Browsing All Posts filed under »Personal Development«

Seed Thoughts From the Garden

June 9, 2011 by

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Gardeners are perennial optimists.  In the cold of winter they  pour over seed catalogs making plans for a new beginning in spring.  Come spring they plant their seeds — seeds that are  symbols of potential,  each one carefully sown by a hopeful gardener who intends to care for them throughout their life cycle. When planted… [Read more…]

A New Attitude: Can Do!

May 24, 2011 by

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Resisting change is innate in the human psyche rooted deeply in our fear and desire to control.  Grumpiness is the negative attitude that arises when  we are faced with the truth and choose to resist reality –  we can’t control anything other than what we are doing in the moment.

Exploring Spaciousness: Experiencing Peace

May 2, 2011 by

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In Are You Afraid of Stillness and Space? Part 1, Sandra Pawula suggests nourishing yourself with space. She explains how space is a vital element that brings balance into our lives, helping to keep stress, distress, and illness at bay. In Are You Afraid of Stillness and Space? Part 2   Sandra’s  advice is to  slowly… [Read more…]

Personal Affirmations are Powerful

March 15, 2011 by

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Affirmations are positive statements you make to yourself to encourage and support yourself on your personal voyage through this life, and you can never get enough of that kind of encouragement. This practice can be found the world over in many cultures and spiritual circles dating back to ancient times, so to think reciting affirmations… [Read more…]

Becoming your dream

March 7, 2011 by

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Our mind is creating possibilities, projections, and variations on themes for our lives even while we sleep. It’s up to us to catch them and make them come true or not.  It’s important to remember dreams but what good does retaining these memories do you if you do not seek the information for the purpose… [Read more…]

A Bleak February

February 13, 2011 by

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Skeletal trees silhouetted against a gray sky scratch the windows as the wind shrills.  The grass and ground below are so saturated that the squelching sound is audible when trod upon.  Dripping downspouts and pervasive dampness that chills the flesh and settles in the bones;  a denial of the onset of spring. My depressed state… [Read more…]

Meditation Practice: Monkey Mind

February 2, 2011 by

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Peace is present right here and now in the present moment, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. The only question is whether or not we are in touch with it. I start my days in silence with nothing on my agenda other than just being.   As I exhale I sigh a… [Read more…]

A Tumultuous Month

January 29, 2011 by

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This has been a tumultuous month for me and for my Beloved. We are eager for it to end and  hopefully, for a better month to begin. The beginning of our January featured repetitive computer breakdowns and repairs and lost data. Some of the data I lost was research files that were  intended to become… [Read more…]

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