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Posts tagged belief choices
Make The Downtimes A Blessing
Jul 16th
Have you ever heard someone say "well, that was really a blessing" when referring to some tragedy in their life? You know, they got injured in an accident or something. And, looking back on the experience, they express gratitude for it because it turned out to be a real blessing. A friend of mine lost her ...
Have You Ever Been Robbed of Something?
Jul 9th
Like all good teachers, Jesus used vivid stories to illustrate his points, and like all good stories, they were meant for a specific audience, in a specific time, at a specific place, and with specific culture references and techniques. The preferred story of Jesus' time for his audience was something called a parable. Parables are unique ...
Let Go Of My Ego
Jul 6th
At some point Jesus told us to deny ourselves. In fact, I think he may have said the actual words "Deny yourself." There's more to what he said than just that, but I want to focus on this concept of denying ourselves. Jesus was speaking metaphysically, of course, and Christians have been trying to interpret it ...
An Homage to My Troubled Childhood
Jul 3rd
As Julie Andrews once sang "somewhere in my youth or childhood...." It seems the Number One excuse we use in our daily lives has something to do with having a traumatic childhood. "A bully beat me up." "My parents were alcoholics." "I was abused." "I was abandoned." "I was locked in a closet with a mountain ...
The Importance of “It Already Happened”
Jun 26th
Which would have the greater impact on your life right now? 1. Knowing that someone deposited $1 million into your bank account yesterday. 2. Knowing that someone will deposit $1 million into your bank account at an undetermined date in the future. If you're like me, chances are knowing that someone deposited money into your bank account yesterday ...
What Do I Believe?
Jun 24th
People ask me everyday. What do I believe? I've thought about this question a lot. And I think it's something everyone should answer. In writing. There is something about writing out your beliefs that makes you question where your beliefs come from, why you have them, and what they ultimately mean to you. Whenever I would ...
What Are You Afraid Of?
Jun 15th
Tim Ferris at Four Hour Workweek recently posted about facing your fears. He was using this as a productivity tool and applying stoicism to business and our professional lives. In my life coaching practice, I regularly ask the question "What Are You Afraid Of?" Facing our fears is nothing new and pretty much every self help ...
To Do: Ho’Oponopono
Jun 12th
The native Hawaiian people have always been known for their generous spirits and even more genuine welcome. They literallyembrace everyone. Their spiritual practices, known as Huna, flow from the complete meaning of ALOHA. One of the spiritual practices is called Ho'Oponopono (ho-o-pono-pono). This is the practice of healing broken relationships by making them (and ourselves) whole ...
Welcome to the Positive.
Jun 12th
What Channel Are You Watching? It's a question we should ask ourselves more often. It's easy to be in the middle of our day somewhere and realize that we've spent so much time worrying about other people's lives--the car who cut us off in traffic, the person on the cell phone while we were waiting ...
Buy Local: Everyone Wins!
Jun 11th
I just read this fascinating article at Time Magazine. The article outlines how the velocity of money determines the success or failure of a local economy. (Velocity in this case refers to how often money changes hands within a community.) The short answer to our economic woes is to buy everything as locally as you can: ...
