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- Is Your Need for Attention Ruining Everyone Else's Life? - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2013 from Lisa Haishadentify someone in your life who is strong, unique, willful, and in charge, and you're probably thinking of a narcissist -- one of the eight "impostors" I've identified that manifest in people's lives. The narcissist is arguably the most noticeable in the impostor family because it doesn't just ...
Views: 1416(1 vote) - Is your “Golden Rule” tarnished? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2013 from Andre WileyAre you living your life by the “Golden Rule” and finding it difficult to find your joy? I promise to shed some light on why that could be in this lesson. The “Golden Rule” as defined by what I remember it, is “Treat others the way you would like to be treated.” A phrase that has lasted ...
Views: 1314(1 vote) - It's All About Me....And That's Okay - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2011 from Shefali BurnsHave you ever had the desire to do something for yourself, but didn’t because you thought you were being selfish? It could be something as small as taking a nap in the middle of the afternoon or going to the spa or going for a walk. It could be something as big as changing your career or ...
Views: 894(1 vote) - It's Important To See Beauty Beyond The Physical - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2016 from Nelu MbinguWe are taught that beauty is only skin-deep, that we can be happy and successful even if we do not meet societies ideals of beauty. But unfortunately, recent research shows that people who are considered more attractive do indeed have an advantage over those who's looks are not considered as ...
Views: 2111(1 vote) - It's Your Life, So Follow Your Dreams - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2010 from Mary Jane Hurley BrantIt was 1992. Four years had lapsed since my daughter Katie's diagnosis of a brain tumor. She was now healthy and back working in New York City. Because my maternal stress levels were greatly relaxed, my professional dreams began to reemerge. It was time to think about making them come true. ...
Views: 3300(1 vote) - It’s National Procrastination Week! - by Submitted on Feb 29, 2012 from Linda SapadinSince the beginning of time, people have been prone to procrastinate. Some of them are embarrassed by it (“Sorry, I’m late.”), some brag about it (“I put the “pro” in procrastination”) and still others have created a holiday for it. Yes, the second week in March is officially ...
Views: 1721(2 votes) - Jack LaLanne Told Me “Superman Is A Mirage” - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2011 from James "Mac" McPartlandThroughout my career I’ve had the incredibly good fortune of spending time with the late Jack LaLanne: the very man who at 41 proved it was possible to escape from Alcatraz Island by swimming to Fisherman’s Wharf while wearing handcuffs, at 45 completed 1000 push-ups and 1000 chin-ups in one ...
Views: 2037(1 vote) - Judge not lest ye........... - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2011 from Jim PhillipsThere are four spiritual principles I believe we are to understand, live and master during our life time(s) on Earth. They are unconditional love, gratitude, forgiveness and non-judgment. To me the most important, the most impactful, and perhaps the most difficult, is non-judgment. Now it could ...
Views: 1354(2 votes) - Kindness - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.A simple act of kindness goes a long way. It doesn’t matter if it is something huge or something small, it is appreciated. Children are naturally kind to everyone. They learn this while playing and watching adults. Somewhere along the lines our sense of kindness, thoughtfulness either grows ...
Views: 1468(1 vote) - King Size Memory Foam Mattress, Bringing You the Comfortable Sleep You Always Wanted - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2012 from David WilldenIf your bedding is not right, you will not have a comfortable sleep at night and your proceeding day will also not be good and energetic. An uncomfortable night means an uncomfortable day and feeling of loss of energy the next day. Tossing and turning in bed and trying to make your night ...
Views: 952(1 vote) - Know what a dairy cow consumes as their cattle feed. - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2020 from vivek choudharyMost dairy farmer’s effort with nutritionists to generate a feed ration (recipe) that is most excellent suitable for their cows. This ration is needy on where the farm is situated in India and what feed types are most normally obtainable. High excellence cattle feed supplement is vital for a ...
Views: 697(1 vote) - Language is an expression of who we are and how we feel - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Glenda GibbsLanguage is an expression of who we are and how we feel Ponderings ... by Glenda Gibbs When my grandson was a little guy we shared a lot of time together. Occasionally he would come home from school expressing words eliciting an oh-my-gosh look response from me. Telling him it wasn’t nice ...
