• Is Your Relationship Over?...Acceptance

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    "Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery." -Joanne Kathleen RowlingThe first step in letting go of a relationship is accepting the fact that it's over. At first this can be a hard pill to swallow because it's difficult to let go of the hopes and dreams that you've had with someone.Read more…
  • Is Your Relationship Over?...Make A Clean Break

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    "Tis better to be alone than in bad company." -George WashingtonSo your relationship is over, but you just want to see him/her just one more time. You can if you really have to but if you can be strong and make a clean break; you will be on the road to recovery sooner rather than later.Read more…
  • Move On...So You Can Live The Life You Deserve

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    "Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." -Dorothy ThompsonHas your relationship with someone ended? Are you dealing with all of the emotions of letting go of someone you loved?Read more…
  • Acceptance : Can You Afford Not To Allow It Into Your Life?

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    Acceptance means different things to different people. Acceptance, to me, is when you make the conscious decision to be at peace about an event or person that perhaps previously you would have been judgmental about, but no longer have the desire to be that way and so respect their freedom of choice.There comes a time on different occasions when we realize that parts of our lives are no longer what we need to become the person that we want to be.Read more…
  • Hurricanes and Inspirational Thinking

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    Have you ever noticed that when human beings are faced with adverse conditions such as the conditions, which confronted us during the 2005 Atlantic tropical hurricane season that somehow we all become closer together and bonded in that experience? Have you ever noticed that heroes emerge during the most trying times and in those times of need?Have you ever observed the perseverance that comes from human intent and human will to challenge the forces of Mother Nature and not give up?Read more…
  • Master!

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    I was reading my Bible after a particularly trying day, and one thought led to another. Finally I was guided by the Holy Spirit to a passage wherein Mary, weeping and searching, at last finds Jesus.How tenderly and lovingly He must have spoken her name!Read more…
  • Spirals of Life

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    "You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north" (Deuteronomy 2:3).Sometimes we move in hollow circles that become dreary, but the emblem of the Christian life is a spiral.Read more…
  • The Truth About The Flying Dutchman

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    I believe there is a ghost ship knocking around in our parts, and it's not just a legend! Doing some research on the Internet, I tripped over some eerie fables about the Bermuda Triangle - but now I am looking out for the red sails of the Flying Dutchman on the horizon right here at Cape Town's False Bay in South Africa.According to the tale of the Flying Dutchman, a maniacal Dutch sea captain once struggled to round the Cape of Good Hope in the teeth of a terrible gale that threatened to sink his ship and all aboard.Read more…
  • The Amazement of A Child

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    Everyone who has met a little child has seen it; the amazement of a little child. The child sees a bus, and gets all excited about it, it sees a dog, and can’t sit still in its pram. It sees things that we grown-ups are all too blind to notice; it expresses its enthusiasm with the whole body and is deeply disappointed when we cannot share its experience.Read more…
  • Raised from the Ash Heap

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    "So He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up" (Mark 1:31).What a comfort this verse was when I would kneel by my bed in such anguish that I wanted to die after our son’s death. I would envision my beloved Jesus reaching to me with His own nail-scarred and sacred hands and literally lifting me up and compelling me with gracious words, "My dear child, go on with life!Read more…
  • Our Special Children

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    "What then is this child going to be?" (Luke 1:66).Zechariah's and Elizabeth's friends and neighbors knew this child John was a special child.Read more…
  • Who Am I - A Recursive Search For Inner Truth

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    A couple of years ago when I was trying to find an answer one of life's difficult questions, I came across a method of recursive questioning. This lit a light bulb in my head since I knew about the magic of recursion but it had never occurred to me to use it in the context of finding answer in my mind.What is recursion?Read more…
  • Intentions vs. Expectations

