Hopes and dreams are the theme of this painting by Brazilian artist Verita. She transmits the optimistic energy of personal aspirations. See NOVICA.com for more paintings.
There is much in our culture and in our own individual experience that leads us to believe we must constantly set future goals, work diligently towards those goals until they are achieved, and then strive earnestly to reach the next set of goals. This is the Western formula for success in life. It's also the Western formula for chronic pain and anxiety.
We tend to create situations in our lives that are similar, until we become aware that the same experiences keep "happening to us." When you recognize a particular negative circumstance that seems to repeat itself over and over, or a certain type of person re-enters your life several times to your dismay, take a hard look into your childhood and search for the pattern or script which may be embedded in your subconscious mind which invites the same unwanted experiences into your life.
Overview of: FOOD FOR YOUR SIGN
Your sun sign has a lot to do with your overall health and how you use the food you eat. Is it nourishing for your body or does it weaken your vitality? Does it contribute to your overall health or does is it incompatible with your individual health signature?
As we enter 2010, the focus is on creative self-expression with an eye to how our contribution enhances the whole. It is a time when emotions may run high, and due to events, reactions may range from hysteria to exaltation. Yet, the purpose of this year is to go to the core of our reactions. We have childhood issues that pop up. The concerns we face may be related to children or to our own inner child. However this emerges, the opportunity is to call upon a creative possibility rather than a reactive response.
What would you be like, if you started today to make the most of the rest of your life--if you turned a corner and suddenly awoke to your possibilities? I have some ideas. I think that suddenly you would be intentionally connected with all the inner wisdom you can contain...
The implication of many of the scientists in the field hold that consciousness is a substance—a something—with the ability to change physical matter. I am a skeptic at heart, an investigative reporter by background. So, I wanted to find out what is this thing we call “intention.” And also, what can we do with it? How far can we take it?
Have you noticed more than a hint of anger creeping into your parenting style? Are the typical frustrations, annoyances, and irritations associated with parenting beginning to get you down?
Grace-full parenting is parenting that comes from the heart. It holds children in a state of grace, even as they are held accountable for their behaviors. It communicates love and caring while simultaneously implementing the discipline strategies that are called for.
Let me start by saying that I don’t normally go to the movies. For that matter, I don’t even watch TV, haven’t watched in over 14 years. This may put it in perspective for you, that for me to actually go and watch a movie, it has to be one that calls me very deeply because of its very Spiritual message. In my opinion, Avatar excels at that and I can only thank James Cameron, the director, for creating such beautiful reminder for all of us.
Roundup: Lessons from every quarter- Advice for effective management has been showing up in some of the most unlikely places over the past several weeks, or in unexpected guises. Let’s take a look at some of these, leavened with some real advice from some of the best management trainers around. managingleadership.com/
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