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- Evolution versus “deaf, dumb and blind” believers in Earth being only 6,000 years old - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2014 from Richard RuhlingWhy is this article in the sections of Depression & Gratitude? Because if you believe that you came from a monkey, you might be depressed. Seeing support for the biblical account that we were made in God's image (and have a higher destiny than apes) brings gratitude to the Creator. This also ...
Views: 1224 - Examination of Gratitude - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2009 from Danny StevensThis past year has been filled with events which have left me focusing on lack, loss and limitation in my life. The more I stay in this focus, the more I am paralyzed towards being able to change the situation. It helps to volunteer, work on projects which helps but without the attitude of ...
Views: 1240 - Feeling Gratitude - by Submitted on May 08, 2013 from Cynthia OrtizGratitude is more than just saying the words; it is about feeling gratefulness for all that you are, all that you are becoming, and all that you have in your life. We tend to take things and people for granted when at anytime we could lose them. When you practice gratitude on a daily basis ...
Views: 1523 - Finding More Joy Part 2 - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertBelow are some tips our psychics provided in adopting more joy. Adopt a Pet. . Scientific tests have proven that stroking an animal’s fur can decrease someone’s blood strain, nevertheless it turns out that acquiring a canine, cat or other animal companion ...
Views: 1095 - Finding Your Way to Happiness Through Gratitide - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2009 from Dennis MerimskyEverybody knows how to enjoy a vacation. Particularly when we travel abroad, we open our eyes to see new sites and our taste buds are ready to savor new kinds of food. It is easy to appreciate everything when we take a break from our work and our familiar surroundings. But we all return home ...
Views: 1462 - Five Benefits of Practicing Altruism in Your Daily Life - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2018 from Courtney MyersIt’s no secret that we live in a society that encourages us to be self-focused. Every time we turn on our televisions, listen to the radio, or drive by a billboard, we see messages advertising the latest beauty product, skincare regime, or clothing fad. If we let them, these announcements of how ...
Views: 1175 - Five Good Minutes in Your Body: A Grateful List - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2009 from New Harbinger PublicationsYou know it’s a good idea—to make a list of what you’re grateful for—but you just don’t get around to actually doing it. So take the next five minutes and do it now. 1. Grab a pen and paper. 2. Start with your body and record what you’re most thankful for. You may list: Good health, good ...
Views: 1569 - Five Reasons To Be Grateful For "Difficult People" In Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2008 from Christopher EdgarMuch has been said about the positive effects gratitude creates in our lives. Learning to be thankful for what we have today, and the learning experiences we’ve had in the past, empowers us with optimism and joy that help us pursue our goals. For a long time, I agreed with this idea generally ...
Views: 3100 - Five Strategies to Practice When Gratitude Eludes You - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2015 from Sandra MiniereThanksgiving is a time to celebrate and express gratitude. When we take the time to focus on that for which we are grateful, we feel fulfilled. Our cup overflows with feelings of abundance. According to Jack Canfield, author of The Success Principles: “Gratitude is the single most important ...
Views: 1293 - Flowing with the Nature of Winter - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2011 from Betty LouiseWinter is the coldest season of the year in temperate climates, between autumn and spring. At the Winter Solstice, the days are shortest and the nights are longest, with days lengthening as the season progresses after the solstice. The winter has also been described as a period of time ...
Views: 1071 - For the Absolute Love of Nature - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2018 from Nicole AThis weekend, I went on a 12-mile hike. It was hot, and it was painful, and my legs ached and screamed after about mile 9. Looking back, it was a perfect Saturday- an experience cultivated of joy, freedom, and empowerment in the highest senses of the word. When I reflect on my happiest ...
Views: 1382 - Forgive and Give Thanks - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2008 from Marlene BuffaFrom stuffed turkeys to full tummies, we celebrate Thanksgiving by immersing ourselves in the moment. We enjoy ourselves by coming together and sharing our food and memories. We reflect on our country, our faith and our family. The day-long – and sometimes week-long – preparation ...
