"Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
-- Albert Einstein
"Do or do not. There is no try" Oh Yoda!
Good morning. How are you feeling right now? Like, on a scale of 0 (very bad), to 100 (very good), where would you be? 75? 90? 20? Thanks for letting me know. Now, would you mind telling me what you’re doing right now? Interesting. Just one more question. Are you thinking about something other than what you’re currently doing?
The above three questions, minus the intervening banter, were asked at random intervals during the day of over 2200 adults. Their iPhone would alert them to the questions. They’d answer. And then, they’d get back to whatever it was they were doing.
How does a wandering mind affect happiness?
This simple design formed the basis of an important study by psychologists from Harvard University who were looking to answer one central question: Are all of the philosophical and religious traditions that teach us to be “in the moment,” or in other words, that encourage mindfulness in everything we do, correct in doing so? Or flipped the other way: Does a wandering mind make you less happy than a present mind?
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One day you will see that it all has finally come together.
What you have always wished for has finally come to be.
You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself,
"How did I get through all of that?"
Just never let go of hope.
Just never quit dreaming.
And never let love depart from your life.
~ Jancarl Campi ~
Know that every time you see and feel beauty in the world, you are seeing and feeling a representation of the immense beauty that resides in your soul — a reflection of the beauty within you.You are truly beautiful.
[Via Positive Thoughts]
Many of our problems come from within our own minds.
Stop jumping to conclusions. There are two common ways this habit increases people’s difficulties. First, they assume that they know what is going to happen, so they stop paying attention and act on their assumption instead. Most of what they assume is wrong. The second aspect of this habit is playing the mind-reader and assuming you know why people do what they do or what they’re thinking. Wrong again, big time. More relationships are destroyed by this particular kind of stupidity than by any other.
Don’t dramatize. Lots of people inflate small setbacks into life-threatening catastrophes and react accordingly. This habit makes mountains out of molehills and gives people anxieties that either don’t exist or are so insignificant they aren’t worth worrying about anyway.
Don’t invent rules. A huge proportion of those “oughts” and “shoulds” that you carry around are most likely needless. All that they do for you is make you feel nervous or guilty. What’s the point? When you use these imaginary rules on yourself, you clog your mind with petty restrictions and childish orders. And when you try to impose them on others, you make yourself into a bully, a boring nag, or a self-righteous bigot.
Avoid stereotyping or labeling people or situations. The words you use can trip you up. Negative and critical language produces the same flavor of thinking. Forcing things into pre-set categories hides their real meaning and limits your thinking to no purpose. See what’s there. Don’t label. You’ll be surprised at what you find.
Quit being a perfectionist. Life isn’t all or nothing, black or white. Many times, good enough means exactly what it says. Try for the perfect relationship and you’ll probably spend your life alone. Perfectionism is a mental sickness that will destroy all your pleasure and send you in search of what can never be attained.
Don’t over-generalize. One or two setbacks are not a sign of permanent failure. The odd triumph doesn’t turn you into a genius. A single event—good or bad—or even two or three don’t always point to a lasting trend. Usually things are just what they are, nothing more.
Don’t take things so personally. Most people, even your friends and colleagues, aren’t talking about you, thinking about you, or concerned with you at all for 99% of the time. The majority of folk in your organization or neighborhood have probably never heard of you and don’t especially want to. The ups and downs of life, the warmth and coldness of others, aren’t personal at all. Pretending that they are will only make you more miserable than is needed.
Don’t assume your emotions are trustworthy. How you feel isn’t always a good indicator of how things are. Just because you feel it, that doesn’t make it true. Sometimes that emotion comes from nothing more profound than being tired, hungry, annoyed, or about to get a head-cold. The future won’t change because you feel bad—nor because you feel great. Feelings may be true, but they aren’t the truth.
Don’t assume your emotions are trustworthy. How you feel isn’t always a good indicator of how things are. Just because you feel it, that doesn’t make it true. Sometimes that emotion comes from nothing more profound than being tired, hungry, annoyed, or about to get a head-cold. The future won’t change because you feel bad—nor because you feel great. Feelings may be true, but they aren’t the truth.
Don’t let life get you down. Keep practicing being optimistic. If you expect bad things in your life and work, you’ll always find them. A negative mind-set is like looking at the world through distorting, grimy lenses. You spot every blemish and overlook or discount everything else. It’s amazing what isn’t there until you start to look for it. Of course, if you decide to look for signs of positive things, you’ll find those too.
