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We are blessed to live in such a beautiful place. Most days I take Koda, our year-old Samoyed pup for a long walk in the mountains and truly enjoy the beauty of Colorado. Yesterday I was too busy with commitments and only had time to visit the dog park in North Boulder. Koda was excited to be ... Views: 838
It’s sad, yet it’s true. Gurus and experts might have suggested expensive ways for you to increase your self confidence, but based on my experience, that’s not necessary and practical at all.
That’s because you can get depressed if you know you had to burn a hole in your pocket just to ... Views: 838
Have you ever wondered what it takes before a fighter pilot can strap on a $30 million dollar jet and fly a mission for their country?
Well, before fighter pilots ever get to fly, we have to demonstrate expertise in tactics, technology, threats, systems, etc. Extensive hours of study, ... Views: 838
A logo is one of the most important elements of a company's image and corporate identity, but many entrepreneurs overlook it. Its significance and make a huge mistake. Why? It's simple.
The secret of a successful logo
Are you starting a business or planning to redesign an existing brand? ... Views: 838
Muhammad walked slowly down the muddy road in Bangladesh, his heart breaking as starved faces gazed at him pitifully, their blank eyes begging for help. Children who should be playing in the streets were laying helplessly, their life ebbing away from starvation. He knew that most of them would ... Views: 837
Dear Dr. Romance:
What causes one to constantly sabotage oneself? Why would someone constantly put up their own roadblocks?
Dear Reader:
Being out of touch with one's own wants and needs is a primary way to self-sabotage. Getting in your own way is all about how you relate your yourself. ... Views: 837
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***We’ll See… - by Gail Lynn Goodwin, The Official Guide to Inspiration
There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit.
“Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically.
“We’ll see,” the farmer replied.
The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it ... Views: 836
As a person in my late teens, when I used to hear people say that success and failure go hand in hand, it didn’t fascinate me much. Like all young people, I too had an idea, a concept in my mind that if you set your mind to something, all you will get is the success you want. You will keep on ... Views: 836
Gambling online isn’t a new thing, but despite the fact it’s been around for many decades now, it looks like it’s set to stay; no one is bored of it quite yet. There are always brand-new online slots games coming out, new ideas, new ways to play and pay, and new technology that keeps the ... Views: 835
Every day I walk to work...to and from takes about a total of 40 minutes. This gives me a lot of one on one time with my IPod. I have over a thousand songs on my IPod...everything from Michael Jackson to U2 to Rihanna to Andrea Bocelli...you could say I have eclectic taste in music. There is ... Views: 834
In a world full of "don’t"
Full of “shouldn’t" and "won’t"
It is easy to fear
When that’s all that we hear.
But what if one day,
When those naysayers say,
“It is futile, no less”
You found courage for "Yes"?
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Does someone else need to acknowledge your worth to make it real? Do you crave outside affirmation of your value? Did we get a disproportionate amount of so-called worth from the "powers that be" because we're females, or are we generally insecure by nature about this issue?
If we're basically ... Views: 833
After you have designed an eye-opening website, choosing a web hosting service providers follows. Alongside United States, Canada and United Kingdom, Australia is suitable in seeking the assistance of a reliable web host. To be safe, you need to do your assignment of searching your best Aussie ... Views: 833
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WHAT CAN EACH ONE OF US LEARN FROM THE CHARACTER AND LIFE OF JESUS
Here are some points/characteristics on the "person", that was/is Jesus that I've collected, as I've studied his life. No matter whether ... Views: 832
With the proliferation of so many amazing technologies with which to create drum samples, the aspiring and sometimes even the professional musician may be at a loss to decide which is the best method for their music to use. If, like many musicians you are operating on a tight budget and already ... Views: 831
My husband Darryl and I are in the British Virgin Islands, enjoying a bit of vacation and writing time for me. We are blessed to have a beautiful sailboat named Abundance that is our home away from home.
The winter often brings northern swells, high seas and cooler temperatures. Yesterday I ... Views: 829
It’s one of the most familiar symbols in the world. The white flag flying high above the wreckage of disaster, its simple logo a sign of hope for those left wounded and devastated. It’s the Red Cross, and it was launched in America by Clara Barton.
