Principles for Peace

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timlewisnm

A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye.  ~Samuel Grafton

We have all seen them - at least if we’ve been on the road at all.  They’re big.  Sometimes they whiz by very fast and sometimes they cruise at a slower speed.  Sometimes maybe we even get annoyed by them, but it seems we can’t live in the world we do without their function.  They serve a purpose.

Eighteen wheelers, transfer trucks, big rigs, trucks.  Are there any lessons that we can learn from them - or better yet are there lessons we can learn from the drivers in charge of their reigns? Read More »

photo by:  Jeff Kubina

The story is told of Thomas Edison…  (If you Google it, the numbers range anywhere from around 700 to 10,000 attempts or greater, but the numbers aren’t really important.)  The story goes that Edison failed somewhere between 700-10,000 times before he invented the light bulb.  Well, that’s how most people would see it.  It is reported that someone asked him somewhere in the midst of his attempts why he was still trying  to invent the light bulb when he had already failed so many times.  His answer was Read More »

photo by:  Material Boy

Over two years ago I read this story and it is something that I have remembered to this day.  Whether it is true or not, I have no way of knowing, but it certainly could be true.  It’s message is extremely powerful so I wanted to share it with you.

Bank Account

A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with his hair fashionably coiffed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.

As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, Read More »

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Anthony Robbins…. Have you heard of him?  If you’ve been into personal growth for very long it’s likely you have.  He lives and thrives on improving the quality of people’s lives.  I think that’s pretty noble.  Robbins was the featured guest In the January 2009 Issue of Success magazine.  There is an article about him in this issue followed by a question and answer session with him.  It is from that question and answer session that this post is based upon.  (Click here to read the full article and interview.)

In the last two posts I talked about deciding clearly who you want to be and about the value of saying yes and no to the right things.  As I was reading through this interview with Anthony Robbins I noticed that he took these things a step further, which I really appreciated and wanted to pass along to you.  Robbins poses a question for us to ask ourselves Read More »

photo by:  Robert van der Steeg

“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. “ ~ Goethe

The clock is ticking.  It still is.  Time doesn’t stop.  You only have a limited amount of time that you live on this earth.

As you close your eyes tonight - this very night - another day will have ended.  Will you look back at the day fulfilled - satisfied with how you spent your time?  If you were to write down all the things you did or all the ways you spent your time what would it reflect?

What/who is important to you?  Have you spent your time Read More »

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“If you aim at nothing, you’re sure to hit it.” ~ Danny Hall

It has certainly been a while since I have written a post.  I’ve been doing a lot of traveling, teaching and writing -  just not in the form of blog posts.  I’ve even done some speaking - something I thought I would never do - and I enjoyed it!  I’ve had some great adventures.

It is always my goal to make people think when I write or teach - to cause people to live more consciously.  I’ve been accused of doing just that many times over and I consider it a real compliment each time I hear it.  For much of my life I didn’t do a lot of “thinking” and it was very detrimental to me.  I’ve learned from personal experience that “thinking” - or living consciously makes me happier and helps me to have more peace so I enjoy sharing this gift with others.

Keeping this in mind, Read More »

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I intended to write a blog post yesterday, but now I’m just thankful to be alive!  Instead of writing a blog post I was hunkered down in my closet praying and avoiding tornadoes that were literally all around me.  MUCH damage was done, a couple of lives lost, many injured and many many homes destroyed.  So now I’m just thankful for each breath, spending time with my wonderful husband and praying for the victims.  It is very interesting how everything can get put into perspective really fast.  God has been very gracious to me and I feel sure He will bless me with some opportunities to help the victims.

Many people will not have a great holiday weekend.  I hope each of you do have a happy holiday, count your blessings and give those who are special to you an extra hug.

More storms are projected for Monday…..

photo by:  Todd Young

“Leave  everyone  better than you found them.”

Well, it has now been a week since I sent out the challenge - since I challenged myself and challenged you - to leave every place, every person better than we found them.

I don’t know about you, but this has been fun. I want to tell you of my results and then hear of yours.  I can’t wait to hear yours!

I have to start out being honest.  There were times I forgot, but it was something that I really tried to keep at the forefront of my mind and do actively and it DID make a difference.

The responses I got varied - seemed to vary much more than I thought they would.

Every place:

One thing I did was Read More »