7 Negative People You Need to Ignore

Marc Chernoff writes:

Sadly, some people are so entrenched in seeing the negative side of things that they leave zero room for positive things to grow.  People like this inhabit our families, work environments and social circles.  It can be emotionally draining just being around them, and you must be careful because their negative attitudes and opinions are venomous and contagious.  Negativity perpetuates itself, breeds dissatisfaction and clutters the mind.  And when the mind is cluttered with negativity, happiness is hard to come by.

Ignore these people and move on from them when you must.  Seriously, be strong and know when enough is enough!  Letting go of negative people doesn’t mean you hate them, or that you wish them harm; it just means you care about your own well-being.  Because every time you subtract negative from your life, you make room for more positive.

Here are seven such people you might need to put on your ignore list:

Get the list here: 7 Negative People You Need to Ignore.

A small church tucked away in the woods…

From Evernote:

A small church tucked away in the woods…

Clipped from: http://cabinporn.com/post/57118340528/a-small-church-tucked-away-in-the-woods-near

Do you know what frequency you are tuned to?

Mmmm…

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August 1st of  ‘How To Change Your Life One Day At A Time‘.

Mary Morrissey is a renowned life coach and spiritual teacher who has shared the stage with the Dalai Lama and many other incredibly inspiring individuals.

One of her core techniques is to get you to ‘change frequency’. The way she describes it is beautiful. We are surrounded by an infinite quantity of frequencies in the same way we are surrounded by TV and Radio waves. In order to watch something different on the TV or listen to something different on the radio we simply ‘change channel’ (change frequency).

We can do this with our feelings too. We can change the channel from feeling miserable to euphoric, or from afraid to confident just by changing the frequency we’re tuned into. She describes it as going from CNN (Constantly Negative News) to the Discovery Channel.

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Cultivating Equanimity (Duck Meditation) – Part 1A (06-20-12)

Do not let the behavior of others…

From Evernote:

Do not let the behavior of others…

Clipped from: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/08/compassion-the-bodhi-tree-survival-of-the-kindest-enver-rahmanov/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ElephantJournal+%28elephant+journal%29

Byron Katie’s Four Questions

Caitlin Flanagan writes:

All the suffering that goes on inside our minds is not reality, says Byron Katie. It’s just a story we torture ourselves with. She has a simple, completely replicable system for freeing ourselves of the thoughts that make us suffer. “All war begins on paper,” she explains. You write down your stressful thoughts, and then ask yourself the following four questions: Continue reading “Byron Katie’s Four Questions”

On the temporary nature of things…

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“Do you see this glass?” he asked us. “I love this glass. It holds the water admirably. When the sun shines on it, it reflects the light beautifully. When I tap it, it has a lovely ring. Yet for me, this glass is already broken. When the wind knocks it over or my elbow knocks it off the shelf and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ But when I understand that this glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.”

via Freud and Buddha By Mark Epstein.

 

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What’s my name?!? NSFW

Matt Cutts here…

Travel humor…

The Authentic Search for God…

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Richard Rohr (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Dr. Steve McSwain writes:

In an authentic search for God, the cosmos of inclusiveness just keeps widening and expanding, not unlike the ever-expanding universe in which we live.

That’s a bit of a paraphrase of something Fr. Richard Rohr says in his book Immortal Diamond. It has been my experience, too. It seems the more aware I become of the Immortal Presence, the wider my heart stretches to include all persons…all faiths…all traditions.

Without judgment.  With love. Continue reading “The Authentic Search for God…”

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Presty the DJ for Aug. 1

Love these posts, Presty! Keep it up…

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Today in 1964, the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” went to number one and stayed there for longer than a hard day’s night — two weeks:

If you are of my age, this was a big moment in 1981:

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25 Things Happy People Do Differently

@ShannonLKaiser writes:

We all experience moments of insecurity, frustration, stress and even depression, but for some of us, these moments last longer than others.

Like many people, I’ve gone through some major life changes over the past few years. I was stuck in depression tied to my corporate job. My breakdown turned into a breakthrough, which gave me clarity to follow my heart and change direction in my life. I moved across the country to live my soul’s purpose: to be a travel writer, life coach and public speaker. 

One important step I took in my transition was to align myself with happy and successful people. I studied their behavior and learned that there’s a clear system and pattern in place to tap into true happiness. Through difficult life changes, we can learn a lot about ourselves as we grow into the people we’re meant to be.

I used to be sad, depressed, and insecure. Today my life is much different; I’m happy, healthy, fulfilled, and I love every second of my life. I attribute my newfound freedom to this magical list of habits of highly happy people.

Whenever I feel out of alignment, I return to this list and it gets me back on track. These are the steps of highly happy and successful people, but I reframed it to be in the present tense, so it becomes a go-to list to pull anyone into a happier state. Maybe it can help you through a tough time. 

Continue reading: 25 Things Happy People Do Differently.

What I regret most in my life are failures of…

“What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness.” Yes…

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READ THIS.  You will not be disappointed.  It started my day off on the right foot.


From George Saunders’ 2013 “Advice to Graduates” commencement speech @ Syracuse University:

“…Now, one useful thing you can do with an old person, in addition to borrowing money from them, or asking them to do one of their old-time “dances,” so you can watch, while laughing, is ask: “Looking back, what do you regret?”  And they’ll tell you.  Sometimes, as you know, they’ll tell you even if you haven’t asked.  Sometimes, even when you’ve specifically requested they not tell you, they’ll tell you.

So: What do I regret?  Being poor from time to time?  Not really.  Working terrible jobs, like “knuckle-puller in a slaughterhouse?”  (And don’t even ASK what that entails.)  No.  I don’t regret that.  Skinny-dipping in a river in Sumatra, a little buzzed, and looking up and seeing like 300…

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American Minute for August 1st

English: Illustration from an early edition of...Bill Federer writes:

“There she blows!” cried the lookout, sighting Moby Dick.

Captain Ahab, driven by revenge, sailed the seas to capture this great white whale, who had bitten off his leg in a previous encounter.

The crew of the ship Pequod included Quaker chief mate Starbuck, second mate Stubb, Captain Boomer, a tattooed Polynesian harpooner named Queequeg, and Ishmael, the teller of the tale.

Ahab finally caught up with Moby Dick in the Pacific Ocean.

As fate would have it, when the harpoon struck Moby Dick, the rope flew out so fast it entangled Ahab, pulling him under.

This classic was written by Herman Melville, born AUGUST 1, 1819.

Continue reading: William J Federer’s American Minute for August 1st.

I read Melville’s classic during a vacation on the east coast where I visited places from the story like the Seamen’s Bethel in New Bedford and the island of Nantucket. If you’ve never read this classic story, give Netflix a rest this weekend and get a copy. The book is in the public domain so you can download it at no cost and read it on the very device you’re using now via Kindle software

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Melanie’s Biggest Secret!

Melanie, I love your blog and I see the journey continues; even though you are not on EL Camino, you’re still on a Camino in your own mind…

To me, the trick of this social media thing is to find what Aristotle called ‘the golden mean’ — the virtuous path between two vices — or what Buddhists call ‘the middle way’ between NOT telling your story and OVERTELLING your story. The golden mean between hiding your light under a bushel and narcissism. It’s a daily challenge…

Keep blogging!!!

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