Views: 1965(3 votes) - Le Corbusier: The Father of Modernism and International Design & Style - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Bob MichaelLe Corbusier (born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris), pioneered modernism in architecture and what became known as the Bauhaus Movement or the International Style in furniture design. He was Swiss-born but later adopted France as his home and became a French citizen. His work as a modern ...
Views: 3193(1 vote) - Learn French Phrases - How to Communicate With French Words - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from michael chibuzorThe more you understand about any subject, the more interesting it becomes. As you read this article you'll find that the subject of learn french phrases is certainly no exception. If you base what you do on inaccurate information, you might be unpleasantly surprised by the consequences. ...
Views: 2519(1 vote) - Learning from our experiences - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Sandra DawesI almost entitled this article Learning from our mistakes, but I don’t want to refer to the opportunity to learn as a mistake. The title of one of Wayne Dyer’s books echoing in my head, Change your thoughts, change your life. Since changing my life for the better is a constant theme, then it ...
Views: 1293(1 vote) - Leaving the nest - Are you ready to let go and live? - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Dr. Erica GoodstoneHave you been living a safe and secure, but unexciting life? Are you ready to leave the nest? Have you been settling into a life of less than satisfying comfort and less than optimal emotional, relational, financial and spiritual success? What is a nest? The online Thesaurus offers these ...
Views: 5483(1 vote) - Lessons from Sobibor - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Jeanna GabelliniI never tire of stories of survival of any kind. I like to learn from them the values, beliefs and actions that supported them to come out of a crisis situation where it seemed the “odds” were against them. A recent afternoon lecture by Phillip Bialowitz proved to be one of those inspiring ...
Views: 1454(1 vote) - Lessons from the Wise Dog (aka Lulu) - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2012 from Sandra DawesI’ve had my dog Lulu in my life for 6 years and she has taught me quite a bit about myself and life in general. Before adopting Lulu, I had fish and rabbits as pets. I had never imagined the joy of having a dog! Don’t get me wrong, it hasn’t been all kisses and tummy rubs, but even in her ...
Views: 1610(1 vote) - Lessons in Teamwork from the SF Giants - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Mike RobbinsI have been so excited and inspired by this year's baseball post-season and the big World Series victory by the San Francisco Giants. As a Bay Area native, a lifelong baseball fan, and someone who has been fortunate enough to have the Giants as a client this year, of course I was rooting ...
Views: 2099(1 vote) - Let Go of Blame - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Mike RobbinsMichelle and I were having dinner with some friends a few months ago and our friend Joel said, "I'm practicing giving up blame completely." As he said this, I found myself simultaneously inspired and confronted. As I've explored the idea of letting go of blame in recent months, ...
Views: 1730(1 vote) - Let Your Voice Be Heard - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanHow often have you compared yourself to someone that you admired and thought that you would never be able to accomplish what they have? How often have you stopped taking action before you even started because you convinced yourself that you couldn't possibly get your message out as ...
Views: 1068(1 vote) - Letting Go Is Nature's Way - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Dan L. HaysNote: This topic is particularly on my mind right now - I have just had a friend of 20 years drift away. I held on to the illusion that we were still on the same wavelength for about a year. Then I finally had to admit - we just weren't going down the same road any more. Eventually, I let it ...
Views: 1728(1 vote) - Letting Go Of Clutter: A 3 Step Solution To Declutter Your Life - by Submitted on May 30, 2010 from Michelle GreeneTick Tock, Tick Tock. Does time seem to be speeding up the older you get? There may be an unlikely culprit keeping you stuck in life’s holding pattern – it’s physical and emotional clutter that has crept into your life over the years. In this article, I’m going to provide a three step ...
Views: 1818(1 vote) - Letting Go of the Dream - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanSometimes we want something so badly, and we work so hard to get it. We struggle and sweat and pour our entire beings into it until it happens, it's reality, and it's part of our world. And sometimes it's completely worth it, and it's exactly what we hoped it would be. If it's a job we fought ...