Clara was the youngest of five children, and ... Views: 829
You have recently got over the most troublesome impediment of settling on a choice to release your actual potential and appreciate opportunity by outsourcing. It is the most legitimate, most secure method for profiting on the web and factually, what's to come is loaded with consultants as pretty ... Views: 828
This post will be trashing out issues on how you and I have been living our lives, how we are living our lives and how we should continue to live our lives. Life is good for those who know the pathway. I must note here, however, that a good or successful life is not based on the amount of riches ... Views: 827
In poker, the term “all in” is used to describe the act of pushing all of your chips to the center of the table – letting it ride; going for broke. When it comes to living our lives, how many of us live so timidly that we will not go “all in?”
Do you linger forever on your successes, or do ... Views: 827
Merri pulled the covers over her head hoping that if she wasn’t seen perhaps her adopted stepmother would ignore her. She could hear birds chirping outside the window. . . if Merri had only been a bird, she could have flown away from the torment a long time ago.
This small soul began life as ... Views: 826
In each instance below, you will read about teenagers and the adults who believed in them, cooperating and working together to change the world.
• Clifton, age 13, and other Wisconsin teens started out three years ago to make their disadvantaged farming town more kid-friendly. The community ... Views: 825
We do not live our lives truthfully. We show a different face to the different people we interact with in accordance with the expectations of the situation. We act differently with our parents, with our friends, with our bosses, with the gardener, our spouses, homeless people, etc. We have ... Views: 825
After three decades, I couldn’t see my life any other way. The Navy told me how to walk, talk, dress, where to go and what to do. I didn’t have to plan my career; it was planned for me. I never worried about a paycheck or wondered what the amount would be. All my needs were met. I was happy with ... Views: 825
One good way to find God is to lose yourself! Which is easier said than done, because in order to lose yourself, you must first discover what your "self" is! Once that discovery is made, then you can decide which is more important; yourself... or God?
Assuming that you decide God is far more ... Views: 824
Many people ask me, after reading Hurry Down Sunshine, how Sally is doing now. The book tells the story of Sally's first manic attack at the age of fifteen, during the summer of 1996 in New York City. My aim was to recreate the experience of Sally's astonishing leap into psychosis from both ... Views: 824
There are times when gloom or darkness causes us to momentarily lose sight of the light. Although it is at these times when the thought of the sun can help us. Its warm, glowing rays brighten even our thoughts, and it's good to remember that despite appearances the sun is shining right now. We ... Views: 824
Article Title: The State of the World and How to CHANGE it?...
but How can a mere 'I' Make Any Difference ?
Author: Craig Lock
Category/Subject: the world, world issues, social and political issues/problems
Web sites: http://craiglock.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs and ... Views: 824
Yesterday we visited the Bubbling Pool on the windward side of Jost Van Dyke, in the BVI. The Bubbling Pool is a natural rock formation along the coastline that creates the best Jacuzzi one could ever imagine. Add winter weather with northern swells and high tide, and we were set for an amazing ... Views: 823
While we were recently in England we were invited to a dinner party that was also attended by Monica Lewinsky (yes, that Monica!). She struck us as being a beautiful, intelligent and confident woman, having attended the London School of Economics.
As we left we thought about how tough it can ... Views: 823
If you want to be a proud log cabin owner, you have to think upon designing the inside of your wooden home as only then you will be proud of your wooden dwelling.
While planning the interior design of log home you have to first take into consideration your final intent for your log home and ... Views: 823
"I've given up shaking hands, forever!" announced my friend E.Dan. He said it to a small group of friends at a pre-wedding party yesterday. And he meant it. He no long shakes peoples hands.
