“So often, when a problem occurs, inside or around us, we revert to thinking that if we put our life on hold we can positively contribute to the solution. If a relationship isn’t working, if we face a difficult decision, if we’re feeling depressed, we may put our life on hold and torment ourselves with obsessive thoughts.
Abandoning our life or routines contributes to the problem and delays us from finding the solution.
Frequently, the solution comes when we let go enough to live our life, return to our routine, and stop obsessing about the problem.
Sometimes, even if we don’t feel like we have let go or can let go, we can act as if we have, and that will help bring about the letting go we desire.
You don’t have to give up your power to problems. You can take your focus off your problem and direct it to your life, trusting that doing so will bring you closer to a solution.
Today, I will go on living my life and tending to my routine. I will decide, as often as I need to, to stop obsessing about whatever is bothering me. If I don’t feel like letting go of a particular thing, I will act as if I have let go of it until my feelings match my behavior.” via Language of Letting Go – May 18 – Don’t Stop Living Your Life – SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information.
I’d like to have a ctrl-alt-delete keystroke combo!
What if we all had a reset button? Maybe in the middle of our forehead or more subtly placed behind our ear. You wouldn’t want to press it too often; maybe never. But if you did, you would go back to your default settings. Back to before you screwed up. We could go back to how we were as children.
Imagine that. No bias, no guilt, no pre-conceptions, nothing. Just a clean slate. I kind of like that idea. I like it even though I’ve often proclaimed that everything that I’ve done in my life has gotten me to this very moment; lessons learned, mistakes made, success achieved, along with pain, guilt, and failure. We are all the jumbled events of our lives and our choices and sometimes that results in a lot of unhappiness, doesn’t it?
Or maybe that’s just me. I’m trying mightily to expunge the demons of…
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Just Because Something is Fun For Someone Else Doesn’t Mean It’s Fun For You
The Happiness Project via Just Because Something is Fun For Someone Else Doesn’t Mean It’s Fun For You..
It’s Called a BLOG, Not a BRAG
A good reminder from The Sales Lion by Marcus Sheridan via It’s Called a BLOG, Not a BRAG.
The Problem With Contacts Lists, Your Phone, and The Cloud
Tech | Apartment Therapy via The Problem With Contacts Lists, Your Phone, and The Cloud.
Does Your Story Empower You?
“Don’t allow your situation to become your world.” Bishop T.D. Jakes
“We all have a story. Sometimes it explains why we can’t do something and other times our story propels us forward. I’ve heard cases where people have the same story such as lack of money, resources, or knowledge and one person eventually starts a successful business while the other is out of work and depressed. One story with completely opposite outcomes.” Go to the source: Does Your Story Empower You? « Positively Positive.
The Fine Line Between Working Hard and Letting Go
Michael has some good thoughts on the topic at Michael Hyatt’s Blog via The Fine Line Between Working Hard and Letting Go.
How To Eat Information
“Information, if viewed from the point of view of food, is never a production issue. … It’s a consumption issue, and we have to start thinking about how we create diets and exercise,” said JP Rangaswami in his TEDx presentation.
For a man who currently has 38,000 books in his collection and lives in Calcutta, India where they are known for their rich, savory and sweet Southern Indian cuisine, his is a theory that could very well make sense!
Since most of us consume food according to a certain diet, minimize our surrender to sinful indulgences, measure our nutrition intake to make sure we have enough of everything; it’s possible that we’ve been doing the exact same thing all along with our consumption of data – or perhaps we should. As Plato the philosopher once said, “Knowledge is the food of the soul”.
“When I saw Supersize Me, I started thinking, now what would happen if an individual had 31 days of nonstop Fox News?” joked JP Rangaswami.
What do you think? If you saw information the way you see food, what would you do to digest the knowledge differently – nibble, bite, scoff or binge?” via How To Eat Information | FinerMinds.
I ‘eat’ information via Gmail, Google Reader and Gist and then share the best of it here. If you want to ‘eat’ better, I suggest you need better thoughts, tools and tactics. One way to do that might be to read my free ebook on ‘personal news aggregation’. Register at http://e1evation.com/pna/…
“Information, if viewed from the point of view of food, is never a production issue. … It’s a consumption issue, and we have to start thinking about how we create diets and exercise,” said JP Rangaswami in his TEDx presentation.
For a man who currently has 38,000 books in his collection and lives in Calcutta, India where they are known for their rich, savory and sweet Southern Indian cuisine, his is a theory that could very well make sense!
Since most of us consume food according to a certain diet, minimize our surrender to sinful indulgences, measure our nutrition intake to make sure we have enough of everything; it’s possible that we’ve been doing the exact same thing all along with our consumption of data – or perhaps we should. As Plato the philosopher once said, “Knowledge is the food of the soul”.
“When I saw Supersize Me, I started thinking, now what would happen if an individual had 31 days of nonstop Fox News?” joked JP Rangaswami.
