Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that in order to achieve contentment, one should “cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously.”
Original Article -> Lindsay Holmes @ Huffington Post
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Success has a price, and today you have the golden opportunity to pay that price. Choose to do so, and valuable, unique, new fulfilling success is yours. Read the rest of this entry »
It may be your family, friends, or co-workers that support you now or they all may have abandoned you. You may be surprised by who you can count on. Someone that you did not expect to come through might and others whom you thought you could count on may fall short of your expectations. Try not to blame the ones that fall short and be grateful for the ones who go the extra mile.
My friends and family, like myself all have different strengths and weaknesses. I ask that I not be too critical of the ones who can’t be the support I want today and I give blessings for those who can.
Personal note: Ouch. I’m pretty crappy at this. Great to have read this, to aid me in having a way to focus on correcting this problem of mine.
These questions work for just about every type of decision we have to make, so start askin’ away and you might just be surprised to find out what you really want. Read the rest of this entry »
I was talking with a buddy about 10 days ago, & his wife asked me what was new. I couldn’t really pull much up, but was trying to get positive (inside myself) about Scott Tolzein taking the starting QB position while Rodgers heals from his broken collarbone. I mentioned something about being excited that we have a Badger as quarterback now. She gave me a verbal “push-back,” and said something to the effect of how I was taking personal ownership of the team, as though I was on the Packers roster.
I’ve been thinking about that more and more. I’m not a competitive person. I am a somewhat sore loser – yeah, I know people who’re sorer losers than I, but I really don’t digest losing well. I don’t risk much, hardly at all – ever.
I don’t stick my neck out, I’m not a part of any “team effort.”
I could list a bunch of reasons (excuses) why that is, too. That wouldn’t amount to a hill of beans, though.
I’m really tired. I woke up at 2:30 this morning and it’s now 9pm. I don’t have any resolutions for this conflict, idea, thing – whatever it is. Just noticed it, & I’m gonna go to bed after I try firing up my humidifier.
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A mindful life is worth the effort. It’s a life where we awaken from the dream state we’re most often submerged in — the state of having your mind anywhere but the present moment, locked in thoughts about what you’re going to do later, about something someone else said, about something you’re stressing about or angry about. The state of mind where we’re lost in our smartphones and social media. Read the rest of this entry »
I haven’t won yet but I haven’t lost, either.
–Dennis C.
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“A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.” ~ Bo Bennett
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
–Samuel Johnson
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” ~ Lao Tzu
Change can be an extremely powerful and at times distressing force. The harbingers of change may present themselves at those crossroads of our lives where seismic events shake our foundations and all that is comfortable. Be it the divorce, illness, accident, or situation that throws us headlong into circumstances where we have to sink or swim. There are also times when the signs that we are transitioning to a new phase are disguised in such a way that unless we lift those societal blinders that took years to develop, we will not be ready to understand what the Universe wants us to know. Society seems to encourage us to live in what our relative cultural experience defines as the status quo and not necessarily what really lies within the heart. Read the rest of this entry »
Against the Breeze 