What Do You See?

Big Picture, Emotional Healing, Pain processing, cognitive behavioral therapy, inner peace, opportunities, positive attitude, positive thinking, wisdom September 4th, 2009

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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 »

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An Extraordinary Life

Big Picture, balance, focus, goals, inner peace, positive attitude, priorities, relantionships, responsibility, thinking errors June 26th, 2009

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photo by: law_keven

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 »

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Who Do You Want to Be?

Big Picture, focus, goals, happiness, inner peace, priorities, purpose May 22nd, 2009

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photo by: nojhan

“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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How to be Truly Blessed

Emotional Healing, gratitude, happiness, inner peace March 20th, 2009

“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” ~ Acts 20:35

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photo by:  Saquan Stimpson/monstershaq 2000

Sometimes we come across extra special people in our lives.  Sometimes we come across those people who offer us gifts of  hope and healing, joy and peace, unconditional love, acceptance and respect.  The world would not be the same without them.  OUR world, OUR life, would not be the same without them.  It was no accident that God put these people into our lives.  What is the best way to say thank you to these people and to God?

What happens when we keep these gifts to ourselves?

Something interesting happens after a time when we keep these gifts…..  We actually become weighed down.  The gifts become heavy on our shoulders.

If we were to ask any of the people who have given us these gifts what they wanted us to do with them, I am most certain they would all unanimously say to Read More »

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The Power of Replacement

Emotional Healing, Pain processing, balance, cognitive behavioral therapy, inner peace, opportunities, positive thinking, principles, priorities March 13th, 2009

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photo by:  marcoPapale.com

If I mentioned the song, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” what would you think of? Have you ever got a song stuck in your head and you could not get it out? You just could not stop singing it no matter how hard you tried? That’s pretty annoying, isn’t it! Do you know the best way to stop that song from repeating itself in your head? Playing another song or songs is probably the best way. There is a powerful lesson contained in this called Read More »

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Words of Wisdom and Peace

Peace, inner peace, purpose, relantionships, wisdom March 6th, 2009

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In the last two posts, we have discussed the four preparations of peace and the four purifications of peace taught by Peace Pilgrim.  We also discussed Peace Pilgrim’s message which is so very powerful.  These posts generated much thought and discussion as we all went within to examine our own lives.

Today, I wanted to share with you some “random” thoughts that were collected  from Peace Pilgrim’s teachings.  I find each one of them thought provoking and powerful.  See what you think….

* We can all spend our lives going about doing good. Every time you meet a person, think of some Read More »

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The Four Purifications of Peace taught by Peace Pilgrim

balance, inner peace, positive attitude, positive thinking, principles February 26th, 2009

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“This is the way of peace:
Overcome evil with good,
and falsehood with truth,
and hatred with love.”
….
Peace Pilgrim

Last week we looked at the four preparations of peace taught by Peace Pilgrim.  In the comments, Henie shared a little more information about Peace Pilgrim:  “Peace Pilgrim’s name was Mildred Norman and ….. she died instantly in a car collision! An amazing life’s work…she walked 25,000 miles across America…stopping to eat only when Read More »

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Lessons from Peace Pilgrim

Peace, inner peace February 18th, 2009
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photo by: James B. Burton

Peace Pilgrim…..Have you heard of her?  She spent her life sharing peace with others. She walked over 25,000 miles all over the U.S. and into Canada and Mexico on a personal pilgrimage to share peace with others.  Peace Pilgrim truly understood what peace is.

I would like to thank my friend, Stephen Hopson, for pointing me in the way of Peace Pilgrim.  I was not aware of her life or what she stood for until Stephen brought her to my attention.  Apparently, he noticed some kind of correlation between us. ;)

Peace Pilgrim taught several steps to inner peace.  Today, I would like to share with you her message and four preparations of inner peace. Read More »

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