect they are. Every word that would come out of our mouths would be a word that would be offered with the desire to help this individual know that they are powerful. It would be a word of empowerment. We would set the Tone for upliftment and understand that everything will gravitate to that Tone if we would maintain it consistently. 

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When you take the problems of the world on your shoulders, your body doesn't feel good. It's just that simple. Leave the problems of the world to the individual problem-makers of the world, and you be the joy-seeker that you are.

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Hypothetically, people worry about everyone being selfishly oriented. "If everyone did exactly what they want to do, what kind of world would this be?" And we say, a really, really good one. Because if everyone did what they wanted to do, everyone would feel free. And if you feel free, you feel empowered. And every negative emotion that exists—hear this—every negative emotion that exists is because there is some sense of loss of freedom somewhere in there. 

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You don't have to protect yourself from anything! In fact, an attitude of protection will surely bring you to the vibration of the thing from which you're protecting yourself. Because you can't look at something and say, "Oh no, I'm saying a prayer to protect myself from you," without achieving vibrational harmony with "you", whatever you are. 

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One Minute Motivator by Edward W. Smith

What do you have to do right now to get your life moving? In order to get on course, you have to be moving.  Chances are that certain parts of your life are stalled and things aren't moving for you. Identify those parts that are stalled and start them moving again, so you can get back on track. If you leave them stalled, you will go nowhere and this is not where you want to be.  Take some action, see where it gets you, correct your course and get moving in the direction you want, but most importantly, get moving.

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Remember to take care of your body, it has to be there, for you to make it to the top. Take care of the basics like losing weight, stopping smoking, driving safely, etc. You know what has to be done, the key thing is doing it.  It isn't easy, but it has to be done, it is part of the requirements of success.  If your body can't deliver the level of performance the rest of you is capable of, you are robbing yourself of your shot at success.

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Make a decision right now and implement it starting right now.  Once you make a decision and start moving, things fall into place for you.  Indecision clogs your life up and slows you down.  Making decisions and moving on streamlines your life.  Stop waiting until you have that last piece of information, or for things to be perfect; if you are in the ball park of what you need, go for it.  Give some thought to what decisions you have to make today and get ready to make them.  Look at what information you have, what the latest conditions are, etc, and then make some decisions and watch you life move on.

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Daily Teaching from The Power

"The power for happiness, for good, for everything we need of life is within each one of us. The power is there - unlimited power."
                        ~ Robert Collier (1885-1950)
                        New Thought Author

Everything has a frequency - everything! Every word has a frequency, every sound, every color, every tree, animal, plant, mineral, every material object. Every type of food and liquid has a frequency. Every place, city, and country has a frequency. The elements of air, fire, earth, and water all have frequencies. Health, disease, plenty of money, a lack of money, success and failure all have frequencies. Every event, situation, and circumstance has a frequency. Even your name has a frequency. But the real name of your frequency is what you are feeling! And whatever you're feeling is bringing everything into your life that's on a similar frequency to you.

When you are feeling happy, and you keep feeling happy, then only happy people, circumstances, and events can come into your life. If you feel stressed, and you keep feeling stressed, then only more stress can come into your life through people, circumstances and events. You have seen this happen when you've been rushing because you're running late. Rushing is a negative feeling, and as surely as the sun shines, when you rush and feel the fear of being late, you bring every delay and obstacle into your path. It's the law of attraction working in your life. 

Do you see how important it is that you feel good before you begin your day? If you don't take the time to feel good, then you can't receive good things in your day. And once negative things come, it takes far more effort to change them, because once they're in front of you, you really believe in them! It is much easier to take the time to feel good so that they don't come in the first place. You can change anything in your life by changing the way you feel, but isn't it a better idea to have more good things come to you in the first place?

Weekend nuggets!!!

TGIF...almost...Enjoy!!! :-) 

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Little changes [and] little choices add up to be revolutionary changes in your life.
                        ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

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Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
                        ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
                        ~ E.E. Cummings

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Time is constantly moving on, second by second. Nothing can stop it, but what we can do is use our time properly; that is in our hands. Whether we believe in a spiritual tradition or not, we need to use our time meaningfully. If over days, weeks, months and years, we have used our time in a meaningful way - when our last day comes, we will be happy, we will have no regrets.
                        ~ The Dalai Lama

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Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?
                        ~ Amelia Earheart

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The Pursuit of Conscious Wholeness
Earthbound

Our bodies are living, breathing expressions of our consciousness and should be treated as such.

Striking the right balance between our physical and spiritual aspects is one of the most challenging aspects of existence. We are dual beings by nature, spiritual entities bound to earth by physical bodies. In our lifetimes, we are charged with the duty of nurturing and tending both with equal devotion and love. Yet while both aspects of the self are deserving of honor and respect, there is a tendency for people who are more spiritually focused to ignore, avoid, or dismiss their bodies. Similarly, many individuals are entirely ensconced in the carnal realm and pay no attention to the needs of the soul. In both cases, an adjustment is in order. We are whole only to the degree that we embrace both sides of our beings.

If the soul is the inward manifestation of our consciousness, the body is the living, breathing expression of that consciousness. The physical self provides the home in which the spiritual self takes root and flourishes. Just as we must tend to the seed of the soul to ensure that it grows strong, so, too, must we care for the protective shell that is the body to make certain it is capable of playing its role in our development. Though there will no doubt be times in our lives when we feel more comfortable focusing on the spiritual self or the physical self, denying the fundamental importance of one or the other can lead to ill health, emotional distress, and a sense of incompleteness. Both facets of the human experience play a vital role in our well-being.

The body and the soul are the yin and yang of our current reality. They are, at this point of human evolution, irreparably bound together, and many spiritual teachers agree that the body is one of the greatest vehicles through which to access the soul. In fact, many believe that our spirit has chosen to be embodied as an essential part of our spiritual development. Consequently, it is the responsibility of each person on the planet to forge a marriage between the two, so that these disparate aspects bring out the best in each other, creating a vibrant, dynamic, and workable whole.
                        ~ Daily Om

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Notes from the Universe

Funny, huh, how some folks think that avoiding challenges will bring them peace?

As if the peace they now know didn't come from earlier challenges that were faced, and mastered.

OK - not really that funny,
    The Universe

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There are only two types of dreams.

Those that have come true. And those that are coming true.

Whoooohoooooo!
    The Universe 

************************* You need not set out to create a masterpiece. You are one. Bask,     The Universe

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Do you have any idea of how fast angels fly? How brilliant they are? How silently they work? How deeply they love? How creative they can be? How cleverly they blend in? Oh, hey, nice orchestra. Do they follow you everywhere? Da-da-da-dunnnnn,     The Universe

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For every setback, disappointment and heartbreak, ask yourself, "What does this create the opportunity for?" And therein you will find its gift. Everything has a reason,     The Universe

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I think you already feel it, but a really HUGE wave of LOVE is coming your way.

Once-in-a-lifetime HUGE.