Views: 1050 - Forgive Yourself - by Submitted on May 02, 2014 from Mike RobbinsIn December of 2011, I decided to head up to Calistoga for a few days. Calistoga is a small town in Napa Valley, about an hour from where we live. For the past few years, Michelle and I have each gone up there occasionally by ourselves for some personal retreat time. It’s been a great self-care ...
Views: 1794 - Four Components of Inner Peace - by Submitted on May 13, 2023 from Barry ShoreInner peace is an important part of a fulfilled life. It comes from within, and it can be cultivated with practice and dedication. To begin your journey towards inner peace, there are four essential components to keep in mind: awareness, acceptance, balance, and compassion. ...
Views: 429 - Four Ways To Think about Behavior - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamThere are various ways to think about an individual or an animal. Most of the people judge people based on their behavior. Now, Behavior is often thought in four alternative ways per Niko Tinbergen. Back in 1963, Niko Tinbergen, who would win a Nobel Prize a decade later, wrote a classic paper ...
Views: 820 - From Pain to Joy - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Leslie GailIt has been quite the week for me and my family. As most of you remember, last time I sent a tip to you I was preparing for our move, as well as emotionally preparing to send my son off to week long summer camp for the first time. I appreciate all of your kind emails wishing me good luck and ...
Views: 1271 - G Is For Gratitude - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Sara DillingerAs you may have guessed by now, this is not one of those charming little abecedaries to teach children the alphabet. This list of alphabetized words is for adults with serious problems. That's why I've discussed avoidance, becoming, conscious, define, elephants (It'll make more sense if you ...
Views: 1165 - Getting Grateful - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2013 from Samantha G MartinLately I have been noticing all the rage and anger in the world. Which of course gets me to thinking on where it comes from and how the heck do we stand against it? Some would say you battle rage with love. I say we withstand rage with gratitude. Battle in the name of love is hard to ...
Views: 1291 - Getting My Natural health news To Work - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2020 from ketsaal llpIf you want to begin managing, but aren’t guaranteed exactly where to start, this is a great position to start out. Amanda Brooks is really a certified personal coach and managing mentor, and she or he’s below that will help you every step of just how. Over the site, a panel of experts ...
Views: 777 - Getting Unstuck - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2007 from Sharon MarquartGetting Unstuck You will never get unstuck by focusing on how stuck you feel. When you are overwhelmed with thoughts and feelings of being stuck, your creative energies shut down and taking action can feel impossible. Focusing on how stuck you feel will create more situations that make you ...
Views: 1295 - Gift Selection for a Particular Demographic - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2009 from John AOVGift selection is difficult enough to begin with, but when the recipient is not a member of your demographic -- for instance, a child or a newlywed couple -- the task is even more daunting. But don't panic! Just consider the following before beginning your search for the perfect gift. Gifts for ...
Views: 837 - Gift Selection: Choosing the Right Gift - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2009 from John AOVHave you ever gotten or given a pair of socks as a present? While they may be quite useful in some kinds of weather, socks are generally regarded as rather dull, unexciting items. Often mentioned as part of trivializing or ironic expressions, they have become an ultimate symbol of unimaginative ...
Views: 852 - Gift Wrapping Ideas: Surface That’s Not Superficial - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2009 from John AOVWhat is so special about receiving gifts? Surely, it has to do with the joy of knowing that someone cares about you, that you mean something to those people. While this deeper, human-relational meaning of gifts is quite significant, we should not overlook the surface. To better understand the ...
Views: 922 - Giving Away Money Brings Wealth To You! - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2008 from Patrice DickeyYou could have knocked me over with a feather when Syracuse University economist Arthur Brooks said last in December 07 on Marketplace.publicradio.org that his studies show that giving away money actually makes your bank balance grow. That's counterintuitive, isn't it? said host Kai ...
Views: 1036 - Giving Thanks With A Purpose - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2009 from Nelson TanI know Thanksgiving Day is a US-centric holiday and I even had to do a Google search to find out which day it actually falls on. Sounds kinda ignorant of me, like "which day should I start giving thanks huh?" I suppose Thanksgiving should not be a day, but an everyday attitude of gratitude. The ...
