Posts Tagged ‘Gratitude’

Allow Yourself to Receive

March 21st, 2010

Being fiercely independent is limited and selfish.  A controversial statement perhaps, but as Helen Keller famously said, “Alone we can achieve so little, but together we can achieve so much.”  Even Einstein, known more for his mathematical genius than his philosophies on life, deduced that “when two people put their heads together, it is like a third person has entered the room”.

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An Attitude of Gratitude

March 3rd, 2010

How often do you actually stop and appreciate everything you have and everything that is good about your life? I’m sure we can all recall times when we’ve been told to “count our blessings” but when was the last time you actually did? Feeling and being grateful is a powerful exercise, which not only can make you feel a lot better about your circumstances, but also seems to welcome more good things into your life. Read More

Everything is Always Alright in the End

February 10th, 2010

One of my favourite quotes is from the Dalai Lama, “Everything is always alright in the end.  If it is not alright, then it is not the end.”

No matter how bad things seem, it is never forever, it always gets better.  Sometimes you just have to trust the process, and focus on your intended outcome, and remember that the rough patch will pass. 

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Remaining Calm Despite the Conspiracy

December 10th, 2009

It’s that time of the year when things get busy: everyone is trying to get things finished before the end of the year, there are social functions, school functions and general Christmas festivities to fit in, plus there’s the shopping and general preparations for what is arguably the most prominent event on our annual calendar – Christmas. So when things go wrong at this time of year, it can easily be the straw that breaks the camel’s back and send a normally sane person into a complete meltdown.

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Know Your Worth – What’s Your True Value?

December 8th, 2009

I was reminded the other day of a story I was told a few years ago.  It was about a speaker who pulled a crisp, fresh $100 note out of his pocket and offered it to his audience.  “who would like this $100 note?” he asked.  Of course nearly everyone was keen to accept it with hands waving madly in the air.  “What about this $100 note?” he asked offering a more worn, dirtier looking note, instead.  Still the same people responded, happy to accept the money.  Then he took the worn, dirty note, screwed it up in a ball and stood on it, squashing it into the ground.  When he picked it up, the $100 was barely recognisable but still he offered it to the crowd and still he was met with the same enthusiastic response.  No matter what he did to that piece of paper, it still held it’s same true value, it was still worth $100.

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The Power of Positive Feeling

November 8th, 2009

Most people probably know that it’s beneficial to think positive.  To really reap the rewards, you need to take that a step further, though.  It’s not just about “thinking” positively, you need to “feel” positive.

We’ve all heard sayings such as “you reap what you sow” and “you get out what you put in”.  The basis behind these is that what we put out into the Universe is what we attract back.  So if you’re putting positive stuff out, you will attract good stuff back, and if you’re putting negative stuff out then you will attract more of the same.

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