The best of ‘what I see’ for 12/10/2012

  1. Fact #5: The person who cares the most will often end up doing a task. If you care more about a task being done, you’re more likely to end up doing it—and don’t expect other people to care as much as you do, just because something is important to you. It’s easy to make this mistake in marriage. You think it’s important to get the basement organized, and you expect your spouse to share the work, but your spouse thinks, “We never use the basement anyway, so why bother?” Just because something’s important to you doesn’t make it important to someone else, and people are less likely to share work they deem unimportant. At least not without a lot of nagging.
  2. Of course, there can be an assortment of reasons why you’re not yet getting whatever it is you want. I’m going to suggest, however, that one of the reasons is that you haven’t done EVERYTHING that can be done. So, instead of feeling helpless and confused, revisit the situation at hand, and ask yourself – Are there projects that have yet to be completed? Are there to-do’s that have been patiently waiting to be crossed off of your list?
  3. “Believe in your epiphanies. Believe in your yourself. Take action. And watch the world conspire to support you.”Elise Ballard Learn more about Elise and her latest inspirational book at EpiphanyChannel.com Photo and Art by Jenni Young & Bryant McGill
  4. Call home at least once a week. It’s a proven fact that we call home less the older we get. And that’s wrong. It should be the other way around. As we get older, our parents get older.
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    RT @toddlohenry: 5 Ways to Meditate on the Subway (Or During Your Commute) bit.ly/RVu27a
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    5 Ways to Meditate on the Subway (Or During Your Commute) bit.ly/RVu27a @ninatandon :-D
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    Feeling Resentful? 6 Hard Facts About Shared Work « Positively Positive bit.ly/SL2o9Y
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    5 Stress Relievers That Are Virtually Free and Totally Good for You bit.ly/SL2deL
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    “The only way you are going to be able to lose weight and keep it off, is by changing yourself. ” bit.ly/SL1ZUY
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    5 Foods That Are Surprisingly Cheap, Healthy, and Easy to Make At Home bit.ly/SL0SVl
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    “Our opinions are castle walls, built to keep us safe.” bit.ly/SL0BBK
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    “Why Changing Somebody’s Mind, or Yours, is Hard to Do.” bit.ly/SL0BBK
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    Stop Proving, Start Living. The Benefit of Getting Clear on How You Want to Feel. bit.ly/VugbjE
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    Are you staying on your strategic track? | Thought Leadership Leverage bit.ly/SJpm10

Awesome Love!

And the best place to get it? From your Self…

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Across the Harbor

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Reclaim your weekend…

via 7 time-saving tricks for the over-worked [infographic].

It all becomes art if you let it…

Chicken Bones In The Throat. « The Manifest-Station.

2 Corinthians 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

Connecting with Friends: Faster Isn’t Always Better

“When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another and ourselves.” ~Jack Kornfield

via Connecting with Friends: Faster Isn’t Always Better | Tiny Buddha.

 

Don’t give up now!!!

Simple Reminders

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10 Sentences that Can Change Your Life #2

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Your core is perfect! Now what!?

Mastin-Kipp.pngMastin Kipp shares this:

What if it were true that nothing was wrong with you? What if you are actually perfect? And the only thing that prevents you from feeling this way most of the time is the story you tell yourself about why you’re not.

You could have gotten this story from all kinds of places. From your parents, from events that happened, from culture or society – there’s all kinds of places where this story could have come from.

But, what if your core is perfect? What would that feel like? What would that make you think and believe about life and what’s possible?

When I say perfect, I don’t mean the achiever’s definition of perfect… with the house, the cars, the money, the body, etc., etc., etc. I’m not talking about outward “perfection”. I’m talking about intrinsic inward perfection.

What if you were and are a child of The Divine and at your core, you are Spirit and there is nothing wrong with you? But instead, what you think is “wrong” with you are just brilliant ways for you to have gotten your needs met. Your need for Love, to feel valuable, to feel worthy, to feel significant, to feel variety and connection. And that you have been doing the best you can from your point of view to get these needs met?

And what if there were healthier ways to get your needs met?

What story have you been telling yourself about what’s wrong with you?

You’re too – what?

Or… you’re not enough – what?

