Your negative filters are the source of all weakness. One of the most common mistakes in removing negative filters is giving up too early. Here's the usual story - the brave character discovers negativity and begins to switch. It is hard work, requiring constant vigilance. The results start coming, but ever so slowly. They see no end to the constant filters, and they feel overwhelmed to the point of surrender. 

The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who without a dream. 

By Catherine Pratt

Do you write yourself "To Do" lists with the very best of intentions of accomplishing everything on that list yet find that you constantly struggle to get a single one of those items completed? You may even add things that you did while procrastinating just so that you can check something off the original list. It's frustrating and you may end up with even more anxiety than you started with because you haven't finished what you need to get done. Yet the harder you try to accomplish your tasks, the more you find yourself involved in avoidance techniques. The good news is that it may not be you. It may actually be the "To Do" list itself which may be making the situation harder than you intended.

Here's why: To Do lists can come attached with certain negative emotions. These can include: 1. Anxiety - you suddenly feel like you "have" to do something and that thing should be done now. You may feel anxious about it until you are able to check it off your list because it is always at the back of your mind that there is something you should be doing. It's hard to accomplish tasks when you're feeling anxious about them. It takes away from you being able to focus on the real task at hand. 2. Frustration - with not being able to get a job done and the frustration that something still needs to be done. It may also bring up the feelings of frustration of why you have to do it in the first place and not someone else. 3. Guilt - you may end up feeling guilty for not having that item done. It's on your list, it should be done and it's not so you feel guilty about it. 4. Human Nature - human nature says that if you "have" to do something then you instantly don't want to do it. You will procrastinate and do anything to avoid having to do it.

By Ryan Pearson

 

Happiness does not have to be a future occurrence. You have the power to choose your happiness now.

Many people live their life in the search for happiness. For many people this search continues their whole life, and they never "find" happiness.

Part of the problem with the search for happiness is that you are searching outside of yourself for your happiness. Happiness is not found in an external place, circumstance, thing or person. Happiness is found within you.

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An enterprising person is one who comes across a pile of scrap metal and sees the making of a wonderful sculpture. An enterprising person is one who drives through an old decrepit part of town and sees a new housing development. An enterprising person is one who sees opportunity in all areas of life. To be enterprising is to keep your eyes open and your mind active. It's to be skilled enough, confident enough, creative enough and disciplined enough to seize opportunities that present themselves... regardless of the economy.

By Sharon Good

Going after your dream is a labor of love. But even when you're following your heart and doing what you love, there are times when you're going to encounter obstacles. These may be big ones or a myriad of small ones, and they can be disheartening. You may not know how to get through them and give up in despair.

With any ongoing, long-term pursuit, there's a constant stream of short-term tasks. While we may see our dream out there in the distance and feel energized and excited thinking about it, when we shift our focus to what's right in front of us, it can seem like a mess of endless details and insurmountable hurdles. We may get so caught up in dealing with the difficulties that our dream starts to feel burdensome or unreachable.

 

 

Success is a very hot topic in our society today. Each person has their own definition of the word, so I will not define it for you. However, I will state two things. First, remind you that YOU are the one that gets to decide what success means. Second, is what I've chosen to take into account for defining success. For me success is determined by the following four factors, not in any specific order.

(a) Getting the results that I am looking to achieve

(b) using a process that is balanced and works for me

(c) while nurturing relationships in the process

(d) and knowing that what I am creating is of service to myself and others. Yes, it must be a win-win for everyone involved for me to consider it a success.

 

The level of stress you are experiencing at a certain time seems to play a major role in whether the exposure to cold viruses would result in a cold. Volunteer subjects were exposed to a specific dosage of cold viruses and were followed closely. It was found that the chance a subject would get sick was directly related to how much stress the person had experienced during the past year. Studies also show that people with the lowest level of sociability are most likely to get a cold while people with the highest level of sociability are least likely to get a cold. My advice... Avoid stress as much as you can and socialize more.

Ted Anthony, a loving father of two boys, hugs his children extravagantly. He is the type of father who would cuddle with and kiss his children a lot. He would say "I love you" so often, and hear them innocently saying back "I know". However, Ted never knew how his children feel when he gets mad at them, until one of his boys told him "Dad, you're really big and scary when you yell". This shock Ted so much. To the children, the father is a huge giant. He's loud and scary when he's mad, angry and yelling. Fathers should be gentler with their kids. To avoid getting mad and reaching the point of yelling at their kids, fathers should try some techniques. Fathers should try to be consistent and predictable, because this makes it easier for the children to adapt and know what to avoid doing. They should also apologize to their kids when they do something wrong. The father should try his best to control his temper and not put his work stress on the little kids. It could be complicated to manage the male anger, but managing it through the next generation is simply awful. So try to practice some anger management methods and parenting skills from books or websites. And be gentle with your little ones, because in the end they are just kids!

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. Albert Schweitzer