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A mere mortal…

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My passion [as I have expressed many times on this blog] is to find and share the best thoughts I can. In business, I teach others to do the same. For those of you who don’t know, I do this work out of 100-year-old farmhouse in rural Wisconsin. My only connection to the Internet is a Sprint cellular modem. This means that I’ve had to become pretty efficient. Over the years as to how I use the limited bandwidth I have…

Our Internet connection at the best of times is barely fast enough to deliver low-quality streaming movies via Netflix or Amazon [if we shut off all the other Internet devices in the house]. Yesterday, we sat down to watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” and the Internet connection was even worse than usual. After checking all the usual problems, I called Sprint and discovered that the tower on the south side of Algoma was out of order reducing our internet speeds to dialup levels! The horror of it all — I have been reduced to mere mortal status without a reliable Internet connection…

I’m taking this as a sign from him the Uni-verse that I should get off the Internet and focus on family so with that, I sign off wishing you and all the people who matter to you a happy and healthy holiday filled with all the things that matter most to you!

Baby Boo…

Baby Boo sitting in the winter sun…

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How many observe Christ’s birthday!

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Tell us how you really feel…

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Meaning…

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I Love You, But Please Stop Talking…

donna-gates.pngDonna Gates writes:

When we think and when we speak, we create.

Ask yourself the following:

Throughout my day, how many times am I thinking and speaking of:

1)Old things and experiences?

2)Things in society I dislike and wish would change?

3)Things I actually wish to create and experiences I wish to have?

Too often we play out the same dramas with different people.

Too often we give a voice to our worries, our fears, and our stress.

It can be difficult not to think and talk about stressful life events. When we speak about what is on our mind, we release some mental and emotional pressure. If we do not disperse the gloomy cloud that hangs around us, we at least have someone to share it with.

In conversation or in thought, the creative act happens in increments. Slowly, one small creation builds upon another. Before you know it, you are thinking about and speaking about the very experience that you do not want.

Every time we engage our fears and worries, we are putting our focus on things we do not want to experience. So then why are we spending so much time making them part of our reality?

During the first months of the New Year, many of us will begin a new exercise program, quit an unhealthy habit or choose a way of eating for vibrant health.

Whether it is the New Year or not, you can always give yourself the support that you need to succeed.

While each of us is unique, I often find that changing your inner ecosystem with fermented foods and beverages goes hand in hand with strengthening the will for transformation.

Raising your vibration on the inside helps to raise the vibration on the outside, including the good feeling states that promote optimistic thoughts and language.

Often at the end of the year, we focus on our flaws and our mistakes. This needs to stop. We need to change our perspective. Our misfortunes are clues. Our setbacks in health are communications from our body.

Thus we should see all the old events or trials and current misfortunes or imperfections as opportunities that bring us one step closer to understanding that the present moment is the right time for gratitude and the only time to focus on where you are going.

When we grasp that—we are one step closer to living our dreams.

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A contrarian holiday experience!

Mastin-Kipp.pngMastin Kipp writes:

I love this time of year. I really do. Why? Well – it’s a great time to connect with family and friends in a less than hurried way. But I have to be honest – I enjoy this time of year for a much different reason.

This is a GREAT time of year to get creative. I love this time of year because there is less of a pull from others on my time, so I can really focus and get creative. Every year I have a “holiday project” that I do – it’s some form of creative expression that I’ve been putting off for some time. The creation process usually starts mid-December and then goes through mid-January.

This year my holiday project is finishing my Hay House book. It’s exciting. I’m about half done and have set aside a TON of time so that I can finish it before my 31st birthday on January 12th.

I love connecting with family and taking time away from work during the Holidays, but honestly I live my life like that most of the time. I live my life like it’s Christmas. I don’t wait until December 25th to give a gift. If I see something that I think someone else will like, I get it for them in the moment. I’ve never liked waiting around for Christmas or only being “kind” or connecting with my friends and family during this time of the year.

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I share this because it really resonates with me. Like Mastin, I love the week between Christmas and New Years because some of the demands of being a freelancer fade away and I can focus on myself and course corrections I want to make in my life and business. My wife and children go away to visit family and I’ll have 5 glorious days without another person in the house [it’s not evil — I have 3 teenage boys and an 8 year old at home]. For me it means maybe redesigning my OWN website for a change or reading some of those books I have squirreled away on my Kindle…

The Inside Scoop from ‘Passion Whisperer’ Marie Forleo!

Kris Carr interviews Marie Forleo…

Takeaway question: How would I act if I were the best in the world at what I do?

The Inside Scoop from ‘Passion Whisperer’ Marie Forleo!.

Santa Ruminant Heathen Webcam

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American Minute for December 23rd; The American Crisis

After the Continental Army was driven out of New Jersey, an article titled “The American Crisis” was published in the Pennsylvania Journal, DECEMBER 23, 1776.

Written by an aide-de-camp to General Nathanael Greene named Thomas Paine, General Washington ordered it read to the troops:

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country…

Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

Thomas Paine continued:

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly….Heaven knows how to put a price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated…

God Almighty will not give up a people to military destruction…who have so earnestly…sought to avoid the calamities of war.”

Paine concluded:

“The whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back…by a few broken forces headed by a woman, Joan of Arc.

Would that heaven might inspire some Jersey maid to spirit up her countrymen…

‘Show your faith by your works,’ that God may bless you…I thank God, that I fear not.”

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Anyone Can Hide

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Every Day Is A Gift

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You Are Brand New!

 

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Santa’s guidelines

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What Will You Finish in 2013?

Craig Harper writes:

There’s a familiar saying…

“Getting started is the hardest part.”

You’ve heard that right?

Unfortunately, it’s a crap saying. Misleading rubbish.

Starting is relatively easy. We do it all the time. Some of us do it every Monday. Of the year! We change our eating habits. For a week. We enrol in a course. We drop out. We start running. We stop. We take guitar lessons. For a month.  We cut back on alcohol. For a while. And we’ve all read hundreds of books. Well, the first chapter anyway.

Here’s a more informed and realistic paradigm:

“In respect to creating lasting change in our world… creating new non-negotiable habits, maintaining momentum (even in the absence of motivation) and finishing what we started… is the hardest part.”

Sure, it’s a little word-y and far less sexy (than the first saying) but it’s the truth.

So, yesterday I was asked how I keep keeping-on. That is, how I stay proactive, productive and empowered to finish my book (or any project for that matter), even in those times when the fun, excitement and enthusiasm have subsided. Or disappeared altogether. Good question.

So here’s my answer:

Get the answer here: What Will You Finish in 2013?.

Go After Your Dreams

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Small Changes

Small changes eventually add up to huge results.

Small changes eventually add up to huge results. -unknown

newyorker: Cartoon by Barbara Smaller. For…

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Cartoon by Barbara Smaller. For more: http://nyr.kr/UvplNF

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