Hang ten,
    The Universe

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The Teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks

You cannot look at that which you do not want and not join and perpetuate that vibration. Take your attention from that which is not in harmony with who you are, and your "now vibration" will adjust to who you really are — and then you can uplift others.

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How do you ever get the truth to be more the way you want it to be? You've just got to start beating the drums of truth the way you want it to be - and when you do, you will immediately feel good. And there are those who might say, "Oh, you're not facing the fact." And we say, we would never face any fact that was taking us to a place we don't want to be.

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There are those who believe that the world is getting more and more desperate. We are here to tell you that the world is getting better and better, and better, and that every experience you have causes you to launch rockets of desires, and Source comes in response to those rockets. And the best thing about your birth and death is that the resistant ones die and the allowing ones are born. And with this combination of contrast that keeps you launching new and new desires, it's no wonder that the Universe is expanding in this marvelous way and that life is getting better, in every day - and in this moment - for everyone who insists on focusing there.

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A belief is nothing more than a chronic pattern of thought, and you have the ability—if you try even a little bit—to begin a new pattern, to tell a new story, to achieve a different vibration, to change your point of attraction. The Law of Attraction is responding to your vibration, and you can easily change your vibrational point of attraction by visualizing the lifestyle you desire and holding your attention upon those images until you begin to feel relief, which will indicate that a true vibrational shift has occurred.

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Everything is vibrational. "I'm letting it in or I'm not. And I'm using lots of things as my excuse to let it in, or as my excuse not to let it in." But it's all vibrational. Otherwise, we should be able to take 100 people, give them all identical exposure to experience, and get identical results. And you can't do that. You'd get 100 different results, and you'd get several big differences in results.

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My Imagination Attracts All Cooperative Relationships... You have the power to evoke from others the relationships that you desire. But you cannot get to a new-and-improved situation by giving your attention to the current situation. The Universe, and all physical and Non-Physical players in it, is responding to the Vibrations that you are offering; and there is no distinction made between the Vibrations that you offer as you observe, and the Vibrations that you offer as you imagine. . . . If you will simply imagine your life as you want it to be, all cooperative components will be summoned. And even more important, all components that are summoned will cooperate. It is Law. The experience that you have with others is about what you evoke from them.

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One Minute Motivator by Edward W. Smith

Worried that you don't have all that it takes?  No one does.  The key is to use all that you do have, and to find the niche where what you do have fits.  Max out the good points you have and keep looking for the fit for what you have.  What is needed out there keeps changing, so if you didn't "fit" yesterday, you might fit today and you will surely fit tomorrow.

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If it ain't broke, don't fix it.  This applies to you as well.  Many of us who aren't happy with the way things are, go out and try to change everything about ourselves. The fact is that there are many things about yourself that are perfect the way they are, and changing them will only makes things worse for you.  Figure out what is working for you and leave it alone, don't change that part of you that is perfect the way it is.

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Action is the best remedy for discouragement.  When you are discouraged, you don't know where to go, whom to call, etc., take action on your dreams by doing something, almost anything; just get started on something.  Get other people involved in your dream, so they can give you advice on what to do, where to go etc.  Don't let discouragement stop you from taking some sort of action, as that is the key to moving yourself out of the depression and moving you back towards your goals.

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Goals are nice, but don't forget to live your life.  When we have goals, we sometimes stop thinking about the present, and the present is where we live.  Find something to be happy for, now.  Don't wait till "if" or "when" something happens, until you will be happy.  Whatever you are waiting for is probably a ways off.  Enjoy where you are now; enjoy the process you are going through, enjoy the moment.  If you wait till conditions are just right to be happy, you are limiting your enjoyment of life.  What you are waiting for may never come, but now is here in this moment. So what are you waiting for in order to be happy?  There is always something that we are waiting for and then life will begin.  Stop waiting until you get that promotion, raise, perfect mate, etc., so you can be happy.  It is nice to attain the big goals, but usually the glow of achievement is short lived and we need to move on to the next goal. There will always be problems in your life and there will always be things that you want.  If you wait for your problems to go away, or for you to have the perfect life, you will never be happy.  You must choose to be happy, independently of events that life throws you, or if you haven't achieved your goal yet.  Learn to be happy you are in the process of getting these things, or learn to be happy with what you have now, but you must find a way to be happy with what you have, where you are for the moment.  Get on with your life and start smiling.

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Daily Teaching from The Power

Points of Power 

• What you continually give to your body with your beliefs or strong feelings, you receive in your body. Every feeling you have saturates every cell and organ in your entire body.
• You are the ruler of a kingdom, and your cells are your most loyal subjects who serve you without question, so whatever you think and feel becomes the law of your kingdom - the law within your body.
• When you give negative thoughts and feelings of what you don't want, the force of health to your cells reduces! When you feel love for anything - for a sunny day, new house, friend, or promotion - your body receives the full force of health.
• Gratitude is the great multiplier, so say thank you for your health every single day.
• Say thank you with all your heart for what you do like about your body, and ignore the things you don't like.
• To see your health improve, give love to health more than fifty percent of the time. Just 51 percent is the tipping point from sickness to health.
• If you are facing illness, do your best not to own it with your thoughts and words. Instead, give love to health, own health, and make it yours.
• Give love for the perfect weight, perfect body, perfect health of an organ, and imagine having it, and be utterly grateful for everything you do have!
• If you believe that your body will deteriorate with age, you are giving out that belief, and the law of attraction must return those circumstances to you.
• Feel young and stop feeling your age.
• Your body will change into whatever you want, through your feelings of love and gratitude.  

Pre-weekend nuggets!!!

in case you've been missing them, some really juicy nuggets to marinate in...enjoy! :-) 

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When you lose touch with your inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself.
                        ~ Eckhart Tolle

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Taking responsibility for your beliefs and judgments gives you the power to change them.
                        ~ Byron Katie

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The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget yourself, and think of others.
                        ~ Norman Vincent Peale 

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I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.
                        ~ Dawna Markova

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Quickie question: Why do you want lotsa money?

Your most-likely answer: So as to buy lotsa stuff – and be happy, dammit!

But does more money and more stuff really lead to more happiness?

“Standard of living has increased dramatically and happiness has increased not at all, and in some cases has diminished slightly,” says Professor Daniel Kahneman of the University of Princeton.

Interestingly… Bhutan, a remote Himalayan kingdom, has consistently remained one of the happier places in our world – even though it is not close to being one of the richest.

Their secret? Their government creates policies based on Gross National Happiness.

This includes:

1. Banning advertising – because the science of happiness shows advertising is a major cause of unhappiness – creating envy by making people feel “less well-off.”

2. Pushing for more exercise and healthier eating. In fact the Bhutan government actually discourages junk food – along with cigarettes and alcohol – recognizing the healthier the body, the happier the mind!

The idea that politics should be about creating “the greatest happiness of the greatest number” is actually not new. It goes back to Jeremy Bentham, an 18th century philosopher, who tried to get politicians to create policies which upped citizen’s general happiness levels.

