chatting with God : )

"God : Hello. Did you call me?

Me: Called you? N-no.. who is this?

God : This is GOD - I heard your prayers - thought we'd chat.

Me: Well, I do pray - makes me feel good - but I'm actually busy right now. I'm in the midst of something.

God : What're you busy at? Ants are busy, too.

Me: Don't know. But I can't find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.

God : Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.

Me: I understand, but I still can't figure it out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.

God : Well, I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.

Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?

God : Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.

Me: Why are we then constantly unhappy?

God : Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.

Me: But how can we NOT worry when there is so much uncertainty?

God: Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.

Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty.

God : Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.

Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?

God : Diamonds cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials but don't necessarily have to suffer because of them. With their experiences, their life ought to become better, not bitter.

Me: You mean to say such experiences are useful?

God : Yes. In everyday terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.

Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can't we be free from problems?

God : Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.

Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we're heading....

God : If you look outside, you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.

Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast enough seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?

God : Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.

Me: In tough times, how can we stay motivated?

God : Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing

Me: What surprises you about people?

God : When they suffer they ask, "Why me?" When they prosper, they never ask, "Why me?" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, yet few want to be on the side of the truth.

Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I? why am I here? I can't get the answer.

God : Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.

Me: How can I get the best out of life?

God : Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.

Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.

God : There are no unanswered prayers. Sometimes the answer is simply NO.

Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat.

God : Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live."

The Interview With God Poem

I dreamed I had an interview with God.

“So you would like to interview me?” God asked.

“If you have the time” I said.

God smiled. “My time is eternity.”
“What questions do you have in mind for me?”

“What surprises you most about humankind?”

God answered...
“That they get bored with childhood,
they rush to grow up, and then
long to be children again.”

“That they lose their health to make money...
and then lose their money to restore their health.”

“That by thinking anxiously about the future,
they forget the present,
such that they live in neither
the present nor the future.”

"That they live as if they will never die,
and die as though they had never lived.”

God’s hand took mine
and we were silent for a while.

And then I asked...
“As a parent, what are some of life’s lessons
you want your children to learn?”

“To learn they cannot make anyone
love them. All they can do
is let themselves be loved.”

“To learn that it is not good
to compare themselves to others.”

“To learn to forgive
by practicing forgiveness.”

“To learn that it only takes a few seconds
to open profound wounds in those they love,
and it can take many years to heal them.”

“To learn that a rich person
is not one who has the most,
but is one who needs the least.”

“To learn that there are people
who love them dearly,
but simply have not yet learned
how to express or show their feelings.”

“To learn that two people can
look at the same thing
and see it differently.”

“To learn that it is not enough that they
forgive one another, but they must also forgive themselves.”

"Thank you for your time," I said humbly.

"Is there anything else
you would like your children to know?"

God smiled and said,
“Just know that I am here... always.”

from http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com

Four Steps to handle a problem :

Advocacy for Overcoming Difficulties

1. FACE IT:
To look difficulties in the face instead of deceiving oneself by burying one’s head in the sand

2. ACCEPT IT:
To accept the fact of difficulties instead of blaming fate or other people

3. DEAL WITH IT:
To handle things with wisdom, and treat people with kindness and compassion

4. LET IT GO:
As long as one has done one’s best, it is not necessary to worry about gain or loss, success or failure

EVERYTHING WE DO WILL ALWAYS TURN BACK TO US

Bryan almost could not see the old woman standing at the edge of the street, but in the foggy light, he could see that the old woman need help. Then, he stopped his Pontiac car in front of the old woman’s Mercedes car, then he went out and approached her.

In spite of being smile, the old woman still felt worry, because she had been waiting for a long time and not even somebody coming to help her.

Did the man mean to harm her?

The man’s appearance did not look so good, he seem so apprehensive. The woman could feel that she was so scared, standing alone in such a very cold weather, it seemed like the man knew what she was thinking. The man said,”I come to help you madam, why aren’t you waiting inside the car, isn’t there warmer? Oh ya, my name is Bryan.”

Bryan got to the vault of the woman’s car to repair the damage.

Finally, he was done, but he seemed so dirty and tired, the woman opened the window of her car and talked to him, she said that she was from st. Louis and just coincidentally across this street. She felt that it was not enough for her to just say thank you for the help given.

The woman asked for the amount se had to pay, no matter how much the fare he asked for, it would be fine, because she was thinking about what would happen to her if the man did not help her. Bryan just smiled.

