Inspirational Awakening

221. Everyone Has Been Hurt...Part 1 By Vaughn Pascal
     I want to share some things with you that I usually don’t share with many people. To be honest not many people do know the whole story and that is because I don’t really trust many people with this. Anyways here goes..When I was a little girl I lived with my mom and dad and two half sisters and a brother. My sisters are older than me and my brother is younger so I fall in the middle. My sisters are my dad’s kids with his first wife and me and m…



222. $12 And 90 Minutes To Change Your Life By Kate Hufstetler
     Have you ever listened to self hypnosis tapes? Or listened repeatedly to certain music that carried a specific message? Or what about, have you attended weekly services within a specific religious venue?What do all of these have in common? They influence and change your thinking and paradigm over time to whatever it is they espouse.James Allen wrote “as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he”. What we continually dwell on—consciously and unconsc…



223. Joy in Perseverance By Steve Brunkhorst
     I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult... I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking. ~ Og MandinoPick a big dream, a once in a lifetime dream, a song in your heart dream, a gift to mankind dream, a purpose-filling dream. Then run with it and persevere!Feel gratitude for the time spent…



224. Learn From Failure and Confirm with Success By Chris Widener
     Both failure and success are good... if you know what their specific purpose is.Of course we know that success is good, but why? Success is good because it confirms things for us.Success confirms our plans. Success confirms our decisions. Success confirms our resources. Success confirms our strategies. Success confirms our hunches. Success confirms our teamwork. Success confirms our risks. Success confirms a lot of things!So when you are succes…



225. How You Can Change Your Destiny By Saleem Rana
     The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state. ~James Allen, As A Man ThinkethThe world you live in arises from the world within.As you think and feel, you create your outer circumstances, relationships, and choices. Your thoughts determine the home you live in, the automobile you drive, the avenues you walk on, the buildings you work in, the people in your life, and your health and…



226. The Right Approach By Wayne Mitchell
     Direct Answers - Column for the week of June 9, 2003I grew up in a happy, loving, stable home. My fiance was not as lucky. He was beaten by his parents and shuttled from relative to relative. At age 11, his parents threw him out, and he had to live on the streets until his aunt rescued him. He is the youngest of four, with three older sisters.For reasons I don't understand, he remains in almost daily contact with his family. Family gatheri…



227. Know Yourself as Eternal, Non-changing and Absolute By George Lockett
     As we walk through life we see the constant change around us as everything follows its natural life cycle. Our body is no exception; it is constantly changing growing and evolving. Yet the person within the body, that silent witness to all we experience, has an eternal quality of something much greater and more permanent that who or what we think we are.In our quite moments when we are walking or sitting with nature, our feelings reach out an…



228. It's Better to Give than to Receive By Willie Krut
     "It's better to give than to receive." You've probably heard that popular saying.From the Bible, Acts 20."In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, `It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "When you give something from your heart without expecting anything in return, you release a powerful force that will trigger your good deed to "…



229. The Power of Inner SELF By Santosh Kunte
     I am sharing one of the great insights.The fear that we have about venturing into anything new is our past memories and darkness. There is a way out to walk in the darkness. It’s to seek active guidance from within and trust deeply that we are guided from within. The intensity and accuracy of the guidance dependence on our contact with inner teacher/leader/light. In fact the fear is nothing but fear of being alone. Some day, we deeply and exper…



230. The Art of Forgiveness By Tim Sams
     Forgiveness is a critical element in becoming self actualized and fully loving. Forgiving is the process by which you let go of feeling victimized or having wronged others. It allows you to climb out of the dark well of anger, bitterness, or guilt into which you can easily fall.In a busy life, you are frequently confronted with opportunities to forgive others as well as yourself. With others, you cope with mild frustrations like the delivery pe…



231. Your True Self By Vicki Miller
     "A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the nonself that there is no self left to die."-Bernard BerensonOur local newspaper ran an article over several days that was titled: "What Price Prosperity?" In the article, one of the surrounding counties was listed as having the highest average income, the highest average home price while at the same time having the largest number of bankruptcies and foreclosures. The premi…



