Today’s Brilliance from David John W. StClair
Life is a miracle to be lived and never a problem to be solved! Consider each day to be a white canvas that you can fill with all your love, gratitude and skills to make the day a special, unique and abundant one. As you are made in God's image you are wonderful just the way you are and isn't it the most amazing fountain of pleasure and happiness that God is closer to you than your skin? God permeates you completely and in my experience there are only a few really important things in life. Feel excellent for no…
- When you’re growing, you’re thriving and everything is possible.
Today’s Brilliance from Sanjay Patel
Didn't win the $640 million mega lottery? Don't be sad. Do you know a person who cares for you? If so, you are receiving the one thing in the universe that money cannot buy: Love! So cultivate a balanced life. Aside from routine work, make time for family and friends. Work never ends. There will always be something to do. Catching up with emails, phone calls, and other bits and bobs will have you on a treadmill. Sometimes, the only way to get jobs done is to simply cross them off your to-do list! That frees up space in your life…
- Happiness based on what’s temporary and arbitrary is forever elusive, while happiness based on eternal truth is forever.
Today’s Brilliance from Scott Wittig
Surprise!!! Let's pretend that you just walked into a surprise party - for you. Look around. Who is in the room? Most likely all of the people who are closest to you. Your immediate family. Maybe your parents. A few of your neighbors. A couple of co-workers? Some friends from previous jobs or neighborhoods? Your boss? Maybe people from when you were growing up or people you went to school with? A microcosm of your life is in that room. Now pretend I walked in behind you, asked everyone to be quiet and posed this question: "WHAT SHOULD _________ (insert…
- There is no greater force in nature than the power of a soul committed to evolving upward.
Today’s Brilliance from Carl David
Note from the Editor: Today's Brilliance is a bit different and longer than most. We feel that it's important to bring things like this up every now and then, so we wanted to share Carl's wisdom with you today. If discussing suicide is hard for you, we encourage you to come back tomorrow. One of my older brothers at age 22 took his life. I was just 16 years old. The effects on myself and my family were devastating, beyond description. We had but two choices: to pull together or tear each other apart. We chose the former and used…
- For many years I was terrified of dying. Then one day I realized I was really afraid of living.
Today’s Brilliance from Lauren Rosenfeld
All moments matter. Perhaps you believe that there are two types of moments: Ordinary moments and extraordinary moments; moments that are to be treasured and moments that might as well be pitched in the trash. But all of our "ordinary moments" are moments that we must learn to treasure. Why? Because these "ordinary moments" moments are like seeds from which the exotic flowers of extraordinary moments blossom. If we are expert gardeners, we will look at the humble seed and know that a blossom of remarkable beauty is waiting to be born from it. We know that if we take…
- No one can take away your self esteem. It’s yours and you have to OWN it!
Today’s Brilliance from Patricia Varley
"Know thyself" and "To thine own self be true" are old but wise quotes that have been very important, sometimes painful and transformative and liberating lessons for me. A key technique in knowing myself that is vital to making life decisions that are aligned with being true to myself is developing, listening to and then trusting my intuition. Over and over again I continue to discover that my inner voice, what I call my intuitive knowing, or Divine Guidance, is always right. The problem I have had is that my head often overrides my gut feelings, that deep knowing in…
- Let’s not compete with one another – let’s complete one another.
Today’s Brilliance from Tina Tessina
America's founding fathers were wise to embed the "A pursuit of happiness" in the DNA of the country - in the Preamble to the Constitution. It was a profoundly new idea that changed the world. Clients tell me, "I want to be happy!" and I show them how thoughts affect mood. How you relate to yourself can lift or dampen your spirits. Happy people have an easier life, bounce back from problems, and generate love. Research demonstrates we are hard wired to focus on problems, which creates physically and emotionally damaging stress. As we learn to focus on gratitude, the…
- Your life is not about you.
Today’s Brilliance from Alan Underkofler
Identify what you want, what you want achieve, and what your dream is. Not just any dream, identify your burning desire; the one dream you may or may not think is attainable. The one dream that no matter what someone says or does, no matter what obstacle is placed in front of you, and no matter how long it takes, you will achieve. Identify the one dream you MUST achieve for you! We all have one, some of us have two, and others have many... Identify one. And then do whatever it takes to achieve it! Whatever it takes, go…
- Scheming and dreaming will only fill your mind. Taking action will fill your life.
Dare to Dream Big!
As we look throughout the world at those who have achieved the most in life, people like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, these are the people who have stretched their imaginations to unforeseen levels. They have dreamt at levels most people have never imagined. Their vision for what is possible stretches so far beyond anything any ordinary person would envision. Many people believe they have gotten lucky. The reality however, is that it's that simple skill, of dreaming big, that has guided them to their success, fame, and fortunes. You see, no one in this world has ever created or…
- With each step you take on life’s shifting ground, put your foot squarely down on your own heart.
The World According to YOU!
There are a few things I have found helpful to promote living a life filled with meaning and significance, the practice of which has made a profound impact on my inner peace and well being. I guess it is fair to say that I am usually filled with energy, enthusiasm and passion. So finding a place of calm is no small undertaking! I am sharing these things that I call ~ the world according to Carla ~ as a way to note that it is not the truth, it is my truth: Live in the present moment - We always…
- Just because you can’t see a way to your goal doesn’t mean a way doesn’t exist. It just means that you can’t see it yet. Persistence will reveal it.