Recently Bentham’s ideas have been dusted off and revisited in Britain, where the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit held a “Life Satisfaction” seminar and considered the following concepts:

1. creating a happiness index

2. teaching people about happiness

3. encouraging more support for volunteering

4. creating a “more leisured work-life balance”

5. creating higher taxes for the rich – so there’d be less of a division between the very rich and very poor — and thereby less envy and its accompanying depression affects.

Britain’s Richard Layard, author of HAPPINESS: LESSONS FOR A NEW SCIENCE, is also actively pushing the government to immediately employ another 10,000 therapists – so as to increase the happiness of citizens!

With all this in mind, I want you to stop overly-focusing on how much money you’re making, and re-focus on how much happiness you’re making!

MY BETTER THAN CASH IN THE BANK LIST OF THINGS TO CASH IN ON:

1. Avoid poison envy. Consistently studies show comparison kills happiness. Consciously re-focus on what you have. Try to end your day with “A 3 Blessings List” – recognizing three things which went well – and why!

2. Spend loving time with friends and family – for both more happiness and more health! Get this: Studies show friendship wards off germs! Just as stress triggers ill health, the greater your friendships, the greater the protective effect against ill health!

3. Live a life with meaning and purpose. How? Appreciate how what you do in your job, and contribute to your friends, family and community — all matters! Look for new ways to give back to the people around you. Altruism is actually an act of self-interest. Studies consistently show that people who are involved with volunteerism are a happier group.

4. Keep trying to use your “signature strength” in new ways. It will increase your self esteem – which increases happiness. Plus you’ll be tapping into 3 other big happiness boosters: newness, challenge, consistent growth!
                        ~ Karen Salmansohn

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The First Moments of the Day
Conscious Creation

Each morning when we awake, we have an opportunity to create our day with what inspires us the most.
 
The moment during the day when we very first open our eyes and come into consciousness is a precious opportunity. It sets the tone for all that comes after it, like the opening scene in a film or novel. At this moment, our ability to create the day is at its most powerful, and we can offer ourselves fully to the creative process by filling this moment with whatever inspires us most. It may be that we want to be more generous, or it may be that we want to be more open to beauty in our daily lives. Whatever the case, if we bring this vision into our minds at this very fertile moment, we empower it to be the guiding principle of our day.  

Sometimes we wake up with a mood already seemingly in place, and it's important to give this feeling its due. It can inform us and deepen our awareness to what's going on inside us, as well as around us. As long as we are conscious, we can honor this feeling and also introduce our new affirmation or vision, our conscious offering to the day. We may want to decide before we go to sleep what we want to bring to the next day of our lives. It could be that we simply want to be more open to whatever comes our way. Or we may want to summon a particular quality such as confidence. Then again, we may simply call up a feeling that perfectly captures the texture we want our day to have.
  
We can reaffirm our vision or affirmation as we shower and eat breakfast, as well as recalling it at various times throughout the day. We can write it down and carry it with us on a little slip of paper if this helps. Simply by being aware of those first moments, we set the stage for a more conscious, enlivened experience, and we become active participants in the creation of our lives.
                        ~ Daily Om

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when we feel we have lost our way or a little off course on our path, there is usually an urge to clean house, go through stuff & purge, cleanse, detox, empty, meditate, study, basically {eventually} wipe the slate clean and go back to the drawing board.

"....to the ordinary human personality, love is confused with obtaining one's desires and, as such, it appears as an elusive experience based on external acquisitions. to the ordinary spiritual aspirant, love is confused with obtaining some psychic or spiritual experience, such as a vision. love then appears to be something that must to sought and therefore, it remains an elusive experience based on externals.

the bhakti yogi, however, realizes that he is not seeking love, but that it is love that is seeking him. his task is not to make himself into something special, whereby he can acquire love; his task is to make himself into nothing, a vessel empty of selfish individuality. when the vessel is empty, then god can fill it with divine love. this emptying of the sense of egoic personality is referred to as 'the great disappearing act'. the ego disappears and love appears...."
~ tho yoga of spiritual devotion by prem prakash
                       
empty the vessel. get shiny and clean. your real self. the same as everyone else.
heed the advice of others, but always listen to the compass inside...
                         ~ Sangeeta Vallabhan

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Notes from the Universe

Generally, typically, and most of the time, it's those who consider themselves to be the least spiritually mature who are the most, and vice versa.  

Holy cow,  
    The Universe

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One of the most stringent conditions all angels must meet, other than double-advanced harp playing and skydiving abilities (not necessarily at the same time), is that they must not allow themselves to feel hurt or rejected by the choices made by others, no matter how much they've done for them nor how great their love.

Yeah, WOW.  
    The Universe

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Life's magic is a lot like a swift flowing river. No matter how long you've overlooked it or unwittingly swam against it, the instant you stop struggling you're back in the flow, hat down low, coolest cat on the block.

In other words, your so-called "baggage," ain't no thang. 

Coolio - 
    The Universe

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In a slightly different world, if dogs believed in "soul mates" when it came to choosing their owners... can you imagine how lonesome most would be?

Oh, there's definitely room for "picky", but there's also room for "surprise me." 

Surprise me, 
    The Universe

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I have to admit, when we thought of adding the dimension of "time" to space, it was not wildly popular. 

True, it would make possible evolution, reunions, and cute before-and-after photos. But it would add to the illusion of separation... "horror of horrors!" Spontaneous manifestations would spontaneously cease... "eee-gad!" And the only way anyone could get anything done, would be if they held onto and moved with their vision in thought, word, and deed, even when present circumstances appeared ABSOLUTELY unchanged for their efforts... yeah, "SIGN ME UP!!!!" 

Thinking of you beaming with childlike joy - 
    The Universe

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'The Teachings of Abraham' by Esther and Jerry Hicks

Is it reality, or is it not reality? All things are reality. Even if only one is imagining it, it is a reality in that the thought has been offered and someone, who has the ability to translate that vibration, will perceive it. It must be fair to say that anything that can be perceived must be reality. Because, as creators, your reality depends upon what you are willing to imagine and allow.

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There is a Life Stream that flows to you, and this is a Stream of clarity, a Stream of wellness, a Stream of abundance... and in any moment, you are allowing it or not. What someone else does with the Stream, or not, does not have anything to do with how much of it will be left for you. This Stream is as abundant as your ideas allow it to be.

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In your action, you lose sight of the vision, you lose sight of your trust in the process, and you just bang around in a sense of futility. Hold the vision and trust that the Universe will acclimate to your vision. Hold the vision and trust the process.

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Nobody else knows your reason for being. You do. Your bliss guides you to it. When you follow your bliss, when you follow your path to joy, your conversation is of joy, your feelings are of joy — you're right on the path of that which you intended when you came forth into this physical body

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Discipline means doing within, not doing without. Discipline means using all those inner conversations we have with ourselves and using them to move ourselves towards our goals.  Discipline starts deep inside us and translates into the actions we need to accomplish what we want.  Use thoughts to move yourself ahead, not behind and take action to carry out those thoughts, once you have them going where you want them to go.

