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Never give up on yourself. You are, and always will be, the most important person in your life, for your life would not exist without you! You are capable of anything. In order to attain any accomplishment, you must believe that you are worthy of achieving it! Everything in your life can assist you in some way, but if you focus on the have-nots, then you will always be wanting for more. Shift your focus onto your innate worthiness. Worthiness does not have to be achieved or bestowed upon you; your worthiness is already there, because it is an integral…

There are countless individuals all over the world who dread getting older. They may even fear that it will ruin their lives. Goodness knows, that's how I felt for years! As soon as I realized that transforming this negative mindset was the only way to insure life-long youthfullness, I got to work! No way, did I want my fears to determine my destiny. Attitude is a very powerful force in controlling our lives. We know how important it is to maintain a positive attitude in all areas of life. Who hasn't experienced discouragement and depression when faced with daunting challenges?…

What I have found through a tumultuous and difficult early life is that acceptance is the road to freedom. Because of my inability to function "normally," I was not able to fit in to mainstream society. In the eyes of the culture and consequently my own eyes, I was flawed. I tried over and over again to figure out how I was going to be part of society... get a job, an education, have a family. But no matter how hard I tried to think my way out, I always ended up in the same place. No different than I…

Not every marriage is happy. You may ask, how could this person who makes you miserable be your soulmate? And my answer is that you're asking the wrong question. Just like the way to be happy in this world is not to sit back and wait for goodness but to search for it and then see it when it's in front of you, the way to find happiness in your marriage is to become your spouse's soulmate. The potential is there already. So the real question is: How do I see a soulmate in a person that right now I'm feeling…

There is one word that is not well known - but needs to be. The word is "seva," which in Sanskrit means "service." I've learned that Seva is not just any kind of service, but rather selfless service performed with a sense of gratitude. It is service infused with kindness and respect for the ones served, and it arises from a place of peace and love. If we do our work and carry out relationships in accordance with seva, the world would change profoundly. Seva is not about taking a few hours out of our busy week to help others…

Remember you are your happiness and you are everything that you are looking for right now! It took me a very long time to discover that no one can give me happiness except me. No one can make my dreams happen except me. Only when I live through my passion and through my heart and say "YES" to myself do I find eternal happiness. I say this because you right there reading these words can change your life right now by just saying "YES" to you. Realize that you are the love you are looking for and you are the bliss you are looking…

One of the most fundamental questions we've all asked at some time in our lives is: who am I? Unfortunately, so often we look on the outside to find the answer and our self definition, instead of within. The problem with this is that life will inevitably change. Then we are back to the same question: who am I? With changes in our economy, many people have been asking this big question. Some have had to change careers, some have lost homes, and some have found themselves in a desperate financial crisis. If we define ourselves in terms of what…

Make the most out of every day; you are not going to get a do-over. When you look in the mirror, there is the CEO of your life. It's not your boss, spouse, friends, and parents--it's you. So ultimately we have no one to blame for our mistakes, failures, and shortcomings other than ourselves. At some point, we all experience hardships and personal catastrophes. You can keep moving forward if you decide to do so. Pick a career that centers on work you enjoy. Then it becomes play instead of work. On average you are going to work for 60…

Giving me 500 words with which to inspire people about living well is sort of like giving a child $500 to spend in a toy store. Where to begin? Let's start with your first job: learning. Your earliest learning is informal, becoming more structured when school begins. All of your learning, though, helps you to grow. The first step in living well is to do everything you can--formally, informally, and lifelong--to extract from all of this learning not just job training that makes you functional in a certain role, but an education. Educate yourself to become a whole person. Learn…