Don’t hang on to the past. This is my most important suggestion of all: let go and move on. Most of the anger, frustration, misery, and despair in this world come from people clinging to past hurts and problems. The more you turn them over in your mind, the worse you’ll feel and the bigger they’ll look. Don’t try to fight misery. Let go and move on. Do that and you’ve removed just about all its power to hurt you.
By Adrian Savage.
Time and time again I hear from good people who are fed up, frustrated, and just plain discouraged about their ability to reliably manifest what they want in life.
Do you ever feel like that?
If so, you're not alone. And even if you've gotten your brain wrapped around the concept of the Law of Attraction and are whole-hearted in your manifesting efforts--you still may have the nagging feeling you're not quite hitting with all cylinders.
That's why I'd suggest you take a few minutes to watch this...
[How To Multiply Your Manifesting Power]
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For one thing, you'll hear from none other than Bob Proctor--one of the key people from The Secret. Bob has been at this a long time--decades in fact--and he's pretty much got the whole visualization thing dialed in.
One of the things Bob talks about are some of the most common misconceptions about visualization, and boy can I relate.
I remember when I first began exploring the Law of Attraction. I pretty much made ALL of these mistakes! For example...
1.You make some effort to practice visualizations for a few days--but nothing happens. So you decide it's a waste of time and stop. And guess what? Nothing happens. Duh.
2. You think you have to spend hours every day intensely focused on the things you want most. You settle down in the Lazy Boy and have at it--and you either fall asleep, get a pounding headache, or start thinking about a problem you're having at work. What a hassle--no wonder you've given up!
3. You've painstakingly glued a vision board together and you stare at it every day. You don't want anyone to know this, but you're bored. This whole activity is dull as dust and you don't feel much of anything except distracted.
4. You're not completely sure visualization will work--so you figure it's not worth trying unless you are 100% certain something wonderful will happen.
In fact, you've perfected "why bother" into an art form. Any of these things sound familiar? Well here's the good news...
[Bob's Got The Answers--And It Will Change Your Life]
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Here's one of my favorite quotes from this video...
"Even if you don't believe in it--do it anyway. My attitude is: if your way isn't working, try mine. I'm doing all right. I'm healthy, happy, and I'm wealthy. I earn more money in one hour than I used to in twenty years. So I must know something. And I know that this works." ~Bob Proctor
I sincerely hope you find this as encouraging as I do--because the thing is, even if you're not sure visualization will work for you and result in successful manifesting--just do it!
Give it a try and see what happens.
But not for just a day or two--or even a week or two.
What you've got to do is make the commitment to spend a few minutes on this every single day--and I do mean EVERY DAY! Maybe even morning and night--but consistently make the effort.
Because according to Bob (and he should know!) it's the REPETITION of your visualizations that add up to a grand slam eventually.
He explains it all so clearly and much better than I ever could. But it has to do with the repetition creating a new frequency--a new vibration that then changes your actions--and then opens the door to what you want being attracted into your life.
Make sense? You bet it does! And no worries about how to wedge it into your schedule, because you don't have to spend a lot of time on it either.
Just a few minutes a day will do it IF you do it the right way.
All you have to do is follow the simple strategy Bob explains in this video. It's easy. And when you do, here's what happens...
[You Become A Powerful Manifesting Magnet]
It's exciting and it's totally achievable with a very simple shift in your thinking and actions--believe me, I've personally experienced how powerful this is and it is truly the key to creating your most perfect destiny.
I don't want to give away all the goods here--so just take a minute and watch the video OK? In the next ten minutes you could literally have the keys to the kingdom.
To your manifesting success,
Bronwyn
P.S. Have you ever gotten so excited about something you had a kind of tingle at the core of your being? Or you just felt like every nerve ending was on high alert?
That's what happens when you experience strong emotions.And here's a hint--those emotions have EVERYTHING to do with creating successful visualizations.
And now Bob is going to explain exactly how you can access that fantastic energy to supercharge your visualizations.
[See It. Feel It. GET It Right Here]
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"Every day is a new beginning. Treat it that way. Stay away from what might have been, and look at what can be."
- Marsha Petrie Sue
"Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them."
-- Marilyn Ferguson
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