Bryan did not said how much she should pay, because for him, helping people is not a job. He believes that by helping people who needs a help without reward, one day, God must reward his good deed.

He said to the woman,”If you really want to reward my kindness, then if one day in the future, you see somebody needs help, then please just help that person”…and please remember me”.

Bryan waited until the woman turn on her car and being vanish from his sight.

After driving couple miles, that woman saw into a small cafe, then she dropped by there to eat and take a short rest. The waiter came by and provided her a clean towel to dry her wet hair. The woman attended the waiter who was in pregnant, and still so young. Then she remembered Bryan.

After finishing her meal and the waiter was taking a change for her, the woman went out silently.

After her wending, the waiter came back, the waiter got confuse for where the woman had been going, then, she found a sheet of paper on the table and money by the amount of $1000. She was so touched after reading what the woman had writen on.

“You don’t owe anything to me because somebody has helped me, that’s why I help you, then, this is what you have to do:

“Do not ever stop giving love and compassion.”

The night when se went home and slept, she was thinking about the money and what had been written by the woman.

How could the woman know that she and her husband really in need of money in waiting for the baby’s birth day?

She knew how her husband worried alot about this thing, then she gave her husband who is bedridden beside her a hug and a gentle kiss while whispering:”Everything will be fine. I Love You Bryan”

“Everything we do will turn back to ourselves.”, therefore, don’t ever stop to do good things in your life..

A letter to Patrick

Dear Patrick,
I was then an only child who had everything I could ever want. But even a pretty, spoiled and rich kid could get lonely once in a while so when Mom told me that she was pregnant, I was ecstatic. I imagined how wonderful you would be and how we’d always be together and how much you would look like me. So, when you were born, I looked at your tiny hands and feet and marveled at how beautiful you were.

We took you home and I showed you proudly to my friends. They would touch you and sometimes pinch you, but you never reacted. When you were five months old, some things began to bother Mom. You seemed so unmoving and numb, and your cry sounded odd — almost like a kitten’s. So we brought you to many doctors.

The thirteenth doctor who looked at you quietly said you have the “cry du chat” (pronounced Kree-do-sha) syndrome, “cry of the cat” in French.

When I asked what that meant, he looked at me with pity and softly said, “Your brother will never walk nor talk.” The doctor told us that it is a condition that afflicts one in 50,000 babies, rendering victims severely retarded. Mom was shocked and I was furious. I thought it was unfair.

When we went home, Mom took you in her arms and cried. I looked at you and realized that word will get around that you’re not normal. So to hold on to my popularity, I did the unthinkable … I disowned you. Mom and Dad didn’t know but I steeled myself not to love you as you grew. Mom and Dad showered you love and attention and that made me bitter. And as the years passed, that bitterness turned to anger, and then hate.

Mom never gave up on you. She knew she had to do it for your sake.

Everytime she put your toys down, you’d roll instead of crawl. I watched her heart break every time she took away your toys and strapped your tummy with foam so you couldn’t roll. You struggle and you’re cry in that pitiful way, the cry of the kitten. But she still didn’t give up.

And then one day, you defied what all your doctors said — you crawled.

When mom saw this, she knew you would eventually walk. So when you were still crawling at age four, she’d put you on the grass with only your diapers on knowing that you hate the feel of the grass on your skin.

Then she’d leave you there. I would sometimes watch from the windows and smile at your discomfort. You would crawl to the sidewalk and Mom would put you back. Again and again, Mom repeated this on the lawn. Until one day, Mom saw you pull yourself up and toddle off the grass as fast as your little legs could carry you.

Laughing and crying, she shouted for Dad and I to come. Dad hugged you crying openly.

I watched from my bedroom window this heartbreaking scene.

Over the years, Mom taught you to speak, read and write. From then on, I would sometime see you walk outside, smell the flowers, marvel at the birds, or just smile at no one. I began to see the beauty of the world through your eyes. It was then that I realized that you were my brother and no matter how much I tried to hate you, I couldn’t, because I had grown to love you.

During the next few days, we again became acquainted with each other. I would buy you toys and give you all the love that a sister could ever give to her brother. And you would reward me by smiling and hugging me.

