Inspirational Awakening

861. Tag, You're It By David Holmes
     Wouldn’t it be great if every time you did something nice for someone, they would do something nice for someone else? Just imagine the ripple effect this could cause.This is not a new idea. Many people have tried to push the ripples of kindness all over the planet. A prime example, in the movie “Pay it Forward” a little boy decides to do nice things and asked people to do good for others. Also, there are many websites asking people to commi…



862. Unconditional Love is Absolute Freedom to Screw Up Your Life By Roy Klienwachter
     In my lifetime, I have never witnessed enduring unconditional love from another human being. I do not believe it is physically possible. I think that once we have reached that position of being able to give it, we have already passed over to join with the one that is unconditional love. I believe that this state is only experienced spiritually.It is our inborn desire to move to a place of unconditional love and that is what we strive to do, onc…



863. How A Sense Of Wonder Makes Life Richer By Saleem Rana
     It always amazes me when I meet someone who has a disdain for expansion of knowledge.The other day, over lunch, I was arguing with a girl about a principle of abundance. I illustrated this principle with anecdotes about historically famous millionaires who had applied this principle successfully.Her response: “I can't use this information. It doesn't come from my experience.â€�Since her idea of reality was only what fell into her immediate ex…



864. A Path To Peace By Barbara Hidalgo
     The root of discord and violence between people and nations comes from our tendency to forget our humanity. We "forget" our true nature.Violence is a "learned" behavior. We "learn" it from our environment. When we are born, we do not possess the tendency to violence. As we grow, we become driven by "reactions." Our reactions are influenced by what we witness in our environment. We "copy" what we see. Therefore, violence and hatred are not natur…



865. Perception By C. V. Harris
     My friend Donald said to me one evening, “this is what I admire about you, whenever you say you’re gonna to do something, YOU DO IT”! People always ask me how do I stay motivated? How do I stay encouraged? Whenever I am asked this question my answer is always the same. I tell them that I stay focused and motivated by remaining in an autopilot mode. However, when I ponder that question on a deeper spiritual level, I come to the realization t…



866. Is Transformation Worth the Effort? By Steve Singleton
     Soaring 700 feet above the forest floor is a granite dome two miles long and a mile wide. Stone Mountain, 16 miles east of Atlanta, Georgia, was the ideal site for a memorial to General Robert E. Lee.In 1915 the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) obtained a deed from the owners of the mountain, accepting their proviso that the work be completed by 1928. They hired sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who began cutting in 1923. After a dispute with t…



867. Anamchara - Living From A Deep Place By Tony Cuckson
     I live in a beautiful place.This is the village of Dowra and the outlying town lands of Corrogue and Moneen. I have this early morning come to sit by the lake of Moneen. She gives me a deep sense of presence. She reminds me there is a deeper place still. This is deeper still than “the homeplace.” This is the place of the heart. It is the place where the “singing bird comes.”Moneen Lake does not have an inland on it. It has swans. As I g…



868. I Wish It Could Have Been Otherwise By Karen Peralta
     This was written for an academic journal about people with disabilities and what that means concerning their parent-child relationships.As far back as I can remember, I have been hearing voices. It started when I was just three months old. I remember lying on my back in a cold sweat, undergoing nicotine withdrawal (as I found out decades later), my smoking mother having switched from breast-feeding to bottled formula. Gasping for breath, I hear…



869. Lifestyle Changes – A Conscious Choice! By Ingela Berger
     Are you ready for a change? Is it time for those plans that you've been thinking about for so long? Now is a good time for making plans, for lifestyle changes, starting over, finding new directions and developing as a human being. Now is a very good time for creating your own personal lifestyle and a life that you have chosen to live.Let there always be cross-roads! Let me tell you what I think about cross-roads. There will always be new …



870. Dream Lover By Wayne Mitchell
     Direct Answers - Column for the week of September 1, 2003I met my wife a dozen years ago and her best friend shortly thereafter. I was always fond of my wife's friend. We all shared a good deal of time together through our college years and now into our thirties. She is married with two children as are we.We live in the same town, our families spend a good deal of time together, and I'm good friends with her husband. My problem is I cannot …



