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Loosen Up Your Mind With GratitudeBoston Bovines Hold The Answer For You Did you know that our brains are full of cow paths? Robert Fritz begins his book _The Path of Least Resistance_, by explaining how the streets of Boston were laid out; they do not seem to be the result of any planning. Long, long ago in Boston, grazing and wandering cows walked the easiest paths they could find and, with each passing cow, these paths became more clearly defined and easier to follow. These cow paths became the 'plan' for Boston's streets. ...
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Turn the Escape Key Now'I think I know how bank robbers feel as they wait for tellers to stuff their bounty into a satchel. . . . I damn near giggled as she handed me that bag, validated my parking stub, smiled, and raised her eyes to the next customer, just like that. Clutching my toy to my chest, I shoved through the crowd and hustled towards the exit. 'Geez, would I get away with it? Slip a creative writing book past my mean-spirited internal censor? Would I finally ignore that sour-breathed advisor who had ...
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How to live a balanced life?Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine... values and goals...Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development.Live a balanced life--learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.The pursuit of balance is a lifelong journeWhen our lives are ...
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A Simple Recipe for LIfe.There's a party going on in my backyard. Just beyond the goldfish pond you can hear the low hum coming from the bee ensemble. If you step closer, you can see them dancing on the tops of purple coneflowers dusting themselves in bright orange pollen. They seem intoxicated by the abundance of fragrant flowers. A vast treasure trove, I imagine, to a bee. The butterflies gracefully pirouette onto lily tongues taking sips of nectar juice before moving on. Soon, sun-baked fields will yield native ...
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The Overlooked Tip To SuccessYou have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated. The article contains 641 words and is formatted to 60 spaces. The Overlooked Tip To Success By Donald Schnell © September 21, 2002 I wouldn't tell just anybody the following tip. They might think it too 'out there' or too woo-woo. But I trust that you have an open mind. You are studying the principles that ...
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Are You Killing Your Beautiful Dream? It's one of the saddest events I see and unfortunately, I see it far too often. Fear, the most destructive of human emotions, succeeds in totally ruining the dreams and ambitions of millions and millions of people EVERY YEAR. And the real sad part is that the people involved give in to their fears and kill their beautiful dream. Any chance of experiencing a fulfilled happy life, of living the life they truly want, evaporates. Just why do people kill their dreams? I want to share with you a ...
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Success -- There Are No Secrets There Are No Secrets To Success As you strive toward accomplishing your goals and dreams you need to know that there are no secrets to success! Webster's Dictionary defines a "secret" as something kept from public knowledge; something mysterious that is beyond general knowledge or understanding. If that were true then it would mean success is only possible for those few who have access to these great mysterious secrets. Nonsense! You Are What You Believe People believe there are ...
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What Do You Have To Lose?What Have You Got To Lose? Helaine Iris © 2002 'You gotta dance like nobody's watching, dream like you will live forever, live like you're going to die tomorrow and love like it's never going to hurt.' 'Meme Grifsters The summer I turned 40 was a summer I'll never forget. As I reflect, it was when I truly started living my life. It all started the week before my birthday. I was driving home from the airport with my husband. We had just dropped our youngest child off for a month long bicycle ...
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Playing it SafeDo you play it safe with your creativity, be it expressed through dancing, music, writing, painting, acting . . . ? Do you find yourself working with the same old, comfortable people, places, and situations? Where do you hold back, or fear to tread at all? The truth is, we all play it safe: in our art, our work, and our lives. We've been taught to do so from birth. First our parents protected us from danger, then schools, society, and various government agencies took over. Now it's become a ...
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Setting goals -- Your ticket to successYou know that old saying -- if you don't know where you're going, any path will get you there. That's what happens if you don't take the time to figure out what your goals are and WRITE them down. There's power in writing things down. Trust me, I'm a writer. I KNOW. Figuring out your goals is probably one of the most important and one of the most overlooked steps for creative professionals starting their business. Ideally you should put together a business plan. However, I have yet to meet a ...
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