But I guess, you were never really meant for us. On your tenth birthday, you felt severe headaches. The doctor’s diagnosis –leukemia. Mom gasped and Dad held her, while I fought hard to keep my tears from falling. At that moment, I loved you all the more. I couldn’t even bear to leave your side. Then the doctors told us that your only hope is to have a bonemarrow transplant. You became the subject of a nationwide donor search. When at last we found the right match, you were too sick, and the doctor reluctantly ruled out the operations. Since then, you underwent chemotherapy and radiation.

Even at the end, you continued to pursue life. Just a month before you died, you made me draw up a list of things you wanted to do when you got out of the hospital. Two days after the list was completed, you asked the doctors to send you home. There, we ate ice cream and cake, run across the grass, flew kites, went fishing, took pictures of one another and let the balloons fly. I remember the last conversation that we had. You said that if you die, and if I need of help, I could send you a note to heaven by tying it on the string of any balloon and letting it fly. When you said this, I started crying. Then you hugged me. Then again, for the last time, you got sick.

That last night, you asked for water, a back rub, a cuddle. Finally, you went into seizure with tears streaming down your face. Later, at the hospital, you struggled to talk but the words wouldn’t come. I know what you wanted to say. “Hear you,” I whispered. And for the last time, I said, “I’ll always love and I will never forget you. Don’t be afraid. You’ll soon be with God in heaven.” Then, with my tears flowing freely, I watched the bravest boy I had ever known finally stop breathing. Dad, Mom and I cried until I felt as if there were no more tears left. Patrick was finally gone, leaving us behind.

From then on, you were my source of inspiration. You showed me how to love life and live to the fullest. With your simplicity and honesty, you showed me a world full of love and caring. And you made me realize that the most important thing in this life is to continue loving without asking why or how and without setting any limit.

Thank you, my little brother, for all these.

Source: http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/3454.htm

The Powers of a Positive Attitude

I am going to ask you to something very weird right now.
First of all, I want you to listen to your thoughts.
Now tell me, what thoughts fill your head? Would you label them as positive, or negative?
Now let's say you are walking down the street with these thoughts.
Do you think anyone who would meet you would be able to tell you what’s on your mind?
The answer to number one is up to you. But, the answer number two can be pretty generic. Although people will not be able to tell you exactly what you think, they will more or less have an idea of how you are feeling.
Here's another question.
When you enter a party filled with friends, do they all fall silent as if something terrible had happened?
Or does everybody there perk up as if waiting for something exciting to happen?
You know what? The answer to all these depends on your frame of mind.Thoughts are very powerful. They affect your general attitude. The attitude you carry reflects on your appearance, too – unless, of course, you are a great actor.And it doesn't end there.
Your attitude can also affect people around you.The type of attitude you carry depends on you. It can be either positive or negative.
Positive thoughts have a filling effect. They are admittedly invigorating. Plus, the people around the person carrying positive thoughts are usually energized by this type of attitude.
Negative thoughts on the other hand have a sapping effect on other people. Aside from making you look gloomy and sad, negative thoughts can turn a festive gathering into a funeral wake.
A positive attitude attracts people, while a negative attitude repels them. People tend to shy away from those who carry a negative attitude.We can also define attitude as the way of looking at the world.
If you choose to focus on the negative things in the world, more or less you have a negative attitude brewing up.
However, if you choose to focus on the positive things, you are more likely carry a positive attitude.You have much to gain from a very positive attitude.
For one, studies have shown that a positive attitude promotes better health. Those with this kind of attitude also have more friends. Projecting a positive attitude also helps one to handle stress and problems better than those who have a negative attitude.
A positive attitude begins with a healthy self-image. If you will love the way you are and are satisfied, confident, and self-assured, you also make others are around feel the same way.
A negative attitude, on the other hand, has, of course, an opposite effect. So, carrying a negative attitude has a twofold drawback. You feel bad about yourself, and you make others feel the same way.
If you want to have a positive attitude, you have to feature healthy thoughts. This is probably very hard to do nowadays since, all around us, the media feeds us nothing but negative thoughts. A study shows that for every 14 things a parent says to his or her child, only one is positive. This is truly a saddening thought.
If you want a healthier outlook in life, you need to think happy thoughts, and you have to hear positive things as well. So, what can you do?
Well, for starters, you could see a funny movie, you could play with children, spend some time telling jokes with friends. All these activities fill you with positive stimuli, which in turn promotes positive attitude.Although it is impossible to keep ourselves from the negative things around us, you can still carry a positive attitude by focusing on the good things, the positive things in life.And this positive attitude you now carry can be of benefit to other people. Sometimes when other people feel down, the thing people mostly do is try to give them advice.
But sometimes, all they need is somebody to sit by them, and listen to them. If you have a positive attitude you may be able to cheer them up without even having to say anything.
If positive attitude is really great, why do people choose to adopt a negative attitude instead? One who carries a negative attitude may be actually sending a signal for attention. Before you get me wrong, feeling sad, angry, or gloomy is not wrong itself. But dwelling on these thoughts for far too long is not healthy either. There is a time to mourn.
As always, if you are beset by troubles, even in your darkest hour, focus on the good things in life, you will always have hope. Problems become something you can overcome.You do not have much to lose by adopting a healthy, positive attitude. Studies show that such an attitude actually retards aging, makes you healthier, helps you develop a better stress coping mechanism, and has a very positive effect on all the people you meet every day. So, what's not to like about a positive attitude? Adopt one today.