Views: 1096 - Giving the Gift that God Will Like, or What's This Time of Year About? - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2014 from Richard RuhlingAs Jews celebrate Hannukah and Christians do Christmas, most people look for a day off or hope to benefit commercially from this time that's meaningless to millions of others. What's the point? Is it all vanity as Solomon said? Religion is gratitude if we are doing it right. If we don't see ...
Views: 1268 - Giving Yourself The Gift of Gratitude - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2011 from Rochelle SchwartzBefore I started to mediate today, I set an intention to see what I’m going to write about. The word that came to me was GRATITUDE. How perfect was that, since my whole life has changed, because of my being in gratitude.When I go back down memory lane, I was always in the mindset at looking ...
Views: 1779 - Go Ahead, Be Thankful - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2008 from Judy Ringer"Go ahead. Play. Let me see you run!" Mimi cheered us on. I was seven or eight years old, playing with my cousins in the back yard of my grandmother's house in Oak Park, Illinois. Mimi (my Aunt Mary) was probably 30-something at the time and in her wheelchair, where she'd been since a spinal ...
Views: 1131 - Grateful For You - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2015 from Ulrike Berzau MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, www.UlrikeBerzau.comI am grateful for the Hallmark hype and everyone’s marketing for Thanksgiving. It’s a perfect opportunity to focus on giving thanks and gratitude but let’s not wait for this once a year celebration. If you celebrate the American Thanksgiving or already celebrated the Canadian Thanksgiving in ...
Views: 1461 - Grateful News About Breast Cancer - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2008 from Kim WiermanTake Action to Prevent and Detect Breast Cancer Early There is a reason to be grateful, even when it comes to a serious issue such as breast cancer. We can be grateful that today, breast cancer is 98% curable. We often hear the devastating stories of breast cancer taking someone’s life far too ...
Views: 1119 - Gratidue Leads To Joy And Miracles - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2008 from Anyaa H'redulla"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy The role of Gratitude in my life was apparent to me even before I watched The Secret DVD, but that video really reinforced it for me. In her ...
Views: 1047 - Gratitude - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2007 from Cyndi SafstromGratitude November means the Thanksgiving Holiday; that got me thinking about gratitude. Thanks, appreciation, gratitude; it’s all the same feeling. But how often do we stop and take inventory of what is right in our lives? I suppose we pay more attention to what we don’t like in ...
Views: 947 - Gratitude - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2008 from Diana GarberThe Feng Shui Results Lady at Intuitive Concepts, Inc. An ongoing theme of my newsletters is being present to what is right in the world. That sounds rather philanthropic and is typical of a dragon. But the key aspect is that it starts with what is right in your world. After all, it is human ...
Views: 1379 - Gratitude - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2015 from Brook MontagnaThis is the season when we are reminded to give thanks. In the whirlwind of family events, how do we take time for mindful gratitude? One way is with a Gratitude Journal, a special book devoted to listing the things, large and small, that enrich our lives. If you have one that you’ve been ... ...
Views: 1288 - Gratitude - The Doorway To More Happiness And Joy! - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2007 from Lorraine CohenA few days ago I wrote a post called Happiness is a Decision. I decided to be more intentional in feeling more happiness everyday. How to do that? Well, I could look for things during the course of the day to be happy about, right? Actually, I had been doing that in between realizing I was ...
Views: 1420 - Gratitude 108 Offering - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2014 from Sheryl PaulWe hear a lot about the power of gratitude lately. There seems to have been a hundredth monkey leap in consciousness, a global awareness that gratitude is a powerful and relatively easy way to sweep out the propensity toward negativity and connect to what’s good and right in our world. For ...
Views: 1863 - Gratitude and Commitment - by Submitted on May 16, 2009 from Lyndsey ShafferGratitude and commitment are the keys to success. To be successful you must commit yourself to your dream. You must do so wholly and without doubt. When your conscious and subconscious mind are in alignment with your desires, magical things will begin to happen. You will be propelled into a ...
Views: 1233 - Gratitude And The Law Of Attraction - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2007 from Cheryline LawsonThe Law of Attraction seems to carry a puzzling aura to most people, who are not able to decipher the significance of how powerful the mind can be to their lives. Most of us are stuck on the previous beliefs that have invaded our brain and allowed us to be conformed to what someone else thinks ...