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Daily Motivator by Edward W. Smith

You can change your future, if you change your goals.  You are not stuck where you are now, forever.  You can change your future, if you decide that you want something different.  If you are not happy with where you are now, give careful thought to where you would like to be, and then start planning what it takes to get what is needed to get there. Then, most importantly, start to implement the plan.

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While you are getting ready, someone else is already doing it.  Stop putting things off, don't be such a perfectionist, give it your best shot and do it.  Procrastination affects all of us to some degree or another, and many of us have a hard time seeing it in ourselves.  So assume that you are a procrastinator, even if you think you are not, and start doing things quicker and move on with your life.

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Create a Board of Directors for yourself.  Create an imaginary group of advisors to help you make decisions.  Make up a list of the top experts in the field you are making a decision in, and ask yourself, what each of those people would probably tell you to do.  Read their books, check their websites, etc. and get an insight into their thinking, then bring it back to your decision.  You will be amazed how just asking yourself how an expert you have in mind, would handle it, will improve your decision making.

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Give your ideas wings.  You have a number of great ideas every day, but most of us let them go by without taking any action.  Take the next great idea you have, and start the steps needed to make it happen, as soon as you have the idea.  Don't let the great ideas fade away without action; use the momentum you have when you are excited about the idea, to propel you into implementing it.

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Daily Teaching from The Power by Rhonda Byrne

Love Is Behind Every Miracle

All miracles are the force of love at work. Miracles are created by turning away from negativity and focusing on only love. Even if you have been a pessimist all your life, it is never too late.

A pessimist is exactly how one man described himself. When this man received the surprise news from his wife that they were expecting their third child, his every thought was of how negative the impact of a third child would be in their lives. But what he didn't realize was exactly how these negative thoughts and feelings would play out for him.

At just over the halfway point of his wife's pregnancy, she had to be rushed to the hospital and an emergency C-section had to be performed. Three separate specialists said that at 23 weeks weeks' gestation, the baby had a zero percent chance of survival. The man was brought to his knees. He had never expected to lose a child.

After the C-section, the father was taken to the side of the room to see his son, the smallest baby he had ever seen. His son was born 10 inches in length and weighed only 12 ounces. The medical staff tried to inflate the baby's lungs with a ventilator, but his heart rate was decreasing. The specialist said there was nothing they would be able to do. The father screamed out in his mind, "Please!" At that exact moment, the ventilator inflated his son's lungs and his heart rate began to climb.

Days passed. All the physicians in the hospital kept saying that the baby would not make it. But this man who had been a pessimist all of his life began to imagine what he wanted. Every night when he went to bed, he imagined the light of love shining on his son. When he woke in the morning, he would give thanks to God that his son had survived through the night.

Each day his son made progress, and he overcame every obstacle that was thrown at him. After four grueling months in intensive care, he and his wife were able to take their baby - who had been given a zero percent chance of survival - home.

Love is behind every miracle.   

Memorial Day Nuggets!

Wonderful food for thought on this day of remembrance...enjoy!


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Everything is just as it needs to be. And if we would forgive, our minds and hearts would open and we could see another possibility.
                        ~ Iyanla Vanzant 


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The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone.
                        ~ Toni Morrison 

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Life is a never ending miracle unfolding in every moment, and if we turn our attention to that silent presence in our heart, we can participate in that miracle.   
                        ~Deepak Chopra  

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Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. 
                        ~ Deepak Chopra  

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The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose."
                        ~ T.D. Jakes 

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Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.
                        ~ Anthony Robbins 


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The Status Quo
Life as We Know It
Our lives can sometimes become status quo and that is ok as long as we aren't keeping it that way on purpose.
 
When our lives are going well, and sometimes even when they aren�t, we may find ourselves feeling very attached to the status quo of our existence--life as we know it. It is a very human tendency to resist change as though it were possible to simply decide not to do it, or have it in our lives. But change will come and the status quo will go, sooner or later, with our consent or without it. We may find at the end of the day that we feel considerably more empowered when we find the courage to ally ourselves with the universal force of change, rather than working against it.
Of course, the answer is not to go about changing things at random, without regard to whether they are working or not. There is a time and place for stability and the preservation of what has been gained over time. In fact, the ability to stabilize and preserve what is serving us is part of what helps us to survive and thrive. The problem comes when we become more attached to preserving the status quo than to honoring the universal givens of growth and change. For example, if we allow a situation we are in to remain stagnant simply because we are comfortable, it may be time for us to summon up the courage to challenge the status quo.  

This may be painful at times, or surprisingly liberating, and it will most likely be a little of both. Underneath the discomfort, we will probably find excitement and energy as we take the risk of unblocking the natural flow of energy in our lives. It is like dismantling a dam inside ourselves, because most of the work involves clearing our own inner obstacles so that the river of our life can flow unobstructed. Once we remove the obstacles, we can simply go with the flow, trusting the changes that follow.
               
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Centering and Expressing
Communication

Expressing ourselves honestly in any relationship is essential to our well-being.
 
When we are in a relationship where we feel listened to and understood, we count ourselves lucky because we know how rare that experience is. We reserve our most intimate selves for the people who, along with us, cocreate an open space where we feel free to express ourselves and listen without judgment. These relationships, which thrive on open communication, can mean the difference between existential loneliness and a deep sense of belonging. We all long to feel heard, understood, and loved, and clear communication makes this possible.  

Sometimes problems arise in the process of expressing how we feel, but it is always worth it to do the work. Even in our less intimate relationships, expressing ourselves honestly is essential to our sense of well-being. Whether at home with family or in the outside world, successful communication requires some forethought; otherwise we risk blundering through our relationships like the proverbial bull in a china shop. However, too much forethought can stifle us or cause us to pad our words so extremely that we end up saying nothing at all or confusing the matter further. The good news is that there are many methods that can come to our rescue, from meditation to visualization to journaling.  

If the person we need to communicate with is open to sitting in meditation together for a set period of time before speaking, this can be invaluable. When we are calm and centered, we can count on ourselves to speak and respond truthfully. We can also meditate on our own time and then practice what we need to say. A visualization in which we sit with the person and lovingly exchange a few words can also be a great precedent to an actual conversation. If writing comes easily, we can write out what we need to say; it may take several drafts, but we will eventually find the words. The key is to find ways to center ourselves so that we communicate meaningfully, lovingly, and wisely. In this way, we honor our companions and create relationships in which there is a genuine sense of understanding and respect.
                        ~ Daily Om

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Notes from the Universe

Do you think the most stunning, celebrated, and adept dancer in the entire world, could become so by only ever dancing to the most brilliant, illuminating, and clever music in the world?

Or would they freak, hip-hop, and tango to every riff, beat, and la-bamba within earshot?  