Are those stories actually true? Or could there be another way? Could there be a more empowering story that you could tell yourself about who you are? Instead of feeling like a failure or feeling wrong or feeling like you aren’t enough – what if you changed the story to…

You did the absolute FREAKIN best that you could given your life circumstances. And that you know that you are MORE than your circumstances and so you can rise above them by making a new choice. That your circumstances are not your identity – your identity is a Soul – an Infinite Soul with Infinite potential connected to an Infinite Creator and that as you learn new skills, make new distinctions and become even MORE aware of The Divine perfection within you – you can create new habits and create a new identity.

If that were true – what would be possible for you? What in your life could change?

Source: Your core is perfect! Now what!?

Get Back Up!

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Uncondition Yourself And Love Wholeheartedly!

Chris Assad shares an interesting perspective on why loving and being loved can be so difficult sometimes:

How much is “enough”? And believe me when I tell you that in my moments of greatest achievement, in those moments when I have been on the biggest stages, and sometimes even when I’m surrounded by those who love me most, that feeling has still haunted me. Something’s still missing.

Here’s what I’ve discovered. As long as we operate in a reality where we believe that love is conditional, no amount of love or acknowledgment or praise or notoriety will ever be enough to fill us up or makes us feel complete. And the reason is that if we have the belief that love is earned, not given, whether we know it or not, it will completely limit our ability to love ourselves WHOLEHEARTEDLY. And if we’re not loving ourselves wholeheartedly, fully and completely, then we will always feel like something is missing and we will continue to live our lives in search of the next achievement, the next epiphany, the next notch on our spiritual belt so that we can get “better” and be more “worthy” in order to….yup, get more love. And so the cycle goes.

So here’s the solution: the quest for more, bigger, better STOPS NOW. Close your eyes, breathe deeply and slowly, and go within. Really allow yourself to tune into your heart and feel all the love in there. Feel your connection to the Divine’s infinite supply of love and goodness. Once you’ve made contact, allow yourself to become present to the truth of who you really are, of your oneness with all that love, of your right to claim and use every last drop of it, right here, right now, just as you are. If you don’t believe me, ask your heart if its love is  unconditional. If you get any answer other than a resounding “yes”, that’s your mind talking. (It’s ok, we love the mind, too, but we don’t need its input on this one.) Remember that you’re already worthy and that there is no condition upon your ability or right to experience all that love and be embraced by it. Notice any blocks to your experience of that whole heart full of love and notice any part of your heart that’s holding back. Let them go and say goodbye to the experience of being unfulfilled, incomplete and dissatisfied. Release yourself from the need to constantly work, struggle and fight for every little drop of love you can get. Immerse yourself completely in the warm, cozy embrace of your own heart’s love as though you’re giving yourself a huge energetic hug.

How does that feel? Pretty good, right? That’s how the un-conditioning happens. By feeling more and thinking less. By gently reminding ourselves over and over again that love is UN-CONDITIONAL. By remembering that you are and have always been enough, and worthy of all the love you desire. And the best part is, all the love you could ever want and more is in your own heart. It’s a bottomless well of love and the only thing stopping you from experiencing its fullness and splendor is that false belief that love is anything but free. It’s yours to have, to feel, to share, to give and to experience. It always has been.

So the search is over. There’s nothing left to do, or get or become. You have all the love that you seek. You ARE the love that you seek and you are here to experience it fully and to share it with others. And from there, you can be, do or have anything you set your sights on, not because you have to, but because you choose to.” Source: Uncondition Yourself And Love Wholeheartedly!

Another reminder that I am responsible and response-able for my own love and happiness and that as long as I wait for my wife or anyone else to fill the hole in my soul, I’ll always be hungry for more…

All Of Us Could Take A Lesson

Live Life Quotes, Love Life Quotes, Live Life Happy

via All Of Us Could Take A Lesson.

Risky Christmas strategy…

Calvin and Hobbes Comic Strip, December 08, 2012 on GoComics.com.

The annual quest for the perfect tree! This year, the Universe smiled upon us; no snow, bright sunshine and crisp weather without wind!

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By the way, I took this panorama shot with my Sprint Galaxy Nexus S…

Tree hunting in Algoma

…via Instagram!

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Grilled Cheese

Ahhh. My favorite winter sandwich topped off with a cup of tomato soup…

Get the scoop here: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Grilled Cheese.

Grow Through It!

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Accept The Past

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via Accept The Past.

I’m glad you are posting more frequently!

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What’s the #1 thing you can START and STOP?

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