Views: 1558(1 vote) - Life an Abundant Joy-Filled Life: Speak Truth to Yourself - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Ruth SeebeckFor he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: ~ I Peter 3:10 People ask me why I write so often about the power of thoughts and words. I have to tell you, it’s because they are truly the key to an abundant, ...
Views: 1895(1 vote) - Life Is a Bowlful of -- Jello? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from Sara DillingerI don’t want to seem to be pushing a name brand but I have been thinking a lot about Jello of late. You know, the sweet, fruity, wiggly stuff that used to be a fixture at everything from family meals to church dinners. I’ve been thinking about Jello because of the metaphors that surround it ...
Views: 1244(1 vote) - Life Is a Journey - So Enjoy the Trip! - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2012 from Rosalie KahnI was sitting next to my wonderful husband in the car thinking that in a few weeks I would have been celebrating forty years of marriage if I had still been with my first husband. Am I sad? No, not at all. I have been married to my prince for the past twenty-one years. Everything we ...
Views: 1467(1 vote) - Life is About the Decisions We Make and the Roads We Take - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Marquita HeraldLife is like a road. There are long and short roads; smooth and bumpy roads; crooked and straight roads. There will be roads that lead to fame and fortune on one hand, or isolation and poverty on the other. There are as many roads to happiness as there are roads to sadness. The one thing ...
Views: 2032(1 vote) - Life Is Too Short: Get Off Your Cell Phone - by Submitted on May 11, 2016 from Frosty WooldridgeDuring my youth, my dad took me fishing. My mom took me on bicycle rides. My dad shouldered me with a small daypack for hikes in the woods. He pointed out chattering squirrels. He helped me see my first deer. He pointed out a fox on a ridge. He hiked me into Glacier National Park to see my ...
Views: 966(1 vote) - Life Isn't Fair - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2011 from Nicole NenningerLife isn’t fair. Throughout history, this fact has been demonstrated over and over again. Terrorist attacks, the plague, famines, the Holocaust, Bernie Madoff- there are so many examples of unfairness that we can forget that it is an aspect of life that every one of us has to deal with at some ...
Views: 2221(2 votes) - Life Lessons From a Fish - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2016 from Kathy Jo PollackLife is simple….just ask a fish. This morning I looked in the fish bowl on my desk as Johnny Rocket, a.k.a. “Rocket”, my vibrant blue Betta fish, stared back at me. At this moment I realized that we all could benefit from a gentle reminder of the basics – a place we may have forgotten or ...
Views: 2382(3 votes) - Life lessons from an hourglass. - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Rev. Adam BrandtThe hourglass has stood up well against the sands of time. Dating from the 1300's, what is it that has led to the longevity of this piece of manufactured marvel? Is there anything to be learned from a gadget nearly 700 years old. Imagine the person who told his boss that they could keep track ...
Views: 4720(1 vote) - Life Lessons well Spent - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Joan Marie WhelanIn a day and age where technology appears to rule the day and the sky is virtually the limit in what we can achieve, I often find that young adults seem to have the most difficulty adapting to their new roles in life. Once young men and women get past raging hormones, acne and the feelings of ...
Views: 1203(1 vote) - Life on the Canals of France - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghLife on the Canals of France Cruising the Canals of France by Barge Bill and Nancy were a Maryland couple who decided to hang up their conventional lifestyle and try something new. Their first adventure was moving aboard a sailboat and traveling for two years from the Chesapeake Bay to ...
Views: 1447(1 vote) - Lifehacks To Make Your Life Easier Than You Can Imagine - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2019 from Kalyna KapurIt's not so hard to believe that in the modern world, where the Internet is available almost everywhere, many difficulties can be easily solved with the help of so-called “lifehacks”: from the simplest and most well-known like how to download videos from YouTube, to more unbelievable like ...
Views: 924(2 votes) - Litigation Support From Opening to Verdict - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2011 from Wes KennedyWhether initiating a case on behalf of a plaintiff or representing a defendant in an opposition motion, the legal team with the best strategy often wins, especially in matters where the evidence is difficult to obtain or manage in a meaningful way. It is understandably important then to tie the ...