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    In the same way that prayer is the flip side of worry (see my ezine article Dealing with Emotional Extremes) living by intention is the flip side of living up to expectations. And just as prayer nurtures and empowers while worry ennervates, living by intention strengthens and enlivens, while living up to expectations perpetuates cycles of hope, fear and stress and bewilderment.A client recently complained of stress and feeling that there was nothing he cared about.Read more…
  • One Giant Leap for The Life You Love

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    What’s new in your life? Are you one of those exceptionally perky people who make the average person cringe? You know who I mean, the person who has the permanent smile whether it’s morning, noon, or midnight, is high on life, just loves practically everything, and can put a positive spin on anything that life dishes out?Read more…
  • Blessed to Be a Blessing

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    To be blessed means to be consecrated, set apart, and highly favored. When God blesses you, He does not leave anything out. It is more than personal happiness, wealth or well-being.Read more…
  • Our Atmosphere

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    "God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind" (Numbers 23:19); "I the Lord do not change" (Malachi 3:6).I dearly love the old writers. They pass on to us their wisdom of the ages.Read more…
  • Six Steps for Pursuing Purpose

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    Each of us has a special purpose or mission, and I have been in search of mine since I was a child. From childhood until my early twenties, I suspected my mission was to go into the ministry. When the other boys were playing cowboys and Indians, I was dressed in long robes building altars, and as a young adult I would lie on my bed for hours praying to God for a sign.Read more…
  • Inspiration Or Faith - Which Comes First?

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    Do you start out with faith in God or do you have to be inspired to search for Him? Where does the inspiration to believe in God come from? It seems everyone has an answer, but which answer is right?Read more…
  • Horizontal and Vertical Views

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    "God called the expanse 'sky'" (Genesis 1:8).When our sons were little I used to take them down to a pond near our house and let them play there. When I felt it was safe enough, I would lie back for a few seconds and look at the sky.Read more…
  • As If

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    "Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men" (Ephesians 6:7).Acting "as if" can give power to our life, as well as save what sanity we think we have.If we are angry with someone, we can act "as if" we love him and eventually we will love him.Read more…

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    You are attracted to harmonious colors and they are also very important to you; this is the reason Sapphire resonates with you so well. Sapphire is known as the peace stone and it helps you align with the mental, spiritual and physical areas of your life and keeps you in balance which is very important to you.
  • Overcoming the Effects Abuse can have on One's Self Esteem - By: Angelique Ellerman
    Abuse can take many forms and can come from anyone and anywhere. The effects that abuse leaves on our psyche can affect those who are unfortunate enough for the rest of their lives. But there are those who overcome and go on to live happy and productive lives despite the abuse they endured.
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    Three time cancer survivor and professional speaker shares how he survived cancer three times and ran a marathon after relearning how to walk. These success principles are shared in his keynote speech.
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  • The Importance of the Moment - By: Stacey T Pollock
    The moment is where we create and exist.
  • Laugh Your Way to Pain Relief - By: Steven Hefferon
    Building a positive focus in your life-which includes a regular dose of laughter-can play a key role in supporting the body's ability to cure illnesses through its own healing system.
  • Alternative Notions of Life, a Different Path: Guardian Angels and Universal Laws - By: Carl "J.C." Pantejo
    When I really examine my past, I can now see all the instances when some benevolent force, some "guardian angel," stepped in when my situation looked bleak.
  • You are Changing the World - By: Mashubi Rochell
    You are a magnificent and divinely inspired creation of God. You are here on the Earth during this very tumultuous time in history for a sacred purpose. Each soul that is here now, and each soul arriving to the Earth now, is here to participate in the momentous transformation process that is happening on the Earth. You are here not by accident, but by design. You have something unique and precious to contribute to the world, and now is the time for all that you are to unfold and be fulfilled.
  • Finding Daily Inspiration in Difficult Times - By: Mashubi Rochell
    Daily inspiration helps us to stay focused on God's love, no matter what else is going on in our daily lives. In today's world there is such a high level of challenge and rapid change happening for most of us, that it has become even more important to find a way to stay connected with our hearts, and with our inner connection with spirit.