Instead, E.Dan gives hugs. For the past five weeks, he has been retraining himself to not reach out his ... Views: 823
I was watching a DVD the other night, The Astronaut Farmer, and it really made me think. As implausible as the actual story was, the myth it portrayed in human terms was of great value. Perhaps the very implausibility of the story was what made the truth behind the myth stand out to begin with. ... Views: 823
The future feels uncertain right now, but we may be able to glimpse it through a child's blue sweater. The child, a little girl, wore the same blue sweater to school every day. She loved it because of the African scenes with zebras in the front and mountains across the chest. The time came when ... Views: 823
If you are radically honest with yourself for just a moment, ask yourself - have all your hopes and dreams for your life really worked out? Are you making money doing what you are passionate about? Do you know why you are here? Have you really made any substantial progress in discovering why you ... Views: 822
Say you see your first frog and want to understand what it is. Not so much what it’s croaking about, (although that can be interesting too) but what the frog really is. Traditionally, Westerners like us would grab the little guy and drop him into a bottle of formaldehyde, a preservative that ... Views: 822
Creating a professional executive workspace can be tough. Starting from scratch, as with any project, requires inspiration. That being said, this article will highlight some of the hottest product lines used in a variety of applications to spark your creative juices.
Space 1: The ... Views: 821
I have a friend named Jamie who lives in a medium sized city where she doesn’t feel like she belongs, but she can’t relocate yet because of her husband’s work. For the last two years she’s tried to meet people but is convinced that there are no “cool people like her” in the entire city. My good ... Views: 820
“To accept good advice is but to increase one’s own ability,” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German playwright, poet and novelist. Advice is everywhere. From political pundits to advice columns to social networking sites, advice is readily available and free for the taking. With such a selection, ... Views: 820
It is indeed a much-generalized fact which we all have to abide by is that inside in our residential spaces or the commercial spaces, the couches and the sofas are on the topmost position in the list of places where most of the time spent by everyone even more than bedrooms, kitchens, etc. It is ... Views: 820
This article is about the history of the radio. How it all started from the transmitting of waves and ended up in live radio play. The innovation of technology always been shaping things to provide more convenience to the human being in his or her daily life.
Invention
In the early 1800s ... Views: 820
This weekend I had the pleasure of speaking on the topic of success at the Thin Air Summit in Denver. Part of the experience was a Q&A session where my friend Brian asked, “What do you do when you have a bad day? How do you get out of it?” Well, today is one of those times so I thought I’d ... Views: 818
We all know inspiration when we feel it. It is a force that enlivens us and activates us to do something—we might dance, sing, paint the house, or envision a new career. We might call an old friend or plan a trip abroad. Whatever the case, doing what we do from a place of inspiration makes all ... Views: 818
“The arrow that hits the bull’s eye is the result of a hundred misses” is a great saying and means that success is the result of much practice and never quitting. It's also a comforting saying for those of us who are pursuing dreams that aren't quite happening the way we envisioned them. There ... Views: 818
If you’re anything like me, with Christmas behind us, our minds are now turning to the things we’d like to accomplish in the New Year and to our resolutions. With the close of one year it seems natural to look at our accomplishments and our outstanding goals and dreams. Sometimes that reflection ... Views: 817
DOUBT, WHICH HAS COME EASY
We all are aware of the hard work we had put before we could say ‘yes I got it'. It can relate to early life at the workplace when we had to work our way up the ladders in our professional careers particularly when we had no god-fathers. It took us longer than we ... Views: 816
As life proceeds, so to do our intentions change. My wish for you is that your dreams and goals change in favour of your deepening access to your true self.
I have set many goals and many intentions in my life. I've had many desires, some have been fulfilled, some have not. Sometimes ... Views: 816
Article Title: 'As a Man Thinketh' by James Allen (from Inspirational Books - Part Three)
Submitted by Craig Lock
Category (Key words): Success, James Allen, Mind, Mindpower, Mind Control, Thought, Power of Thought, Motivation, Inspiration, Inspirational Books (enough there now)
Web site: ... Views: 815
Let’s play a little game of word association. I’m going to say a word and I want you to think of the first thing that comes into your mind. You folks in the northeast are really going to enjoy this. Are you ready? Just after you read the word, close your eyes and feel the feeling… okay, ready? ... Views: 815
Radical self-acceptance means seeing yourself for all that you truly are - neither with rose-colored glasses nor with muddied glasses, but with a clean, clear accurate lens.
There are 5 components to radical self-acceptance: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and sexual.
Radical ... Views: 815