How do you play the game of life?

“If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.” ~ Chinese Proverb ~ When playing any game it is always good to know the rules. This is true to be able to play the game of life effectively. The rules are simple, [...]

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What game are you playing?

“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” ~ Nelson Mandela Life is a game and we are but players. We learn to play games soon after birth. The purpose of the games we play is to [...]

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Have you experienced pain?

“Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain but they do not in themselves create suffering. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists what is…the only problem in your life is your mind’s resistance to life as it unfolds.”~ Dan Millman, [...]

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What is Faith?

“Faith is not just something you have, it’s something you do.” ~Barack Obama ~ One of the hardest things about creating one’s dream life is the need for faith. Faith is belief in something which is not seen , the unknown. Man has an inbred fear of the unknown so this sets up a conflict [...]

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Are you alone?

“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.” ~ Kahlil Gibran ~ It is often hard to accomplish things when we feel we are alone. We may use this as an excuse not to attempt things. I spent several years of my life not doing the things I wanted and [...]

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What is the art of Zen?

“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture… Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale~ Are you familiar with the book, “Zen and the Art of Archery?” [...]

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What do you say to yourself?

“The quality of conversation we have with ourselves directly impacts the results we experience in life and our ability to derive fulfillment at any given moment.” ~ on line motivator Have you noticed that you have an ongoing dialogue in your mind? This is self talk. What you say to yourself determines who you are. [...]

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Do you use affirmations?

“It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”~Claude M. Bristol ~ We have talked about meditation and visualization. There is one more technique that ranks along side these two. It is affirmations. These three; meditation, visualization, and affirmations, make an unstoppable team [...]

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What’s in your mind’s eye?

“Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.”~ Cherie Carter-Scott ~ Have you heard the expression, “it’s all in your mind?” This usually indicates disbelief of something someone has said. [...]

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Ready to start again?

“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” — Mary Pickford That which we call failure is a part of everyone’s life. It is your attitude that determines if failure is a deal breaker or simply an [...]

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