The Key to a Better Life

Time management is basically about being focused. The Pareto Principle also known as the '80:20 Rule' states that 80% of efforts that are not time managed or unfocused generates only 20% of the desired output. However, 80% of the desired output can be generated using only 20% of a well time managed effort. Although the ratio '80:20' is only arbitrary, it is used to put emphasis on how much is lost or how much can be gained with time management.

Some people view time management as a list of rules that involves scheduling of appointments, goal settings, thorough planning, creating things to do lists and prioritizing. These are the core basics of time management that should be understood to develop an efficient personal time management skill. These basic skills can be fine tuned further to include the finer points of each skill that can give you that extra reserve to make the results you desire.

But there is more skills involved in time management than the core basics. Skills such as decision making, inherent abilities such as emotional intelligence and critical thinking are also essential to your personal growth.

Personal time management involves everything you do. No matter how big and no matter how small, everything counts. Each new knowledge you acquire, each new advice you consider, each new skill you develop should be taken into consideration.

Having a balanced life-style should be the key result in having personal time management. This is the main aspect that many practitioners of personal time management fail to grasp.

Time management is about getting results, not about being busy.

The six areas that personal time management seeks to improve in anyone's life are physical, intellectual, social, career, emotional and spiritual.

The physical aspect involves having a healthy body, less stress and fatigue.

The intellectual aspect involves learning and other mental growth activities.

The social aspect involves developing personal or intimate relations and being an active contributor to society.

The career aspect involves school and work.

The emotional aspect involves appropriate feelings and desires and manifesting them.

The spiritual aspect involves a personal quest for meaning.

Thoroughly planning and having a set of things to do list for each of the key areas may not be very practical, but determining which area in your life is not being giving enough attention is part of time management. Each area creates the whole you, if you are ignoring one area then you are ignoring an important part of yourself.

Personal time management should not be so daunting a task. It is a very sensible and reasonable approach in solving problems big or small.

A great way of learning time management and improving your personal life is to follow several basic activities.

One of them is to review your goals whether it be immediate or long-term goals often.

A way to do this is to keep a list that is always accessible to you.

Always determine which task is necessary or not necessary in achieving your goals and which activities are helping you maintain a balanced life style.

Each and everyone of us has a peek time and a time when we slow down, these are our natural cycles. We should be able to tell when to do the difficult tasks when we are the sharpest.

Learning to say "No". You actually see this advice often. Heed it even if it involves saying the word to family or friends.

Pat yourself at the back or just reward yourself in any manner for an effective time management result.

Try and get the cooperation from people around you who are actually benefiting from your efforts of time management.

Don't procrastinate. Attend to necessary things immediately.

Have a positive attitude and set yourself up for success. But be realistic in your approach in achieving your goals.

Have a record or journal of all your activities. This will help you get things in their proper perspective.

These are the few steps you initially take in becoming a well rounded individual.

As the say personal time management is the art and science of building a better life.

From the moment you integrate into your life time management skills, you have opened several options that can provide a broad spectrum of solutions to your personal growth. It also creates more doors for opportunities to knock on.

The Secret Behind The Secret by Rima Valunaite

By now, just about everyone has seen the video "The Secret" or read the book by the same title or maybe they have done both.

Millions watched the Oprah Winfrey show about "The Secret" and listened to the principals talk about it and the Law of Attraction.