What do you think? If you saw information the way you see food, what would you do to digest the knowledge differently – nibble, bite, scoff or binge?” via How To Eat Information | FinerMinds.
Long before I saw this TEDx talk on eating information, my thinking on the topic was galvanized by Clay Johnson’s book The Information Diet which I highly recommend if you are intrigued by JP Rangaswami’s thoughts and are looking for more on the topic…
Me? I ‘eat’ information via Gmail, Google Reader and Gist and then share the best of it here and at business.toddlohenry.com, Twitter, Twylah, etc. Johnson’s book and Rangaswami’s statement about “Information overload or ‘filter failure’?” address the heart of the matter — just because I can track almost anything or anyone in Google Reader or Gist doesn’t mean I should in the same way that I shouldn’t eat everything I find at the Piggly Wiggly and I certainly shouldn’t eat it all at the same time! As the Apostle Paul said “All things are possible but not all things are beneficial” — tools without forethought result in poor tactics. Johnson and Rangaswami’s thoughts can help us ‘eat’ information on purpose instead of by accident…
If you want to ‘eat’ better, I suggest you need better thoughts, tools and tactics. One way to do that might be to read my free ebook on ‘personal news aggregation’. Register at http://elevation.company/pna/…
Well said…
What is LOVE???
Remember when you first fell in love?
That feeling of butterflies,
Fluttering around in your stomach.
That first magical kiss, where did it come from?
Only God really knows…
What is Love?
Love is an undying commitment
Which cannot be bought
Love in its purest form is a gift from God
It endures forever…no matter what
Love is forgiveness and understanding
Love is seeing what cannot be seen and having
Faith that God will answer prayers
Love is having complete trust in the person God
Brought into your life, no matter the circumstances
Or difficult paths each one of us must climb
Love is like a flower,
There is a time to die and a time to bloom
It is when the flower blooms,
That it can be loved by all
Love is the greatest gift that God gives us
When you give your heart to another…
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Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
I Don’t Understand, But God Has A Plan…
I don’t understand, but God has a plan…
A plan to not bring me harm, but to prosper and provide for me
Even when I do not understand myself…
I just remember that God has a plan, and it’s an AWESOME plan
I may not always know what I want or how I feel
But I am reassured, because I know that God has a plan…
God’s plan has no limits and he understands me completely.
When I am weary with tears, God is there to say “its ok my child”
I understand your pain; remember to trust in me, I won’t fail you
My promises are golden, they are cast in stone, and you can count on me always
I don’t understand, but God has a plan
A plan to teach me understanding, having hope in things unseen
Knowing that God…
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Take Five!
Anderson Layman’s Blog: Paul Desmond…………….Wow!.
My dad is a huge jazz buff and this was one of his favorite songs. I remember listening to it on the hi-fi with him — it still typifies jazz for me…
Sharing Other People’s Joy
“In seeking happiness for others, you find it for yourself.” ~Unknown via Tiny Wisdom: Sharing Other People’s Joy | Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In.
Finding Positive Ways to Express Difficult Emotions
“Never apologize for showing feelings. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.” ~Benjamin Disraeli via Finding Positive Ways to Express Difficult Emotions | Tiny Buddha: Wisdom Quotes, Letting Go, Letting Happiness In.
Do not go where the path may lead
BrainyQuote via Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no….
Here, There and Everywhere…
“To lead a better life, I need my love to be here…
Here,
making each day of the year
changing my life with a wave of her hand
nobody can deny that there’s something there
There, running my hands through her hair.
Both of us thinking how good this could be.
Someone is speaking
But she doesn’t know he’s there.
I want her everywhere
and if she’s beside me, I know I need never care
But to love her is to meet her everywhere
knowing that love is to share
each one believing that love never dies
watching her eyes and hoping I’m always there
I will be there, and everywhere
Here, there, and everywhere.”
Not Such a Bad Boy!
I’m Not Such A Bad Boy No More, No More, No More
I’m Not Such A Bad Boy No More, No More, No More!
No More Lonely Nights
I can wait another day
Until I call you
You’ve only got my heart on a string
And everything a-flutter
But another lonely night
Might take forever
We’ve only got each other to blame
It’s all the same to me, love
‘Cause I know what I feel to be right
No more lonely nights
No more lonely nights
You’re my guiding light
Day or night, I’m always there
May I never miss the thrill
Of being near you
And if it takes a couple of years
To turn your tears to laughter
I will do what I feel to be right
No more lonely nights, never be another
No more lonely nights
You’re my guiding light
Day or night, I’m always there
And I won’t go away until you tell me so
No, I’ll never go away
Yes, I know what I feel to be right
No more lonely nights, never be another
No more lonely nights
You’re my guiding light
Day or night, I’m always there
And I won’t go away until you tell me so
No, I’ll never go away
And I won’t go away until you tell me so
No, I’ll never go away
No more lonely nights, no no
Bright, shiny objects! 
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