Shall we?
    The Universe

***************************** The very best moment in any long journey that makes your dreams come true, comes not on the day you realize they have, but on the day you realize how little they matter compared to loving the adventure they've inspired.  Don't ask me why, I just know what I know -      The Universe ***************************** To clarify, the primary roles of LOVE are not to heal, fix, or mend. Not to soothe, cure, or ease. Not even to refresh, rejuvenate, or restore. Hardly. The primary roles of LOVE, are to "Yahoo!" "Yeehaa!" and "Whoohooo!"   Get your love on,       The Universe

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There are no accidents.

If it's appeared on your life radar, this is why: to teach you that dreams come true; to reveal that you have the power to fix what's broken and heal what hurts; to catapult you beyond seeing with just your physical senses; and to lift the veils that have kept you from seeing that you're already the person you dreamed you'd become. 

And believe me, that was one heck of a dream. 

Tallyho, 
    The Universe

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When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything. 

Funky cold medina, 
    The Universe

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'The Teachings of Abraham' by Esther and Jerry Hicks

You can say things like, "As I look at successful people, and by that I mean rich people, yes, and I mean happy people, and sometimes they're rich and happy." But when I'm talking about the successful ones, what I really mean is the really happy people. People that are really joyful, that want to get up every day, that are eager to get into their day. Almost without exception, they had a pretty rough beginning, which turned them into a powerful rebel initially. And then they found a way to relax into their natural birthright of Well-being.

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Physical human has found many labels that they use, depending on how they feel in the moment, to try to describe their interaction with Nonphysical. We are Source Energy. We are Collective Consciousness - meaning a stream. We are a consensus of many (what you might call) Nonphysical voices. We are that which some have called angel. We are that which some have called God. We are that which some have called Inner Being. But most importantly (and we'll use some of our favorite words again) we are focalized Consciousness, specifically responding to the vibration that you manage in your asking.

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Negative emotion is your indicator of resistance, while positive emotion is your indicator of allowance. And they are on the same meter: allowance; resistance. Allowance; resistance.

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Enlightenment means literally aligning to the Energy of my Source. And genius is only about focusing. Law of Attraction takes care of everything else. Physical humans often want to make enlightenment about finding some process and moving through the process that has been pre-described. But true enlightenment is moving to the rhythm of the internal inspiration that is coming in response to the individual desire. Enlightenment is about allowing my connection to the Source that is me for the fulfillment of the things that I have individually defined here in my time/space reality. That's as good as it gets!

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There's nothing tiny or insignificant. Everything is significant. And everything flows on the same basis of Laws. Whether you are looking at world events or something that's happening in your kitchen drawer, broad and important, or narrow and seemingly insignificant, there's potential for connection or disconnection in either case. And it is only the connection or the disconnection that is of really any importance.
               
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One Minute Motivator by Edward W. Smith

The first time should never be the first time.  If you are going into something new, practice what you are going to do, both physically and mentally.  Run through it as many times as you can, and make sure to do at least the mental part, the imaging, perfectly.  Perfect practice makes perfect, not just practice.  If you imagine yourself doing it wrong, you will do it wrong.  On the other hand, if you imagine yourself doing it right, you will do it right in real life.  So practice, practice, practice before you do something new, and the first time will be your best time. 

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In order to help you retain your concentration on something, you need to break the pattern, on occasion.  If you are driving and are getting bored, stop the car and walk around.  If you are reading, stand up and sing.  Do something different from what you are doing, for a moment, and you will regain your concentration.

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Make progress.  Strive to move ahead on your goals or at least stay even.  When you think you are failing, or falling behind, you might actually be making progress, if you are learning from your mistakes.  Start each day with the objective of making some progress on what you are trying to accomplish.  Progress doesn't have to be big things, progress can be small things, and the key thing is that the direction is forward.

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 You are more qualified than you think.  Most people don't give themselves enough credit for how good they are, when they are considering whether to go for a promotion, try out for a sport, etc.  Chances are, you err on the short side when you list your good qualities and this will hold you back from going for something at the next level.   Rearview your qualifications and good points and err on the positive side, and your life will move ahead faster.

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You are never too old.  Stop telling yourself you are too old, the time is always right, for a good idea.  This is the perfect time to do what you want to do, after all if you don't do it today, tomorrow, you may be too old.
                       
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Daily Teaching from The Power

What does it mean to be healthy? You may think that being healthy means that you are not sick, but being healthy is far more than that. If you feel okay, or average, or nothing much at all, you are not healthy.

Being healthy is feeling the same way as little children feel. Little children are bursting with energy every day. Their bodies feel light and flexible; moving is effortless. They're light on their feet. Their minds are clear; they're happy, and free of worry and stress. They sleep deeply and peacefully every night, and they wake up feeling completely refreshed, as if with a brand-new body. They feel passionate and excited about every new day. Look at little children and you will see what being healthy really means. It is the way you used to feel, and it is the way you should still feel. 

Whatever you believe about your body, your cells believe too. They don't question anything you think, feel, or believe. In fact, they hear every thought, feeling, and belief you have. If you think or say, 'I always get jetlag when I travel,' your cells receive 'jetlag' as a command, and they must carry out your instructions. Think and feel that you have a weight problem, and your cells receive the order of a weight problem. They must follow your instructions and keep your body in an overweight condition.

You are the ruler of a kingdom, and whatever you think and feel becomes the law of your kingdom -- the law within your body.

Beginning-of-a-brand-new-week nuggets!

Enjoy!!! :-) 

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Love is an aspect of being, and when you act from being, the power you draw on is limitless because it comes from the source.
                        ~ Deepak Chopra

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Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.
                        ~ Robert Collier

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But possibly I am something more than I suppose myself to be.
                       ~ René Descartes

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Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
                        ~ Buddha

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Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey.
                        ~ Harold V Melchert

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Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
                        ~ Og Mandino

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Live it now

If you postpone your joys until later, the opportunities to experience those joys will grow fewer and fewer. If you put off dealing with the problems until later, they will become much more difficult to get beyond.

Choose instead to live life as it comes. Diligently, and without complaints, work through each difficulty as it comes along, and enthusiastically live the opportunities for joy as they appear.

Your world is filled with abundance. And in order to transform that abundance into meaningful value, you must make good use of it as it arrives.

Each moment gives you the opportunity to add richness to your life. Each day brings you new ways to express the unique beauty of who you are.

Live that richness and express that beauty not in some distant, imagined someday. Live it now.

Your life is here today, filled with all kinds of great possibilities for joy and achievement. Get up, get going, and live it now.
                        ~ Ralph Marston

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Trial and Error

Learning to Trust Divine Guidance

Keeping an open mind is the most important step when learning to listen to divine guidance.
 
Anyone who has asked for divine guidance knows that it can be challenging to trust it when it comes. This is because divine guidance comes in many forms and it is sometimes hard to locate it. We aren't sure if we are meant to trust our thoughts, our feelings, our dreams, or our intuitions to be the carriers of divine wisdom. We are not sure if advice from a friend is the form in which the guidance has come into the world, or if our own opinion is the source of wisdom we need to take seriously. The ability to sort all this out comes with trial and error, and the best way to learn to recognize divine guidance is to engage in the process of asking and receiving.  