Many have visited the plethora of websites devoted to "The Secret" and the Law of Attraction. It has almost become a worldwide obsession.

I am sure that millions of people have tried to follow the instructions and get the Law of Attraction to fulfill their desires and dreams. And, I am also sure that the vast majority failed to see any difference in their life or current circumstances.

It is not because the Law of Attraction does not work. It does, very well in fact. It has to because it is a Universal Law. Just like the Law of Gravity, the Law of Matter and the Law of Energy, the Law of Attraction is governed by physics. You know, that science class we took but did not understand all that well, the one where we dropped weights down the stairwell and slid blocks of wood across the desk. It was the one where we got an idea about gravity, friction, motion and energy. Do you remember it now? Well, that was physics. It is the science that governs and explains action and reaction, repulsion and attraction.

The Law of Attraction is governed by that science and as one of the Universal Laws, it will work anywhere on earth if the proper actions, beliefs, powers and vibrations are utilized.

So, if that is the case, then why have most people failed when they tried it? It is simple really. "The Secret" or the Law of Attraction, has a secret of its own that even the promoters did not know about.

If you take a look at most of the people involved in "The Secret" you will discover that they are people like Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Dennis Waitley, Bob Proctor, Dr. Joe Vitale, Jack Canfield and other similar types. You will notice that they are all people with very strong personalities and passionate drive. To consider them as "ordinary" people is like considering a hurricane as just another gentle breeze.

That having been pointed out, do not despair. It does not mean that "The Secret" or the Law of Attraction will not work for ordinary people. It will. It will work for everyone, even the ones who have tried over and over and have not had it work for them yet.

All of the above-named people did not need to know the secret behind "The Secret" because of the kind of people they are, strong willed, passionate and filled with self confidence and drive.

The average person may wish for a million dollars, but subconsciously they know that they will never have it. As a result, their subconscious mind will not send out the proper vibrations to attract that million dollars to them. Wanting or wishing for something and believing in your whole being that you will get it are two different things.

So, for the average person, the secret behind "The Secret" is that you have to take baby steps. In other words, you have to start out small. Your subconscious mind will never believe that you will get a million dollars if you ask for it, so do not even try. Instead try asking for something simple, say a seat in a crowded subway car or on a crowded bus. Or how about asking to find a parking space on a crowded street or near the doors of a busy mall?

When you buy a lottery ticket, do not ask to win the top prize, ask for ten dollars or 20 dollars or even 50 dollars. Since these amounts are possible and believable, you can convince yourself and your subconscious mind that you deserve it and that it is yours. Give thanks for winning it as if it were already yours. Be passionate and convinced that it is and constantly give thanks for it.

When you see these simple results of the Law of Attraction start working for you, then you can try working on slightly bigger things. Do not go too fast and do not become discouraged. If you check the histories of the aforementioned people, you will find that they did not succeed the first time that they tried. Just think back on everything that you have accomplished in life, such as learning to walk, learning to talk, learning to dress yourself, to ride a bicycle, to read and to write. They all took time, practice, determination and a belief that you could do it before it actually happened. Getting the Law of Attraction to work for you is just the same.

In conclusion, you can get the Law of Attraction to work for you no matter what your current life is like as long as you start small, convince yourself that you already have it and constantly give thanks for having it. When you continue passionately working on it one small step at a time and constantly expressing gratitude for having it, then you will eventually see that the Law of Attraction works for you too.

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Living in the Present Moment: How Good Can You Stand It? by Timothy Aaron Whiston

Living in the present moment is the key to leading an exciting, fulfilling, meaningful life. However the experience of right now is far too intense for many people, so they develop the self-defeating defense response of constantly living in the shadow of past and future fantasies.

The unpleasant truth is we all have the tendency to hide our face from the now. It’s easier for us to dwell on past regrets and future anxieties; these experiences are safe, familiar, and unchallenging.

A popular and revealing question often asked by personal development instructors and spiritual guides is: “How good can you stand it?”

This might sound silly at first, but it’s a critical issue to be addressed along your journey of personal discovery and expansion. Can you simply relax and allow your awareness to accept what is?

Can you sit quietly and embrace the present moment, letting your body relax and your mind enjoy the peace and stillness? Or do you squirm after a few seconds and try to escape the now by fretting over possible future calamity?