871. Self-Validation: Living an Empowered Life By Sherry Sims
     Sometimes we are concerned with being right and we don't stop to think that our comments or our actions might hurt another person's feelings.We don't always get enough validation in this world, or perhaps we did not receive enough validation from our parents and our teachers and the people who were around us when we were growing up, so we try to be right and find validation now in this world, sometimes at the expense of other people.It is okay …



872. Launch Yourself Into Living By Drew Vics
     Memorial Day weekend, 2004, found my wife and I along with friends, relaxing in a nice camp setting in Hershey, Pennsylvania. We had a great time at the Hershey Factory Tour Experience, which included, among a dozen other attractions, an excellent 3D movie presentation which wasn't quite like a movie at all, but a true experience, complete with misters and blowers that would alternately sprinkle you with a fine spray of water or tickle yo…



873. I.Q. You Q. He, She, or It Qs. By Luke Haines
     I have, in recent years, come to believe that IQ tests are a waste of time for most of us, and a waste of money for some of us. In fact, as a general rule of thumb, if you want to know how stupid you are, check to see if you're paying for an online IQ test.In the course of my short and, let's face it, aimless life, I've taken numerous IQ tests when bored, with scores ranging from the high end of piss-average (109) to the screaming madman genius…



874. A Life Touched By Wayne Mitchell
     Direct Answers - Column for the week of February 17, 2003Back when I was in grammar school, every once and awhile I would meet up with a girl my age and talk. Lisa never was around much, but she was always very sweet and nice. In 5th grade she was assigned to my class.She was absent a lot, and one day I had the courage to ask why. She told me she was sick, and she explained she wore a wig because her medicine made her lose her hair. We left…



875. Little Things Do Make a Difference By Roger Carr
     Think back over your life. Think about the people that had a positive influence on you. If your past was like mine, many of them didn’t realize the impact they made. The influence was usually due to them caring about you and doing some little thing. What little things have been done for you that changed your life? What little things have you done for someone else that might have changed theirs?I have been influenced by little things done by oth…



876. Anamcara - Being Forever Enough By Tony Cuckson
     When was the last time you felt you were enough just as you are? When was the last time you felt that you were seen as the being you are? When was the last time you felt unconditionally loved and loving?When was the last time you felt life was itself enough? There was nothing to be added. There was nothing to be taken way. There was only this experience of gladness beyond measure of feeling alive. For many of us it is hard to remember thi…



877. The Final Frontier By Roy Klienwachter
     When all that you have done has not brought you what you truly desire, isn’t it about time to move out of the box ask questions and make changes?What would you think if you went to your doctor and he hit you over the head with a rubber hammer to knock you out before some minor surgery? Does the horse and buggy now serve you to take you to work each day? Would you settle for going down town to the telegraph office, to have a message sent to your…



878. Dreams and Desires, Wants and Wishes Journals By Doreene Clement
     Have you ever dreamed of a new house? Have you ever wished for the perfect mate? What about wanting that job that you've always dreamed of? Have you wished for a perfect day?We all have dreams and desires, our own personal wishes and wants. What if…what if you could just have what you wanted and wished for? What would that house look like, feel like? How would you decorate it? Is it a condo, or on acres of land? Are there animals? …



879. Lesson Learned By Wayne Mitchell
     Direct Answers - Column for the week of December 9, 2002I was involved with a man separated from his wife. We connected on an extremely emotional level and were in the process of building a future.His wife left him and their two children to accept a job in another state and to experience a more unencumbered life. Prior to leaving she cheated on him three times and was emotionally and physically unavailable to her children.Unfortunately I let …



880. Fear No Evil - How To Avoid Worry And Fear By David Butcher
     “Yeah, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for Thou art with me.”Do these words have meaning for you? Are you able to live them? Is your faith that strong? For most of us, the answer is probably no. Many people go through life in worry and fear. “Is that project I’m working on gonna fail?” “Where’s Johnny? He’s late! Do you think something happened to him?” “Is [he, she] ever going to love me…



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