Views: 1143 - Gratitude and Visualization: When Where You Are Isn't Where You Want to Be - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2009 from Christine GallagherWhat do we do when the gap between where we are and what we want isn’t closing fast enough? If you find yourself in this situation currently you may feel anxious, impatient, stuck or hopeless—or a combination of all of them. In the worst case scenario the gap may appear so wide ...
Views: 2297 - Gratitude and Your Creativity - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2009 from Leslie GebhartGratitude is one of the most under-rated aids to creativity and removing blocks. When supporting clients during the coaching process or using The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron, a book I love to recommend and facilitate reading together, I’ve learned that there are scores of ideas to consider ...
Views: 752 - Gratitude Creates a Rich Life - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2011 from Pat HeydlauffIncrease in your personal energy and uplift your spirits by acknowledging or giving thanks for something or someone good in your life. Gratitude for even the smallest of things sets a positive mood for your entire day. When you regularly express thankfulness or appreciation, you are ...
Views: 1460 - Gratitude For A Canadian Thanksgiving - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2008 from Jennifer MorganToday is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Even in this turbulent economic time, I feel that I have a great deal to be thankful for. As I have read the news over the past few weeks (albeit sporadically - it’s not something I do every day), I am grateful that I am Canadian. The Canadian economy is ...
Views: 1087 - Gratitude for Unemployment - A Solution-Oriented Focus for Success with Ease - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2009 from Barbara Zagata“I am so grateful to be enriching the lives of others while earning more money than I can spend." Wouldn't it be nice?! It can be, just as surely as you are living in whatever circumstances you are currently experiencing, you can live a life in which you experience having enough and doing the ...
Views: 1489 - Gratitude Improves Your Attitude - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2007 from Bonnie McFarlandIn the 1980s, I started a daily practice that I still maintain today. I was attending an intense personal growth workshop at Deerwood, Minnesota. One night, as I lay on the top bunk in a rustic dorm room filled with a dozen women, someone mentioned her practice of gratitude. Aware of my ...
Views: 964 - GRATITUDE in 2023 - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2023 from Linda SimmonThis is a different sort of article from those that I have usually written in the past; but, this isn’t the past any longer, is it? We’ve all been through so much the last few years including a frackin pandemic! And, how fast did that happen. One week things were more or less normal and then ...
Views: 517 - Gratitude In The Simplest Form - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2008 from Kim WiermanThere is a proverb that states it takes a village to raise a child. In today’s world of bi-continental relationships, electronic gadgets that reach us everywhere, year-round sports for our children and immediate access to data we find ourselves somewhat overwhelmed. This puts us in a position ...
Views: 1341 - Gratitude in This Moment! - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2009 from Mary MacNab(Please enjoy this excerpt from Mary's upcoming book "Ride the Moon"!) For what can I express Gratitude in this moment, as I begin (or end) this day? For what may I express my complete and total gratitude on this magnificent day? The full moon energy is that of fullness of expression. She ...
Views: 1623 - Gratitude is a Habit Worth Cultivating - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2011 from Jim GilletteGratefulness is an energy, and an attitude, and a style or pattern, and a spirit. It can be thought of or described many ways. Everyone though, will probably agree that it is a good feeling. It is positive. This positive emotion is the foundation for being open to positive change, positive ...
Views: 1592 - Gratitude is Good for Your Health - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2012 from Jane CranstonI’ve never understood why it is so difficult for some people to say “thank you.” It begs the question, “Are we really grateful?” and, “For what and whom?” And most important, “Can we admit it to ourselves and share it with others?” Recent research by Micheal E McCullough, a professor at the ...
Views: 2140 - Gratitude Journal, A Tool For The Grieving Heart - by Submitted on May 29, 2008 from Sandy ClendenenSeveral times over the past few years I began to keep a gratitude journal. I bought a special notebook and pen and kept them by my bed. I wrote for a few days. Then I would forget for a day. Then I would stop completely. Last year I made a commitment to myself to write in my journal for 21 ...
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