Sometimes when we ask for guidance, we already have a sense of what we want to hear. At such times, receiving guidance can be difficult, because we don't want to hear anything that appears to be in opposition to our desire. Therefore, one of the most important qualities we need to cultivate if we are to receive guidance is an open mind. It helps to acknowledge what we want, and then to symbolically set it aside, making room for whatever wisdom comes through to us.  

Cultivating an active relationship with the divine is the essential ingredient to being able to receive and trust guidance when it comes our way. We can make a daily practice of this by using a set of runes, a deck of cards, or a pendulum. We can also use our journals, developing a relationship with the divine through the written word. As we request and receive guidance, we might take notes on our experiences. Over time we will begin to recognize when we were able to hear correctly and when we were not. In this way, we will gradually attune ourselves to our particular relationship with the divine. Begin to trust the guidance you are receiving and soon you will find it flowing with ease.
                        ~ Daily Om

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Notes from the Universe

Sometimes, lifetimes are chosen to be with friends. And sometimes, one friend agrees to be off balance and the other balanced. One teaches stability, the other teaches spontaneity. Win-win, cool-cool.

Gets kind of wonky though, if either starts thinking they're more important to the other, than the other is to them. 

You know? 
    The Universe

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No matter how things seem, hope is near and love is present.  

In the house,
    The Universe

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Take it from the farmer in me... 

The more seeds you sow, the more plants we'll grow. 

I love wearing overalls,
    The Universe

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Remember you once told me that if ever all of the circumstances in your life were aligned just so, your soon-to-be friends were in all the right places at all the right times, and the financial markets, social climate, and global energies had all reached optimal points... you'd want to be gently nudged as a subtle sign that it was time to start doing new things, saying new things, and visualizing so that you might catch these gargantuan waves of change and surf to dazzling new heights? TODAY'S THE DAY!!  Hang ten,      The Universe

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You know that dreamy look of deep, soulful love you've sometimes seen in the eyes of another as they gazed into your own? Expect a lot more of it. 

Whoooooooohoooooooooooooooo!! 
    The Universe

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Whatever you're thinking about is literally like planning a future event. When you're worrying, you are planning. When you're appreciating you are planning...What are you planning?
       
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Our Source Is One of Love, Not Condemnation...When you pay attention to the way you feel, and deliberately choose more thoughts that feel good while you think them, you will begin to recognize the nature of your Broader Non-Physical desires. The majority of negative emotions that you feel are not because the subject of your thought is wrong, but instead, because you are condemning something that your Source does not condemn. Your Source is one of love, not one of condemnation.

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Let your dominant intent be to feel good which means be playful, have fun, laugh often, look for reasons to appreciate and practice the art of appreciation. And as you practice it, the Universe, who has been watching you practice, will give you constant opportunities to express it. So that your life just gets better and better and better.

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 The content of your vibration equals how you feel right now. And whether you're thinking about the past, the present, or the future, how you feel right now — as you think about the past, the present, or the future — is your life. And it's a precious, fabulous, creative life that you are not wanting to squander in a place of resistance. Your life is right now.

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Every physical being on this planet is your partner in co-creation, and if you could accept that and appreciate the diversity of desires and beliefs, all of you would have a more expansive, satisfying, fulfilling experience.

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One Minute Motivator by Edward W. Smith

Beware of success.  Success is what we all want, but it brings special problems.  We stop learning and make more mistakes, we stop being "hungry" and we get sloppy.  If you are successful, that is great, but keep on doing what you were doing before you were successful, so you can keep the momentum going and stay successful.

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Value this day. Today is all you have and you are lucky to have it, no matter how it is going at this moment. Look back at your life and you will see many days you wish you had enjoyed instead of getting caught up in all the daily craziness.  Happiness is in your head, so put a positive spin on what is going on around you, and value every moment you have, plus value everything around you such as your friends and all the other things you care about.

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Make your dominant thoughts, positive ones.  As we move through the day, certain thoughts or moods seem to rule us.  These thoughts can be positive or negative and they can become self-fulfilling.   Make those dominate thoughts, thoughts that will help you, thoughts that will build your self confidence and will help you move ahead with your life.

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 If you can't see yourself accomplishing your goals, surround yourself with people who can.  You need people who will support you, tell you to go for it, and give you reasons you can accomplish your goals. On the other hand, make every effort to disassociate yourself  from negative people, as they just pull you down.

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Leave yourself no choice.  If you want to move ahead, sometimes you are better off thinking that you have no choice, but to move forward.  Having too many choices can confuse us and lull us into believing we don't have much pressure to make the right choice or move quickly. Having no choice, but to move ahead puts a clear focus on what you must do and how quickly you must do it.  Cut your options and you will move  ahead faster.

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Daily Teaching from The Power

Love is Truth

When you were a little child, you were flexible and fluid because you had not formed or accepted as many negative beliefs about life. As you got older, you took on more feelings of limitation and negativity, which caused you to become more set in your ways and less flexible. This is not an amazing life; this is a limited life.

The more you love, the more the force of love will melt away negativity in your body and in your mind. And you can feel love melting away everything negative when you're happy, grateful and joyful. You can feel it! You feel light, you feel invincible, and you feel on top of the world.

As you give more and more love, you will notice changes start to happen to your body. Food will taste better, colors will get brighter, sounds will become clearer, moles or little marks on your body will begin to fade and disappear. Your body will begin to feel more flexible; stiffness and little creaks will begin to vanish. When you give love and experience miracles in your body, you will be left in no doubt that love is the source of your health! 

TGIF! Juiciest of the juicy weekend nuggets....Enjoy, have a glorious weekend and wishing all Mothers a wonderful Mother's Day! :-)

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There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.
                        ~ Don Miguel Ruiz

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The belief that happiness has to be deserved has led to centuries of pain, guilt and deception. You do not deserve happiness; you choose happiness.
                        ~ Robert Holden

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Look deeper into the actions you take and the truths you take for granted. Ask why and then ask why again."
                        ~ Walter Mosley

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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.
                        ~ Albert Einstein

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‎Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come for miles to watch you burn!
                        ~ John Wesley

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What you focus on expands, and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it. Opportunities, relationships, even money flowed my way when I learned to be grateful no matter what happened in my life." “Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough”. 
                        ~ Oprah Winfrey

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Courage, like fear, is a habit. The more you do it, the more you do it, and this habit—of stepping up, of taking action—more than anything else, will move you in a different direction.
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A life well lived

Pleasure is nice, but it is never enough. Material wealth can be immensely helpful, but brings no fulfillment of its own accord.

Power can give great satisfaction to your ego. Yet a life lived solely in the service of ego ends up being small and pathetic.

What truly makes life good is the commitment you put into making life good. What makes life good is the experience of making a difference.

There is much that’s already been given to you by virtue of your existence, and there is much more that may or may not be given to you. What matters at the core of your spirit, though, is not what you have but what you do with it.

