Uncover Your Diamond
Uncover Your Diamond: “Ignite Your Inner Light” Stress is a natural part of being human. But contrary to popular belief, stress does not have to be destructive. Quite the opposite, stress can be creative. The fact is that everything in life has been created by elements stress...
How Much Risk Is Too Much To Take?
The ladder was braced against the railings going to the basement. I started climbing up. I had to get to the ceiling and this was my Rube Goldberg way of doing it without having to put up scaffolding. I made it up two or three rungs before coming to my senses. It would be so easy f...
If Only . . .
She was about 30 years old. A pretty woman to me. She had several lines of deep scars on her face that I assumed were the result of severe injuries caused by a car accident. Or worse, an attack. This disturbed me. I noticed her from my balcony within days of mo...
How Would You Like To Have A Razor Sharp Memory?
Forgetful? Can't remember where you put things? Honey! Where did I put my damn keys? Do you forget important dates like your…oops! Anniversary? Peoples names, birthdays, places, events, what you studied, etc, all draw a blank? If so,...
Letting go and Letting Be
“Speaking words of wisdom, “Let it Be” Paul McCartney In Corrogue it is frosty. The earth is heard and unyielding. This reminds me of how our hearts often become. They become cold and we ourselves become frosty. The flow of our energy is blocked. ...
The 4 Most Important Tips to Speed Read Faster than Ever
Many people, particularly students, would love to be able to soak up information quicker. But before retaining information, they have to go through the first stage of learning, which is reading. For many individuals who are pressed for time, speed reading ...
Top Ten Question Prompts
Copyright 2005 Writer's Eye Advisory Service Questions can be very effective in helping develop your journal technique. Exploring is part of the fun of journaling. Questions allow you to explore, develop and plan creative ideas, as well as solve problems. Just listen the peo...
Choose the right incense burner
Incense and incense burners come in many different varieties. While incenses vary in essences and aromas, incense burners vary in materials and shapes. Not only the incense you choose will have an effect on your environment, but the incense burner you use will do so as well. The in...
Is This Misconception Blocking Money from Your Life?
Copyright 2005 Melissa Quiter Are you suffering from the misconception that the only way to have great wealth in your life is to be lucky, privileged, entitled or hard working? If you are nodding yes, you now know why you don't have exactly what you desire in your lif...
Why she doesn't call you back
The main reason she does not call you back probably because you are doing something that doesn't agree with her. You may be coming at the whole relationship from the traditional or according behavior, and this may be leading her to just drop you as soon a she can. She h...
Learn Faster; Change is Coming
Challenges posed by recent economic and market shifts, though predicted for some time, have instigated chaos in the lives of many business professionals and factory workers alike, not to mention just about everyone else who is paying attention. Instead of embracing change and allow...
Lectio Divina
Lectio divina is a very useful and practical discipline for spiritual growth. Rooted in ancient monasticism, the practice is a fourfold cycle: Reading, Meditation, Prayer, and Contemplation. In fact, the term itself means “sacred reading.” Reading. Lectio divina begins ...
Turning Scarcity Thinking into Abundance Thinking: Hurricane Katrina's Lesson for the Rest of Us
Copyright 2005 Alicia Forest The devastation that has rocked the Gulf Coast recently is almost unimaginable, isn't it? I know these are extraordinary circumstances, but the looting that has been taking place has made me think about why some people take whatever they want and...
Ten Reasons To Have an Inspired, World Changing Goal
Copyright 2005 Coco Fossland In a nutshell, having an Inspired, World-Changing Goal is the difference between idly walking along a path leading to nowhere and taking a purpose-filled journey to somewhere. But before you can really consider why you need an Inspired, ...
The Art of Rest
I recently spent four days alone in a rustic cabin on a bluff on the wild Washington coast. I worked on my novel, read, napped, did yoga, ate huge salads, sat in the sunshine, and watched eagles eat crab scavenged from the ocean's edge. It was one of the most truly restful retreats...