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Be Your Friend

18 Thursday Sep 2014

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FriendSpeak

If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way
that you sometimes speak to yourself,
how long would you allow that person
to be your friend?

I admit that I catch myself in that negative self-talk cycle. “Why did I do that? What the heck is wrong with me?”

What’s worse is when it goes on for minutes and I don’t catch myself.

Eckhart Tolle urges us to be in the “now.” Buddhism calls it being mindful. However you choose to look at where you should be in each moment, where are you exactly?

Are you off in the future anticipating that plan, that great dream of yours?

Are you visiting your past, beating yourself up for having said something unkind to someone?

Or worse. Stuck in the past because someone said something unkind to you?

It has been said that each time you replay some hurtful scene from your past, you are allowing it to happen to you all over again. You are allowing that person to hurt you again…and again…and again.

Every single time you think about it, that’s what is happening.

If someone has done something to you that was hurtful, don’t replay it in your mind. Don’t live through that pain again. Your body doesn’t really like it, and you know your mind doesn’t like it either.

Be kind to yourself today, right now, in this moment.

Because, in this exact moment, there is peacefulness and you are perfect just as you are.

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For a Friend

16 Tuesday Sep 2014

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Loss

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over,
it became a butterfly.
— Anonymous

If you’ve experienced a loss, perhaps the death of a friend/partner, a relationship, or even a pet, remember to celebrate in memory the joy and happiness that was brought to your life from having him or her in it.

We can’t change the cycle of life, but we can change our perspective. Instead of focusing on just that sorrowful ending, look back to the happy days and let those feelings envelop and embrace you.

You’ll know you’ve succeeded when you find yourself smiling.

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Decisions

09 Tuesday Sep 2014

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We all have decisions to make. We all have choices.

When it comes to making a decision, deep down, we really know what we are going to choose. But if you are ever in a bind and need some help, this trick works every time.

CoinToss

When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin.
It works not because it settles the question for you, but because,
in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly
know what you are hoping for.

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The Lesson

12 Tuesday Aug 2014

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When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
— Dalai Lama

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Resources:

Wikipedia’s entry on the Dalai Lama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalai_Lama

Youtube videos:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dalai+lama

Books by or about the Dalai Lama

Barnes & Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Dalai-Lama?store=allproducts&keyword=Dalai+Lama

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/191-0828431-7841717?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Dalai+Lama

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Don’t be Fooled

31 Thursday Jul 2014

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There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
–Søren Kierkegaard

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Wikipedia’s entry on Kierkegaard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard

Search results on Archive.org (PDFs and other ebooks)
https://archive.org/search.php?query=Soren%20Kierkegaard

Search results on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=S%C3%B8ren+Kierkegaard

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