No person, situation, event or possession can give you fulfillment. What brings about real fulfillment is your participation in bringing it about.

Life’s rewards are not what you long for. What you long for is to genuinely earn your own significance.

Every moment is an opportunity to do so. Treasure each of those opportunities, make full use of them, and you will have the priceless experience of a life well lived.
                        ~ Ralph Marston

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Remaining Loving When All Our Triggers Go Off

The entire universe revolves around relationships. From the interactions between atoms to the ones between planetary orbs, everything around us is connected. Energies and organisms that relate to each other surround us every day. Links are made between nations and between individual hearts.

By increasing our awareness of the interdependent relationships we all share in the world, we learn how to best honor them. It is an approach to living that supports harmonious co-existence between all species everywhere, equally.

What is the quality of our connections with others? And how do we choose to act within those relationships?

Most of us will reply that we wish to act lovingly and peacefully in our relationships with others. It is easy to act loving and peaceful when nothing is challenging us. But how good are we at loving when all our buttons are getting pushed and our feathers ruffled?

How deep does our love and peace really go? It is authentic? Or is it just a superficial display of how we think we are supposed to act? Is it consistent? Or does it evaporate the minute we’re being confronted with our own weaknesses or those of others?

Most of the battles we’ll face in our lives are already occurring within us. Our exchanges with others only activate them. How will we act when this happens - when the outside world triggers our own internal fears, and doubts, and insecurities? This is when our behavior counts the most, and when it is hardest to act in ways that engage love and peace.

Our interactions with others could either increase the quality of our lives, or kill us! How does the flower of our consciousness blossom within relationships that feel like concrete?

Perhaps the best way to test how deeply absorbed we are spiritually is to test how loving and peaceful we can remain while faced with conflicts and tensions within relationships. Fearless, loving movement through the most challenging parts of our relationships with others is the secret formula for navigating through the tensions in our relationships gracefully. Where there is love and light, fear and doubt dissipate. 

Love is not mere sentimentality that can often obscure the way we see ourselves, and others. Instead, love is deeply illuminating, like realized knowledge. True love is not fleeting. It holds us in its continual absorption. It connects us to what is true.

The question is this: What are we choosing to connect with?

We want to connect with what makes us feel good, and we want to escape experiences that make us uncomfortable. On a very primal level, all human beings are programmed to seek out pleasure and recoil from pain. Death, or impermanence makes human beings most uncomfortable.

Endings in life can be most unpleasant: the ending of our youth, the ending of a marriage, the ending of a friendship, the ending of something we derived great pleasure from, and the ending of the life of a loved one, or our own life. Every time we are forced to face the ending of something. We are also forced to face the parts of us that are clinging onto it.

We are asked to look at our human tendency to identify with what’s impermanent, and examine how our investment in it cripples our own progress. This happens to all of us most powerfully within our relationships with others. Sometimes the end of a relationship can feel like the end of our very life. And when it’s taken from us, we feel as if our shelter from life’s storms has been pulled out from over us.

There are two passages through which we can move through and beyond our clinginess to the impermanent: one of darkness and one of light.

The path of light is dynamic and represents growth, evolution and progress. Darkness represents stagnation and returns us to relive the same experiences over and over again. This becomes most obvious to us in relationships, when we see ourselves stuck in repetitive patterns with others. How to break out of this cycle can be bewildering. We become bewildered when faced with all kinds of imminent deaths before us. This is human nature.

There is light and there is darkness. Which force will you choose to align your actions with?

Relationships are therefore one of the main fields in our lives that test our dedication to our spiritual practice. If we can exercise love, even when feeling bewildered before imminent, unavoidable deaths, in the midst of discord and tension, within the relationships that matter most to us in life, then we can connect with the peace that our spiritual practice brings us anywhere!
                        ~ Catherine Ghosh and Braja Sorensen 


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Do you remember in the Star Wars movies the great wisdom that came through the little character, Yoda? 

One of his wisdom teachings has stayed with me a long time. I want to offer it to you today. 

Luke is asking the wise one, "How do I know the right decision to make? Among all the many decisions, how do I know the one that will be with the Force?" 

Yoda looks at him and he says, "You will know through peace and calm. You will know you're on the right track when you're not feeling frantic, when you're not feeling anxious, when you're not struggling with different parts of yourself. When you get to the right answer and the right decision that is yours, there will be a peace and calm that will come within you and radiate from you." 

So, as we make decisions, follow insights, hunches and gut feelings, may we look for that peace and calm that is the confirmation that we are following our IGS - Inner Guidance System. And if we miss a turn, we can always know that IGS will continue to ask us to turn around and proceed down the road that will get us to our destination.

We can trust and know that peace and calm is our compass and our comfort.

Inner Guidance never causes harm to the self or to others. The process of listening to your Inner Guidance is simply about remembering to relax and wait for inspiration.

Watch this movie as many times as you need to achieve Inner Guidance and Peace.

All you ever need do is ask, be quiet and the answer will be provided. When it is a divine answer, it is always easier than you initially perceived.

Divine Ideas never conflict. Divine Ideas align. Pray, ask, seek alignment: P-E-A-C-E
                        ~ Mary Robinson Reynolds 


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Daily Om

Undistracted Energy
Pure Thoughts

The longer we are able to hold a positive thought, the stronger that energy around us becomes.
 
If we make no effort at all, our thoughts usually scatter in a vast array of directions. They start and stop and move in surprising ways from one second to the next. If we try to follow our thoughts without controlling them, we will be amazed at how truly inconsistent they are. Yet, if we apply our minds to a specific task, especially one that interests us, they gather together and allow us to focus our attention, creating great power and energy. This is what is known as pure thought, because it is undistracted.  

The law of attraction ~ like attracts like ~ influences all energy, including our thoughts, and this is what makes pure thought so potent. Our undistracted thoughts create a powerful magnet that draws similar energy into our vibrational field. As a result, the longer we are able to hold positive thoughts in our minds, the more powerful the positive energy around us becomes. We don�t need to focus on action and controlling so much when we are surrounded by energy that draws what we want toward us. We can simply respond to the opportunities that naturally come our way. When this is the essence of our experience, we can go with the flow, knowing that we will be okay.

If pure thought is a body, it is our emotions that supply the heart that can really bring it to life. Our thoughts and feelings exist in relation to one another, and they form a feedback loop through which they communicate and empower each other. When we hold a thought in our mind without being distracted, we have achieved pure thought. When we have a positive emotional response to that thought, we enable it to dance and move and breathe itself into existence.

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The Power Within
Energy 101

Energy cannot be destroyed, but it be changed and transformed.
 
There is an undercurrent of energy thrumming through the Universe. Like the wind or a whisper, we can sometimes hear it and often feel it. Most of the time, we sense this energy unconsciously without any tangible proof it is really there. Thoughts, emotions, and the life force in all living things are forms of this kind of energy. So are creativity, growth, and change. The impressions, images, and vague premonitions we get about people and situations are other examples of formless energy. When you enter a space and feel an intangible tension in the air that gives you a sense of foreboding in your gut, what you are likely experiencing is energy.  