It’s important to consider this fact: If you can’t find the joy in simply being in this moment with nothing to worry or complain about, what is your core motivation for being part of this life in the first place?

Ideally your goal in life is to be happy. Most people will claim this is what they want, and then do everything in their personal power to prevent themselves from ever attaining it.

We are hardwired for happiness, but we have been conditioned to reject it. Our most immediate opportunity to exploit the natural inclination to be happy is here and now, yet we have learned to put this off and claim we’ll “be happy when…”

Regardless of external events and circumstances you can find great peace and joy in any moment. As the sages have taught since ancient times, all one must do to know true and infinite peace is clear the mind and allow the undistorted reality of the now to unfold from within.

I believe most people know this at the intuitive level. Still they actively run away from the present moment and work tirelessly to stifle the clarity of now with constant mental chatter and nonstop daydreaming.
You deserve the blissful calm of the present moment. And you don’t need a reason, anyone’s permission, or a special ceremony to step back from the events and obligations in your life and just be happy right now.

Spend two minutes each morning just observing the present moment and allowing yourself to be truly happy. Forget about surface issues like money you owe, what your ego wants other people to think about you, and what time you need to be at your desk to begin the workday.

Even if you feel you are supposed to be stressed, angry, or bummed out, for these two minutes just be. You’ll be surprised by how quickly allegedly “pressing” issues will fall away and dissolve.

Practice letting go of everything and just allowing the still, present moment to flood into your awareness and merge with your consciousness. Really get serious about treating yourself to these two minutes of bliss every morning, and soon you’ll be making room for ten or twenty minutes; before long you’ll be determined to embrace the perfection of the present moment throughout your day, even in the midst of your routine activities.

Be aware of your rational mind as it tries to dissuade you from this pursuit. Catch yourself trying to justify why you’re totally out of line in seeking a moment of peace and joy because, after all. “You have work to do and bills to pay”.

Simply acknowledge these anxieties and then return your awareness to the peace of the moment. With time and diligence you can begin to live more of each day grounded in the now; ultimately you will be completely free from the need to sabotage your sense of well-being.

What Has Life Taught You?

I think it is time to step back and consider a few eternal home truths as we are going through this major transitional phase in our world. It is easy to lose sight of the essentials in life. We lose the ability to be happy and the trust that we can create the lives we want when we become immersed in our worries and live our suppressed fears. We are totally forgetting that fear and panic are just the other side of the same coin.

Duality is the means through which this universe manifests itself. It is the means that allows us to see the kaleidoscope of the world unfolding in all its limitless possibilities. I have said it before and I will say it again: The onslaught of negative news emanating from the media is not only unhelpful, feeding a roller coaster of panic but it also ignores the fundamental law of our existence: Duality.

Nothing is ever all negative. It just is impossible. If you only see the negative, you are being swayed along with the media mania and the collective consciousness that is in a trance unwittingly self induced through lack of self awareness and subsequent ignorance. Its like insisting that a coin only consists of the site with heads.

I recommend that you watch as little TV as possible. Stay away from the news and do not buy daily papers. If something important happens someone will tell you, believe me. Just following this simple advice will reduce your stress and anxiety levels considerably and help you focus within and concentrate on you and strengthen your mind set to become more resilient and independent from the collective consciousness. To help you with this here are a few things life has taught me that everyone should take to heart.

Life taught me that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Life taught me that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

Life taught me that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

Life taught me that there is always opportunity, if I am willing to see it

Life taught me that detaching from everything, and I mean everything, actually brings it closer to you

Life taught me that making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life."

Life taught me that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

Life taught me that it is okay to say no to other people. If I am not okay I can't help anyone

Life taught me that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.

Life taught me that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on the needs of others, your work and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.

Life taught me that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

Life taught me that even when I am upset, I don't have to let my feelings out on other people.

Life taught me that every day you should reach out to someone. People love to be connected - and so do animals.

Life taught me that a small gesture often comes back to you ten fold. Its a universal law..

Life taught me that I still have a lot to learn and will learn until the day I die

Life taught me that everything I am searching for is already there, right inside me

Life taught me that nothing is good or bad, but only if I make it so

Life taught me that as a human being on this earth I am what I persistently do and think.

Life taught me that you should pass this on to someone you care about. I just did. Maybe you know someone who needs a little encouragement to carry on

And finally: Life taught me that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel...