A secret of the masters isn’t a secret kept by the masters; it’s a secret that nonmasters—everyone but very accomplished adepts—unknowingly conspire to keep from themselves even though the secret is available in broad daylight. ~ Paul Richards ~ The Big Secret It’s obvious you want to know the secret. You want to know the secret to success. Perhaps you...
To visualize is to see what is not there, what is not real — a dream . To visualize is, in fact, to make visual lies . Visual lies, however, have a way of coming true. ~ Peter McWilliams ~ Visualizing is an important component to being successful and living the life of your dreams. Professional athletes do it...
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Openheim~ While it may seem some people have a bucket of happiness at all times, most have their bad days. You may be envious that they seem happy all the time, but everyone can learn how to be happy more often. Sometimes it...
In quiet places, reason abounds. ~ Adlai Stevenson ~ The Trap of Over Analyzing While analyzing a situation to find the answer is a good thing, if you get stuck too long, you become unable to do anything. Analysis paralysis has blocked many people from being able to reach their goals and dreams. Is also denies them of opportunities...
Guilt should be a momentary pang to spur one into corrective action. Anything longer is wasted, and worse, selfish. ~ Mark Belletini ~ Were you trained to feel guilty? Many children were taught to think of others and not be selfish. It becomes so ingrained that you should help others without any thought to yourself that it becomes a burden....
If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative. In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with...
I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it. ~ David Schwimmer ~ You start thinking about something you need to do, something that has happened, or something that could happen. You start analyzing, the you examine it again and again. This becomes like compulsive and a bad habit. The nagging thoughts that...
We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce ~ Ahhh… A New Year, A Fresh Start So a new year is upon us. What are you going to do differently to make...
Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that’s true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes. ~ Peter McWilliams ~ Starting a Meditation Practice Yesterday we talked about the benefits of meditating and the ways in which it will improve your life. Now it’s time...
A quiet mind cureth all. ~ Robert Burton ~ The Benefits of Meditation Whether you are religious, spiritual, or into living a healthy lifestyle, chances are you have heard of the benefits of meditation. Meditation is becoming more and more mainstream for a reason. If you haven’t tried it yet (or tried it and fell off the wagon), here...
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