Energy cannot be destroyed, but it can be transformed or transferred from one person, thing, or source to another. Though energy is formless, it does take form and shape in the way it flows and resides within all things:  a grain of sand, a bird, a stone, and an ocean wave. Living things radiate complex vibrations while nonliving things' vibrations are simpler. Energy is a magnifier that can attract like energies while repelling disparate ones. Many of our reactions to people and circumstances are based on unconscious reactions to their energies. We may even intuitively tune into the energy of a situation we are facing when making a decision about how to proceed. With careful practice and meditation, we can learn to sense the energy within other living things and ourselves. We can also become more attuned to how we are impacted by different kinds of energy. For instance, being around too many energies can leave one person feeling edgy or excited, while another person will feel tired and drained.  

While some people feel that energy can be controlled, others see it is as the unknowable force that moves through all things. The combined energy in all things plays a hand in birth, death, growth, movement, and stillness. Practitioners of Aikido believe that all living beings share a common energy source that is our life force. Whatever your beliefs, it is worthwhile to explore the roles energy plays in your life so you can understand it more fully.

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Notes from the Universe

Remember, you will always have friends, guides, and love, but no one is coming to "save you."

That's the adventure package you signed up for.

The one that comes with all the superpowers, guaranteed rebounding abilities, and the all-powerful scrunched-nose-when-you-smile. 

Your 5 Star Time-Space Adventure Tour Agency Manager,
    The Universe

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Very often, when tides start turning, great gears start shifting, and gusting winds start blowing at the onset of a really wonderful dream's alignment with your present life, there is commotion, unpredictability, even turmoil.  So, hey, let's always assume that's the case whenever you experience commotion, unpredictability, even turmoil. K?  Whhh-hhh-hh-h-h-h-ish-      The Universe

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Some of the coolest dreams that ever came true weren't dreams at all, but standards that simply weren't compromised. 

Oh yeah, we takin' over... 
    The Universe

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Actually, if you understood the extraordinary gifts every single challenge in your life makes possible, even inevitable, you'd celebrate your challenges, new and old alike, as the omens that they are of new beginnings, spectacular change, and enhanced superpowers. 

Perfect for where you are, huh? 
    The Universe

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As good as you've been, as on as you were, as high as you got, and as easy as it was, things will still be better.

Payback, baby -  
    The Universe

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'The Teachings of Abraham by Esther and Jerry Hicks'

It is not attention to lack of wellness that makes you sick. It is attention to the lack of many things… Chronic attention to unwanted things holds you in a place of disallowing your physical well-being, as well as disallowing the solutions to other things you are focused upon. If you would focus your attention upon the experience of physical well-being as much as you focus upon the absence of it, not only would your recovery come quickly, but maintaining your physical well-being and balance would also be easy.

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The Universe is not punishing you or blessing you. The Universe is responding to the vibrational attitude that you are emitting. The more joyful you are, the more Well-being flows to you — and you get to choose the details of how it flows.

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It is so wonderful, when someone gets an idea and is able to hold it purely enough that an entire movement or corporation will follow in behind it, because the movement of that Energy benefits everyone.

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You live in a pulsating, vibrating Universe of advanced harmonics. Everything that exists, in your air, in your dirt, in your water, and in your bodies, is vibration in motion—and all of it is managed by the powerful Law of Attraction. There is nothing that exists outside of this vibrational nature, and as you learn to accept your vibrational nature, and begin to consciously utilize your emotional vibrational indicators, you will gain conscious control of your personal creations and of the outcomes of your life experience.

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Parents can't choose the mates of their children or the behavior of their children. You actually can't choose anything for your children without disempowering them.

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One Minute Motivator by Edward W. Smith 
 
Find something to be happy now for.  Don't wait till "if" or "when" something happens, until you will be happy.  Whatever you are waiting for is probably a ways off. Enjoy where you are now; enjoy the process you are going through, enjoy the moment.  If you wait till conditions are just right to be happy, you are limiting your enjoyment of life.  What you are waiting for may never come, but now is here in this moment.

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Take more chances in your life.  They don't have to be big risks, but you need to learn to take more chances if you want a different outcome in your life.  Not everything will work out, but the fact that you are taking risks, even if small ones, will add excitement to your life and give you some payoffs in terms of getting what you want.

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Don't limit yourself in any area.  Usually we are our own worst enemy, as far as holding ourselves back.  We are constantly telling ourselves we can't do his or that and we limit what we attempt, and this in turn limits what we get.  Examine what your limits are, and who put those limits on you.  Take small steps to expand your limits and your self-confidence will grow and you will get many payoffs, as a result of doing things you didn't think you could do.

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Make mistakes.  You learn from mistakes, you build confidence that you can fix things that go wrong and you learn to take more chances.  Don't hold yourself back in an attempt to be perfect, take chances with the knowledge that you can usually fix things and get payoffs from things that you didn't think would work.

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You have knowledge and experience, you don't give yourself credit for. Taping into this knowledge and experience can help you solve problems you have been struggling with. Learn to trust your judgment and you will build your self-confidence as well as make better decisions. All this will come from using something you already had inside you.

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Daily Teaching from The Power

You Really Are as Old as You Feel

Ancient texts say that people once lived for hundreds and hundreds of years. Some lives for eight hundred years, some lived for five or six hundred years, but longevity was commonplace. So what's happened? People changed what they believed. Instead of believing in living for hundreds and hundreds of years, people changed their beliefs over generations, and they came to believe in a reduced life expectancy.

We have inherited those beliefs of a reduced life expectancy. From the time we are born, the belief of how long we can live has been sewn into the fabric of our minds and our hearts. And from there we literally program our bodies from an early age to live for a certain amount of time, and our bodies age according to how we program them.

"The is nothing in biology yet found that indicates the inevitability of death. This suggests to me that it is not at all inevitable and that it is only a matter of time before biologists discover what it is that is causing us the trouble."
                        ~ Richard Feynman (1918-1988)
                        Nobel Prize-Winning Quantum Physicist

If you possibly can, don't put a ceiling on how long you can live. All it will take is one person to break the limits of life expectancy, and that person will change the course of life expectancy for all humanity. One person after another will follow, because when one person lives far beyond the current life expectancy, other people will believe and feel they can do it too, and they will!

When you believe and feel that aging and deterioration are inevitable, then they will happen. Your cells, your organs and your body receive your beliefs and feelings. Feel  young and stop feeling your age. Feeling your age is just a belief you've been given and a program you've given to your body. You can change the command you're giving whenever you want, by changing what you believe!

How do you change your beliefs? By giving love! Negative beliefs, such as beliefs of limitation, aging, or disease, do not come from love. When you give love, when you feel good, love melts away any negativity, including negative beliefs that harm you.
                 
"The love that gushes for all is the real elixir of life - the fountain of bodily longevity. It is the lack of this that always produces the feeling of age."
                        ~ Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881)
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