inspiring thoughts and exercises
Our reality is shaped and formed from all the thoughts we have ever had. This is amazing and offers us immeasurable choice. Now, some of those thoughts, at least for me, are not thoughts that I wanted nor want to continue taking with me and the miracle is I can set them aside. The answer…
Have you ever thought how one simple act of kindness can change the energy of the entire world? Take this beautiful red tulip. Imagine you sent it to the one you love. Imagine you wrote on the card “your love is the nourishment that helps me to grow”. Imagine if you received it? How wonderful…
This moment. Not the next one. Not the last one. This moment, right here and now is magic. As it is true for this moment so is it true for all others. What have I done to create and celebrate magic in my life? This is an interesting question we must ask ourselves if we…
What can one man accomplish in only 90 days? He can (I did) start a weblog and try to inspire others to enjoy more of life. Today is my ninetieth posting. I have written more but sometimes my husband Pedro discards them…for your sake he has been my editor. English is not his first language…
Today is the start of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games here in Vancouver and there is much to celebrate. It is wonderful that humans are able to come together to play. Sport is play and the Olympics bring all the people who like to play together and the rest of us watch them do it.…
One of the most powerful words in the english language is “thank you”. To truly appreciate another for something they have done or given to us and to let them know directly is one of the most important communications we can have. Recently a young man I had met several years ago wrote to me…
Perspective is such an important part of our life. It is the precursor to our attitude. Our attitude is the precursor to our thoughts. Our thoughts the precursor to our feelings. And finally, our feelings the precursor to our actions. When you look at the photo what do you see? Is it a door opening?…
Life is really about experiences. How we choose to experience it is more dependent on our outlook than the thing itself. I choose to be inspired most of the time and by most things. Even the most apparently innocuous thing has a story all its own. Take for example this bowl of cereal. When you…
There are many ways to succeed in our lives. Sometimes we need to unlock our potential and sometimes we need to lock away other aspects of our personality that do not support us. Knowing what to unlock and what to lock-up are the key (nothing like a bit of pun) to our success. I am…
Each of us has a dream. The challenge is to not live with the dream but in fact live our dream. This is not as difficult as we might have thought. It all starts with our ability to know our dreams. What is your dream? Take a moment right now and allow yourself to know…