Inspirational Awakening

501. How I Made $10,000 In One Day By Swimming Underwater! By Saleem Rana
     “Without health, life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering,” RabelaisIf you want to be wealthy, it’s best to get healthy. A salubrious lifestyle is worth the effort.Here’s the wisdom:You need good health to think clearly, act intelligently, and schmooze diligently.Usually, the wealthiest people are entrepreneurs. This endeavor to create everything from scratch takes an enormous toll on your health. And if you’re not looki…



502. Postmodern Self-assessment: Pretending Doesn't Make It So By Steve Singleton
     It was the fourth quarter in last Friday night's football game between rival Texas high schools Keller and Richland, with Keller in possession on its own one-yard line. The Keller quarterback handed off to running back Lyndon LaPlante. LaPlante took off toward the goal line, slipping through a hole and avoiding tackles all along his 99-yard run to the goal line.But LaPlante's run didn't count. Was there a penalty on the play? Had he stepped out…



503. Inspiration from a 30 Year Old Who Was Not Supposed to Live Past 10 By Jeff Herring
     "Now if a man tried to take his time on earth, and prove before he died what one man's life could be worth, well I wonder what would happen to this world" - Harry ChapinI just came from the funeral for a 30 year old client who died suddenly this past weekend.No, clent does not cut it nor capture it, a 30 year old friend from whom I learned so much.Although he was a client, from the age of 13 on, he was more a friend than a client.My friend had …



504. Believe in Yourself! By Teresa Proudlove
     A near middle-aged man in one of my last workshops had followed his calling for the past decade with unbounded zeal. Alas, his career had never developed into long-term employment but rather, was fraught with numerous set-backs, lay-offs and even dismissals. With five children to feed and his life passion now shelved this man faced depression and desperation.Yet, we could all borrow a page from this man’s heroic story as he further explained ho…



505. Navigating "The Squeeze" By Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD
     Today more than ever before, we are witnessing a crises of consciousness over the validity of war versus the power of humility, integrity, understanding and diplomacy. Simultaneously those who are spiritual seekers ponder the purpose and mission of their immortal souls.The experience of pondering and subsequently creating and maintaining a new paradigm for world peace is a monumental undertaking, however, it can be a wondrous opportunity to exe…



506. Bus Driver By Day, Online Business Success By Night By Michele Schermerhorn
     Janine Wachowski, a long-time resident of South Elgin, Illinois, drives a school bus and is also a Powerseller at eBay (user id: the_w.a.s_ezone). In one year, her gross monthly sales went from $328 to over $45,000.Janine began her wildly successful online business because of a chance conversation in late 2003 with a neighbor. Janine’s neighbor, a fan of eBay, noticed her extensive VHS collection of Disney films and suggested she try selling t…



507. 'And How Do We Feel This Morning?' By James Snyder
     Without question, going to the hospital is teamwork from the time you arrive until you are wheeled out the front door. Everyone is working together for the common good of the patient, or at least a crack at his bank account. That is as it should be in such mercenary endeavors.Spending a few days in the hospital recently reinforced this in my own mind. Although my time in the hospital was brief, I was given the full treatment.The hospital staff …



508. Why Integrity! By Willie Jones
     There is much said in the word “integrity”! According to the Websters New Collegtiate Dictionary, it means: 1, an unimpaired condition: sound: incorruptibility: 2, firm adherence to a code of esp. moral or artistic values, undivided: completeness: syn. see honesty, unity.In the overcrowded world we live in today, we tend to get so involved in our lives, it’s sometimes a wonder that we ever see the beauty of life. Our children are under incred…



509. Tsunamis in the Bible? By Thomas Yoon
     I have always wondered how the Red Sea parted as described in the Exodus story of Moses.The recent Tsunamis that happened in West Sumatra and the tremendous destruction that came with it got me thinking - was this what really happened to the Egyptian army when they were pursuing the Hebrew people while they were led out of Egypt by Moses?On the internet, many eyewitness accounts can be obtained very fast. Pictures taken by amateurs appear…