Views: 474(1 vote) - Litterbugs Be Gone - by Submitted on May 29, 2013 from Lisa TunneyWhen I was six years old my teenage babysitter walked with me and my brother to get a drink from a fast food place. I may not be a fan of anything fast-food these days, but back then a milk shake was a treat that I delighted in. Considering it was a hot summer day, the frozen chocolate ...
Views: 1325(1 vote) - Living A Practical Spiritual Life - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from John GilmoreSeptember is coming. My life will be changing greatly in September as I seek employment and have less time to do the things which I love like writing, studying, meditating, and passing on words of inspiration. Yet again, I feel that things are happening as they should. Today we are engaged ...
Views: 1347(2 votes) - Living in a material world - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Sandra DawesWhile the title may have you thinking of a Madonna song, it seems like a material world is where many of us are living, now more than ever! It would appear we live our lives simply for the accumulation of “stuff”. We want bigger homes, nicer cars and the “right” brands of clothes. What I find ...
Views: 1464(1 vote) - Living the Good Life - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2010 from Hugh DeBurghIt's Time to Live the Good Life Now it’s time to go to school; Creative Family Lifestyle Design School, to be exact. What is Creative Family Lifestyle Design? It is you taking charge of the direction of your life. It means making your life work for you. The 2nd Secret to Living the Good Life ...
Views: 1249(1 vote) - Looking for make money online from home? - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2011 from william denzelMake Money from online our new website is like a boon for jobless people, person who are spending most of the time at home.You can easily earn huge amount of money by online work from home,you just need to spend few hours.Our new website will help you to know more about how to make money from ...
Views: 1034(1 vote) - Loss Is The Teacher Of Great Lessons - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2011 from Tamara ElizabethAs we head into mid-life we sometimes feel we are in crisis. We feel loss everywhere we turn; loss of our youth, loss of a relationship, loss of children to significant others, careers or school. We feel the loss of friendships, friends or relatives though death. Loss just circles us like ...
Views: 1875(1 vote) - Love and Freedom - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2013 from Harold BeckerWhat we do each moment has a powerful impact on life. Each choice we make, and each we ignore, adds to the collective experience. Where we place our attention and what we contemplate becomes our reality. The power of our mind is amazing, yet nothing compares to what we can do when we come ...
Views: 1431(1 vote) - Love as a Path of Spiritual Transformation - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Andrew FlaxmanSuppose you had to explain what love is - as opposed to friendship, sexuality, loyalty, romance, etc. Like most people, you would probably be hard put to produce a satisfying characterization of love. If you make a list of all the words you associate with love, - and, if furthermore, you ...
Views: 1209(1 vote) - Loving Yourself - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from Anna PavlakisI’m single. And, honestly, happily so. It’s not that I don’t want a partner, a husband, to share my life with. It’s not that I don’t want love. I do. I long for a union with someone who understands me, accepts me as I am, doesn’t ask me to be anyone but who I am, and who honors me for who I ...
Views: 1676(1 vote) - Low Self Esteem - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Willie HortonWhat impact does your self esteem have on your personal effectiveness, your relationships and the normal course of your daily life? How does low self esteem affect your view of what you can and cannot achieve? Indeed, what is low self-esteem, how does it even come about in the first place? Are ...
Views: 2235(1 vote) - Lukas Voices His Opinion World’s Smartest Horse and Touching - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2012 from Karen MurdockTouching is an essential part of our day together. In the wild, horses live in herds and stay close to each other for survival. Very social creatures, they tend to pick certain friends and engage in mutual grooming and games with them. Often forming life-long attachments, they’ve been known to ...
Views: 1263(1 vote) - Magnetic Quest - Youth Self-actualization Quest! - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2011 from Brodie WhitneyMagnetic Quest... Youth Self-actualization Quest! Magnetic Quest, set to launch in the spring of 2012, will give youth, age 17 and up, the opportunity to embark on a personal Quest for self-actualization… integrating essential life skills, social media, online gaming, and a solid support ...
Views: 1821(1 vote) - Make bath time fun with the baby bath towels! - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2019 from kishan RanaAs a matter of fact, bath time must be joyous for the kids, especially when it comes to baby’s first bath. Whenever the kids get out of the bathtub, they must stay warm, and this is why the baby bath towels were invented for the comfort of the babies and parents. The
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