232. A Prison Cell? By Graham Harris
     Do you have a goal? A focus in life? Have you invested a great deal of time, effort, money to achieve and yet feel you haven’t made it yet? For all your effort do you still feel that there is something missing in your life? It is obviously very important to set goals in your life. It gives you a focus a way forward a mechanism for making decisions when faced with a number of options. However, it can also be a prison cell.How can making goals an…



233. Dread Disease Dragged Out My Best By Russ Miles
     In denial, I was slow to accept Multiple Sclerosis. Who, after all, would embrace a diagnosis of the dread disease of no known cause, and for which there was no cure?“The mission of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society® is to end the devastating effects of MS. Approximately 400,000 Americans acknowledge having MS, and every week about 200 people are diagnosed. Worldwide, MS may affect 2.5 million individuals.”I continued to operate my own re…



234. Poor Tom Just Can't Get A Break - You Won't Make This Mistake, Will You? By Linda Caroll
     Tom had a rough start on life. He didn't even learn how to talk until he was almost four years old.Tom didn't do so well at school, either. 12 weeks into the first grade, his teacher called his mother and said Tom wasn't fit for mainstream schooling.Politically correct speaking wasn't the rage yet, so when the teacher used the phrase "addled mind," Tom's mother was enraged and indignant, and decided to teach her son at home.As a boy, young Tom …



235. Powerful Caretakers - Taking Good Care of Ourselves First By Delano Garner
     Our community consists of powerful caretakers. We do a great job of assisting and loving those around us. However, many of us fall short when it comes to taking good care of ourselves. We expend our energies giving to our kids, our jobs, our partners, our schedules and more. Then, at the end of the day, we have nothing left for us. If this goes on for too long, we can begin to experience our lives as less than fulfilling.However, more of …



236. Simplicity By Aruna Ladva
     “Live simply so that others may simply live” --Mahatma GandhiWhen our lives are simple, we are more secure within ourselves and therefore able to let go of the many internal complications of achievement, praise or external search for experience and fulfilment, and we begin to live from a place of inner peace. With simplicity our life’s journey becomes less chaotic as we gain more control over ourselves and begin to rediscover and enjoy anew th…



237. Grace Before Glory! By Michelle Clanton
     Grace before Glory: Two sides to every story...Does Grace come before your exuberant glory? Yes! I'll elaborate.Everyone at sometime in their life will come to a turning point where they decide is it all worth it. "Worth it”, you say. Keep the faith and move forward towards good rather then obtaining the, 'American Dream' through illegal or unethical gain? It's definitely possible to do.I won't say it's always easy to stay on course but the rew…



238. On Stand-by By Wayne Mitchell
     Direct Answers - Column for the week of April 28, 2003My wife of 35 years has fallen in love again with her old college boyfriend. I am 61, and she is 58. We have three grown children. Her boyfriend is 59, married, with two grown children.They had not communicated since college. A year ago they met at a class reunion. Since then, they have constantly talked on the phone. I know about their communication because my wife told me. However, …



239. Growing From Good To Great By Jeff Earlywine
     I have never been fond of white-water rafting, probably because I don’t like cold water. The sport consists of a raft, fast moving cold water, raft riders, and a raft leader/guide. I once saw a picture of a group of girls out for some white-water rafting fun. The girls in the picture were all smiling and waving to the camera while the leader’s eyes were straining to see down stream. No doubt he was looking for the next big rock, up coming turns…



240. Reclaiming Our Resilient Spirit By Eileen McDargh
     Our spirits are taking a beating. The daily barrage of bad news, violence, shrinking resources, global warming, and economic slowdown can put us in a state of frustration and paralysis. Some days, getting out of bed can be a challenge.Within the word "resilience" are actions we can take to reclaim our bounce-back ability.R: Remember to breathe. The ability to calm down is critical in order to take stock and move forward.E: Enlist support of o…



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