510. Begin With the End In Mind - Tips to Make Your Life More Meaningful By Phil Gerbyshak
     What would you change if you knew you would be dead in 1 day? Would you spend more time at work, pouring over budget figures, and trying to figure out how you were going to make this quarter's numbers? Would you read just 1 more e-mail from a complaining co-worker? Would you check your voicemail one last time? What would your obituary say about your life?If you're like me, I'd bet you wouldn't do anything work-related. In fact, I would bet you …



511. Direct Answers: The Information Age By Wayne Mitchell
     Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 1, 2003My sister and I are very close, and we don't keep things from one another. Recently she shared with me concerns about her sex life, or lack thereof. She feels like there is something wrong with her because her husband is not attracted to her. They have been married 15 years.A couple of weeks ago I was on the Internet and highlighted my brother-in-law's name to send him an instant messag…



512. Who are you? By Mark Claridge
     I have a question for you.Who are you?This may be a simply enough question but before you attempt to answer this question let us go on a voyage of personal self discovery which will allow you to find an acceptable answer.The difference between the “Living” and the “Non Living” is the existence of the spiritual soul that manages the physical body from birth to death. The soul expresses itself through the five senses of the physical body. Without…



513. Taking My Breath Away By Carolina Fernandez
     "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."I was fortunate enough to fly to Atlanta over the weekend with my daughter, Cristina, who is eleven, to attend the wedding of my former choir director from Miami. We were both so excited we could hardly sleep the night before. The thought of seeing all of our old Miami friends--as well as a dear family from Kentucky who had since relocated to A…



514. Keeping Faith By Wayne Mitchell
     Direct Answers - Column for the week of June 30, 2003Please bear with me. I desperately need advice. I dated this girl for a year, and we broke up many times because of religion. We are of two different religions, and she wanted our potential children to be of her faith and only her faith.To me that seemed a bit unfair. I too want to share in my children's spirituality, and I too want to take them to my church and experience a bit of what I…



515. Information -- Schminformation, Enough Already! By Lynn Moore
     We are drowning in it, our grey matter is swollen with it, half the time when we need a piece of it and we know it is "in there" somewhere, we can't access it because the poor Grey Matter Computer is so jammed it takes forever to search for the file and then it's usually "just lost" or was mistakenly deleted. And that's just our brains...what about our files, drawers, shelves, filled with papers, books, stuff.Arrrgggghhhhh!What the heck goo…



516. How Can Integrity Protect Your Reputation? By Dadang Kadarusman
     Reputation is everything. Surprisingly, an eggshell can instruct us how to protect our reputation. Really? Yes it can.Chickens are everyday livestock in the farmstead. The Farmer placed the hencoop in the backyard of his house. There were seven hens producing eggs. At one particular afternoon, The Farmer asked me to take an egg from its nest. And when I returned back to him with the egg in my hand, I found him holding a sharp needle.“Please as…



517. Inspired For Women By Lee Down
     One man can make a difference. I've been saying this and writing around this subject matter for over a decade now. It is not to the exclusion of women as I originally used the phrase in reference to mankind or society if you prefer. A decade ago, my pursuit of the quest to make a difference, to be involved, to inspire ended up taking a back seat. Survival in the moment and dealing with family and health issues took the front seat. Now, most of …



518. Anything That’s Worth Doing, Is Worth Doing Poorly By Graham Harris
     Yes you got it. You read it correctly. We’re not out of our minds. We really are saying that “anything that’s worth doing is worth doing poorly”. When we found this quote by Joachim DePosada on the web site: The Gary Halbert Letter, it struck such a huge cord. It made such immediate sense to us. The more we looked the more we realised that our lives were built around this quote. What about yours?Just take your mind back to when you started to …



519. Courage That Changes Your Life By Chris Widener
     "The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior." D.A. Battista"Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought to be feared and how not to fear what ought no to be feared." David Ben-Gurion"Courage is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy BernardCourage. It is a word that conjures up images of great and dramatic actions. And yet I realize that we all have the opportunity to…



520. Nurture Your Heart By Judy Rushfeldt
     Pregnant with her first child, Jill could barely contain her excitement over the dreams and hopes she cherished for her unborn baby, whom she had already named Mara (she was so sure it was a girl). She practiced the lullabies she would sing as she nursed Mara close to her breast. She imagined how Mara's eyes would light up on Christmas mornings. She dreamt of Mara's first day at school, her first date, and her college graduation. She even imagi…



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